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Was great to see BlairO win a heat for the locals. in heat 10 tonight. MATS DJUSE from Sweden has got juiced up with a couple of winners nicely tonight , and the Canadian James MacDonald has taken the lead as most were predicting with 2 winners as well. he could of won on 'Sans Au Revoir' for me which would of been just dandy , but missed by a head. Here's the latest points then , with Blair up to 4th. Gets to his favoured Addington now too. so should do well.

only newly married this year, so with a large sum like that they could invest in 'real estate' . and set up a nice new home togeather. Hopefully for many years of wed Bliss 🤔 that way if they split up later on (like one in 4 couples do) they can split the home like anyone else 😋 . Meanwhile they can have a nice modern home to live in and it builds in value over time as well. even buy a nice dog for it ? lol. 😆 well Ben could buy a 2nd dog out of his half anyway. A pick each that way 😅 and no fighting lol.

wouldn't be many .but I was visiting in Victoria 1991 and went to my only Melbourne Cup . Let's Elope winning. STEVEN KING not only won the Caulfield Cup- Melbourne Cup double , but the Mackinnon Stakes in between them as well .🏆🏆 🏆 Let's Elope winning all three very well indeed. A nice hattrick by horse and rider.

well there's no fast horses at Cambridge 😉, so the winner should be the Best driver lol. 5 heats tomorrow. Blair Orange has drawn a couple of outside barrier draws so will be very hard indeed for him to get in the frame. The driver's that draws well as far as barrier goes, gets a luckier run usually. JAMES MACDONALD the Canadian has a few handy barrier draws in the 5 Waikato heats tomorrow. Gary Hall Jnr is the current leader on points after 5 races, but my guess is James will over-take him at Cambridge. I quite like the macDonald drive 'Sans Au Revoir' in the 9th heat as well , even drawn the 2nd line , as she is a bit more experienced than her rivals (and I won off her a couple of times previously lol 🤣) But the World drivers Championship will take these five heats to see who is a chance at Addington and Winton of becoming the next World Harness driving Champion.

Final Heat for Kaikoura coming up . Heat 5 is race 5 shortly. Let's give Blair a rev and get him home on Gem N Em . he did drive her to victory at Addington not long ago. The USA bloke must be a huge chance on the John Dunn runner, as their stable going great guns lately . Led by the impressive Got The Choc's. Miki's Courage looks well placed in this Kaikoura WDC race. so a MIKI's COURAGE - Gem N Em Quinella could be the go ? 🤔.

meanwhile Tu Tangata keeps taking the punters dollars in NZ. Race 4 running now as favourite ??? what How did they send that out favourite yet again in New Zealand.? must of taken so many punters for a bath the last year it's a wonder he hasn't been run out of the country. sell it off to some poor Ozzie bugger. so old RACHMANINOV at 10 years old, trots to a 2nd place yesterday , then backs up and wins Wins today . Good on the old Boy !! well driven by young Robbie Close too.

Ja ja ja ja . Jaap. . The Netherlands draw a Metro class horse to win the 4th WDC Heat today. Jaap Van Rijn draws the certainty of the century with It's Tough for the John Dunn stable. and wins by lengths. That horse will go close to being a FFAer for John so that was money in the bank in that field. should of taken it in plenty of doubles with other selections today to DOUBLE the winnings 💰. but thought it would be paying $1.10 . ended up at $2.10. 😳 slipped through to the keeper that gift 🙄 nice Win Jaap 👍

yes . a good point of note is he uses mainly Local bred product , and competes (with his junior driving them mainly) at Redcliffe twice every week , just getting the same results every other trainer is getting there ( about 4 wins per horse each year) and has just a few fast class Metro horses. He is very honest. even with 3 millionaires as his owners. in contrast (Leading trainer Pete McMullen gets heaps of Imports for his 3 millionaire owners worth Big bucks) one of Dixon's owners Greg Mitchell , does buy a few from NZ for him .some lovely old NZ horses. especially trotters over the years. Currently racing 'Zealous Spur' to fair results but had the 62 win 'Our Overanova' who trotted to record number of wins here over the best part of a decade. When trotters were not very Big at all here. sometimes race 10 on the card was the trot, after everyone had gone home , and he would start off 50m near midnight lol. What a great old NZ horse he was. Greg had picked him up after eight 3 yearold starts in NZ. where someone there did a great job getting him going as a youngster. OVERANOVA a fine credit to the NZ trotters list of greats.

