Gammalite

I was saying that was in fact a Very Low price for quality stock. The West Australians (NZ best buyers ) still swoop on 'Up and running' stock. esp. after 1 southland win, they wisk off to the big smoke. Hall still buys 10 per year and sure Team Bond the same. A Jonesy special at Albion tomorrow. The Sweet Lou gelding SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS is in at $1.35 , !!!! as is with McCarthy now and appears to have half of New Zealand and Australia as the owners !! lol.............. He won his Australian debut in 1.55.2 at the Goulbourn backwater early in month. pretty slick ? should give the Brissy locals some curry , and increase the value of Sweet Lou's ?? lol.....

Thinking of the 10-1 on offer for the Midnight Dash - Folklore - Pembrook Playboy treble??? Gem of a price for 3 great Southerners??

Reckon Mr Dickie at Clevedon, will be pleased picking up TWIST LIKE THIS at the sales for $90,000. Absolute bargain out of the great racemare Twist and Twirl ,so is a halfie to magnificent horse's King of Swing and Bettor Twist. Can it get any 'bettor' than that ? I'd be twisting and twirling waiting for him to race next year. wow.

yes the FFA open is a disgrace. Thank goodness Mark (still owns a 'Turn It Up' share) sent him over , and Spankem. The local breds are a disaster. except for COLT THIRTY ONE . (not in this week) Was chatting with Brodie about the cost of racing a horse earlier in year , and I had spotted SAM IS PERFECTION in a Claimer last christmas , and nearly wrote the cheque. (a 1.54 horse in full flight for just $7000 ) shame I didn't have my gear still , or would of bought him. A FFA for a claimer ?? hahaha ......says 50-1 , but should be 500-1 to beat KING of SWING lol....... 1 311s1 KING OF SWING NZ Belinda McCarthy Luke McCarthy NR120 B1 FR1 $1.40 2 73111 SAM IS PERFECTION Jack Butler Brendan Barnes NR103 B1 FR2 $51 3 47123 KID MONTANA Lola Weidemann Lola Weidemann NR118 B1 FR3 $17 4 55553 WATCH PULP FICTION NZ Chantal Turpin Chantal Turpin NR103 B1 FR4 $34 5 51815 UNCLE JORD Chris Frisby Anthony Frisby NR106 B1 FR5 $31 6 222u1 SPANKEM NZ Darren Weeks Kylie Rasmussen NR120 B1 FR6 $4 7 54s79 TURN IT UP Vicki Rasmussen Shane Graham NR116 B1 FR7 $10

Highfield Princess just won the last race on Day 3 Royal Ascot. 2 more days of great racing to go. she carried Saddlecloth number 30 . wow! they have big fields. !! and big numbers. there was 28 starters in a Straight-line 1400m . amazing awesome sight. the one filly in the race at 18-1, against 27 boys. and she won easy.

As the saying goes ....." LOVE conquers all " ....lol, sorry I thought that was funny anyway lol.

Of course! I did just see some of Nigel at the jewels on facebook as Brodster put us onto it. Thanks for the info about who he is. and he helps with syndicates etc ...what a great effort. Just the sort of bloke harness racing needs. BTW , Spellbound is ready to spring into Brisbane here to grab a 100k mares race. Nathan is in ' 14 day quarantine' in NSW at McCarthy's so he didn't get locked down in Melbourne (which is infected apparently) so she may clash with his new star AMAZING DREAM in that ? Think i'll go along. I want a photo of Krug too, while he's here.

For sure. Like any sport , the participants should be aiming to be involved for fun. as much as the money. Same as any work really. You only live once, so make sure you always are doing something you enjoy I reckon. Racing horses, (like the cost of living expenses) were much cheaper late last century , so am grateful to of been involved then. Not a very worthwhile pursuit these days. (financially) it seems . Some of the high rollers at Ascot seem to be the OIL rich Arabs , having a day out and in most races, (Goldolphin having the Darley stud and huge operations at Newmarket UK and Sydney too) are all competing against each other to be 'Top dog' but at least there pursuit of glory provides a living for hundreds of horsepeople around the world, and they turn out some of the most magnificent Horseflesh on the planet.

