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The New comp will see Australia and New Zealand pitting their best harness horse's against each Other the next 6 weeks . 

Finishing on the Night of Champions at Cambridge 12th April when the BOAY champion 🏆 will be crowned.💰

All you have to do is post 2 (Two) selections in each Feature race nominated between Now and the Race by Grins Champion night.

Points will be allocated 10 for 1st place, 9 for 2nd , 8 for 3rd >> down to 1 pt for 10th last place. Bonus 3 Points if you pick the Quinella 

Selected races will be Put on this thread that contain Nz and Aus horses from various locations starting Menangle this week.

If you miss a week / race doesn't matter just go at it again the next week  . Person with the most points is the Winner on the Night of Champions .

First 3 races coming up here shortly ...................

 

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Race 1 The Chariot's of Fire .  

1 23242 SOONER THE BETTOR NZ  B Purdon, S D T Phelan   Gavin Fitzpatrick     FR1  
2 12211 DONT STOP DREAMING NZ  M Purdon, N Purdon   Mark Purdon     FR2  
3 8s911 BETTER BE THE BEST  Nathan Turnbull   Nathan Turnbull     FR3  
4 11s11 FRANKIE FEROCIOUS  Jason Grimson   Cameron Hart     FR4  
5 53s45 CAPTAIN HAMMERHEAD  David Moran   David Moran     FR5  
6 131s3 SURE THING CAPTAIN  Shannon Price   Adam Sanderson     FR6  
7 11112 ITS MERLIN NZ  B Purdon, S D T Phelan   Zachary Butcher     FR7  
8 21517 EARL OF PEMBROKE NZ (Em 2)  Julie Douglas   SCRATCHED     SCR-  
9 s1331 CAPTAINS KNOCK  Brad Hewitt   Brad Hewitt     FR8  
10 38s23 OUR VINNIE  Jason Grimson   Jack Trainor     FR9  
11 55s56 DOUGS PLATTER (Em 1)  Kevin Pizzuto Menangl 02/03/2024 Joshua Gallagher (C)     FR10-  
12 s2264 ROCKNROLL HAMMER NZ  Luke McCarthy   Luke McCarthy     FR11
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Race 2   $100,000 FFA sprint.  Race 6 Menangle Saturday 2nd march

1  Mach Dan    Vic    (Emma Stewart)

2  CantFindaBettorMan  NZ/ NSW  (McCarthy)

3  Curly James  Vic

4  Line Up   NSW

5  Kanena Provlima   NSW

6  Expensive Ego   NSW  L.McCarthy

7  Better Eclipse  Vic   G.Sugars

8  Loyalist     Nz/ NSW  former Hope trained horse Nz. 

9  Mach Da Vinci  NSW

10  Hi MyNameisJeff    Nz/ NSW  Cam Hart  (Grimson) 

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Race 3  $100,000  FFA  sprint .  (Race 5 Menangle March 2nd)

1  Taipo   Nz / NSW  former North Islander

2  Rock N Roll Doo   Vic   Anthony Butt driving

3  Ladies In Red   Vic   (Emma Stewart)

4  South Coast Arden  NZ   Nz FFA winner

5  Beyond Delight   Vic   (Stewart)

6  Bondi Lockdown  NSW  L.McCarthy

7  Hot And Treacherous   Nz /NSW   C.Hart  (Grimson)

8  Braeview Kelly EMERGENCY  NZ

9  Spirit of St Louis  NZ/ Nsw   (McCarthy)

10  Firefox   NZ   EMERGENCY

11  Max Delight   Vic

12  Speak The Truth   QLD

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So Just put your 2 Picks per race on this thread before races start Saturday Menangle.

Races 1 , 2  and 3 as listed above. 

I'll go for the Queenslanders to give the kiwi's a run for the money 😁

Gammalite Selections

Race 1 /(the Chariots of Fire)  Frankie Ferocious  +  Sure Thing Captain 

Race 2/  FFA      Better Eclipse  +  CantFindaBetterMan

Race 3/  FFA      Speak The Truth  + Spirit Of St Louis 

 

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Scratching is the Nzer TAIPO in race 5 at Menangle tomorrow night.

The good horse Fire Fox (an Addington winner ) gets a run instead.

Get your 2 Picks in races 5 , 6 and  7 from Menangle tomorrow night here to get the comp running.

Chief Stipe might need help ? 😎........

so since he is busy with Captured By Love and that sort of thing here's some ex-pat North Islanders to keep him company. 

