Gammalite

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 !!!!!!! 🏆🍻

tell ya what . Let's give Ranga 'The Lazarus Effect ' as well . He won his last start at Kaikoura and It's been such a great day , i'm feeling super generous, so 'Double chance to Ranga' to take the day with his Winner winner Chicken Dinners. race about to go.

they are going spot on terrific too. Be interesting to see if you're right (and Ferguson does take a sit) in the NZ Derby that will be on soon. The Classic Blue Riband race will be the Ultimate Show-down between the 2 . maybe in 2 weeks time ?

the double Interdominion Champion salutes . Leap To Fame burns up the 2 Best horses of Nz , to make up for his narrow NZ Cup defeat. The Queensland superstar sends Gamma back to the lead in the BOAY Showday challenge with the amazing day recorded by the Team Australia today. Ranga has a chance with ARTHUR SHELBY to take the challenge out still 😉 , with one race to go. POINTS UPDATE After Race 12 The NZ FFA for superstars Gamma 44 points, RangaTira 38 points, Ladies Team 34pts , Chief 26 pts , Brodie 20pts, Galah 14pts,

Stunning GOT the Chocolates Win. absolutely stunning horse , going like a champion already. Well done Diamonds racing !!! a jewel in your crown. congratulations 🏆. brilliant. Race 11 Result the 2025 Velocity Slot race 8 points to the BOAY legends of Brodster and Ranga . both 'On the Money' with that one. hope you enjoyed ?? Chief a fine 2nd with his Marketplace gets the 6, Nice try Chief !! and Gamma in for 3rd on the Queenslander. POINTS UPDATE After Race 11 The NZ Velocity 3 year old slot race RangaTira 38 points, Ladies Team 34pts, Gamma 36pts , Chief 26 pts , Brodie 20pts, Galah 14pts,

How good is harness racing in NZ really.? That is a just another great race with great Horses and horsemen fighting it out for the Big Bucks in the Velocity. A year ago I said to Grant you'd Win the VELOCITY in a years time when he went to NZ with Aroda for the Cup. He said 'Whats the Velocity?" lol . well you didn't win it Grant so don't worry . (he Won the Rising Sun instead) but a good 3rd behind 2 Great NZ horses in Got the Chocolates and Marketplace. A year ago I said here that Got the Chocolates would be a Derby winner. and be John Dunn's best horse. Well he is turning into their best horse , so am halfway there, but was well beat in the Great Northern Derby by Marketplace. But you can Feeeel the tide turning . and that was only 40 bucks that trifecta just now in the Velocity . But WHAT a QUALITY one it was 🏆👍 Anyone impressed in NZ ? or are you just waiting for Westport or Gore .

Race 10 The NZ trotting FFA. that was exciting . Love old GUS , and beating the great old NZ stagers of Muscle Mountain and Oscar Bonavena too. 2 of the fastest Trotters ever to win all those races at Addington over many seasons now. gutsy 2nd and 3rd. Gamma has out-trotted old adversaries the Chief Stipe (Muscle) and The Galah (Oscar) at last to take the Day 🏆. and the Trifecta at $150 -1 as well. thanks for playing 👍💰 Rangatira joining in the action with 8 points as well , after GUS had trotted to that stunning victory in the Dominion on Tuesday. nothing left to say now have picked self up off the floor but Wahoooo ! after that. Gamma very proud of his contribution to trotting (squaregaiters) in Queensland and has just witnessed the ultimate reward. GUS the legend . my goodness. what a great day. POINTS UPDATE After Race 10 The NZ trotting FFA The Ladies Team 34 points, Gamma 32 pts , Ranga 30 pts , Chief 20 pts , Galah 14 pts, Brodie 12 pts

Go GUS . you know its a good thing , don't you guys ?

No Points earned race 8 the Southern Mares race. Race 9 Result Sires stakes Fillies . Great result for Team Dalgety with the Quinella . Ranga is the winner winner with the Winner All of Me getting the dinner. and picks up 8 points . 'The Queens Gambit' with Kimberley Butt reels in 6 points for the Ladies. River is 4th for Blair Orange , so its a couple of points for the Galah. POINTS UPDATE After Race 9 The Ladies Team 34 points, Gamma 24 pts , Ranga 22 pts , Chief 14 pts , Brodie 12 pts , Galah 10 pts Now it's time for the Queenslanders . The FFA's are coming !!!

Race 7 result Mid class trot. Bob Butt and Mark Purdon never a hope off the handicaps with the 2 Best trotters in the race. Anyways , the girls up front were terrific with Sam O , Kimberley B and Sheree nearly running the Trifecta. 3 Mares did run the trifecta, (Freya 3rd) with the Quinella going to the Ladies team in the BOAY challenge and 14 points . with Rush and Paige running very well indeed 1st and 2nd. Chief gets his 3rd x 4th Placing in a row , so another 2 points with 'Master Class'. POINTS UPDATE After Race 7 The Ladies Team 28 points, Gamma 24 pts , Ranga and Chief both 14 points , Brodie 12 pts , Galah 8 pts .

yes, her manners were terrible last start too. was always a huge risk today. Habibti Pat. Just like 'Dreams Pat' in the trot that just went. plenty of money lost on it this week too. The name PAT is turning into a jinx on them . It's a shame that happens as they're pretty good when they are able to keep themselves balanced.

Race 4 No points scored in that race by any team. Race 5 result . The Ascent Slot race for 3 year old trotters. An Aussie Quinella. 🏆🇦🇺. after Keayang Zahara took the first edition last year , the Aussies step it up a notch and run the Quinella. James Herbertson , Australias leading driver at just 25 years old , powers away with the Ascent on TRACY THE JET. Trainer Jess Tubbs reduced to tears in the stable area, without her late husband Greg Sugars here to see it.😪 For the BOAY challenge it's 14 points to Gamma for the Aus Quinella (Gatesy's gem 2nd) , Rangatira has 'jetted 8 points' too. Meant to Be runs on for Chief from the back and the North Island to get him 2 points in 4th spot. the Galah galloping badly with Habibti Pat gets the zero. POINTS UPDATE After Race 5 Gammalite 24 points , The Ladies and Ranga both 14 points , Brodie and Chief both 12 pts , Galah 8 points ,