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After last years dominant SWAYZEE success over Akuta, he's bound to bring something over again. can only Hope he doesn't take 2 over this time. With Top horse Akuta out of action , who have you got to fire up and hold him out Nowie ?

The Grimson Miracle continues .🙄 Picks up a horse from Victoria who has not won down there this year in 5 starts. Promptly wins the Group 3's of Treur Memorial at Bankstown and just now tonight the Redcliffe Patrons purse $50k G3, running down the Interdominion Champion LEAP TO FAME by a head, in a nippy 54 second last half. They were 6 lengths clear of the 3rd horse (trained/driven by the Grimson accomplice Grima.) DISTRICT ATTORNEY (that no-one had heard of much) now a 'Leap To Fame beater' 🙄. That Grimson Miracle guy should take up thoroughbreds , probably win there too. 😎

I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. He was flat out at the 200m and the winner came from last turning for home so he would of only seen it late. Looked zero chance at the quarter of being in the finish. even surprised the lass driving it, I think. How about them being full brothers too.!! A nose between them at the end. quite unique. BARZUKOV (4) and MAZEPPA (6 yearold) both by Love You out of Sundon mare Barsukova. What a fantastic quinella.

Well Chief definitely does that mate. he's invested in this site that has put forward many great stories, experiences and ideas which people can take on-board (or Not 😁) and there has been plenty of knowledge to be gained as well. about the current racing events and plenty of thoughts on tracks, jockeys , even some recipes for (for horses), traffic conditions on the track and even a bit of horse-play here and there. There is always optimists amid the pessimists 😄. sometimes I think the criticism is harsh but when you watch the Political Parties in Parliament battling it out , you can see even the' runners of the country' set the example for these things lol. .. shame about Ellerslie, would of been great to have it up and running . That might have helped the racing situation improve ?. They had some awful trouble getting Eagle Farm right as well in Brissy. Re-did it 3 times I think over about 4 years. Just a thankless Job trying to develop a race track 🤕

Ranga doesn't drive far from home 😉

no joke but The GOAT has won this week 😆 and is set for many more wins.😆 Rickie Alchin is training the GOAT and has won easily , trotting away from the field in an impressive display. You might remember Rickie in NZ over recent years with Tough Monarch on occasion. Tough Monarch winning the Nz Trotting FFA , and placing in the Dominion, etc, and finishing career with 36 wins from 107 starts. The GOAT his latest star , out from America and is quite unusual to see a yank out this way. Looks the goods winning the 3 year-old trot (result below)😂 . Young kiwi Riley Butt (son of Tim) trained the winner and a 2nd Placegetter in the other 2 trots on Tuesday. doing a great job as a teen. getting the professional drivers to drive them more than himself these days already. 1 G O A T USA $ 5,481 Fr2 2 Rickie Alchin Rickie Alchin $ 18.00 PRB FTC 3 SWAB BLACK COLT 3 by WALNER (CA) out of THIS DREAMS ON ME (US) () Owner(s): Rampant Pty Ltd ATF The Rampant Trust, Summit Bloodstock Pty Ltd, Aaron Bain Racing Pty Ltd Breeder(s): A J Libfeld, M Katz 2 AJAY VOLSTEAD $ 1,566 Fr4 4 Darren Weeks Angus Garrard 7.60 $ 3.70 GS L WCL 1 3 NORTHERN HEIGHTS $ 783 Fr3 3 Melissa Gillies Trent Dawson 9.60 $ 21.00 BAS NAT 4 4 AHUNDREDPLUS $ 522 Fr7 7 Daren Garrard Chloe Butler 11.50 $ 101.00 RAS 6 BMD 5 PIZZA PRINCE $ 348 Fr6 6 Riley Butt Adam Sanderson 35.00 $ 41.00 RAS 7 6 ALDEBARAN FONZ $ 60 Fr1 1 Ryan Veivers Dannielle Veivers 35.80 $ 126.00 BSU CFS OD 7 HEAD EM UP NZ $ 60 Fr5 5 Tayla Gillespie Matt Elkins 66.10 $ 1.25 fav GS OL 8 TOORBUL TILLY NZ $ 60 Sr1 8 Riley Butt Nathan Dawson 68.00 $ 126.00

