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Saving whose arse?  What don't you stop talking through yours.   Then why post it?

FFS @curious don't you have anything better to do?  I doubt you saw how it played unless you were there.  Which I gather you weren't.

oh crikey...you've only gone and done it! I too received the naughty piks and also the entire video sequence! As that piece of work BONO (did some shocking 'tradesman's work for me...not only stole my wifi password but also my partner!) said, "blessed are the videos because videos DO NOT LIE" Say what you like about BONO, he takes a very good video it's also a very good example of the human condition of 'trying to save your mates ass'  by the Chief...this time his beloved TA I can send you the actual video if you want but I'm sure I don't need to Of course at the bottom of the screen is the current bid price which stood at 300K when DC thought he'd made the final bid It then mistakenly shoots to 325K when MH puts in his bid, then comes back to the final 320K As you say nothing startling...a genuine error between business partners which was quite funny to observe Nothing "embellished" about any of it

Telfers have not got anything that would go with Leap To Fame and Kingman so maybe they would look at another runner outside the stable.

By Jonny Turner  Georgia Goodman will be out to keep up her winning form on Transport Services Ltd Wairio Cup Day at Winton.  The junior driver comes into Wairio’s big meeting on Sunday after notching the second win of her career in the sulky with Beaudiene Quick Step at Ascot Park last week. Goodman links up with two serious winning chances at Central Southland Raceway, one of which clashes with her last start winner. The reinswoman will combine with the Alister Black trained Captain Amore on the back of his last start third at Ascot Park. “Alister has been good to me and he is keen to see me get a win in his colours.” “The horse went great last week, he was fresh up after a bit of a break and fought on pretty well for third.” “He has good gate speed and he likes to race on the pace, both of his wins have come in front.” “This week it looks like a slightly easier race and he’s got a good draw, so he should be a pretty good chance.” Goodman’s workmate at the Nathan Williamson barn Oliver Kite will take the reins behind Beaudiene Quick Step to make a highly anticipated return to race day driving after a recent stint working in Australia. Beaudiene Quick Step charged home from off the pace in his last start win for Goodman and he looks a handy chance again. The pacer has recently moved south so he can train in Williamson’s equine swimming pool while also providing Goodman with more race day opportunities. “He has a nice turn of foot, he had gone good races since coming down here but he had been unlucky.” Goodman also drives Rise Up N Dance for the Williamson stable at Winton on Sunday. The pacer brings nice form and also draws a good barrier for the junior driver. “I drive him in work quite a bit so I know him quite well.” “I am lucky that Nathan and the owners put him in this race to try to get a penalty free win.” “He has been in good form and he’s got a nice draw so he should be a good each-way chance.” Goodman will compete in teal driving pants as part of harness racing’s Team Teal campaign which raises funds for ovarian cancer research. Jonny Turner’s Four to Follow at Winton  Race 2 (1.35pm) – Skinny Dippin She was beaten fairly and squarely in her last start at Ascot Park in what was a fairly ordinary display. However, I am keeping the faith in this talented filly and expect her to be hard to beat. There are a couple of factors which look to be key in Skinny Dippin putting her best foot forward this week. She should strip fitter as that last start came on the back of a freshen up. She’s also back to racing over a mile, which looks to really suit the speedy filly. Expect Skinny Dippin to be in front, out of trouble and to take plenty of catching. Race 8 (4.10pm) – Wag Star Unless he runs into some shocking bad luck, there should be no excuses for Wag Star on Sunday. Just three starts ago he was third at Group 1 level in the Invercargill Cup behind newly crowned New Zealand Horse Of The Year, Republican Party. That’s nice form for any race, but it looks even better when you consider Wag Star shares the 20m backmark with horses that don’t bring the same form references. While narrowly defeated last start, he threw away victory when slackening off and gawking around late. It is possible this cunning character could do the same again. But on pure ability, he should be winning. Race 3 (1.12pm) – Rakamick He’s well overdue but today might just be his day. Rakamick has raced honestly throughout the summer, without too much luck at times. That could change today with his nice barrier draw, suitable field and top driver on. But perhaps the most important aspect is the drop in grade Rakamick gets on Sunday. He’s been racing handy enough horses recently and now takes on a line-up with many who are honest but don’t win out of turn. He’s a tough customer and should give his backers a nice run for their money. Race 10 (5.05pm) – Captain Amore Gate speed looks the key to this pacer’s hopes of breaking back into the winner’s circle on Sunday. Captain Amore has plenty of early toe which is a clear advantage to him when he takes on an even line-up. He should cross to the lead early and from there, he is set to get a major advantage over some of his key rivals. Captain Amore’s main danger is Ebonezy who could settle in a tough spot from her barrier 1 on the second row draw. He has a 2 from 20 strike rate, which shows he doesn’t win out of turn. But Captain Amore looks well placed at Winton and a big winning threat. View the full article

