Michael House , another busy boy !

[TAB For Ever]

Michael House wins the NZ Amateur drivers championship held over the weekend  ,held at Addington over 2x days and Cambridge.

In addition he also had several of the horses he trains racing at Addington.

It's a bit ironic cos MHouse has been an outspoken critic of NZ Harness Administration these past couple of years . I hope he appreciates them a little more for organising the event and I assume organising the Winner to travel overseas to represent NZ in the World Champs !

He won the event on countback after finishing first equal on points...maybe the same 'refereeing' that the Crusaders often benefit from at home next door. !!!!! He edged out an Aucklander on countback but maybe very lucky that another threat Frank Phelan didn't have a drive in final race ,instead was gifted 2 x points !

Those with a memory may remember MHouse as a professional driver a while back. 

He had a trotter Castletons Mission who won some 15 races ,many of them when driven by MHouse .

The pair contested Group 1 races at a tough time. They ran second in two of them ,at least once behind Take A Moment and once behind Lyell Creek [ Dominion Hcp]

MHouse , an Amateur now but once a Warrior !

Bet On Red indeed !

[Gammalite]

1 hour ago, TAB For Ever said:

The pair contested Group 1 races at a tough time. They ran second in two of them ,at least once behind Take A Moment and once behind Lyell Creek [ Dominion Hcp]

MHouse , an Amateur now but once a Warrior !

Indeed . Here's Michael saluting proudly with whip held high,  when he thinks he won the Biggest race of all . the Interdominion Trotting Grand Final.

This one was at Addington 2003 where both Castleton's Mission for House , and Take A Moment for Tim and Anthony Butt  had won heats. 

Of course Anthony Butt and Take A Moment are a Nose in front down on the Inner and have taken the Victory in the photo below on Grand Final night.

Might be why Michael went amateur afterwards? following the BIG salute to the crowd while running 2nd ? 😂🤣

 

[the galah]

13 hours ago, TAB For Ever said:

It's a bit ironic cos MHouse has been an outspoken critic of NZ Harness Administration these past couple of years . I hope he appreciates them a little more for organising the event and I assume organising the Winner to travel overseas to represent NZ in the World Champs !

 

nice post but i don't get why you are having a dig at him for being what you call an" outspoken critic of nz harness administration".

are you saying he should have taken some sort of principled stand and not  participated in the amateur chanpionship?

Its almost as if your saying,be a good boy,keep your opinions to yourself and don't bite the hand that feeds you.That sounds a bit condescending to me. 

i don't see any irony in anything house has said and think house should always use his voice to express honest held opinions about the merits of nz administrators decision making. Whether you realise it or not,his views actually represent that of a large proportion of the industry and he is viewed by many as a spokeman for those people.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by the galah