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Apologies Brodster . you had the 6 Frisco Bay (that arrived in time for 3rd) as the number 6 in Race 2. and you pick up $56.00 for 3rd. You're on the money again lol 😉 💰 I thought Magician was number 6 but he was number 5 as it turned out, and went quite poorly. A Queensland mate here owns a share in him too (A half brother to Merlin) doesn't look strong enough to get in the Derby. 🙄 . they paid stacks for it too. Outbidding Merlin's owner .

1st 9 MIDNIGHT MIKI BLAIR ORANGE BL 2.30 1.10 2nd 4 SACETAS RICKY MAY FT 1.60 3rd 6 STRIKEM SAMANTHA OTTLEY FT 1.80 RACE 1 Result . And The Galah pips Chief (yet again By a nose in a photo finish) as the Number 9 takes Victory with a great Blair Orange drive , circling to the death at the right moment. LEADERBOARD in BOAY CUP The Galah 8 points , The CHief 6 pts, Blackie 2 pts ran 4th the ON THE MONEY divvie' Comp (based on $10ew on your selections today) The Galah $33.00 , Chief $16.00 No one took up the Number 6's so we'll dish them out for the rest of the card to everyone. Race 2 / Number 6 Magician goes to Brodster .

Final FIELD with scratching replacements. + extra's Blackie All the #1's + OscarB (R5) Brodster No.2 's each race + The Dominator (R11) + Better Than Cash (R7) Mikey No.3 's each race + Harrison John (R7) + El Conqueror (R11) Chiefy No.4 's each race + Muscle Mountain (R5) + Always B Misty (R8) Unhinged No.5 's + Johnny Trotter (R3) + Malakai (R10) + Tyron Eros (R11) No.6's not taken Rangatira No. 7's + Elektra King (R8) + Royal Del (R11) The Horseman No.8's + The Coalman (R4) + Dalton Shard (R9) The Galah No.9's Better Knuckle Up (R 7 ) + Hellofamoment (R11) No. 10's allocated out. TAB Forever No. 11's + TACT Teva (R10) + Miki Bennett (R4) + Eurocash (R11) Gamma No.12's + Bettors Anvil (R10) + Kyvalley Hotspur (Aussie in R5) + Who's Queen (R11)

Enjoy the great racing this Afternoon and good luck in the BOAY Spring Cup. Will post some Points updates HERE after each race . ( 8pts for 1st, 6pts for 2nds, 4pts for 3rds, 2pts for 4th placings) The Winner will be the BOAY supporter with the most points after race 12 . IN ADDITION : will tally a 'On the Money' winner as well. And that title going to who's Divvies from their team tally up to the Highest Amount on the night. ( all horses have been allocated just now on the BOAY Spring Cup selection thread) and transferred here a bit later.

JUST ONE SPOT LEFT in BOAY Spring Cup. who's game to take it ? (and you get the budding champ 'Marketplace' if you would like to take a shot) Have filled the spots for a bit of Addington fun tonight to support ALL the great horses that are presented on the race track tonight. A big night of Group and listed racing. Final FIELD with scratching replacements. + extra's Blackie/ No. 1 ticket holder from the pole + OscarB (R5) + Vessem (R7) Brodster/ No.2 's each race + The Dominator (R11) + Better Than Cash (R7) Mikey/ No.3 's each race + Harrison John (R7) + El Conqueror (R11) Chief/ No.4 's star of the show + Muscle Mountain (R5) + Always B Misty (R8) Unhinged No.5 's to cheer for Diamonds + Malakai (R10) + Tyron Eros (R11) + Johnny Trotter (R3) No.6's the fav Marketplace + Mighty Logan , etc still available ? + Sugar Ray (R10) Rangatira No. 7's the mantra strikes + Elektra King (R8) + Royal Del (R11) The Horseman No.8's the lucky Chinese 8's + The Coalman (R4) + Dalton Shard (R9) The Galah No.9's bouncing like a 'Beachball ' with these ones including 'Stella Rouge' No.9 is scr race 7 = so replacement is #15 Better Knuckle Up + Hellofamoment (R11) No. 10's allocated out. TAB Forever No. 11's 4 of the races are missing No.11 so replacements are + Eurocash (R11) + TACT Teva (R10) + Miki Bennett (R4) Gamma No.12's with the con artist out of the feature R10 have #13. Bettors Anvil instead. + Kyvalley Hotspur (Aussie in R5) + Who's Queen (R11)

