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  1. Maori Time (1.51.5) , a very fast mare trained by ex-pat kiwi Brent Lilley. a fine trainer who specialises with trotters in Victoria. He trained Queen Elida to fast times recently as well . Brent learnt his craft working at Barry Purdon's in his youth days. also a very fine trainer of trotters for decades. She had a crack at that big Sweden Trot , the mega rich Elitloppitt in 2018 when sent along sponsored by Aldebaran Park. when at her fast peak. but failed unfortunately. Interdominion Grand Final Trot winners Just Believe and The Locomotive also attempted Sweden, and failed , since then . They must have bloody good trotters up that way lol. The Locomotive has a mile time of 1.52.1 so was 2nd best before Keayang Zahara came along. he's now 3rd best (fastest) after her astonishing Win last night.
  2. Mick boots races the horse Newmarket. ( the leading Partner in Swayzee) Bootsie was already racing it in NZ with Nathan last year and got him to campaign her in Brisbane last Winter for some big races. 4 starts where she won 3 and was 3rd in the Group 1 Oaks , after a poor drive by Nathan. This year she was always going to come back to Australia in the Summer, to tackle the Queen of the Pacific at Melton and the Chariots of Fire Group 1's . She won them both and over $300,000 this year in oz with 6 starts for 6 wins. before running 5th tonight. Pretty sure Mick Boots has other horses with Nathan as well. He is using over 30 trainers all around Oz and NZ at the present moment. he's a great supporter of mid level trainers as well as top-line ones.
  3. Wham Bam Slam BANG ! how is that for Queensland royalty. 2 Great blokes in Grant and Pete train and drive the quinella for Queensland. They are such great guys too, They remind me of Mark P and Tony H to chat too. Harness racing has the greatest horsemen and what a race that was to show off their steeds. LEAP TO FAME and THE JANITOR putting up super-equine efforts from their positions in the running to overcome some of the best pacers going . Don Hugo and Swayzee and Captains Mistress all having to bow their heads to the fine Queenslanderson this occasion. Just Stunning . stunning win . Gamma can rack up 18 points for that here , and a tasty $60 for the 2 great QLDers. Chief $29 for 3rd with the DON. What an exciting Finish to the Comp . a wonderful race the 2026 Miracle Mile FINAL Points after race 7 the Miracle Mile Brodie 52 points , The Galah 38 pts + Gamma 38 pts, Chief 28 pts + Blackie 28 pts, DIVVIE's Comp Brodie $160, Gamma $104, Blackie $90, The Galah $88 , Chief $75 CONGRATULATIONS to the Brodster who was on the money with the last Start Winners Slot. to be the BOAY Slot race champion . well done young fella. quite a few wins tonight to be the Winner . πŸ†πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ‡³πŸ‡ΏπŸ»
  4. HOLLYWOOD STRIP sits parked and wins the Derby. 8 wins from 8 starts . and 1.49.8 time. He might give Jumal a run for his money in the NZ Derby later in the year.?? he's a bit of a monster this bloke. Ex-pat NZer ZEUS LIGHTNING fainted up the home straight, after being eye-balled by him , and ran 4th. Another 10 points for Brodie . (and $58 too πŸ’°). they run true to form in OZ Brodster. Menangle you can win from the 10 gate too . just like that . what fabulous harness horses they are. also 4 pts for 'ZEUS' for Brodie , Galah and Blackie. Points after race 6 (and One race to go ) the Miracle Mile Brodie 50 points , The Galah 36 pts, Chief 22 pts , Blackie 22 pts, Gamma 20 pts. DIVVIE's Comp Brodie $160, Blackie $90, The Galah $88, Gamma $44 , Chief $46
  5. Brodie picking up the 10 points in that one with Keayang Zahara 1st. A last start winner. Will she ever get beaten again? lol. so Brodie hits the lead on 36 points. The Galah and Gamma pick up 4 points each with GUS in 4th place, being NZ bred and QLD trained. Next Race = The NSW Pacing Derby Group 1. Slot 1 / for Blackie also has the favourite I didn't pop on earlier sorry old mate, in the 'Grimson' trained ZEUS LIGHTNING. as well as 'SHOWmeTheTANLines' both these horses , and (FUGITIVE) are running for the NZ slot for the Galah. Repping for NZ as winners from there.
