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yes that is definitely a problem then. Mile racing is for just 9-10 horses. We lobbyed QLD racing to cut the maximum field size for mile racing to 10. they obliged and bought in that maximum limit of starters thankfully. that's 2 down from the 12 they were racing at a mile sometimes, up to about 5 years ago as the horse's running 11th and 12th at the quarter mile were NO Chance whatsoever , and so there was drivers not even 'having a go' whatsoever if caught in that position. A very bad look. and Something you see in NZ racing a lot still, but not in Australia as we have 'proper' field sizes where everyone gets a chance thankfully. Doesn't have to be. Gallopers are still attracting good betting , and the stayers are getting more rare. And the vast majority of runners , race at 1200m to 1400m . there is still a few good mile runners, but once you get 2000m and beyond the Horses get VERY Tired. the Margins Blow right out , and it's quite '0ff-putting to the punter to see the horse they invested on finish sometimes 1/2 furlong from the winner 😅😂😁 Brodie probably used to it over the years finishing way back, but smart Punters are CLOSER to the Winner in shorter races. and enjoy that feeling. Gallops and trots. Who wants to see their wager way down the track in a stayers race ? no one really.

yes it's much easier on horse and driver. Very routine and predictable. And a little Boring at times too as Brodie would suggest lol. not quite the action of a NZ Cup race lol. I watched just the one race yesterday, Race 2 with COURAGE REACTOR who was stone last at the quarter mile, but a fabulous timed run by Wilson House , coming home from the back, saw the horse get up on the line to WIN. What a Great thing to See . 9 horse fields are great like that (give All runners a chance to win ) and a beautiful racetrack like Ashburton helps as well. Some more great 'modern NZ racing' . and the way of the future .( and the present day too) .(Brodie only likes the 'Old days' 😉) Alas the long distance stuff is Too Tough on horses (recovery wise and race wise as well) Not many can do anything like was Swayzee and Leap To Fame do over distance lol. it's hard to keep them interested and racing well , without going 'Flat'. even after one hard run wide over a mile and half which can really knock a horse around and effect it's future racing. Brodie doesn't understand that , as is not a trainer. thankfully in Aus the trainers and clubs KNOW it's In the horse's Best interests to race a mile to a mile and a quarter as they can Back up and race week to week . Which is very important. so 95%of races are short as possible.

Life is giving you too many lemons 🍋 T-man. You're behaving like a true lemon 😅 which is defined as an item of poor quality that always needs constant maintenance. you can go all Sour grapes 🍇 all you like , but Sam Collett after another winning ride , and in true 'Good Will Hunting' type style will be saying "How do you like them Apples? 🍏" as said by Matt Damon after some more success. you already know an apple a day keeps the doctor away 🍏 Good Will Hunting one of the finest film masterpieces ever made full of great lessons of life. Thoroughly recommend a viewing for your education . Robin Williams is fantastic in this show too. Perhaps one of the finest quotes in the movie is for you to take on board , and a lesson for all who miss the enjoyment in things is to remember this. "You'll have Bad Times. But it will always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention too "

not slaughtered mate . Beaten a head by the $1.90 favourite. A stunning drive by Crystal to defeat Mark and Barry Purdon Group 1 winning trotters OscarB and 'Meant To Be' by lengths ? she must of nearly fell out of the cart to beat home some great trotters like those with a mid class mare.? 😎 well done Crystal. Mark Purdon might be too old now ??🤣😂🤭😉 Congrats to a very nice bloke in Bernie Hackett (Crystals dad) too. Quinella in the trotting flying stakes. Taking the win with multimillionaire John Greens trotter. a very deserved effort for top efforts year in , year out. Bernie, Michelle and Crystal sure have won heaps of trots and get them going well . Tonight they Made OscarB , who is a Dominion H'cap winner and was 3rd in the last Interdominion Grand Final look '2nd rate' . that is quite a result !! 🏆

Horse has progressed ok since that win last Winter Mr Galah. Thought I would let you know this week that IMPERIAL COMMAND did so well in the spring he is attacking the Big Group 1 Maori Mile at Bendigo on this coming Saturday night. won't win it , as the champ Keayang Zahara will do that. . But since the Win last June IMPERIAL COMMAND trotted to 7 more wins and 6 placings from 18 starts to make Open Class. The Gaths have him going along nicely ok. they are great trotter trainers. Open class may be a bit tough though although he is down to about 1.56 capable now . not quick enough for a Group 1 though. footnote: Kingman the NZ Cup winner down to resume in the Bendigo Cup (the race before the Maori Mile ) on Saturday night. The trotters actually race for 100k. and the Cup only worth $75k this year and reduced to a Group 2 as Victoria Harness runs broke these days. so the prizemoney is falling away accordingly.

