Drivers Challenge ... Addington

[Gammalite]

Don't forget to Post your 2 Horse picks per race on the ENTRY THREAD Nz Cup day . Winner will be who would make the most out of $10ew bet if placed on their squad of 26 Horses. (there are 13 races on Tuesday ) Free entry. 

In Addition , lets give the Driver's some support too !!!!!!!   Round 1 was taken out by the Chief with his Northerners , Round 2 by Davis and his Juniors.

We have 11 Teams this time round . 5 have been filled already  . Please select one of the other 6 teams to be an ambassador for a bit of Fun. (just reply here to say which team you would like that is still available which are Teams 6 to 11)   

Team 1  . Team 'Oz'    BOAY ambassador  Gammalite     8 runners  to be driven by Nat with 6 drives and the 2 Aussies driving in the Nz Cup . bring it home team !

Team 2. Team 'Orange'     BOAY   ambassador  The Galah    10 or 11 drives for Mr Blair Orange.

Team 3. Team 'Juniors '    BOAY  ambassador  Davis    21 drives for all the Junior drivers,  including the same 2 that took him to Victory in round 2. (that was Sarah on The Bloss and Carter on Krug ) 

Team 4. Team 'Marky Boy'   BOAY ambassador  Blackie   9 drives for the champ Mark Purdon. But will he leave Blackie out in the cold yet again ??? 😉

Team 5. Team  'North Island ButcherBoys'   BOAY ambassador  Chief Stipe   14 drives for Zac, Ben , and David Butcher .                                                                   will the Chief Stipe beat up the Southerners yet again?

Team 6.  Team 'Williamson'  (22 drives by Brad Nathan and Matthew)    Looking for an ambassador ??

Team 7.  Team 'Close'            ( 9 drives by Robbie Close who has been on fire lately )  Looking for an ambassador ??

Team 8. Team 'North-Island Seconds'   ( 8 drives by Scott Phelan, Brent Mangos and the one and only Tony Herlihy )  ambassador ??

Team 9. Team 'John Dunn'      ( 8 drives for John who is way out of form , sure to be the rank outsider )  ambassador needed ??

Team 10. Team 'Williams'        ( 9 drives for Tim Williams )  looking for an ambassador  ??

Team 11. Team 'Butt'               ( 9 drives for Bob Butt on a busy day Tuesday )   ambassador ??

First reply gets the team they want (between 6 and 11) 6 players needed. Com'on Brodster? Ranga? Hunter? have a crack.

[Gammalite]

Driver Point Scoring:

Points scoring will be 8 points for a Win, 6 points for a 2nd placing, 4 points for 3rd, and 2 points for 4th placings. 

[Brodie]

15 hours ago, Gammalite said:

Don't forget to Post your 2 Horse picks per race on the ENTRY THREAD Nz Cup day . Winner will be who would make the most out of $10ew bet if placed on their squad of 26 Horses. (there are 13 races on Tuesday ) Free entry. 

In Addition , lets give the Driver's some support too !!!!!!!   Round 1 was taken out by the Chief with his Northerners , Round 2 by Davis and his Juniors.

We have 11 Teams this time round . 5 have been filled already  . Please select one of the other 6 teams to be an ambassador for a bit of Fun. (just reply here to say which team you would like that is still available which are Teams 6 to 11)   

Team 1  . Team 'Oz'    BOAY ambassador  Gammalite     8 runners  to be driven by Nat with 6 drives and the 2 Aussies driving in the Nz Cup . bring it home team !

Team 2. Team 'Orange'     BOAY   ambassador  The Galah    10 or 11 drives for Mr Blair Orange.

Team 3. Team 'Juniors '    BOAY  ambassador  Davis    21 drives for all the Junior drivers,  including the same 2 that took him to Victory in round 2. (that was Sarah on The Bloss and Carter on Krug ) 

Team 4. Team 'Marky Boy'   BOAY ambassador  Blackie   9 drives for the champ Mark Purdon. But will he leave Blackie out in the cold yet again ??? 😉

Team 5. Team  'North Island ButcherBoys'   BOAY ambassador  Chief Stipe   14 drives for Zac, Ben , and David Butcher .                                                                   will the Chief Stipe beat up the Southerners yet again?

Team 6.  Team 'Williamson'  (22 drives by Brad Nathan and Matthew)    Looking for an ambassador ??

Team 7.  Team 'Close'            ( 9 drives by Robbie Close who has been on fire lately )  Looking for an ambassador ??