they were. everyone has their favourite horses and tracks and jockeys/drivers from last century as well as this. seems everyone is more worried about track conditions and whip usage these days so that's a shame . but the Pokies (and extensive online coverage) ruined it a lot by coming in and taking a lot of the gambling dollar plus the presence of spectators at the track 😪 . anyway when you see Everst Day, Karaka Day , currently Royal Ascot , maybe Cup week too there is still plenty of people enjoying the day out 😀 and seeing the great horses race 🏇. Unfortunately for harness racing , the spectator days are gone , even for the brilliant and unique to harness racing Interdominion Championship, which used to have huge interest between our great 2 nations. Cambridge made a bold bid to rekindle some interest with the Race by Grins day Night of Champions , and getting the trotters going too now in a slot race and a decent crowd, and Aussie raiders 🇦🇺, and lots of entertainment I think. so let's hope that continues and the gallops slot race for BIG Bucks 💰 has great progress as well 👍 for next March.

Wacko smacko . first Day of the great meeting and the Aussie Sprinter ASFOORA takes out the King Charles III Group 1 sprint. Like Black Caviar, Nature Strip and others enjoying the greatest Meeting on the planet. ASFOORA does Australia proud and just like Olympic Gold medal against the great racing nations she takes the Big prize for the Aussie Trainer Henry Dwyer. (move over Moods and Waller lol) How good was that ? Imperatriz not needed either to show case the fine Sprinters from Down-under. Imagine she would of carved em' up completely , but not to be.

Pakenham getting more popular all the time. Hey TABman , with USA and Japan running very big races on dirt , and Aus has a lot of those sort of surfaces too for bush racing. It Doesn't seem to worry the horses at all. Could NZ do some dirt ? of do they already have one somewhere?

I think the whip use thing is crazy as well. But like road rules and speed limits you have to adapt to the changes. Like a New Government Brodster. Whether you like em' or not. Drivers in Brisbane got a whole range of penalties in the 90's even when I was still going. One bloke got 3 months !! after a few warnings. For 'over-use' of the Whip. It's been an issue for some time. Opie Bosson won a Group 1 and got fined over there for 12 whip strikes instead of 10 when he won by a nose or something, . what a steaming lot of horse manure. Counting the arm movements. Hope that never happens in trotting. what a crock of sh... that is. horses don't number count someone should tell them 😂 CJ and MaurieMac and Mango have had issues there too on several occasions. Is hard to adapt to having whip in your rein hand when trying to Win as you say. I couldn't do it at all, But it does suit the Many many female drivers that came into the sport at that stage. so good on em'

Should of had our Auckland Trots Challenge this week instead of Last week as its panning 🙄 . Gamma picks from last week have been going ok with Lil Whip, Classic Elegance, Keep It Classy and now Kiss and Run ALL Winning . Bloody things wouldn't win last week . go figure. At least 'The Revenant' got beat 😆 and didn't come back from the dead. And Bev the Goat only 4th for you Chief.😂 The Galah won with Tugawar again. and Brodster still trying to Shake a Leg only got 2nd again in the 4th race. beaten by 'Dear God' lol.😄

Well they do it like the courts or the footy tribunal or any other official sanction operation. On a case by case basis. Who says Penalties have to be the same as anyone elses? No-one got as long as McGrath so bet he is pissed with the inconsistency lol. Once I got 2 horses put out of the draw (made unruly) on the one night and even knocked someone down with one of them 🙄. The stewards even gave me a choice of fine or suspension. So Doesn't have to be the same for everybody. I said give us a week off (and said "don't want to drive those two bloody horse next week anyway" 🤣😂) Plus I haven't go 200 bucks to spare either". "You don't want me working the whole bloody week for nothing do ya?" So they gave me a Week suspension very generously 😎. (one of the horses ran 3rd the following week for the new driver too 👍😆 from the unruly)

