False Step

False Step
False Step (inner) defeats Glint in the 1955 NZ Derby Stakes.
BreedStandardbred
SireFallacy (NZ)
GrandsireLight Brigade (USA)
DamDainty Direct (NZ)
Maternal grandsireDan Direct Eu (UK)
SexStallion
Foaled1 September 1952
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBay
OwnerJ Smyth
TrainerC C Devine
Earnings
$188,542
Major wins
1955 New Zealand Trotting Derby
1958, 1959 & 1960 New Zealand Trotting Cup
Last updated on: 24 October 2011.

False Step was a New Zealand Standardbred racehorse. He is notable in that he won three New Zealand Trotting Cup races, the richest harness horse race in New Zealand.[1] False Step is one of three horses to win the NZ Trotting Cup three times, the others being Indianapolis and Terror to Love.

False Step was also taken to the United States in 1960 by his trainer and reinsman Cecil Devine, who had driven him to victory three times in the New Zealand Cup. The horse scored success in the International Series at Yonkers Raceway, and also defeated the acknowledged American champion of the time, Adios Butler.[2]

Major races

He won the following major races:

See also

Reference list

  1. ^ Harness Racing - Complete Race History of the New Zealand Trotting Cup Archived August 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ New Zealand Horses in America