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Races 9 on the card. and at Addington Gerard O'Reilly gets a winner late in the day on the Unhinged Team. Sam Thornly picks up more points in 2nd spot for Mikey (3 x 2nds tonight for Sam) and Blackie finally getting something 3rd and 4th with Butt and May so also 6 points for that lot. AND Blackie Wins at Auckland ! Zac Butcher finally breaks his duck and passing lanes 8 points for blackie ! Iceman was 2nd for trotsfan, Chief with 3rd with Mitchell gets 4 more points ! Blair grabs 2 pts for the Galah as well for 4th. !! who can win with 2 Races Left ?? Points Total Chief Stipe 50 points, The Galah 48 points, Mikey 38 pts , Trotsfan 34 pts, Blackie 30 pts, Brodster 26 pts, Gamma 22 pts, Unhinged 24 pts .

Race 8 results for Addington / Alex Park . The trot at Addington see's John Morrison with a double for TrotsFan . also 4 pts scored in the previous race when 3rd so Trotsfan moves up to 28 points. Chief streeeetches his lead with Tim Williams 2nd. Gamma 3rd and Brodie 4th in that one . The Sires stakes trot had 'High Energy' scratched for Brodie so with 'Akuta' out as well earlier Brodie was left short of leg-power tonight. 10 Points for the Galah running 2nd and 3rd with Butcher/Orange combo in the feature 3 yearold trot, a long way behind the Paul Nairn trained confessional . what a win !!!! many lengths out in front. Chief 4th with Morrie Mac. Points Total (after 16 races ) JUST 4 to go !! and the lead is tied up again . Chief Stipe 46 points, The Galah 46 points, Mikey 32 pts , Brodster 26 pts, Trotsfan 28 pts, Gamma 22 pts, Unhinged 16 pts , Blackie 16 pts.

Race 7 results . south and north... 'Milwood Nike' gets Brodster the easy points at Auckland. mark cruising to 14 straight wins with it. Nat 2nd. And Jim Curtin drives and wins for Unhinged to give him 2 in a row , Blackie 6 pts there with Ricky may 2nd, 2 for Mikey as well. Chief got 2 pts for the todd Mitchell 4th in the Sire Stakes Final so has outright lead. Points Total (after 14 races ..... of 20 races tonight) Chief Stipe 38 points, The Galah 36 points, Mikey 32 pts , Brodster 24 pts, Trotsfan 16 pts, Unhinged 16 pts Gamma 18 pts , Blackie 16 pts.

Race 6 's results. north and south...... We have Raklou winning the 'Bionic Chance bracelet' at Addington for Peter Hunter and 'nobody' here lol. Crikey ! i remember seeing Bionic Chance racing in the 80's when in Nz. wouldn't of guessed would get a race named after her , but there you go . Bionic Chance . Chief got 4 pts with mr Williams 3rd for him in that race. Also 3rd at AKLD for Chief with 'All CashedUp ' so 8 pts scored in the 6th races. and so he Hits the Lead !!!! John Dunn (unhinged) wins the feature trot for the HOPE stable at Auckland !! aren't they just great trainers of trotters ? Points Total (after 12 races ..... of 20 races tonight) Chief Stipe 36 points, The Galah 36 points, Mikey 32 pts , Trotsfan 16 pts, Brodster 16 points , Gamma 12 pts Unhinged 8 pts , Blackie 6 pts

g'day Mikey. It is you . have thrown you a team as you seem a great harness enthusiast and entered last time in a comp so hoped you would like a team to run with to enjoy the racing. currently 2nd and going well .🏆

Races 5 HALF WAY mark through the card. Just saw now Akuta scratched from the Roy Purdon Memorial race. a bit of a surprise. that's sad for Mark (and Brodie) At Addington it was John Morrison getting the 8 points for Trotsfan, 6 for Mikey with Sam Thornley 2nd , Brodster got 4 with Robbie Close, Chief Stipe 'mowed down' on the Favourite DanceTillDawn and gets just 2 .😪 The Roy Purdon memorial sees The Galah still winning !!!!!! no sign of BlairO in this race so his backup man the chief David Butcher puts the knife into Nat and Self Assured and Gamma and takes them down !!!!! the 'Real' chief (at BOAY ) got 3rd with his mate Maurice to grab 4 points. Points Total (after 10 races ..... of 20 races tonight) The Galah 36 points, Mikey 30 pts , Chief 28 points , Trotsfan 16 pts, Brodster 14 points , Gamma 12 pts Blackie 6 pts, (nothing at all mate, from 2nd favs Kikorangi Blue and Old Town Road in 5th races. what are you doing to them ? ) 😉