Well you could give it to Grimson ( like when he got Swayzee off the Tim Butt stable ) and any number of other horses Jason Grimson got to do form reversals. Or now we have the Queensland version. give it to A trainer you haven't heard of yet in Mitchell Dawson. (brother of leading driver Nathan Dawson) give your horse to him. Mitchell is getting a few old has-beens to 'Go Forth and Multiple' as the old saying goes, and is racking up some extraordinary performances lately. NZ bred gelding BOLD MEDLEY JUJON takes the cake lately as the Dawson Star Improver. Racing on our Slow Thursdays in QLD , when the 1.56 to 2.00 mile horses strutt their stuff . Bold Medley Jujon , a recent arrival at the Mitchell Dawson stable ZoooooMMMMed away in a 1.50 mile by 15 lengths from the field for a gob-smacking win . Quite something !. as The horse had been raced for 3 years at the Leading stable of Grant Dixon , with very average results. Grant had started the horse 24 times this year for 2 Wins , both in 1.58 mile rate at Redcliffe. The horse couldn't get warm at Albion Park. Come the 23rd October though , and one week after leaving Dixons, picked up by Mitch Dawson, he's thundering away from the field in blazing fashion , 26 seconds out of the gate, then 26.3 seconds down the back straight to give the field the slip , and cruise in by half the length of the straight, still powering along alone. Slow Thursdays are Not what they used to be 🤣. wonder if Grant feels like a 'poor' trainer now after seeing that lol 😎. Grant could get back behind Larry (LeapToFame) and feel better anyway. Although he would be 'flat out' to go that fast as what BOLD Medley JUjon can now go lol.

yeah . it couldn't pace very well so was quickly out the back today, I bet they're glad it didn't gallop at Addington with all the money on 😁. Blair drove a good race then . Can't wait for 'GemN Em' tomorrow 👍 Speaking of huge difference in recent form I have a Grimson like beauty for you. a big one from our 'slow' Thursdays. I'll pop it on a thread for tomorrow .

Viva la Italia . bellissimo driving lol 😎

I think what I'd do is run 10 races for the 10 drivers , and have them all start one race in every Barrier position from one to 10 each. Like then , they all get one pole marker each across the series , one or 2 second rows . every saddle cloth number once each. and then draw whatever horses into those positions according to their rankings. DOVER TERRACE the plunge horse is in the next Heat. first round for Pacers. Is he 'Red-Hot' today ????😉

The Galah trying to go against the young star Carter there and not paying off. Greg O and Mick G are so excellent at their knowledge it's incredible. they know the sport and characters so well it's like second nature to them. Could never , ever pick or back anything to lose in life. even if I hated them. They are trying or competing to win , so always wish everyone well in every contest. and may the best (or luckiest ) on the day ,take the Victory 🏆.

Gary Hall Jnr does the good Aussie thing and finds the top in Heat 1 . that's the way to do it Blackie. Hoof-in it out in front, while the goings good. None of this galloping out the back like the 2nd and 3rd favourites did in that first heat lol 😎. I still hope Blair can come good and take the Title though for his home fans 👍🏆.

Don't forget it's the state of the Economy as well. .And also it's just not a great product to bet on when your horse is galloping out the back . whether in the North or the South. I think you trying to separate the 2 is just folly. Galloping folk hate trotting betting generally. after watching any race you like , you can see why punters are put off betting on harness. The very last race I just watched the well supported BLAZE CRAZE was galloping out the back before they even got to the start. You're stone raving crazy if you would 'Risk' more than a tenner on that rubbish. (harness horses anywhere) straight After seeing all the amazing gallopers at Flemington and Randwick yesterday where punters made an absolute fortune yesterday. they can put on thousands and actually get a run for their money lol 😂🤣💰💰