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Great driving by Monika. Showing all her great trotter driving with Donna's Boy blasting them away. Great for the Northerners !! The Chch Local Brodster Pin-uP boy Carter D, driving the perfect race on 'Harriet' getting 2nd too. On to the grass on Sunday will get them sorted out a bit . Both Pacer heats so the girls lose the trotter advantage. Should of just run the GREEN TROTTERS MILE as the junior drivers event. Would of been a good one to see the youngsters go in 😁🏆 Muscle Mountain would of been a good drive to get lol.

Well you think Carter would Lap the youngsters after All his USA, Aus and Group 1 Experience. He is off to a good start too , winning a Cambridge race yesterday. Looks like Monika Ranger and Emily Johnson are pushing him hard for the North Island. and both drive well on trotters too. Two in form trotters coming up in Race 7 Addington tonight, have been drawn by them too. Hope the young ladies run the Quinella and give Carter something to chase . Carter is on Champion trotter trainer Phil Williamson horse too. so could get in the road of the Northern girls who won't know Addington too well. If Carter Dalgety can get Harriots Moment home he will have a Very handy lead , so let's see if he can do it.

did a lot of laps there. Magnificent place was old ParKlands. reclaimed by the State government to build Athletes village for the 2018 Commonwealth games . 2 weeks of sports that killed off decades of the traditional Gold Coast trotting. a real tragedy really. think students rent the accomadation now while attending a nearby campus. It may of well been if you say so, but the televised events and Group racing is the PRIDE of the Sport. I appreciate that you and Brodie like some here at BOAY like the traditional stuff and see it's importance. that's very good. But as you say the focus is on those that pour the money into the sport. I mentioned a few names above. these guys will keep it going . Not owner trainers. We have the owner trainers and Very small team trainers with very slow horses racing at this VERY minute at Redcliffe. The SPORT would/could survive without them Mr Galah. BUT > We are lucky to have Entain /Ladbrokes that still put on this cheap 'Bush' racing for the hobby enthusiasts at Redcliffe and Marburg , that get nothing when they go to town. no horses fast enough. They're ALL with the Millionaire Owners and Trainers as is Exactly the case in New Zealand. You could just have city centre racing for the Rich and the classy? . (best owners, horses, trainers and drivers) If we didn't put on these 'Grass roots racing ' and it stopped . no one would barely notice as far as Punters go. You guys have been calling for Cambridge to stop .you're probably right and It probably will at some stage. like Hutt Park and Forbury with the changing times. I've seen Manawatu bagged relentlessly as well . you guys are the sports enthusiasts and still don't like it ? lol. sound like thoroughbred blokes half the time that always talk like that too. you are so lucky HRNZ doesn't close it and keep the few going , by offering some races and prizemoney still. for your grass roots participants. and they run great Sires and Group racing all year round. bloody great stuff really ☺️ but you still say they (HRNZ) allocate All wrong the funding for owners and races ? . No they Don''t is my answer. I've listed Plenty of reasons listed on this thread.

exactly . that's society in general. It panders to the rich. Horse racing is dominated by Millionaires like a Lot of other sports. You know this. My thinking is not flawed . It's the reality. Harness racing is great because it does Put on a PRODUCT that ALL can have a go at if they're good enough. UNFORTUNATELY with the Depth of Talent in Trainers and Drivers in Australian and New Zealand Harness racing ( the best in the world) the small guy is NOT going to get any of the Big money off these blokes. The NZ Cup Trifecta of Luke McCarthy , and Grant Dixon , and Barry Purdon have been doing this stuff since the day they were Born almost. They are best on the planet. (same for Pete McMullen winning the trots, the Butts, Dunns , Dalgety'sand Jones . The Small guy will NEVER beat them. So you support these guys (that are the best in the world. ) By Putting races on for them , and Sires Stakes to support the breeders. Who breed the horses the Owners of these stables buy . (nearly All millionaire owners because that's the way it is and they get a foot in the door with their money. Every ALLstar's owner for example. It's so obvious HRNZ MUST support these guys by having rich races for them to put the best in the land in. We're running a Group race this Saturday night at Albion Park . Only the Best will be in it. (horse , driver, and trainer) The rest of the everyday folk will just paddles around Redcliffe, Oamaru, Mildura Gore and that with little attention and little prizemoney. always been the way. I used to race Rocklea against Grant Dixon and the Rasmussens every Saturday afternoon. we raced for $500 mate. it's just a hobby bit of fun for the small bloke. People that get their horses running SUB 1.55. well that takes skill . And they deserve the Money . And they get it. So my Thinking is not flawed . It's WHAT is ACTUALLY Happening in Aus and NZ. you are the One Criticising it and dreaming of the 'Level Playing field for All'. Mate, the 2 year old Sires Stakes and Jewels racing indeed gives the 'Battler a Even Chance ' to get some. Say JUMAL for Reid and next tier level driver winning a few is an example. excellent program. been going years. BUT you hate the 2 year olds getting Big money too, so with your flawed thinking , it's just Problem after problem lol. I think you've lost a grip on why and What actually happens so just blame people doing their Jobs ? ( the HRNZ and Entain) 🤭 I do appreciate you have an excellent grasp on driving tactics and , race outcomes and stewards etc though 😉🏆

