Gammalite

yeah . for sure . Don't know where he is now?. his last race start was > Anthony Butt took him to a Great 3rd in the Miracle Mile in early March ( $100,000 prize for that) Was 3rd to Don Hugo 1st , Leap To Fame2nd and Swayzee was 4th. in very fast time. So Tact Mcleod right there in the Biggest race going mixing it with the 3 Best Australian horses ( of all time nearly ) I'd be Preparing him Very Carefully somewhere. Should Win a few BIG ones ?

Yes Hunter Cup (our equal of the Nz Trotting Cup in Australia) is run late January . and after the horses prepare for the Miracle Mile or the rich lead up races to it . This year Republican Party 3rd, Tact McLeod 4th and Don't Stop Dreaming 7th for Nz in Hunter Cup . (behind Swayzee and Larry ) Swayzee actually beating his half brother on that occasion. Might be a good idea to use the Auckland Cup as the Hunter Cup lead up 2 weeks before that race is run You say ?? Not a bad idea as Tact Mcleod for Nz was using the Bendigo Cup and the Shepperton Cup last January, as his lead up's. maybe it comes down to transport planes, NZ commitments for trainers, and that sort of thing ?. NZ has a Great record in our Summer Hunter Cup . Winning an incredible 15 of the last 30 editions or so. fantastic. Last one to Win was the great horse LAZARUS for Marky Boy 2018 though. you NZ blokes running weak since ? 😉

Well it does have a change for sure. My years in NZ harness went to 6 Auckland Cups in the row . All FEBRUARY . and the lead up to the Interdominion every year run soon after . Used to be a GREAT Event. so I saw Sapling, Delightful Lady x 2 (beating Lord Module twice) Gammalite , Armalight, Enterprise and Roydon Glen all win the Cup Live. and Marvel at every one of them still. even saw Young Quinn live in one of them for his retirement race. fin 4th to the Lady. The Auckland Pacing Cup then changed to the Christmas Carnival Date from 1987 till 2005. Then it was off to a MARCH date from 2006 to 2015 and finishing with the 'Christen Me' win. Back to December for 2015 to 2020 . Allstars winning the lot . 'Have Faith In Me', 'Dream About Me, Vincent, Turn it Up , Self Assured and Amazing Dream in the ALLstars Retirement Race ( Natalie retired as Trainer running 2nd on Spankem ) One of the greatest races ever run at Alexandra Park. Back to May then as a BIG FINALE of the season for 3 years 2022 to 2024 with Self Assured , Akuta and Better Eclipse for Australia !! defeating Self Assured to end the ALLstars DECADE LONG winners list . amazing stable. Horses are tired by then and NZ is cold and dark in May. They now finish with the Roy Purdon Memerial early May so the good horses get their Winters rest . Or go to the Interdominion here , where it's still 20 degrees lol in July lol. So Republican Party is back at the December New Years Eve date 2024 , with Thousands of People on HOLIDAYS in the nice NZ weather that time of year. And can go to the TROTS and have a GREAT NIGHT out !!!!!!!!!!! makes perfect sense !!! well done HRNZ on a Fabulous year of harness racing (yet again)

