Gammalite

Don't think the bashing is much mate. big soft spot for Jmac. Chief always been a Verry Elleegant supporter and many a win (10 group 1's maybe ?) culminating in the big 15-1 odds and 3 length Win in the Melbourne Cup . Chief and I thought he was Magnificent !! 💰🏆 McDonald doing the bashing there, and with Nature Strip streeting them at Royal Ascot last season too, giving it to the world , a real thrashing bashing. Spring isn't far off now ! so warm up your pasta ! get ready for a Jmac 'Everest' bashing (all going well lol 😁)

Well that makes sense as they have already collected the $3,000,000 from slot holders , but will be paying out $6,000,000 over the 3 years. They have a spare million to work with for the first year anyway lol.... ( could be running short by year 3 ) Don't think so. These are the high class trainers and high class horses. was it 2 years ago or so , they threw Jason Grimson and Jack Trainor (and their horses lol) in the barn for a month or so, as the performances of their runners were head-scratching at the time. Stewards found nothing. Would be like having a video on to stop shop-lifting. (doesn't stop it) Grimson still with 'things' happening . Swayzee ... Loyalist .... Boncel benjamin.. betterzippit... lol..... Trainor had your Nz mare 'STYLISH MEMPHIS' hurtling around in 1.49 miles at that stage, 2 years ago ??? they had to put her in the Miracle Mile she was going that fast .wow. Mark Jones only won 6 out of 28 starts in Nz with her. average there. (That's just one example among many )

Definitely ALL runners are required to be in there. But I would say some other rules are implied . For example, such as if they see suspicious activity by the handlers/trainers in the stall with the horse on the video surveillence, they 'May' swoop in and swab it or whatever. there would be 'May' take action rules depending on the situation. But yeah they will all be pre race bloods and swabbed anyway. A QueenslanD Quinella will stick it up em !! 😆🙏🍾 just like the State of Origin did 😊 . (Leap to Fame and Speak The Truth ) this is gunna be good . 💰🍻

Before the Miracle Mile and the NSW Derby , all the runners have to domocile in the retention barn for a period of days . Looks like they are watching for race day or pre raceday treatments on the video . Don't the slot holders Pay for it ? This Menangle $2,000,000 Eureka race costs each slot $300,000 for a 3 years period . (or that works out at '$100,000 per year -per slot' ) The whole lot paid up front , (Must be paid within 60 days of buying the slot) so thats $3,000,000 the club have in the bank for the Inaugural running . They payout $2,000,000 after the 2nd September race this year, so guess the other Million is 'invested' to try and make a million for next years Prize -money payout. ?? turning 1 million 💰 into 2 million 💰💰 in a year ?? mmmmmm🤔 maybe time to call the Brodster ? think Brodie is the only one who could achieve that ? 😆👍

Lost the plot . The Eureka , Slot race worth $2,000,000 is on in a few weeks time at club Menangle. But have just found the kiwis 'aren't invited' . The world's richest harness race with a million for the winner . (No kiwi horse allowed) How Pathetic is that. Decades of great trans tasman clashes reduced to rubble by some biased bigot somewhere, who is scared Nz might take the trophy. Australia had a couple of runners in the Nz slot race (The million dollar Race by Grins at Cambridge) What the hell? Are we in aparthied here or something . just found the Race conditions (F..en stupid ones) today when looking for what runners might be going for the $1,000,000 first prize on Sept 2nd. What are the Race Conditions? The race is for 3 & 4 year old Australian Breed Standardbred pacers. The field limit is 10. There is a preferential barrier draw on age and sex. The distance will be 2400m. Competing horses may be subject to Retention Barn procedures in the lead-up to the race.

At least Loyalist didn't Win the Group 1 'Blacks A Fake' grand Circuit event tonight in Brisbane . ( Loyalist A tidy 3rd in the consolation to Katrina Purdon's horse AKLD horse 'Mach Shard' ) BUT BUT but ... Swayzee Does Win It ??? Holy shit....Beating the best horse in the country ? (Leap To Fame) although Leap To fame was sporting a flat tyre running 2nd. SWAYZEE !! 😰🙄🤢 .... no..no ..no.. It can't be true ... 'Grimson' is a Miracle Man . Cam Hart is a great driver , but that horse winning is just plain B#%&$*@#*&&$&#@)#&$^%##$%^&*S Is Tim Butt really that bad a trainer?? he had this horse racing midweek getting nothing ..