So far we have some drivers assembled for the BOAY Spring Cup. 'Block-em' Blackie with the 1's 'Tanker' TABman with the 11's 'Mince-em' Mike with the 3's 'Unruly' Unhinged with the 5's The 'Hopeful' Horseman with the 8's 'Gas-em' Gamma with the 12's ( think I'll take them to get the Rockin Aussie Doo Rollin. ) so still available are NUMBERS 2, 4 , 6 , 7 , 9 and 10 READY to Be Filled needing some Stars like: Bruiser Brodie, Chuck-It Chief, Rambling Ranga, The Grand Galah and a couple of others to get their team Number in. 'Nuke-em'Newmarket may of retired to stud and not be lining up on this occasion sadly.

Think the number 1 might be winning the last race. Borris has his trainer, Regan Todd doing ok lately and Todd might win the Big Feature harness Million 2 yearold race as well with Marketplace. that is a very good horse and looks like the Kennards have yer another top prospect there to win some Big ones. you can add Race 5/ No. 13 Oscar Bonavena and Race 7/ No. 17 Vessem to your squad of Number 1 horses too. good luck .🍀

UnHinged has a couple of Scratchings with number 5 taken out of both Races 1 and 5. so to boost his Dunn supporting aspirations his replacement's are Race 10 / No. 14 Malakai and Race 11 / No. 18 Tyron Eros

Well used up so far is 3 , 5 , 8 and 11. PICK a number from the amazing Addington Racecard Friday (only 24 hours left) and Post it here. You will get that number for every race, and try and pip the BOAY harness lads to the WIN. What you thinking Mr Galah ? can I tempt you with the 2 Barrier ? your old mate MO'UNGA is lingering there. will he shock em' Brodster must have some idea who can get the cash ? get in there mate. I'm a bit lost with out Natalie 😭, so don't know who to take. (maybe Ants on the Aussie RocknRoll Doo?) And old mate Blackie looking for a Mark Purdon drive to support ?😎 He's chucked most of the reigns to Blair the Orangeman these days. But tell ya what Blackie, you may of lost DON't STOP DREAMING to the TABman team already, but i'll chuck old trotter OSCAR B and VESSEM (the Marky Boy drives) into your team to boost it if you pick a number between 1 and 12 to go with them .😉🏆 Mark not getting the job in the past for you so he definitely needs to fix up those mistakes lol 😆

All very good points Chief. yes you do see that bit of stuff happening. Funny negotiations. Recently 2 Slot holders went 'Halvies' in the $2,000,000 'Eureka' recently run at Menangle. (harness racings richest race) with whatever horses they managed to get in their slots. So seemed a fear of missing out or a tinge of greed involved with that set-up. There is a sort of Error that NZ harness is making with it's Slot races ( and hopefully the gallops doesn't make the same Mistake ) I do love the Aus participation in NZ , but to support NZ Breeders and Owners they SHOULD of had a 'Clause' NZ BRED entries only The Eureka in NSW actually excluded NZ Breds . A bit unfair. stops it being an Interdominion. One of the great things unique to Australasian harness racing. BUT to support the NZ Breeders (and the NZ Owners to a degree) the Race by Grins, That Slot trot ( that Aussie Just Believe romped in at Cambridge), The Up-coming 'Velocity' and 'Ascent' 1/2 million dollar races at Addington Showday should ALL be NZ Bred Horses only. I love the Aussie competition but just seems un-fair on the locals there that All of a sudden the Aus stars are turning up and mugging the prizes. (like KEAYANG Zahara the Victorian will on Show-day) I mean it's fantastic racing that I enjoy , but seems a little un-fair the wins are going International. So I really hope when the NZ gallop Slot races start , they ban the Aussies 😂😆. well just have NZ bred horses, and maybe 'Limit' the number of International Slot holders. QLD did it well recently with a Slot race for 2 year olds. They made sure a certain amount of slots were for QLD (drawn by Ballot) , and Interstate persons were drawn by Ballot for a certain amount of slots as well, and 2 slots were given to the race Sponsor. Important they get recognition for the big input to get it All going.. the results was very Good with those clauses.