If you're talking for the sake of the Trainers and drivers having a day off to celebrate New Year , then that is well and good Not to race New Years Eve. But if you work with horses for a Living , there is NO days off Mikey. Horsepeople work every day with their horses. And most don't care if it's New Year or Not. They race to the Season. The date for the AUCKLAND CUP is Perfect. Dalgety's latest good horse PROVES it. Republican Party WON the Invercargill Cup as a nice lead into the Auckland Cup 10 days later that he also won . This was after being freshened after the NZ Cup week, where he was a brilliant 3rd. dipped out in NZ FFA. During January February NZ's best should tackle Australia as done so competently by great NZers in the past for Hunter Cup, Miracle Mile, support races like Ballarat Cup etc, etc. Republican Party 3rd in both Aus starts. Then home to NZfor April for the Waikato Betcha slot million, then Taylor Mile, Messenger, and the big finale of the Roy Purdon Memorial Group 1's. Republican Party Won 2 of those 4 races and picked up another $160,000 for a perfect autumn season of racing. The Interdominion in July next 3 years gives them a WINTER option. Jonny Cox the ONly kiwi with any Balls to take on Leap To Fame this year with PINSEEKER. got 2nd in a heat to him , but exploded after that unfortunately. Other South Islanders have tried to train to suit the North Island harness season too, We Walk By Faith (Taylor Mile Winner), Mo'Unga, Rakero Rocket ,Don't Stop Dreaming all competing well at Auckland . Merlin and Sooner the Better probably the best of the Northerners locals trying to hold them out . But WATCH OUT mate. AKUTA is back in town . So there's a summary of the Season for Open Class Pacers of NZ for you So When would You Run the AUCKLAND Cup then ???. (please don't say 'never' because you don't like Auckland, Cardigan Bay and many famous horses have won the Auckland Cup and is a fine tradition to have)

there's Still hope for you Ranga. there's No age limit in NZ to win Gold mate. 2030 Commonwealth Games could see you On the Podium with the Brodster , CHiefy and the Galah !! and you could celebrate like the 1974 Team did Winning Gold for NZ 50 years ago !!!

Graham May !!!. What a Win for New Zealand that was . fantastic stuff. golden days. I went to the weightlifting at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 and it is Super Impressive. forgot that Precious McKenzie was lifting for Pommieland in 74' at Christchurch , so I got that wrong. But yes great to see him getting Gold for his new Homeland too 4 years later . Hey, we had a good lifter once . Super heavyweight like Graham May , who got the Gold at the LA Olympics DEAN LUKIN lifted half the 'Earth' to snatch the Gold from no-where. How do they do it .

Oh no . Remember the face . But can't pick the name Ranga . Not you is it ? 😆 All of New Zealand will remember this bloke though ? the Pocket dynamo . Bigger than Sir Castleton even 🤣

NBA only has short break . they'll be back Oct 21st . even earlier for preseason games. Good to see NZ qualified for World Cup next year . That is the worlds biggest sporting event on the planet , so very nice they are part of it. Think Australia qualified recently too. The Commonwealth Games has felt the Financial times Chief. like a lot of sports. Do you remember the Christchurch ones in 1974. some great moments. Nowadays , Victoria aborted Having them next year, when they were spose too, as just can't afford it. So have gone to Glasgow with just 10 Sports being contested in about a years time. Bloody wrecked Gold Coast trotting , taking the beautiful Parklands track 2010. for an athlete village. Brisbane scheduled for the Olympics 2032. It is already ripping the place apart. No stadiums suitable so are trying for Federal funding and trying for big stadium at Victoria Park near the city . a former golf course. Tasmania has gone broke ,has were supposed to build a new stadium for their new AFL team allocation 2027. The costs are ridiculous. A billion dollars for a stadium. gotta be joking. they originally budgeted 375 million . hahaha didn't miss by much then ? the NEW cost has recently jumped from 715million to an estimated 945 million. Just forget it, and use what's around already?. It's people kicking a football around for goodness sake. Brisbane will be a mess after trying to put on an Olympics lol. why not just use SYDNEY again? they built Olympic Park for 2000 Games. And most of the population is there. Infrastructure in place. Too sensible that would be (to share the events between cities)