One of the absolute great blokes of the sport . Thoroughly deserves it . You should see his midweek efforts. He still supports Redcliffe and Albion country races with slow horses that are bred /purchased by his 3 main Millionaire owners. Does his best all week long. I will do a Leap to Fame thread , because he is worth it . (and comment on his comparison) **But Must say this .... Spirit Of St Louis the ex-pat kiwi north islander, was brilliant too. Last down the back straight in a Group 1 Sprint and still ran great 2nd Placing last night... scintillating late burst from him ! . 2nd in that race last year too ,Sunshine Sprint, to Bettor Eclipse before also running 2nd in the Grand Circuit race , the Blacks A Fake last year to one of Grimson's (Majestic Cruiser) Hope he draws 'One' this year !! will give it to em over the 2600m ? 🙏🏆🍾

Well can he do it tonight ? The 'Spirit' of Australasia with his bucketload of kiwi and Oz owners up against the good one tonight in LEAP TO FAME, .... notice his victor in the Million dollar race result previous post above has drawn the 1 alley. should make it interesting. Bad draw for SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS tonight , might be next week he get's the big one ? $200,000 No NR. RBD. PACERS. Mobile 4TH LEG QUADRELLA, FIRST 4, 3RD LEG TREBLE Form Horse Trainer Other Eng. Driver Class Hcp 1 11992 BETTERZIPPIT NZ Jason Grimson Cameron Hart FR1 $5.5 2 5s344 I CAST NO SHADOW NZ Jason Grimson Jack Trainor FR2 $31 3 20151 BLACKSADANCE Chantal Turpin Pete McMullen FR3 $15 4 11125 MAGNIFICENT STORM NZ Ray Williams Aiden De Campo FR4 $12 5 s1258 EXPENSIVE EGO Belinda McCarthy Luke McCarthy FR5 $51 6 s1111 LEAP TO FAME Grant Dixon Grant Dixon FR6 $1.9 7 11253 HOT AND TREACHEROUS NZ Jack Butler Nathan Dawson FR7 $51 ------------------------------ Second Row ------------------------------ 8 418s1 MACH DAN Emma Stewart Mark Pitt SR1 $5 9 11302 TURN IT UP Shane Graham Shane Graham SR2 $51 10 52211 SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS NZ Belinda McCarthy Jack Callaghan (C) SR3 $1

oh dear oh dear.... The shame ... the embarrassment .... what's going on here mate?. The great Paleface Adios being 'slapped in the face' by a trotter ?? The big trotter 'Maori's Idol ' cruising past him in this heat of a Group 1 in Brisbane. saying 'Adios' to the Palefaced one as the big bloke pulls right away for a Group heat win against the pacers. (he ran 2nd in the Final)

would of had to kill them at the start with a bullet , is the only way old retired 'Sundie' could of beat Copy That and Self Assured (winners of the last 3 Nz Cups) and 2 of the best Pacers ever to race on our tracks. From 2 miles in the Cup down to the One mile 'Grins $1,000,000 race' , ( the 2 runnings of that race won by those 2 horses ) No trotter is beating them......

Nigel Craig had a great rival in one season in particular Walt . He and PETITE EVANDER both won a dozen races in the 76-77 season and had a few great clashes . Both Time-Trialled as well with galloping pacemakers and both broke the 2.00 minute barrier , being the first NZ trotters ever to do so , in near 100 years of trotting races. Nigel Craig couldn't 'stay' as well as some though , and was run down in the 2 Big Races. By Armbro Lady (Kevin Townley) in the Dominion H'cap. and run down By Framalda (wolfie) in the Rowe Cup. The Amazing Petite Evander won her last 6 starts in Nz for Frank Weaver (with John Langdon steering) before taking on the 'World' with a big winning International campaign. One of those 6 wins before she left was a win against Pacers , that is very noteworthy , although completely forgotten, as was a low class standing start Pacers event, at Claudelands in the Waikato. Petite Evander Won off 40m behind handicap in a NZ record time . setting her ready to become the world champion she was.