Small time sponsors come in to play. Like your local pub or auto repairer and all sorts of things. Thus you get the people that work in those places a chance to be involved in the sport too. (this happens at all the small races we run around Australia everyday. it's a good thing. Usually the huge Feed and supply companies (like Garrards and Prydes Easy feeds will sponsor the Big races ) and No Matter how much You don't like the Money and Bonuses and that going to the HIGH end , it is IMPERATIVE it DOES. You must Know this ? adjust your cynacalism and pessimism a tickle as Woodlands and mobs like that there , are the same as Egmont Park (Seymour with Leap To Fame) and have the Millionaires and Stud farms . and not only provide a lot of the racehorses (your Stonewall bloke actually punts as well I believe to help the industry along ) as well as buying 2 x $300,000 + yearlings this year at record prices at the sales . OF COURSE you suck up to these blokes as much as Humanly possible Mate. You have to WANT them to get the high end Stakes , of COURSE HRNZ needs to 'Throw the Money at them " Exactly as you described. it's VITAL. Even here our Redcliffe Yearling Sale Bonus race was run last week , and Won by Dixon. for his '3rd String' Millionaire owner John Mammino with a little known 2 year old. John and acquaintance of mine, races about 10 horses with Grant Dixon each year. He picked up 100k last week. (race sponsored by Garrards Horse and Hound who also ran the Sale) John being a lead player at the Sale each year. so The Millionaires PROSPER occasionally Mr Galah , and it's VITAL they do , or interest in the sport will drop more than it is now. They NEED to have races for these BIG boys and they need to win them . ( a la Dean Shannon with 'Merlin' in NZ which has led to the great man racing another 10 horses there with Barry Purdon , a wonderful thing) Even Aus best in Lue McCarthy is starting out stud farms. Cobbity Farm stands 'King of Swing' and others. HRNZ (and Aus harness racing) is doing a wonderful Job laying on some races for these VITALLY IMPORTANT players. you just can't see it , as want the small bloke to win. they don't win the Big ones much mate. well sorry to tell you . It's Seymour, Stockman and Shannon etc that WILL WIN . even Gus has a multi millionaire owner who comes back to buy and race more horses based on that success. You WANT them to Win . and the battler ? well he has to go to Redcliffe or Westport or wherever lol. and race for $6000 for 11 months of the year. or be like Brodie criticising the good horses and the good owners that actually are vital to the sport , and their INVESTMENT deserves the Rich prizemoney. They Deserve it for their support 😁 the hobby horses racing at say Oamaru yesterday or Manawatu (like at Redcliffe here and places like that) can go around for $6000 . Makes no difference if they go for 10 or 12 . they're just the extra's. the bit players. the back ground players with men and women sending their hobby horses around like they have done for decades, and don't EXPECT to WIN much.

you do need some though. Those Marketplace v Got The Chocolates clashes this year have been amazing. and you can show off your next 2 NZ Superstars. generated a bit of excitement . The Velocity and the NZ Derby were very exciting I've been Spruiking QLDer GUS the trotter to the Galah all year telling him how good he was. Paid $8 there twice , so you punting blokes might of got something. ( I backed GUS the 2nd time in the trotting FFA but missed the first unfortunately ) Good on ya GUS 🏆 . whatta beauty he is. Here's Another $8 winner for you Brodster. in the video. Shouldn't of paid so much against those very Weak South Island horses. About 8 of them in this video. The good horse tried to show some LEAP TO FAME death seat toughness though. great memories mate 😁😉

there's always a way. There's Sponsors and interested parties such as the stud farms and millionaires who chip in to keep it going. They already chip in to the large prize Slot races you guys All hate . Races are just run to what money sponsors put up at the time . I went to Tasmania with a few Queenslanders when Blacks A Fake won the Interdominion . He picked up a million dollars as First prize. sometimes Sponsors mean you can race for better money . other years not so much. The WAY it's ALWAYS been. ENTAIN /Ladbrokes have been great for harness racing. I can't condemn their input like you blokes do. we need them as are a good sponsor. Do they help the NZ Gallops out as well ? Chief might know ?