Think with something like a casino, they aim for 9% winners , which leaves 91% losers. Thankfully on-line casino gambling is Not available Australia as the country would go broke in no time. People are very stupid in their gambling. Once they're on a roll or had a win they think 'No Limits' should apply. lol. I recently visited Crown in Melbourne , and was gob-smacked by the scale of 'Losers' I observed over a few hours. I had not been to a casino for 15 years odd, when visited Sydney star to have a look , and noticed most tables played $25 minimum limit as opposed to the $5 that was in for a lot of years . some blokes had huge stacks on card hands that were played every minute. the roulette they were losing hundreds every spin every 2 minutes. Stupidity reigned supreme lol 🤣 'fools and their money easily parted' as the old saying goes. Couldn't believe what I was seeing actually. The Crown Melbourne makes about $300,000,000 PER DAY 🤣😮. I had a calculated 30 bets on various table games (carefully avoided Pokies where you have to be a member anyway) and won 20 times so beat the 50/50 chance odds and came out $400 in front. son who was with me had 4 bets and lost all 4 at $25 each. so I gave him a hundred from my winnings and we went home. I've never seen so many losers all in the one Place at one time. You can only Hope and Pray they are always prevented from On-line access to the same thing as would be a disaster (for them and their families) better To stick to a few on-line 'small' restricted horse bets for fun and entertainment. and to support some great participants of the racing sport in some way.

well it is not the greatest description to call a junior driver a star. But Crystal is still young and gets drives on her parents nice trotters , and also for one of the best trainers the World has ever seen in Barry Purdon . (and training partner Scott) so you do expect positive results in that case. For the record she has got slightly more beaten past 3 years , so she's not quite a 'shooting star' like Carter Dalgety in the Junior ranks , but not exactly a 'Fading Star' like dad Bernie yet either ? 😂😋. Crystal's Seasonal driving stats show:- 2023 200 drives for 33 wins ( or about one win every 6 drives) 2024 302 drives for 43 wins (or about one win every 7 drives) 2025 433 drives for 56 wins (or about one win every 8 drives) 2026 5 drives for 1 win (or about one win every 5 drives) best stats yet Forbury ? get on board mate 🤣😎🏆

the fastest horse wins . A very easy concept. Mile racing is very easy to pick , but you old dinosaurs like slow grass tracks racing where they play for luck and the smaller stables can get a win in slow time. that's nice !! it's actually a nice thing to do that support. No smaller stables are going to win any serious Group racing though. The horses have been racing like Rocket ships the past 15 years at Menangle, and contrary to NoworNever's comment above , they all get a go as it is a Front Line Only . 10 across. So no interference. No-one in your bloody road if you're good enough , and the fastest horse will always WIN. They're all way too fast for you blokes to pick any winners lol .😁👍🔥 I'll give you one though . DON HUGO. he's a bit of a ripper lol 🤣. and TOKYO ROSE in the Mares races coming up soon for Grimson. Watch em' burn !!! 🔥

they're happy with it Brodster. Been doing it since Harold Park closed 2010. the racing is sensational. we are nearly getting up to the Menangle pace in Brisbane now on the 1000m track . scary they are running 1.50 now.A 2 yearold won the 2 year old slot race last year in 1.50.2. Incredibly quick. And you saw him in NZ having a crack at the Derby recently named FATE AWAITS. Fate Awaits only a distant 3rd to the great horses Marketplace and Got The Choc's though. 2 of NZ's brightest stars. so there's Hope for fast kiwi's yet ??? 👍😎💰 send em' to the Brissy Interdominion this year mate. Makes men out of boys lol. 🤣 Miracle Mile usually about 1.48 winning time Chief. for the Grand Circuit horses. the very best 4 year olds that can run in ' Chariot's of Fire ' usually around 1.49 miles Standard FFA'ers around 1.50-1.51 miles three year olds 1.51-1.52.