But didn't it get solved ? Cinimod Junior and Peter Ferguson . or are you looking at Pat O'Reilly driving Skipper Dale above ? what a top shelf horse he was . Here's a fun bit of trivia that no-one knows 😂 ....... >>>>>> Skipper Dale ran a Nz record for the 2600m when winning his heat of the Interdominon on the 2nd night (6th heat) of that 1987 Addington series . The hot pace was forced by Cinimod Junior and Peter Ferguson taking on Aussie Lightning Blue 😄. so ...... At the finish Skipper Dale comfortably was beating the 3 Aussie's Paleface Bubble, Sunset Candios and Lightning Blue just clinging to 4th (about 10 lengths behind Skipper Dale) !!! In the Interdominion Grand Final (over the same 2600m distance) 'Blue' and 'Skipper' swapped places and it was the same First 4 horses home 🏆 . Lightning Blue 1st , Paleface Bubble 2nd , Sunset Candios 3rd , Skipper Dale 4th. The trifecta paid over $4,500 too . They ran just inside the Nz record time set by Skipper Dale a week earlier too. So great times had by all !! (horses and people) 😆

Yes the lads have gone quiet lol 😄. tried to fire them up with some trans tasman comp but Pretty understandable given the deteriation of harness racing in Nz and them feeling a bit sad about it. We often discuss some 'great horses of the past' to brighten up a little.. (yes I think Hanz would of been in the 70's before I was going along at all , so don't know of him ) I love the kiwi's coming to Aus to have a race anytime (and the local Oz ones going to Nz as well) The thrill of the sport having a crack at the Big races !! sadly very few Nz raiders past year or 2. Tony Herlihy the only one at the Interdominion (trot) last December for example. a format which is supposed to be Nz v Aus best competing. I travelled with one to Christchurch once and we won the Big Grand Final. quite a thrill. Hey In your field of gallopers was thrilling to see a few Big kiwi wins this year. great to see them coming !!! Legarto the Guinea's , Pennyweka earned $580,000 in the Australian Oaks for her 80 owners in Nz. 40 came across to see her win at Randwick . and many more like Imperatriz at the Valley etc ......Racing at it's Best !!

'The Rising Sun' is run . The rising Star has won !! is LEAP TO FAME. as predicted a couple of years ago here he has become the Best horse in Australia bolts in from outside barrier draw by 5 lengths odd. now There is the home-town Interdominion Favourite for later in the year. Probably scare the kiwis off now. Grant takes the 8 points for the easy win and his stable runner 'Tims A Trooper' gets up for 4th . What a 'Trooper' he is to do that !!😉 as snatches a last gasp draw for Team QLD with Team Nz . the NSW team pick up 6 points with King of Swings 1/2 brother a great 2nd. 1 LEAP TO FAME Fr7 7 Grant Dixon Grant Dixon $ 1.30 fav BAY HORSE 4 by BETTORS DELIGHT USA out of LETTUCEREASON (ART MAJOR USA) Owner(s): Solid Earth Pty Ltd Breeder(s): Redbank Lodge Standardbreds 2 ROCKNROLL HAMMER NZ Fr2 2 Belinda McCarthy Jack Callaghan 11.4m $ 61.00 3 MY ULTIMATE RONNIE Fr3 3 Jarrod Alchin Cameron Hart 12.6m $ 12.00 4 TIMS A TROOPER Fr4 4 Grant Dixon Robert Morris 13.0m $ 26.00 FINAL Points Update after 8 races Team NZ Galah/ Brodie/ Walt 24 points (Ant's missing 4th by a neck with Cobber) Team QLD Gamma/ Blackie 24 points (Tim the Trooper grabbing 4th and 2pts to deny Nz the win) and Team NSW Paleface Adios / Chief 8 points Paleface Adios and Chief Stipe can rest easy though as NSW trained horses won 4 of the 8 races. But none of them were in their team > sorry about that 😎....

ex -pat Tasmanian James Rattray takes the first Group 1 tonight the Great Square for 3 and 4 yearold trotters worth 150k with LONDON TO A BRICK. Alas, Ant's had the Nz hope 'HOT TO TROT' in the one-one last lap but he stopped last bit , in very hot company. so No change in the Nz v QLD v NSW scoreboard. Team Queensland need for Leap to Fame - Speak The Truth - Tims A Trooper to all get in the first 4 to head Team Nz off . Can they do it ? Just the Group 1 $350k 'The Rising Sun' to go !!! bring it on ............

