JTeaz

Here are some selections for Cambridge today. Sadly HRNZ have rendered these no longer useful and as they do take me some time I thought I would at least ensure someone reads them for my trouble. Race 1 Race Time:3:41pm THE CLUBHOUSE FATHERS DAY SPECIAL THIS SUNDAY TROT 2 Bun In the Oven 3 Trifolium 4 Romeo Foxtrot 5 Sly Punter BUN IN THE OVEN is overdue a maiden success. Cost herself dearly August 12 when pacing off the mark and lost 50m in finding the correct gait. Should have won. Barrier one shouldn't be a concern. TRIFOLIUM was backed and beaten in most of his starts. Freshened since trotting roughly at Auckland in April but no workouts to fit him for this. A place chance. ROMEO FOXTROT is another horse coming in fresh without a trial. Ran a career best race manners and placing wise last January, so spelled on a good note. May need this but is the best horse in this field. SLY PUNTER is becoming more reliable and on his day can sneak a bit of place money. Race 2 NZMCA PARKING AT CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY MOBILE PACE 1 Doctor Steve 2 Pacing Hope 5 Heza Player 6 Victor Bravo DOCTOR STEVE surprisingly only finished fourth August 12 here at Cambridge after being a blackbooker many times at Auckland. He lands barrier one here and he should dominate this race. The bet of the night. PACING HOPE is first up for the Donnelly stable. Hasn't raced since January and was very green then. Had a workout August 10 and still looks like a work in progress. Ability counts. HEZA PLAYER is also very green but has done zero wrong in both starts. Has good gate speed and if he could find the lead is a real chance of upsetting. Did well to stick on being parked throughout at start two. VICTOR BRAVO is a horse with talent and is better then the form reads. Sadly another poor draw makes it hard and he seems to be being driven for one run at them of late. Follow. MR WONDERFUL still makes mistakes in his races but he has gone the odd good trial against fields of this calibre so respect the stable to have him sorted. Race 3 Race Time:4:31pm CHRISTMAS @ THE RACEWAY TICKETS ON SALE NOW MOBILE PACE 3 Courage Of Montana 5 Margot 6 Watch And Learn 4 Bad Medicine COURAGE OF MONTANA has really lit up the trials at Pukekohe recently. A winner in three of five workouts and trials. Did things wrong in his first qualifier but rectified that August 6 with a dominant win. Too good for these. MARGOT has performed with credit in all three maiden runs at Auckland. The hardest to beat with the race form. WATCH AND LEARN has been overall disappointing since running third on debut. Drawn wide but get's driven with a sit regardless. You can't leave him out. BAD MEDICINE is beautifully bred out of the good mare Suidelike Meisie. Extensively trialled with seven runs. Has won four of them. Hasn't gone time in any of them yet but has run behind some smart ones. BARBAROSSA has a bit of race day form but can let the side down. Consider for first four options. Race 4 Race Time:5:06pm BLUE DO 23 SEPTEMBER. TICKETS ON SALE NOW MOBILE PACE 4 Obsession 2 Harder Than Diamonds 3 Waitforever 9 Be My Rose OBSESSION is just a two year old filly. But she won powerfully on debut in March showing good gate speed off barrier one. Spelled after failing in the sires stakes heat at start two. No recent trials either but is a class filly. HARDER THAN DIAMONDS did good things last preparation. Latest third in April was in strong premier night company. Had a hard 2:44 workout run pre lockdown too so strips pretty forward and looks the likely leader. WAITFOREVER hasn't raced since February but looked forward when winning a workout August 10/ Looked a little weak at times but should have strengthened up. May need a run but good enough. BE MY ROSE gets a rotten draw of one on the second row following out a horse with speed but bad manners. Got the penalty free win August 12 from the markers but needs luck today. STARRY STAR has run second in her last four runs at Cambridge. Forget the last run, it was at Auckland in a 1:55 mile. Always a place chance. Race 5 Race Time:5:34pm IKE UNSWORTH MOBILE PACE 6 Private Eye 3 Girls Are Best 7 Wet Flipflops 5 Riverman Sam PRIVATE EYE has run second in all three starts here at Cambridge. forget the last run, he looked all at sea at Alexandra Park. Narrowly defeated in all runner up runs and always seems to strike a really good one. Tonight is no different but still an each way hope. GIRLS ARE BEST had no luck August 5 sitting parked throughout. Still showed that hitch in her gait but may be better rolling so expect her to sit handy again tonight. WET FLIPFLOPS continues to press on this preparation after dead heating and staying a maiden. Seemed to have every show August 12 and this is a hotter field tonight but throw in somewhere. EAGLE DANCER is an interesting runner having not raced in three and a half years. Good