Chief Selections 

Comp Race 1 .the Chariots of Fire  =   Sooner The Better and It's Merlin 

Comp Race 2 . Open FFA R6 Menangle =   Line Up and Mach Da Vinci

 Comp Race 3. Open FFA R5 Menangle =     South Coast Arden and Hot and Treacherous

Interesting footnote : All of Line Up, Mach daVinci, South Coast Arden and Hot and treacherous all Won at their very first starts in a Race (at Alexandra Park about 5 years ago) .  Merlin and Sooner the Better starting their careers well there too about 2 years ago . 

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Pop your 6 Picks here . 2 horses per race . Races 5 , 6 and 7 at Menangle tonight .

Great kiwi representation as well.... (to make up for the cricket) 😎

the Nz Derby Quinella are in the Chariots of Fire !! what a great test it will be . Merlin at $9 too and is a great chance of taking it out. 

you having a Pick Brodster ? BOAY Loyalist a good one for you.

ALL BOAY folk welcome to enter.  

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Not long to some great racing action.

Cam Hart driving No 1 in race 2 shortly for Alchin instead of the Nullabor 1/2 million dollars Grimson runner. ??  that's a Sure fire sign it will be winning .

Heap of money on it and it's Double your money time by the look of it... seems a set-up/special.  

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Well after loading up with that easy winner for Cam Hart , (Betterzippit last used as the bullock) 

it's time for some good one's to step out shortly.

with Chief , Tabman , Gamma , Galah and Blackie fitting the billing nicely and in with some picks for the big races,  we better find some for the Brodster and Rangatira too?.

RACE 5 Menangle 

so far we have

Chief : South Coast Arden and Hot and Teacherous 

The Galah : Ladies In Red and Hot and Treacherous

Blackie :  RocknRoll Doo and Hot and Treacherous 

TABman :  Ladies In Red and RocknRoll Doo

Gamma :  Speak the Truth and Spirit Of St Louis 

for Brodie (the old fox) he gets old winning kiwis   Fire Fox and South Coast Arden

for Ranga ( a delightful fellow) he can have Beyond Delight and Max Delight . 😁

Entries close prior to race 5 Menangle tonight

 

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A bold win to the Queenslander Speak the Truth , 💰 and with one of the great horses of Nz/ Aus running 2nd in Spirit of St Louis (and qualifying for the $1,000,000 Miracle Mile again next week)

thats a u-beaut Quinella for  Gammalite . paid $90 too.  3 point bonus for comp 🏆

1 SPEAK THE TRUTH      Fr10 12 Shannon Price Adam Sanderson   $ 18.00    
  BLACK GELDING 5 by BETTORS DELIGHT USA out of PRIVATE BRONSKI (ART MAJOR USA)
Owner(s): Raboki Pty Ltd
Breeder(s): T Hunter, S V Hunter
2 SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS NZ      Fr7 9 Luke McCarthy Jack Callaghan   $ 11.00    
3 SOUTH COAST ARDEN NZ      Fr3 4 Paul Fitzpatrick Gavin Fitzpatrick   $ 26.00    
4 ROCK N ROLL DOO NZ      Fr1 2 Michael Stanley Anthony Butt   $ 17.00    
5 HOT AND TREACHEROUS NZ      Fr6 7 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart   $ 3.30    
6 MAX DELIGHT      Fr9 11 David Aiken Nathan Jack   $ 23.00    
7 BONDI LOCKDOWN      Fr5 6 Luke McCarthy Luke McCarthy   $ 13.00    
8 LADIES IN RED      Fr2 3 Emma Stewart David Moran   $ 2.40   
9 FIRE FOX NZ      Fr8 10 Seaton Grima Seaton Grima   $ 11.00    
10 BEYOND DELIGHT      Fr4 5 Emma Stewart Mark Pitt   $ 14.00  

 

BOAY Points after Race 5 Menangle

Gamma 22 pts,  (go the Queenslander !!! lol 😎) ,  Chief 14,   Blackie 13 ,  TABman 10,  Brodie 10, 

Galah 9, Ranga 6. 

 

 

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On to Race 6 ... can the kiwi lads get the money this time ? 😉

selections Race 6 Menangle  

Chief  :  Line Up and Mach Da Vinci

the Galah :  Mach Dan and CantFindaBetterMan

Gammalite :  Better Eclipse and CantFindaBetterMan

Blackie :    Better Eclipse and CantFindABetterMan

TABman :  Better Eclipse and Mach Dan

Brodster :  BOAY 'Loyalist' for you champ and 'Hi MyNameisBrodie' (or Jeff) 😆

Ranga :   'Expensive Ego' not putting picks in can be expensive and 'Hi MyNameisRangatira' (jeff)  

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Another very fast mile and it's The Brodster ! nailing the quinella that time .