Future Betting has some advantages. That way you can spread your bets out through the year . And bet for fun too. and/or support a team you like for a considerable amount of the season. Have never bet tennis or golf tournaments in my life as don't know any of the players. and don't follow those sports . But good luck to those that do though. they probably get to know the Good players and 'who can beat who' etc. Here's a recent Example of us picking in Future markets at BOAY even. We did a thread here where poster NoworNever selected all the harness Interdominion and Rising Star a Whole month in advance (in June) of the Actual races. and he would of scored 70-1 for the 3 wins multi . (mine was 2 wins and a 4th from my 3 selections at 100-1) , so only just missed because of a bad draw) the saver I took ran 2nd. But it was Fun Trying. so It works Mikey. And for very little outlay sometimes you can win BIG 👍💰 Here's a dollar one I took a photocopy of to put with my footy cards collection, before collecting when a team I liked upset the EPL big boys a few seasons back. Some future bets you can stash away as the year progresses. 2 NZ Cups ago , I thought AKUTA was a certainty to Win the NZ Cup . so had plenty of future tickets on him through the year . riding on him with multi's from Imperatriz wins and things like that. in the end 300 to win 9000 odd. Alas Swayzee went too well and defeated him . And I got nothing. But only a small outlay and Would of recovered that fairly quickly with a regular $50 bet . So I started this very BOAY thread actually , looking a t the Cup Future markets . and starting off with some AKUTA ones now . He's not a bad type. and if anyone can beat Larry (apart from Swayzee) Mark Purdon is the Man for the job. 👍🏆🏆

That is really sad mate. There must be some answer we can come up for you. you've been an outstanding supporter of the sport. I can't get the NZ TAB on my screen ever. because i'm in the wrong location . But could sign up for about 6 or 7 different on-line bookies if I felt like it. Can NZers get any on-line bookies too ? or does location restrict ? No. Future markets , you take the challenge your horse will start in an event, let alone Win it lol . Very hard to do BETS on future Gallops as the nominations list is Very Big sometimes. Waller and Maher and trainers like that have 700 horses each on their books. and none are slugs either. so very hard to pick what will make the final cut (field) in advance sometimes. so very rarely take a future gallops bet. They pay alright on the day after acceptances anyway, with the larger pools. Of course after acceptances ( the final race field) is drawn up , and your horse you bet on doesn't show up, you get a refund. In harness racing it's different in that you Pretty much know the horses that will make the Future fields in advance. Example: Republican Party , Mo'unga etc almost certain to start NZ Cup. however last year, I lost $30 worth of future bets on Leap To Fame last year because he had minor set back and cancelled the trip for the NZ Cup. so no refund. I was trying for better advance odds than what I would get on the day. Example : We have the Big Eureka in 3 weeks time at Menangle. there is a FUTURES market available. probably 8 of the TOP 10 in the current Futures market will make the field . The positions in the Eureka Slot are keenly sort after. So only the best 10 will make it to the Post. So If I bet on one that doesn't make the field (chasing odds or something silly like that) I will lose the Investment.

They have added AKUTA to the market now. 2025 NZ Cup. Latest Sportsbet odds Win and place Leap to Fame $1.80/$1.19 Swayzee $3.50/$1.60 Don Hugo $7.00/$2.50 Republican Party and Don't Stop Dreaming both $7.50 a win and $2.62 to place. and the now added AKUTA for Mark Purdon is $11.00/ $3.50 looks a good place bet for the Brodster.😎 pops his $1000 on that and suddenly $2500 richer. 👍💰. likely to shorten up if Mark drives Akuta himself this Friday and pisses in at Alexandra Park.

Been a while since the Tangarine graced the turf of Aintree. Well it's more of a 'Puke' Yellow with red sleeves. but close enough 😋 About time someone went there to Lap them once again. This fellow ridden by Pitman too in the photo 🤣. was about a lap in front ( or one complete fence at one stage) RED RUM unfortunately became the immortal of all time and ran him down late. Look at the size of that fence ? Kangaroos would be flat out to clear that. But Time for another Crack at it Huey. Bring on LEADERBOARD 2026.

What a Beautiful beast of a horse. The 'Bulk' of the UK jumping season is from November to April. He could win 6 jumps in that time and finish with the Grand National on April 4th. Give the Akau a ring Chief. I'll fly with him (for free ) if they're too chicken to send anyone or need staff to do it. and get him primed to Be the Best Beast in World. bigger and badder than Leap To Fame even 😎🍻

Those fences in England (at Aintree) are generally all loose stuff . They do 2 laps in the Grand National and after the first Lap a team of Workers at Every fence hurriedly repair the fence , stacking all the 'fence brush' back on, ready for the next lap. One day one of those workers will get 'Cleaned up ' by a loose riderless horse I reckon. What a race it is though.😳 Never seen so many death-defying stunts performed in just a few minutes, by so many. Incredible fails to describe it really. Field of 30 to 40 starters usually. Near best horse on the planet, if you win that one. Send Leaderboard over and give it a go I reckon.

