Gammalite

Hey !! all you southerners were pretty quiet about that one !!! bit dodgy ??? mmmmmm....lol ..... came right in to $4.30 and $1.30 QLD . late flurry of kiwi money ? mmmmmm I missed out. Raced horse's with Alistair Cox (a past president of the breeders association) and from Winton once, so probably a Jonny Cox relative. a lovely man and bred a few by stallion called 'Knowing Bret' . they'd arrive in Auckland from the south with 6cm coats of hair, like a yak lol....I said where on earth have these horses been? Antarctica? he said 'Southland'. Glad we were in Northland on seeing them! by golly it must of been cold down there.

you'll have to give ma a clue with 'Princess'?

and just for you Ranga here he is SOANGETAHA , Dereks favourite horse, and a Derby winner too (great Northern) this photo just before running 2nd in the Interdominion final at Addington.

Hey ther's a Southerner in this tonight !!! where's Brodies tips when you need him ?? FOLKLORE and Jonny Cox from the Deep south !!! Has to be a chance.

Derek Jones NZMM . outstanding man . good read this book too. No wonder Grandson Anthony Butt is so darn brilliant.

Courage Under Fire = 6 Derby Wins ! outstanding !. Also 6 Interdominion heat wins but closest he got was 4th in a Grand final. My dad flew up from Tassie to Brisbane in 2001 to punt on CourageUFire big , as he said was a certainty. We were packed in like sardines in the stands , was tight as can be everywhere. never seen anything like it. never happened again . YULESTAR from 4 back on the fence down the back, somehow got out , and rattled home wide to win for NZ !! tony Shaw , couldn't believe it . Raingirl's foal ATITAGAIN was 2nd, Tim and Anthony Butt were 3rd with POCKET ME as well. Courage Under Fire a 'battling' 4th . and a very grumpy old man grizzling in the stand about everything kiwi beating him hahahaha. crushed by the loss and the crowd !! hahahaha

KRUG has won both Derbies this year in NZ. looking forward to seeing him tonight again for sure. In 1963 the NZ Champion juvenile pacer TACTILE won both those as well (the NZ Derby and The Great Northern Derby) but then champion NZ horseman Robert Cameron shipped across to Aus and took out the NSW pacers derby, The South Aus Pacing Derby and the Victorian Derby !! 5 Derbies in 2 countries . Now that is brilliance.!!! I should be on the galloping thread , but you guys are the best here at the harness. Just having a look at the Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm tomorrow Who loves kiwi Chris Waller training ??? everyone... Who likes the Great NZ jockey James McDonald Riding ??? everyone... Who loves backing a Derby Winner at 14-1 odds ??? everyone.... Who loves a kiwi-bred getting out to the Derby distance of 2400m ? everyone.... and the horse too !!! (also Let's Karaka Deel and Horrifying) NZ trifecta. WELL here it is !!!!!! KUKERACHA No 3 Race 7 derby winner? The stars and moon are aligning.

Being Billed as Breeders Stakes tonight at Alexandra Park and the running of the 43rd NI Breeders Stakes. Is that the SAME race that DELIGHTFUL LADY used to always romp in with, for Mike Stormont year after year. ? It was run by the Franklin Trotting Club and from a stand. The Lady would win off any handicap in it against mares . She beat Idolmite one year and another year roaring away by half the length of the straight against the south Islanders (Flora d'or and Phillipa Frost.) She was amazing. Tonight the Breeders Stakes race is just RESTRICTED CLASS ??? that's a bit crazy? why not cater for the best mares still ? HAVTIME to 'classy ' for the race !!! so has to take on KRUG and BADtotheBONE in the following race. That is very tough on Havtime and her owners. The 'NEW ZEALAND Standardbred Breeders Stakes' was Open to all mares and was run at Addington in February. and was a thrilling race with WATCH ME NOW and Kirstin Barclay getting up the inside of Amazing Dream near the line, 9 lengths clear of third, for Victory !!! what a Win !! No doubt Kirstin has a huge picture of Amazing Dream on her wall, (covering up Watch Me Now on the inside of her) lol..... Olivia went to the outside to win with Amazing Dream last week , so that was a better idea for a good photo !!!

Hello the troll is Back !! nothing to say Ludwig ? and no sense of humour? there's no offence to anyone on my post, so go stick your Trolling downvotes on your OWN posts or where the sun don't shine, and have a beer to chill out. Davis (starting this post) and myself and a few others actually enjoy the Jewels and good harness racing from the Best horses racing in New Zealand. I am excited to be going to see the best gallopers in Australia at Eagle Farm tomorrow as well. So let's celebrate some Class !! What sort of person trolls a harness chat site.? lol..........