  6. never got close enough to stare at her lol 🀣 KEAYANG ZAHARA by many lengths in 1.51.5 . equals the Australasian trotters mile record time. she's a machine. stablemate Jillaby Ballerini 2nd, the Arcee Phoenix stablemate from Victoria was 3rd. GUS 4th for QLD.
  7. Next up is the Group 1 HAmmerhead Flying mile TROT. Can budding champ Keayang Zahara handle it if GUS stares her down during the running ???
  8. 4th Race of the Slot Comp hits the line . and it's Quinella Time for the Brodster !! excellent work old mate . Sparkling Sea beats the QLDer 'HavtimeToDream' Trifecta was only $25 with the other kiwi Ripples . so good points for 'Slot Team NZ ' as well. Brodster racks up 18 points, and $60 . with Gamma 2nd 8 pts ($12) and The Galah and Chief 3rd with Ripples 6 pts ($14) Points after race 4 The Galah 28 pts, Brodie 26 pts, Chief 22 pts , Blackie 18 pts, Gamma 16 pts. DIVVIE's Comp Blackie $90, The Galah $88, Brodie $83, Gamma $44 , Chief $46
  9. Nearly a dead heat in the Third. 2 very speedy ex-pat kiwis fight out the finish , and it's that man Blackie taking the win with the Miracle mile class horse of Hi MaNameIsJeff. young 18 year olf Jye Coney steering a great race to get him home from the flying Queenslander FINAL DEADLINE. Yet anotherkiwi bred quinella.Alas RAKERO ROCKET chucked it in so we miss the tritfecta. It's 10 points for Blackie in the Grim Slot and $70 . For 2nd Final Deadline scored 8 points for Gamma (trained in QLD) , The Galah (bred in NZ) and Chief (driven by McCarthy) and a $32 divvie. Points after race 3 The Galah 22 pts, Blackie 18 pts, Brodie 8 pts, Chief 16 pts , Gamma 8 pts. SLOT NZ still leads πŸ’° DIVVIE's Comp Blackie $90, The Galah $74, Brodie $23, Gamma and Chief $32
  10. Race 2 Result. Double Lou gets a sub 1.50 mile after getting held up last week , when should of finished closer. Blackie has Grimson's horse Nerano come home well for 2nd in the 'Grim slot' for 8 points scored. Chief picks up 4 points with McCarthy a distant 4th with Hesitate and a bit disappointing. Points after race 2 The Galah 14 pts, Blackie 8 pts, Brodie 8 pts, Chief 8 pts , Gamma 0 pts. DIVVIE's The Galah $42, Brodie $23, Blackie $20
  11. They're off and running on the Big night. RACE 1 hits the line , and it's a New Zealand bred trifecta. the 3 old kiwi horses in it run out a fine trifecta at $200. these races are easy peesy Brodster. don'tknow why you have so much trouble picking them lol πŸ˜‰πŸ’ͺπŸ’° Sorry mr Galah , but i put in just the 2nd and 3rd for you of BetterthanCash and Kingmaker in the NZ Slot. and left Helluva out πŸ™„ (a 2020 NZ winner for Gary Smith) Points after race 1 The Galah with 14 points with 2nd and 3rd, Brodster 8pts for 2nd with Kingmaker, Chief 4th with Steno 4 pts. BOAY slot DIVVIE comp The Galah $42 . Brodie $23.