Race 6 , a Group 3 , won by a horse that could barely keep up before striking Grimson recently . Swayzee now with 5 out of 5 in fast times .. and the nz Hope's horse Loyalist getting home fast late for 4th as well.... quite astounding.. what is happening .... The 2nd horse is really Robbie Morris but for some reason ?? has had a run or 2 under Grants name training for QLD , so the QLD team pick up the 6 points accordingly. $53,040 No NR. RBD. PACERS. Mobile Results Pl Horse Prize- money Row & Br TAB # Trainer Driver (C = Concession) Mgn (m) Starting odds 1 SWAYZEE Sr2 9 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart $ 4.40 BAY GELDING 5 by ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN USA out of LETTUCEREASON (ART MAJOR USA) Owner(s): Boots Properties Racing Pty Ltd, L F Drake, N Jackson, J R Grimson Breeder(s): Redbank Lodge Standardbreds 2 PETES SAID SO NZ Sr6 13 Grant Dixon Robert Morris 1.6m $ 26.00 3 MANILA PLAYBOY Sr4 11 Shane Fraser Angus Garrard 4.1m $ 14.00 4 LOYALIST NZ Sr3 10 Jason Grimson Seaton Grima 7.6m $ 12.00 Points Update after 6 races (2 to go) Team NZ Galah/ Brodie/ Walt 24 points ( 2 pts for Loyalist 4th ) Team QLD Gamma/ Blackie 14 points (PetesSaidSo 2nd for Grant gets 6pts ) Team NSW Paleface Adios / Chief 2 points Expensive Ego the 3rd fav gets 0 for this team .stopped badly.

Of course 'Swayzee' wins ... how? is Tim Butt a completely useless trainer or something? who couldn't get this horse to run a place in 8 mid class runs in average Qld company this year . 🙄 Grimson wins easily with it , backed in to $4 second fav in an Open Class G3 feature against Interdominion Championship runners and placegetters. Cam Hart is an outstanding driver but come oooonnn . .... how?

Nzer 'Manhattan ' unfortunately pulls up in the big mares race the 5th . From the deep south of Nz 'Braeview Kelly' circles the field to run 2nd to the local favourite Uptown Beachgirl. So team Nz picks up another solid 6 points for that second placing for Jack Trainor to have a big lead over Qld and NSW. Ant's didn't get in the money in the trot race 4 with Hammers Law , but QLD picks up 2 pts for Zealous Spur 4th. Points Update after 5 races (3 to go) Team NZ Galah/ Brodie/ Walt 22 points (Trainor 2nd with Braeview Kelly ) Nz have massive lead now. Team QLD Gamma/ Blackie 8 points Team NSW Paleface Adios / Chief 2 points ( a 'State of Origin' like performance ??? 😁)

The South East Derby has a big finish as the hot favourite for the Kiwi lad Jack Trainor gets nailed right on the line. Also for Team New Zealand >>> Anthony Butt picks up another 4 points looping the field to sit parked once again , with 'Dougs Platter'. (Chief probably wanted that one in his team 😄 ) The Queenslander rep 'Sure Thing Captain' should of won but driven poorly last quarter and finishing hard on the back of the first 2 horses. 1 ON DEADLINE NZ Fr1 1 Nathan Turnbull Nathan Turnbull $ 6.50 BAY COLT 3 by SPORTSWRITER USA out of JUSTSOYOUKNOW (NZ) (WASHINGTON VC USA) Owner(s): S (Sam) Treccase Breeder(s): E Steele, B R Steele 2 NATURALLY GIFTED Fr2 2 Jack Trainor Jack Trainor HFHD $ 1.90 fav 3 DOUGS PLATTER Sr3 10 Geoff Webster Anthony Butt 3.9m $ 5.50 4 SURE THING CAPTAIN Fr6 6 Shannon Price Adam Sanderson 4.1m $ 11.00 Points Update after 3 races Team NZ Galah/ Brodie/ Walt 16 points (Trainor 2nd and Ant's running a close 3rd for 10 pts haul !! ) Team QLD Gamma/ Blackie 6 points (just 2 points on the unlucky 4th horse ) Team NSW Paleface Adios / Chief 2 points

Bloody cheating New South Welshmen . Luke trains the No 1 horse in the SE Oaks race 2. But drives the No 2 horse for another trainer , to Try and beat It ?????????? madness that's allowed to happen. anyway , he gets 2 points for Paleface Adios and Chief running 4th. in Qld Oaks prelude. Grimson 2nd again , and Team NZ get 4points with Ant's sitting parked out and running 3rd with the Vic. 1 JEWEL MELODY Fr4 4 Bernie Hewitt Bernie Hewitt $ 1.85 fav 1 BAY FILLY 3 by CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (US) out of OUR SWEET MELODY (ART MAJOR USA) Owner(s): W E Loader, J E Loader Breeder(s): M (Michael) Taylor 2 TIN TIN JO Fr5 5 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart HFNK $ 26.00 6 3 LITTLE MISS LILY Fr3 3 Patrick Ryan Anthony Butt 2.0m $ 26.00 2 4 PROMISELAND Fr2 2 Michael Doltoff Luke McCarthy 2.6m $ 41.00 4 Points Update after 2 races Team NZ Galah/ Brodie/ Walt 6 points (with Ant's running a close 3rd for 4 pts) Team QLD Gamma/ Blackie 4 points Team NSW Paleface Adios / Chief 2 points (Luke grabbing 4th beating his own horse into 5th lol )

