Gammalite

Hi Karrots , heading straight to the leading stable with best horses. Sundees Son would be a bit short but am still going for leading trainer John Dunn 'treble' still. Race 5 Somekindawonderful Race 9 Classie Brigade Race 12 Ned Kelly NED KELLY has a good Aussie ring to it !, and horse has atrocious manners to go with it. Fits the bill nicely for Gammalite then? lol..... You'll have to put the NZ odds in for me. nothing up for them here .

Hey NZ is racing !!! off they go at Invercargill. Looking for a winner , but only came across PETES DASH in R9 with Dennis actually driving himself on this occasion, to get the job done. Looking at Dennis O'Connells training record , (I don't know him , but is mentioned Boay often) well he is getting better results every year. !!!! now in 8th season preparing runners , and here's the figures. 2014: 0 from 42, 2015: 1 win from 53, 2016: 0 / 11 starters, 2017: 3 / 56, 2018: 5 / 98, 2019: 5 / 119, 2020: 4 / 102 , and 2021: Dennis has 13 winners from 182 starters !! so a real break-out season. Best of luck today with Petes Dash (2 wins from 50 for Dennis ) persistancy pays in the end. The BOAY stable should get togeather , and have a crack too.!!! what a stable circus it would be lol.... Chief Stipe is in the hedge keeping RIU look-out duty, Gammalite hammering the sign on the gate saying 'BOAY Allstars2 revived" send us your horse! lol...... Karrots at the gate begging us to train her Sweet Lou fillies ! lol. Davis and the Galah at the TAB getting the bets on (and winning by backing anything else than Allstars2 runners. Ranga on the trackwork as knows a good horse or 2 , JJ Flash on the phone (ratting out the Chief in the bushes to the RIU) , and BRODIE with his brand new filly , that he picked up for $100 at a dispersal sale as doesn't want to spend too much , (and he fondly named her JACINDA to race) How hard will he work her ? winners all round

Although surely that is a good deal for the absolute Best in the country?. Big gap back to the others? So many of the leading barns in Aus would be around $1000 a week in full racing mode. I would think with endless near million dollar yearling purchases looking for a home these days. Think Waller has 800 odd horses (and over 100 staff) on the books ,and Gollan in Bris has too. Snowdens, Freemans, Hawkes, Waterhouse , etc most would be double NZ in charges. would have to be about $500 a week for Nz racehorse roughly?

Unfortunately Carleen 2nd on He's The Real DEEL in the last at Sandown so lost a win bet, but Madison Lloyd , the other lass claiming 3 kg, got the chockies for a $25 Quinella with Frankie Pinot. nice ! Doesn't the weight relief make a huge difference with these fine steeds ?? time to crack a pinot I think !

I think you need to make some races for more prestigious , a name race , that owners can aspire too. Australia gone mad with this sort of thing Golden Rose, Everest, Kosiusko , golden Eagle. The prize money is sort of important depending how much it costs to keep a runner in training. You need a chance of being 'In front' . The punter likes to bet on 'Form ' runners . EXAMPLE so you need lots of race winners to get form on the board (to keep punters and owners happy)!!! , so is better to have say 2 x 10 horse fields (thus 2 horses adding to their winning form) also 2 lots of owners winning and keeping enthusiastic too !! than having one 14 -16 horse field with emergencies.

sounds a great idea.!! lap it up . Hope the best maidens around get a run and make up a good field for you (the punter) and best of luck to the runner's owners. I would imagine paying the training fees as a group of owners would be WAY CHEAPER in NZ , as to what it is in Oz to train a galloper. so they need to race for more money here than NZ to try and return a profit.

A country meeting.

Well yes Doomben too, any midweek meeting that the BRC brisbane racing club run are 'higher' level METRO stakes meetings . First starter maidens accepted have to be rating 59 . Randwick as well midweek are 'metro' meetings as opposed to 'country'. so country would be NZ level.

