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With plenty of kiwi interest next 2 nights in Australia (esp AG Hunter Cup) time for an Interdominion with the Oz superstars v the Nz bred raiders  .

So for this Head to head battle here are 5 races for trotters tonight Melton, plus 8 races Menangle and first 8 races Melton tomorrow night. 

*Some races will have more than 1 head to head battle. 

Here's the line-up . 2 comps running simultaneously  >>>.

A/ most head to head wins  +   B/ A points total for the 21 races (3pts for 1st, 2 pts for 2nd, 1 pt for 3rd places)

Friday Melton for the trotters. 

                Team Brodster Nz        v        Team Gamma Oz

Race 3     Queen Elida                v        Just Believe           (believe he can do it for oz 😁)          

Race 3     Chinese Whisper       v         On Advice   

Race 4    Majestic Man              v       Majestuoso   (by Majestic Son ) but Nz reps must of began racing careers in Nz to qualify.

Race 4     Mufasa Metro            v        Aldebaran Zeus

Race 5     WhatwillbeeWillBee   v       Don't Touch the Duco    

Race 6    Aldebaran Keeper      v        Just a Bit Touchy

Race 9     The Great Southern Star Group 1 Trotting Final  .  **** 4 x head to head match-ups repeated from Races 3 and 4 if they all qualify 

SATURDAY NIGHT , Melton Victoria . Hunter Cup night

               team Brodster Nz                   team Gamma Oz

Race 1    Rakero Rebel  (Nz)      v           Our Lady Lara   (Aus)

Race 2   Major Watson              v         Captain Wilson

Race 3   Invitation Only             v         Captain Ravishing   (look out Brodie) 

Race 4   Fire Fox                        v         Catch a Wave       (fox might drown)

Race 5   Amore Vita                   v          Tough Tilly            (to tough for the Brodster)

Race 6   Cranbourne                 v           Kowalski Analysis  (brodie to analyse what went wrong)

Race 6  AG's Whites Socks       v           Max Delight 

Hunter Cup Race 7  Copy That         v       Expensive Ego     (could be expensive on points this race lol )

                   Race 7  Spirit Of StLouis  v     Honolua Bay    

                  Race 7   Old Town Road   v    Hurricane Harley

Race 8   Better Call me             v             Jillaby Dynamite    (don't call me when this blows up in your face)

SATURDAY NIGHT Menangle NSW 

           Team Brodster Nz                      Team Gamma Oz

Race 1    Spirit of Anzac   (Nz)  v       Send It   (Aus)         (getting in the Anzac spirit here)

Race 1    Perfect Stride             v      Let's get Rockin

Race 2   Blue Chip Delight        v       Braedos Lad            (Jack Trainor showdown)

Race 3  Triple Four                   v       Rock of Delight

Race 4  Heza Shadowplayer    v      Crime don't Pay        (might pay for Oz team though)

Race 4  Prodigal Guinness       v       Nifty Studleigh         (nifty result coming up)

Race 5  Mach Shard                 v    WhereYa BinBoppin   (could be Boppin after this one)

Race 5  B D Joe                        v    Jay OK                       (nz big guns are out to play now)

Race 5  Alta Wiseguy               v   Reactor Now

Race 6  Republican Party        v    Ripp                          (let him rip to spoil the Nz party)

Race 6  Mr Ibiza                      v   Mahomes

Race 7  Punt Away                  v   Captn Me                (brodster might punt away on this Trainor runner)

Race 7  Be My Rose               v   Bridwood Fella

Race 8  Murphy's Reward     v   Classic Major         (murphy's Laws say Brodster could win this 😉)

 

 

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I am interested in Race 3 at Melton, 4yo Bonanza.

There's some good horses in that race: Invitation Only, Captain Ravishing, and Heza Sun Of Agun all top-liners and capable of winning. Captain Ravishing could be the best of them all. He's definitely a future star. It's going to be a great night of harness action.

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And the draw is out for the $300,000 Great Southern Star trotting Final !!!