they had a speedy mare recently that did a similar thing Chief. Kiwi lad Jack Trainor (currently disqualified for 18 months) had a Mark Jones mare , the Bettor's Delight sired STYLISH MEMPHIS , who had average results n NZ , but really took off at Menangle through 2021-2022, winning the $200k Ladyship and $200k Queen Elizabeth GROUP 1's for Mares. one of them in a quick 1.49.2. Stylish Memphis even a bold 4th in the Chariots Of Fire and also in the Biggest race going, the Miracle Mile itself ,she was 6th in fast time against the boys too. Makes perfect sense they would try the same approach with their next speedy mare. Tokyo Rose might be it ??? Best of luck to her NZ connections. 🏆💰

well having a look it seems across the 2 days they had seven starters for 1 win with the House and Hope stables with a fairly similar result. you'd go broke backing them too lol 😁💰 some 'rough horses run at Westport lol.🤣 Hey I did see one of 'Bootsies' horses that he purchased after it won it's last start in NZ 2 years ago at Westport Dec 2023 exactly 2 years ago , won the 'Shirley Turnbull Memorial ' at Bathhurst last Friday night. almost 2 years to the day after his final NZ run (and win at Westport) You blokes won't remember the horse, but DONEGAL LUTHER at a rather juicy 50-1 odds too, won the Feature listed race for trainer/driver Amanda Turnbull , defeating the star pacer the Interdominion finalist 'Captain's Knock' into 2nd who had won it's past 6 starts, and the Grand old Bootsie horse SWAYZEE , the double NZ Cup winner , in for 3rd. Mick Boots must of bought near 100 NZ horses over the past 3 years (after the success of Swayzee and Betterzippit) and has them with 17 different trainers across the land. and NZ too , where he still races Captain's Mistress at Nathan's down south there for example. A Westport winning horse like DONEGAL LUTHER can earn about 100k here in country NSW per year in the right hands . he had only won 2 races last year 2024, but 2025 he got going a bit better and has won 7 from 20 starts this year to win 100k. some were at Menangle too.

think you're right Brodster. But they will scratch horses 'If denied a Fair start' by being struck by the Barrier strand in any manner. This does happen very rarely , and the stewards rightly can scratch a runner that suffers that interference. so will be in the Steward report if that is the case. I notice the trotters can stand very very wide on the track these days? some even face the outside rail at times as the start is initiated . we never used to do that as was always a risk of the tape tangling your horse if up too close.

some great Grand Circuit Champion Winners from NZ. Horse after horse doing NZ proud. The Champions of the Sport. don't forget em' boys. Maybe Republican Party can take down the Aussies in 2026 ?. best of luck to him to push em' hard. here's the quiz answers in some great action photo's !! 👍🏆. Remembering the Champs for Christmas. There you go Seven Amazing NZ bred horses in a row , being the Grand Circuit Champions. Such amazing Gait and Action . no wonder they were All the Best in World during their years. n.b the Tasmanian was the double NZ Cup winner Flashing Red. the 2 Queensland Champs were Blacks A Fake ( 2 time Grand circuit Champion for Natalie Rasmussen ) and Be Good Johnny for John McCarthy . the McCarthy family being based in Queensland for many years where the champion drivers Luke and Todd (john's Son's) learned the craft to now be the Best on the Planet . (along with the Dunn and Purdon families) 👍 we are blessed to see such quality in our lifetimes. these horses and Horsemen that trained and drove them are the truly' 'Elite of the Sport' . congrats to good bloke Grant Dixon , joining them as a QLD Grand Circuit champion with LEAP TO FAME past 3 years.

When KIWI won the Cup 🏆 . great nostalgic moment 😎 was a bit bigger for NZ than the Nzb kiwi race lol. This bloke in video is a great bit of Nostalgia as well . getting an MBE and all for services/accomplishments to NZ racing . A star of the show. and prepare tough horses to boot. Bred them , worked them, did the lot.

the very first POST on this thread back 4 pages explains it well Newmarket. the first few sentences. The Galah gave a good description right there and then what is going on tomorrow..