Absolutely brilliant . What a great training achievement . A trifecta in a Grand National. is hard to believe it happened. should send the winner to Aintree I reckon. Put Oz and NZ on the Map for the poms. (they keep sending things to pinch the Melbourne or Sydney Cups ) probably the Brisbane one as well , but it's gone low key and No one knows anymore . Used to be a public holiday here for its running Queens B'day . but the tradition died. (along with her Majesty as well) Good to see a Grand National tradition Continuing though !! Imagine how proud those 3 young ladies that Strap them are . Hayley , Emma and Lisa. Real unsung heroes of the racing world , that must school them and do hundreds of hours pampering too lol 😆. Hope they get Shouted 3 Big framed Photos for their Home walls by TA. a moment to remember for them.

What a great photo at the top Chief. Clearing the Jump beautifully. congrats to all the connections 🏆. What do you think of the shadow roll though ? on those 2 horses? seems like it would be hard for them to see the jump properly when they get really close to it . Is this a tactic ? to make them jump with Just slightly more effort just in case they clip it on the way over ? seems like they would be slightly un-sighted when close to jump (like the 2nd horse in the photo is ) and this make them jump more aggressively than they otherwise might ? that is my theory guess but would like to know what you think ?

The part where TAB agencies/agents that were operating from their own premises ,have closed the last few years and you just see betting machines in pubs. Probably similar in NZ , but a weekly or twice weekly trip to the TAB used to be fun to pick some with mates and you could punt at leisure . Now they just want everyone spending their money alone on-line , where they fumble and fail while on the drink or whatever. That's the one sad thing about the modern Business model. Pretty awful, but it works a lot of the time for them. people spend more that way. well they put Sunday racing on every week for those small time parties you mentioned ?? like Kurow today. Has been part of the NZ HRNZ business model for a LONG long time ? so what's the problem ? do you need Midweek as well or something ?? Kurow looked good today . But the Features go to the star players of Nathan Williamson and Stonewall. There's not much left for 'mug' players anymore. Attractive racing through the ceiling, esp the past 3 years. Even more features like the Velocity and the Ascent and the Betcha to add to an incredible year of racing , that HRNZ put on each year. Aussies have been in a huge amount of the Big time racing last 3 years , because it's that good. Many champions racing there past 3 years . I can think of at least 10 Top horses. .And you DESPARATELY need Mark Purdon and Barry Purdon and folk like that , to Keep you competitive mate. They are household names ?? and ARE Important to Punters . they provide the runners Capable of winning the Group 1's and keeping NZ harness on the map. as a force. and not a farce. 😅😉🤪 Mark has run 2nd in the last 4 NZ Cups (or something like that) since Self Assured won it . He's that good he came to Queensland and Won our feature QLD Derby recently, while near retired . on a strange track with strange drivers. Barry held both the Aussies out in the time honoured NZ FFA and Also won the Velocity showday , and Meant To Be won 4 Group 1 trots. a legend of the sport . But a dreaded North Islander .hahaha and you say they are irrelevant and Not important to Punters?? what ? I can't believe you say this stuff? A sport NZ has done so well at for decades . reduced to just need mug racing for mug punters ? You had that today and nearly Every Sunday already ? so can't complain . Luckily I had no Sunday race-day in my time . thank the Lucky stars. No Wonder Waller went to Sydney to be a Big time Gallops trainer. lol.😎🎉 probably irrelevant in NZ lol.🤣 Barry had 2 Red hot favourites the Punters got stuck into last Friday night , because he is THAT good . and Important. Alas they both ran 2nd (we'll just Blame Scott for that 😆, or Zac 🤣) but mainly the NI opposition is just so Good as well, that a world champion of decades in Barry Purdon found it hard to win. Not irrelevant though. Hey and Mark had a drive and bought home the Bacon ok. To make up for it. But lets throw him under the Brodie Bus as well because he can't Punt on him, and so is Not Important. odds are too small. or some shit like that. Lets just look after the Grass Roots/track horse class that win a race a season and Punters lose heaps on trying to chase odds.😋 Punters would of Loved seeing ANDRETTI paying $2 with the Grand Master on mate. So It's All good . I thought it was pretty Dandy anyway. Nothing better than Mark in a 6 horse field while he has 2 of the runners. Money for Jam. 💰