The broadcast was going to NZ was mentioned on the coverage. Is quite extroadinary meeting at Royal Ascot over the 5 days straight. Just watching overnight recordings and the tradition and posturing are amazing. Yes a LOT of snobby Millionaires in action , with the trainers and owners and jockeys, but that is the same as the golf or tennis majors. millionaires in action. The horse Power is fantastic. STRADIVARIUS unable to pull off a 4th consecutive Ascot Gold Cup. What a tough race. !! 2 and a 1/2 miles !! STRADIVARIUS was number 4 , in race 4 Ascot, going for 4th Cup........... so was always going to run 4th I guess lol......... The Melbourne Cup winner TWILIGHT PAYMENT was struggling a long way out. doesn't say much for the locals in Aus i'm afraid. Poms are cleaning up a lot of the staying tests now . ZAAKI absolutely smashed em recently in QLD too. Thank goodness we have the great kiwi mare VERRY ELLEEGANT to rely on , with her great efforts (current Caulfield Cup holder anyway) Hope they set her for the Melbourne Cup again, to give southern hemisphere some hope.

Not sure who unhinged is, but hope he gives harness racing a plug. We get ZERO in Qld in the media. Sky channel is only source of media coverage. We had a free to air TV broadcast for One Hour of the 'Blacks A Fake' G1 at Albion in Dec. !!!!!!!!????? I nearly dropped the cat and choked on my cookies with shock.! hadn't seen a free to air broadcast since BEAUTIDE won the Interdominion at Menangle in 2015. !! racing thoroughbred horses are on free 24 hours per day / free to air. KING of SWING (Bettor twists older brother won that race) I know how Brodie and some feel about Allstars NZ domination to a degree , as McCarthy has turned up for ALBION tomorrow night and is in five races. (WHich he will WIN easily ) with King of Swing and Co. The poor locals will be smashed to pieces by the Super-stable.

Even though the draw of horse is random, and the North have done well previously, I still say knowing your 'Hometown' horses and track is a HUGE advantage. the northern team with have some 'nervous ' ones that will be dealing with people (and horses) that they don't know well at all like the hometown South Island drivers, and the experience level being 6 times greater for the south , points to a BIG result for them. Hope they go well , and jag a win. go for glory ! why you have got the chance. It is an individual ? that comes out on top so maybe won't be team driving anyway. I love the experience factor as , because as in any sport, Plenty of throws at the board/target leads to the knowledge and/or improvement in your results.

Dexter Dunn never won the Junior Drivers' Championship. This year there are three drivers who have won the championship previously: Kerryn Tomlinson, Alicia Harrison and Sarah O'Reilly. That is excellent for the young ladies. Sheree to join them this year ? is my prediction, with the vast experience of 2400 drives, and deserving of a championship while still a junior. DRAKE from the north Island only has had 500 drives over 5 years for 21 wins? unlikely to trouble the scorer? The bloke who won our QLD Junior title championship last week , MATT ELKINS, finally won it at his last attempt . been driving since 2016 and 5000 races and just last week drove his 500th winner. only a par strike rate though. QLD had 6 races with 6 different winning drivers in the series. as you might expect in this sort of contest.

Misters meredith and Bublitz I think it was. Mr Delaney is probably at BarryP's so would get good practice. If it was senior drivers competition ?Yes. would agree. But driving skills Do matter. Dexter Dunn could win with slow horses still in this type of competition. Herlihy used to beat us up with anything he drove. (in probationary races) he was quite the master of it. not many beat him anytime, no matter what horse or barrier . He drove Captain Smooth too. Think that should of been his nickname. "Mr Smooth" lol......... (he's not icy at all, lovely bloke) One South Island junior , Newman, has 6-7 drives today at Addington. great stuff. He'll learn and run rings around the northerners next month. Experience is everything for these youngsters. The 6 south drivers , as well as knowing the track, are driving lots of horses all the time. They'll run the trifecta , First 4 , and i'm picking the BIG6 too. no matter what horse they draw.