WOODLANDS STUD GREAT SOUTHERN STAR FINAL (GROUP 1) 1720M
$300,000 NR 80 to 120. RBD. TROTTERS. Mobile   
  Form Horse Trainer Other Eng. Driver   Class  Hcp  
1 11113 JUST BELIEVE  Jess Tubbs Melton 03/02/2023 Greg Sugars   NR120  FR1  
2 4s243 IM READY JET  Anton Golino Melton 03/02/2023 Nathan Jack   NR120  FR2  
3 31312 ALDEBARAN ZEUS  Brent Lilley Melton 03/02/2023 Chris Alford   NR120  FR3  
4 42349 PLYMOUTH CHUBB  Peter Manning Melton 03/02/2023 Kerryn Manning   NR94  FR4  
5 22147 MUFASA METRO NZ  John Justice Melton 03/02/2023 John Justice   NR112  FR5  
6 31219 MAJESTUOSO NZ  Andy Gath Melton 03/02/2023 Kate Gath   NR120  FR6  
7 53711 MAJESTIC MAN NZ  Phil Williamson Melton 03/02/2023 Brad Williamson   NR120  FR7  
 ------------------------------ Second Row ------------------------------ 
8 21232 QUEEN ELIDA NZ  Brent Lilley Melton 03/02/2023 Chris Alford   NR120  SR1  
9 26644 SUNDONS COURAGE  Chris Angove Melton 03/02/2023 Ryan Duffy   NR118  SR2  
10 21219 DONT CARE  Kate Hargreaves Melton 03/02/2023 Anthony Butt ODM NR93  SR3
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9 hours ago, Gammalite said:

Race 3     Queen Elida    3rd            v        Just Believe    2nd               

Race 3     Chinese Whisper  5th     v         On Advice   last

Race 4    Majestic Man  2nd            v       Majestuoso   7th

Race 4     Mufasa Metro  3rd          v        Aldebaran Zeus  5th

Race 5     WhatwillbeeWillBee  last        v       Don't Touch the Duco   3rd

Results so far in the Head to Heads. shown here . no winners yet ?

Head to Head Team Brodster Nz  3  lead  Team Gamma Oz   3 - 2 .    

Points :            Team New-Zealand  4 points  lead Team Australia  on  3 points.

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9 hours ago, Gammalite said:

Race 6    Aldebaran Keeper      v        Just a Bit Touchy

Race 9     The Great Southern Star Group 1 Trotting Final 

And Team Nz win race 6 with Bernie Hackett's nice trotter Aldebaran Keeper . !!!!

Head to heads now   :    Nz  4    -    Aus   2

Points with 3 scored in Race 6 Melton for Nz are    :    Nz  7     -    Aus  3  

One race to come . The big one . (Field is posted above in this thread)

Head to Heads in the Big Final Great Southern Star are   Queen Elida NZ  v   Just Believe,   

Majestic Man NZ   v   Majestuoso,     and      Mufasa Metro NZ   v   Aldabaran Zeus.....

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Great Southern Star result , with the Interdominion Trotting Champion from December landing the Big Prize. 

Just Believe again driven well by Sugars to beat the game ex-pat kiwi Mufasa Metro 

1 JUST BELIEVE      Fr1 1 Jess Tubbs Greg Sugars  

 

 
  BAY GELDING 7 by ORLANDO VICI (FRA) out of HEAVENS ABOVE USA (LIKE A PRAYER (US))
Owner(s): Iona Trotter Syndicate
Breeder(s): Yabby Dam Farms Pty Ltd
2 MUFASA METRO NZ      Fr5 5 John Justice John Justice 3.6m  $100.00    
3 IM READY JET      Fr2 2 Anton Golino Nathan Jack 4.5m $ 6.50    
4 QUEEN ELIDA NZ      Sr1 8 Brent Lilley Chris Alford 5.9m $ 3.80    
5 ALDEBARAN ZEUS      Fr3 3 Brent Lilley Luke McCarthy 6.8m $ 34.00    
6 SUNDONS COURAGE      Sr2 9 Chris Angove Ryan Duffy 7.9m $ 61.00    
7 MAJESTUOSO NZ      Fr6 6 Andy Gath Kate Gath 8.4m $ 71.00    
8 PLYMOUTH CHUBB      Fr4 4 Peter Manning Kerryn Manning 8.8m $ 26.00    
9 MAJESTIC MAN NZ      Fr7 7 Phil Williamson Brad Williamson 9.1m $ 10.00    
10 DONT CARE      Sr3 10 Kate Hargreaves Anthony Butt 10.4m $ 151.00    