Race 4 at Addington and Alex park . And it's a BIG Galah double as Robbie Holmes wins with the 'Megastar' and Blair Postman rubber stamps another winner for the Allstars camp with 'WeCanHaveItAll' ....in the young Guns trot. (wish they would leave some for someone else occasionally ) Nicky Chilcott would of liked a feature trot winner which would of been nice, but got run down into 2nd with the favourite. Hey !!! there's Nat too , running 3rd. 4 points lol. 😁 Mr Galah storms past Chief to take the lead with his Race 4 double trouble !!!!!!!! Mikey got 6 points on the Gemma Thornley horse getting run down 2nd. (a punting loss for Gamma 😢) Points Total (after 8 races ..... of 20 races tonight) The Galah 28 points, Mikey 24 pts Chief 22 points , Brodster 10 points , TrotsFan 8 pts , Blackie 6 pts, Gamma 4 points.

horses 'chew on helmet' all the time in races. quite normal. not normal to wave your arm in their face though. They might 'Shy-away' from that and cause an issue in the field if baulked too much ?? that's how i see it anyway.

At the 3rd race results and Blackie is getting em all beat as the odds on pop 'Lulu' only runs 4th for Bob butt and Zac Butcher well supported drives in the first 2 at Auckland got sweet nothing. Mikki Montana a nice 3rd though to get Blackie moving forward >>>>>> Brodie is happy with his Mark Purdon 'Back-up' boys Robbie Close and Ben Hope 2nd and 3rd in the 3rd race at Addington. nice !! a solid 10 points picked up. But it's Chief with 2 straight winners as Tim Williams takes victory with the 'Vincent' filly at Addington race 3 . another 8 points for Chief . but he has no race 4 runners at either venue. The Galah scores his first winner as the 'Orange postman' delivers the winner Whispering Artist. and 8 points. 💰 2nd was Matty White on the hot-pot Manhatten for Mikey. Points Total (after 6 races ..... of 20 tonight) Chief 22 points , Mikey 18 points, Galah 12 pts, Brodster 10 points , TrotsFan 8 pts , Blackie 6 pts, Gamma 0.

Race 2 completes in North and South meetings. nobody wanted Terry Chmiel on the winner. Sam Thornley got the 6 points running 2nd for Mikey. But it's the Chief powering to the lead with his man Todd Mitchell (the milkman ?) on Laurie's Legacy a winner. The Galah gets 'the Postman' working into 3rd spot saying 'Outamyway' as he hit's the points board, Points Total (after 4 races ..... of 20 tonight) Chief 14 points , Mikey 12 points, TrotsFan 8 points , The Galah 4 points, and other 4 runners yet to start.

Brodie lucks out in the 1st race at Addington , as his boy Carter takes victory with the Watermelon !! but he was stuck with Ben Hope instead , so misses out . sorry about that old mate 😁 At Alex Park race 1 'the Iceman AGH' is in great touch with a perfect drive on Bettor Heist to get Trotsfan 8 points ! Chief gets going early with a 4th with ToddMitchell and 3rd with Williams on Get Back at Addington for 6 points. (Mikey also 6 points with a 4th at Addington and a 3rd with Matty White in race 1 ) Points Total (after 2 races of 20 tonight) TrotsFan 8 points, Chief 6 points, Mikey 6 points, other 5 runners yet to start.

Power of 3 Final Teams are Team 1 / Mark Purdon- Ben Hope- Robbie Close = Brodie Team 2 / Nat Rasmussen- Katie Cox - Peter Ferguson = Gammalite Team 3 / Blair Orange- David Butcher- Robbie Holme = The Galah Team 4 / Zac Butcher- Bob Butt- Ricky May = Blackie Team 5 / John Dunn- Jim Curtin- Gerard O'Reilly = Unhinged Team 6 / Sam Thornley- Gemma Thornley- Matt White = Mikey Team 7 / Tony Herlihy- John Morrison - Korbyn Newman = TrotsFan Team 8 / Tim Williams- Maurice McKendry- Todd Mitchell = Chief Stipe

About to jump. Trotsfan enjoys his racing so let's give him Team Herlihy so the iceman can get some support.( Team 7 ) Unhinged a definite trotting lover so he's on team Dunn ( Team 5 ) Mikey keeps his eye across the nations best racing so he's up for ( Team 6 )with the Thornleys and Matty White. so think he has Nicholas Cage at the end of the evening in that case for a BIG finish.