and deservedly so. It's lucky they're not low now like the general 4-6 k races they run all round Australia every day. But you got lucky and ENTAIN saved the day . (Temporarily you say) It's a Good thing !!! for 5 years you keep saying. In Queensland we are grateful that the ENTAIN group Ladbrokes props us up in the betting market, so we can race 5-6 race meetings per week for our cohort of about 500 horses. excellent stuff. you want to criticise the hand that feeds you ? , but if you didn't get fed ( by Entain) you might of been racing for half the prizemoney they are now by now already ? . And Deservedly So. Deservedly = Because you bloke Refuse to support the 'Product' anymore and slander North Island harness altogether, all the innovations , and you can Really get the feeling of how Popular the once great Harness Racing Sport is in New Zealand these days from the CONSTANT Bagging it gets on NZ harness forums lol. eye rolling stuff 🙄 lol😉 At least in Australia we still enjoy the sport (as a sport) and try and keep the small fields going around at Marburg or Globe Derby or Mildura or wherever. Ballarat even has full 10 horse fields tonight going around in $6000 races. You are right and that will become the norm in NZ one of these days. Oamaru racing for 10 and 12 K races today is just FAR to MUCH. it will be cut in half one day to 5 and 6 k because of the revenue . no one betting on those poor horses. so yeah ! cut the prizemoney in half and see how it goes from there? Why should they get more prizemoney when no-one betting on them ? Par for the course old mate. A sign of tough financial times for one and all.

ENTAIN is a very successful company. and HRNZ has been very successful and done racing of 'The Highest order' for decades. So not sure why you keep thinking these Professional People are so Bad at their jobs all the time .? they not exactly employed off the street? they're qualified Professional people. and results are great. It's your results that you're worried about. and don't /won't/can't accept that people don't bet on harness (or even support the sport ,like in the Golden 70's-80's era , critically that were before POKIES and LOTTO. I know you had a political agenda and are one of those party supporters that will never change their support of a particular one, so think the other parties can't do the job. So really you are impossible to argue with . no flexibility 😉 Harness racing is Unique as a lot of the Officials actually love the Sport , and strive for new Innovations , and to keep the sport going. ( and for better prizemoney and racing than ever too) and are doing a Sterling job. But because the Betting is down , you think they're all failing. It's just a sign of the times Brodster. I'm sure you and I punt a LOT less than we used to. You guys won't even support North Island trotting at All ? so you're actually The Problem. if there is one . and can't see it lol 😋 (me too, and probably half the nation as well . racing is struggling too it seems? ) for example mate, I'd only find one in a thousand people in QLD that has even heard of champion Leap To Fame (Not connected to the sport). He didn't even get on the news winning the Interdominion in July. You wouldn't find a single person that knows/ or cares he won the NZ Betcha race and NZ FFA> ..... the golden age is over

Not as bad as what you think all the time Brodster. NZ harness is near Best in the world. Because you have Great people running it and participating in it. Better to put money up for the participants by a betting company ? , than Not put any up lol. 🤣😂 5 years or 20 years , some is better than none 😁 They make millions from the betting mate. NZ harness just a small pimple on their radar. Aus harness even less of a problem for them , so they use their Sub branch of LADBROKES to support the Aussie harness . all year. every year. Don't worry if they cut funding . It'll stop the Aussie 's coming and taking most of it 😂, and your 'Bush' racing for average money will just continue on as if nothing as happened. Most Clubs have SPONSORS Brodster. They'll get the chance to chip in and support the industry again . Feed companies like the amazing QLD Garrards Horse and Hound already sponsor NZ for many hundreds of thousands annually. PRYDE Feeds sponsor the Big Victoria racing nights , and all the Group 1's. Vic still makes a loss annually because betting is a lot less these days , and not as prevalent as it once was. It's not just betting agencies that will keep you going . It's ALL THOSE OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES AS WELL. The Studs (farms) and their Millionaires proprietors sponsor PLENTY already. Plenty of Sires Stakes racing. Has happened for years . Long before Entain came along. TAB didn't run the show . HRNZ do. get with the program.