Team 8. Team 'North-Island Seconds'   ( 8 drives by Scott Phelan, Brent Mangos and the one and only Tony Herlihy )  ambassador ??

Team 9. Team 'John Dunn'      ( 8 drives for John who is way out of form , sure to be the rank outsider )  ambassador needed ??

Team 10. Team 'Williams'        ( 9 drives for Tim Williams )  looking for an ambassador  ??

Team 11. Team 'Butt'               ( 9 drives for Bob Butt on a busy day Tuesday )   ambassador ??

First reply gets the team they want (between 6 and 11) 6 players needed. Com'on Brodster? Ranga? Hunter? have a crack.

Brodster out of Cup Day retirement!

Its a numbers game Gamma.

Put me down for Team 6, the Williamsons.

 

[mikeynz]

Team Orange  

Seems this site is pretty dead recently, might be with the weather warming up.people are doing other things or just running out of oomph.

[Brodie]

6 hours ago, mikeynz said:

Team Orange  

Seems this site is pretty dead recently, might be with the weather warming up.people are doing other things or just running out of oomph.

Plenty of people follow Mikey, but many dont post!

This is the Only site where you get the truth, any other site is misinformation!!

[mikeynz]

Gamma, team Orange was taken, no team banana sadly lol, anyway which team won.

[Blackie]

1 hour ago, mikeynz said:

Gamma, team Orange was taken, no team banana sadly lol, anyway which team won.

All I know mikeynz is that it wasn’t team MarkyBoy.😢

[Gammalite]

On 11/9/2022 at 2:26 AM, mikeynz said:

Gamma, team Orange was taken, no team banana sadly lol, anyway which team won.

Yes , The Galah is a Blair Orange fan, and rightly so it seems. Another Nz Cup in the bag.

Blair taking the days honours for Cup Day with Natalie Rassmussen 2nd with all 6 of her drives running in the Top 4. 

Blackie is a hardened 'Marky Boy' Purdon supporter who has seen better days lol 🤣.

So we had

Round 1 to Chief with BD Joe and his team of 'northerner's winning.

Round 2 saw Davis win with Sarah O'reilly, Carter on Krug etc win for his 'Junior' Driver team. Actually wonder if Ben Hope might take out the Dominion to give the Junior's a boost? 

and Round 3 was a Blair 'Orange' special with a heap of good steers for The Galah.

So with One round to go tomorrow Show Day , the title is up for grabs. My Pick is for Blackie to come good ???😆😁

 

[Blackie]

Well that ruins that , Gammalite tipping MP to win.

I need a drink 🥃.

[Forbury]

Lol I've changed my opinion about this one.put me down for mathew GAS THEM williamson.i will now refer to Mathew as gas them!

[Gammalite]

Final Round SHOW DAY of the BOAY driver challenge. after 4 races.

Team ORANGE   for the 'The Galah '  a 2nd and a 3rd so far   10 pts.

Team MARKY BOY for 'Blackie'         Mark wins the 4th race the trot.   8 pts.      

Team Jiohn DUNN for 'Hunter'      2 x 2nds so far                       12pts

Team WILLIAMSON for 'Brodie' and 'Forbs'    BradW with a 2nd and a 3rd   10 pts 

Team  JUNIORS  for 'Davis'    SamT wins race 1 Carter with a 3rd         12 pts

 Team Oz  for 'Gammalite'        zero

Team TIM WILLIAMS for 'Ranga'    naught

Team  NORTH ISLAND for 'Chief Stipe'    nothing after 4 races.

Points are allocated : 8 pts for 1st,  6pts for 2nd, 4pts for 3rd,  and 2pts  for each 4th placing.

[Gammalite]

Big win to John Dunn in race 5 on BACH , gives Hunter a Big lead. (with Sundee to come too)

Blackie must be feeling quite sick now. Needs that Millwodd Nike to do something lol. 

Nathan Williamson had 2 points for 4th in race 2 on the fav as well for Brodie and Forbs.

Hunter 20 pts,  Davis 12 pts, Brodster/Forbs 12, Galah 10, Blackie 8, Gamma,Ranga and Chief 0.

[Blackie]

The moment that Gammalite tipped him, MP should of double rugged and stayed in his box.

[Gammalite]

12 minutes ago, Blackie said:

The moment that Gammalite tipped him, MP should of double rugged and stayed in his box.

still got Self Assured to come late in the day . Not a bad show of getting some of it.

