Gammalite

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

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 ?? ☀️🌞 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) 💰 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 🏆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 🏆

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.

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 😪 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.

oh dear .. wonder what he's done 😪 .. was driving Hawera a month ago and got the usual Mango whip suspension. sounds like off the track stuff has gone bad.😪

A Poor Handicapper . Not talking to the Trainers.

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

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

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 🔥🔥 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'

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

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. 🤣😆 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

On to Race 6 ... can the kiwi lads get the money this time ? 😉 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) 😆 Ranga : 'Expensive Ego' not putting picks in can be expensive and 'Hi MyNameisRangatira' (jeff)

A bold win to the Queenslander Speak the Truth , 💰 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 🏆 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.

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

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.

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.

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 .

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 !!🏆 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).

Very nice Walt 🏆. The Australian 'Cardigan Bay' was old 'Gammalite'. First to the $1,000,000 Dollars💰 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.

So Just put your 2 Picks per race on this thread before races start Saturday Menangle. Races 1 , 2 and 3 as listed above. I'll go for the Queenslanders to give the kiwi's a run for the money 😁 Gammalite Selections Race 1 /(the Chariots of Fire) Frankie Ferocious + Sure Thing Captain Race 2/ FFA Better Eclipse + CantFindaBetterMan Race 3/ FFA Speak The Truth + Spirit Of St Louis

Race 3 $100,000 FFA sprint . (Race 5 Menangle March 2nd) 1 Taipo Nz / NSW former North Islander 2 Rock N Roll Doo Vic Anthony Butt driving 3 Ladies In Red Vic (Emma Stewart) 4 South Coast Arden NZ Nz FFA winner 5 Beyond Delight Vic (Stewart) 6 Bondi Lockdown NSW L.McCarthy 7 Hot And Treacherous Nz /NSW C.Hart (Grimson) 8 Braeview Kelly EMERGENCY NZ 9 Spirit of St Louis NZ/ Nsw (McCarthy) 10 Firefox NZ EMERGENCY 11 Max Delight Vic 12 Speak The Truth QLD

Race 2 $100,000 FFA sprint. Race 6 Menangle Saturday 2nd march 1 Mach Dan Vic (Emma Stewart) 2 CantFindaBettorMan NZ/ NSW (McCarthy) 3 Curly James Vic 4 Line Up NSW 5 Kanena Provlima NSW 6 Expensive Ego NSW L.McCarthy 7 Better Eclipse Vic G.Sugars 8 Loyalist Nz/ NSW former Hope trained horse Nz. 9 Mach Da Vinci NSW 10 Hi MyNameisJeff Nz/ NSW Cam Hart (Grimson)

Race 1 The Chariot's of Fire . 1 23242 SOONER THE BETTOR NZ B Purdon, S D T Phelan Gavin Fitzpatrick FR1 2 12211 DONT STOP DREAMING NZ M Purdon, N Purdon Mark Purdon FR2 3 8s911 BETTER BE THE BEST Nathan Turnbull Nathan Turnbull FR3 4 11s11 FRANKIE FEROCIOUS Jason Grimson Cameron Hart FR4 5 53s45 CAPTAIN HAMMERHEAD David Moran David Moran FR5 6 131s3 SURE THING CAPTAIN Shannon Price Adam Sanderson FR6 7 11112 ITS MERLIN NZ B Purdon, S D T Phelan Zachary Butcher FR7 8 21517 EARL OF PEMBROKE NZ (Em 2) Julie Douglas SCRATCHED SCR- 9 s1331 CAPTAINS KNOCK Brad Hewitt Brad Hewitt FR8 10 38s23 OUR VINNIE Jason Grimson Jack Trainor FR9 11 55s56 DOUGS PLATTER (Em 1) Kevin Pizzuto Menangl 02/03/2024 Joshua Gallagher (C) FR10- 12 s2264 ROCKNROLL HAMMER NZ Luke McCarthy Luke McCarthy FR11

The New comp will see Australia and New Zealand pitting their best harness horse's against each Other the next 6 weeks . Finishing on the Night of Champions at Cambridge 12th April when the BOAY champion 🏆 will be crowned.💰 All you have to do is post 2 (Two) selections in each Feature race nominated between Now and the Race by Grins Champion night. Points will be allocated 10 for 1st place, 9 for 2nd , 8 for 3rd >> down to 1 pt for 10th last place. Bonus 3 Points if you pick the Quinella Selected races will be Put on this thread that contain Nz and Aus horses from various locations starting Menangle this week. If you miss a week / race doesn't matter just go at it again the next week . Person with the most points is the Winner on the Night of Champions . First 3 races coming up here shortly ...................

i would think betting limits apply to everyone. in some cases it is a good thing . to save them losing too much on a day when they're on a mindless bender (Like they do with Pokies) ... in these more expensive cost of living times. Credit cards have daily limits for a lot of folk which is also a blessing. (definitely not for me though , I'm a 'pay as you go' type lol.) ...pay dearly too stuck with my missus 😂🤣