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  1. Nz takes victory in the First race at Menangle tonight with Livingstones horse the North Islander 'HOT and Treacherous' winning easily for GRIMSON and an easy drive for Cam Hart. Could that set the scene for the Miracle Mile for them ? easy money at $2.60 from the pole draw too. McCarthy runners 2nd and 3rd, and they got the deep South -ender of NZ horse Can'tFindaBetterMan home into 3rd place.
  2. touche' !! too good for me my friend. Will be a good race tomorrow with the first day quinella horses and your good mate Mounga All off the 10m in Race 10 at Reefton. So who will get on their bike first and get the money? Mounga, Helium or Tempo Warrior. I like how the Miracle Mile tonight holds the capacity at 8 runners . Gives them ALL a chance that way so not a bad idea... i think all the mile racing here should be 8 starters all the time. p.s I quite like the small Auckland fields as easier to pick and bet on . 5 winners last night. and didn't pick a winner at Westport.. (just Muscle Bank only) it's just too hard IMO, so am not very close to betting on those. Horses for courses I guess.....
  3. Well you can say I'm ridiculous all you like. I'm saying that Harrison gave the horse No chance of winning by burning it up mid-race after Missing the start by near 100m. DASHING MAJOR is the best horse in the field as it had the longest Handicap. Harrison drove it like that.. to aid the well tried stablemate Jimmy Arma . Probably a pre-race plan as Dunn's do often on these West coast races. Alas after missing the start it was Suicidal driving. (for Dashing Major supporters) a very poor drive it was.. Harrison 'removed' and put on the Number 1 horse tomorrow. Any odds on it causing a bit of drama at the start ? lol. handicap racing at it's best lol. You Mounga supporters are crying over spilt milk because a horse runs on from the back late on . A VERY COMMON occurance in a LOT of races . it's not rediculous to say that . so don't be reidiculous Even on this thread Chief , Newmarket and others have mentioned horses are sometimes driven quietly in these 3 day in-between race days you have there, on the first day . quite normal really. You know this , and yet are surprised when you see it ??? ANSWER: Don't have race-days so close togeather and cut the field size to 10 . solved for you !!
  4. Mate. Robbie Close drives a lot of races . he should know what he's doing. No good going to 'Better off at the gallops for people' as Many many races the Jockeys sit back last and run on too late into 4th or 5th position. Happens Nearly Every 2nd race . Common as Chips. So Robbie driving like a jockey in that 😎 Possibly to keep horse for Sunday , with out flattening it .. who knows. first 2 horses went real well in this race (Tempo and Helium ) good on em ' . I think both beat Mounga tomorrow too πŸ˜†πŸ˜‚ If they question everyone who sits back and runs on late , they'll have a NEVER ending queue at the stipes door in NZ racing lol 😁 Now why Not question the JUNIOR driver on the DUNN horse in that race ??RHarrison.. you didn't mention that poor drive?. Lost near 100m at the start refusing to pace. Circled to the death to give Stablemate some cover. Goooonnneee at the quarter pole . Dashing Major absolutely Crucified in that race ?? he'll be flat as piss tomorrow .Sarah O'reilly engaged for it this time with Harrison flicked off lol.. . Mo'unga will beat him home ok ????πŸ˜…πŸ€£