How can you say that ? the betting agency's and the HRNZ are working hard to bring attractive racing and support the participants in very trying times for the general public. It's Not their fault the reduced participation. It costs a lot to run a horse these days. You have money and still wouldn't do it yourself because of the costs involved. and when they do compete , the opposition is made up of extremely talented horsepeople. NZ has a Huge tradition in great horses and people in the harness racing. Mark Purdon has been back winning past couple of weeks , and Ray Green too at Auckland , Barry and Scotts 2 horses both ran 2nd . Bernie Hackett won 2 of the 3 trots. They were racing for between $8,500 and $11,000 for the winner. Barely enough to get by? , for fast Metro horses class trainers that are near best in the world . Yet you say the HRNZ business model is paying them too much inprizemoney ?? I say Not true !!! . It's only just enough to keep going really? , with All of todays expenses, staff and all sorts of things. Betting companies have their own betting business plans that yield them Millions. I'm told by Chief and curious and that the Share price has doubled this year ?? no flaw in their business plan then either mate. We're getting GREAT racing and a GREAT SHARE price (HRNZ and Entain) Maybe you should BUY the Entain SHAres then ? and get on board that way ? if you can't find a way to get a bet on like everyone else does. Might make you wealthy mate ? 😂😅🎉

That race was only 11,000 for the winner. Bar Louie looked good though in the Kurow Cup today. 'Light- hands' Tim sat him 3 wide for a lap with cover for a lap, then went round and took over. Another good Telfers win. congrats to them . Having a great run. The Stand start went alright in such a big field !! AAA+++ . only one galloped. Good horsemenship going on in that, but what can you do in such big fields. about half of them were still held up at the finish line . LAKELSA was 6 back on the inside at the Quarter and NO CHANCE whatsoever from there. For owner, punter or driver. Can see why punters not keen on NZ trots for betting when so many get held up and don't even get in the race. Speaking of trotting . Your selection BRING ON THE MUSCLE was Excellent in race 9. He beat the Handicap and caught the leaders the last 50m . But Nathan Williamson drove Super well and peeled off his back to nab him the last bit . Bad Luck for your $1000 Mr Galah (our imaginary bet) 😋 meanwhile Gamma $800 richer and at the Bar (with Louie 🏆 )😂🍻 no stopping the champions lol 😆

Brodie , you often talk like you don't know how casino's and Bookies trade with their clients ?? Of course they take Large Bets . From their KNOWN customers. Customers that support them with fairly regular bets ,(so the house has a chance to make money too) often get rewards with special leeway. Casino's even have rooms for their favourite customers, set -up with their favourite things. It's a case of looking after the folk who might chip in a million each visit when feeling Desparate lol. You've seen it in NZ heaps of times with the 'BOYS Get PAID' syndicates. at the horses. They get bets on that others can't , because they're INTO ENtertainment as Well . for their customers. Everyone wins with a bit of Fun , even if some of the bets are losing. doesn't matter to BGP, as 'the House' needs to win too sometimes. Brodster, You Only want to take their Money. Not interested in the entertainment or fun factor . Not connected to any of the runners. nothing. So you are NOT a favoured customer old mate (sadly) Maybe you should change your ways ? and become a 'favoured customer' ? Instead of an old age Grizzley lol 😁 Start up your own Boys Get Paid. and advance yourself in retirement to 'the Brodster Gets Paid '.😅🤣 COMPUTER safeguards are in place for Bookmaker Telephone/on-line Customers. If they Win Big TWICE in a row , then a limit is placed for a certain timeframe and amount thereafter. Sometimes it's a VERY small one i'm told . There are plenty of safeguards in place , that usually work to STOP the punter LOSING BIG amounts. which is more often the case than WINNING Big amounts. So LIMITS/and or Restrictions are an excellent thing whether be 'daily' or by 'amount spent' for Single entities , to save the customer thousands on occasion when they are 'Desparate' . (Desparate has quite a few Meanings as far as betting goes, so you just have to work that out for yourselves 😋🤣)

