Gammalite

As they hit the line in the 4th race the trot with Brad williamson winning by a nose on the leader. Did you guys think the 2nd horse (the fav Master Class) just needed a tiny bit of a 'shake up' maybe ? , to take victory easily. the punting supporters must be cranky with the lack of vigour. I think Butt thought she was gunna cruise past without any vigour at all and misjudged it quite poorly. not a great look for harness racing IMO.

Perhaps the Dewe bubble is bursting. 💬💦 that 'JudithG' was galloping before it even got to the dispatch point (along with 3 other horses) Don'tthey gait them very well down in the deep South ? 'JudithG' never in the hunt as brodster predicted. And likewise his short priced favourite 'Beautiful Noise' was struggling a lap out to try and come around the field and was gone at the 1/2 mile of being any chance. 'The Ladybird' could barely pace and galloped in the end as well in the same race. 3 Total failures so far for Dewe , maybe the Bookie odds-setter will be more Realistic next time ?? 😂

too right . I won't be on them. 😄 Actually going for one horse tomorrow to beat them . A good driver in Tim the tigerman is onboard, and you know I always go for the best drivers lol . INSARCHATWIST in the last race at 20-1 odds. beaten by 5 x Addington class horses last time she went round but was going quite well prior to that. Although with the race 11 named the Nathan Williamson Racing Stables Pace , a good chance that Hurricane Hendrix might win it trained and driven by Nathan Williamson ? 💰👍

Interestingly , very similar in the 3rd race the Dewe runner 15 Beautiful Noise has the $2.00 opening quote as well , and the regular stable driver. and not a lot of race form. Stablemate The Ladybird , who won her last start for Dewe when backed in to near favourite, is at $11 this time round? , so is no chance this time ? unknown driver ? both horses on 2nd row draws. The number 1 horse in the last race Northview Peg is also only $2.20 opening price. Another Dewe runner.

yes a good effort in my opinion as hard coming from the back in a mile race anytime. But he could either go first around or wait for the Aussie behind him to take off from last place in the run, and trail him up and take the chance he could still 'Arrive in time' . which he did and judged it so right yet again . His owner of the second horse mightened be too happy ?? lol. Mark will have to butter her up nicely about the $35k difference lol.

Mark Purdon drives a great race to track the Aussie up and take out the Big Mile race tonight. ( and cost mrs Feiss $35,000 by knocking her off by a nose ) . Mark will have to pull out all the sweet talking to her to explain that to his owner lol. Copy That out and running in 26 seconds first quarter , was a bit tough to kick again at the end. Still if you're taking the 3 best horses in Nz (and the best Aussie ) in the First 4 Bet, it's All good news !! as those 4 a bit sharp for the rest of that field . and it paid $430 here too. gotta love these good horses and drivers going around in Nz on Friday evenings .

And there goes the Spirit of New Zealand and Australian Harness racing , having a crack in the Wild West. in the race equivalent (the Million Dollar Nullarbor last Friday) picked up $175,000 for 2nd place !! great stuff. SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS beaten a head , after leading from the outside Barrier gate !! shades of TURN IT UP in Bris then trailing Betterzippit after a lap) Gave his whole swag of Nz and Oz owners a bit of a huge thrill though , and went oh so close !! Grimson spoils the party again . that bloke is winning races everywhere, Messenger at Auckland (+2nd in Nz cup ) and winning Victoria Interdominion too. doesn't have to stay at home in NSW to Win obviously. whatta gun Trainer !🏆💰 $1,000,000 3YO and older. SPECIAL CONDITIONS. RBD. PACERS. Mobile Results Pl Horse Row & Br TAB # Trainer Driver (C = Concession) Mgn (m) Starting odds 1 BETTERZIPPIT NZ Fr4 4 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart $ 4.60 BAY GELDING 5 by BETTERTHANCHEDDAR USA out of NILE STAR (NZ) (MACH THREE CA) Owner(s): Boots Properties Racing Pty Ltd Breeder(s): Alabar (NZ) Ltd 2 SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS NZ Fr8 8 Belinda McCarthy Jack Callaghan HD $ 18.00 3 JUMPINGJACKMAC NZ Fr5 5 Gary Hall Snr Gary Hall Jnr 5.60 $ 9.00 4 STEEL THE SHOW NZ Sr1 10 G F J Bond, S A Bond Deni Roberts 7.10 $ 19.00 5 TYPHOON BANNER NZ Fr1 1 Dylan Egerton-Green Dylan Egerton-Green 8.80 $ 71.00 6 DIEGO NZ Fr6 6 Gary Hall Snr Maddison Brown 10.60 $ 31.00 7 MAGNIFICENT STORM NZ Fr2 2 Ray Williams Aldo Cortopassi 10.90 $ 1.80 fav 8 LOYALIST NZ Fr7 7 Joe Conolly Shannon Suvaljko 11.40 $ 51.00 9 LAVRA JOE Fr3 3 Ray Jones Chris Lewis 12.30 $ 8.50 10 MIGHTY RONALDO Fr9 9 Justin Prentice Emily Suvaljko 12.90 $ 41.00