The Grimson Magic gets the Quinella with Hi MyNameisJeff and the amazing nz horse LOYALIST. loyalist now able to run sub 1.50 miles after ONLY 4 wins from 56 starts in New Zealand. 🤣😆 they're great trainers there at Menangle.

$55 quinella to the Brodster there and 3 point bonus !! well done mate 

1 HI MANAMEISJEFF NZ      Fr10 10 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart   $ 2.70   
  BAY GELDING 7 by ART MAJOR USA out of HONOUR LADY (NZ) (BETTORS DELIGHT USA)
Owner(s): M W Boots, E J Tongs, G W Preston, P Preston
Breeder(s): G S (Glenys) Chmiel
2 LOYALIST NZ      Fr8 8 Joe Conolly Seaton Grima   $ 34.00    
3 CURLY JAMES      Fr3 3 Courtney Laker David Moran   $ 26.00    
4 EXPENSIVE EGO      Fr6 6 Luke McCarthy Luke McCarthy   $ 34.00    
5 BETTER ECLIPSE      Fr7 7 Jess Tubbs Greg Sugars   $ 3.60    
6 LINE UP NZ      Fr4 4 J A Rando, M J Rando Will Rixon   $ 34.00    
7 KANENA PROVLIMA      Fr5 5 KerryAnn Morris Robert Morris   $ 21.00    
8 CANTFINDABETTORMAN NZ      Fr2 2 Luke McCarthy John McCarthy   $ 13.00    
9 MACH DAN      Fr1 1 Emma Stewart Mark Pitt   $ 6.50    
10 MACH DA VINCI NZ      Fr9 9 Peter Hanson Jack Callaghan   $ 8.50  
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Speak The Truth in 1.48.8.  Race 5 

Hi MyNameisJeff in 1.48.4 in Race 6

Spirit of St Louis and Loyalist both also qualify for next weeks Miracle Mile.

Points from Race 6 : Brodie 22, Rangatira 17, Chief 6, Gamma and Blackie 9, Tabman 8, Galah 5

TOTAL COMP Points (after 2 races )

Brodie 32, Gamma 31, Chief 20, Blackie 22, Ranga 23, TABman 18 , the Galah 14 points

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Brodie heads the field in the BOAY Championship with a fine Quinella in the FFA.

Now for the BIG RACE tonight , with many kiwi challengers The Chariots Of Fire 🔥🔥 Race 7.

Selections are 

Chief : Sooner The Better and Merlin  (for the North Island)

Gammalite :  Frankie Ferocious and Sure Thing Captain (for Queensland) 

The Galah :  Don't Stop Dreaming and Frankie Ferocious

TABman :    Don't Stop Dreaming and Frankie Ferocious

Blackie  :  Don't Stop Dreaming and Merlin

Brodie :   always likes the best ...so it's 'Better Be The Best' and the 'Sooner The Better'

Ranga : puts the hammer down so it's 'Captain Hammerhead' and 'RockNRoll Hammer'  

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CamHart too good a driver and Grimson does it again.

Frankie Ferocious was a nice horse in Queensland winning 10 of 20 starts for the Crosby's.

Up to Miracle Mile Level now with the Grimson machine pushing him harder.

A Great Chariot's of Fire win over the New Zealander 'Sooner the Better' . a game 2nd. 

A 1.49.4 mile so is that quick enough against the Big Guns next week ? 

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1 FRANKIE FEROCIOUS      Fr4 4 Jason Grimson Cameron Hart   $ 2.70    
  BAY GELDING 4 by CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (US) out of MORETHANMEETSTHEYE (P B BULLVILLE USA)
Owner(s): W H (Bill) Crosby
Breeder(s): W H (Bill) Crosby
2 SOONER THE BETTOR NZ      Fr1 1 B Purdon, S D T Phelan Gavin Fitzpatrick   $ 23.00    
3 CAPTAINS KNOCK      Fr8 9 Brad Hewitt Brad Hewitt   $ 41.00    
4 ROCKNROLL HAMMER NZ      Fr10 12 Luke McCarthy Luke McCarthy   $ 151.00    
5 ITS MERLIN NZ      Fr7 7 B Purdon, S D T Phelan Zachary Butcher   $ 7.00    
6 DONT STOP DREAMING NZ      Fr2 2 M Purdon, N Purdon Mark Purdon   $ 2.00   
7 SURE THING CAPTAIN      Fr6 6 Shannon Price Adam Sanderson   $ 34.00    
8 CAPTAIN HAMMERHEAD      Fr5 5 David Moran David Moran   $ 41.00    
9 OUR VINNIE      Fr9 10 Jason Grimson Jack Trainor   $ 126.00    
10 BETTER BE THE BEST      Fr3 3 Nathan Turnbull Nathan Turnbull   $ 18.00  
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Chariots of Fire Race 7 Menangle. BOAY Championship result.