Sir Castleton v Aussie Scotch Notch as well. they nearly Quinellaed 3 Interdominion Grand Finals and were both tiny little trotters but big in heart. Don't mention Poppy. that's 2 wins for Gamma and 15 for Popular Alm in 17 race clashes. (think he fluked some 😉) Armalight and Bonnie's Chance had quite a few great clashes and won a NZ Cup each amongst the action, during their races against each other. yep . to win the Trot Grand Final at Addington. No Response had a great arch rival too, in Scotch Tar. They won a stack of races between them. (Wolfie drive Scotch Tar in that Interdominion Final that No Response won , but galloped to the back and ran 7th in the end unfortunately. he was a very difficult horse to drive)

Here's a tribute of sorts with the Great man TAB 4 Ever , Gary who has passed away recently. Here he is giving us some of his Positive Vibes and thoughts back last Summer after WINNING the Hunter Cup night BOAY competition. He is mentioning the syndicate racing that he was a huge part of through his life. he is just speaking about here above in a couple of posts. TABman Narrowly defeating the Brodster on the night here , and it reflected in his comments about how lucky he felt through life and so that was nice to see . he appreciated the great sport for the racing and participants more than the money, and got to mix with the race winning connections each week as a race night stand Steward for the ATC. The results on this thread show > Many great kiwi horses took on the best Aussies on our Great Southern Star night at Melton Victoria, that matches the 2 great meetings at Addington this week. Swayzee defeated Leap To Fame in the Hunter Cup this night (Republican Party 3rd) and I see in the results a EMMA Stewart trained horses running 2nd in race 4 . named KINGMAN , driven by Luke McCarthy at odds for her, and it helped TABman win this comp on the night too 👍🍻. And now KINGMAN is a NZ Cup winner 9 months later this week. 🏆 rest in peace TABman . thanks for your BOAY contributions.

oh no. 😔 that is quite flattening. I really liked that guy , and he always was totally nice to myself and we enjoyed many interesting conversation at BOAY. Including chatting about LEADERBOARD winning the Grand National and much more stuff like that. He always helped increase my knowledge on topics and was a pleasure on BOAY to correspond with here. I'll miss him here, but am delighted to see he had a helping hand in so many projects and sports , That it filled his lifetime with great enjoyment and many fantastic moments. North and South Island . He had to fight to fight against Auckland bashers here , but stuck to the task to defend the people he mixed with around him in Aucland with Gusto , and intelligence. Loved his ATC trots and Karaka Millions . on ya Gary. R.I.P Gary Williams . a fine kiwi TABman.

I think Walt was pretty crook , and had returned to his native Nelson from Auckland after an absence of some years, to enjoy memories from the past that he kindly shared with us here for a time. seemed a kind and knowledgeable bloke. Hesi was just reflecting on several regular posters at forums over the years that had passed in recent times. I guess we have quite an aged cohort , so mostly quite a few are battling health issues. Condolences to the family and friends of Gary Williams. that was a long article on him that you referred to on the HRNZ with his sudden passing . he had quite a history. Lately = A member of the ATC race night Steward team that helped with the co-ordination of syndicates, winning owners and trainers and the like on race nights. I don't recall 'TAB 4 Ever' mentioning these activities so feel he is different person ?, but did race in both codes as Mr Williams did in Syndicates and the like (including Changeover in the Cup for Mr Williams ) many folk do race both codes of horses, and one friend I write to, and was competing with in on-line racing comp's in NZ , does have current very handy trotters in the North Island, and also shares in Te Akau gallopers as well. So I think this type of owner is not uncommon in NZ. Is great these type of blokes supporting the racing scene and wish them well.

Final Race result race 13 Addington Congrats to Ranga with a fine 1st 3rd combo with Lazarus Effect and Arthur Shelby in the final to draw 12 points. Rangatira the winner 🏆🍻 of the BOAY Showday challenge with his team of last start Winners. Chief gets his first winner of the day in the last as well and picked up 8 points. FINAL POINTS BOAY Challenge After Race 13 Ranga 50 Points, Gamma 44 points, Ladies Team and Chief both 34 pts , Brodie 20pts, Galah 14pts What an amazing Days Racing that was. Probably better than Tuesdays ? and that was pretty darn good too. Thanks for playing . Well done GUS 🇦🇺, Larry 🇦🇺 and our Winner Winner Boay Ranga 🇳🇿 !! the legend LIves On !!!!!!! 🏆🍻