regan todd

[the galah]

i started a thread about mr todd about 8 months ago.

to be fair i think i should say that i agree with others on here who recently have been saying very positive things about his training abilities in recent times.

obviously he has a couple of star horses in his team,but 18 months ago i used to think across the board ,his horses were inconsistent and tended not to maintain form for long.That was my assessment anyway.

But in the last year or so,in my opinion, i think all his horses have been perfoming far more consistently and punters now have every confidence in him having them ready to reproduce consistent form. That applies not only to his good horses but each horse he trains.Thats what helps punters and the public gain confidence and he deserves much credit for that.  

Edited November 14 by the galah

[Gammalite]

1 hour ago, the galah said:

i started a thread about mr todd about 8 months ago.

to be fair i think i should say that i agree with others on here who recently have been saying very positive things about his training abilities in recent times.

obviously he has a couple of star horses in his team,but 18 months ago i used to think across the board ,his horses were inconsistent and tended not to maintain form for long.That was my assessment anyway.

But in the last year or so,in my opinion, i think all his horses have been perfoming far more consistently and punters now have every confidence in him having them ready to reproduce consistent form. That applies not only to his good horses but each horse he trains.Thats what helps punters and the public gain confidence and he deserves much credit for that.  

evening there Mr Galah. Yes having a great run is Todd lately

The Kaikoura Cup with Mo'unga you never commented on ? he actually went very well in the Cup Tuesday . 6th I think. I took a big double (50 bucks worth anyway)  with Marketplace and Borrisokane who both won super well , and in red hot form. Borris drawn the outside of gate tomorrow so let's see how that tests him.

Keep an eye out for BUDDHA next time.  Reagan Todd runner that was in Today at Ashburton.   He came Whizzing home from the back , even while they were sprinting up fast (to get 2nd ) in race 10.

A Super Run home by Buddha and he will win next time  for sure and certain . (maybe😁)

[Gammalite]

18 hours ago, Gammalite said:

Marketplace and Borrisokane who both won super well , and in red hot form. Borris drawn the outside of gate tomorrow so let's see how that tests him.

Great win by Borris. No easy wins from those wide alleys , but Sheree pressed on without gassing him and took the lead after half a lap. Held on well from Bazooka like she did on Tuesday as well.

Love that Regan is using Sheree , and (Ferguson driving on Marketplace) as it gives these sort of drivers confidence to have a go , and work forward , and not be intimidated by Allstars . so the racing is getting even better ?? without and Mark and Nat . 

Mark would be pleasantly surprised to see good old OscarB run down Just Believe today in the NZ trotting FFA.

even when he's not in the bike  Allstars still a threat to the best going 👍. what a team they are.

[the galah]

19 hours ago, Gammalite said:

Great win by Borris. No easy wins from those wide alleys , but Sheree pressed on without gassing him and took the lead after half a lap. Held on well from Bazooka like she did on Tuesday as well.

Love that Regan is using Sheree , and (Ferguson driving on Marketplace) as it gives these sort of drivers confidence to have a go , and work forward , and not be intimidated by Allstars . so the racing is getting even better ?? without and Mark and Nat . 

Mark would be pleasantly surprised to see good old OscarB run down Just Believe today in the NZ trotting FFA.

even when he's not in the bike  Allstars still a threat to the best going 👍. what a team they are.

borrisokane.

Interesting how some owners come up with names.

I suppose its named after the small town in ireland.i think i heard or read that somewhere one time. I wonder if the breeders or owners who named him took a liking to the place when visiting it.Who knows.

its in the province of munster and munster of course is famous in rugby for being the first irish team to ever beat the all blacks. I remember that,even though i was just a kid.From memory thats when they used to have the mid week games and we saw them on tv the next night.The all blacks back then were the first side to win the grand slam. They seemed to have much tougher and more touring games scheduled back then,but lost just the one game on the tour. Graham mourie even played in that game.The Munsters captain famously found out after the game his father had died suddenly during the game. I see they made the all blacks work hard in the recent match.

charlie sheens grandmother was from borrisokane. Maybe that explains some things,maybe not. 

anyway,back to the horse,i remember it starting off very well for bruce negus and sheree tomlinson used to drive it then. Then it started breaking and they put big spreaders on. Bruce negus has been able to get a lot of horses going well through how he does the spreaders. I'm not sure whether he sets them up any different,but he has had good success with horses who have gone to his stable.

but negus was obviously having trouble with borrisokanes breaking in its races and then regan todd got him and he also put spreaders on,but obviously came to think that borrsokane went better without them and thats how hes raced recently and hes certainly going very well. The head on replays do show he moves one front leg in a bit and it gets closer than normal to the other front leg,but Todds obviously worked it all out.

Edited November 16 by the galah