Brilliant !! I'm frothing at the mouth waiting for the Great Days racing now !! (or is that the covid causing that? no hang on, it's Melbourne in Lockdown 4th time, again for a week with a big outbreak, so we are still ok in Brisvegas, and off to the big gallops tomorrow we go. Phew...

Now that is Un-Fair comment by Gammalite. I checked out Ellerslie Fields and that is an IMPOSSIBLE MISSION to get anything out of that at all lol...... Makes Addington look a Punter's Paradise , and sincerely wish All those having an investment , A WINNER !!! We have multi $mill races tomorrow at Eagle Farm, so will be heading along to see some of the greats of racing and the Queensland Derby . LET'S KARAKA DEEL , now That is a great kiwi name in the Derby !! I'll take him for sure.

Give it to Dunn's or Hope's or Andy Gath for a trotting win. Dunn's winning heaps with Sundee and Highgrove. The Hope's stable having Quinellaed the FFA last week at Addington. top notch stuff. How about the Gath's in Victoria? Tomorrow night at Melton JUSTAMOLLYARCHER having not run a place in 20 starts in NZ past year , has WON 4 on the bounce!! in Victoria past 2 months for Kate Gath (plus a Group 3 3rd in SA Cup) So there's a great 5-1 bet for you blokes tomorrow Race 2 Melton drawn 3. !! anything for me at Addington?? No ? too hard to pick ? would be without Nat . check Auckland out instead.

Fillies !! yes of course ! not a dashing colt at all sorry. hope the naming is going well. Maybe you could name her WINX or MELODY BELLE that would trick a few lol.....the name DREAM BIG already gone to a trotter not long ago which is a shame. How about 'Gamma Glamour', or 'Yabba Dabba Gamma', or 'GoGo GammaGirl" ? lol. sounds a winner to me.!!! lol I wouldn't run with 'WHIPLASH SMILE' , she might get a bit erratic?. 'BRODIE' can be a girls name???? but horse ''BRODIE Lindenny' never fired a shot in three Waikato starts this year , so probably be dodging 'Brodie' in the naming stakes, if you want to have actual good luck. lol.....

You're on a winner there JJ , and got the Luck of the draw to from Karrots with a good one . ya betta keep him. AKUTA looks home for all money in the 2 yearold jewel as he is something special ! enjoy the ride !!. I'm looking forward to seeing if someone can take it up to KRUG in the 3 yearold. a double derby colt . he is good. can he win again? BAD TO THE BONE has come back big and strong with 2 x 2nds to Copy That this month . just won 4 races on the trot at Menangle NSW recently, so is really Powering up now. Reckon I'd try and get in the face of the KRUG camp this Friday with BAD2Bone and serve it up to them a bit , and get in their head a bit before jewels day?? but Zac will probably give B2B a 'quiet run' this Friday at Auckland in preparation for the Jewels I guess? Gammalite not ever having a quiet run, ever, doesn't believe in that , so would be Up him for the rent.. lol...........

Nothing wrong with punting Whippy , it sort of helps support the racing industry as we all know. and Definitely Nothing wrong with Dreaming....... Karrots dreaming of winning a Jewels with her Sweet Lou colt. Let's hope dreams come true......... and occasionally they do. JJ flash 'on the money' again there, if that's his quote. Add in this : Live Simply, Dream BIG, Be grateful, Laugh Lots !!

and kiwi's Anthony Butt and his partner Sonya Smith are smashing it in Oz too!!. Group 1's , 3rd in Miracle Mile ,++++ Is better the NZ champions being/going to Oz than going to stupid America like Dexter Dunn did anyway.

They've been showing her sitting in the studio with Taleah McMullen , younger sister of her multiple winning siblings tonight Pete and Narissa having discussions tonight !! Qld trotting is in great hands. !! the lovely Brittany , the three McMullen girls, the three Rasmussen girls !! We generously have shared one of the Rasmussen's with NZ for a few years !! Hope it helped over there? . Of course VIRGIL (by Sweet Lou Karrots!! ) and AQUA SANCTA won Very easily tonight !!! 5-1 for the Double !!!!!! you little beauty. The moon has just gone out , but ALLstars still winning anyway. (former horses at least lol.....)

Terrific Racing On The Racenight Of Dazzling Speed . TROTRODS . I'm sure it stands for something like that ? not really sure. just made that up. but sounds good. They are using the same Top 5 drivers per race. !!!! they're doing super well. Pete 1st again in the 5th. He is going like Dexter. Narissa 2nd.