enough to line up at two against the best. Zipped home a good quarter in her second workout this time in, three weeks ago. The smokey. RIVERMAN SAM was only beaten a head on July 22 in quick time here and benefits from scratchings tonight. MAJOR HOLIDAY caught a few eyes on debut but hasn't been on the track in both runs since. From the draw he can produce a sneaky run tonight. Race 6 BETAVET HANDICAP TROT 2 Jasinova 6 Safrakova 1 I Got Music 8 Phoebe Majestic JASINOVA and SAFRAKOVA provided the quinella at Auckland on July 30. The one concern with Jasinova is the 2200m start at Cambridge. She has botched it on more then one occasion. Her best beginning came in that last start win from the 2700m start point. Going places so top pick on the hope she behaves. Safrakova is a reliable option who, once crossed last time, ended up in the wrong spot. Definite each way. I GOT MUSIC will be a watch and see from barrier one. No question about the motor but still a work in progress. Made errors in both starts at Cambridge previously so take on trust. PHOEBE MAJESTIC is a talented filly fresh tonight. Won her maiden in July with faultless manners. This is her first start under race day conditions at Cambridge but has trotted well here trial day. May be a run short tonight but with manners it's hard to see her out of it. RANDOM JUDE went the best race of her career August 12 when third in the highest rated trot. That was a big step up from scraping home against the maidens. 10m is not ideal for her in this grade but has found her best form in the north. THE LAST GAMBLE is a sprint trip specialist and after a patchy winter, went a bold race last time and is due a win. Race 7 BLACK DOG FURNITURE MOBILE PACE 10 Whooshka 5 Murphys Reward 7 Chablis 11 Arden Velocity WHOOSHKA took advantage of barrier one in a strong winter futurity final on July 30. They went 2:40 in that. Has since had a soft workout August 17 against two maidens. Tricky second row draw to overcome but hard to beat. MURPHYS REWARD undoes himself when over racing even when in front on his own. Needs to relax but has the gate speed to lead them and is a strong chance of hanging on. CHABLIS hasn't raced since June and the only public appearance since was a slowly run stand start workout on August 6, so is sure to be a little short tonight. Couple that with a bad draw and her winning chances are slim. Too good to dismiss. ARDEN VELOCITY won his maiden two starts ago then flopped in the winter futurity July 30. Should be forward and won't be here for a picnic. Race 8 DUNSTAN MOBILE PACE 3 Major Jellis 1 Settle Petal 6 Brookies Jaffa 4 Hooray Henry MAJOR JELLIS won his maiden at Cambridge 12 months ago and hasn't been here since. Was parked early on the 1:54 mile when he was defeated by Rough And Ready. He's a tough horse who should lead early and choose his destiny thereafter. Top pick. SETTLE PETAL steps up in class tonight but has the advantage of barrier one. She was surprisingly beaten August 12 but that was her first race in a month and had only had the one slow stand start trial prior. Should get every chance. BROOKIES JAFFA didn't race at all in August due to programming and covid. In career best form in July. He's overdue a race and hasn't missed a beat in lockdown. He will have to cover territory where his main danger won't. But he can win. HOORAY HENRY is only a two race winner but is a smart horse. Only three lengths from Marathon Man at Auckland July 16. His home track is a happy hunting ground for him and with a cart into this, he also can run over top of them. Race 9 HIRE A VENUE AT CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY HANDICAP TROT 5 Call Me Trouble 3 In Sequence 1 Majestic Harry 4 Presidential Jewel CALL ME TROUBLE is the X factor horse in this. Simply, if he trots he wins. This is his preferred track in the north as it's left handed. Won his only start here in dominant fashion. Needs to behave though. IN SEQUENCE also has start number one at Cambridge which should suit given where his roots were. Has taken to Auckland racing with aplomb however. Forget the last start. Drew 8 over the mile and seemed all at sea behind the mobile. 15m behind is not hard given the makeup of this field. Each way. MAJESTIC HARRY is an honest trier in what is potentially his farewell NZ race. Has the front to himself with the other horse being unruly and with his manners expect him to lead for the early stages. A big danger to the class types. PRESIDENTIAL JEWEL finally got the money August 12, albeit she fell in. Back to the 25m mark tonight but that is offset by the small field. The 2200m seems her distance at this track. PHOEBE IMPERIAL couldn't quite finish it off from this mark August 12. A smaller field helps that situation however and in an even field gets his chance. Best Bet: Race 1 (2) Bun In The Oven Each Way Value: Race 8 (6) Brookies Jaffa

