Australasian Young driver Championship

[Gammalite]

About to go , and was going to go check out the action , but the horses are that slow it's almost embarrassing. the ones that they have put in the heats. haven't even heard of most of them they're that obscure lol. 🤣

Tomorrow night at Albion Park in Heat rounds 4 , 5 and  6 , they are on the slowest of the slow even. NR 30 rated horses  in heat 6 😳 is as slow as you can get. You can't get any lower. Poor old Wilson House has drawn one of those 🙄. They can't break a. 2.00 mile so will be strung out like Browns Cows . 

James Herbertson is a bit of a smokey here 😅🤣. nah seriously he has been driving for 9 years already and has near a couple of thousand race Wins nearly. He is driving Rakero Rebel in the Interdominion Final on Saturday night even, , and has won 6  x  Group 1's  by the age of 25. 

He should run rings around these Juniors  , that are  jumping on these strange slow horses.

I'll call it Now, that he'll win 5 of the 10 Heats. so half of the races being run for this championship.  He's that far ahead of the rest. he might as well be named Leap To Fame.

Give him the Cup now ? Like in photo below lol 👍😎

Carter of course has Group 1's wins with Republican Party , so will run second for New Zealand in it (all going well ). Good luck to All the Combatants !!!!   

[Blackie]

Loud mouth , boasting Australians get me everytime, going to win this, going to win that.

Take a boxed F4: Carter x Wilson x Sam x Harrison, won’t be far away.

Go the Kiwis!

[Gammalite]

23 minutes ago, Blackie said:

Loud mouth , boasting Australians get me everytime, going to win this, going to win that.

Take a boxed F4: Carter x Wilson x Sam x Harrison, won’t be far away.

Go the Kiwis!

Yah sound like you're going like PINSEEKER there Blackie? . Welcome to Albion ! the fast lane .😎

Hope Pinseeker can actually finish his race next time. ? you better give Jonny some tips old mate 😉

your juniors look a good bunch there ok. Crystal a bit stiff not to get a gallop though  ? 

[the galah]

1 hour ago, Gammalite said:

About to go , and was going to go check out the action , but the horses are that slow it's almost embarrassing. the ones that they have put in the heats. haven't even heard of most of them they're that obscure lol. 🤣

Tomorrow night at Albion Park in Heat rounds 4 , 5 and  6 , they are on the slowest of the slow even. NR 30 rated horses  in heat 6 😳 is as slow as you can get. You can't get any lower. Poor old Wilson House has drawn one of those 🙄. They can't break a. 2.00 mile so will be strung out like Browns Cows . 

James Herbertson is a bit of a smokey here 😅🤣. nah seriously he has been driving for 9 years already and has near a couple of thousand race Wins nearly. He is driving Rakero Rebel in the Interdominion Final on Saturday night even, , and has won 6  x  Group 1's  by the age of 25. 

He should run rings around these Juniors  , that are  jumping on these strange slow horses.

I'll call it Now, that he'll win 5 of the 10 Heats. so half of the races being run for this championship.  He's that far ahead of the rest. he might as well be named Leap To Fame.

Give him the Cup now ? Like in photo below lol 👍😎

Carter of course has Group 1's wins with Republican Party , so will run second for New Zealand in it (all going well ). Good luck to All the Combatants !!!!   

Calling the horses they are driving today as slow,embarrassing and obscure i find a bit amusing gammalite.

i'm sure you have heard of most of them. i only watch occasionally and would have heard of more than i haven't. The 3rd heat  they are driving in today, the horses have all won over $100,000 ,several over $200,000 and one $386,000. 

tommorow night,which you describe as the slowest of the slow, they are driving horses that would be like r40-50 in nz,apart from that heat 6..

but you've drawn my attention to the series which i'm guessing was your intention.

Ist heat due to start in a couple of minutes. i'll have a look.

Edited yesterday at 05:47 AM by the galah

[the galah]

your man j herbertson wins. You can pick them gammalite.

Carter dalgety 2nd with a nice drive.

Wilson house on a 90/1 shot drove it likehe thought it had no chance. It probably would have run a place if he had followed dalgety,but was held up instead  and ran about 5th.

[Gammalite]

6 minutes ago, the galah said:

i'm sure you have heard of most of them. i only watch occasionally and would have heard of more than i haven't. The 3rd heat  they are driving in today, the horses have all won over $100,000 ,several over $200,000 and one $386,000. 

Tuesdays are usually good . 1.55 horses.

Wednesday night is usually Redcliffe with 1.58 horses . but they're running it here this week so the Juniors can drive on nearly the best track in the Southern Hemisphere.

