Happy Sunrise

DDB is a Dalgety and Dunn combo so take 30% of the genuine price. Every Option (was a topic on here) has a good draw,though better from stand so might be a good place bet. Going to be fun watching Beragio go round again. Be good to see him do alright.

This Wednesday?

What a performance she put on before the race. Did ok all things considered!

Spastic warm up by it's official babe

into 10s FF, short on the tote... Go the babes

Stop embarrassing yourself and go back to your own site. Do you have no self-respect?

I asked this in the thread about the 5 best pacers but no one has answered and I'm interested to know if anyone has an any idea. How come False Step was not included in the top 5 pacers when he won 3, yes 3, NZ cups from 1958 to 1960 and a derby in 1956. He also went to Ameriva and beat their best horse at the time. It can't be because of his era as Highland Fling raced earlier than him. Anyone know why or is it too long ago?

If Scooby is on BOAY posting...who is left posting on racecafe? ?

Johnny the bottom one.

Blossom Lady raced after this group. She was a cup horse which the other group didn't do I believe. So she would have to be higher up the scale. All quality mares, Bionic chance had an electrifying sprint like few others but what made this group special for me was they took each other on and took turns beating each other. Made for great racing and people had their own favourite out of the group which made the races something to look forward to.

Home in 55.... ?

Bill Haley paying 2 30FF but has been racing at Hawera and Palmy? Somebody with knowledge needs to enlighten me!

Calling DR. 14FF and 4 20FF for the Babe. Good odds or too tough from the draw?

You can. Be good for you to learn what a forum is meant to be like.

Live link ? https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/articles/bekindtoyourdrivers-campaign-reinforces-driver-abuse-is-not-ok/

None taken. I threw him in there as he had quite a following. One of the few to capture the imagination. Couldn't think of another 2 or 3 year old that did. Do age group pacers even belong on the list?

From Aussie but a good watch! Who would want to be a driver. Click on the video link in the story. https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/articles/bekindtoyourdrivers-campaign-reinforces-driver-abuse-is-not-ok/

Bad draw but mighty short odds...

I see she is in on Friday night at Alexandra Park in race 4. Picked 3rd in trotech. I will be following her with interest.

1984 JOHN BRANDON NZ DERBYThe 1984 John Brandon NZ Derby, which promised so much with one of the best fields of three-year-olds assembled for the event for some time, ended tragically for most at the end of only 200 metres when a spectacular smash eliminated all but five of the 14 horse field. Horses, drivers and sulkies went in all directions as Liquid Lightning fell when second in the open, bringing down Tucker's Rule, Freightman, Ruthless, Logan Dryham, Kanturk and Roydon Glen, while Slugger had to be pulled to a dead stop and King Alba lost his driver after almost avoiding the melee. Three drivers, Charlie Hunter (Tucker's Rule), Barry Clark (Logan Dryham) and Colin De Filippi (Freightman) were taken to hospital after the event. Hunter, who crawled from under the wreckage of horses and sulkies, was the most seriously injured and was reported to be in a fair condition at Princess Margaret Hospital. Liquid Lightning, who fell when he attempted to jump a shadow, became entangled with Roydon Glen, and these two horses lay on the track while the remaining five runners completed the course.Victory went to the most loosely assessed horse in thr field, the Southland owned and bred Naval Officer, who joined Mike De Filippi's Broadfield stable prior to the Easter Meeting, and finished fifth in the first two legs of the John Brandon Triple Crown on the first two nights of the meeting. The race started sensationally enough when one of the favourites, King Alba, broke in the run up and was many lengths behind at the start. After the smash, Josephine Bret, Lord Louie, Paleface Tryax, Naval Officer and Crowhurst were the only runners left in the contest at the end of 300 metres, with Naval Officer enjoying the run of the race on the outer from the 1600 metres. The field had to swing wide out on the track to miss the fallen runners with a round to go, when a loose dog on the track almost cause more problems. Naval Officer finished best in the run home, winning by two lengths from the Southland filly Josephine Bret, who just held out Paleface Tryax by a neck. Crowhurst was nearly two lengths back fourth clear of Lord Louie. Naval Officer recorded a smart 3:22.5, a mile rate od 2:05.4, which was a good effort considering the field had to run very wide twice.Owned by Brian O'Meara, Ray Taiaroa and Dave Edwards, Naval Officer is one of the first crop of the Meadow Skipper stallion Midshipman, who stood two seasons at Nevele R Stud in Christchurch, a season at John Butcher's in Cambridge and a season at Grant Sim's in Invercargill. He will stand at Colin Chandler's Matamata property for the 1984 stud season.Naval Officer is out of the Smooth Hanover mare Smooth Robyn, from Robyn Lee, by Light Brigade from Night Sister, by U Scott. Runner up Josephine Bret is by Knowing Bret from the Young Charles mare Young Charlotte, While Paleface Tryax is another son of Midshipman from the Hal Tryax mare Brigitte Bardot. Credit: Tony Williams writing in NZ Trotting Calender

My favourites. I loved those mare races. You just missed Michelle Bromac.

Terror to Love, Christen Me and Iraklis never did it for me. Especially as I liked Robert Cameron horses in the case of Iraklis but I think it was because he never beat any 'stars' in NZ. I could be way off the mark but that era was weak in my opinion.

Very true.

The first comment under the clip by David Tangye is very interesting. Nice to finally see this after so many years. Liquid Lightning (Andy) was owned by my father. He told me when I when to stay a few weeks later what happened. So for the record: he said Andy jumped the shadow that was coming off a light post (or the finish post) in the afternoon sun. He was sure Andy would have recovered as he was 'good on his feet', but as he slowed suddenly, the horse behind barrelled into the back of his sulky and knocked him forward into a nosedive. It's hard to see this in the race video due to change of camera at the critical point, but the replay helps see it. Anyway, he said Charlie Hunter, who was driving the horse behind, did apologise to Richard Brosnan (or Dad, I can't remember which) for not looking where they were going. I assume Charlie was glancing to see who was outside him at the critical moment. It would have only been a one second glance at an unfortunate time, but it gave him no time left to pull his horse to the outside of Andy. Even had he been watching Andy jump, it was debatable that he could have avoided running into the sulky anyway. As I understand it, they were not interested in speculating what might have or might have not resulted had Andy's sulky not been impacted. Dad certainly felt terrible about the accident, especially that the top horses never got their one chance at winning the Derby. Months later, when Andy raced at Addington the next time, he did the same jump as he crossed the finish line. I saw that video ages ago, and remember the crowd's audible gasp as he did it, but he did not fall (I think he recovered gait quite quickly. I also think he won that race.) Soon after, they shifted the source of the shadow (moved the finish post back from the track?), so that shadow would no longer be there.

I have said this before but it will require a Bonecrusher - Waverley Star scenario repeated a few times with a bit of drama thrown in. A genuine rivalry with a bit of needle without the sanitized script of today's coverage.