Bolt For The Hill!

[Newmarket]

Thought this horse was a good bet tonight, although with that driver and from a stand odds far too short…

Away slowly but settled in one one…. Sadly Steph had a snooze down that back when parked horse stopped…. Stayed behind it while getting taken but until she suddenly woke up and pulled wide… zooming home for 2nd🫣😙… who backed it and are you feeling🤮

[Brodie]

27 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Thought this horse was a good bet tonight, although with that driver and from a stand odds far too short…

Away slowly but settled in one one…. Sadly Steph had a snooze down that back when parked horse stopped…. Stayed behind it while getting taken but until she suddenly woke up and pulled wide… zooming home for 2nd🫣😙… who backed it and are you feeling🤮

Backed it first up at Cambridge and it was more of a cert beaten that night!

It galloped away and made up so much ground and hard held!

driver had  a good UDR so I thought she must be able to drive, but Yeah/Nah!

[Rangatira]

Now on holiday for 7 weeks. She should return bright eyed, bushy tailed and alert. 

Edited May 31 by Rangatira

[Gammalite]

Don't mention the young lass won Race 7 though as you sink the boot in for a losing drive on a bloody trotter late on.

The 3 Junior driver girls ran the Trifecta too  (500+ bucks  if you're game )

the 3 senior drivers were the last 3 home in the race. wonder what happened to them? . Asleep probably? letting the Junior lasses smack em like that 😂

Great drive Stephanie Burley with a 10/10 drive to win on Sharkies Girl. 

Very good driving by Emily and Monika too. showing the old boys how to do it properly 😁

The commentator was hilarious as was calling Matty White's drive like he was gunna win as they turned for home,  but only ran 7th 🤣 'Here she come's " he said . got that way wrong.

 

[Brodie]

12 minutes ago, Gammalite said:

Don't mention the young lass won Race 7 though as you sink the boot in for a losing drive on a bloody trotter late on.

The 3 Junior driver girls ran the Trifecta too  (500+ bucks  if you're game )

the 3 senior drivers were the last 3 home in the race. wonder what happened to them? . Asleep probably? letting the Junior lasses smack em like that 😂

Great drive Stephanie Burley with a 10/10 drive to win on Sharkies Girl. 

Very good driving by Emily and Monika too. showing the old boys how to do it properly 😁

The commentator was hilarious as was calling Matty White's drive like he was gunna win as they turned for home,  but only ran 7th 🤣 'Here she come's " he said . got that way wrong.

 

Gamma, as you know if we do our money from a poor drive then clearly we can feel a bit aggrieved! Lol.

I backed the driver in question twice in one night thinking that she was a good driver going by her UDR!

I was wrong, her good UDR is due solely to the horse she won with again tonight, Sharkies Girl.

Anyway, no use crying over spilt milk, live and learn and onto the next meeting!

[Gammalite]

Much easier to drive a losing horse than it is to drive a winner.

I think credit should go to the winning Ones to make you feel better 😉. (all of us watching or driving or punting that is ) tis the reason for mentioning it.

Otherwise everyone just thinks these poor Juniors are 'poor' and 'agrieving' all the time as they learn their stuff. (how to drive a race better) Just like any apprentice, in any trade, to give encouragement and learn from the error's as they gain needed experience. 

The average driver (of any age)  wins one in only 6-10 drives based on number of starters they compete against. therefore it easy to single out any one of the misses that they have. Blair Orange even gets beat plenty of times with some poorish drives (JMO)  

I'm just saying it's good to support the wins too. Drivers in NZ don't get many (wins) compared to here in Oz,  as don't go around enough times to develop their skill level adequately.  So we all see plenty of losing drives so no point getting too 'aggrieved' about it.  It'll just make you angry with the game all the time. Bit of a Jackpot strike at the harness forums for this most of the time too 😆😁 it's like a reverse punters club lol 🤣 

 

Edited May 31 by Gammalite

[the galah]

the average punter comments more on drivers and their drives that haven't gone as the punter expected or hoped,than if they had.

you just have to read this forum to see that. Gammalite may be the exception and good on him,but hes in the minority. 

So there always will be more comments  about driver tactical error or questionable tactics than you read about top drives.

Punters,unrealistically i know,think they should be winning most of the time and expect everyone to be trying to win all the time,especially if they have invested their hard earned on a race.

Besides,sometimes the harshest judges of a drive can often be the drivers themselves.They probably know when they may have been better doing something different tactically..

So why should anyone or anyones family get upset because a punter says the same thing on social media or at the local pub.

