Gammalite

Race 4 coming up is a mid class trot. Leader NoworNever has 1+2, the Galah has 6, Chief has 1+3+9 , Brodie has 7, Ranga has 1+2+7. Mikey, Gamma and TABman no runner in race 4.

Race 3 Result Ohoka Achilles 1st, Iron Brigade 2nd, Always Flyin 3rd, Spirit of Waiheke 4th. BOAY Slot race POINTS ( after Race 3 ) NoworNever (takes the lead with that great KIM Butt drive) 18 points Mikey + Chief + Ranga are ALL 16 points Brodie and the TAB are all square on 14 points Galah both 8 points , and Gamma 6 points is off the mark with Trista Dixon 2nd in that race for QLD.

An old BOAY contributor Kim Butt wins the lady drivers Race !!! very fitting. Congratulations KIM ! that was a perfect 10/10 drive on OHOKA ACHILLES and you helped TABman with his band of South Island Drivers , and NoworNever from his 2 alley, get some good points in the BOAY slot race.

Looks like Race 3 is a Lady drivers Invitational we have slot holders with a huge chance of some points in this one !!! NoworNever on 1 + 2 , Brodie has 8+10+11, Mikey has 3+4, TABman has 2+6+9+11 ( South Island chicks) Gamma has 7+8+10 ( the Aussie chicks) , Ranga has 6+8+11+12, and CHief has a JUNIOR Bonanza in this one with 1+3+4+5+6+11 Galah misses out altogether unless we jam a wig on Marky Boy and sneak him into the field somehow ? 🤣

RACE 2 Result Andretti 1st, Fugitive 2nd, Prince Lincoln 3rd , Lincoln Lover 4th. BOAY POINTS ( after Race 2 ) Mikey + Chief both co-lead on 14 points Ranga 12 points , NoworNever 10 points, (picking up 4th place a s well as the winner) Brodie and the Galah both 8 points , TAB forever 6 points Gamma = big fat zero (where the hell are these blasted Aussies ? )

The old Grand Master strikes in race 2. Mark Purdon super cool as usual. Young Carter gave him plenty of cheek but ANDRETTI wins. Three more 'BOAY slot holders' taste Victory with The Galah a Purdon man fan from way back , joined by inside running man NoworNever, and our local ABC man Rangatira ALL enjoying that winner .

RACE 1 result. MAZEPPA 1st, Voronov 2nd, Crackerjack 3rd, Ruby Ridge 4th. 3 players on the winner 🏆. Ranga on the 3rd horse. BOAY POINTS ( after Race 1 ) Mikey + Chief + Brodie ALL on 8 points , Ranga 4 pts . + 4 slot holders yet to get going. Race 2 has NoworNever running with 1 and 2, Galah and Ranga with No. 2, and Chief, Mikey and TAB with the Carter Dalgety favourite drawn on the outside Fugitive No.6. Gamma and Brodie sit this one out.

They're Racing on the night of Champions. A loose class trot to kick off the BOAY slot challenge. MAZEPPA wins. And a great start by the BOAY locals with Mikey selecting the last start winner , Brodie nails the trainer Mr Bernie Hackett with partner Michelle and Chief has the excellent junior driver Crystal Hackett !!! That's 8 points each straight out of the gate.

Way back 1912 the ATC purchased the site that was being used for All black Test Rugby at the time. So has been racing that way round for over 100 years. guess no-one bothered to redirect it because of the stand position on the paddock ?.