Progressive fillyOhope Wins (NZ)(Ocean Park) completed the perfect dress rehearsal for the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) in a fortnight when she stormed home out wide from last on the corner to take out the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2100m) at Te Rapa. Carrying the colours of leviathan breeding and racing operation, Yulong Thoroughbreds, who purchased her in late January after she had won the Gr.2 Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2000m) on New Year’s Day, the daughter of Ocean Park started a warm $3.60 Fixed Odds favourite on Saturday courtesy of her last to first performance that day. Rider Joe Doyle employed similar tactics, dropping the filly to the rear from a wide barrier and lobbing along in a good rhythm as Fly Zenno (NZ) (Ancient Spirit) set up a muddling early pace before being joined by Chilling Out (NZ) (Savabeel), who had pulled her way forward after failing to settle when caught out wide. That pair injected some speed into proceedings travelling past the 700m with Doyle and Ohope Wins still back last but looking to get to the outer in the home straight. The well fancied Tajana (NZ) (Tajana) and Single Red (NZ) (Vanburgh) went clear at the 300m with Ohope Wins winding up strongly but still at least six lengths from the front. Just as the leading pair looked to have the finish to themselves, Ohope Wins hit overdrive and swept past them both to defeat Single Red by half a length with Tajana a further neck back in third. Lance O’Sullivan, who prepares the filly in partnership with Andrew Scott, reiterated that the main target for the filly is the New Zealand Oaks. “It was some performance as she has given them all a big start,” O’Sullivan said. “Coming to the corner I thought she was going to have to be pretty good and when Joe got her to the outside and gave her clear air she showed she is a filly well above average. “The plan has always been to go to the Oaks and we certainly won’t be changing that plan. “She looks like she will be very competitive in that and I’m thrilled for Yulong who have come on board. “She is fit so it will be just maintenance work now as she is ready (for the Oaks). “We have always thought she would come into her own over a middle distance and she has a beautiful action and one we have always liked.” Doyle thought he might be running for minor money early in the run home but praised the filly for her tremendous will to win. “I was thinking wow all the way up the straight as they put the blinkers on her today and she travelled a lot better,” he said. “We still had an awful lot of ground to make up, and I did think she might run a nice third or fourth and we would be happy, but she just picked them up and she is a bit of a superstar. “She has the right attitude and is very brave. She had been lazy in the past and we knew we would just take our time and I didn’t have to get serious until the last 100m where she was always going to win.” Ohope Wins has collected two victories from just five starts and more than $319,00 in prizemoney. She is now listed as the $2.20 Fixed Odds favourite for the New Zealand Oaks at Ellerslie on 21 February. View the full article

New Zealand-bred gelding Oak Hill (NZ) (Per Incanto) lifted his ever-improving career to another new level with his first black-type victory in the A$300,000 Gr.2 Here For The Horses Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The five-year-old son of Per Incanto has now had 19 starts for eight wins, four placings and A$717,140 in stakes. The Rubiton was the fifth start at stakes level for Oak Hill, who had resumed with a last-start second in the Listed W.J. Adams Stakes (1000m), and earlier in the season was only three lengths from the winner when 11th in the Gr.1 Moir Stakes (1000m) in September. He was previously unplaced in two other Listed events. Oak Hill had a few factors in his favour leading into Saturday, including a potent second-up record that had seen him record two wins and a second from four previous starts in that state. Ridden by Damian Lane, Oak Hill sat in fourth until the home turn and then quickened smartly at the top of the straight. He finished over the top of the front-running Don’t Hope Do (So You Think) and got up in the final few strides to score by a long head. It was a winning reunion for Oak Hill and Lane, who rode him to four victories between May 2024 and his relocation last autumn from the stable of the late Mike Moroney into the care of Ben, Will and JD Hayes. “I love this horse, I’ve won four races on him,” Lane said. “It’s good to be back on him. “He’s been a difficult horse to manage in the past. If you go too forward, he’ll do it the wrong way around and get his head up and over-race. “A lot of those early days with Mike, it was about teaching him to settle and run, settle and run. He’s really starting to put it together mentally. “He’s always had the talent and you can put him a touch closer and he’s got the turn of foot still.” The Rubiton was Oak Hill’s third win for the Hayes brothers at Lindsay Park. “That was a terrific effort by Oak Hill,” JD Hayes said. “I thought he put the writing on the wall last start when he returned. We’ve taken all the gear off his head and he’s just starting to really learn his craft. “He’s a late learner and a horse that we inherited from the late, great Mike Moroney, and he is getting better each preparation. “I think we could look at the Oakleigh Plate (Gr.1, 1100m, February 21) now. Why not?” Oak Hill was bred by the Mahoenui Partnership and is by Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto out of the High Chaparral mare Isstoora. That makes Oak Hill a half-brother to Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai), who has won seven races, including the Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m), Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m), Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) and the $1 million Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (1600m). Oak Hill was offered in Little Avondale’s Book 1 draft at Karaka 2022, where Paul Moroney Bloodstock and Ballymore Stables bought him for $180,000. View the full article

