Gammalite

Hopefully they'll get on top of it. There's always been a bit of bird flu around decade to decade. We had those blasted Flying Foxes jump species and kill horses once. Heaps of them flying around the place in the evening. I was heavily caught up in that Hendra virus breakout in the 90's , that killed a horse trainer and a horse Vet too. It was un-imaginarly scary time. thankfully they made a vaccine and controlled it thereafter. Speaking of Galahs , I heard a different squacking this morning instead of the usual Kookaburra's and Lo and behold here was some Galahs wandering around on the road outside the house. My little dog checking them out as we pulled out of driveway. was trying to shoo them off the road. Haven't been around here before , and they better move on as a python around here somewhere 😆. They are magnificent birds (just like the Kooka's, Cockatoo's and Magpies around the place). cannot stand the bloody crows though. was just taking some Budgies home to their owner after modifying their cage at my place. 2 Nights ago they were flapping like mad outside on my table workbench , so went to check them out and A great Big Carpet Python , 2m long bastard was sitting on top of the cage !! 😳😳 hadn't seen one here for 20 years , but had 2 budgies for 3 days , and one turns up looking for easy tucker. hooked him off on the end of a long rake , and dropped him over the fence to the neighbours. they normally hide all the time and you never see them. Will never be able to tell the Mrs though that snake turned up 🤣 , or she'll never come back home. (Just me and little Leo here at the moment)

An interesting swing of topic. Feet back in the footrests and All is well. They keep saying the Bird Flu not in Australia , but I suspect it is a Taboo Topic in the Media and Never mentioned. Due to the Huge market of Eggs and Poultry sold in Oz everyday. I suspect something happened as the Eggs completely disappeared off our supermarket selves for a few weeks it seems. they are back now though. We get NO Covid coverage in the media at All alarming people either. another Taboo topic these days. Even though outbreaks a ride in the Aus cities at the moment. Just personal risk these days. FYI here's a snippet of the latest bird flu mention for Oz. There are many strains of the virus, including the H5 strain that's caused mass poultry deaths overseas. Australia does not have this strain. Avian influenza can be carried by wild birds such as ducks, geese, and swans. If wild birds mix with our backyard poultry and pet birds, the virus can spread to them.4 days ago

Yes , that is so great having some Luck in Life. You are surely nearly the luckiest around . (By getting to enjoy both the terrific worlds of racing and Harness racing along the way , with the amazing animals and the thrills they give along the way. In fact ALL the posters on here and racing NZ and Oz forums are in the top 1 % > of the Top 1 % of All People on the planet, as they not only get to enjoy the racing, but Enjoy Life in 2 of the Top 10 'Ranked' countries for quality of Life, in the World. NZ is Number one holiday destination for some , but a great place to retire as well. Hey TABman >> With some success in the racing with some Group 3's there , and probably some nice gallopers , you might be in the top 1% of the 1% of the 1% 🤣🤣 (probably a Sir Edmund Hilary relative or something ? high up the mountain lol 😂. I missed out having or driving a Group horse at all alas, battling in the back-blocks, but feel lucky still with being a part of the great sport for quite some time , and wishing it well and even in it's (harness racing) twilight years still can see and enjoy a few things. but I do get AFL as national sport which is a bit better than rugby lol 🏆😉 Brissy won too 🦁 NZ and Aus citizens the luckiest on the planet if they just sat back with a beer and pondered on it, especially those enjoying the racing , or bothering to post on the forums to encourage the sport in their own way , whether it be a bet or just some thoughts / or memories (as that is part of heritage) and even some involvement going forward. mmmm . now I wonder if Chief will buy me a yearling at the sales so I can get Group 3 status ? 👍💰🏇😁 think I need some black print in my twilight years 💰🤣

Just saw Yesterday results. BOUDICA winning the Hawera Cup. Harrison Orange putting the foot down early this time and zooming to the lead 1100m out and holding them out. Hope you followed your pick there into the 2nd day to make up for that unlucky run. We could of followed our juniors from the First day and got some more winners with Crystal(2) and Harrison Orange (2) and Zev and Wilson all winning some more races , joined by the young Balle lass and... Alicia Harrison back from injury and winning too (great to see Alicia back in the sulky and congrats on the win . Only odd one out was OLD MAN David Butcher winning a race from the juniors Leah H and Emily J . Shame on you 'David Old man Butcher' for winning that race, and stopping the Clean Sweep of the Card by the Juniors 😂😋 . What were you thinking ?

