Mardy

In The Shadows trained by Arna Donnelly.

Good stuff Rees,he's going bloody well.Look out up North if he is still heading that way. Had my filly run around at Auckland tonight,she ran 3rd so was nice to see her back in some kinda form.

Yea i remember it,i was 15 at the time and i'd got home from school and listened to the race with the old man.Then some years later i saw a replay of it..amazing to watch it.I think Surprise Trooper only had a couple of more starts after that then he retired.

R1-4 Hang On Suzie.Made the play on Friday and was grabbed late.Can play a part with similar tactics. R2-6 Kayla Maguire.Hit the line hard for 4th when on debut on Friday.Be improved by that and looks tough to beat. R3-6 Pine Cone.Good effort when 2nd on Friday.Strikes a similar field here and can be in the mix again. R4-3 Ultimate Swift.Grabbed late for 3rd on Friday.Trainer goes well here and he can grab a win here. R5-2 Jims Mama.Ran ok for 5th on day 1.Grabs a nice draw here and can be thereabouts at odds. R6-15 Arocknatthepark.Good win 2 back on the grass then battled on nicely when up in grade on Friday.Drops back in grade for this and can go close. R7-9 Eastwood Chieftain.Got home late for 3rd on Friday.Has good stand start manners and has won here before.Can be in it again. R8-2 The Kaik. Is fair humming at the moment and was too good for a similar field on Friday.A repeat looks on the cards here. R9-7 Feel The Money.Smashed them on Friday.Has her first stand start here but if she handles that then she's a strong chance here. R10-2 Overzealous.Zipped home late for 2nd on Friday.Nice type who can get the job done for Margo and Pete in this.

Obviously the TAB read BOAY as the weather is now Showery and the track is now Slushy,as if we didn't know already.

Rees i don't think the guy cares.He's getting a reaction which is probably what he wants.Yes he talks complete bollocks and he wouldn't be able to drive his way out of a paper bag.But maybe if we ignore him he MAY piss off.

What a complete tosser.

Did something tickle your fancy Oldwhiteman?.

R1-7 Awesome Impee.Finished the race off nicely last week to run 2nd.Does looks to have her fair share of ability can win this with manners.R2-3 Franco Niven.Didn't get all favours last time out but ran home ok.Handy draw here and could lead up and give them something to catch.R3-3 Aveross Don. Hit a wheel last week and galloped,form before that was good.Has gate speed so should zip out and get handy.Is a chance here.R4-5 Olivia Rachel. Fresh up after a nice campaign last season.A recent trial winner for this.Can play a role in this.R5-8 Love Dovey Moment. Going great guns at the moment and was just beaten last week. Can turn the tables here.R6-1 Narcissist. First starter thats nicely bred and from a stable that has them ready to go.Has gone ok in workouts.Respect from the pole.R7-7 Sheriff. Last couple of runs haven't been bad.With a nice drag into this he can feature strongly.R8-6 Southern Rain.Another first starter out of the Shinn yard.Been thereabouts at trials.Can figure in this.R9-7 Ronald J. Condition blew out late last time out.Will be improved with that run. Can win this.R10-5 Double O Heaven. Back down south after racing well up north last season. Been nice in workouts for this.Can make a winning return.

R1-1 Good On Ya Kiwi.Has done nothing wrong in his 3 starts so far.Drawn nicely and should find the lead and can be hard to beat in what is a nice field. R2-7 Unique Rose.Gone well in her last 2 runs.Drawn out again but does look a solid chance. R3-1 Woman In Gold.Top run for 2nd when on debut up north.Gets a better draw compared to her rivals,can feature. R4-4 Doctor Tim.Blotted the form line with an 8th last week,but wasn't far away.This field suits and does look hard to beat. R5-2 Prosecution Witness.First up 4th wasn't bad,then had a rough run last time out.Can be thereabouts from here. R6-7 Muscle Mountain.Won his non tote nicely when leading all the way.Can test the fave with complete manners. R7-3 Memphis Tennessee.Is fresh up here after last racing in the Sires Stakes final.Is a nice type who will go further than some here. R8-9 Majestic Hurricane.Wrecked the form line when blowing apart from the stand last week.Is back to a mobile here which will suit.Can be tough to toss here. R9-2 Tiebreaker.Been doing good things at the trials in readiness for this.Nicely bred and is having his first stand start but will be ready.He can ace them here. R10-13 Donegal Art Chokin.Was good when 4th last week fresh up.With a drag in to it she looks tough to beat.

