Spring is Springing with winners

[Gammalite]

Hopefully you blokes are keen on some of the Big races coming up ?  with the Top Horses having a crack for the Big prizes.

tonight we have some handy ones.

BEACH BALL is bouncing back into action tonight after his solid NZ Cup 3rd last year. Paying $19 / $5 place tonight race 8 . go boy !!

HARRISON JOHN at $6 is in race 4 and racing beautifully . go you good thing !!💰

ARDENS MEMORY for Allstars drawn 2 and won last 2 starts as well  . Yes Please !!  for some 5-1 there in race 9.🍻

ALWAYS BE MATTIE  in race 6 Alex Park , beat Mark Purdon who trailed it last start. Must be good to do that ? i'm convinced lol. and 4-1 excellent. 

BETTER ECLIPSE in the Kilmore Cup (that he won last year as well) is on at 10.30 your time so you're probably asleep for that one. 😁 The current Auckland Cup defending Champion looks well placed to get some of the $3.50 on offer tonight. He is near 2nd Best horse in Australia.

BRISBANE LIONS at $2.15 for the AFL Grand Final tomorrow . I'm all over that and cheering like mad for the Brisvegas Stars to outstrutt the Swans in front of 90 to 100 thousand people tomorrow at the MCG. wish us luck to get the win there after the narrow 5pt loss last year 😉👍🏆  go Boys !!!! 

WALLABIES v All blacks at $11-1 tomorrow   !!!! no way!!  . (No Way would you take them that is 😂😂 ) Go AB's !!🤣😎

 

 

[Gammalite]

Chief will be out and about trying to win the rich Hawkes Bay Guinea's tomorrow too with 

CAPTURED BY LOVE , the only filly in race 5 against the big bad boy 3 yearolds. $2.50 odds.

All the very best to Win the Day down at Hastings Chief  !! She is a real live chance and have all my fingers and toes crossed she gets the money in that Big Group 2 event 🤞💰👍

[Nowornever]

Demon Blue biggest overs I have seen for a Purdon runner for a while. Christmas came early this year

[TAB For Ever]

19 hours ago, Gammalite said:

Chief will be out and about trying to win the rich Hawkes Bay Guinea's tomorrow too with 

CAPTURED BY LOVE , the only filly in race 5 against the big bad boy 3 yearolds. $2.50 odds.

All the very best to Win the Day down at Hastings Chief  !! She is a real live chance and have all my fingers and toes crossed she gets the money in that Big Group 2 event 🤞💰👍

Good luck to the Chief....I hope he went out on the track when issue after first race ,got a handful of turf and grass and taught them some basics.

And offered some helpful advice how to improve for future !

[TAB For Ever]

19 hours ago, Gammalite said:

Hopefully you blokes are keen on some of the Big races coming up ?  with the Top Horses having a crack for the Big prizes.

tonight we have some handy ones.

BEACH BALL is bouncing back into action tonight after his solid NZ Cup 3rd last year. Paying $19 / $5 place tonight race 8 . go boy !!

HARRISON JOHN at $6 is in race 4 and racing beautifully . go you good thing !!💰

ARDENS MEMORY for Allstars drawn 2 and won last 2 starts as well  . Yes Please !!  for some 5-1 there in race 9.🍻

ALWAYS BE MATTIE  in race 6 Alex Park , beat Mark Purdon who trailed it last start. Must be good to do that ? i'm convinced lol. and 4-1 excellent. 

BETTER ECLIPSE in the Kilmore Cup (that he won last year as well) is on at 10.30 your time so you're probably asleep for that one. 😁 The current Auckland Cup defending Champion looks well placed to get some of the $3.50 on offer tonight. He is near 2nd Best horse in Australia.

BRISBANE LIONS at $2.15 for the AFL Grand Final tomorrow . I'm all over that and cheering like mad for the Brisvegas Stars to outstrutt the Swans in front of 90 to 100 thousand people tomorrow at the MCG. wish us luck to get the win there after the narrow 5pt loss last year 😉👍🏆  go Boys !!!! 

