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What a day ! R9 result ...the Fav a little stiff but box bets score...Tri $166 , F4 $1100. Nice way to finish the Day !

Kiwi Al Hobman was a great wrestler under the Dr Death mask Always wondered how he would get on with the Bulgarian hangman Nicolai Zhugarov !!

WOW indeed.....$577 Tri and $4800 F4 ! I kept going back for the Trifecta bet...maxed my bet then doubled it ! Cup week taken care of by Oaks day ! R9...Nothing rash here , a warm favourite but only one horse paying over $20 to win. The race has a hottie Ray Magneiro , should win. So its Ray with 5, 8 ,12 ,13 ,14 15. Second bet on both totes the 7 horses boxed ! Gotta know when to hold it , know when to fold it........ [ don't be rude ,its money I'm holding ! ]

Haha Gamma, thanks for being my lone subsriber ....I on a high after R5 with a share of Tri and F$ [ $500 & $1500 ] R6 did look hard ,ditto R7 but Kiwis galore for rest of day. R7 O'Ole [ Jason Collet ] , Point Barrow [Daniel Stackhouse ] and Ikaruna to build around and cover both sides of course. R8 OAKS....Getta Good Feeling looks home but dont overlook The Pearler from stout Dennis Bros breed. Add Strictly Business [NZ Bred sire ,Grunt] and thes 3 worth a good plunge....the latter has Zabeel on both sides of Pedigree ! Wow !

Gee Gamma.....3 x races down and all trifectas $166 or less and one $440 First 4. And a heap of scratchings ! And some hotties later on , including $1.80 shot in Oaks. Is this Cup week at Flemington. ? SHOCKING !

Glad you bat for both sides Gamma !

No easy solutions Gamma..... Slot races in NZ Harness not seen as enticing new people into the sport. Actually looks like the Owners/breeders of the favoured horses have felt obliged to take a SLOT to just get the race over the line. And breeding and owning horses in NZ not such an easy money maker or easy to do fullstop...Farmers with a bit of land and cash to spare are getting less and less , overseas travel more fun with the cash ! Its an expensive and risky hobby , small breeders unlikely to make a profit . And when you get a horse with talent you soon get an offer which , tho not life changing , stops the nagging expenses ! And we don't have patience or time ...many of the bigger owners getting older and cutting back after much success in recent years. Sales prices at big sales for the race -series are inflated greatly. And the 2 to 3 years to wait for your horse to grow and perform is no longer acceptable. A next-gen Horse with mainly young owners recently won its 3rd or 4th lower class race and there were ZERO of ownership on course ! In summary ,Harness has little going for it ....yes Canterbury people ,well 300 of them will drive to a meeting on a Sunday and attend twice over Christmas holidays and NZ Cup day. But forget the rest. And a shocking lack of Marketing and promotion doesn't help the week in - week out grind of repeat business !

Geez you full of it...we went thru the Polluted air / bad quality FACTS a while back and most of the worst areas in NZ are in the South Island ,some probably close to your cave. And since then you have had snow , extremely high winds and hundreds of houses with out power and water for prolonged and dangerous periods. Some racecourse facilities just blown over and even blown away ! And the plea from your local politicians , another area of Chernobyl proportions close to your cave...please send us money. I sent a little ,but with one condition , NONE to be given to cave creatures please ! As for betting numbers , of course they down where horse numbers per race at record lows ! Northern punters with Brodie 'power' won't unload on 5 and 6 horse fields especially for the place ! And I've told you before the top 2% of NZ punters bet over 60 % of the turnover. Join the dots . And maybe look out for your struggling neighbours, go meet em, and quit the inane repeat obsession with race nomination numbers ! Pleeeze !

Thanks Gamma for keeping us up to date with the WDC. Keeping the tag team on track !! I see Aussie GHall Jnr has got the plum drive on Rachmaninov on Friday...I love that horse , now 290 odd starts and often run good races out of its class rating etc. Seems like the drivers getting a good look around the country and many have friends and family with them. And great the way NZ folk have put their horses forward to race.....my syndicates have put a couple in ,one horser not surprisingly as its a bit tricky gave the driver a shocking drive ,going rough on the bends .

It's not Avondale but the ladies will be out in force and just a couple of juicy exotics will help build a bank for the big week ahead ! Same basic rules apply...back Trainers and jockeys !! I'll be banking on the following.... R1 Full Hao [ JMac ] , Expeetee [ 25/1] R2 Berkshire Shadow , Cloudland [ won greys race in 2024] R3 Moonlight Circus , Verona Rose R4 Shokletz , Libeyami R5 Apulia , Enxuto R6 Lake Vostok , Meh Keffi [ JMelham ] Trifectas /First 4 Good Luck !