2 head to heads wins for Australia with Just Believe and Majestuoso taking theirs and one to Team Nz with Mufasa Metro defeating Aldebaran Zeus in the Final. 

Head to Head after a great night of trotting gaited horses sees  Team Nz 5  and Team Aus 4 after 9 match-ups.

Points comp total is Team Nz  with 9 pts and Team Australia up to 6 points with the big 'Just Believe' Win 🏆 

let's see if we can improve Hunter Cup night soon ..................

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4 hours ago, Trotsfan said:

Brodie in front and on the money again

Team Brodster Nz  are off to a flyer to start AG Hunter Cup night too !!!

Perfect Stride winning for the kiwis and the young kiwi lad Jack Trainor , with yet another winner ! on the money.

Melton Race 1 :  Rakero Rebel (nz) 2nd       v   Our Lady Lara  

Melton Race 2 :  Major Watson (nz)                     v         Captain Wilson  3rd

Menangle Race 1 :   Spirit of Anzac   (Nz)  5th                    v       Send It   

Menangle Race 1:    Perfect Stride (nz)     1st                v      Let's get Rockin

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Thank the goodnesses we have a couple of Aussie results lol...😆

young Carter Dalgety drives the Jack Trainor runner Braedos Lad into 3rd,  ahead of stablemate Blue Chip Delight (Nz)

and Captain Ravishing has given Carters old horse Invitation Only a bit of windburn at Melton.👍

Menangle race 2  Blue Chip Delight (nz) 5th   v  Braedos Lad  3rd

Melton race 3      Invitation Only (nz)  5th             v   Captain Ravishing  1st  (next to best horse of Aus 🥇🏆🍾)

 

Head to Head up-date  :  Team Brodster Nz  8    v  team Gamma Oz  7.    points update :  Nz 14  ,  Aus  11.

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About 1/2 hour till BD Joe and Alta Wiseguy race at Menangle and an hour till Hunter Cup Copy That and Old Town Road.

Latest results in the Head to Head Challenge.

Melton Race 4   Fire Fox  (nz) 2nd             v         Catch a Wave  1st

Melton Race 5    Amore Vita (nz) 1st              v          Tough Tilly    (galloped out as $1.50 fav )       

Menangle Race 3  Triple Four (nz) 3rd       v       Rock of Delight  2nd

Menangle Race 4  Heza Shadowplayer (nz) 1st    v      Crime don't Pay  4th     

Menangle Race 4  Prodigal Guinness       v       Nifty Studleigh  3rd  

 

2 more Wins for the great kiwi breds for Brodie !!!!🤕

 

Head to Head up-date  :  Team Brodster Nz  10   v  team Gamma Oz  10.   

Points update :  Team Nz  23  , Team  Aus  17.

 

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The battle continues as Brodster racks up the BD Joe and Cranbourne Wins for NZ. 

latest results showing a few points for the Brodie Nz squad.

Melton Race 6   Cranbourne (nz) 1st        v           Kowalski Analysis 

Melton Race 6  AG's Whites Socks (nz)  5th    v           Max Delight  4th

Menangle Race 5  Mach Shard (nz)                  v    WhereYa BinBoppin  4th 

Menangle Race 5  B D Joe   (nz)  1st                 v    Jay OK      3rd                 

Menangle Race 5  Alta Wiseguy  (nz)             v   Reactor Now   2nd

 

 

2 more Wins again for the open class boys Joe and Cranbourne  for the Brodster !!!!🤕

Head to Head up-date  :  Team Brodster Nz  12   v  team Gamma Oz  13.   