  5. Time to get some picks organised. Races are 5 , 6 and 7 at Menangle Sat night . Chief will be busy cheering on horse to win at Ellerslie so better get him organised with the New Zealanders looking for the BIG dollars at Menangle. Race 5/ The NSW Derby Gamma has QLDer 'In Excess' and 'Sushi'Tabia's horse Nathan Street. Chief has fav 'WeWalkByFaith' for Mark and also Gore winner 'Minos' Race 6/ The Light Horse FFA Gamma has Better Eclipse and Captain's Knock (cricket is on) Chief has grand old North Islanders South Coast Arden and It's Merlin Race 7/ 2024 Miracle Mile Gamma has the flying Queenslanders Speak The Truth and Leap To Fame ( would like FrankieF as well as 3rd string πŸ˜†) Chief Stipe will be rolling with super kiwi's Sooner The Better and Don't Stop Dreaming. Best of Luck Chiefy !! (here and at Ellerslie old mate) πŸ†πŸ’°
  6. Mango finished his driving so seems have the North Island bought in Russian mail Order drivers now? The Fast class at Cambridge won tonight by Kristina DeniTooFastanova taking the victory 😎. on Fernleigh Cash Harrison get the flick from driving Telfers ? . or gone to Russia on Nz exchange program ?πŸ˜πŸ˜‰
  7. Post your 2 Picks per race here , ready for Saturday night. Not doing the Group 1 Trot as No kiwi Representative in there. (OscarB would of jogged it in too) so as well as the Miracle Mile RACE 7 RACE 5 the NSW Pacers Derby (with Marky Boy drawn one with Walk by Faith ,the hot favourite) and RACE 6 the Aus lighthorse FFA (with Merlin drawn 10 so Not so lucky. Great to see Mark back in the silver with Blue spots silks of his dad having the drive though. Must go close to winning now then? with the gun reinsman at the helm) don't forget it's a 3 points bonus for picking any quinella with your 2 selections
  8. This weeks 3 Races are the Group 1's Races 5, 6 and 7 at Menangle. Pick your 2 horses in each race and Post here anytime . WEEK 1 saw Gammalite power to the lead with 2 Queensland Victories . Brodie 'in the money' as well, and looking for the Galah to make ground from the back this week ??? Will HE stick with the Kiwi's ? or see the light and turn to the Sunshine State ?? β˜€οΈπŸŒž The $1,000,000 Miracle Mile is on Saturday and it's 3 Queenslanders against 5 Kiwi's !!!!!! i must of died and gone to heaven .this is gunna be great. Only 8 starters in the Miracle Mile ( 10 points scored for the winner and down to 8th and last place who will get 3 pts ) Market and Barrier Order 2024 BOAY MIRACLE MILE (current sportsbet odds) 1. Speak the Truth (QLD) $4.40 (go you good thing) πŸ’° 2. Spirit Of St Louis (Aus and NZ) $7.00 ( the people's champion) 3. Loyalist ( NZ and NSW ) $26.00 ( Hope's in NZ must be in shock? ) 4. Curly James ( VIC ) EMERGENCY 5. Sooner The Better (NZ) $51.00 ( for BarryP and Scott Phelan) 6. South Coast Arden (NZ) EMERGENCY 2 7. Hi MyNameIsJeff (nz/ NSW) $3.00 (a Grimson wonderhorse) 8. Don't Stop Dreaming (NZ) $11.00 ( a Purdon horse double figures ??😳) 9. Leap To Fame (QLD ) $3.20 (the perfect horse and current INTERDOMINION πŸ†Champ ) 10. Frankie Ferocious (QLD/NSW) $8.50 ( Frankie A winning queenslander and the Eureka hot Fav (later in year). and potential Champion . 3 runs for Grimson undefeated and going like a rocket at the moment ) can win πŸ†
  9. Think they're trying ideas to sell ROSEHILL Gardens in Sydney. There's always a 'Money-man involved in every business somewhere who's job it is to come up with Profit making ideas. The Rosehill Sale would be $5 Billion for ATC and could set 25,000 homes and a school on it . There's homes and schools 'Everywhere' already for bloody 100km's around Sydney already , so why not keep some fine traditions like the Golden Slipper and popular horse racing and that in place ?. is nothing sacred anymore. The EAGLE FARM greens Party idea is just a Money-mans wet dream at this stage. The Greens are ZERO chance of getting anywhere near Council majority at our Election in Brisbane this week anyway. just someone spouting 'copy the Rosehill thing' in Dreamland.