WALLABIES v All blacks at $11-1 tomorrow   !!!! no way!!  . (No Way would you take them that is 😂😂 ) Go AB's !!🤣😎

 

 

Some big performances at Addington...a couple of Southland Stars looking very good.

Mattie White seems a good preparer of horses..... his Always Be horse had little luck and one to follow.

A couple of fast times at Park over the mile !.......in particular the Maiden race was very competitive and threw out some to follow !

[the galah]

It was a good nights viewing on friday ight lights.

Wag start was impressive. 15 lengths is a long way. I see driver m hurrell said he didn't even have to pull the ear plugs.

he did the same last year fresh up winning by 10 lengths in about the same time and never pulled the ear plugs then either.He did go good for another couple of starts after that last year,but then wasn't quite as good thereafter, even though he ran some nice races.

Will last nights fast time effect him going forward?sweet lous are very good sprinters and race well fresh.

as tab forever has pointed out ,they ran a mile in 1.54.7 in the non win race at auckland.

Imagine taking what you think was a nice non win horse to auckland and having to run that time first up. You can see why many just stick to racing at cambridge instead of auckland.

talking about auckland. The last 4 races had 5,6,6,6 starters and the turnovers were very poor on those races. The nz win pools for each was between 3-4,000.

Some will say,its about keeping alexandra park going,and just ignore the losses that hrnz generate.how long can they keep doing that?.

Even the addington tote nz tab turnovers weren't anything to write home about. The main race was ok and the biggest with just over $12,000.

Looking at the tabcorp win pools only. Gore on thursday had more in total than addington,even with addington having an extra race. 

the biggest pool with the nz tab and tabcorp this week was the 0-1 win trot at gore that had the power failure beforehand. Amazing how many punters in australia just bet on the next race to go. They kept putting the gore race back,but it kept popping up as the next race to go and both the nz tab and tabcorp pools kept getting higher.

I saw major moth win the kilmore cup quite easily.

Fancy sky racing not even giving the kilmore cup any pre race coverage on either sky channel and instead only showing the last round. Instead they kept showing some 0-1 win gallops race at the sunshine coast  that was running a few minutes late. Kilmore started on time but got a raw deal.

 

Edited September 28 by the galah

[Brodie]

3 hours ago, the galah said:

It was a good nights viewing on friday ight lights.

Wag start was impressive. 15 lengths is a long way. I see driver m hurrell said he didn't even have to pull the ear plugs.

he did the same last year fresh up winning by 10 lengths in about the same time and never pulled the ear plugs then either.He did go good for another couple of starts after that last year,but then wasn't quite as good thereafter, even though he ran some nice races.

Will last nights fast time effect him going forward?sweet lous are very good sprinters and race well fresh.

as tab forever has pointed out ,they ran a mile in 1.54.7 in the non win race at auckland.

Imagine taking what you think was a nice non win horse to auckland and having to run that time first up. You can see why many just stick to racing at cambridge instead of auckland.

talking about auckland. The last 4 races had 5,6,6,6 starters and the turnovers were very poor on those races. The nz win pools for each was between 3-4,000.

Some will say,its about keeping alexandra park going,and just ignore the losses that hrnz generate.how long can they keep doing that?.

Even the addington tote nz tab turnovers weren't anything to write home about. The main race was ok and the biggest with just over $12,000.

Looking at the tabcorp win pools only. Gore on thursday had more in total than addington,even with addington having an extra race. 

the biggest pool with the nz tab and tabcorp this week was the 0-1 win trot at gore that had the power failure beforehand. Amazing how many punters in australia just bet on the next race to go. They kept putting the gore race back,but it kept popping up as the next race to go and both the nz tab and tabcorp pools kept getting higher.

I saw major moth win the kilmore cup quite easily.

Fancy sky racing not even giving the kilmore cup any pre race coverage on either sky channel and instead only showing the last round. Instead they kept showing some 0-1 win gallops race at the sunshine coast  that was running a few minutes late. Kilmore started on time but got a raw deal.

