Maori's Idol

Maori’s Idol
Adios, the grandsire of Maori's Idol
BreedStandardbred
SireIke Frost (USA)
GrandsireAdios
DamMaori Miss
DamsireGrand Monarch
SexStallion
Foaled1 September 1972
CountryAustralia
ColourBay
OwnerRic Healy
TrainerRic Healy
Record46: 40-3-1
Earnings$98,821
Major wins
1978 Dullard Cup
Awards
1977/78 Australian Harness Horse of the Year
1977/78, 1978/79 Australian Trotter of the Year
Best winning mile rate 1:59.3, Leading Australian Trotting Sire (4 times)
Honors
Victorian Harness Racing Media Association Hall of Fame Legend
Last updated on 17 January 2016

Maori's Idol (1 September 1972 20 October 2006) was an Australian Standardbred racehorse. He was the first Australian trotter to break two minutes with a time of 1:59.3 on 19 November 1977 at Moonee Valley. Maori's Idol became one of Australia's greatest trotters, with a record 24 successive race victories before being placed third in the 1978 Melbourne Inter-Dominion Final. He is still the trotting record holder with 22 wins in a season. He was superior to his rivals. He could have gone through his career unbeaten had he been placed to advantage by his connections.

He was by a Leading Sire of Trotters, Ike Frost (by Adios) his dam was Maori Miss by Grand Monarch. Maori Miss won a heat of the 1966 Inter Dominion Trotting Championship and was selected as the Australian Broodmare of the Year in 1977, 1978 and 1979. Maori's Idol older half-brother Maori Monarch won the Victoria Trotters Derby and the Australasian Trotting Championship. Maori Miss has founded a very successful family of her own and is the third dam of Sumthingaboutmaori.