  10. Well i don't know what Brent Mangos has done , but must be pretty bad. on top of all the Ben Yole extreme controversy too in Tassie ... and Westport bashing and that. Harness racing is looking jolly poor these days πŸ˜ͺ Ben Yole got Licence back in Tas racing recently. was warned off for race fixing and assorted welfare issues last month after a damning report from investigation.... but is re-instated as the "Immeadiate DQ' he got, apparently did not give him or his 3 main accomplices , the time to appeal . oh dear how sad. he's been doing this stuff for years now. Ben Yole started some horses at Burnie last Sunday but had to scratch 17 runners because some drivers refuse to drive for the cheat at all now. How bad is all that stuff going for harness racing? place is going to the pack worldwide.
  11. oh dear .. wonder what he's done πŸ˜ͺ .. was driving Hawera a month ago and got the usual Mango whip suspension. sounds like off the track stuff has gone bad.πŸ˜ͺ
  12. A Poor Handicapper . Not talking to the Trainers.
  13. Chariots of Fire Race 7 Menangle. BOAY Championship result. The Galah, TABman and Gamma selecting the winner Frankie Ferocious . Points: Brodie 10, Gamma 14, Chief + TABman + Galah ALL 15 pts, Blackie 11, Ranga 10 TOTAL COMP Points (after 3 races ) Brodie 42, Gamma 45, Chief 35, Blackie 33, TABman 33, Ranga 33, the Galah 29 See you next week for the 2024 Miracle Mile and NSW Pacers Derby
  14. CamHart too good a driver and Grimson does it again. Frankie Ferocious was a nice horse in Queensland winning 10 of 20 starts for the Crosby's. Up to Miracle Mile Level now with the Grimson machine pushing him harder. A Great Chariot's of Fire win over the New Zealander 'Sooner the Better' . a game 2nd. A 1.49.4 mile so is that quick enough against the Big Guns next week ? v 1 FRANKIE FEROCIOUS Fr4 4 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart $ 2.70 BAY GELDING 4 by CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (US) out of MORETHANMEETSTHEYE (P B BULLVILLE USA) Owner(s): W H (Bill) Crosby Breeder(s): W H (Bill) Crosby 2 SOONER THE BETTOR NZ Fr1 1 B Purdon, S D T Phelan Gavin Fitzpatrick $ 23.00 3 CAPTAINS KNOCK Fr8 9 Brad Hewitt Brad Hewitt $ 41.00 4 ROCKNROLL HAMMER NZ Fr10 12 Luke McCarthy Luke McCarthy $ 151.00 5 ITS MERLIN NZ Fr7 7 B Purdon, S D T Phelan Zachary Butcher $ 7.00 6 DONT STOP DREAMING NZ Fr2 2 M Purdon, N Purdon Mark Purdon $ 2.00 7 SURE THING CAPTAIN Fr6 6 Shannon Price Adam Sanderson $ 34.00 8 CAPTAIN HAMMERHEAD Fr5 5 David Moran David Moran $ 41.00 9 OUR VINNIE Fr9 10 Jason Grimson Jack Trainor $ 126.00 10 BETTER BE THE BEST Fr3 3 Nathan Turnbull Nathan Turnbull $ 18.00
  15. Brodie heads the field in the BOAY Championship with a fine Quinella in the FFA. Now for the BIG RACE tonight , with many kiwi challengers The Chariots Of Fire πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ Race 7. Selections are Chief : Sooner The Better and Merlin (for the North Island) Gammalite : Frankie Ferocious and Sure Thing Captain (for Queensland) The Galah : Don't Stop Dreaming and Frankie Ferocious TABman : Don't Stop Dreaming and Frankie Ferocious Blackie : Don't Stop Dreaming and Merlin Brodie : always likes the best ...so it's 'Better Be The Best' and the 'Sooner The Better' Ranga : puts the hammer down so it's 'Captain Hammerhead' and 'RockNRoll Hammer'