Points update :                      Team Nz  29  v   Team  Aus  20.

 

 

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Team Brodster Nz boosted by his pin-up boy Carter Dalgety taking the Hondo Gratten stakes at Menangle with Republican Party . A big night for Nz in the Aussie trots !!

A local has managed to win the Hunter Cup in Honolua Bay, but the Interdominion Champion I Cast No Shadow 2nd, and Old Town Road for the North Island  Dickie family 3rd went great races too .

results for the comps

Race 6     Republican Party (nz) 1st           v    Ripp                 (well done Carter 🏆)

Race 6         Mr Ibiza (nz)                          v   Mahomes  4th

Hunter Cup Race 7  Copy That (nz)         v       Expensive Ego     

                      Spirit Of StLouis  (nz)  v     Honolua Bay   1st   

                     Old Town Road (nz) 3rd  v    Hurricane Harley

 

Head to Head up-date  :  Team Brodster Nz  14   v  team Gamma Oz  16.   

Points update :                      Team Nz  33  v   Team  Aus  23.

Just 3 races and 4 Head to Heads to go !!!!!!!

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And the final races are run.!!

Team Brodie NZ nailed 5 of the Menangle winners . great stuff by BD Joe and Republican Party. 

(with He bettor Step Aside and Don't Need an Excuse also winning to make it 7 out of 8 Menangle winners being Nz bred horses. A fantastic result.

the last 4 head to head results. >>>>>>>>

Melton Race 8   Better Call me (nz) 3rd      v        Jillaby Dynamite  1st

 

Menangle Race 7  Punt Away (nz) 1st          v       Captn Me            

                  Race 7        Be My Rose (nz)        v      Bridwood Fella

Menengle Race 8  Murphy's Reward (nz) 4th   v   Classic Major   2nd 

 

 

Head to Head Final Total  :  Team Brodster  Nz bred  16     v     team Gamma Oz bred  18.     

A narrow win  to team Oz but a solid 50-50 contest as you would totally expect pitting 2 per race against each other. win one lose one.

 

Points Final Total  :                      Team  Nz  37  v   Team  Aus  28.

An easy Nz win as the great kiwis racked up nearly the whole card at Menangle . Cranbourne , Amore Vita and Aldebaran Keeper with big Melton wins too.

 

  

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Just now, Gammalite said:

Points Final Total  :                      Team  Nz  37  v   Team  Aus  28.

An easy Nz win as the great kiwis racked up nearly the whole card at Menangle . Cranbourne , Amore Vita and Aldebaran Keeper with big Melton wins too.

An exceptional night for the Nz bred horses. The little Interdominion Champion nearly took out the Hunter Cup as well with 'I Cast No Shadow' doing well for 2nd place , when 'Copy That' had some racing issues and pulled up.

Good to see the Aussies breed a nice trotter in 'Just Believe' after years of dominance by the kiwi bred horses in the Trotting Interdominion and the feature trot , the Great Southern Star.

Summary though from the results is a win for Brodie , being on the money,  in his assertion of the better horses being bred on the kiwi side of the ditch. with a convincing points Win here in the comp and on the track.

thanks guys. cheers from Gamma

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3 hours ago, Gammalite said:

An exceptional night for the Nz bred horses. The little Interdominion Champion nearly took out the Hunter Cup as well with 'I Cast No Shadow' doing well for 2nd place , when 'Copy That' had some racing issues and pulled up.

Good to see the Aussies breed a nice trotter in 'Just Believe' after years of dominance by the kiwi bred horses in the Trotting Interdominion and the feature trot , the Great Southern Star.

Summary though from the results is a win for Brodie , being on the money,  in his assertion of the better horses being bred on the kiwi side of the ditch. with a convincing points Win here in the comp and on the track.

thanks guys. cheers from Gamma

Nice work😜😛great driver Greg sugars.funny story my best friend Olivia and I were at Melton for a all trotting night and Montes when we where walking around to the stables and Olivia and Greg both weren't watching where they were going and ran into each other luckily she didn't take him out for the night.

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