 

The early races at Auckland also had pathetically low tote pools!

I also notice that the place tote pools are often nowhere near the win pools!!

DAH, I wonder why that is now?

 

 

 

[Gammalite]

15 hours ago, the galah said:

Wag start was impressive. 15 lengths is a long way. I see driver m hurrell said he didn't even have to pull the ear plugs.

he did the same last year fresh up winning by 10 lengths in about the same time and never pulled the ear plugs then either.He did go good for another couple of starts after that last year,but then wasn't quite as good thereafter, even though he ran some nice races.

Will last nights fast time effect him going forward?sweet lous are very good sprinters and race well fresh.

Just looking at that horse. A nice 7th in the Derby last year to finish a handy 4 wins from 10 starts 3 year old season. WAG STAR has had Only 4 starts this year ?? for 2 wins. Do you think he has soundness issues maybe? I ALways thought a horse's absolute PEAK year would be as a 4 yearold  . and yet Just the 4 starts for $30,000 ? it's like his best chances are slipping by. we'd be giving 4 year olds 40 starts in Australia lol. 

Hey about the 'Sweet Lou' that Won the Canterbury Classic ? TACT McLEOD. He won really well (and could be a 'staying' Sweet Lou rather than speed horse?)  It only had 6 starts last year as a 4 year old as well ?🤔   and Only 11 starts this year for 6 wins. he'll soon be 6 with best years behind him? and only got 100k so far.  You really don't have enough races in Nz to make Good winning use of some horses talents. 

and did you see HARRISON JOHN win R4 ? John Dunn driving a very exceptional race there. Not copping any team effort from the Cullen runners at all , and winning with Gusto. left Sam out 3 wide when they came round the field 🤣. John is such a tryer. gives it everything. good on him. Great win by that horse.

And Go Brisbane Lions !!! Premiers 2024 ! i'm so happy I have tears. Last time they won the Premiership the greatest horse I have seen , BLACKS A FAKE was just starting out . went on to win millions and 4 Interdominions (twice 2nd too) . Now a generation later the Lions are winning again and we have LEAP TO FAME winning the Interdominions for QLD. (and NZ CUP real soon)  A beautiful 20 year swing!! . I won't make it to the next one I don't think (20 year swing 🤣  )

[the galah]

48 minutes ago, Gammalite said:

Just looking at that horse. A nice 7th in the Derby last year to finish a handy 4 wins from 10 starts 3 year old season. WAG STAR has had Only 4 starts this year ?? for 2 wins. Do you think he has soundness issues maybe? I ALways thought a horse's absolute PEAK year would be as a 4 yearold  . and yet Just the 4 starts for $30,000 ? it's like his best chances are slipping by. we'd be giving 4 year olds 40 starts in Australia lol. 

Hey about the 'Sweet Lou' that Won the Canterbury Classic ? TACT McLEOD. He won really well (and could be a 'staying' Sweet Lou rather than speed horse?)  It only had 6 starts last year as a 4 year old as well ?🤔   and Only 11 starts this year for 6 wins. he'll soon be 6 with best years behind him? and only got 100k so far.  You really don't have enough races in Nz to make Good winning use of some horses talents. 

and did you see HARRISON JOHN win R4 ? John Dunn driving a very exceptional race there. Not copping any team effort from the Cullen runners at all , and winning with Gusto. left Sam out 3 wide when they came round the field 🤣. John is such a tryer. gives it everything. good on him. Great win by that horse.

And Go Brisbane Lions !!! Premiers 2024 ! i'm so happy I have tears. Last time they won the Premiership the greatest horse I have seen , BLACKS A FAKE was just starting out . went on to win millions and 4 Interdominions (twice 2nd too) . Now a generation later the Lions are winning again and we have LEAP TO FAME winning the Interdominions for QLD. (and NZ CUP real soon)  A beautiful 20 year swing!! . I won't make it to the next one I don't think (20 year swing 🤣  )

C Ferguson is one of those trainers who focuses on his udr. He won't line them up unless he thinks they are a good winning chance.Good for punters but southland needs more horses at the races and for example c ferguson has started horses 52 times this year for 16 wins and henderson hunter has started 121 times for 3 wins. C ferguson would train 2 to 3x the numbers i would think.The point i make is c ferguson horses chances are always to be respected any time he lines one up,but in southland  Henderson Hunter contibutes just as much ,if not more, with his smaller team.