First race at Albion on the doublre Group 1 race evening , is in and the $1.80 Luke McCarthy Favourite 'Bondi Lockdown' runs near last for NSW. Chief jinxes another one ? lol.... 1 SEND IT Fr3 3 Shane Graham Kelli Dawson $ 18.00 BAY/BROWN GELDING 6 by WESTERN TERROR USA out of MY SUNDAY GIRL NZ (MACH THREE CA) Owner(s): J G Croker, C L Medway, A L Hewitt, B P Hewitt Breeder(s): D J (Daniel) Carmody 2 NERANO NZ Sr1 8 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart 3.8m $ 6.00 3 GOVERNOR JUJON Fr1 1 Grant Dixon Grant Dixon 4.9m $ 5.50 4 CHEVRON ART NZ Sr2 9 Jack Trainor Jack Trainor 9.9m $ 26.00 Grimson 2nd there on an old kiwi horse (no surprise) but no points scored for it. So score after one is >>> Team QLD Gamma/ Blackie 4 points (with Grant 3rd) Team NZ Galah/ Brodie/ Walt 2 points (with young Trainor) Team NSW Paleface Adios / Chief 000 (with a Luke miss )

Well about to jump now that Caulfield and Brisbane Lions have finished. No takers on the teams during the day.... so lets allocate >>>>> Team Nz at Albion to ''The Galah, The 'Brodster' and 'Walt'. (grand old nz horse and horse-person supporters) Team NSW to poster 'Paleface Adios', as is his old homestate and the winner of 108 races , and 'Chief Stipe' who is still maiden in BOAY comps and now a chance to break the Duck maybe 😂 Team QLD being supported by Gammalite and drafting in 'Blackie' , as the Champ Blacks A Fake (72 wins) is a great old Queenslander and Grant Dixon did drive him once , in place of Nat . And won with him of course. Good luck Gentlemen !!! may the best horse win lol. and go HOT TO TROT !! for Mark Jones.

Could be very hard for the locals to hold out all these great visiting horse's tonight at Albion in Brissy. for Race's 1 -8 (the feature races) am making 3 teams . QUEENSLAND v NSW v and team New ZEALAND for you guys to cheer on.!! Can you Pick the WINNING TEAM ????????? post here your challenge answer ...... *Queensland has our best of Grant Dixon and Shannon Price (a great local trainer) combined. *NSW has Luke McCarthy and his stable runners and right hand man Jack Callaghan drives. *New Zealand has the Ant's Butt and Jack Trainor runners (and throwing in 'Loyalist' the fine pacing machine) Queensland NSW New Zealand Race 1 Governer Jujon / Bondi Lockdown Chevron Art (Trainor) Sumomentsomewhere (price) Race 2 Cheerleader Peaceful / Promiseland Little Miss Lily (Butt) Race 3 Surething Captain (price) Spirit of Arion/ Naturally Gifted (Trainor)/ Sweetheart Bart Dougs Platter (Butt) Race 4 Zealous Spur nil Nortie Nortie/ Hammers Law Race 5 nil Fairy Tinkerbell BK Swy / Braeview Kelly Race 6 Colt Thirty One / Expensive Ego / Loyalist Nz (Grimson) Pete's Said So Mach Shard Race 7 I'm A Gypsy Queen nil Hot To Trot (jones) Race 8 Leap To Fame / CantFindaBetterMan / Cobber (Butt) Speak the Truth (price) / RocknRoll Hammer Tims A Trooper Gammalite on Team Queensland 😎 . Which Team will You Pick ?? All on Team NZ I spose ? (8 points for each win, 6 pts for 2nds 4 pts for 3rds, 2 pts for 4ths.)

Great to see the Nz horse and nz trainer Mark Jones having a crack at the 150k 3 and 4 year old group 1 trot tonight at Albion. (on at 10.20pm nz time) HOT TO TROT (what a great name ) the only Nz horse to turn up tonight sadly. The Constellations Carnival with the Group 1 Rising Sun also on tonight. guess no one is beating LEAP TO FAME in that. Ex-pat kiwis Anthony Butt and Jack Trainor have turned up with a few horses/ drives to give Nz some representation .