Haha yeah the kiwi's were excellent 2 years ago with Amazing Dream winning the 2 feature Group 1's and American Dealer the Derby, at our Constellation Carnival in July. (the only month worth watching the local stuff really) But last year It was your mate Grimson Winning the 'Black's A Fake' Qld championship here with Majestic Cruiser , so he's not shy at Winning All Over The Show that bloke. ... even crossing the Nullarbor now to WA . 😄💰

pretty amazing what he is able to do . Marky P even had many years apprenticeship before becoming the best . This bloke straight to the top out of the gate .... Former Kiwi pacer Betterzippit upstaged some of Australia’s best pacers to win the inaugural $1mil Nullarbor at Gloucester Park last night. "GOOD GRIEF" But the stories of the race were the continued remarkable rise of young trainer Jason Grimson and the mystifying drive on beaten favourite Magnificent Storm. "BLOODY HELL" Grimson surprised many by targeting the Nullarbor with Betterzippit, who had five of his first six Aussie starts for the Menangle trainer, but was yet to be proven at the top level. "OMG" “When I heard the NZ race (Race by Grins) and Nullarbor were on the same night, I was originally going to go back to NZ and try and go one better than I did with Majestic Cruiser last year,” Grimson said. "SMART DECISION" “But this horse, Betterzippit, came along and he just seemed so well suited to the (tight) track and the type of race in Perth, so I went this way instead. "WHATTA WAY TO GO " “He’s a really serious horse and I thought all along he’d be very hard to beat. You haven’t seen the best of him yet.” "EXTREMELY HARD TO BEAT" Much of the credit for last night’s win goes to driver Cam Hart, who bedazzled his rivals with a lightning early move around the field to take the lead. "BEST DRIVER GOING ROUND NOW, so No surprise there anyway 😂"

Yeah ..Self Assured was back a bit from the first 2 , but never likely to win. He did win it last year so the 'other' NZ cup winner gets his turn which is great. Sky Channel here in Oz, instead of rushing off to dog races immeadiately they hit the line at Nz trots, actually stayed on this time for the Trackside Lady interview with Blair Orange coming back to weigh-in , And it was Excellent !!!! he is a very well spoken gentlemen (that we never got to hear from previously in Aus) so a nice treat to end it.

BOAY Challenge Final places . The Grins race placings 4 - 3 - 10 - 7 BOAY Cambridge Challenge Final points BLACKIE with 2nd and 3rd place with Old Town Road and Self Assured clears out from the field !. Well done Blackie with maiden victory !!! 🏆 the Cambridge BOAY Grin Champion 2023. Brodie and Mikey on the Winner there too got 8 points each to finish the evening . Party On !!! Blackie 60 points, Gamma 50 points, NoworNever 44 points, Ranga 44 points , Mikey 42 pts, Brodie 40 pts, Chief 34 pts, The Galah 22 pts

Congrats Copy That . what a win . too good tonight . Rest of place getters had their chance. Mark caught 3 wide by Kango lol. for a lap was the end of his chances.

The GRIN RACE. With Double Delight needing to be in the money in the trot for Mikey he is just a fraction to far back unfortunately to take the BOAY title even if Copy That and No Matter Wat quinella it for him . Brodster can only get to 40 points with a Copy That win. Chief could Trifecta with the 2 Aussies and Self Assured and get 18 points . so is not quite close enough either. NoworNever has numbers 1, 6, 9, 10 and 11 running so can Definitely Win 🏆 Gammalite has the 2 Aussies, + Self Assured and Kango running so can definitely win 🏆 Move Over Blackie !!!! Blackie has Self Assured and Kango as well, but also Old Town Road in the Pocket to take the BOAY crown !! (maybe)

Now we're Talking !! a BIG Aussie win in the flying mile trot !! wahoo 😁. (Too short to back though) ANyway it's Chief up and home on the Aussie 'Aldebaran Zeus' for 8 points in that one ... Nicky Chilcott does Gamma a favour with a big run from the rank outsider in 3rd spot , so 8 points too. and Blackie too , who gets another 4 points 3rd. Tony Herlihy has little luck with his pacing-bred trotter in 4 th place for Mikey and the Galah. BOAY Cambridge Challenge points (after 6 races) Blackie 50 points, Gamma 44 points, NoworNever 40 points, Ranga 38 points , Mikey 34 pts, Brodie 32 pts, Chief 28 pts, The Galah 22 pts