No dreamland from where I sit Brodie......you tend to go on and on and on and on ,along with your tag-mate Galah who doubles up with more on and on and on looking for flawed statements which will give you the urge to go on and on and on . Harness racing in NZ had been in serious decline for a some time before the flawed and near fatal attempt by ATC to future proof the club and Industry in North. It was historically one of the standout clubs so was rewarded with Group racing ,good dates , Interdoms etc etc and lights for night racing . Obviously things turned to custard with their 'development plans ' but that didn't and doesn't change the fact that it still has many of the best horses ,best breeders , best horse people and cos of its position in middle of city , with humid mild climate to operate all year ,it is still in good position to reap the benefits of any lift in Harness interest in NZ should that ever occur. Scrubb em cos of a few pennies expense and cut em loose and the ship could sink faster than it already is. Even you tag repeat-offending negaholics often turn to completely irrelevant and unproven 'facts' to put the boot in...comments like the racing is boring ,the odd learner driver made a bad move or the commentator calls too many nick-names. Now Brodie mentions people only go there for a feed. That funny ! Q...Have you guys even been to ATC ? Seriously. Have you ? I suggest you do. You will find it easy to get to , free parking ,free book ,close to horses , great people and the best trainers , horses and horse people. The TAB is clearly the numero uno in NZ . Last night the place was buzzing , a trumpeter playing the best of Herb Albert and the females wanted to dance. Why would anyone want to close the busiest TAB in NZ along with a pokies room which nets $2 million a year .And when the Sunday grass meetings in south...now they really are boring as bat shit...have a betting boost musch of that booking comes from the Harness Northern region ,the one you want shut off ! All these profitable clubs in the South ,aren't really that profitable and as reminded last week many are only one sandhill away from the South Pole .Many cant race between May and september and most no good at night . What Northern Harness needs is you two 'ideas' folk to at least visit the North and take over the Administration in north. Put your ideas to use ! HRNZ and the Southern Clubs obviously want the North to be great again so the whole industry can survive. You two can do it ! I'll be driving past there tomorrow as a few thousand folk drive miles to swarm Kaikoura trots..I'll be among 10 x times the Kaikoura crowd at a Rugby league match [40,000 expected] , then on Tuesday its across road to NZ's wealthiest racecourse , which is #1 in NZ betting numbers on horses and overall attendance. And the city is growing !

Probably to give them the best possible chance to get a full field of 24 starters as they unable to list emergencies. They used to wait till after Derby day to see if Hotham/Saab/Lexus winner qualified alongv with the Derby winner ! Yes the race was Hotham Handicap for over 100 years and then had several name changes ,the best known being the Dalgety ,The Saab and more recently the Lexus ,run over 2500m and the winner was exempt from ballot in Melbourne Cup . Two well known winners since 2000 who took that route were Brew and Shocking . Kiwi horse Sculptor [Lisa Cropp] won the race while in 1950's Wingatui horse Ark Royal featured in a triple dead-heat in the race. The year Shocking won the race ,then won the big one 3 days later , the Derby was won by Monaco Consul and the jockey was Corey Brown. i remember this as my boyfriend and I sat with CB at dinner for a Chinese meal...The Flower Drum , very nice too !

Wouldn't normally turn to Tauranga to build up Cup Week funds but gotta start somewhere to pay the rent ! Race 2 Hostility race 4 Erin Go Bragh Race 7 Frostfair Race 8 Quondo Race 9 Sassy Lass Bank the Profits then turn to Aussie Racing , Derby Day one of the best , there among the roses last year . Oh what a day !

Cranbourne training centre is considered one of the best in Australia ,with both the course proper and inside grass track used for gallops etc. And outstanding sand tracks and trails....regularly shown on Te Akau videos and a good drone shot on Cranbourne website for all to see ! A well spent 20 mins each week on Te Akau TV each Friday can be very profitable. Watching last week it was quite apparent that there was a great chance of 5 or 6 winners ,especially at Riccarton and so it proved !

Prior to last year ,the inflated Valuations were increasing the Equity or net asset value year on year. That has slowed and decreased which made the situation very dicey.........but overall there has been a strong desire by those closest to ATC action not to move out of the City. HRNZ obviously wants ATC to become strong again ,still a fair bit of investment up this way . There's still a few hoping Harness in the North can cling on. Some still see a glimmer of hope ! The North still has the biggest owners the best stables , the best horsemen/women and obviously dominates the thoroughbred scene in NZ. And the ribbon of light ,still has a bit going for it ,certainly in the top two venues for Night racing ! Still has a nice cash flow from the pokies , and has a few assets still to sell to appease the bank for a bit longer !