Race 4 about to go with the 5 sprinters dashing a lap. A maori name in this one! horse named TUAKANA ( maori word for Older Brother) Narissa Mcmullen is driving Tuakana, so looks like we should back her older brother, in that case. Pete. Pete McMullen is driving SHEZ GOT BLING !! whammo ! the full moon is out and the stars align.

3 out of 3 race wins for Nathan Dawson so far! , the Aussie Postman who is Delivering in spades !!!! Think a bit of a rip off claiming the Blair Orange moniker though ??? All these drivers are just FANTASTIC !! the best there is going around tonight . Nathan Dawson up to 1000 career wins early in month , and is only 25 years old . my goodness. And the race video tonight has some drivers ''miked up' chatting to commentator and Helmet Vision on some too!!!! does it get any better than this ?? You guys can see what we see in the race.!! amazing pictures . love it.

Owners Stop Paying ?? now that is the LAST thing a trainer needs or wants. just being reliant on stakemoney is not a great business plan at all. I can see how it says he's often out of pocket now. Still have to pay staff , etc,etc.....

They have Ranga . Get your sleep in and get up at Midnight for the super rare event.!! Don't worry about the early races. Will be at 9 pm our time ( midnight NZ ) when Race 10 is on , and AQUA SANCTA is charging to the finish line in the middle of and the actual peak time of a Blood Red SuperMoon eclipse !!!! how can it lose. young Angus Garrard stargazing as they turn for home ??? could happen lol....... Borrow money off Brodster if you have to !!!! but this is the Moment you dreamed of !!!! ($1.75 the win) lol..... The heavens are lining up in the first total lunar eclipse to be seen across Australia since July 2018. And this lunar eclipse also just happens to occur shortly after the Moon is closest to Earth (perigee), so that makes it a blood red "supermoon"

A great day of racing coming at Sunny Redcliffe near Brisbane is where. Tonight we have 10 races over a 947m race distance with 5 horses per race ! Some think 'the short mile' racing is boring. Try this Out then . Being marketed as TrotRods as opposed to HotRods. doing a fast dash. There are 3 'reject' Allstars able to get a run . VIRGIL (3 wins from 14 starts including a Group2 for Allstars) is up against HAVING THE FAITH ( 1 win from 3 at Allstars) 'Virgil' and 'Having the Faith' haven't done that well in QLD winning only a couple each over the past year, from 30 odd starts , and not having won since last Oct. tonight with just 3 rivals to beat One of the 2 should once again be claiming Victory !!!!! like those good old Allstars days. AND, In the FAST CLASS race tonight AQUA SANCTA looks an absolute special drawn the pole , and having won 3 of his 6 Australian starts , is ready to 'Burn' in for another one. 'Aqua's" 4 rivals tonight include three ex-kiwis that David Butcher drove a couple of years ago all through 2019 around the North Island Back-blocks , named NOTORIOUS , DOUBLE or NOTHING and KATAMACH. is it a step up from Manawatu or a step backwards to a 947m dash for cash??. Who knows . But 'Aqua Sancta' will be too slick anyway. Maybe they'll get a '1/2 mile' mile-rate credit to their name lol...........

yes , that is going to be a Devastating Blow to NZ tradition.!!! already reeling from losing Dexter Dunn to USA ( along with the Peter Wolfenden and Tony Herlihy son's lost to the states many moons ago) a real tragedy for NZ harness , and gone is that solid opposition to the Purdon Gangs. And in recent times, sadly Anthony Butt and Tim Butt lost to Australia (luckily still some of the brilliant Butt family are racing in NZ) , now Nathan Purdon gone to Oz too. If Michael comes over with that fine young trotter , well .........................perish the thought of No Purdons training in NZ. Wonder if Barry and Katrina Purdon had kids?

Depends how much wealth you're looking for Brodster?. afterall you seek much more riches from the Tab than the usual patron lol.... No you are right , just normal run of the mill in-come for most trainers I know. They have to pay taxes, staff (with super these days too i imagine) and usually a family partner working alongside them as well , to keep you sane. stable expenses , like feed and transport , guess you can bill shoeing and vet separate to daily rate. No real wealth as you say. can see how Mr House could even be losing money as you suggest. Personally , I took racing shares in all mine , and most had at one time in work, was 12 so two of us (and volunteer enthusiast help) could manage quite easily. (and still enjoy it , seven day week) Prize money helps you boost the interest a bit. Many of Barry Purdon's race with his wife Katrina in a share for example. so they actually do ok.