Probably the only disappointment (slightly) was Oscar Bonavena. had every chance As Marky gave him a very cosy trip in the Great Southern Star Final, travelling 1-1 sit. but just plugged into 6th. KEAYANG Chucky went round him 4 wide from the back to get narrowly beaten into 3rd. Make No mistake though. That was no Fluke by the Winner . Watts Up Partytime . He won his Heat very well (untouched almost) earlier in the evening when travelled kindly. The Gath Team are great trainers of trotters like the Williamsons in NZ. and have won this race with Tornado Valley (2x) and Majestuoso in the recent past. And were given last years Great Southern Star winner Call Me The Breeze to train, to try and win with this year but it went amiss unfortunately . But a good 2nd string chance in Watts Up Partytime gets the prize instead. It was a good 2 yearold winning the Group 1 Vic Sires stakes as a 2 yearold 2 years ago ( a bit like 'Meant To Be' did over there last season) so is no slouch. Now a Great Southern Star Winner . well driven Kate Gath too.

FINAL SCORE for the Hunter Cup Challenge With a second Win on the night , the Karaka cracker party man TAB Forever has nailed the trotting blokes asking them WATTS UP ? Its-PARTYTIME. and is the Great Southern BOAY Star, as he takes out the Final race. Congratulations TABman !!! 🏆🎉 The Brodster needed the kiwi owned/trained/bred great mare 'Queen Elida ' to Win , but 4th was her lot. the TAB 💰 once again collects the cash from Brodie , with Chief and Gamma under the whip in 3rd spot. POINTS after Race 8 The GREAT SOUTHERN STAR TABman 38 points and BOAY Hunter Cup winner ! Brodie 34 points, The Chief and Gamma 26 pts, Blackie and The Galah 16 pts.

The Commentators and hosts keep saying the horse won twice at 100-1 on the same night. BS they come out with. They're talking rubbish. was only 20 and then 25 -1 QLD tote. , 20 and 31-1 NZ tote. Kate Gath and Andy Gath know how to win this race with 2 with Tornado Valley and Majestuoso as well. and now WATTS UP PARTY TIME. 1st 8 WATTS UP PARTYTIME KATE GATH BL 31.50 3.00 2nd 2 THE LOCOMOTIVE BRAD HEWITT FT 1.30 3rd 5 KEAYANG CHUCKY JASON LEE FT 2.60 4th 1 QUEEN ELIDA CHRIS ALFORD FT

in the NZ -bred v Aus -bred challenge across the 7 races so far (on a 3-2-1 points basis) . Race 1 / 6 points NZ - 0 Aus Race 2/ 3 pts NZ 2nd+3rd 3 Aus with The Locomotive Race 3/ 2 pts Queen Elida 4 pts Aus Race 4/ 2 pts Kingman 4 pts Aus Race 5/ 4 pts Triple Eight + 3rd 2 pts Aus Race 6/ 1 pt Republican Party 5 pts Aus Swayzee and Leap To Fame Race 7/ 3 pts Aardies Express 3 pts Aus TOTAL 21 Nz v 21 Aus bred a great night for the NZ horses tonight with their smaller numbers. Race 8/ The Great Southern Star

Great Southern Star FINAL tonight 1 QUEEN ELIDA CHRIS ALFORD and Brodie 💰 2 THE LOCOMOTIVE BRAD HEWITT and Gamma 🚂 3 AROHA KOE TAYLOR YOUL and The Galah 🦅 4 EBONYS AVENGER JORDAN LEEDHAM 5 KEAYANG CHUCKY JASON LEE and the Chief 🍟 6 ALDEBARAN ZEUS LUKE MCCARTHY and the Galah 2nd string 🎉 7 NEPHEW OF SONOKO JAMES HERBERTSON and Gamma again 🍻 8 WATTS UP PARTYTIME KATE GATH and TABman 🎂 9 OSCAR BONAVENA MARK PURDON and the TAB running for BOAY Victory 🏆 10 ILLAWONG STARDUST SEAN O'SULLIVAN

Aardies Express gives it another NZ Win and Brodie runs down TAB4ever in 1.50 and a tick in the Mares FFA. Grimson and Cam Hart once again . they're on the money tonight. A great '8' for Brodster, with TABman right there getting 6 points with Luke 2nd placing again . The Galah had a 3rd spot with Herbertson 4th for Gamma and 2 points. 1st 7 AARDIES EXPRESS CAMERON HART FT - - 4.50 1.50 2nd 2 EYE KEEP SMILING LUKE MCCARTHY FT - 1.20 3rd 4 SWEET BELLA RYAN DUFFY FT - 3.50 4th 1 SWEET MAMA JAMES HERBERTSON POINTS after Race 7 Just The GREAT SOUTHERN STAR to go. Brodie 32 points, TABman 30 points , Chief 22pts, Gamma 20 pts, Blackie and The Galah 16 pts.