You only Won on Australian Soil old mate. You had the Luke McCarthy drives ( including Don Hugo actually , and it ran unplaced in the Hunter Cup in February. ) and 'What's Up Party time' got you 2 wins on the one night with the heat and Final of the Great Southern Star. here is the result that night. POINTS after Race 8 The GREAT SOUTHERN STAR TABman 38 points and BOAY Hunter Cup winner ! Brodie 34 points, The Chief and Gamma 26 pts, Blackie and The Galah 16 pts. It's a Bit harder on New Zealand soil TAB-mate .😉 you finished waay down the track behind Blackie ,Galah and Mikey in the Ashburton Slot race Day late October. when you had the North Island runners. (and you still don't get Oscar Bonavena either 😁 , with Marky Boy now a North Island driver once again like his young days 🤣😂) So this time you can have the SOUTH ISLAND Drivers !!! see if that improves your position? SLOT 4 (Team south Island ) for TAB for ever. Final slot for the junior player Chiefy then. Chief a bit of a learner it seems so can gallop with the youngsters 😋. SLOT 6 (Junior drivers ) for Chief Stipe.

Slot 1 = Mr Galah (team Purdon) Slot 2= Gamma (team Oz) Slot 3 = NoworNever ( team 1's and 2's ) Slot 4 = ( team South drivers) Slot 5 = Mikey (team winners) Slot 6 = ( team Juniors ) Slot 7 = Brodster ( team Trainer Couples) Slot 8 = Ranga ( team ABC ) 2 slots to fill so ya go'in in @ Chief ? You could get in before @ TABman and beat him to the Post ? Both those slots running with Republican party and young Carter Dalgety too. and Muscle Mountain must be a show in the TAB trot ? he's a great horse. Ben Hope Not a junior anymore but is driving for the South glory. Could win it.

Love the Addington track (and racing) Brodster. gives em' all a chance and some gutsy drives at times. Young Wilson House winning a lot of races lately and good odds too. He could win some more Addington Fri. . Nothing happening much in Aus on Friday nights. Melton has a whole heap of 6 and 7 horse races for 2 and 3 yearold's . Emma Stewart will win the lot too 😂 and they won't pay much lol 🤣 Mr Galah won't be impressed either 😅Brisvegas fields not even worth watching 🙄. Best of Luck with your slot 7 of The Happy Couples !! . you'll get Bet N Win in the big trot , and Don't Stop Dreaming in the Big Betcha, so you could pull off the double too.

2 great slot races Friday night Cambridge with some fabulous International Competition. Too support the rest of the racing program Friday night (10 races total ) , here are 8 Slots to choose from . *Free Entry. *First in = first served= best dressed. Knock off the other 7 x BOAY pretenders by picking the right Slot 😂 and becoming the BOAY Slot Champion 🏆 . SLOT 1. The Purdon Powerforce (any horse with Mark, Barry, or Nathan training ) approx 11 runners. SLOT 2. The Aussie Avalanche (any horse driven by an Aussie reinsperson ) approx 13 runners (Gammalite has this slot). SLOT 3. The Poll Pouncer's slot ( every horse with numbers 1 or 2 on it's saddle cloth ) approx 20 runners SLOT 4. The South Island Drivers Slot ( every horse driven by a regular South Islander ) approx 17 runners (MarkP now a NI rep) SLOT 5. The Last start Winners Slot ( every runner that won at it's last race start ) approx 18 runners SLOT 6. The Junior Juggernaut ( every horse driven by a Junior driver ) approx 18 runners SLOT 7. The Better - half Slot ( where these couple's is training Telfer, Cullen, Neal, White , and Good old Bernie and Michelle) approx 20 runners. SLOT 8. Easy as ABC's Slot ( every horse that name begins with an A, B or C , like 'Bet N Win' for example ) approx 25 horses. **Slot 2 taken already. Just pop your Selection here ( slot number selected ) before race 1 Friday. (please check no one else selected it first) and Points scored here with results after each race ( 8pts for each win, 6pts for 2nd's, 4 pts for 3rd's , 2pts for each 4th) Good Luck🍻 and Happy Slotting and Punting 💰 !!!

