Mardy

Yea it's very odd Shad.All i know is that someone from the club 'forgot' to apply for the June dates.Which seems very strange to me,they have been racing in June for as long as i can remember so how can you just 'forget'.I guess we'll never know the reason as to why.

I think this is the 2nd-ish year they have done it here.I think the grass track racing seems to work,and yea im a fan of the grass track racing.It's a shame tho that we in Blenheim have to until this meeting next year for any harness action,seeing as for some unknown reason there is no winter meeting here in June.

I was on track and it was a pretty good day.The weather played its part and i thought the racing was pretty good,food was better than it used to be in previous years and no doubt the club are happy with how their 100 year celebrations went.I managed to grab a few winners which made the day more enjoyable.

R1-5 Zsahara R2-9 Chal Be R3-8 Blink N Bones R4-1 Myanmar Prince R5-14 Madiba R6-7 Overzealous R7-7 Givemewhatineed R8-8 Stars Tonight R9-13 Vinnie Rulz R10-4 Ifyousayso

Might join ya Happy and throw my tips out for my local meet.Hopefully others may post as well.Chocolate fish for the winner.

For so long Ian Chambers was the voice of the top of the south as well as the Coast meetings.But yes would be interesting to see what the past commentators are up too these days.

Yea Lachie does own it,but trained by Rick's dad Terry.

Be nice if Missie Castleton can do the business for the wee man tomorrow.

Seems odd that there is issues with the track,whereas compared to last week someone said that the track is good after it had been attacked by wild pigs.Who made the decision and decided to say that the track was all good?.I'm going to have a couple of horses run at Kumara,and as much as i love having my horses run around,i wouldn't want them to run on a track that isn't up to standard.

Holy shit....i totally missed it.But obviously not hard to work out what has happened.All the best to the lil man and his family.

I wonder if he has re thought his goal for the season.Think i read a while back that his goal was 70...well after getting a winner today i think he's hit the 50 mark...to still sit atop the premiership.Is going very well and hopefully for him he keeps on going.

It's a shame,but hopefully they will do right by the horse and pull stumps.has had an amazing career.

Just wondering if anyone has any info on this trainer.I hadn't noticed him/her up until this season,but whenever this trainers dogs win..they are doing so by big spaces.So can obviously train but as i said i've never heard of him/her.

When he was living over here he would always venture over to Eugowra too call at that meeting.I'm not sure if he has been doing much commentating since he left...have heard him in the Sky studio a few times.Think i heard before he left that he was coming back for either Cup day or Cup week....wonder if they'll chuck him the microphone for a race or two?.

Yip it's been a joy and pleasure to listen to Mark's calls over the past decade as he brings excitement to any old race.He's just called a dog race and he didn't miss a beat.He will be missed but thanks for the memories.

Yip Matt is definitely driving like a man possessed at the moment.Is he the stable driver for Cran and Nathan?.or has he just been lucky enough to get on them?.

I never saw any races from Taupo.But i did read that a horse slipped at around the 700m mark in the 4th.

You can print them off from the email that they sent out.My local didn't have the forms,so i printed mine out and got it sorted out that way.

Yip you could well be right.As in the article that i read about him coming home he said that he'd be doing a bit of travelling and he will definitely get support from trainers,especially from the Pitmans when he goes down South.

With this season winding down and Lisa Allpress being crowned champ.What are people's thoughts as to who will win it next season?.We've had a few jocks come back to NZ over the last few months,namely Craig Grylls,Michael McNab and Sam Weatherley....can anyone see any of them taking the crown or will it be another one for Lisa?.Personally im a big Jason Waddell fan so if he stays fit and suspension-ish free then who knows..but i may still be dreaming.I think with some of the talent coming back...oh and i just remembered Danielle Johnson is back as well,that it could be an intriguing battle.

I ended up by printing the form out.As i initially went into the TAB and they were looking around frantically for the form.In the end i said that i'd print it off then come back,which i did and got it sorted.

I ended up by getting a phone call from them not long after I posted.The dude I spoke with seemed pleasant enough.

I went into my local last week to fill out the paperwork,i checked earlier this week on TAB site and the orange box thingy has disappeared,so i'm guessing that i'm now verified?.As for getting pestered with phone calls,i haven't recieved one..or if i did there was no message left.You'd think they would just send emails rather than annoying people with phone calls.

Yip just read the article on HRNZ,going back for family reasons.Will be sad to see him go as i've loved his call and Cup week almost won't be the same without him.Interesting that they have to advertise the job but you'd put money on Matt Cross getting the gig..be pretty rough if he was overlooked.

A few months ago the junior driver premiership was looking like it was going to be a good battle,but as can happen Sheree seemed to run into a dry spell where she went win less for quite a while,and John Morrison was racking them up which will give him the title this season,still Sheree has reined home 44 wins so still a good season.