Well the nice horse Aardies Express goes 3 from 3 in Oz as jogs in and picks up the easiest 16k as only racing 4 others last night and 2 were Grimson stable-mates 😆. a $4.20 Trifecta lol. She Aardie had to raise a sweat. Aardie advances to $150,000 earned from the 3 starts at Menangle. (about the same she earned in her entire 2 and 3 year old seasons combined racing in NZ) so guessing the Group 1's of 'Golden Girl' and 'Blacks A Fake' at Brisbane next month are on the agenda. Swayzee won last night Menangle for Grimson as well so might have 'top billing'. Leap To Fame is waiting for them though. The awesome Predator anihilated the Standing start Flashing Red handicap last night , finishing just as far in front of them , as what he started behind them at the start . Rounding them up Mid race and waltzing away up the straight. Track record again. Here he is cruising away from locals including old kiwi warhorse "Turn It Up' (centre of pack there 4th) who is just starting to miss a place lately but still has 5 wins from 12 starts this year. Old "Smithy's Terror' back in the truck there somewhere too.

It helped Barry Purdon in his future/present anyway. (and Scott Phelan) and some numbers racing in the North Island that was becoming critical as you suggested many times. the Big Aussie stepping in. Even Inspired Katrina Purdon to even bring her horse Mach Shard home from Aus (and win the Messenger) since hubby Barry finally found some form 🤣😎💰 with Dean Shannon arriving on your shores and providing the Derby and Grins Race winner Merlin and others. and buying up big at the sales each year now. I believe 17 horses so far and building. A good Queensland friend of mine racing a share in MAGICIAN there too. (Shannon was the underbidder) Merlin's half brother that ran 2nd at Addington for Dalgety's last night . Doesn't look fast enough to Win the Derby ?? 😪 what do you think Brodster? can they improve him in 6 months to be a Derby chance?

Don't underestimate the power of Alice's Rabbit hole . A good place to be at times.😁😉👍

Well they finally heard the appeal this week by Emma on the 'Stay of proceedings' for the 6 month disqualification from Sept last year. The Disqualification officially quashed. Emma being an excellent trainer and still preparing 105 starters for 43 wins this year ($865,000) and that after had even transferred many horses to partner Clayton Tonkin with all this Stay of proceedings going on. a very good win ratio. (compared to say star NSW horseman Luke McCarthy 227 starters for 45 wins ( also earning near $865,000) ) 5 JUN 2024 Last Updated 6 Jun 2024 Trainer Emma Stewart has been fined $12,000 but escaped disqualification after the Victorian Racing Tribunal heard her appeals today. Harness Racing Victoria stewards disqualified Stewart in December for six months after she plead guilty to administering an injection to Act Now and attempting to administer an injection to Show Me Heaven a day before their September 17 races, an offence under the rules of racing. Judge Bowman said, as a result, the panel did not believe a period of disqualification was appropriate, but instead was imposing the financial penalty of $5000 for each charge. “We appreciate this is a substantial amount for the administration of a substance that has no affect on performance,” Judge Bowman said. Stewart was fined a further $2000 for failure to thoroughly maintain a log book, which Judge Bowman upheld, increasing the total penalty to $12,000.

well it's the Final Sprint up the straight and as Usual , the Chief and The Galah are head to head bashing it out up the straight 😁 . All the way to the line. Twista and Diamonds Are Forever with barely a head between them in Race 8. The Chief takes the Win in Race 8 with a 'Twist' , but the Galah puts in the last twist in this Epic battle and runs 2nd with the Diamond horse.🏆 The Galah proving to be a Diamond in a mountain of Rock at BOAY and takes the Victory tonight !! well done champ.🏆. the Chief a respectable 3 winners , a very solid opponent at all times. Brodie a solid 3rd and Gamma tailed out (gets 2 late points with the Sunshine) FINAL POINTS tonight The Galah 32 points, Chief 28 points , Brodie 18, Gamma 14. well done Mr Galah 🏆 !! , but Chief (as always) right on your tail and kicking it hard 😂

Race 7 hits the line and it's only a 3rd for Kiss And Run for Gamma, and The Galah rattles home for 4th with Magic Dash. Had a sizeable collect riding on it for a place with Tony Cameron too in a multi 😪. I Probably hexed it 🤣😂. One Race to go ! and Mr Galah tacks on 2 points for his Dash in that . Gamma got 4 pts for 3rd. Points after Race 7 The Galah 26 points, Chief 20 points, Brodster 18 points, Gamma 12 points.