Whats with the crap layout on the TAB site for the Otago meeting.Its their big day of the year and all they have is horse names and then the tote prices,not their usual layout of trainer jockey etc.Amazing what $50mill get's ya.

Don't think anyone can bag Clint for his drive on him,he moved at the right time,but it looks like all the travelling they did took its toll.He's way better than that and im sure next time we will see the real Marcoola again.

I'm a big fan of Clasina Maria,especially when she is on the grass.She won well on Friday and apart from the two Nigel McGrath runners it's pretty much the same field,and she hasn't been re handicapped for her win on Friday.A couple of words of warning,she didn't back up last year after running a solid race,so that is in the back of my mind for today.And also its quite windy here at the moment,so am guessing that the horses that sit without cover may be not there at the finish as it's blowing that much here that the washing on the line would be bone dry in 2 minutes.

Interesting it wasn't late scratched after throwing it's self onto the track.Armstrong did it earlier in the day and was late scratched.Gee those crossings seem to be causing a few too break.I've got a horse running in the 2nd last race and am hoping that she negotiates both crossings well.

Yip i do the same thing as well.

I've had a look thru it and it looks ok to me and i've managed to place a bet and it wasn't too hard.I guess the only thing i noticed was that when you click on the horse to see the info,the owners aren't listed..which i thought was odd,but no biggie i guess.Also it loads pretty fast on my laptop as well.

Good stuff Rees...it's times like this that i still wish i was in the Griffins Syndicate,as they are going to have a lot of fun with 'George'.Top drive by Brad who didn't panic when Matty put a few lengths on him on the turn,as soon as he got out he was always going to grab the leader.He's definitely heading to the top and hes in the right stable,as they will look after him,exciting times ahead.

Probably have to move in the right circles to get the call i'd say.The last year or so i've gone into the punters club here and i've probably got my money back only a couple of times,from memory.At times i often shake my head as too how the selector spends the money and think i could do better.But no doubt in a few weeks i'll grab a ticket and hope for the best.

Gee thats a good effort.The punters club i go into at Blenheim are always shit returns,Just saw that last race at Tauherenikau and the punters club there had $1800 on the winner..damn thats good going.

After yesterday's big return due to Andre Neill's multi.Does anyone know what the club ended up with and what the payout was?..

So how's everyone faring in this?.I know for me a couple of my jocks are up there..Have Opie who is leading but he isn't riding today,also have Jason Waddell and Lisa Allpress who are both on 4 wins I think and are both in action today.I didn't even look at Chris Johnson but with him on 6 wins he could be my killer.As for the apprentices I've got Kavish who is leading. Definitely enjoy this betting options over the holiday period.

Yip was about to say something myself.There was no way that Rachmaninov got a fair start.The assistant put his hand on the bridle and then he let the field go.I was waiting for the whistle to blow to indicate a false start,but nope.Yes he was acting like a clown,but as soon as the assistant touched him he wasn't going to get a fair start.Feel sorry for those that backed him.

Yip he's a big talent that's for sure,has had a good grounding.In regards to the best young trainer to come out of Canterbury i'd also put Regan Todd in that list as well.You could do worse than back all of their horses.

Good to see these two combining succesfully again.No doubt everyone knows what happened a few years ago,but good to see that it's been left in the past.No doubt with Danielle out injured this combo is in for a lot more success.

I don't normally get involved in this sort of stuff,but after what happened tonight it's pretty tough not to get involved.Unreal decision to not relegate the winner when it clearly had an advantage by being able to slot back into the trailing spot it had before it went walk about.And then of course there is the matter of it forcing horses wider onto the track so that it could get back into said position.And why not have a rule that says if a horse goes down inside the markers then that horse should be taken out of the race?.I only say that because if we still had the firm running rails in place then he would of gone over the top of it and would of been out of the race...i guess there are many scenarios as to why that probably isn't in the rules..but the rules they have now basically don't mean anything so lets make some up.