Personally I think someones pulling all your leg. Just seems like a Lot of BS. TABman should be able to tell us the truth about this sort of thing?. how much an NZ betting agency usually accepts as a bet? No one will take that sort of a bet against a first starter? . in NZ too ? lol All the betting mobs in Australia are no where near that on the more popular gallopers. An NZ trotter ? can't see it somehow. Here's a selection of big bets from last week end on the Australian Gallops . From 3 or 4 popular Betting agencies. NOBODY anywhere near winning 100k. I would suggest the 100k NZ bet thing is made up dreamer by somebody. Think NoworNever is correct with his third option above somehow. The Valley – Race 6 No. 11 – Esha – $10,000 @ $2.20 The Valley – Race 4 No. 1 – Mornington Glory – $8750 @ $3.30 The Valley – Race 7 No. 5 – Sayedaty Sadaty – $4000 @ $3.20 Randwick – Race 7 No. 12 – Theblade – $4000 @ $3 The Valley – Race 1 No. 4 – Hovland – $3000 @ $3.60 Randwick – Race 3 No. 2 – Regimental Colours – $2000 @ $3.50 The Valley – Race 4 No. 3 – Oak Hill – $8000 @ $2.65 The Valley – Race 6 No. 11 – Esha – $7500 @ $2.20 The Valley – Race 3 No. 6 – Takeko – $5000 @ $5 Randwick – Race 4 No. 5 – Amreekiyah – $5000 @ $2.30 The Valley – Race 7 No. 5 – Sayedaty Sadaty – $5000 @ $3 Randwick – Race 6 No. 6 – Piggyback – $3000 @ $2.30 The Valley – Race 9 No. 14 – Naval Academy – $3000 @ $5 here's the TAB touch NZ divvies ones Belmont – Race 6 No. 6 – Essentric Nature – $3500 @ $3.20 Eagle Farm – Race 6 No. 1 – Earn To Burn – $3000 @ $3.90 Eagle Farm – Race 1 No. 6 – Kadall – $2500 @ $4 Belmont – Race 5 No. 6 – Horcrux – $2000 @ $4 Randwick – Race 6 No. 14 – Elle Hudson – $2000 @ $13 Belmont – Race 8 No. 4 – Want A Winner – $2000 @ $4.60 The Valley – Race 3 No. 8 – Enna's Dream – $1500 @ $4.20 Belmont – Race 1 No. 4 – Sunset Session – $1100 @ $14 Eagle Farm – Race 3 No. 13 – Berezka – $10,000 @ $3 The Valley – Race 4 No. 3 – Oak Hill – $10,000 @ $3 Randwick – Race 7 No. 12 – Theblade – $7500 @ $4.40 Randwick – Race 5 No. 4 – World Alliance – $6500 @ $3.90 The Valley – Race 6 No. 4 – Oyster Lane – $4500 @ $5 Randwick – Race 3 No. 8 – Karinska – $4000 @ $7 The Valley – Race 7 No. 9 – Nellie Leylax – $2000 @ $5 Morphettville – Race 7 No. 1 – Queman – $1500 (each way) @ $12/$3 Randwick – Race 9 No. 1 – More Felons – $1000 (each way) @ $12/$3.70 Palmer Bet. Randwick – Race 10 No. 8 – Be Real – $1000 (each way) @ $34/$8 Belmont – Race 2 No. 4 – Catch These Hands – $1000 @ $12 Belmont – Race 7 No. 12 – Stormchaser – $1000 (each-way) @ $6/$2.20 The Valley – Race 6 No. 11 – Esha – $3700 @ $2.15 Randwick – Race 7 No. 12 – Theblade – $1500 @ $3.15 Randwick – Race 8 No. 1 – Private Eye – $1500 @ $2.70 Eagle Farm – Race 5 No. 3 – Fioprospero – $1055 @ $2.90 Randwick – Race 3 No. 3 – Useapin – $1000 @ $5.15 Randwick – Race 3 No. 8 – Karinska – $1000 @ $8.75 Eagle Farm – Race 6 No. 3 – Impervious – $1000 @ $6 Eagle Farm – Race 6 No. 5 – Boomshanka – $1000 @ 4.40 Belmont – Race 6 No. 6 – Essentric Nature – $1000 @ $3 The Valley – Race 9 No. 1 – Apache Song – $1000 @ $4