POINTS after Race 6. The Galah picked up 8 with Swayzee, Gamma 6 with the Queenslander, Brodie got the 4 points with Carter . so moves up to attack the TAB for the lead and the Money !! 💰😉💰. nothing new there with the Brodster getting stuck into the TAB. 😎 POINTS after Race 6 2 races to go. TABman 24 points + Brodster 24 points, Chief 22pts, Gamma 18 pts, Blackie 16pts , The Galah 12 pts.

Race 6 Result The Hunter Cup The Galah gets a win at last with the mighty Swayzee. That's one win each for the 6 players in the Comp across the 6 races so far. All very civil lol. 🤣. The mighty QUeenslander had his chance but couldn't do it . The 2 well drawn kiwi's both finished hard . Republican Party might have won if he led then trailed Swayzee but Carter's Uncle Ant's got in the way a bit lol 🤣. 1st 11 SWAYZEE CAMERON HART BL 5.60 1.90 2nd 8 LEAP TO FAME GRANT DIXON BL 1.04 3rd 1 REPUBLICAN PARTY CARTER DALGETY FT 1.90 4th 2 TACT MCLEOD ANTHONY BUTT FT

I hate Swayzee . a new track record. keeps beating me all the time . Akuta in the NZ Cup , and then DSD in a 2nd NZ Cup , and now Larry bites the dust. 🙄. Cam Hart just drove too well . Mick G the genius is on saying swap the positions and the other one wins and gems like that. 🤣. can't he just congratulate the winner and stop anal- lizing now the race has finished.

Race 5 Result . The PURE Steel for tough horses . and fittingly the tough NZer Triple Eight Wins . my pick for the race too as won it last year. He still has a kiwi part owner in Scott Plant too , who took him to Open class in NZ 6 or 7 years ago. TRIPLE EIGHT , the tough kiwi wins !!!!! for Brodie in the Comp too. Blackie zipped home for 3rd with kiwi bred Tango Tara , the other kiwi bred was 4th for Chief = Rock and Roll Doo. TABman had Luke drive a great race for him again to grab 6 points with 2nd placing 2 races in a row. and he takes the Lead ! off Chief. 1st 12 TRIPLE EIGHT GREG SUGARS BL - - 11.70 2.60 2nd 5 EXOTIC BUSHRANGER LUKE MCCARTHY FT - 1.50 3rd 13 TANGO TARA KATE GATH - 4.10 4th 11 ROCK N ROLL DOO ANTHONY BUTT CAPTAIN HAMMERHEAD unplaced for the Galah after an ordinary Moran drive in the death . Maybe should of dropped a foot or something ? POINTS after Race 5 TABman 24 points, Chief 22 pts, Brodster 20 points, Blackie 16pts, Gamma 12 pts , The Galah 4 pts.

Race 4 Result They just go flat out the whole way these days . 1.50 in the 4 yearold Bonanza just then . I get tired watching em go that fast lol. An Emma Stewart trained Trifecta but THE Galah misses out with the Emma Stewart favourite Bay of Biscay unplaced. 1st 1 MIKI TO SUCCESS JACKIE BARKER FT - - 5.90 1.90 2nd 8 KINGMAN LUKE MCCARTHY BL - 3.70 3rd 2 WAR DAN BUDDY JAMES HERBERTSON FT - 2.10 4th 3 THE BIGBOSS GREG SUGARS FT Blackie racks up a winner and 8 points, with TABman 2nd with Luke McCarthy, Gamma 3rd with Herbertson and THE BIG BOSS gets The BIGGER BOSS Chief 2 points for 4th . well done Boss ! Chief Stipe keeps the lead but being pressured heavily by TABman (as always 🤣👍) POINTS after Race 4 (and halfway home) Chief 20 points, TABforever 18pts, Brodster and Gamma and Blackie ALL 12 pts , The Galah 4 pts.

Oscar walked out of the gate carefully , so not to gallop, as was drawn out too, but got home nicely. The Locomotive nearly Bolted on it's driver I reckon. That will take some of the sting out of him . Stewards have scratched LoveMeTo already. Why Not Run the Heats last night or at previous meeting ? would be best for the horses .