From a business point of view a lot of what you say makes sense. You are trying to return a profit in your head though for the competitors and slot holders. DOESN"T Happen. you're Looking at it wrong , as ALL these blokes are nearly All millionaires. The slot owners 💰 and the horse owners 💰 . They don't care about the Money, it's the Glory they're after. or the fun of trying to obtain the glory. They all have their money from other sources , and this is just pocket change for them . BUT you forget . It's fun and it's a Sport. People play sport for Fun and Pleasure. It's not about making money. It's the thrill of the Win (or getting fit, or winning the Premiership or whatever) . Most people that Race horses expect they should run at a loss. (about same percentage as what Punters do. which I believe is 80-90 %. The thing with the competitors in this BETCHA race, the 9 Losers are still exceptional horses and might get the money next start 👍💰😉 (unless the Don or Larry or Swayzee are in it of course 🤣😂) chances become slim then. 🏆😁

Well you are right with that I think Brodster. I reckon they should pay to enter the Interdominion and that as well . say 20k each. The standard would be exceptional then , like the selected field slot races. 60k not much for a chance at glory in these slot races. They pay double that for yearlings that 'some' don't even get to the races sometimes. Is a Great Investment to Get a TOP horse in a TOP race and have a bit of fun trying. a $120k dud yearling not much fun 🤣😜 The Eureka Slot race at about 2 million$ is Australias biggest purse at Menangle and it has NZ trained horses prohibited from entering. Seems a bit racist to me lol, but the money stays in Aus and the industry might benefit. Alas, the Aussies ARE allowed to enter your slot races , so Keayang Zahara , Just Believe and co are cleaning up in NZ and the cash is coming to Oz. that will happen again in the new 'Ascent' this year too. Marketplace won't hold out the best Aussies 😋. they should of excluded Aussies?. because can't see any benefit to the local breeding industry , if that happens too many years. ( And it WILL) Do you think the Aussies will get the FIRST 4 in the TAB trot Friday night Brodster ? like last year . But the Grins 'Race' was won in it's 3 years by 'Self Assured', 'Copy That' and 'Merlin'. All owned by Multi Millionaire Aussies . so the banning of the Oz trainers seems frivolous I spose. money going to Aus anyway, but they do re-invest at the yearlings sales usually to support NZ. as well as Big money in training Fees to your top trainers are paid. The Last 5 New Zealand Cups are sitting on Australia mantle Pieces. A grass roots person winning the NZ Cup is COMPLETELY out of the question now. The Group 1's will be the Millionaire owners and/or the Aussies. And no good going on about 'grass roots' racing when every time a little meeting is on at Manawatu or Cambridge or even Auckland at times seems to often get shot down by a lot of the biased Southerners with NO respect for Trainers like Donnolly, Chilcott and co , who support those little meetings. It's their LIVELIHOOD and they have owners paying fees and enjoying racing their horse.(s) they won't win a Cup so pay them huge stakes. they can just dribble around in their 10k races. 6 horses fields are EXCELLENT with the 2 yearold s as they get a Winner more easily that way. Let's Go Larry !!! and the Don . Is DON -Is good. home ya go Lukey baby.

Alas Brodies idea is don't have BIG scale racing (like the brilliant slot races) Don't have Manawatu for the battlers ( as not enough punting is done on those race apparently ) don't have harness racing in the North Island ? Cambridge Midweeks were 'bad' Auckland race for too much money because they are 'elite' . so on so forth Manawatu has been excellent at getting young drivers like Harrison Orange, Wilson House, and young Crystal Hackett and some other juniors a HEAP of drives , to improve their technique and judgement. That not important to many punters BUT it is critical for the industry to have competent competitor drivers coming through. (too many old codgers go round in NZ all the time ) I wouldn't punt on them lol 🤣 You CANNOT HAVE Huge fields on the Big South Island tracks with the poor horses flogged over long distance racing. They do a lot of that shit from the 'out-dated standing starts too. it's a dinosaur of a race model. What Brodster hasn't considered is that these BIG south Island grass tracks fields may be better odds for his place punt or whatever the hell he does, BUT they are technically very slow horses. I think they race for too much money already 😁😂. QLD puts on slow race fields for the 2.00 minute mile horses every week for about an average of $6000. doubt anyone punts on them BUT they run them !! It's a SPORT. you need participants. they need somewhere to start every week. (in a vain effort to Pay their Way) Surely the Fast horses should ( and DO ) race for the BIG bucks. A better investment than running $16 k maidens at Addington or the like. The maidens should just run for 10k and pop that extra cash left over into a BRAND NEW 2 year old slot race !!💰( another great idea for progress in the sport by Gamma 😉 ) and will happen I reckon . HRNZ doing a Sterling job . Best slot race yet coming up this Friday. The BETCHA race. One of BEST RACE fields EVER ASSEMBLED . I would say the Best ever in Southern Hemisphere. and people bitch and moan about a miserly 400 k ?? 😋 that is so funny .The galloping people must think harness are complete Tight-Arses haha 😅