Not 100% . but He paid NZ record prices for 2 yearlings at the sales . Paid $360,000 twice . for foals out of Adore Me and Bettor twist. so seems to have plenty of Spending Power lol 😂. am sure it said somewhere he has a punt too. Steve and Jill do Syndicate some out , and do a great job, so there's always a chance one of the Syndicate People is Very Rich and Very excited when it comes to Stonewall horses . and is popping on the Big Punts each week. Quite a few winners too, but there's a fair few starters getting a punt on, so probably just break even in the end. But seems they are having Fun with it. Harness racing doing Great Brodster !!! You have fun over there in Europe too. Good on you young fella. Have a great trip. My son went to Tour De France and coming home next week after 2 years crashing around all Europe. Did the Venice Gondola's thing last month as well. Hope you get a go at that Brodster. Don't Rock the Boat though . you'll spill the drinks lol 😁🍾

Slow NZ horses at the gallops ? Did one even run off today at Ruakaka ? looked like it was heading for the Grandstand when leading into the straight. was quite funny. or best horse in Australia at the time, Popular Alm after Vinny cut him 4 lengths clear at the quarter in the Interdominion Grand Final at Alexandra Park thinking he was gunna cruise in . Bad Luck Vinny . No Mate . When LEAP TO FAME gets to the front , it's all over rover. chalk up another win. Don't even think the 2 miles of the NZ Cup is gunna trouble him . Swayzee could even do it. tough buggers. Pacers and trotters much better in front than those rusty , half trying gallopers 😎😋🍻

Definitely right . And of course ALL the Huge Sports events overseas are popular with punters these days. Someone like Curious on this forum is carrying on about Horse Whipping her and at another station ,like there's No tomorrow for racing. And he's involved in racing. Imagine what fringe participants must think.? the HORSE sports are bit on those nose . of the general public. Like the greyhounds too. My 2 kids wouldn't watch a horse race if I tried to force them (20 somethings aged) And Harness has been seriously tainted over the years too. Red Hots. I started here 6 years ago and was horrified at Everyone calling ALLStars Cheats for example with the many runners per race. Even yourself I remember a 4 page arguement with you about Amazing Dream and Beyond something . words. beyond Words . so People notice these sort of things. Mark Purdon near best of all time yet heavily criticised lol 🤣 It's more accepted these days . that stable-mates can help each other. Andretti given an easy lead by a stable-mate last night. Just made it a bigger certainty than it already was. I thought David Butchers 2 nice horses did a great job last week helping each other and mixing it up with a Star like AKUTA even. I admire that sort of stuff. everyone looking after their horse as best as possible. Dunn's have done it at times. You've been critical of QLD trotting at times where similar things occur with our larger stables. you just have to face the facts mate. you ain't gunna leave a stable-mate parked out if you don't have to. Nothing wrong with a cosy trail behind a horse that will Cart you into it from the quarter , and even let you through on occasion. ( that Ferguson one was ridiculous that time at AKLD , with that sacrificed 2 year-old against older horses. )

better nutrition, better Trainer, better jockey or driver , or sometimes a new race plan , tactic can see a horse reach new levels. Nearly All of them require some urgency from the rider/driver at some stage (usually the later bit of a race when they 'drop the bit') . If you want to win that is .