Hi Chief, The Wednesday Victoria meetings are 'Metro' meetings so of course are gunna be way better stakemoney than NZ. Sandown on today , and loving it . every year through winter the apprentices get swags of winners with the 2 and 3 kilos off , (and then Very Unfortunately nearly disappear when ride out claim) like POY and GERMAN last year. heaps of winners then , hard to get a ride now. Will PRICE starting to dry up ,as claim reduces . Cartwright has been brilliant . the girls today , Madison, Tahlia , Alana all getting good rides with claims . he real DEEL in the last with Carleen looks good too. Horses with 3 kilos less on their backs Must be able to perform better . love it. More claims the merrier !! easy to pick then.

Netflix is no sub for BOAY Karrots , but if you give in to the temptation then be sure to catch HOLIDATE , such a funny show , i couldn't stop laughing all the way through . brilliant. Well its just a Multi , not actual races nominated like a quaddie or anything. Just pick your own races on Sportsbet or similar bookie. You can take multis with anything combined like footy, races , etc...

hahaha should be fine Chief. Brodster isn't getting anything on, so the betting pools will hold up fine !!

Well Brodster is still upset with the government and not getting a bet on , and no racing etc. Time to bet a dollar then Karrots ? for some entertainment , there are some beaut NZ bred horses in today at Albion Park QLD, where we can still keep racing. Try a PICK 5 with races 2-6 inclusive so you are a winner before dinner !!!!!!!!!!!!! Young Pete in the first leg, Sabrage a handy claimer in the 2nd leg, IL Pirata for the gorgeous Brittany after the narrow 2nd to DOUG on Sat night, can surely win this if she drives properly leg 3, and then 2 x Bettor Delight's to bring home the last 2 legs !!!!!!! you know how good they are. 5 kiwis at 220-1 ! go close possibly here they are ........ ings$227.63 3. Melton Beach Nz (3) @ 1.79 Win Pending Albion Park • Race 2 3. Sabrage Nz (3) @ 1.69 Win Pending Albion Park • Race 3 12. Il Pirata Nz (30) @ 5.77 Win Pending Albion Park • Race 4 6. Lets Hustle Nz (6) @ 3.12 Win Pending Albion Park • Race 5 4. A Whole Lotta Rosie Nz (4) @ 4.18 Win Pending

That is quite astounding really. The Iceman AGH surely can train something special alright. I did notice on Jewels day DOUBLE DELIGHT had the 1/2 Hopples on . a rare piece of gear to keep trotters from over-reaching in front. She probably thinks she is Pacing ??? lol.... BTW , the horse you liked from QLD Derby (that Nzer American Dealer won) ,by Captain treacherous, named CAPTAIN CRUSADER , has hung around town this month and picked up 2 Very easy wins. You are good judge.!! But you wouldn't get rich though sadly, as only paid $1.20 both times He's a nice horse. 3rd in APG Final too. maybe he can win the Vic Derby? kiwi's won't be there in OCT if you guys banned, locked up, etc ?

Geez the posting is going well today lol.. cold miserable day in NZ today I take it .some cold posts. No racing will do that to ya . I'm gunna try and win that and bring the glory home . Not banned yet like Brodster. Did have 4 of last 5 posts 'Removed' from Racenet Oz though. The fuckers just can't handle the truth about Berry's ride that near killed Avdulla, nor anything about the Fuckwits decisions to ban leading jockeys for having a party.

Their colleagues should help out. A few more of the Vic jocks should have a big house party . Send the fine bill to the VRC. and sit out all on strike. The NSW jocks still in lockdown won't be able to come down. And then they can see what a STUPID PENALTY they have given the jocks. place gone mad.

