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von Small Haussen ..hope you have a good weekend on the punt

Why pre-judge John? He didn't get to where he is by fluke, if there were people like John in NZ then it wouldn't be where it is now, the conveyor belt of inadequacy in racing management knows no bounds. I think this will be NZ's last chance, you either grab it, or embrace it, your choice...or ignore John's recommendations and watch what happens. I may be wrong, I think NZ Racing is well worth saving, it used to be magic, once.......it can be again, but only with visionaries, and realists. Fingers crossed.

Matt wants to win every time.trying to win junior title.works his arse off..it ain' easy out there and no 0ne tries to drive bad.it happens to the best.

Yes, yes Tim, he is no doubt a lovely young hard working boy, apple of his family's eye, wonderfully generous of soul, destined for a brilliant career, asset to the industry, etc, etc, etc.......... But that does not alter the fact that I missed out on a FARKING nice collect because young Prick of a Pimply faced Matt, FARKING dragged my sole selection back off the gate .....to FARKING LAST, of all FARKING places, when the racing pattern of the day was to be on the FARKING pace, for Christ FARKING SAKE, and sat there like a FARKING stuffed muffin, and then picked the fattest FARKING mule in the race to follow while it made the shortest burst in equine history to improve, before steering right to FARKING outside fence of the FARKING track, so wide was he in fact, I noticed he grabbed a packet of FARKING TALLEYS frozen peas from the production line down the back straight.......the FARKING IDJIT...................and still those lazy FARKING stripes, didn't bother to ask what the FARK was going on in that brilliant young mind of the hard working young pilot.....MATT the PRAT. Now Tim, it's just as well I don't hold a punting grudge for longer than 48 hours, because if this FARKING excuse of an equine animal just happens to run a FARKING drum tomorrow, I may not drive to the airport, board a flight to FARKING Tasmanman country, hire a car and navigate my way to the track, and locate young MATT the Prat. I would cover his lovely young head in Vaseline, and then proceed to insert it right up the FARKING ARSE OF THAT FARKING DIRTY FARKING EXCUSE OF AN FARKING EQUINE.........no hard FARKING feelings intended of course. Take a deep breath ........remember the Punters Mantra....... "And in my hour of loosing darkness, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom Let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be you loser Let it be There will be an answer, there is another FARKING Raceday tomorrow LET IT FARKING BE" Nurse, more medication please.........NURSE, where the FARK ARE YOU?

Ah, but there are dreamers, and Walter Mitty's, and then there are those that live the dream, having been to Arrowfield, having been to July Cup and seeing the dream Alverta took them on, I would say The Messara's are living the dream. I would rather have Mr Messara as my boss a long way in front of the mob at Petone, and in some way I bet you would too.

He's been promised a 'special surprise' from Helga, lucky boy.

Doomben Race 3 - Vontaine (14) Doomben Race 4 - Nozomi (6) Doomben Race 5 - Foxplay (7) Doomben Race 6 - (Plumaro (12) Doomben Race 7 - Mahamedels (4) Doomben Race 8 - Swampland (13) BEST BET Thanks Scooby

R3 Seaway #7 B.B. R4 Kiwia #3 R5. Burning Passion #12 R6 The Autumn Sun #5 R7 Youngstar #16 R8 Moss Trip #9 Cheers Scooby

R3–Peaceful State #1 R4–Naval Warfare #9 R5–Champagne Cuddles #16 R6–Fundamentalist #11 R7–Dark Dream #1 R8–Pedrena #5 Best Bet Thank You Scooby

Race Number : 3 Horse Name : Vontaine Horse Number : 14 Race Number : 4 Horse Name : Sedanzer Horse Number : 5 Race Number : 5 Horse Name : Champagne Cuddles Horse Number : 16 Race Number : 6 Horse Name : The Autumn Sun Horse Number : 5 Race Number : 7 Horse Name : Youngstar B/B Horse Number : 16 Race Number : 8 Horse Name : Schism Horse Number : 12 scooby3051 , thank you for making it more interesting race morning to follow one's Doomben Wager's with enthusiasm .