I think you have to have a thick skin in harness racing and a realistic  perspective of how punters think. I know many haven't,but it helps.

As to s burley driving bolt for the hill,she would have had the most eyes on her because she was driving the hot favorite.I think anyone watching would have seen she made her move a bit late and her horse didn't pull out as quick as she may have planned.

Thats what happened so its not being too negative to say that. But like gammalite has said,she must have been very satisfied driving a win and a second from her drives.

[Gammalite]

10 hours ago, the galah said:

As to s burley driving bolt for the hill,she would have had the most eyes on her because she was driving the hot favorite.I think anyone watching would have seen she made her move a bit late and her horse didn't pull out as quick as she may have planned.

Thats what happened so its not being too negative to say that. But like gammalite has said,she must have been very satisfied driving a win and a second from her drives.

Trotters are hard to drive. They do things dipsy doddling sometimes. group 1 stars SundeeS and MuscleM even do/did at times. 'sunny's sister' looks very hard to drive but is a Derby/Oaks winner still. keeps John on the ball anyway😆

I didn't comment on the Drive by Burley as the lads did that here already on Bolt. trotters are tough to win with. too easy to pick on errors.

Example 1: Take a look at Luke McCarthy tonight. One of Australia's greatest horsemen. Getting his team ready for the Big carnival in Brisbane shortly is here early. Had 3 winners tonight and a fast finishing 2nd placing by NZer CantFindABettorman (what a beaut horse it is 👍) but LEAP To FAME to strong fresh up in 1.51 in the rain, parked out too,  lol.  just keeps winning

Luke had the $1.50 favourite in the trot and it galloped for no reason when looming up to leader. .Constantinople had won 5 from 9 this year too. Lot of cranky punters afterwards lol .

Just can't trust trotters.  

they had a junior drivers race for trotters earlier in night at Cambridge. A recipe for disaster, but they all did fairly well in the end. Burley looked 'uncomfortable' at times driving the TEAZ trotter ,and didn't get close at all finish 7th. they aren't the easiest to drive at times. 

Example 2 : Look at Jasinova . 3rd this week to Sacred mountain. trained by respected trotter trainer dr Chin. But on Rowe Cup night it galloped on the good Dr at the start in a support race , and galloped for 2 laps just behind the field . I thought that was quite funny for some reason. At her 114th start. 🤣😂. can't see how it's ever smart to bet on trotters 😉. better leave the Ashburton maiden no 1 today then lol.   too risky ? 

Burley owns that trotter (bolt for the hills)  herself it seems, otherwise the experienced Josh would possibly be driving it for his trainer dad.  He won the race following on the night for Telfers, so was avaliable . 

[JTeaz]

8 hours ago, Gammalite said:

Trotters are hard to drive. They do things dipsy doddling sometimes. group 1 stars SundeeS and MuscleM even do/did at times. 'sunny's sister' looks very hard to drive but is a Derby/Oaks winner still. keeps John on the ball anyway😆

I didn't comment on the Drive by Burley as the lads did that here already on Bolt. trotters are tough to win with. too easy to pick on errors.

Example 1: Take a look at Luke McCarthy tonight. One of Australia's greatest horsemen. Getting his team ready for the Big carnival in Brisbane shortly is here early. Had 3 winners tonight and a fast finishing 2nd placing by NZer CantFindABettorman (what a beaut horse it is 👍) but LEAP To FAME to strong fresh up in 1.51 in the rain, parked out too,  lol.  just keeps winning

Luke had the $1.50 favourite in the trot and it galloped for no reason when looming up to leader. .Constantinople had won 5 from 9 this year too. Lot of cranky punters afterwards lol .

Just can't trust trotters.  

they had a junior drivers race for trotters earlier in night at Cambridge. A recipe for disaster, but they all did fairly well in the end. Burley looked 'uncomfortable' at times driving the TEAZ trotter ,and didn't get close at all finish 7th. they aren't the easiest to drive at times. 

Example 2 : Look at Jasinova . 3rd this week to Sacred mountain. trained by respected trotter trainer dr Chin. But on Rowe Cup night it galloped on the good Dr at the start in a support race , and galloped for 2 laps just behind the field . I thought that was quite funny for some reason. At her 114th start. 🤣😂. can't see how it's ever smart to bet on trotters 😉. better leave the Ashburton maiden no 1 today then lol.   too risky ? 

Burley owns that trotter (bolt for the hills)  herself it seems, otherwise the experienced Josh would possibly be driving it for his trainer dad.  He won the race following on the night for Telfers, so was avaliable . 

Was a hard watch for me too