  16. Speak The Truth in 1.48.8. Race 5 Hi MyNameisJeff in 1.48.4 in Race 6 Spirit of St Louis and Loyalist both also qualify for next weeks Miracle Mile. Points from Race 6 : Brodie 22, Rangatira 17, Chief 6, Gamma and Blackie 9, Tabman 8, Galah 5 TOTAL COMP Points (after 2 races ) Brodie 32, Gamma 31, Chief 20, Blackie 22, Ranga 23, TABman 18 , the Galah 14 points
  17. Another very fast mile and it's The Brodster ! nailing the quinella that time . The Grimson Magic gets the Quinella with Hi MyNameisJeff and the amazing nz horse LOYALIST. loyalist now able to run sub 1.50 miles after ONLY 4 wins from 56 starts in New Zealand. πŸ€£πŸ˜† they're great trainers there at Menangle. $55 quinella to the Brodster there and 3 point bonus !! well done mate 1 HI MANAMEISJEFF NZ Fr10 10 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart $ 2.70 BAY GELDING 7 by ART MAJOR USA out of HONOUR LADY (NZ) (BETTORS DELIGHT USA) Owner(s): M W Boots, E J Tongs, G W Preston, P Preston Breeder(s): G S (Glenys) Chmiel 2 LOYALIST NZ Fr8 8 Joe Conolly Seaton Grima $ 34.00 3 CURLY JAMES Fr3 3 Courtney Laker David Moran $ 26.00 4 EXPENSIVE EGO Fr6 6 Luke McCarthy Luke McCarthy $ 34.00 5 BETTER ECLIPSE Fr7 7 Jess Tubbs Greg Sugars $ 3.60 6 LINE UP NZ Fr4 4 J A Rando, M J Rando Will Rixon $ 34.00 7 KANENA PROVLIMA Fr5 5 KerryAnn Morris Robert Morris $ 21.00 8 CANTFINDABETTORMAN NZ Fr2 2 Luke McCarthy John McCarthy $ 13.00 9 MACH DAN Fr1 1 Emma Stewart Mark Pitt $ 6.50 10 MACH DA VINCI NZ Fr9 9 Peter Hanson Jack Callaghan $ 8.50
  18. On to Race 6 ... can the kiwi lads get the money this time ? πŸ˜‰ selections Race 6 Menangle Chief : Line Up and Mach Da Vinci the Galah : Mach Dan and CantFindaBetterMan Gammalite : Better Eclipse and CantFindaBetterMan Blackie : Better Eclipse and CantFindABetterMan TABman : Better Eclipse and Mach Dan Brodster : BOAY 'Loyalist' for you champ and 'Hi MyNameisBrodie' (or Jeff) πŸ˜† Ranga : 'Expensive Ego' not putting picks in can be expensive and 'Hi MyNameisRangatira' (jeff)
  19. A bold win to the Queenslander Speak the Truth , πŸ’° and with one of the great horses of Nz/ Aus running 2nd in Spirit of St Louis (and qualifying for the $1,000,000 Miracle Mile again next week) thats a u-beaut Quinella for Gammalite . paid $90 too. 3 point bonus for comp πŸ† 1 SPEAK THE TRUTH Fr10 12 Shannon Price Adam Sanderson $ 18.00 BLACK GELDING 5 by BETTORS DELIGHT USA out of PRIVATE BRONSKI (ART MAJOR USA) Owner(s): Raboki Pty Ltd Breeder(s): T Hunter, S V Hunter 2 SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS NZ Fr7 9 Luke McCarthy Jack Callaghan $ 11.00 3 SOUTH COAST ARDEN NZ Fr3 4 Paul Fitzpatrick Gavin Fitzpatrick $ 26.00 4 ROCK N ROLL DOO NZ Fr1 2 Michael Stanley Anthony Butt $ 17.00 5 HOT AND TREACHEROUS NZ Fr6 7 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart $ 3.30 6 MAX DELIGHT Fr9 11 David Aiken Nathan Jack $ 23.00 7 BONDI LOCKDOWN Fr5 6 Luke McCarthy Luke McCarthy $ 13.00 8 LADIES IN RED Fr2 3 Emma Stewart David Moran $ 2.40 9 FIRE FOX NZ Fr8 10 Seaton Grima Seaton Grima $ 11.00 10 BEYOND DELIGHT Fr4 5 Emma Stewart Mark Pitt $ 14.00 BOAY Points after Race 5 Menangle Gamma 22 pts, (go the Queenslander !!! lol 😎) , Chief 14, Blackie 13 , TABman 10, Brodie 10, Galah 9, Ranga 6.