After Race 6.  The Galah (with Mr Orange winning) trots up to put pressure on Hunter (with Mr Dunn) and the Williamson boys have 'Gassed' there way into 3rd spot. MattyW ran 2nd in the trot.

Davis with his favourite driver SarahO getting 2 points for 4th in that one.

Hunter 20 pts,  The Galah 18, Brodster/Forbs 16, Davis 14, Blackie 8, Gamma,Ranga and Chief 0.

Edited November 11, 2022 by Gammalite

[Gammalite]

Ranga gets on the board with Tim Williams 2nd and 3rd in races 7 and 8.

Blackie still counting his winnings after the Massive Millwood Nike win for MarkyBoy. Hunter saw John Dunn in 3rd in that Group 1, so extends his lead.

Davis had Olivia ripping home fast for the Juniors with Onedin Mickey just then. as well as Ellie Baron 4th in the previous.. 

No sign of Team 'Oz' yet for Gammalite lol....

Hunter 24 pts,  Davis 22 pts, The Galah 18, Brodster/Forbs 16,  Blackie 16,  Ranga 10,  Chief 2, Gammalite 0. (where are these blasted Aussies?)

 

[Gammalite]

Hunter delighted to see John Dunn make it 3 Dominion Trots with Sundee. Taking full advantage of 'No' Handicaps yet again too. solid win all the same.

Tim Williams burning them off with Darling Me (what a nice horse she is turned into) and a nice 3rd with Five Wise Men in the Dominion too see 'Rangatira' move up the board . Junior Ben Hope nearly took the win for Davis and the Junior driver team picks up 6 points. Ellie 4th in R9 too. 

Hunter 32 pts,  Davis 30 pts,  Rangatira 22, The Galah 18,  Brodster/Forbs 16,  Blackie 16,   Chief 2, Gammalite 0. (Can't you get a drive Nat ? ) 

[Blackie]

And MarkyBoy attacking the best stayer in the race with the best sprinter. Gamma strikes again.

[Gammalite]

23 minutes ago, Blackie said:

And MarkyBoy attacking the best stayer in the race with the best sprinter. Gamma strikes again.

Race 11.  And Nat shoves Marky sixty deep there to end Blackies chances on Shan Noble. 😉

Tim Williams beats Nat home for Ranga with the bouncy Beach Ball though .

Chief a sneaky 4pts with AGH and Korbyn in 4th for the Juniors and 2 pts for Davis.

A tight Leader board with just 2 Races to Go !!!!!!! 

Hunter 32 pts,  Davis 32 pts,  Rangatira 30, The Galah 18,  Brodster/Forbs 16,  Blackie 16,    Gammalite 6 (yea! go Nat try and beat that 'Stipe' bloke).  Chief Stipe 6

[Blackie]

What a great driver that Mark Purdon is .

[Gammalite]

And the FFA hits the line with a 'MarkyBoy' Purdon Masterclass. What a champion he is.

Gammalite hoping for the miracle Aussie trifecta ends up 2nd, 4th and 5th. 

One race to go and Blackie will take the crown??? lol... 😯😉🏆🥇  if CYRUS wins (on countback of wins) and numbers 3, 9, 13 and 14  all miss the To p 4 placings in Race 13. 

Hunter 32 pts,  Davis 32 pts,  Rangatira 30, Blackie 24, The Galah 18,  Brodster/Forbs 16,    Gammalite 14,  Chief Stipe 10

 

[Blackie]

😊

[Gammalite]

Cyrus Wins !! MarkP on a roll after taking the FFA . 4 wins for the day for the superstar.

Gammalite jags 6 out of 6 on the punt today so about to go 'out' lol.

Meanwhile Todays Champion is The Junior Drivers !!!!  well done Boay Champion Davis 🏆🥇 . Newman up for 2nd in the last race to deny Blackie the Mark Purdon victory today. after his 4 wins too. sorry about that Blackie.😩

triple dead heat for 2nd with Teams MarkyBoy, Williams and Dunn . what a great days racing.

Final standings : -----

Davis (and Team Junior drivers) 38pts,     Hunter 32 pts,  Rangatira 32, Blackie 32,

The Galah 18,  Brodster/Forbs 16,    Gammalite 14,  Chief Stipe 10

Harness racing the big winner!!  and just shows how good the young drivers are too, competing well on the big stage of Cup week . Ben Hope oh so close to the G1 with Muscle Mountain.

Congrats to all the fine Drivers who did a great job this week yet again 

 

 

[Blackie]

Remember Blackie had a handicap, hey GAMMALITE.