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  1. Vinnie was fabulous . He drove like a maniac. was eternally happy with his horses ( but not with women sadly) and should of won that Auckland race. Poppy Shot 4 lengths clear 400m out and spent all his pennies. Had the race well won if he didn't think he could just win it by 6 lengths lol. he was pretty cranky about that Gammalite win. Leap To Fame and Lazarus race similar ? just too strong. You would of seen Lazarus gate speed. Was just normal ? but just sit outside them and win anyway. Dixon has well over 5000 race wins and no every inch of Albion , and driving the best horse in the world. No way could little Rakero Rebel hold him in with a 25 year old driver not as familiar with his horse and the track. poor bugger got left parked out for the trip too. she wasn't a hope anyway. What the race needed was some TEAM driving. Sanderson needed to attack before they were a lap out with Sure Thing Captain , and give the Stablemate Speak The Truth the last shot from the trail. A Small problem is that Larry is Full bore at the half mile every race anyway. and no-one can get near him from the front let alone the back of field 😂🤣 Larry Ran 26.5 both the last 2 quarters for a 53 second last half mile. you can't even win from the trailing position with leader going that fast. 😅 NZ Cup looks to be Aussie bound again .
  2. oh ok. thought you had him mixed up with young Jack for a minute. lol. Anyway Grant has barged off the fence in Both the heats of the Interdominon as well as this Grand Final. something that has been seen by LEAP TO FAME a few times. I think Grant is getting more 'Leeway' than other drivers get doing this early in the race. Luke McCarthy got KING of SWING off the one draw, in the Group 1 Blacks A Fake run this week 4 years ago, only to get the chop and Gallop fiercely to the back (courtesy of Anthony Butt) who got suspended. The horse leaving the fence causes issues. Nothing Herbie would do would keep Larry on the the fence??? . He was coming out No matter What Mr Galah. bloody oath you'd be grabbing up if you were Herbertson, with Larry coming out under your horse lol. Herbie did good to stay in the running line after, rather than get planted 3 deep. you just can't see it that way. Funny BOAY story is when Gammalite won at Auckland the horse bulldozed inwards after the start ( the complete opposite of Larry last night ) and Clarke cleaned up John Noble's horse on the second row into a fierce gallop. El Regale. This gained Gammalite the trail behind Poppy (Popular Alm) and the win at the Auckland Interdominion. driver got a suspension to spend some time holidaying with the winnings 💰 . John Noble left swearing for a week 😅
  3. Not Herbertson. It is the young driver Jack Chappell on Tims A Trooper who is on the Dixon payroll . so you got that bit wrong. Jack drew second row and could of been used to help Larry get off the inside , but wasn't needed. Rakero Rebel should of been in the Mares race Group 1 Golden Girl. This race was way out of her depth. You think Herbertson should try and hold Leap to Fame in ? lol 😂 No Point knocking your horse around like that 😅 saying the New Young Driver Champion of Australasia is poor tactically not great thing to do , but go for your life I spose. there's not much you can do to beat 'Larry the Powerhouse.
  4. Well I agree with most of what you say. Those races were TOO LONG at the 2 miles . The Aussie horses aren't good at it. never race it. Also LEAP TO FAME can come from anywhere, over any distance, doing any work. (Cambridge race prime example) and Merlin, and Republican Party, and Don't Stop Dreaming and Chase a Dream Didn't bother even turning up for New Zealand to exploit that fact. the very horses that could pressure him. Pinseeker ??? nah 🤣 So the race was boring and the 3 horses along the trailing positions behind Leap To Fame picked up tens of thousands of dollars in place money without having to do anything. In the TROT, Bob Butt did the same. Just dropped in to a trailing position behind Arcee Phoenix instead of taking him on. his horse BET N WIN is a 2 mile winner (Rowe Cup) but took the 'easy way out' and let the Aussie dictate and run away. Maybe needed John Dunn driving it ? he has a real dig in the Big races with trotters. So the Interdominion racing went Exactly as Most experts predicted. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it . I thought Gus could win it , But the poor bugger has to come from the back every time, and bloody London To A Brick just got in the road of him and Oscar B, so they lost their chance in the last lap. Gus and OscarB must of made up near 8 lengths on Bet N Win in the last lap, so still good merit in 3rd and 4th. Winner was too good drawn the One Alley. the winning trainer driver Chris Svanosio, and his young stable junior Taylor Youl who you wouldn't know, but she is high up on the Victoria driving table with a stack of wins , are TROTTER specialists , racing mainly them like Williamsons do in NZ.