  12. The Biggest Night of Trotting tonight in NSW. Miracle Mile night of Champions. Blackie nailed on the post last week (after a photo finish) in the Heats by The Galah and the strong NZ slot team . Gammalite 3rd last week for Queensland , But now has GUS to add to his Queensland squad to try and snare BOAY GRAND FINAL VICTORY (go GUS you good thing) πŸ˜†πŸ† Here's this weeks teams for the BOAY SLOT race Miracle victory finale. (Races 1-7 at Menangle tonight) SLOT 1 / Blackie with the Grimson Grim Slot. race2 Nerano, r3 Rakero Rocket + Hi ManameisJeff, r6 ShowmetheTanLines , r7 Swayzee + Chase A Dream + Captain's Mistress SLOT 2/ Chief with the McCarthy 'macca' Slot race1 Steno + Captain Bellasario, r2 Hesitate, r3 Final Deadline, r4 Ripples NZ, r5 Constantinople, r6 Soho Trump and r7 the Miracle Mile Chief has Kingman and the MM defending Champion Don Hugo. SLOT 3/ The Galah taking Victory night 1 with the NEW ZEALAND race winners squad. team this week is race1 Better than Cash + Kingmaker, r2 Picadilly Pete, r3 Rakero Rocket + Final Deadline, r5 LoveMeToo + GUS, r6 ShowMetheTanLines + Zeus Lightning + Fugitive in NSW Derby and r7 Captains Mistress + Chase A Dream SLOT 4/ The Queenslander Squad to crush these NSW and NZ pretenders ? lol πŸ€£πŸ˜‹ let em' rip !! race2 Catseye Beach + Darin, r3 Speak the Truth + CheersToLou + Final Deadline, r4 HavTimeToDream, r5 GUS, r6 Fire and Passion, r7 the Miracle Mile (Q ) Leap To Fame and The Janitor πŸ˜ŽπŸ’° SLOT 5/ The Brodster BIG Win squad of last start winners. (2 horse Limit per race ) race1/ The Answer and Kingmaker, r2 Catseye Beach, r3 , r4 HavTimetoDream + Sparkling Sea r5 Watts Up Partytime and Keayang Zahara, r6 Zeus Lightning + Hollywood Strip r7 Captains Mistress + Bulletproof Boy good luck to your teams. !! will score a points and divvie comp here later today when they're under way .
  13. exactly. It's like an election survey. A lot of people can be swayed by just one or two events that some will always blame the 'Government' for. and /or follow someone else's lead who already has a biased view. and refuse to change mind or give credit, even when some good changes occur. So once the Doomsday person's speak up, and they always do , Racing has a lot of the wrong type of people representing it in a positive light. even like at BOAY Thomass and Brodie do so often dragging the great sports down, when in reality they are just that . Great Sports. and for decades many fabulous persons have contributed to it , participatingin racing clubs, and breeding and racing racehorses , and making a living too from the industry that has some of the best horse people and horses racing , that are some of the very best on the planet. thin Jmac was voted best on planet ? Waller can't be far behind either.
  14. Bloke gets a bit excited because the opening prices are different to the starting price. I would open Herlihy runners (who ran 2nd and 3rd ) a lot shorter than a Merediith runner too any day. But a fabulous driving engagement and Top steer by one of the best reinsmen going in Carter, saw the number 2 get home after cushy run trailing leader. God help those poor bookies . lol πŸ˜†πŸ€£ cleaned right out ? lol. they'll be back to collect more off the mugs in some other races . so don't worry. πŸ˜‹
  15. While we await the Night off Miracles tomorrow night , where some of the greatest toughest and fastest horses ever seen in Australasia will assemble at Menangle, we have the BOAY Addington budding Stars of he Track tonight to put the Cash on πŸ˜‰ Get your tips in to beat these beauties . Race 1/ Brilliant Chase # 2. $2.25 (Should show a bit of BOAY brilliance in that case.) Race 4/ Spirit Downunder # 6. $4.60 ( BOAY shows a lot of spirit supporting All the trotting Down-under . (sometimes πŸ˜†) ) Race 5/ Rock Lobster # 5. $5.00 ( always wishing Nigel well with his mare as he contributes to BOAY and the NZ harness world with kindness and dignity) Race 6/ Got the Chocolates # 7 $2.50 ( always close to getting the choc's for BOAY. A beautiful horse he is ) Race 8/ Tu Tangata ( hell no . was just kidding lol 🀣 ) Race 10/ SunsoutGunsout #1 $1.65 (Suns out in QLD , off at beach now for a bit past day or 2 🌞 , and the Guns are out at Addington πŸ’ͺ. The Gamma BOAY themed multi special . rolling in the deep lol. * Chase-Spirit-Lobster-Chocs and Sunny = $210- 1 . money for jam boys. Gets some marmalade for your toast lol πŸ˜πŸ˜†
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