They hit the line in the 6th Race . Just 2 to go . placings >> 9 - 1 - 11 - 2 Brodie and Mikey are 'on the money' with Ray Green 1st and 4th with his 2 runners. So pick up a cool 10 points each. But another NEW LEADER as Blackie rolls up the sleeves and punches David and Zac Butcher home into 2nd and 4th place in that race. NoworNever not far away either, as the one and only Partner trained horse in the race The 'Jaffa' for the Teaz family runs 2nd and gets him 6 points !! BOAY Cambridge Challenge points (after 6 races) Blackie 46 points, NoworNever 40 points, Ranga 38 points, Gammalite 36 points , Brodie 32 pts, Mikey 32 pts The Galah 20 points Chief 20 pts

RACE 5 Result . placings are >>>> 3 - 6 - 7 - 1 Blackie racks up the Quinella this time with a Ben Butcher winner and the Lady driver in 2nd place . and 14 points. Adrienne gains 12 points for Gamma by driving the outsider into 2nd spot that she also trains. Ranga being the other ladies supporter and Simply Sam 3rd off 20m gains Ranga 10 points and he is the NEW Leader !!! Chief with 6 points off the handicap runner too, and with Aussie Chris Alford 4th . Simply Sam trained by Ray Green so also gets 4 points for Mikey and Brodie . well done BOAY Cambridge Challenge points (after 5 races) Ranga 38 points, Blackie 38 points, Gammalite 36 points, NoworNever 34 points, Brodie 22 pts, Mikey 22 pts, The Galah 20 points , Chief 20 pts

RACE 4 Cambridge result Half way mark . No-one on the winner Zlato. >> placings 1 - 2 - 9 - 13 the Robert and Jenna Dunn partnered trained horse in 2nd spot gathers 6pts for NoworNever though. Chief picks up 4 points with the Aussie driver Sugars running 3rd. Galah and Mikey 2 points from AGH 4th. BOAY Cambridge Challenge points (after 4 races) and halfway through the 8 race card > NoworNever 34 points, Ranga 28 points, Gamma 24 points, Blackie 24 points, The Galah 20 points, Brodster 18 points, Mikey 18 points, Chief 14 pts

Race 3 Cambridge the Handicap trot result . Placings >>> 7 - 8 - 10 - 9 The Galah and Brodster with a Quinella each first 2 races , But Gammalite Trots up boldly with the All girls TRIFECTA in race 3 to say "What's Doing Boys ?" up on the Leader board 😂💰. and with Nicki Chilcott also training the 2nd horse bags a handy 24 points ! Blackie and Ranga are supporting the Lady drivers too , so a nice Trifecta each with Ranga adding on 6 points for the 3rd and 4th runners coming in off long handicaps. a well earned 24 point haul for Ranga . NoworNever has 3 Partner trained horses in the money with Bernie and Michelle training 2 of them . 14 points gained and is the New Leader !! Bernie's daughter Crystal gets Brodster some junior points too. BOAY Cambridge Challenge points (after 3 races) Ranga 28 points, NoworNever 28 points, Gamma 24 points, Blackie 24 points, The Galah 18 points, Brodster 18 points, Mikey 16 points, Chief 10 pts

RACE 2 Cambridge Grin night. placings 1-2-9-8 BRODIE proves his mettle already by matching the Galah 's first race effort by bringing up a very nice Quinella. His Ray Green horse taking victory late off the junior Delaney and grabbing 14 points for Brodster 💰. Mikey also with the winner (being a Green one in Onyx Shard) and AGH horse 4th so 10 points scored !! nice..... NoworNever with 6pts for partnered trainers running 2nd, Blackie had a Butcher (David this time) 3rd, and Galah AGH 'Fury' horse got him 2 points for finishing 4th. BOAY Cambridge Challenge points (after 2 races) The Galah 16 points, Mikey 16 points, Brodie 14 points, NoworNever 14 pts, Blackie 6 points, Chief 4pts, Ranga 4pts, Gamma = big fat 0.

Have doubled down so you get all the Peter and Dylan Ferguson drives as well as AGH. some Rough ones 😁 RACE 1 CAMBRIDGE result. placings >>>> 1-10-14-2 They hit the line in the Handicap trot and THE GALAH is off to a flyer with another Quinella and Peter Ferguson not as rough as guessed, by knocking off the Iceman and taking out race 1. The Galah racks up 14 points !!! NoworNever with the Partnered training Combo on the winner too, is off the mark. Mikey Nz picks up 2nd with AGH doing the job for him and 6 points scored. Chief Stipe and Ranga trot off the 25m handicap into 3rd spot and pick up 4 points each. Blackie 2 pts with Zac running 4th. BOAY Cambridge Challenge points (after 1 race) The Galah 14pts, NoworNever 8pts, Mikey 6 pts, Chief 4pts, Ranga 4pts, Blackie 2 pts , Gamma and Brodster on the duck so far 🦆 lol

Mikey can have Group 5 as well , the amazing Mr Herlihy along with the Ray Green runners. (giving him Copy That) Rangatira is on Group 2 Lady drivers and the Handicaped 20m runners plus runners in GROUP 9, to Join the Chief off a Looong Mark and a big task ahead 😎. (go Nat !!)

