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GEM N EM - when questioned regarding the improved performance connections advised the mare had been held up for clear racing room throughout the run home at its last start and had received an economical run today. GEM N EM being questioned for an “improved performance” doesn’t make much sense. This horse was absolutely stiff last start and would have won with clear room! It had two thirds in its last three starts before that so no improvement at all just a better trip. Even the public knew it was the best chance as it started favourite.  Meanwhile Normie Stead, had worse recent form, sat parked and still won — even after the driver dropped the whip — yet drew no similar scrutiny. What is going on!  

sadly, those days have passed...  happy to snap some photos of them if I be on course! ps. amusingly, LR obviously didn't have a suitable photo!  noting in my post how camera shy Martin was, it happen not so long ago Woodville RC put out a book, used one of my photos for Bill Pratt, claimed they got it of someone else! sigh, couldn't be bothered arguing with them! 

In a thrilling stretch run, Reddam Racing homebred Pavlovian nailed Express Kid on the wire for a nose victory in the $500,000 Sunland Park Derby at Sunland Park Feb. 15.View the full article

Bottle of Rouge solidified her status among the top 3-year-old fillies with a tenacious victory in the $250,000 Sunland Park Oaks Feb. 15. View the full article

With the Kentucky Derby (G1) 11 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of "All Other 3-Year-olds" closed as the 9-2 favorite in Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.View the full article

yeah ,all those people have been great for the sport and invested lots and no one begrudges them or anyone else whatever level of success they have. But theres been thousands of small time people who have invested heavily in nz harness for donkeys years and as a group they are of just as great importance.  the point is,does the nz cup stake being worth 1/2 a million or being worth $1m,mean you are going to get the wealthy people like seymour,boots,harvet,stonewall stud starting or not. it doesn't make one iota of difference to who will line up. Like seymour,a man worth close to $800m is going to care. the nz cup is one of many examples of races with overinflated stakes  being currently run each year in nz. I have said it before,the victorian cup in recent years ,since the stake was cut to only 30% of the nz cup,has  drawn the best field to run each year in australasia. its why i ,when i watch people like that  campbells corner video clip from last week ,i can't but think,what a .... so according to that bloke campbell, nz harness racing is going enormous and on the rise,with its small field size,yearly reduction in number of mares being bred,yearly reduction in number of licenceholders,aging licenceholders,reducing number of trainers with training establishments,turnovers only being reasonable compared to the year before because of the geo blocking,the auckland and cambridge clubs huge  financail woes, i mean that bloke campbell,seriously,how could anyone take anyone who can look at all those factors and make comments like he did.. But heres the problem,its because you have people talking a load of ... ,that we continue to see industry money spent in a way that will really hurt the industry in years to come when they are in need of funds.