  5. FINAL POINTS in the BOAY Championship (double points in Grand Final) Brodie 102 + Cya Art 22 + Max Delight 16 = 140 points Rangatira 121 + Aroda 2 = 123 points The Galah 106 + Speak The Truth 26 + Don Hugo 18 = 150 points Gammalite 116 + Petes Said so 14 + Sure Thing Captain 10 = 140 points Mikey = 79 points Tab $ 4ever 143 + Catch A Wave 6 = 149 points Chiefy 106 + Rakero Rebel 4 + Captains Knock 12 + Tims A Trooper 8 = 130 points LEAP TO FAME 48 + Leap To Fame 32 = 80 points I Hereby De-Clare THE GALAH has flown home to win the Title of BOAY INTERDOMINION CHAMPION Congratulations Good Sir !! 🍾🎉🍻🎈🏆💰 the cheque is in the mail .
  6. 1 LEAP TO FAME Fr1 1 Grant Dixon Grant Dixon $ 1.22 fav 1 BAY HORSE 6 by BETTORS DELIGHT USA out of LETTUCEREASON (ART MAJOR USA) Owner(s): Solid Earth Pty Ltd Breeder(s): Redbank Lodge Standardbreds 2 SPEAK THE TRUTH Fr3 3 Shannon Price Nathan Dawson 7.2m $ 31.00 3 3 CYA ART NZ Fr4 4 KerryAnn Morris Joshua Gallagher 8.9m $ 71.00 7 4 DON HUGO Fr6 6 Luke McCarthy Luke McCarthy 9.1m $ 11.00 5 5 MAX DELIGHT Sr3 11 David Aiken Will Rixon 11.0m $ 23.00 4 6 PETES SAID SO NZ Fr5 5 KerryAnn Morris Robert Morris 13.5m $ 71.00 9 7 CAPTAINS KNOCK Sr1 9 Brad Hewitt Brad Hewitt 15.9m $ 21.00 11 8 SURE THING CAPTAIN Sr4 12 Shannon Price Adam Sanderson 17.2m $ 23.00 6 9 TIMS A TROOPER Sr2 10 Grant Dixon Jack Chapple 17.6m $ 51.00 13 10 CATCH A WAVE Fr7 7 Andy Gath Kate Gath 17.8m $ 61.00 8 11 RAKERO REBEL NZ Fr2 2 Jess Tubbs James Herbertson 18.0m $ 31.00 2 12 ARODA NZ Sr5 13 Grant Dixon Trista Dixon 24.3m
  7. Without Merlin, or Republican Party or Chase A Dream or Don't Stop Dreaming to race against it was a Walk in the Park for LEAP TO FAME . He joins the Gammalite club of Dual Interdominion winners. Don Hugo couldn't get 2nd for my F4 ticket the rotten thing 🙄. took the No. 3 and No.4 both for 3rd and 4th lol $2,700 the first 4 paid too. 1st 1 LEAP TO FAME GRANT DIXON FT - - 1.20 1.04 2nd 3 SPEAK THE TRUTH NATHAN DAWSON FT - 5.40 3rd 4 CYA ART JOSHUA GALLAGHER FT 19.70 4th 6 DON HUGO LUKE MCCARTHY FT
  8. Interdominion Trot Final Result 1st 1 ARCEE PHOENIX CHRIS SVANOSIO FT - - 2.80 1.50 2nd 5 BET N WIN BOB BUTT FT - 1.20 3rd 12 OSCAR BONAVENA ADAM SANDERSON BL ODM - 2.00 4th 13 GUS PETE MCMULLEN BL RODM Bob Butt made the mistake and gave up the win by not taking the leader on early and leading himself from the Good draw. Just decided to fight for the trail . 2nd was his thereafter. Rangatira is the Trot Champion with Arcee Phoenix in his squad and gets the 16 points. Bet N Win 2nd and Parisian Artiste 5th for TABman picks up 21 points. Mikey in 3rd with Oscar B and pts for Not As Promised as well , and 'Gus' ( who should of gone forward Mid-race but sat like a goose at the back ) scores 9 pts for The Galah. The Galah also getting 4 for Golden Sunset 9th. 6 for Gamma, 10 for Chief, and just 3 points to Brodie who scored the Quinella at the Wrong end 🙄. POINTS UPDATE BOAY Interdominion Draft Championship The 2 Grand Finals Left to run . Races 7 and 8. TAB4ever 143 points , Gamma 116 pts, Ranga 121 pts, The Brodster 102 pts, Chief Stipe 106 points, The Galah 106 pts, and Mikey 79 points DOUBLE POINTS in the Pacers Final shortly. TAB4ever only with the one runner drawn out wide Catch A Wave. So plenty can catch him if he bombs Out !!! 1. LEAP TO FAME (Leap to Fame) 2. RAKERO REBEL ( Chief) 3. SPEAK THE TRUTH (the Galah ) 4. CYA ART ( Brodie ) 5. PETES SAID SO ( Gamma ) 6. DON HUGO (the Galah ) 7. CATCH A WAVE ( Tab4ever ) 8. scratched 9. CAPTAINS KNOCK (Chief) 10. TIMS A TROOPER ( Chief ) 11. MAX DELIGHT ( Brodie ) 12. SURE THING CAPTAIN (Gamma ) 13. ARODA (Rangatira )
  9. Great drive by Sanderson 🏆. RUBIRA Rated perfectly. to win well like that, when you have Luke McCarthy parked on your back. The Grand Master of the harness world Marky Boy (and helper son) WIN the Queensland Derby for New Zealand. Best Queensland horse FATE AWAITS a distant 3rd. Look out 'Marketplace' in November and December. !! RUBIRA might just blast his socks off in the Velocity Slot $1/2 mill then the NZ Derby . someone better tell Regan Todd to start jogging him up now 🤣. none of this hiding out for the Winter if he wants to Win those Big races in the Spring. or Mark will be back and come on over the top of him.