As predicted James Herbertson Completely OUT-drove All of them in Heat one . Except for Carter.  who followed him all the way for a clear-cut Second.  so easy to see the better drivers. 👍

Gamma Collects 5 bucks of the quinella paying $18 without even having to think or raise a sweat lol 😋 ??

(should of taken 10 bucks worth but am not greedy 😉) 

[Brodie]

Gamma, Oz have s lot more junior drivers than what NZ does and they probably drive in more races?

What I would say is that our top juniors would leave the Ozzies for dead.

Herbitson might be OK but Carter would be better!

[Gammalite]

7 minutes ago, Brodie said:

Gamma, Oz have s lot more junior drivers than what NZ does and they probably drive in more races?

What I would say is that our top juniors would leave the Ozzies for dead.

Herbitson might be OK but Carter would be better!

A Fair call mate. I've been quite happy backing Crystal, and Harrison and Carter over the past year. And got quite good results really.

The juniors here in Oz go round and round that often they make you giddy.  you couldn't possibly follow them and get anywhere. Tassie very good at supporting juniors as are 'cheap' horses racing there.

Our 2 Big QLD stables both give their NSW junior stable driver about 20 drives per week . young Tom Callaghan for Pete McMullens stable ( driving in race 10 today) and the young Chappell lad , another teen from NSW gets a whole heap of Dixon stable (slow horses)  drives.

That's the way to do it Brodster ! send em' round and round. they can only get better and learn more each drive👍.

Your NZ most experienced Bloke , Sam Thornley drove a 'bold' race just now (on 'Kash Tin' in the 2nd Heat ) . But didn't quite get there . 3rd was his lot. certainly made them run hard down the back in 27 seconds though  😅. got them off the bit lol.  maybe went for it a bit too soon.?  

[Gammalite]

55 minutes ago, the galah said:

The 3rd heat  they are driving in today, the horses have all won over $100,000 ,several over $200,000 and one $386,000.

Its a race for the old veterans . 7 years old plus. Most of these old boys won their races many years ago to win that money.  Think i'll stick with Herbertson. Miracle Moose a Cambridge winner twice back in 2019 🤣.

old Barry Purdon horse there too. ''Major Jellis' started in a Franklin Cup once. 

they still try hard. Jordy, Major Jellis , Obi One and Miracle Moose still ran placings in 1.51 and a tick last start . home in 55 seconds last half . How good are these old warriors ?  juniors might make em' go 1.50 ???? 🤣😎  

Tuesdays are nearly always $9,000 races , so one of these old pensioners,  will be taking home $5,481 to add to his rocking chair collection of cash.  

[TAB For Ever]

JH certainly a hot favourite...surprised he been a Junior for 9 years !

As one -sided as the West Indies test !

[Brodie]

16 minutes ago, TAB For Ever said:

JH certainly a hot favourite...surprised he been a Junior for 9 years !

As one -sided as the West Indies test !

To be fair, he was given the best set of drives tonight

The kiwis will be back

[Blackie]

Don’t you just love an early crow Broadster?

A wiley old driver once told me you have to be in front at the winning post, not before.

ps you got that right there Gamma, that boy Herbertson can drive a bit.

[Gammalite]

10 hours ago, Brodie said:

To be fair, he was given the best set of drives tonight

The kiwis will be back

No he wasn't . Herbie drove 3 x 3rd favourites for 2 wins and a 4th so far.

It's a level playing field Brodster, and I made a point of saying all the horses were fairly even. 

all those 3 horses yesterday,  had all run 6th and worse at their last 2 starts each.  But with Herbie on they were always going to do better , and were well backed in the market accordingly. 

Alas our best Queensland Young Driver didn't get a start. ANGUS GARRARD (alias The Kid)  is coming up on 1000 wins  and is only 22 years old. He won the World drivers Championship here defeating Dexter and Pete so probably eliminated himself from todays contest for being 'Too good' 😋

James Herbertson driving 3 absolute Pussy-cats tonight, so we'll see if he can still win. even your old ENTAIN mate Dean Shannons horse he has drawn tonight . DRAGON in race 2. Am sure Herbie can get much closer than presenter Brittany Graham (a poor driver)  did with Dragon last start. they compete in race 2 tonight at 7.54 NZ time. 

young Harrison Orange probably win that with Vinsanity as it performed quite well last week in a fast Metro Class race. Should be head and heels above a field of Redcliffe country horses . But can he Drive to win  ?? 🤣😅  

5 hours ago, Blackie said:

Don’t you just love an early crow Broadster?

Better than being a Late Galah is what I always say 😁  Lets go  kiwis . show us what ya got .  🏆😎

[Brodie]

3 hours ago, Gammalite said:

No he wasn't . Herbie drove 3 x 3rd favourites for 2 wins and a 4th so far.

