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Well done I looked at that horse probably due to the big div it was paying, also Hope's trotter, but didn't end up having a bet unfortunately, nice big fields there, did you have the inside word on willow, didn't have much form to speak of, but a good draw, thought it may have paid a bit more, but nothing wrong with 50s, good work.

Been some good horses win at Westport over the years, armalight won her first start there, our mana, won the 10k bonus along with Steven John, Wilbur Win, both locals, The tough nut, pankys pacer, also a few of the Nairn trotters start there careers on the grass track, was certainly good racing over the two days, backed ultimate council both days, certainly honest run from great draws, not so today, samvasa as well, and plenty of not so fast ones in between, took solemn sun today fixed at 150s, must be due to trot after breaking last 5 or so starts, we live in hope.

Will the false start horse have the opportunity to start from same position on the restart, or do the stipes just put them straight to unruly position, is it the same for both mobile and stand, or different rules for both, I always thought the driver had the choice, anyone got any tips for reefton.

A few more trots if ya cant find a winner, was heading that way myself, till samvasa got me out of a pickle.

Youd think they'd have an experienced person on the tapes, connections must be frustrated by what happened with the re run, I know I was, talking through my pocket, the 2s on offer tomorrow seen fairly skinny especially from the second row, wont be backing up at that price, the 41s the first day more my go.

Yesterday my roughie evangelist at 41, a mobile specialist, stepped from the stand like a pro, unfortunately false start, reared up on the re run, thought it could been a refunded, but don't know what the laws on that, drops in class tomorrow of the mobile and is paying 2.00 at present, interesting, My skatjie deemed a non starter, couldn't see much on the race replay, think it's all a lottery.

Dont think so, Hamptons the last ones to have a couple, not sure if the have at present.

Track wasn't really wet, hardly marked it, they were poor, but so were a few others, can't really blame the track.

A light shower before race 1 and a heavy one at race 11, good day otherwise, considering forecasted rain on the day all week, the club president was seen in the paper praying to the weather gods day before, maybe it worked, hence my omen bet evangelist, stand record terrible, stepped like a champ, but oh no false start, knew the second attempt wouldn't be as good, blew to bits bigtime,

Buller high school right next to race course, remember gazing out the woodwork room right next to 1200m cute for the gallops, the pain of not being allowed a day off school to go, good racing there on both codes, horse called Julloch held track record may have died in a float fire, peligro held 1200m track record 1.12 I think from memory, trained by Kennedy's ikamatu, they had some good horses in their day.Derby street very familiar to me, you'd remember a few good gallopers trained there, taxtale, Gaelic bid, buller bay a chestnut plagued by unsoundness,

Certainly a local legend, trained many over the years, with his share of winners, few good horses over there around that time, Steven John won the 10k coast bonus, back in the early days a trotter call Charlie Lincoln used to pull the hearse in his down time for the hagedorn brothers, another owner said he had the best bread horse in the district, he pulled the bakers cart, oh the memories, but those ones before my time.

Wasn't run as the Westport cup, was called the westport handicap and was run over the 3200m, I might have seen ya there.

Bluegum surprise won 74 Westport cup, local trainer Kieth Powell won with lady Jesse,Maude Ann and Bonnie Charlie.

Certainly does, was saying a few good horses won there first race at Westport trots, armalight and our mana, both top horses of there era, been a long day hence not reading your post correctly re the winners, I'll have to hunt down an old race book to see who did win in 74, I know the club got a 1000 pounds back in the day for the worlds first triple deadheat,

Who won the Westport cup that year, had the gallops till 1996, nice course.