well here's a great shot for you and some kiwi's . WHIRLEY DREAM , a terrific chestnut pacer ,(not as pretty as Gammalite) but winning 70 races from 175 career starts. Here's a highlight !!!!!! WHIRLEY DREAM is Running down the brilliant defending Interdominion Champion MY LIGHTNING BLUE (who won the I'dom final in Christchurch the year before, as well as NZ CUP) Whirley (nor Blue either) DID NOT make the 88 Grand Final at Harold Park, after this race !!! Champions LUXURY LINER nz, VILLAGE KID wa, and BAG LIMIT vic (vinny Knight) all were in the Grand Final , and were all UNPLACED ???? wow! . was hard to beat any of them too. Grand Final was won by the 'Knight second string' NZ bred 'Our MAESTRO' (Binskin driving) The background unplaced horse in this photo (representing QLD) is ex kiwi Brydon Duke with ex-pat Kiwi John Newberry driving. John was in QLD many years , now still racing in country Victoria , with very mild results these days.

Sorry , a correction here, I meant to type 2000 drives each to date. Winning rate is about one win in 7 drives. About exactly the same ratio as North Island best drivers 30 years ago. SEE PHOTO. a few of these 'Old' Boys are still going around , taking the Glory. At least Mango has finally handed the reins over (to Nat) and had quick winning results with South Coast Arden. Hey old 'Markie Boy' only 23 wins from 193 drives then while learning ???? won Interdominion at Akld just 2 years later. Improved with practice ???

Can't knock the form of this team. The North Island will be smashed to pieces. Saw the qualifying had the 6 Southerners listed scoring 3000 points between them , and the 6 North Islanders about 500 points. a different stratosphere. They may as well of put in Crystal Hackett, as only just started driving but 'bred' to be a winner and chalked up 2 wins already. Those North Island Juniors just Don't get a chance to LEARN the trade. You need LOT"S of drives per meeting. What does Drake do? paddle around on Emma Frost? never heard of 2 of them. (North juniors) In Brisbane our 2 best juniors are teenagers (Angus Garrard and Taleah McMullen) and yet at that young age, have over 1000 drives each already , and near 300 winners each already, in less than 3 years. North Island juniors ?? well give em a go. 3 or 4 drives per meeting at least , so they can improve.

Danielle !! yet another treasure of the harness racing Australasia. That big crash in the 2019 SA derby broke her leg , and in true Deja-vu, in exactly that same spot in front of the Globe Derby stand , Danielle had another horrific crash in 2010, and had severe head injuries and lost an EYE. !!! She came back over a year later to regain/restart her fine driving career. NOTE too, in 2009 , the year before she lost an eye, Danielle Hill WON the Australasian Young drivers championship beating Dexter Dunn and Nathan Williamson into the placings. (run in Qld) fantastic effort to do that !!!

$200-$300 per injection, but vet probably give 'bulk discount' for multiple joints. some owners would pay it without a blink , as horse comfort and winning go 'Hand in Hand " lol........ Large breed dogs get them quite often , (corticosteroid injection in stifle) as often have joint pain/issues whether degenerative or surgical (cruciate rupture/tear)

You can't exactly go around 'listing the treatments' for every horse for the punter's sake. (however In USA they have to list them for the swabbing stewards sake) Many drenches, feed 'supplements, liniments on tendons etc etc are just as potent (or help the 'Huge Improvement you spoke of in horse) as much as a bit of 'dex' or 'pred' anti-inflammatories in joints. as far as acupuncture goes, that's just an extra I would liken to swimming. which we did frequently with horses. Does the Punter need to know if the horse he has been betting on, is going for a swim??? some things help some horses more than others. there is physical and mental training. The TRAINING PROGRAM is the extra Super Important Aspect of a horses racing performance. The way they have their day to day track training. (resulting in the fine mental training of the racehorse). something desparately needed to get multiple wins. Hock injections can also be a local (like football players) to numb the area a little for the shock impact of a fast race. Corticosteroids (the Dex or Pred anti-inflammatories ) have a with-holding period.

Some great Auckland fields with a couple of mini jewels /gems races. The southerners have it shot to bits. In the girls race, FOLKLORE for Jonny Cox super impressive in the breeders at Auckland ,will be jogging this in. MIDNIGHT DASH is trotting super well. Hard to beat him anytime ? let alone with only 7 rivals in the trot. In the boys race, PEMBROOK PLAYBOY brings home the south treble easily ?? , well he does have to go righthanded I spose, which will be new for him , but Southerners have always coped well normally. Playboy 'Rating' is over 100 , way way better than the field here, after his Easter Cup effort 4th against Cullens 3, this is his moment in the spotlight to shine.