PINK GALAHS would of destroyed this field Davis. She is a 2 or 3 time Group 1 winner against the boys even. SLEEPEE been racing very well with 5 wins from 9 starts this year , so she thoroughly deserved this Group 3. On a side note , the 'Bettor's Delight' trotter (An extremely unusual breeding abnomily) in the race result posted above EMERALD STRIDE , who ran 2nd in the three year old Breeders Crown , but hasn't fired a shot this year. Time to throw the hopples on her I reckon, give a go at pacing. Trotting ranks are 'light-on' when you have a Bettor's Delight in there ? lol.....

I don't get it really. How is this party so different to anyone else's that such a severe penalty is dished out. You pay the fine . Isn't that the penalty ? Lose your job for months is Stupidity. These listed below probably haven't lost their work for 3 months. Don't even get named. Just pay the penalty??? The lady could be in any government office , or official bearing occupation, who know's ??? Can't understand why the jocks are getting such a huge penalty.??? here's a snippet of some infringements.............. A Melbourne woman who hosted a five-year-old birthday party is among the 192 people fined for breaching Victoria’s coronavirus restrictions. Police found 12 adults and eight children when they went to a house in the Latrobe area in the state’s east. The woman who organised the party was handed a $1,652 fine.

No . old trainers are the mainstay ! they provide the drives for the young horsemen/women. works fine. My logic just means the racing continues WITHOUT the loss of participants. Young people in stables leaving to do something else. How long will someone last like say ,Tony Cameron last? Getting a couple of stable Herlihy drives in the bush , but seriously ? Flat out to get a drive in a feature race, let alone win one. and thats a good driver in a good stable. plenty of mug ones around just give up and walk away. I found leave the country a good option. By having drives available for young people they can make a living out of it. They would need 'X' amount of drives per week to do this. to earn the money you need for cost of living these days.

Yes that is it exactly.!! spot on. Old drivers driving for those decades , has , and is having , a DRAMAtic effect on new driver numbers coming through. John Mcmullen , a fabulous QLD driver , gave up in his 40's as says the young drivers need 5 drives per meeting if possible to get to top class !!!!!. He provided that for nephew Nathan Dawson , as well as his 4 children, so they gained the experience and now do driving in all the races virtually. 30-40 years ago I am aware there was a lot of trotting folk 'having fun' and 'employed' in the industry. Were working for very little money $100week for some. You can't do that this century . Training fees were smaller !! There was 'Poorer owners' that could race a horse! regular working people, you could miss out in a race, put a 'learner' driver on , and NOT cost the owner an arm and a leg. Staff are paid HEAPS more these days. It's NOT as much fun for owners (business logistics), Trainers are under Pressure every race start to get a result , so they put the Old 'good' drivers on to get that result (e.g like May or drive themselves still like DeFilippe , etc,etc)

Why should they stop ? Well it's So you Don't have the current Predicament in NZ Harness racing. Drying up of participants ?? I think all the 'aged' drivers NZ are very able, and yes No Doubt enjoy what they do ?...... But they take a HUGE chunk of the NZ race drives over decades. Why would a young person carry on in the game waiting for race drives , and only get one, two or three per week?. You'd just go and do something else. That is Very unfortunately the effect that has happened there in NZ ....... Many threads on BOAY discussed the 'Lack of Juniors' and new drivers . It's a 'huge' problem going forward. average driver age in Brisbane would be in their 20's . Grant D at 50, but will chuck it in when 4 kids get to race driving age. South Island not quite so bad as a few like John M, Samantha, Sheree, Jessica, Sarah O are really getting drives and improving dramatically. and there's some great regional locations (meetings) to improve your skills with a number of drives. Their 'experience levels' nice and high now, and therefore , they are very Tactically able. North Island is stuck with old race drivers IcemanWizardmanMagicmanChiefmanSuperman Stormo,Mango,Ballo, etc and so bugger all left for Junior man nor woman.*** Is Zac B the only youthful regular feature race driver ??

