Gammalite

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.

since racing began , the horses get more than that diet , to achieve the goal of LookGood,FeelGood,GoGood. You're not trying to cheat, or push envelopes/boundaries, Just Win the race by achieving the goal. Yes ! there are cheats who DELIBERATELY overdo it , like Alford and McGrath, using out-dated techniques. don't worry, they'll dump the trainers out here too. Big ones as well with big stables. Webberley, Hunter, Donahue all been done a few times each. McCarthy just once so far. everyone accusing one stable of foul play is just ludicrous really. They all get something. If not, well , they just get left behind, at the speed of the racing being obtained now.

Now 'Paying the Penalty' for trying to keep up with the actual best ones ?

Not many of the horses Mr House races , would be sold to WA I wouldn't think . 'Team Bond' and 'Team Hall' do buy a heap of NZ stock though , and scoop up one race winners quite often from the Deep South of kiwiland. Half their stables are kiwi horses. I flew out of NZ once, with a plane load of Aus purchases. Lightning Blue was one on that plane (bought for 40k after one start one win NZ) went back to haunt them with Christchurch Interdominion and NZ Cup victories later on. VILLAGE KID set the tradition in motion the year before , purchased for 40k by Bill Horn in WA, after a couple of Hutt park wins in Wellington. The Kid went on to win $2 million !! not a bad buy at all.

There's bugger all. The established and most 'winningest' trainers are All generational hand me downs. So have lovely farms and have raced lovely horses , and are the Premiership Trainers and drivers. The Very best here in Brisbane ALL had/have the dad's to thank. (all were brilliant horseman) Set them on that road to glory and success. i.e McMullen's, Dixon's, Rasmussen's, Graham's all the best we have. NZ the same mostly!!. The Very best have the dad's and granddad's some of the NZ greats. Roy Purdon getting Mark and Barry going, Derek Jones with son Peter , and NZ/AUS superstar grandson Anthony Butt, the Williamson's , the Dunn's. so No room for anyone new to make a killing over the decades. Must be why fine horsemen Blair O and Tim Williams don't train ?

Ranga , didn't the Michael House business model (a very unique one) involve gathering 2 truck loads of horses and charging off to Manawatu or Invercargill , maybe other places to win as many possible on say a 2-day program meeting? That must involve heaps of New owners you would think? for a while anyway. you might have success like he did for a few seasons or road-trips, but once the winning rate declines , so will the business. Brodster on the money maybe , with the likely 'burn-out', and lack of profit would be draining. Loss of owners would be terminal for the business model.

hahaha yeah! they have some hot patches here at times. Had a share of big melts for sure!. lol....NZ always very nice. I realise that you see a lot of things there (not just harness racing) like covid effect, TAB betting, government that annoy you greatly , the way they are run. I guess things fade out like an old typewriter, and new stuff takes over. (like Sportsbetting and pokies have done to harness) 'Harness in the past 'was brilliant and I do live in the past with it . But still for the moment ,might as well go for /support the product as it is churned out. Jewels Day is better then No Jewels Day anyway. Some FINE horses on display !!!!!! very nice. I need to get AKUTA off JJFlash somehow, in the sweep to make the day more profitable. lol.......

Yes I have often said I know plenty that won't bet on harness racing (but for different reasons than you have) I put dollars on NZ trotting as the feature races are very easy to pick out the chances. NZ races are way more entertaining than the local Australian product because you have variety (and still an entertainment value with the Sunday grass track trots for families /tourists to attend as well as the horse owners . a very good thing. Stakemoney is poor across the board compared to gallopers so makes it hard to race one these days because of the expense's and the prestige has evapourated as well. so just a select group of 'richer' owners or hobby breeders, race them Brisbane , or NZ in the main.

Brodie melts down most days . check out these latest 2 posts above. Could it be Global Warming getting to him ?

NZ Cup , the plum race of the country for the best going around, was only $300,000 for winner last time for SELF ASSURED . Down from the $400,000 for winners in recent past years . so the decrease there is 25% . quite a large amount in one year. so not just the jewels going Down in Value unfortunately.

Am sure where there are large numbers of stable staff you are going to have a LOT of different addicts of one kind or another. Chris Waller with his hundreds of horses in Sydney had a positive Meth in 2016 so copped a large 30k fine and the horse DQ. Then after testing 67 staff (imagine a percentage would refuse testing too), 6 were found to be positive for one thing or another. Even this year in February Qld Chris Waller stable staff were 'forced to retire' (another word for sacked) after a party got out of control after a feature race win. People are always taking stuff , alcohol ,etc so random tests will catch people out. (just like on the roads) How often can we go for these random tests? and what is the punishment? NSW chief steward says they do about 600 tests per year on average, on licensed persons including trainers , track-work riders and stable staff for about 20 **positive results. (**seems a lot of positives from not many tests to me, for an industry employing thousands) not sure on what penalty is dished out. Is a BIG worry if cross contamination to horses, is occuring though.