  20. Well after loading up with that easy winner for Cam Hart , (Betterzippit last used as the bullock) it's time for some good one's to step out shortly. with Chief , Tabman , Gamma , Galah and Blackie fitting the billing nicely and in with some picks for the big races, we better find some for the Brodster and Rangatira too?. RACE 5 Menangle so far we have Chief : South Coast Arden and Hot and Teacherous The Galah : Ladies In Red and Hot and Treacherous Blackie : RocknRoll Doo and Hot and Treacherous TABman : Ladies In Red and RocknRoll Doo Gamma : Speak the Truth and Spirit Of St Louis for Brodie (the old fox) he gets old winning kiwis Fire Fox and South Coast Arden for Ranga ( a delightful fellow) he can have Beyond Delight and Max Delight . 😁 Entries close prior to race 5 Menangle tonight
  21. Not long to some great racing action. Cam Hart driving No 1 in race 2 shortly for Alchin instead of the Nullabor 1/2 million dollars Grimson runner. ?? that's a Sure fire sign it will be winning . Heap of money on it and it's Double your money time by the look of it... seems a set-up/special.
  22. Pop your 6 Picks here . 2 horses per race . Races 5 , 6 and 7 at Menangle tonight . Great kiwi representation as well.... (to make up for the cricket) 😎 the Nz Derby Quinella are in the Chariots of Fire !! what a great test it will be . Merlin at $9 too and is a great chance of taking it out. you having a Pick Brodster ? BOAY Loyalist a good one for you. ALL BOAY folk welcome to enter.
  23. Scratching is the Nzer TAIPO in race 5 at Menangle tomorrow night. The good horse Fire Fox (an Addington winner ) gets a run instead. Get your 2 Picks in races 5 , 6 and 7 from Menangle tomorrow night here to get the comp running. Chief Stipe might need help ? 😎........ so since he is busy with Captured By Love and that sort of thing here's some ex-pat North Islanders to keep him company. Chief Selections Comp Race 1 .the Chariots of Fire = Sooner The Better and It's Merlin Comp Race 2 . Open FFA R6 Menangle = Line Up and Mach Da Vinci Comp Race 3. Open FFA R5 Menangle = South Coast Arden and Hot and Treacherous Interesting footnote : All of Line Up, Mach daVinci, South Coast Arden and Hot and treacherous all Won at their very first starts in a Race (at Alexandra Park about 5 years ago) . Merlin and Sooner the Better starting their careers well there too about 2 years ago .
  24. It's quite an interesting arguement . The thoroughbreds used to get a fair old whacking from Cassidy , Dittman and co around that era as well. Looked like they were hitting hard at times too. My theory is to do with the constitution of the best horse's in that era. With the standardbreds I found a Lot (Most) of the Top class stayers that won a lot of those Cup races and were often driven with great vigour (and lots of whip use) through the 70's and early 80's, were nearly all Stallions. Gammalite, Koala King, Pure Steel, Paleface Adios , Popular Alm , Hondo Grattan, Lightning Blue, San Simeon , and many many others ..All driven with great 'Gusto' by their Australian drivers. The Stallions are a VERY Hardy Beast and are quite happy/Able .. to cop the Hard driving . and bounce back straight away after a run/race seemingly No trouble at All . A few of them had near 200 career race starts !!πŸ† the hardest horses ever. Geldings and mares would not take it so well , so usually the best 'mares' of those Day were in Nz with much 'kinder' better drivers ( e.g Armalight, Delightful Lady, Bonnie's Chance and others).
  25. Very nice Walt πŸ†. The Australian 'Cardigan Bay' was old 'Gammalite'. First to the $1,000,000 DollarsπŸ’° down-under in Prizemoney. Main rivals Pure Steel and Popular Alm didn't quite make it to get there first. Cardy the first Standardbred in the world to get to the Million. Both won the Interdominion too bless them. Very fitting being trained by a dairy Farmer too, as he Kept trying that hard in all his races and kept giving till the Cows come home.
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