Training Auckland Interdominion Pacing Winners. Mark and Nat to join the list.

[Gammalite]

Well it is hard to believe Mark hasn't trained an Auckland Interdominion winner on his amazing resume'.

Mark Hanover 1st in 1991 but trained by Roy and Barry,  3rd to Our Sir Vancelot 1999 with Bogan Fella, unplaced with Young Rufus 2005 behind Elsu, No runner 2011 against I'm TheMightyQuinn.

Is Sure to change this year with all the favourites going in (even without Spankem) and the Aussies being woeful. 

San Carlo even getting in Bling It On 's way the other night to make it even harder for the Aussies to even get in the final. Oh Dear.......

I signed on to 'stir the locals' with some Aussie banter and history with the great Gammalite, Blacks A Fake ,etc, but everyone has been quite kind about the Aussies if anything.

Instead, I found mostly an on-going 'Battle' of unpopularness against the ALLStars Team. I found this surprising as thought they would be popular like the ALL BLACKS are for being so good.!

So it seems, mostly even though the achievements are appreciated by many, the dominance is turning people off that are hard harness racing fans even.

VERY SAD to see that, but anyway , onward and upward. Mark is a lovely gentleman and I had the pleasure and very fond memory of travelling in the back of a nine-horse transporter all the way to Ruakaka , the day he drove his very first winner with DARK AND DUSTY when we were teens. Well done Young Man !!! and Natalie is wonderful and good things come to NICE people and her record with BLACKS A FAKE (4 Interdominion wins , and 2 seconds in the finals) unlikely to ever be broken. Well done young Lady !!!

I for one will be cheering Mark for a 'HOME TOWN" training victory. (probably get the trifecta even) Cheer's everyone and enjoy the accomplishment .????