Isn't it great. They can run a Million Dollar race with the VERY BEST of BEST from 2 countries. With a few of the best trainers and drivers involved in the HISTORY of the SPORT. and it only has to put in a measley 400k. HRNZ must be dreaming and totally thrilled to bits, how lucky they are to get this roll up of great and tun such a great race in a back water place. for the cost of not even one house. Aren't they worth a million these days ? Putting Harness racing BACK on THE MAP . well done HRNZ . Watch out for the Aussie Quinella Brodster. In both races 😉 Gamma on the money . Brodster just 'spent force' with no money left. tough times mate, tough times for you old time battlers. 🏆😋

ReBORN soon in July TABman, with 2 heats instead of 3 to qualify for the final, which what was killing it. There will be 2 past Championship winners competing . 'Leap To Fame' and 'DON Hugo'. They will scare off a lot of the kiwis. NZ hasn't been the same since Allstars retired during Covid times. (The brand that sent Lazarus and Smolda to Australia for the Interdominion and WON ) and weren't pussies like they are these days. The Interdominion Final here in Brisvegas for the next 3 years. Come have a July holiday , and I'll shout you and Greg O'connor (what a fabulous harness man that bloke is) a 'Coffee' or 2.

The runners PAY a BIG chunk of the prizemoney themselves. Doesn't cost the industry much at all to run $1,000,000 races. The Industry is Looooving It . 👍😍 The BETCHA, The Eureka, The kiwi, The Nullibor, The TAB trot, The Protostar, The Ascent, The Velocity !!! win win winwin win win Brodster. It's called Buying a Slot .you can't buy one mate as they are too POPular and they go like Hot-cakes. and you're showing up as a bit of a DINOSAUR here, not able to adjust with the current way of assembling GReat Fields of the Best. GET with the Program Mate. You are the Only one doesn't give a damn . But you do really . as you wrote about it !! on ya mate . Enjoy the Fantastic Racing and watch out for the BIG Queenslander next Friday. Addington had a FANTASTIC new Slot for 3 year old trotters and 3 year old Pacers on Show day. They could race in $500,000 races because of this fantastic incentive. well done NZ Metro club Introducing those !!! 🏆🏆💰💰 Brisbane put on a $500,000 slot for 2 yearold's as well . They went 1.50. last year. Plenty of incentive to run lol.

Very rarely bet against Allstars. Was tempted to bet against them tonight by PINSEEKER , who I thought would lead. and then cruise in. But Jonny Cox woosed out completely, and the 'Rakero' horse took the lead instead. But along came ALLstars Mark at $26 and $4.80 Sportsbet with CHASE A DREAM for an easy win. Got a good trip after skittling 'Little Spike' out of the one one sit .😁 Bit naughty by Mark there at the first corner ? young Crystal squeezed like a lemon..should of backed him at those odds lol . He (Chase A Dream) might be the same next week in the Betcha Mile too. and some chance I spose. OscarB looked good too. might give THE LOCOMOTIVE a bit of a hurry up next Friday, I'm thinking too. 👍🏆🍻

The punters will be leaving Addington in droves when well supported trotters like Paramount Picture at $1.50 can't even trot. Like in race 2. Pretty embarrassing stuff being turned out by South Island harness racing lately.