Chief Stipe thundering in with a race to race Double . bloody hell. must be the track carving up or something? The skipper of the BOAY site Chiefy boy zooms to Victory in race 6 with 'Skipper'. Skipper's driver Tony Cameron driving brilliantly lately and is a gun. The BOAY boys weren't far away and have provided the FIRST 4. at $2674 not too shabby 💰. The Galah in 2nd for 6 points, Brodster got the KFC and 4 pts 🤣, Gamma 2 pts. 1st 9 SKIPPER TONY CAMERON BL 24.20 3.80 2nd 8 BETTER KNUCKLE UP SCOTT PHELAN FT 1.00 3rd 6 HUGOTASTIC DAVID BUTCHER FT 2.20 4th 4 BUSLOAD OF FAITH TONY HERLIHY FT Points after Race 6 The Galah 24 points, Chief Stipe 20 points, Brodster 18 points Gamma a paltry 8 points finding the classy NZ opponents a bit tough

Well the REAL Chief David Butcher (2nd) was driving for the Chief Stipe there and decided to let the 'TAyLad for Use' win the day . bloody ripoff 😆😂 Chiefs working together ? 😉 Gamma's horse leading to everywhere but the post. well BOAY 'tailored for Use' by Chiefy so much appreciated mate 👍. you deserve this little win. 🤣 The Galah is flying along nicely though . another 2 points 4th in that trot . Au Revoir !! 😅 Points after Race 5 The Galah 18 points, Brodster 14pts, Chief {with that win} up to 12 points Gamma nailed it the wire 6 points . trying to keep it classy 😉.

nooooooo !!!! bugger off Chief

dead heat ?? who got it ? race 5 Chief or Gamma ? com'on classy you can do it ?

Chief the GOAT gets 'Bev' into the placings there in race 4 so is not dead yet. Gamma is No Leonardo DiCaprio so couldn't get 'The Revenant' back from the dead 😪 Brodster tried to 'Shake A Leg" up the passing lane and got 6 points for his trouble. The Galah still leads though with being tough like 'Carbon' getting 2 points for 4th in Race 4. Points after Race 4 and halfway home The Galah 16 points, Brodster 14 points , Chief 4 points (at $6.70 the place) lol for the goat. Gamma (big fat 0)

After the 3rd and 'Stone Cold Brodie' a perfect match for 'Stone Cold Steve Austin' and Trots away with 3rd and the 8 points easily . The Galah won the Tugawar in the first race to pick up 8 points and with a Hawkeye 2nd in Race 2 he is the current BOAY LEader. POINTS after race 3 The Galah 14 points, Brodster 8 points, , Chief and Gamma yet to get going at all and looking for some better performance enhancers 😂 need a shot of Aminorex or something ? 😁

Onto the 5th race at Alexandra Park Race 5/ Chief: Taylad To Use putting in the hard yards at BOAY for us to use (thanks Chief) The Galah: Sans Au Revoir Galah could be saying goodbye to Chief by this stage Brodster: Ultimate Moment Brodie could get one here knocking off this quality field Gamma: Keep It Klassy Gamma never fails to keep the class high 😎 Race 6/ Chief: Skipper as the skip of BOAY let's see if he can run the show The Galah: Better Knuckle Up always up for the fight with Chief. can he beat him up this time ? Brodie: Hugotastic and Brodie said "You go" and I said "No Hugo" get the winner. Gamma: Busload Of Faith of course the harness racing is great forever ! Race 7/ Chief: Lord PopnJay Lord Chief will pop your bubble Galah if you don't watch out The Galah: Magic Dash Galah dashing the hopes of the opponents here Brodie: Winners Time Brodie could be on the Money here and be a winner Gamma: Kiss and Run known to both quite well , kiss the girls run from the hubby's 😉 Race 8/ Last chance to Win the Night at the last race Chief: Twista Chief puts a twist on everything to keep em' all honest lol The Galah: Diamonds are Forever comes out with the Diamond's to beat the rough lot . Brodie: Obadiah Dragon Brodster breathing some fire into the BOAY pretenders Gamma: Sunshine Shelby Gamma bringing the Sunshine from the sunshine state to light it up the contest !! may victory shine down upon the best player tonight !!!! Good Luck lads !! (results here when we are under way shoertly )