With 11 weeks left to the GI Kentucky Derby, 'All Others' maintains a firm grip on favoritism in the future pool wagering as Paladin (Gun Runner) scooped up second-choice honors at 9-1 odds at the conclusion of Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW). The Gun Runner colt rose to the top of the named heap after a game victory in last Saturday's GII Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds. The odds shifted on several contenders and the betting public displayed interest in a number of rising sophomores, including GIII Holy Bull Stakes victor Nearly (Not This Time), third in the wagering at 10-1, and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Canaletto (Into Mischief), whose dazzling debut made him the 15-1 fourth choice in this round of wagers. From prior Derby preps, Sam F. Davis winner Renegade (Into Mischief) pulled 16-1 and Silent Tactic (Tacitus), winner of the GIII Southwest Stakes, enjoyed 19-1 odds. Total handle for the Feb. 13-15 KDFW pool–the fourth of six scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 2–was $420,519 ($330,926 in the Win pool and $89,593 in Exactas). It was a 1.9% increase from last year's $412,766 ($319,881 in the Win pool and $92,885 in Exactas). Through the first four pools, a total of $1,277,506 has been bet on Derby future wagers, a 1.9% jump from last year's $1,253,931. Other Future Wager dates are set for Mar. 13-15 (Pool 5) and Apr. 2-4 (Pool 6). Pool 5 also will include the Longines Kentucky Oaks Future Wager. Horses Listed in order of the public's betting choice (with trainer, sire, Pool 4 odds, and $2 Win Will Pays):   All Other 3-Year-Olds (9-2, $11.30) Paladin (Chad Brown, Gun Runner, 9-1, $20.80) Nearly (Todd Pletcher, Not This Time, 10-1, $22.76) Canaletto (Chad Brown, Into Mischief, 15-1, $32.86) Renegade (Todd Pletcher, Into Mischief, 16-1, $35.08) Silent Tactic (Mark Casse, Tacitus, 19-1, $40.02) Chief Wallabee (Bill Mott, Constitution, 21-1, $45.98) Commandment (Brad Cox, Into Mischief, 23-1, $49.18) Further Ado (Brad Cox, Gun Runner, 24-1, $50.74) Brant (Bob Baffert, Gun Runner, 26-1, $55.72) Plutarch (Bob Baffert, Into Mischief, 27-1, $56.64) Napoleon Solo (Chad Summers, Liam's Map, 30-1, $62.10) Blackout Time (Kenny McPeek, Not This Time, 32-1, $66.16) Golden Tempo (Cherie DeVaux, Curlin, 32-1, $67.20) Boyd (Bob Baffert, Violence, 34-1, $71.54) Englishman (Cherie DeVaux, Maxfield, 37-1, $77.14) Litmus Test (Bob Baffert, Nyquist, 38-1, $78.38) Talk to Me Jimmy (Rudy Rodriguez, Modernist, 42-1, $86.34) Emerging Market (Chad Brown, Candy Ride-ARG, 42-1, $87.78) Potente (Bob Baffert, Into Mischief, 44-1, $90.34) Jackson Hole (Todd Pletcher, Nyquist, 45-1, $93.68) So Happy (Mark Glatt, Runhappy, 53-1, $108.90) Courting (Todd Pletcher, Curlin, 54-1, $110.58) Bravaro (Saffie Joseph Jr., Upstart, 60-1, $123.42) Secured Freedom (Tim Yakteen, Practical Joke, 61-1, $124.36) Ewing (Mark Casse, Knicks Go, 62-1, $127.90) Chip Honcho (Steve Asmussen, Connect, 65-1, $133.20) Powershift (Todd Pletcher, Constitution, 69-1, $141.66) Six Speed (Bhupat Seemar, Not This Time, 73-1, $148.80) Class President (Todd Pletcher, Uncle Mo, 75-1, $152.48) Pyromancer (Jpn) (Kenji Yoshimura, Pyro, 77-1, $157.70) Intrepido (Jeff Mullins, Maximus Mischief, 82-1, $167.76) Solitude Dude (Saffie Joseph Jr., Yaupon, 83-1, $168.66) Iron Honor (Chad Brown, Nyquist, 122-1, $247.62) The Puma (Gustavo Delgado, Essential Quality, 123-1, $248.12) Soldier N Diplomat (Steve Asmussen, Army Mule, 129-1, $260.84) My World (Brad Cox, Essential Quality, 207-1, $416.26) Carson Street (Brendan Walsh, Street Sense, 307-1, $616.26) Mesquite (Cherie DeVaux, Union Rags, Wagering Suspended) Thunderously (Bill Mott, Gun Runner, Wagering Suspended) The post ‘All Others’ Remains Favorite in Kentucky Derby Future Pool, Paladin 8-1 After Pool Four Conclusion appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The lion's share of the wagering money fell squarely on Express Kid (Bodexpress), the last-out Springboard Mile winner at Remington and subsequent $800,000 Fasig-Tipton Digital January purchase. However, it was the Reddam Racing homebred Pavlovian (Pavel) who put his head down at precisely the right moment to give trainer Chief Stipe O'Neill his third victory in the 8 1/2-furlong Kentucky Derby points earning race. With the victory, the California-bred colt earned 20 points toward the first Saturday in May, while Express Kid garnered10 points for his second-place effort. Sent screaming to the front right by Justin Evans, even-money choice Express Kid set the tempo, leading 5-1 chance Pavlovian, who was getting blinkers on for the first time, and Bricklin (Nyquist) through opening fractions of :22.07 and :46.40. With the positions of the front-running trio remaining up to the home turn, the favorite continued to fight and inched clear momentarily, however, Pavlovian wasn't about to give up and fought back late, getting up just in time to get a nostril down on the wire. The top two finishers both have 20 points in the run-up to the Kentucky Derby. Pavlovian graduated at second asking in a 5-furlong state-bred test at Santa Anita last June before finishing runner-up behind Desert Gate in the GIII Best Pal Sakes at Del Mar. Off-the-board in the I'm Smokin Stakes against Cal-breds in September, the grey was an improved second when returning to optional claiming company at Santa Anita in October. After losing his rider in Del Mar's Gold State Juvenile on Halloween, the colt came home fourth while stretching to a mile for the King Glorious Stakes at Los Alamitos on Dec. 14. In his latest trip to post, the colt closed to be third in the 8 1/2-furlong Cal Cup Derby at Santa Anita on Jan. 17. Pavlovian is a son of Pavel, raced by Paul Reddam and also trained by O'Neill, out of Mandy's Grace, a daughter of MGSW Magicalmysterycat (Storm Cat) who was also campaigned by the winning combo.   The post Reddam Racing’s Pavlovian Gets the Nod in the Sunland Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

nearly accurate. I think for a long time the features have Mainly gone to the Mega-rich for decades. Even Roy and Barry's owners were the 'elite' back in the day.   All of Allstars owners Megarich for their whole decade of success (like Lazarus owners Kennards and that)  , a few Aussies amongst them like Mre Feiss from Victoria with a few good horses like Self Assured , etc and the Butterworths. Merv Butterworth even so blessed he had Copy That as well  with Ray Green . The Canadian TANev bloke (with all the Aaardie horses ) has a few Big wins around the place. Stonewall and Breckon obviously , and now Shannon , Boots and Seymour and Mick Harvey who has Kingman are sending horses to NZ and winning the Big ones.   Interestingly Mick Boots , who won his 2nd Hunter Cup the other night to go with the 2 NZ Cups of Swayzee , is really invested now , and the amazing Brittany Graham interviewing him was mentioning how he is gone right into it now like Seymour , and breeding some as well . not just buying horses like The Falcon for example, or yearlings. And is using way more than the 17 trainers now , and is up over 30 trainers winning races with his horses now . !! What support that is to the Participants !!  that is amazing . as he gets good quality stock to a lot of small time trainers. even with young Gemma Hewitt at Albion winning for him the other night, just one example.  Actually I was surprised the other night at Albion , when Grant Dixon told me that Seymour DIDn't Breed Leap To Fame himself. I was very surprised. Most of his horses are bred by himself and Kay at their stud.  Instead,  Grant said he and his wife Trista went to the Sydney Yearling sale and picked it (LTF)  out for the Seymours themselves , and paid just $42,000 for him . Bit of a Bargain ? lol 😂🤣💰 not a bad purchase at all lol. He's over $5,000,000 in earnings now I think.