they 'share' the horse for a day Chief. Not 'Sell'. That's how slot races work. People can 'enjoy ' what it's like being involved with a great horse for a day. Some of the Best in the nation (s) start in these sort of races. Everest Day is a huge success , with people having lot's of Fun . It is the races afterall. People go along to have a great day out . If they win some money well and good. 20,000 odd attend? Usually the better horses around are 'lured' by the BIG money put up as the prize. Well the syndicate Managers are anyway. Like to Increase their Profile mainly. and enjoy the day too , A bit like the slot holders. everyone Wins. so all good. Group 1 ? should be Group A1+ IMO . and Nz will have them soon and be successful like the harness boys are doing there already. Your ordinary 'JOE Blog owners' you're worried about, Never have a say on who's riding , or where the horse races, or anything like that anyway. through a horse's normal entire career. Unless you are majority shareholder (which is rare unless you're a millionaire horse racer with some 'voice' with your trainer ) If a Syndicate manager of horse can't negotiate with a Slot holder. they don't deserve a start. Sharing some loot too hard to do for some. People with money get Greedy real quick . Especially in competition like the racing game.

holy moly. some fixed odds are up for Melton . They NEver put up fixed odds for harness before the actual day usually . A pitiful effort compared to gallops treatment usually with early markets. seem to get them up all the time over 2 days ahead most of the time. so LET"S get some 100-1 at the Group 1 racing Victoria TROTS , while we can then 💰 A multi of PLACE Prices to get a hundred bucks. Melton Saturday night. Race 1/ $1.85 One Over All for Nz owners and the top driver Greg Sugars. tricky draw. Race 2/ $1.60 CantFindABetterMan this kiwibred would of been in Vic Cup most years Race 3/ $2.05 Major Delight , won 9 of 10 starts at Melton. 2nd to 'Aardie Ex here maybe? Race 4/ $1.30 CallMeTheBreeze, won the rich Great Southern Star here earlier in year over this distance , defeating JUST BELIEVE by a neck . the only defeat to Just Believe in his last 20 odd starts I think. Kate Gath will line him up here to try and nab/pip the champ again again. Race 5/ $3.50 Some American , Kate Gath might steer this bloke to 2nd in the Victoria Derby here. Has placed 10 of his 11 starts at Melton. goes alright. Race 6/ $2.60 Catch A Wave , Kate here with the Nullibor winner, beat Leap To Fame (3rd) in this race last year with a big finish , when 2nd to Act Now Vic Cup . He won a Miracle Mile too. Race 7/ $1.40 Aardie B Miki. Aardie's Express little sister sure to go close here in the Victoria Oaks for Queensland man Pete McMullen. hope she wins if 'Coastal' doesn't. NZer 'Coastal Babe' ONLY showing $1.55 to Win ? very short odds for the Steven Reid trained North Islander to win the Victoria Oaks . Must be a heap of kiwi's in Oz with plenty of cash going on it ? (the Imperatriz army leftovers 😁) chance of a couple of hundred 💰 for just a gold $2coin donation. and don't even need a winner (just a lucky 7 places lol😎)

Looks like The HORSEMAN has grabbed the number 8 runners just ahead of you TABman. So you are on the 11's. Probably MEANT TO BE (R3) that you have scored the best NZ has to offer in DON't STOP DREAMING (R9) . you should be able to BET AND WIN (R5) now with 3 good horses like those in your ' Team 11 '. (you'll be allocated a 2nd runner in some races TABman , to make up for the races without a No.11 runner. ) I've been waking up every day unable to breathe at 3-4 am for a week (literally) . It's 3.30am here currently. I told the Dr yesterday I think I'm getting too excited about the best horses in NZ and Aus racing this Friday and Saturday nights at Addington and Melton 😍. He said "you are a moron and take these AB's and don't die on us ........yet" lol. 😁 . I replied I have to see NZ Cup first anyway. 👍🏆🕺