The Galah, TABman and Gamma selecting the winner Frankie Ferocious .

 Points: Brodie 10, Gamma 14, Chief + TABman + Galah ALL 15 pts, Blackie 11,  Ranga 10

 

TOTAL COMP Points (after 3 races )

Brodie 42, Gamma 45, Chief 35, Blackie 33, TABman 33, Ranga 33,  the Galah 29

 

See you next week for the 2024 Miracle Mile and NSW Pacers Derby

 

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This weeks 3 Races are the Group 1's  Races 5, 6 and 7 at Menangle. 

Pick your 2 horses in each race and Post here anytime . 

WEEK 1 saw Gammalite power to the lead with 2 Queensland Victories . Brodie 'in the money' as well, and looking for the Galah to make ground from the back this week ??? Will HE stick with the Kiwi's ? or see the light and turn to the Sunshine State ?? ☀️🌞

The $1,000,000 Miracle Mile is on Saturday and it's 3 Queenslanders against 5 Kiwi's !!!!!!  i must of died and gone to heaven .this is gunna be great.

Only 8 starters in the Miracle Mile ( 10 points scored for the winner and down to 8th and last place who will get 3 pts )

Market and Barrier Order 2024 BOAY MIRACLE MILE   (current sportsbet odds)

1.   Speak the Truth   (QLD)  $4.40         (go you good thing) 💰

2.  Spirit Of St Louis  (Aus and NZ)  $7.00  ( the people's champion)

3.  Loyalist   ( NZ and NSW )  $26.00    ( Hope's in NZ must be in shock? ) 

4.  Curly James  ( VIC )  EMERGENCY

5.  Sooner The Better   (NZ)   $51.00   ( for BarryP and Scott Phelan)

6.  South Coast Arden  (NZ)  EMERGENCY 2

7.  Hi MyNameIsJeff   (nz/ NSW)   $3.00     (a Grimson wonderhorse)

8.  Don't Stop Dreaming  (NZ)  $11.00  ( a Purdon horse double figures ??😳)

9.  Leap To Fame  (QLD )  $3.20   (the perfect horse and current INTERDOMINION 🏆Champ ) 

10.  Frankie Ferocious  (QLD/NSW)    $8.50

( Frankie A winning queenslander and the Eureka hot Fav (later in year). and potential Champion . 3 runs for Grimson undefeated and going like a rocket at the moment )  can win 🏆

 

 

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Post your 2 Picks per race here , ready for Saturday night.

Not doing the Group 1 Trot as No kiwi Representative in there. (OscarB would of jogged it in too) 

so as well as the Miracle Mile RACE 7  

RACE 5 the NSW Pacers Derby (with Marky Boy drawn one with Walk by Faith ,the hot favourite) 

and RACE 6 the Aus lighthorse FFA  (with Merlin drawn 10 so Not so lucky. Great to see Mark back in  the silver with Blue spots silks of his dad having the drive though. Must go close to winning now then? with the gun reinsman at the helm) 

don't forget it's a 3 points bonus for picking any quinella with your 2 selections

 

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Time to get some picks organised.   Races are 5 , 6  and 7 at Menangle Sat night .

Chief will be busy cheering on horse to win at Ellerslie so better get him organised with the New Zealanders looking for the BIG dollars at Menangle.

Race 5/ The NSW Derby  Gamma has QLDer 'In Excess' and 'Sushi'Tabia's horse Nathan Street.

                              Chief has fav 'WeWalkByFaith' for Mark and also Gore winner 'Minos' 

Race 6/ The Light Horse FFA  Gamma has Better Eclipse and  Captain's Knock (cricket is on) 

                         Chief has grand old North Islanders South Coast Arden and It's Merlin 

Race 7/ 2024 Miracle Mile    Gamma has the flying Queenslanders Speak The Truth and Leap To Fame ( would like FrankieF as well as 3rd string 😆)

               Chief Stipe will be rolling with super kiwi's Sooner The Better and Don't Stop Dreaming. 

Best of Luck Chiefy !! (here and at Ellerslie old mate) 🏆💰

 

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Morning Gamma

As below:

R5: 1 & 2(lead/trail?)

R6: 7 & 12( two NZ boys to outdrive the others over distance)

R7: 1 & 7(lead/trail?)

Picking lead/trail in The MM? Please try and keep it down if that little Queenslander hits the front.

Cheers

ps might all be moving there the way Harness is heading over here.

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