  10. The $150k Queensland Derby is up next. It's Grand Final night in Brisbane. RUBIRA of Mark and Nathan Purdon's drawn the outside barrier so is going to have to be driven well. The Queensland Oaks just raced and Grant Dixon and Nathan Williamson tried to work togeather to run the Quinella , taking the lead with Cool and Classy and the NZer sitting parked. CAPTAIN"S MISTRESS would probably of won it for New Zealand, if Grant gave it the lead over that longer trip. Just a bit tough on her sitting parked after working hard around the field from a second row draw at the start. Instead , Australia's Best horseman LUKE McCarthy out-drove them and roared up the passing lane to take Victory with SOHO AMericano for Michael Stanley.
  11. Pacers Interdominion Consolation Result 1st 3 JIMARTEE RICKY THURLOW FT 36.60 5.80 2nd 11 NYACK JAMES RATTRAY BL 1.50 3rd 1 BEACH BALL LUKE MCCARTHY FT 1.50 4th 4 BETTER ECLIPSE JAMES HERBERTSON FT the TABman-Gamma-Brodster-Ranga FIRST 4 paying $1,371 . should of taken a dollar of that lol. 💰😎 Tab4ever hits the winner of the Pacers Consolation JIMARTEE , quite a smart local QLD horse who was good enough to make the Grand Final last year at Menangle , running 9th behind Don Hugo. 16 points Wispa A Secret stopped after a mid race move and was 10th getting 3 points. Gamma has 13 points from the Tasmanian 2nd, Brodster battling 3rd gets 11 , Ranga 9 with Better Eclipse. POINTS UPDATE BOAY Interdominion Draft Championship The 2 Grand Finals Left to run . Races 7 and 8. TAB4ever 122 points , Gamma 110 pts, Ranga 105 pts, The Brodster 99 pts, Chief Stipe 96 points, The Galah 93 pts, and Mikey 63 points
  12. She's only young mate . and doing ok . a friend of mine gets her to drive his horse at Redcliffe each week and shes won some on it for him. so we love her. Chloe also trains about 10 horses so works very hard. Jett Turnbull turned 18 years old yesterday. is doing fantastic in his second year driving. And Yes, Carter is WORLD quality, and showing it with his great training and driving results in New Zealand, and wouldn't hesitate in a heart beat to put him on my horse. Already a Auckland Cup winner and soon a NZ CUP ??? maybe.? if he can get Republican Party up to it. that would put him on the TOP tier with Marky Boy and that if he can do that .
  13. POINTS UPDATE BOAY Interdominion Draft Championship TAB4ever 103 points , Gamma 97 pts, Ranga 96 pts, The Galah 93 points, Chief Stipe 96 points, Brodster 88 points, Mikey 57 points First up in race 3 very soon, and trying to improve their Points are :- Brodster with NZer BEACH BALL , drawn 1 at $3.80 TABman with Jimartee (No.3 ) at $22.00 and Wispa A Secret (No.9) at $6.50 Mikey with Tango Tara (No.6) at $31.00 and I Break the Line (No.10) at $11.00 Gammalite with NYACK (No.11 ) the $3.60 favourite . Go the Tassie !!! 💰 bring home the bacon lol. Ranga has Better Eclipse in there too at $3.80 . should go well with Herbie on cloud nine.
  14. Grand Final Night . underway with Carter just missing out by a nose in Race 1. The track is lightning fast , as they ran 1.50.4 for mid class horses. A warm 20 degrees at the end of yet another glorious Brissie Sunny day. Good Luck to All the BOAY Participants in the Final legs of the BOAY Interdominion . First runners coming up soon in the Pacing Consolation Race 3. Hoping James Rattray can win next 2 races fingers crossed .
  15. Congratulations to James Herbertson for Victoria . this years winner of the Australasian Young drivers Championship title.🏆 Herbertson Finishing 4th in tonight's Final Heat. to take Championship Victory over the local lass Chloe Butler (who won the last heat at Albion Park Race 1 ) Was hoping Carter would win Final leg that for New Zealand as had a couple of bob on it but got done a nose on the line. He led them up in a scintillating 1.50.4 mile so was a good effort. Final Points were James Herbertson (Vic) 111 points, 1st Chloe Butler (QLD) 95 pts 2nd , Jett Turnbull (NSW) 77 pts 3rd. Carter Dalgety 4th on 66 pts , followed by the other 6 contestants
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