they said that last year too. but didn't win . was just 'wishful thinking' lol. 😅😂 He Went very well though. A close 2nd. Wonder where All these horse are gone from the 2023 Everest ? Hardly any left for 2024 🤔 1 THINK ABOUT IT Joseph Pride Sam Clipperton 58.5kg 2 I WISH I WIN (NZ) Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 0.4L 1 58.5kg $5 3 PRIVATE EYE Joseph Pride Nash Rawiller 0.76L 9 58.5kg $7 4 IN SECRET James Cummings Zac Purton 1.06L 12 56.5kg $10 5 CYLINDER James Cummings Zac Lloyd (a) 1.17L 4 53kg $11 6 HAWAII FIVE OH Gai Waterhouse James McDonald 2.32L 10 58.5kg $9.50 7 ESPIONA Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 2.79L 3 56.5kg $17 8 BUENOS NOCHES Matthew Smith Dylan Gibbons (a) 3.5L 8 58.5kg $20 9 SHINZO Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 3.57L 6 53kg $21 10 OVERPASS Bjorn Baker Joshua Parr 3.99L 2 58.5kg $9 11 MAZU P and P Snowden Tommy Berry 4.94L 11 58.5kg $51 12 ALCOHOL FREE (IRE) Gai Waterhouse Craig Williams 6.19L 7 56.5kg $51

I see what you've done there Mr Unhinged. Some clever driving by you getting the number 5's, and you're rolling with Ya Rite Darl, It's Tough and Charlie Brown for the Diamonds (and just missed getting Mighty Logan (6) too 😉) put's you in with a strong chance in the BOAY Spring Cup 🏆 . Best of Luck !!! 🍻

PLEASE NOTE . that should read Horses 1 -12 that are selected . Post a Number between 1 and 12 here before Friday Race 1. Addington. (any race without the number you selected , you will get a replacement from numbers 13 onwards allocated to you and you might have 2 runners in some races) thank you.

With the good horses all having a run at Addington and Melton this week , time to get the old -timers some runners to support. So a Friday night Comp at Addington is the go . The BOAY Spring CUP . Anyone welcome to enter. Winner will be who picks the best HORSE NUMBER this week at the Friday Addington meeting gaining these points (first in first served) Points allocated will be 8 points for a win , 6 points for 2nd, 4 points for 3rd, 2 points for 4th. ALL you have to do is PICK ONE NUMBER between 1 and 10 and you have that number horse for EVERY race (first in posting favoured number here gets that horse number. Only ONE Player per number. please pick a different number if you SEE it already selected here below. 👍 First and last races only have 9 runners , so the player with number 10 will have 2 runners given to them in the feature races during the night . (Scratchings from 1-10 with emergencies etc will also be replaced with Back Row horses.) Late scratchings and No Race = bad luck. will try and make sure Everyone will have the same amount of runners ultimately. Best of Luck to take out the BOAY SPRING CUP 🏆!! POST a NUMBER here before race 1 Friday

Only 2 nights a year are put on National TV broadcast in Australia for Harness racing , and this is one of them this Saturday night at Melton. ( they have thousands of gallop races 24/7 🙄) Anyway the Poor old harness horses have the Spotlight for just a 'moment' in time with 6 x GROUP 1 races at Melton. Race 1/ Looser class trot with NZ owned One Over All and recent Butterworth NZ purchase Sacred Mountain in it . Race 2/ FFA with old Bach in it for Nz and ex-pat Cambridge man Kyle Marshall. Bach won 5 races last Autumn but not going as well now. Race 3/ G1 Queen Of The Pacific. the best mares with 3 of Grimsons good mares (Aardies Express drawn 2) against 3 of Emma Stewarts. Race 4/ Open Trot Sprint. Just Believe drawn 3. Write him the winners cheque now? NZ owned Queen Elida drawn 2nd row for Brent Lilley. Race 5/ Victoria Derby Final for $200k Emma Stewart stable with 7 of the 12 . The 2 Heat winners drew 2 and 3 . All over red Rover. Race 6/ Victoria Cup G1 (worth very miserly $300k 🙄) Leap To Fame drawn 3 .All over red Rover. Grimson 4 x horses All drawn poorly. 😋 Race 7/ Victoria Oaks G1 . Steven Reid came over with Coastal Babe from NZ . good on him. wins it from the pole draw too. The Queenslander (Aardie B Miki) for Pete McMullen drew 2 at the start so hopefully 2nd. Emma Stewart beaten for a change ? 😋 Race 8/ Arrggghhh is in it . say no more . (worst horse name ever 😂) Race 9/ Keayang Zahara !!!!!! don't miss this one. She is Addington bound in November. Will be winning the Vic Trotters Oaks here no worries So ALL the very best of Australia will be racing , with the brilliant trotter KZ rounding out the card on her way to NZ. and ALSO the lone NZer 'Coastal Babe' a great shot as well of a BIG Win in the Oaks. this is gunna be Great. bring it on. 💰🏆💰🏆🍻

you could be right Chief , but sometimes the death seat can find you a good winner. and you can grind the opposition down a bit.