Tact macloud ,being by sweet lou ,i think would be found out in the nz cup if leap to fame decides to run say 3.53 or even faster like he could. Maybe tact macloud could place if they only went 3.58. Maybe if he got 3 back the fence in 3.56 he can place,but the sweet lous's staying ability seems to be found out in fast run races over longer distances in my opinion. Then again maybe he is an exception and not having raced much early on and not being a bit burnt out early,must help in that respect. 

i hope you got plenty on your AFL team. sounds like you had a great time enjoying the final.

[Gammalite]

4 hours ago, the galah said:

Tact macloud ,being by sweet lou ,i think would be found out in the nz cup if leap to fame decides to run say 3.53 or even faster like he could. Maybe tact macloud could place if they only went 3.58. Maybe if he got 3 back the fence in 3.56 he can place,but the sweet lous's staying ability seems to be found out in fast run races over longer distances in my opinion. Then again maybe he is an exception and not having raced much early on and not being a bit burnt out early,must help in that respect. 

i hope you got plenty on your AFL team. sounds like you had a great time enjoying the final.

yes they will be pressured heaps soon. Leap to Fame will be doing that . He won with a leg in the air during a sudden heavy shower last night. jogging 55 second last half in neutral gear.  Must of been a weird feeling for our best horseman Pete McMullen and good young local driver Matt Elkins . (they Quinellaed both races 3 and 5 at Albion, BUT jammed in between, they were both exactly 20 lengths behind LEAP TO FAME in the fast class R4 unable to keep up with their 2 runners ) some sharp contrast for them in a short space of time 😂  one was that old Addinton runner FIREFOX. (also a Sweet Lou)

you could be right about Sweet Lou's. I thought JOLIEMONT would of been a Strong chance this year and progressed as a 4 yearold well into Cup class contention after a 'Solid 4th' in the NZ Derby last December behind Merlin. but hasn't done much really 🤔.  Spirit of St Louis seemed a good stayer and was a good winner over distance (occasionally)

Thank you for your kind sentiments regarding the football team win 🙂. Go the mighty Brisbane Lions !!! AFL is a religion in Aus (and much more enjoyable than Islam too 🤣👍.)  and my son rang from UK and chatted for an hour on facetime about the great Grand Final last night , when I hardly ever hear from him otherwise. so I am over the moon.  Daughter Fiona working in London too . both been gone a year and a half now (both played Aussie rules at a high level in their teens. Fiona at State level) before injury and studies took over. now world travelling in their 20's.  

Edited September 29 by Gammalite

[Blackie]

Too many knock-ons in AFL that go unnoticed for my liking.

[Gammalite]

On 9/27/2024 at 4:20 PM, Gammalite said:

Chief will be out and about trying to win the rich Hawkes Bay Guinea's tomorrow too with 

CAPTURED BY LOVE , the only filly in race 5 against the big bad boy 3 yearolds. $2.50 odds.

All the very best to Win the Day down at Hastings Chief  !! She is a real live chance and have all my fingers and toes crossed she gets the money in that Big Group 2 event 🤞💰👍

Great run Chief.!!! She could be a superstar after the start bungle and being tailed off , and then beaten just a neck in a Guinea's Race against the boys ! wow wee  WOWwee. Caulfield Thousand Guinea's beckons? .

Reminded me of Lord Module and Terror To Love (on his 3rd Nz Cup win) both bungling the start of the NZ Cup and giving them 50m . then somehow getting up to Win . They had 2 miles to do it though. CAPTURED BY LOVE only had 1400m so was a supreme effort. Shame it wasn't the usual Guinea's distance of 1600m or she would of still Won.