I think age doesn't make any difference.Its just whether they are up to it tactically Definitely it makes a difference..... Experience is the key. Youngsters (junior drivers) in NZ probably have to drive to 'Instruction' as much as possible from the 2-3 drives they get any week (unless you're Dexter) so hardly have a CHANCE At ALL to improve tactically . and Nz harness racing is suffering for it. Lack of many Juniors. The drives they do get , I'd wager they are dictated the 'Old trainers' idea of the race tactics to follow? Why would someone like Ricky May still go round for example?. He nearly died . time to give someone else a go possibly? how much signs do you need you would think. McKendry and Mangos and Stormont etc,etc . where's the juniors? sure all the old boys have tactical efficientcy . (I do think it's funny that you might think Grant Dixon and Daryl Graham not great tactically in QLD, after 1000's upon 1000's of drives and wins ,heheheh but that's ok , do find it hard to agree with that but whatever) Australian racing is DOMINATED by the the BARRIER draw too. Tactics are almost always decided on by where the horses draw. drivers converse and know who is going to lead before they go off *usually.* Whittaker , a junior from NZ , had a drive or 2 at Brisbane recently, and didn't understand that, and looked a complete goose. (Took on the fav who had drawn one for the lead, and then ran last)

Actually Brittany did win a race last night at good odds too. hahahah Poor old Daryl you say shouldn't be driving?, heheheh...one of the old boys now at 56 odd lol.... , same age as Mark Purdon, and also John McMullen roughly (father of the 4 current McMullen's Race driving , who win hundreds of races every year.. the youngest only just turned 20 . TALEAH Both John McMullen and Daryl Graham got very bad knee injuries from race crashes. John definitely leaves it up to the kids past decade. Grant Dixon getting old at 50 too !!! very rare for drivers that old in Brisbane to go round regularly. It's a YOUNG persons go here , race driving . Daryl a rarity . Had a year out with cobalt DQ recently too. They drive to Way Too far an Old Age in NZ !!!!?? has stopped the next generation taking over altogether . Here's TALEAH McMULLEN driving stats at just turning 20 years old , no one in NZ anywhere near this....... Age - 19. Performance 2261 starts for 243 wins 515 placings as at 8 Feb 2021. The youngest of the McMullen clan, Taleah has well and truly stepped out of her older siblings (Pete, Narissa and Danni-elle) shadow driving 140 winners in the 19/20 season. Winner of the 2019 Qld Young Achiever of the year award her biggest win to date was piloting Annika Magic to victory in the 2019 Fleur De Lil Ladyship Stakes.

Like a Game of Monopoly ! Well have been tinkering with my NZ Monopoly Board !!! (if unfamiliar with the game, it is all about assembling wealth through investment in the better properties and Infrastructure) The richer properties do well the poorer ones sadly don't get invested in as much ............ I'm re-naming some lol..

DOUG proving to be ahead and better than the rest on this occasion, as per boay maybe lol..... (with the aid of yet another fantastic Pete McMullen drive) Great Bunch of 4 ex-pat kiwi Trotters all up for the FIRST 4 there !! Orlando Jolt running very close 4th for Brittany Graham's dad Daryl Graham. The young lady running second there , is no other than the Sky racing and track presenter BRITTANY GRAHAM , on the trotter out wide ,No 4 the old South Islander 'IL PIRATA.' Another one for the 'Hot ' list Karrots ?

Well just a battling third sadly, (after the cushy 1-1 sit throughout) for the CROC !! returning from a spell. One of the Bettor's Delight kiwi's was a late scratching , the other one 'My Bettor Lady" (who won 2 in NZ for Andrew Stuart) led and won very easily for Kate Gath. Had to sub in another ex-kiwi the Art Major horse 'Sheffield Sparky' to still get the trifecta. then a meezly $30 div??? . so even with 100ew on the croc, and 2 x trifecta collect, still managed to lose on the race...... So as Steve Irwin would say "Crikey Gamma !, you completely f'ked that up mate ! we'll be as hungry as these bloody croc's , unless you can actually tip a winner ! "lol........ RIP... Steve Irwin (1962-2006) A true Australian legend.