R3 Assimilate #2 R4 Naval Warfare #9 R5 Champagne Cuddles #16 R6 Zouzain #2 R7 Live and Free #7 R8 Invincibella #11 BB Cheers.

R3 assimilate #2 r4 Kiwia #3 Best Bet r5 Santa Ana lane #2 r6 fundamentalist#11 r7 heavenly thought #2 r8 Pedrena #5 thanks Scooby

R3 #7 SEAWAY R4 #5 SEDANZER R5 #5 VOODOO LAD R6 #1 LEAN MEAN MACHINE R7 #1 DARK DREAM R8 #1 FRENCH EMOTION THANKS FOR THE COMP GOOD LUCK ALL

R3 MAGNUFIGHTER 8 BB R4 THE WILDFLOWER 7 R5 CRACK ME UP 3 R6 ZOUSAIN 2 R7 YOUNGSTAR 16 R8 O'RACHAEL 15 Ta muchly

Picks R3 6 Seaway R4 9 Naval Warfare R5 16 Champagne Cuddles R6 5 The Autumn Sun R7 1 Dark Dream R8 5 Pedrena Best Bet Thanks

Doomben Race 3 - Mishani Bullit (4) Doomben Race 4 - Anton En Avant (8) Doomben Race 5 - Burning Passion (12) Doomben Race 6 - Sesar (4) Doomben Race 7 - Live And Free (7) Doomben Race 8 - Siren’s Fury (7) best bet Thanking you Scooby

R3 Peaceful State 1 R4 Kiwia 3 R5 Champagne Cuddles 16 BB R6 The Autumn Sun 5 R7 Live And Free 7 R8 Moss Trip 9 Thanks Scoob Good punting all.

Napier has decided to invest $100 a win on Impending today in the Straddy...he has also said 50% of all winnings he will put into the next comp we run here... many thanks Napier for your generous offer...lets hope Impending scores big today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVYvqIcgaQQ

R3: 2. Assimilate R4: 5. Sedanzer R5: 6. Spieth ( BEST BET) R6: 12. Plumaro R7: 11. Lucky For All R8: 9. Moss Trip thanks

Race 3 1 Peaceful State Race 4 5 Sedanzer Race 5 1 Impending BB Race 6 5 The Autumn Sun Race 7 7 Live and Free Race 8 9 Moss Trip Many thanks Scoobs and good luck everyone.

R3 Assimilate 2 R4 Megablast 2 R5 Perast 15 R6 Zousain 2 R7 Dark Dream 1 R8 Moss Trip 9 # Thank you Scooby for you generosity. Good luck all.

R3 - Peaceful State 1 R4 - Ambitious 1 BB R5 - Champagne Cuddles 16 R6 - The Autumn Sun 5 R7 - Lucky For All 11 R8 - Moss Trip 9 Thanks all.

Race 3) Peaceful State (1) Race 4) Megablast (2) Race 5) Champagne Cuddles (16) Race6) Lean Mean Machine (1) Race 7) Rezealient (5) Race 8) Invincibella (11) Best Bet Thank you very much for this competition. A good bit of fun.

"..the staggering weight of 10.8" Please excuse the pun! I'd imagine there was fair amount of 'staggering' down the straight THAT day!!!

Race 3, Assimilate. No 2. Race 4, Kiwia. No 3. Race 5, Impending. No 1.B.B. Race 6, Zousain. No 2. Race 7. Live and Free No 7. Race 8. Invincibella. No 11. Cheers and Thankyou.........

Does he have one??