Te Rapa trainer David Greene is riding the crest of a wave after he doubled his Group One tally when First Five took out the BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at his home track on Saturday. Greene recorded his first elite-level success when the Almanzor five-year-old won last month’s Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham, and he was confident he would go close to keeping his undefeated record over 1400m intact on Saturday. Despite his last-start heroics, First Five jumped a $7.40 fourth favourite in a market headed by Lindsay Park raiders Arkansaw Kid ($3.20) and Here To Shock ($3.40), and the Australian duo took a stranglehold of the race, sitting in the first two and dictating the early tempo. Jockey Wiremu Pinn guided First Five into the trail behind Here To Shock, and while the two pacemakers began to open up on the pack, Pinn kept a cool head and didn’t ask his charge to extend until turning for home. First Five immediately responded to Pinn’s urgings, bounding up alongside the pacemakers and quickly put several lengths on them, and he was able to hold off the late challenge of Sterling Express to win by 1-3/4 lengths. “I was shocked to see the TAB had opened him up at $13,” Pinn said. “He is just an absolute machine and I thought he played with them today. “It panned out perfect. I had myself mapped to be outside Here To Shock, but there was a little more speed than I thought. They ran at a genuine pace, which was good, we were in a good rhythm, never spent a penny and he has blown them away. “He is very special, I think he can win a Group One at 1200m and 2000m. He has got a very bright future.” Greene was overwhelmed by the enormity of what had transpired, and he was thrilled to get the home Group One victory for his group of supporters. “There is a huge crowd for him here today and what a win, he just dominated them,” Greene said. “He brained a really good field and that’s how good he is, he is a really top-class horse. “His work on Tuesday was unreal, he just gets better and better, it is amazing.” Greene is now looking to test his charge over more ground in the Gr.1 Sport Nation Otaki Maori WFA Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie in a fortnight, with a long-range goal of testing First Five’s talent across the Tasman next spring. “I guess we will run up at Ellerslie in a couple of weeks and give him a go over a mile,” he said. “There is not really much else left for him unless he is crossing the ditch, which is a difficult thing to do at this late stage of the prep. There is no reason why that isn’t something he can do in the spring.” Bred by part-owner Gerald Shand, First Five is by Almanzor out of six-win mare Payette. It was a lucrative day at Te Rapa for the family, with his full-brother Rambling On coming up a long head short of victory in the $350,000 Sir Patrick Hogan Karapiro Classic (1600m) earlier on the card. First Five has now won eight of his 20 starts, including two at elite-level, and has earned north of $810,000 in prizemoney. View the full article

Former northern galloper Witz End made his presence felt for new trainer Terri Rae when he scored the second win from just four starts from Rae’s Canterbury base when taking out the Listed Property Brokers – Ray Kean Hazlett Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui on Saturday. The five-year-old gelding commenced his career for Tony Pike at his Cambridge stable before transferring to Rae late last year, finishing unplaced first-up in November before winning on the synthetic track at Riccarton three weeks later. The son of Savabeel rounded out his 2025 year with a fifth-place finish in the Timaru Cup (1600m) in late December before being given a freshen-up in preparation for his first South Island stakes challenge on Saturday. Rider Leah Hemi has forged a successful partnership with Rae in recent months and that continued as she gave Witz End a perfect trip in fourth before edging closer rounding the home bend. As the field fanned out across the width of the Wingatui home straight, Witz End bounded to the front at the 200m before fending off another northern raider in Pour The Wine to win by a neat length with Say Satono making up good ground to claim third. Hemi was pleased with the effort although she did have some concerns in the home straight. “We got into a nice position and he travelled well up close to the pace,” Hemi said. “When I pulled him out in the straight he did want to lay in a bit which made it a little difficult until I got him straightened up and balanced. “He went to the line nicely and carried on past the post as well, so it was a nice honest effort.” Witz End was always held in high regard by Pike and collected four wins from his stable while he was also placed in the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) and the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m). He has now won six races from 21 starts and more than $285,000 for a large group of owners that includes former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull and former jockey Leith Innes. View the full article