My plane was 2 hours late and i got to the track while horses were walking around at the start.sripea wouldnt put racw back 5 minutes so i had to sprint up the stairs and i didnt even have time to unpack my gear before they srarted. My breath returned enough to get through but i suffered a panic attack. It actually triggered a few more after that too. An anxiety that got me in the hannon memorial later that year and also in a Te Aroha hurdle race. I battled with ut for some time until Davey Mac slapped me back into reality and it never happened again. So yes it was funny but it had a serious side. I was offered the chance to get Ryan Bradley to call the race from the studio but my pride got in the way. You wouldnt believe the stress I used to go through with rhe travel.

Thankyou Karrots, certainly reads well. One thing that concerns me and was done last season was the fact they didn't use a commentator on course for the most part. Mark Rosanowski was already on course for the dogs and then later, Aaron just called the races from the Auckland studio. Given the technology they have this was very doable but as much as Aaron tried was god awful for the participants on course. Also it leads to inaccuracies beyond Aarons control. Given the tight purse strings they will favor this option I am sure.

sadly he was never a winning chance last night. He didn't trial well enough last week. A recent stable change away from any of NZ owners control hasn't helped either and that battling run last night was the worst of his career. Australian trainers especially young ones don't very much listen and don't appreciate that being given a horse like that is a privilege few people get. He will probably fade away into obscurity.

Im in with what ever scheme you have in mind. These days i would be happy to call 2 flys crawling up a wall

Very pleased to own "Harry". A tough task for him tonight but the best is yet to come

Ahhh those were the days.. I have some accompanying photos of club officials coated on bird shit that day...I had to throw away some pants after that day. They never raced there again..crying shame. Most days are dreary away from the commentary box for me.

Ha! yes Karrots I shouldn't comment either.....Il just call some workouts Friday and reminisce.....

Well I do write a column in Raceform,so you can find some tips in there. Been going very well too . Yes the commentating ranks seem very closed shop. I dont tow the company line either. Hardly the squeaky bum that the piwers that be are looking for cleqrly.

Thanks for the feedback. From.my point of view calling the trials can be pretty tedious so I find including the breeding and any other bits I can think of helps fill in the gaps as well as offering times as they go. Each to their own of course. As trials seem to be all i'm good for now its good to be remembered.

The mare Arms Of An Angel did fly when the Trittons took her over.. They were at their "peak" at that time. She was best suited to mile racing where she could lead and keep running. Here when she did get a mile she kept drawing one on the second row and she ran many meritorious races over 2200m setting up fast mile rates. But for that bad luck and better draws in short course races her NZ record would have been much better. It was proven how she wasn't any good over a longer trip than 2200 in Australia..yet she won over 2100 on a grass track here.We sold her for what many deemed to be overs but I advised the purchaser when he brought her she would run 1:50 at Menangle..she ran 1:48..so maybe i was wrong... It proves how NZ racing doesn't suit many but I muat say we have had much better horses than her thar juat havent had the wraps and continual publicity she recieved. We have others much better than her now too and coming through, so i suggest people should come and buy them as you know we always leqve something in ours for the next man.

Been called way worse

So sad to hear of Mikes passing. I loved following the martin dogs bred owned and trained,as good as you would get. He was a big fan of mine which was a priviledge as clearly he knew what it took to make a good racecaller. Spoke a few times and he was a man i had immense respect for. Deepest sympathy to the whole martin family. Jason Teaz