Probably a good thing , as the enthusiast who might be listening from home around the country (and even Oz) don't have to wait half hour between races and get bored and go do something else.( like turn on the footy or something) Instead they might enjoy 10 minute gap between the trots racing ( like Australia has had for years and several days a week even) and place a few bets and stay tuned in to the action. Might even do it myself 🤔when usually don't bother (with nearly all the good racing being on Friday nights) . who is gunna sit around half hour between races these days ? Good to see some Sunday genius at work there at last. Should be 3 Nz trot meetings EVERY Sunday. would help get the 'horse racing numbers ' UP again too. possibly more young drivers would get a better deal too and get some more drives .

Owns 17 at Big Barrys. Owns 'Merlin' Mikey. The current holder of the Race by Grins Title. about to lose it though in a week or so. It's because we run a thriving business , and are trying to expand that knowledge onto all the kiwi's so they don't miss out over there. Sent Natalie along for a Decade when Blacks A Fake retired to show them how to drive well in races there. And now you've scored our lovely Brittany Graham for a while too. ( think she will hate the cold though and soon be back home with all us ex-pats in the QLD sunshine lol) But don't lose faith guys . The Racing !!! . The racing is through the ceiling Quality with the good stake money supplied by owner/ slot holders to the brilliant slot races. You got to see JUST BELIEVE and KEAYANG ZAHARA live , destroy the best in the land. and Swayzee swish off with some NZ Cups . ( 3 after this year ? 😋 ) The BETCHA race has seen the kiwis hold the Aussie Invasion at bay for the first 3 years . ( Self Assured, Copy That and Merlin ) but that is sadly about to come to a Crashing End when The 'DON' and Qlder 'LARRY' arrive to perform the 'Coup de Grace ' on NZ's last frontier BIG race next week . Did Oz win the Derby too ? KEAYANG Zahara took the trotting one last year , but Cullen got the Pacing one. Could of been the last NZ win in that too for a while too . (Emma Stewart has a Superstar 3 year old that will crush the Velocity and NZ Derby later on )

She's only a junior . so you can't expect miracles. Everyone on the forums is already singing the praises of young Wilson House . some more big wins Friday at Addington. and Crystal and the young Orange going real well too. The future looks veryy bright ☀️🌟 And I notice in race 4 last Friday driving 'awkward' trotters the FIRST 4 was the 4 junior drivers . An outstanding performance against the much senior drivers. 🏆 were not favoured runners either. No body got the First 4 at all, so pool carried over. The Present Maker - MM Sunshine- Buffy Northstains - Rachmaninov. driven by Wilson House 1st-Olivia Thornley 2nd -Mia Holbrough 3rd- Gemma Thornley 4th. Who is Mia Holbrough ? haven't heard of that one before?

Great drive tonight on Marketplace by Ferguson. He got Mo'Unga beat again too 🤣😁👍. Was thinking the 'choc's' could win a Derby this year for John Dunn , the way he races. and some big runs last season Just a real good horse. But maybe Marketplace has his measure . John drove the Choc's to WIN tonight in the colts millions , and gave it a great shot . Marketplace gathered him in easy though . Regan Todd another Big Race win. How good are Cullen and Todd training.? doing fabulous with a few horses each racing tonight . Stella Rouge was All out to win the Fillies Millions from the 2 Cullen fillies. Allstars unplaced in both these 3 year old races. a very unusual event. But great to see these young trainers have caught up , as is Fabulous harness racing action now. The FFA with a Clear Cullen / Todd domination as well with DSD and Mo'unga . surely Ferguson Not driving to get Mo beaten again ?? hahaha . better call SAUL, or better call Forbury at least.