No other option ??? but to raise your arm at the horse trailing. Must say it's lucky that no-one else does that when horses trail up 'hard' or there would be suspensions fairly often . they tend to back off a bit in the middle stages of the longer events. (esp nz) worst outcome i remember was Vincent in the Vic Derby 2017. Vincent, the 4 time group 1 champ only beaten that one time in Australia from his 8 starts here, and it was because the trailing horse ripped his tyre clean off the rim . bit tragic being a Group 1 and all.😪 Bet Mark would of liked to give the trailing driver a bit of a 'slapping' lol..😄 probably not wanting to take it out on his horse though .

An excellent choice . with Millwood Nike seemingly almost certain to deliver 8 points. Calling Rangatira ? are you there mate to select a Powerful 3 drive team . Teams 5 , Team 6 (Sam Thornley has 9 drives ) and Team 7 are still available .. any Takers ??? Think 'Unhinged' likes Mr Dunn doesn't he ? I've just had lunch and logged in for some Friday betting action . Thursday betting action went west with the Brisbane Bronco's last night 🤕. Time for a Nz harness recovery !! hope the weather is nice there ......

should of left Nat on for this Group 2 Trot Friday. 'Oscar' went real good for her last start and came home like a rattlesnake behind Muscle Mountain in a fast last half for 3rd place. Nat might pip him with Self Assured in the Roy Purdon memorial now, for payback losing the Oscar drive ? 😎😁.

lol, given Markie Boy the flick I see 😉 , the Millwood Nike / Akuta double looks tempting though ? perhaps Ben Hope is scaring you off a bit. Mark might need a junior to get him over the line 😄.

With a great nights trotting Friday, all set to go at Addington and Alex Park . It's time to pick your Team of Favourite drivers . 20 races are carded with each team having around 17 drives between them . But which Team will Win the day ???? All / anyone is welcome to enter . Just Pick Which one of these 8 Teams you want to run for you on Friday evening . and post it here ........ Team 1 / Mark Purdon- Ben Hope- Robbie Close Team 2 / Nat Rasmussen- Katie Cox - Peter Ferguson = Gammalite selection (Nat with only 3 drives though so a bit of a rip-off lol ) Team 3 / Blair Orange- David Butcher- Robbie Holme Team 4 / Zac Butcher- Bob Butt- Ricky May Team 5 / John Dunn- Jim Curtin- Gerard O'Reilly Team 6 / Sam Thornley- Gemma Thornley- Matt White Team 7 / Tony Herlihy- John Morrison - Korbyn Newman Team 8 / Tim Williams- Maurice McKendry- Todd Mitchell POINTS are 8 pts for each winner, 6 pts for each 2nd , 4 pts for 3rds, 2 pts for 4ths. results posted here after each race or 2. Who can take this challenge out ? Brodie the 'Easter' champ? The Galah the 'Miracle Mile' champ ? Blackie the 'Race at Cambridge' Champ ? or someone else ?? have a crack. Com'on Chief !!! you're under-performing a bit . pick a team to beat these blokes 😉🏆

Hahaha , close there Brodster . JERRY GARCIA is the one you after though. foaled 2009. Jerry Springer , the American TV host , passed away recently in April, might be why you are thinking of him. His show in the 90's was stone raving crazy. used to have a good laugh catching it in the lunch break sometimes. a real hoot. Jerry Garcia record. Interesting he won around the same prize-money amount both pacing and then trotting 💰. Life Time LT Pacer 58 starts 9 wins 4 x 2nds 9 x 3rds 76,920 LT Trotting 115 st's 6 wins 14 x 2nds 16 x 3rds 79,630 LT Total both gaits 173 st's 15 wins 18 x 2nds 25 x 3rds money won 156,551

With Godolphin and Waller here , followed by Snowdens and Gai's it's a tough go in Sydney to win anything from them. Here's Hong Kong ladder. John Size was an Aussie trainer and doing well there over the years. Jamie has 30 wins so about same strike rate from half as many starters. Looks like wins are shared in proportion to starters ? so all pretty even really. Trainer Win 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total Runs Stakes Won Trainers in Service win's 2nd 3rd starts stakes J Size 60 52 52 51 36 502 $123,738,710 F C Lor 50 42 43 41 39 486 $100,163,465 P F Yiu 47 34 41 37 36 403 $83,033,740 A S Cruz 43 53 37 44 40 448 $111,928,213 C S Shum 42 56 41 40 46 419 $111,808,210 C Fownes 42 42 51 43 33 448 $66,070,620 K W Lui 42 37 30 43 35 387 $89,756,008 P C Ng 32 31 36 38 32 415 $47,877,505 K L Man 32 31 21 34 29 342 $69,142,200 D J Whyte 32 24 40 24 37 415 $41,172,125 D J Hall 30 37 30 24 39 359 $42,149,038 D A Hayes 30 25 47 39 46 432 $47,439,335 J Richards 30 21 16 20 15 256 $29,774,245