R3) 11 Banish BB R4) 2 Megablast R5) 12 Burning Passion R6) 2 Zousain R7) 16 Youngstar R8) 11 Invincibella cheers

R3_1 Peaceful State R4_1 Ambitious R5_1 Impending R6_5 The Autumn Sun R7_7 Live and Free R8_8 White Moss BB thanks team

I doubt it... slow horses, so-so track. Watch a replay of the rugby instead

The 2nd day should be a riveting event given the above comments

R3_7 Seaway R4_1 Ambitious R5_1 Impending R6_1 Lean mean machine R7_7 Live and Free R8_ 15 O'Racheal BB

I’ll leave this here

I just knew that it would happen. Some people were saying it’ll be Pam and some said an Aussie trainer. Proven? You should be more worried about her working for them

Well done with your horses today Andrew and your Trottech comments on Black Art got me the trifecta straight Watching Tribeca race today it looked like the horse over raced badly for DD but at the trials it settled well for you All the best on Sunday and I hope you find some black bookers

Pretty vacant. But what about his misogyny? Quote: I doubt we will see any column inches of wailing from the likes of Lizzie Marvelly. Quote: Such arrogance for a minister only barely six months into a job that is clearly beyond his meagre abilities. It is this sort of arrogance that costs elections. He's not the only one...Shane Jones is the worst. People out of their depth and not used to being in Government.

Might be right there Tonka....though that's scraping the barrel isn't it...?

It appears you don't like Brian De Lore very much? From where I sit, it seems NZ is very lucky to have someone who has the forum and inclination to confront the wrongs within the industry, he writes eloquently and succinctly. Am I missing something?

I have often wondered if they are an excuse for the tab to justify opening earlier which of course means the pokies are open before most bars.

Knew that was going to happen? What's the problem mini, Miss O'Regan is proven as a trainer and a very nice person to boot. You seem to be very quick to condemn in any instance. I always wonder about people that take pleasure out of other peoples pain.

Memories , memories . Loving reading the above posts , never missed a raceday at Trentham thru the seventies , even midweek in July when i was still at college . Would get buses then trains if me or mate couldn't convince a parent to take us over from Titahi Bay . Three days of absolute bog racing most of the time with 9 race cards and mostly full fields with heaps of jumping races . You couldn,t move in the public stand , if it was raining you would struggle to get a seat or keep it if you went to bet or toilet . When i talk to younger racing enthusiasts (jocks , track riders or young stable staff and trainers ) about what racing used to be like and about how Trentham in July used to be 3 days and horses would race all 3 days and win they honestly think i'm bullshitting . Remember plenty of great wet trackers racing there , Greek Meer definatly was one but one of my all time fav's was Rising Damp . But i'm getting all misty eyed now , oh the great old days , we will never see the likes again .

Brilliant. Wonder what the peno reading was? Those were the days when men were men. Nowadays one is not quite sure . Went to Trentham a few times in the 60s when it was like that. No one arched up. Not sure if there was any track bias tho. Didn't care. Won more regularly then than now so I was happy.

Hi Rangi Sorry i’ve only just seen your message now and didn’t get a chance to catch up yesterday but hopefully you heard the noise from the Boys Get Paid team. They both went well at the trials and are both heading towards Nelson on Friday/Sunday. Tribeca works well and has had some problems but if the right one turns up he might upset them. Black Art was just in to follow them around and Jesse Alford drove him. Jesse’s a friend of mine who has his trials licence and is trying to get his required amount of drives to get his license later on. He’ll just drive his own for a bit of fun - but i’m happy to help out people like that as i know how tough it is starting out and trying to get drives. He also had a drive for Tom Bargie so its good to see trainers supporting the young guys. Thought it was a great day yesterday and big effort from David Branch & his team. Certainly pulled it off Thanks Andrew

Thank you for the support and the compliment...the harness forum is really going well these past few weeks really great to see some new faces and regular ones returning... thanks again everyone for the continued participation.You guys really put on a great show at Cambridge today... hats off to all concerned.

You do a great job and I love this site, we have a great source of industry knowledge here with those who post here, keep up the good work.

Thanks for the competition Found myself picking every Number 1 then remembered my history of total failure so changed them all R3 Seaway #7 R4 Sedanzer #5 R5 Champagne Cuddles #16 R6 The Autumn Sun #5 R7 Luck For All #11 R8 Swampland #13 BB cheers