It Was Business Time Afterall.

IT WAS BUSINESS TIME AFTER ALL

27 October 2008


Bret McKenzie would probably have been pleased with fourth, but his father’s horse Conchord was far too good for that at Trentham, Wellington, on Sunday.

Peter McKenzie said today he hadn’t had time yet to tell Bret, one half of the USA-based self-styled "
fourth most popular folk-parody duo"
Flight Of The Conchords, about the galloper’s winning debut. But he was sure Bret would be pleased.

Conchord is owned by Peter McKenzie but is considered a family horse.

"
I was going to register it in all the boys’ names, but there wasn’t time to get the signatures together as I had to rush to get it nominated for yesterday’s race,"
he told NZPA today.

Conchord was originally going to be called Business Time, after Bret and colleague Jemaine Clement’s hit song of the same name, a move that embarrassed Bret.

"
He said `it sounds a bit over the top doing that sort of thing, Dad’, but I said if we don’t someone else we will."


As it was, someone else had. It’s Business Time was already taken by a syndicate from the John Sargent stable and the name Flightoftheconcord (crct) was registered to the John and Stephen Ralph stable.

"
So I called it Conchord,"
Peter McKenzie said.

Despite a heavy track, Conchord was too good for a novice field over 1600m, winning by almost five lengths after leading all the way for jockey Sam Spratt.

Peter McKenzie expects more in store. "
He’s a very relaxed horse with a high cruising speed."


Coincidentally, Flightoftheconcord lined up two races later, finishing one place worse than fourth.

Peter McKenzie said he would probably line up Conchord in a special maiden race at the Levin Classic on November 28.

His son might find something lyrical in that.

- NZPA

source:

haha, you'd think they were just casually coming up with FOTCmb names! ;
) So cute.

Amily wrote:
`it sounds a bit over the top doing that sort of thing, Dad’

I love that man.

hehehehe!
they are so adorable!
aww....i wanna ride Conchord....

lixxx wrote:hehehehe!
they are so adorable!
aww....i wanna ride Conchord....

You know what they say..."
save a horse, ride a Conchord!"
;
)

[size=75:m2yjyojd]teehee!!

Why do I find it so incredibly cute that he calls his Dad, 'Dad'? It's so normal.. and like what would I be thinking he'd call him if he didn't call him Dad?

Augh, I have serious problems....

gezyka wrote:You know what they say..."
save a horse, ride a Conchord!"
;
)

This might very well be my new favourite saying. Ever.

Amily wrote:

gezyka wrote:You know what they say..."
save a horse, ride a Conchord!"
;
)

This might very well be my new favourite saying. Ever.

YISSS!!

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?? ;
)

gezyka wrote:

Amily wrote:

This might very well be my new favourite saying. Ever.

YISSS!!

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?? ;
)

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you for this, jessa!! i totally needed that!!.....bret clearly already thot of this as he is...riding......himself...... hrms.

*trailing off into 'ucked up fantasy of bret riding himself*

sharona65 wrote:
*trailing off into 'ucked up fantasy of bret riding himself*

omg...LOL!!! Glad I could help provide you with that image!! ;
)

Sin, this one might lend itself better to your fantasy:



Although, she wouldn't be her and Bret would be having a good time, of course. ;
)
Perhaps the ride of his life? bwahaha...

gezyka wrote:Sin, this one might lend itself better to your fantasy:



Although, she wouldn't be her and Bret would be having a good time, of course. ;
)
Perhaps the ride of his life? bwahaha...

*brain too overloaded now to come up with proper expression of how much i love jessa*

mmmmmmguhhhhhhh!! yep, red hair and possibly a different colored dress, and that could *totally* be me!! HOH YEAH!!

sharona65 wrote:

*brain too overloaded now to come up with proper expression of how much i love jessa*

mmmmmmguhhhhhhh!! yep, red hair and possibly a different colored dress, and that could *totally* be me!! HOH YEAH!!

heehee! If only I had photoshop.... ;
) If that were me, I'd request that same dress 'cause it's my favorite shade of green!

But anyway, see what Bret's dad started by naming his horse Conchord??
ADD: AND for being in a news article called "
It Was Business Time After All"
!!
Mr. McKenzie!! " title="" border="0"/> " title="" border="0"/> Whatever were we to do?

gezyka wrote:

sharona65 wrote:

*brain too overloaded now to come up with proper expression of how much i love jessa*

mmmmmmguhhhhhhh!! yep, red hair and possibly a different colored dress, and that could *totally* be me!! HOH YEAH!!

heehee! If only I had photoshop.... ;
) If that were me, I'd request that same dress 'cause it's my favorite shade of green!

But anyway, see what Bret's dad started by naming his horse Conchord??
ADD: AND for being in a news article called "
It Was Business Time After All"
!!
Mr. McKenzie!! " title="" border="0"/> " title="" border="0"/> Whatever were we to do?

it's true. i could prolly turn any conversation into something about me and bret getting it on! ;
)

on a side note: i like that shade of green, it just doesn't look good on me. *shrug*

Only Flighties could turn an article/post about horses into something dirty. " title="" border="0"/>

If the Mr. McKenzie's only knew.... ;
)

Horse talk always lends itself to sex, it's a natural progression.

I love the green dress.

SheWolf wrote:Horse talk always lends itself to sex, it's a natural progression.

I love the green dress.

I love the green dress too. I wish I could find a similar one.

Katie wrote:

SheWolf wrote:Horse talk always lends itself to sex, it's a natural progression.

I love the green dress.

I love the green dress too. I wish I could find a similar one.

Me three! Especially on Bret. " title="" border="0"/>

i personally think the green dress would look much better on the floor. ;
)