Well maybe the Fillies could get a Slot too ? in the Big 3 year old slot race. Because speaking of Summit Bloodstock , they are in the Ownership of COASTAL BABE. Coastal Babe absolutely 'monstered them' in the Victoria Oaks heat at Melton last Sat. She was Zipping home in 26 seconds to destroy the Emma Stewart 4 x Horses in her heat and looks a Great Chance in the VIC OAKS Final this week. Great to see a kiwi there. !!! and a Huuge chance too. Likewise , AArdie B Miki cleaned up the 4 x Emma Stewart Fillies in the first Oaks heat for trainer/driver Pete McMullen , owner Mike Tanev and Queensland !! (full sister to group 1 mare Aardies Express who won at Menangle again Saturday night as well) pair of nice horses there owned by Canadian Mike. lucky bugger. Mike breeding these 'Aardie' horse in NZ originally. Will be great to see the NZ - QLD quinella next Saturday night in the VICTORIA OAKS Classic. potentially 😎🏆. who is this Emma Stewart stable again? maybe they could both run in the Velocity afterwards. ? fantastic footnote: Emma Stewart stable ran TRIFECTA in both the Victoria Derby Heats , so with 6 strong players in the DERBY Final this week , So she'll probably win that anyway. 😁

Some New Zealanders in the NAVY might suit your CEO needs then Chief. Some of the 'Rock crazy' crew on the HMNZS Manawanui probably looking for job now? Racing NZ work might be easier for them ? 😅😂

Just saw Sharrock for the first time on Facebook. He wanted to go back to the famous Rugby, Racing and Beer days. There in lies the problem. In modern times Rugby League , Racing cars, and Wine are more popular (with the very best of the players, drivers and drink) making a Huge impression on the International stage. and very sadly 'Pokies' had a huge impact on people's NZ racing involvement too. The answer is to get people back interested in 'Racing' with Quality horses that are still being bred in NZ and compete on the International stage (to keep a high profile) Te Akau are a force in doing this , and have kept NZ racing to the fore with Melody Belle and Imperatriz , etc recent years with lots of shareholders . Gai Waterhouse racing does this on a big scale in Sydney for example quite successfully. gets a LOT of people involved that otherwise wouldn't Be. So ALL is NOT LOST yet . NZ has had some good racing lately, but a lot of Bad publicity from all the scraped meetings. a financial and critical disaster. So isn't ELLERSLIE nearly fixed now ? surely when a WORLD Class venue is in action , Like All the other countries have. People will roll in for a look and a piece of the action. No need for the Rugby or the Beer Mr Sharrock. Get a Wine Drinking (NZ Warriors supporting) racing CEO , and all will be well .😎💰

And won at Methven again today in the Fillies and mares classic trot. Rush came up the home straight nearly 'sideways' like a crab, and with more fancy Leg-Work than the Brodster used to strutt around on the dance floor, but Sam Ottley somehow Held her Togeather to take the Win . Sam is fabulous driver as you suggested at getting rough going ones going ok. 3 yearold filly KEAYANG Zahara would beat her (Rush) by 50m ( after another easy win last night) But full credit to Sam for that win today on RUSH. and some Canny training by Mark Jones.

Yes as Curious said they have a NEW Lightning policy in Victoria . Just now they have had to go back half hour at Flemington as there was a lightning strike in the area. That being the new timing for any lightning in area to clear. Last night the storm was pretty persistent . usually they pass through quite quickly. 2 years ago Coolangatta and other horses were terrified on Manikato stakes night by a violent sudden evening storm with the loudest thunderclaps ever heard there. the race itself was run another day afterwards. was quite a shocking experience for all those there that night.

Looked quite Hot Chief. hahaha. bit of 'Hot' Pink with black trim lol . like Black Caviar. catches the ladies eyes. Always a winner mate 😎. just found em' in the cupboard. sort of shower proof material where all the track slop and water just falls straight off.