Race 3 Results TAB 4ever is the Man partying after the 2nd Heat of the Great Southern Star. Kate Gath and Andy Gath ( the Team that won with Tornado Valley and majestuoso in this race) win with Watts Up Partytime. they're trying to say on TV it was 100-1 but really it was 20-1. 1st 3 WATTS UP PARTYTIME KATE GATH FT 20.70 4.10 2nd 6 QUEEN ELIDA CHRIS ALFORD FT 1.30 3rd 10 KEAYANG CHUCKY JASON LEE 1.20 4th 9 AROHA KOE Brodie gets 2nd with the NZ owned Queen Elida trained by ex-pat kiwi Brent Lilley. 'Chucky' is 3rd for the Chief so he picks up another 4 points . Mr Galah gets his 2nd 4th place ' POINTS after Race 3 Chief 18 points, Brodster and TABman 12pts, Gamma 8 pts, , Blackie 4 pts and The Galah 4 pts.

Race 2 Result The Interdominion champ THE LOCOMOTIVE , whose mum La Coocaracha won a Rowe Cup for Kerryn Manning , Who drove the 2nd placed horse., has 'Steamed away with that heat of the Great Southern Star. Chief in the money 2nd , so keeps the lead in the Hunter BOAY Cup. LoveMeTo had won the Victoria Trotters Derby for Rogerson and Ferguson from Cambridge in Oct 2023. Points after Race 2 Chief 14 points, Gamma 8 pts, Brodie 6pts, TABman and Blackie 4 pts, The Galah 2 pts. 1st 1 THE LOCOMOTIVE BRAD HEWITT FT - - 1.40 1.04 2nd 4 LOVEMETO KERRYN MANNING FT - 3.40 3rd 5 OSCAR BONAVENA MARK PURDON FT - 1.60 8 ALDEBARAN ZEUS CHRIS ALFORD

that seems a bit sad . He had been going very well too. will see what the report brings later.

1.51.6 for THE LOCOMOTIVE in the 2nd race . The Interdominion Champion might be better than Just Believe.? He zoomed away from them with the nice NZ horses LoveMeToo 2nd and OscarB 3rd. 8 straight wins for THE LOCOMOTIVE now . he is a superstar trotter like Maori's Idol.

Hallelujah . the 3 Kiwi horses run the Trifecta in Race 1 . (only $66 , but beggers can't be choosers lol.) Got Mick Guiren rabbiting on no end on national TV though , busting with Monotone excitement lol 🤣 SheezaSweetie wins first up in Australia with our Superman reinsman Cam Hart steering . 2nd home is HugoM for Brodie and ex-pat trainer Kyle Marshall , Blackie in 3rd with Dawson. 1st 5 HEZASWEETIE CAMERON HART FT 2.30 1.30 2nd 2 HUGO MAGUIRE CONNOR CLARKE FT 2.30 3rd 9 DAWSON CHRIS ALFORD POINTS after Race 1 Chief 8 points, Brodster 6 points, Blackie 4 points . for fs, yet again they're just trying to explain the difference between pacers and trotters on TV . just treat their audience like dummies every time 🙄