It's a level playing field Brodster, and I made a point of saying all the horses were fairly even. 

all those 3 horses yesterday,  had all run 6th and worse at their last 2 starts each.  But with Herbie on they were always going to do better , and were well backed in the market accordingly. 

Alas our best Queensland Young Driver didn't get a start. ANGUS GARRARD (alias The Kid)  is coming up on 1000 wins  and is only 22 years old. He won the World drivers Championship here defeating Dexter and Pete so probably eliminated himself from todays contest for being 'Too good' 😋

James Herbertson driving 3 absolute Pussy-cats tonight, so we'll see if he can still win. even your old ENTAIN mate Dean Shannons horse he has drawn tonight . DRAGON in race 2. Am sure Herbie can get much closer than presenter Brittany Graham (a poor driver)  did with Dragon last start. they compete in race 2 tonight at 7.54 NZ time. 

young Harrison Orange probably win that with Vinsanity as it performed quite well last week in a fast Metro Class race. Should be head and heels above a field of Redcliffe country horses . But can he Drive to win  ?? 🤣😅  

Better than being a Late Galah is what I always say 😁  Lets go  kiwis . show us what ya got .  🏆😎

Gamma, just wondering how someone with so many wins and 10 years in the sulky in Australia, is still a Junior Driver??

Edited 17 hours ago by Brodie

[Gammalite]

57 minutes ago, Brodie said:

Gamma, just wondering how someone with so many wins and 10 years in the sulky in Australia, is still a Junior Driver??

Not a junior and hasn't claimed for a good while. This is Not a Junior driver Championship.

It is the Australasian Young Drivers Championship being run currently. you have to be 25 or younger to qualify. The competitors were selected by their states.

Junior drivers are much more like galloping Apprentices getting a claim. In QLD you get 5 Ratings point drop on a horse if it has a junior  driver with under 100 career wins. and 3 ratings points off a starter if the Junior is 100-200 wins.

Our 2 best Juniors in Jack Chappell at Dixons and Layne Dwyer are in that 2nd category. able to claim 3 ratings points as are both on about 180 wins.

Funnily enough our QLD Rep in this Young Drivers Championship has 460 career wins and is only 22 years old 😆. CHLOE BUTLER is a part time trainer too, she sometimes puts a 'Junior' on her horses to get a claim and ratings relief !! incredible but true. at 22 she has to use another driver lol. 

Further, you can come back One Class on a Metro horse ( race for BIGGER prizemoney Saturday nights) i.e A race for One Win only Metro horses, those boys could drive a horse with 2 Metro wins in it. They claimed a class reduction. They can do this for up to 50 Career Metro wins. 

So really , No matter what their age , they are not a junior anymore when they have outdriven the claims, and allowed to start in Group racing as Senior driver. As James Herbertson has done more than 2 years now. 

 

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Gammalite

[paleface adios]

On 7/15/2025 at 6:08 PM, Brodie said:

OK but Carter would be better!

Had good win the other day for Rangatira 

[Gammalite]

22 minutes ago, paleface adios said:

Had good win the other day for Rangatira 

A kiwi won the first race tonight at Albion. Riley Butt !! his colours have the silver fern too.

Unfortunately Riley has given up driving for some strange reason at the ripe age of 22. And put our best local youngster Angus Garrard on his horses. You think he could drive with a name like Butt ?

they been a great driving family. Riley must of got a fright.

 

[Gammalite]

Bugger the Dragon . couldn't get there for Herbie. Harrison Orange had to park and ran 3rd Heat 4. Couldn't get the lead off Herbie so 3rd was his lot. 

they went 27 , then 29 , then 27 , then 29 quarters in that 🤣😂 a 1.52 mile 😳  rattling along. 

and they're some of our slow horses here. That rarely start on Saturdays as would get smashed.

 

 West Australian young lass driver  mowed my 'certain ' Quinella down late on too 🙄 .  No justice in that . I better ring these stewards up and see what's going on ? 😎

[Gammalite]

Race 3 a good example of our QLD young drivers. running the Trifecta.

The old Saturday Interdominion quality boys of Pete McMullen and Shane Graham and Robbie Morris out-driven in that race 3 🤣😎😂

Paige Bevan (22) winning from Leonard Cain (25 years old and with 800 wins ) who both could of driven in the Young drivers Championship ran the Quinella ,  and Chloe Butler (22) who is in the championship ran 3rd .👍

Our future very bright for young drivers.  🏆🍻🥰

I would say Paige and Chloe is about the exact equal of someone's like Monika Ranger and Emily Johnson in NZ . all the young lasses having a good go at it really.