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I don't think I will give up lotto, same numbers for so long, every other possible combination must have been drawn now so it's just a matter of time, I did take up a TAB deposit bonus on Boxing day, hadn't bothered for well over a month but they threw temptation my way, that must part of their responsible gambling policy,lol but in reality the gee gees and sport I can mostly take it or leave it, happy just sitting on the sideline. -
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Volume 19 of IFHA Quarterly, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' newsletter produced in partnership with the Japan Racing Association, is online.View the full article -
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The Stipes Report said two horses blundered and riders voiced their concerns. I therefore don't think a track inspection is an unreasonable request. -
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By Michael Guerin The new superpower of one of New Zealand’s elite stables could help them end the season as our leading money makers at Alexandra Park today. While there are two Group 1s tonight, the $250,000 Trillian Trust Auckland Cup (7.35pm) and $100,000 Peter Breckon Memorial National Trot (6.25pm), most of the national harness racing premierships are already decided. Team Telfer had the trainers premiership won six months ago and put an exclamation mark on that when they broke the national record with win 169 for the season at Westport on Sunday. The driver’s premiership will again prove an easy win for Blair Orange in the year he joined the elite 3000 domestic wins club alongside Tony Herlihy, Maurice McKendry and Ricky May. The junior drivers premiership is closer but Wilson House is poised to win his first title. He heads into today with a four win lead over defending champion Carter Dalgety , 94 wins to 90. But another, less official, title could be won tonight, that of the biggest stakes earning stable for the season, with Robert and Jenna Dunn just $6000 behind Team Telfer heading to Alexandra Park. Neither have super strong teams in today but if Team Dunn are to win the stakes premiership their best chance will come from their growing strength: trotting power. Robert Dunn has been one of New Zealand’s most talented trainers for over 40 years and trained his 2200th domestic winner on Monday but it is only in the last decade he has excelled with trotters, headlined by the brilliant Sundees Son. Since that marvel stomped over the New Zealand trotting scene for three wonderful seasons a few years ago, the Dunns’ trotting stocks have continued to strengthen. They head into today on 109 wins for the season with 44 of those coming with trotters, a record for the Robert and Jenna’s partnership or any other version of the Dunn dynasty over the decades. That makes them our second most successful stable in trotting races this season, 10 behind Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hackett, who almost exclusively train trotters and have 54 trotting wins. If Team Dunn is to top the prize money table for the season it will have to come through Mighty Logan, or less likely stablemate Ya Right Darl, in the $100,000 National Trot. “We love having so many good trotters and this looks an ideal race for Mighty Logan,” says John Dunn, the stable’s No.1 driver and unofficial third training partner. “He has been going great races and gets the draw to lead this time and he will take a lot of beating.” John admits three-year-old filly Ya Rite Darl’s entry against many of our open class stars tonight is a “throw at the stumps” but with nothing to lose. “She is up here, in good form and she will end up racing these horses at some stage next season so she might as well go around and see where she stands.” Ya Rite Darl will be driven by John and Jenna’s son Jacob, one of the finds of the 2025 season, and while it hard to see how she can win tonight her performance could be a pointer to the future of open class trotting as some of our wonderful veterans near the end of their careers. If either of that pair win tonight then the Dunns should end 2025 as our highest money-winning stable. While the enigmatic Oscar Bonavena is an obvious danger in the National another newcomer to the open ranks in Hillbilly Blues could test Mighty Logan because while he is still a work in progress he has the motor of a top trotter. To see the field for the National Trot click here View the full article -
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By Michael Guerin When one of our greatest ever horse trainers says has no doubts Merlin can handle the 3200m of tonight’s $250,000 Trillian Trust Auckland Cup you have to listen. But as confident as Barry Purdon is in the most favoured of his three reps in tonight’s Group 1 at Alexandra Park, he also admits the enormity of the challenge they face in beating favourite Republican Party. Barry Purdon has trained eight Auckland Cup winners, his first an incredible 47 years ago with Sole Command. He and training partner Scott Phelan not only have Merlin but Sooner The Bettor and Better Knuckle Up in tonight’s eight-horse Cup, with Merlin looking clearly the best of their chances after a strong spring was backed up by a last-start win. But as good as their $1.7million earner is, the pot on Merlin is that he can’t stay 3200m with the same potency he shows in sprint races. That might be a little misguided considering Merlin has had three starts over 3200m for a second, third and fourth all at Group 1 level. He was an average fourth by his standards in the New Zealand Cup last year, a close second with superior performance to winner Republican Party in the Auckland Cup last New Year’s Eve and then was third, and first Kiwi home, in the New Zealand Cup last month, coming from behind Republican Party, who finished sixth after leading. When you take that record into account and the fact Merlin has beaten Republican Party home in seven of their 12 clashes you might wonder why Republican Party is $1.40 tonight and Merlin is $4.80. There are two main reasons. Republican Party has been the dominant pacer in New Zealand for most of 2025, his defeats usually coming at the hands of Aussies superstars Leap To Fame or Kingman. And the other big tick Republican Party has is three Group 1 wins over 3200m to Merlin’s none. Purdon agrees Republican Party is the horse to beat tonight but doesn’t that has anything to do with the distance. “Republican Party has been in the zone for much of the year so he will be hard to get past,” admits Purdon. “But I don’t believe Merlin struggles with 3200m. He has won Derbys over 2600m and 2700m both mobile starts and he was very good in this race last year and beat Republican Party home in the New Zealand Cup.” One of the reasons the two pacers are viewed differently at the moment is that Merlin was so good as a younger horse and won the $1million slot race at four but hasn’t been as dominant in the last 18 months. Whereas Republican Party used to be the brave battler, often behind a race rival tonight in Akuta during his all-powerful younger days, but the Republican Party of the last 15 moths is stronger, faster and almost more arrogant. The reality is whichever of the pair steps quicker from their front line draws tonight can probably lead and intimidate any potential challengers, a scenario Purdon admits he likes the sound of. While that might suit Merlin, put Republican Party in front with no pressure and on his top 10 performances in the last 15 months he should win. Which is where it gets tricky for punters. For all the undoubted class of their rivals, one of the pair should win but it is hard to take $1.40 for Republican Party. That price should drift to some where between $1.50 and $1.70, which might be more palatable for punters but too late for multi bettors. That may motivate some to take the $4.80 for Merlin, or even his $1.85 quote to finish Top2 while others may search for place value, perhaps the best being Better Knuckle Up after his huge NZ Cup fourth and with Tony Herlihy driving. The question mark horse is Akuta, who won this Cup when it was held in May two years ago but needs to find two lengths or more on his recent form to challenge the two favourites today. To see tonight’s Trillion Trust Auckland Cup field click here View the full article
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