Eight Points for a Winner , 6 pts for 2nds, 4 points for 3rds, 2 pts for 4th . Eight horse each . First Eight races at Melton tonight . Best of Luck with your Team 🏆 to be Hunter Cup night champion. BRODIE (with some kiwi breds) R1/ HugoMacguire R2/ AardiebyTheHill R3/ Queen Elida R4/ Smokin Ace R5/ Triple Eight R6/ Republican Party (with Brodster fav Carter steering) R7/ Aardies Express R8/ unknown. Ex-pat kiwi Kyle Marshall training HugoMacguire and Smokin Ace for Brodster too BLACKIE (with some kiwi breds) R1/ Dawson R2/ BennyandThe Jets R3/ Mufasa Metro R4/ MikiTo Success R5/ Tango Tara R6/ Don't Stop Dreaming ( with Blackie fav driver Marky Boy) R7/ My Moonlite Dream R8/ ..... A lot of Dreaming being done by Blackie there, if he thinks he can win tonight 😎 TABman (Tab Forever' with some champ Luke McCarthy drives R1/ Rudy Gee R2/ Oscar Bonavena ( since TAB thinks it is a North Islander and tried to claim him as such 😂 ) R3/ Watts Up Party time R4/ Kingman R5/ Exotic Bushranger R6/ Don Hugo (current Interdom champion) R7/ Eye Keep Smiling R8/ unknown CHIEF STIPE (chucking in a nice trotter for Chief in the Great Southern Star in a Keayang Zahara stable-mate and nice horse Keayang Chucky ) R1/ Heza Sweetie R2/ Love Me Too NZ ( a kiwi for Chief in the Big trot as well ) R3/ Keayang Chucky R4/ The BIG Boss R5/ Rock N Roll Doo (past his best now 😉) R6/ CantFindaBettorMan (might be passed his best lol) R7/ Sweet Nikkiou R8/ to be determined..... The GALAH ( a NZ champ gets the Nz Cup champ ) R1/ Heez All rock R2/ Aldebaran Zeus (ex-pat kiwi trainer ) R3/ Aroha Koe (sounds like a kiwi) R4/ Bay of Biscay ( go Emma !! ) R5/ Captain Hammerhead (driven by Galah favourite driver Mr David Moran , will the horse kick on to Victory tonight !! 😆) R6/ Swayzee (yikes) R7/ Sweet Bella ( Emma does it well for the Galah) R8/ unknown as yet. GAMMALITE rolling with some James Herbertson drives and d the current Interdominion trotting champion THE LOCOMOTIVE because Gamma always going like a train 😉💰 R1/ Snow Hunter R2/ The Locomotive R3/ Nephew of Sonoko R4/ War Dan Buddy R5/ Operative Line R6/ Leap To Fame (a former Interdom winner like Gammalite 😆👍) R7/ Sweet Mama R8/ unknown. Gentleman ...........start your engines !!!!!!!!!! 🚂🚂🚂🏆. may the best man (or horse) win tonight ! (Results and points update here after each race)

Well while waiting for the Hunter Cup R6 and Great Southern StarR8 tonight , better get some support in the support races 🏆. A team challenge to give some BOAY players a runner ( or 7) to cheer on and beat up their comrades. The field for Race 8 the final Leg not drawn up yet as the heats are races 2 and 3 . So good Luck qualifying for the Final 🤣 of the Comp. in the Great Southern Star. BLACKIE and BRODSTER rolling with the kiwi breds , to give the New Zealand market a boost. 'TAB Forever' has the champions of Aus and NZ in Luke McCarthy and Mark Purdon driving them home for him. CHIEF has THE BIGBOSS naturally and YOUcantFINDaBETTERman of course. He has a 'Chucky' now and then so better give him that one as well lol 😉. The GALAH will be flying into action with An Emma Stewart runner , and he is hoping 'Captain Hammerhead Moran' keeps his foot up tonight . 😎 GAMMA rolling with young gun James Herbertson for his drives and a odd Couple of Interdominion Champions thrown in too . 🍻 Horses drawn will be up very shortly !!!!

Well the BEST 2 NZ Cup horses are in action tonight . you must be excited in Nz ? The great Day has arrived at last. ( the equal of NZ Cup day in NZ) Don't Stop Dreaming NZ ran 2nd in the NZ Cup (only just pipped by Swayzee) and 2nd in this race the Hunter Cup last year. To Leap To Fame. and Republican Party NZ fresh off fab Invercargill and AKLD Cup wins, for young Carter. Can the 7 time winning Hunter Cup driver ex-pat kiwi Anthony Butt , help them out while drawn 2 with Tact McLeod??? Ant's won it twice with 'Blossom Lady' and also with 5 Tim Butt trained runners over the years. The field is just above in this thread . 'Bulletproof Boy' is SCRATCHED. Hector ( who won his maiden in NZ) has gained a start. Are you All going to Bed early ? or going to watch Mark try and Win the Great Southern Star later tonight as well ? you have OscarB taking on Australia's best including the Interdominion trotting champion (The Locomotive) in race 2 and again in Race 8 👍😅. 'Just Believe' has now retired leaving the door ajar . you have SWAYZEE and younger brother LEAP TO FAME v NZ Republican Party and Don't Stop Dreaming in race 6. Don't miss those 2 great clashes . NZ could win both. Any comments about your chances ?

Crystal - Zev and Harrison Orange with the Trifecta there in race 8 now completed at Hawera too. good value too. They're having a good day . I took wilson-zev-harrison so left that fav out , but Kourtney Kardash far too good. It looked a class runner but thought it would get caught parked out lol. Crystal too quick off the mark for them . Wonder if she can make it 4 wins for the day on a Purdon trotter next Up ? . Sure to go close.