Jamie Richards a better one (trainer) , got the Hong Kong position, rather than Oz. Hey , but Graeme Rogerson 'went Back' to Nz , and trains Sharp N Smart to win derbies in both countries, AND races trotters too !!! whatta absolute Gem of a man 🏆 champion . supporting Both codes in Both countries !! excellent.🏆 Mostly the decent nz trotting trainers (and gallops trainers seem loyal to you there Chief ? over decades. Nathan P has gone back home to Nz too, to join dad Mark . so with Milwood Nike and co is gunna be the best in the land soon training. so that's nice 🏆 One bloke who was decent Trainer there (with Lyell Creek amongst others) is now in Brisbane . . Tim Butt . Why did he leave there I wonder ? Seemed on top of the world in Nz Training, with Cup class horses and that ? nowadays Tim wins a few races on Tuesdays at Albion , with many slower 'country' races and less prizemoney, and doesn't race Any at all on Saturday nights Metro class better races. so is disappointing really.

Plenty of access In Australia anyway , it's nearly 100% because people are scared of the outcome to the child. The outcry against any Vaccination has taken off because of the fear of reaction to the shots. Forum reaction like I see here is high proof at how people are thinking about vaccination at present. I agree with Special Agent that the time frame is no-where Near Enough to develope and impliment a vaccine program for these Covid strains and assess the results accurately. Therefore it is still running like a 'Trial' as he suggests ..you need around 10 years to get these things 'Safe' and 'proven' to work , when you have such a variety of customers. (population genetics) When i got tangled in the horrid HENDRA virus in Brisbane 1990's , and locked up for 3 days with dead horses at UQ pathology, I asked "Is there a Jab we can get so we don't die here ?" lol. the virus had just killed racehorse Trainer Vic Rail and some Vet staff. It took 15 years to develop the Vaccine , And then that was Just for the Horses !!!😄😉. There is still No vaccine available for the people !! quite incredible. Don't go anywhere near those F..king Flying Foxes.

It's a tough call and a good question Special AK 47. Throughout life something always comes along where you might take the 'chance' that was is being offered to you , (medically) that is going to lead to the best health and safety of your family. Childhood vaccinations against nasty diseases , have dropped off in recent times as 'paranoia' sets in along the lines of the fear you guys have for your own health from covid vaccines. Therefore Whooping cough has become a problem again in the babies as vaccination rates drop below 90%. (any parent with a child contracting that disease and seeing the suffering , noise, death on occasion of the precious little life 'instantly regrets' Not getting the jab. My daughter was in Very first year of QLD school released Meningococcal vaccine shots. a very nasty disease causing horrific deaths and suffering at one stage. same thing . a medical trial. paranoia stops some from participating. You don't know what is in these things , (bit like food in a way) some people react to them, (like Nuts for example) . Australia and Nz have High Standard public health and Safety 'rules' all through society . (roads, etc) better than most countries in the world , no matter how much people seem to hate their government (s) . Surely , surely , surely we can have some trust/ faith they continue to pursue the Best scenario (s) for the health and safety of the nation ? If everyone starts keeling over when the next Pandemic hits and a vaccine (that seems to work and prevent this) is available, YES i would vaccinate the family.

Yes some giants of the sport right there. winning Interdominions, Nz Cups, Miracle Miles, forum contests and allsorts with those 3 champs 😄. Meanwhile Special Agent (by Cam's Trickster) a few years back, not even making it to the races at all. bit of a flop it seems . might of needed a couple of shots of something to get going a bit? . 😉. No seriously mate , I shouldn't of called you a sucker. It was just funny reading you think the 'word' is the worst is still to come in 4-5 years regarding effects from jabs. so sounds like you're being sucked in by conspiracy theorists who would NOT Know what is happening in 4-5 years (regarding anything). no-one does. I do agree we were all sucked in regarding 'demanding' a Full society jabbing by governments, especially with something that doesn't work. Both my kids had shots in 2021 , but both still got covid twice each last year as both work in the city, so must be a lot of 'old crock' going by those results lol, saline or something simalar lol..... so none of my family bothered with jabs ever since, past year or so . (except the missus elderly father) We had to take along the Patriarch of the family though. he's 96 yold and still in own house , and insists on getting his flu and covid shots all the time. In the vulnerable age group to covid I guess. his choice. seems well enough after lol... .

Pretty outstanding ride in the Empire Rose that day . even had himself smiling there with how good he rode her. 😁 GETTY IMAGES Opie Bosson riding Melody Belle wins the Empire Rose Stakes during 2019 Derby Day at Flemington.