Maybe she could get a Queens birthday Honour ???? Queen Liz was 95, back in April. Queen Liz is 'Pretty old' as she has a LOT of birthdays !! holiday is Today in NSW. It was last week in NZ. It is October 4th here in QLD ????? ( we're Very slow here keeping up with the birthdays it seems lol..........) no wonder she is aging so fast.? lol...

Sheryl Wigg Wins the BOAY Best drive of the year title. by popular vote. Sheryl steered DALNESS FIRST to victory in race 3 at Rangiora on 23rd May. The final of the amatuer drivers series. Check it out to see a wonderful winning drive from being 5 back along the fence a lap out, and timing her run to perfection. Congrats Sheryl !!!! here is a small newspaper report on her career strike rate. When it comes to preparing and driving winners few are going better than Sheryl Wigg. “Strike rate Sheryl” became the first amateur driver in this country to chalk up 50 wins at the weekend, and that was from just 150 drives. Together with her twin sister Cheree (six driving wins this season) the Wiggs are a dominant force in the amateur driving ranks

I do think that is a little bit guess work Jonesy. Every stable has unsound runners , it's a percentage thing. A certain percentage of any stables runners are possibly going to develop unsoundness issues. is only normal for high performance Athletes under pressure, and travelling at speed. every stable has horses you treat tendons, etc, etc... I was lucky enough to see first hand some of the best of a great era at, Vinny Knights. Two of his near champions were quite un-sound but always went HUGE races and won some big ones and tried their guts out. . BAG LIMIT and SINBAD BAY , was a real shame , as they could/ would of been Top of the world. Vinny's actual best horse ever POPULAR ALM snapped a bone in a rear hoof ( I think because of his brilliant thrusting action where he tried that hard ,that he actually broke stuff), These great stables treat their horses like 'gold' and am sure nothing 'suspect' is done to risk injury.

Yeah , absolutely agree that you can't improve on what is near the World's best team. Last 6 or 7 or so NZ Cups, 2 year old Sires Stakes and Auckland Cups, that says it all really. I think their former horses have performed reasonably well this season. Princess Tiffany won 2 Group 1's in the summer-time, going past the million dollar career earnings . She has had 7 wins from 12 starts worth $200k, since leaving Allstars last winter. fantastic really. One Change , 8 wins from 12 starts (beaten by brilliant Colt Thirty One in the others). Turn It Up , 3 wins from 10 and a third to King of Swing/Colt Thirty One in the main Qld $175k Group 1 race, as well which is a fairly good training and horse effort in those big Group races mainly. Alladin , a South Australia derby recently (hey that's the derby that Gammalite won in his day !! lol (from 5 derby attempts) and went on to win 16 Group 1 's lol..... Go Alladin !!! so the Aussie trainers are doing fine , and getting quite good results. More u-beaut NZ horses is great !!

He (Spankem)drew the outside gate, (hard to win from there anytime) home in regular 55 seconds last 1/2. Driver Kylie Rasmussen is handy driver, but nothing like her sister Natalie who makes it look 'oh so easy.' Those horses defeated by SPANKEM last night are handy 'Second level horses' but nowhere near fast enough in a Group 1 or Group 2, even. 3rd horse last night, (Kid Montana) won the 2600m stand (a rarely race here) last week , but is not as good as Regazzo Mach or Pembrook Playboy in my unprofessional 'comparing the apples' opinion lol........... COLT THIRTY ONE is the only multi Group 1 winner locally in Brisbane. (a Vic derby winner)He's way the best !!! ONE CHANGE , who you might know from NZ Allstars , can also match it Top Level here, but is un-sighted since January. One Change has had 12 Albion Park runs for 8 wins and 4 placings to Colt Thirty One. ONE CHANGE was also defeated last summer by LL COOL J , another star in the making. If Spankem has lost 2 legs, geeeez they must be really weak Brisbane locally. ? maybe?