Have doubled down so you get all the Peter and Dylan Ferguson drives as well as AGH. some Rough ones 😁

Race day Results. Another great night of Nz trotting followed up with some weekend class Aussie gallops and Brisbane Bronco's and Brisbane Lions wins . Terrific. !!! done Bit of tinkering so the BOAY challenge can get ALL players with a Runner in the BIG dance GRIN RACE. so will probably have 2 Groups per player. =========== *Current BOAY Champion Brodie has GROUP 1 Junior drivers + GROUP 8 any Ray Green horses (copy that !! lol) *Previous Champ The Galah has GROUP 5 Herlihy horses train or driven + GROUP 7 Ferguson horses. *Heir Apparent Gammalite Has GROUP 3 any sole Female trainer + GROUP 2 all Female drivers (go Nat !!!!) * Battling Chief Stipe always behind so has GROUP 9 horses off 20m or more handicap + Aussie drivers any race. * 'Struggling to get a win' Blackie has selected GROUP 6 Butcher drives + GROUP 2 Female drivers (go Nat !!) * Newcomer comp man NoworNever has selected GROUP 4 lady with partner trained horses + can have the double male partnered ones as well as Nat was ALLstars once 😂 Allstars runners (go Nat !!) * **** Where is Ranga ?? did you want to pick your own groups Rangatira ? or need some help lol. Any Late entries before First race please.

Some good points of your opinion there. most worthy of discussion. I mentioned the Interdominion as was agreeing with the sentiment you guys seem to have about very large purses would be better shared around clubs and smaller stable trainers , as will be the sentiment here come December Interdominion. (and you already had there regarding Invercargill at an average prize 100k) But to me the upside was locals get to see some quality Nz racing . And the Best get some quality Prizemoney 💰. Shortly we have the Eureka at Menangle in September worth 2 mill ($1 mill to the winner) so same thing as your Grins. possibly be only a few chances. and could money be better spent elsewhere. BUT the Best in the Sport DESERVE Rich rewards, Just like they get in every other sport . I'll do a thread on the best horse I've seen ever in 'Blacks A Fake' to demonstrate sometime in near future what I mean. Sure !!! as you crowds are marginally bigger only , even when Features are on , compared to the gallops. because we don't have Enough Cup days, Interdominion Days , GRIN days, Eureka days to catch the attention . goddamn tv With a '24 hour' non-stop racing channel and it Only puts on 4 harness nights per year free to Air. incredibly poor. we get 100 nights of Hong Kong racing per year on there. I hate that such little support for harness racing.. The Eureka (and Grins) and things like that are the only hope to keep some harness racing profile going. but it's nearly all criticism on these Nz forums. not able to embrace a new concept . 5000 will enjoy the day anyway 😉. Aus visitors have gone pretty well there over the years. You do'nt win unless you try mates. And Flying to Nz about same as flying vic -QLD anyway so no big deal. Tubbs /Sugars have fairly good record and hope they do ok.

Of course that is correct. Even in the galloping world the Big Group 1 's in Australia have continued to go up in Prizemoney every year . And only a few Industry participants are 'Forces ' in them . Gai, Waller, Goldolphin etc And if you asked them to reduce those prizes and 'Spread it around 'all the State reguler races to boost the stakes ,I'm sure All the small time trainers would agree with you guys , Thats a GREAT IDEA. But lose the Quality Races ? don't have any Feature races ? So small regular races can have better prizes ? there goes any prestige and tradition. I'm sure if you asked ANY Brisbane Trainer later this year , should we be having a Million dollar Interdominion or put All that prize-money to the regular 5 meetings per week races 99.99% of those trainers would say the later option as you say ...... No Trainer I know even watches races they don't have a horse in . Bit like Punters who Can't watch a Race they don't have an investment on . Very common . But Lose the Interdominion ?? or other Features through the year ? Nz does a great job of running Features throughout the year still and you guys think that's not on? lol. there's prizes for the little folks at their meetings. Don't think Grins is taking away from anyone is it ??? And looks an OUTstanding Betting race. IMO. Aus just has plain harness racing week to week most of year. boring as bat-shit. No one bets on it much . Keep the Feature Races I say. Gotta have some tradition surely ??? and start new ones? get Aussie raiders to create even more interest? poor old Invercargill even got slammed for running a feature G1 Cup .Goodness me..... It's like you DON"T WANT the locals to See any Star Horses, like they got/ getting to see, or something ??? didn't Krug win that ?