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A minor matter. but .......Not sure who it was.(please inform) but the comments by a selector relating to Marshal Star before and after the last race last thursday were both insulting and ignorant to say the least He did not obey the old cliche "when you in a hole stop digging". He was annoyed that MS. was made hot fav. as he was only a central Districts horse and below the inferred high standard at Dunedin. After the race which everyone knew was a MS benefit Claiming race except him, He still would not shut upstating sev times there must have been something he did not know about. What he could have and should have known that MS has won 15 races and now $100000.00 He may have in last 18 months raced in CD but is originally South Island horse having competed many times at Addington. He also was rated 86 against all rest of field up to 57 so was a 3 to 4 class above rest of field. Horses are not bred in CD and come fron all over NZ so to say they cant compete with Forbury horses is plain stupid.

Boris took me on a luxury tropicals holy day from money he won laying James Mac Donald’s horses and I was amazed at the lack of decent food, n0?and it’s not just on holy days it’s nearly everywhere now, n0? What is it with these idoits ? it was all tricked up with grass clippings, been sprouts and four leaves clover and poofy sauces spread over the nearly invisibles quantity of food if I want to taste grass clippings I’ll suck on the lawn mower blades , new age chefs are total ,idoits, n0? too much my kitchen rules bull Shite, what’s wrong with a tea bone, a chop, cutlets, bangers and m.a.s.h. With potatoes, peas, beans etc or if you want to go fancy , a curry

Some are just too thick to let things go or accept they have been proven wrong by Vets,RIU etc . Have a read of this rubbish "Most people have probably got an opinion on the topic, and it is a grey area whether everything is black or white and by saying that this blood system that is being used by who knows how many, 20or 30 but we don’t know who because it is such a great system, but we won’t say who is using it, is primarily therapeutic is BS! I believe that Winston now that he is currently Prime Minister, needs to form a Working Group, because that is this government thing isn’t it, to determine whether this practice should be allowed to continue. I can tell you that it is the talk of the trainers at the moment and it is not too popular with many, as they know it gives some an advantage." The fact that its freely available for any trainer to purchase and has been for ages makes the above statement seem quite bizarre. If they know it gives some supposed advantage surely you would use it as prescribed I would be interested in Lee's comments on above or is he rightfully so over dealing with idiots that he has gone into hibernation

My picks there were shit too.Hopefully my luck changes soon.I like Fiji.lol

Should have stayed with the Kiwis MrZ...

Thanks. Zim and Scooby. Couldnt let the team down. Maybe Ohakaman might be able to organise a comp for next week using my funds. Or Scooby. Just a bit of fun

A couple of nice Vadamos northern hemisphere new arrivals. Anyone else have pics of his first crop foals?? http://www.heatherwold-stud.com/more-new-arrivals/ http://www.swordlestownlittle.com/index.php

Does anybody watch that channel anymore ? This is apt: "John Campbell is a dickhead. People inside Radio NZ hated his sucking of important resources, but the cunning plan of his “good friend” Carol Hirschfeld was to get a Labour government elected and increase funding. All that collapsed when they were busted and Hirschfeld was unceremoniously dumped for her duplicity and deviousness. The other party in that debacle was the inept and hugely stupid Clare Curran who singularly failed to obtain the increased funding to keep the deeply conceited John Campbell happy in his trough of taxpayer-funded swill."

Must have "delusions of grandeur " as everything he projects , both written and verbal is made as if he is talking to an idiot. You couldn't do this as effectively unless you considered yourself superior to the rest of us. Strange really considering the background.

Hi Leigh Thanks for the bet. Better take one of ours so Rosehill Race 9 #14 Chauffeur - very impressive recent trial winner - $50 win thanks

Hi Scooby,I’ll go with Rosehill Race 6 #2 Sayed $150 Win .Thanks very much.Good luck to the others bets.

Hi Scooby I will go $50 a win on Jamaican Rain R9 #18 Sunshine Coast. Thanks a lot and good punting.a

Doing renovations my son came across an old page from the Herald, Circa May '67 though no discernable date and ironically the racing page. I'd say the first day of the Te Rapa winter meeting. Anyways here's a memory or two. The Te Rapa TAB double was Michael & Mali Peter, pd 672 pounds 10s. On course double was Kumai andBombay @ 13 pounds 3s 6d. Otaki double Town Guard & Bostock, Poverty Bay Watchet & Odeon; Amberley, Kalimera & Basilio; Winton, Cassbridge &Lovely Day. No shortage of race meetings. Can give a bit more detail if you want it. Alexandra Park, and I might well have been there as I missed very few meetings back then. Big race was won by Oakhampton by a head over Miles Gentry and Top Copy. Winning stake was 750 pounds. Governor Frost won the FFA. The main trot was won by Immortal in the hands of the late John Butcher followed by Mountain Pride with Scotleigh, beaten by a neck and a long neck third off 54 yard handicap. Roydon Frost won the minor trot driven by Doug Mangos running the two miles in a tick over 4:21. We had to pay to get in in those days and it was reported the crowd at the trots was 8373, about 1000 down on the same night a year earlier. Did the rot begin way back then?? Gate takings were down by 293 pounds. Maybe I'm a morbid old bugger but I just love reliving those days. Still great brain food.

They've all been sacked?

Ian Signal, who owned, trained and bred the top galloper of the 1960s and '70s Johnny Cash, was a visitor at the Otago Racing Club meeting on Saturday. Signal (85) spends his time touring New Zealand and living in a bus after retiring from farming pedigree Jersey cattle at Matamata. "I am lucky to be able to do it," Signal said. His visit to Wingatui has given him the chance to renew his acquaintance with trainer Brian Anderton, whom he has known for many years. Signal bred Johnny Cash in 1964 and named him after the country singer who had then made his name with songs such as I Walk The Line. "Johnny Cash saw the horse when he was in New Zealand and mention of that is made in his autobiography," Signal said. The horse was by Lord Sasanof, who won the Avondale, Great Northern and Wellington Guineas in 1959. The Fair's Fair entire won the Foxbridge Plate, Thames Valley Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Plate at Paeroa and the Clifford Plate at Ellerslie under weight-for-age conditions as a 5yr-old. Johnny Cash was out of Otahuhu, a non-Stud Book mare by Contact, winner of the 1936 Sydney Cup. Johnny Cash had his first win as a 2yr-old at Gisborne in May 1967 when trained at Matamata by Russell Campbell. The gelding won as a 3yr-old for Campbell from eight starts. "Russell had trouble keeping him sound so I decided to have a go at training by riding him on the farm," Signal said. Johnny Cash responded by winning at Te Rapa, Te Aroha and Ellerslie (an open 2000m) at 4. A horse named Tom Jones won the same day at Te Aroha. The pair clashed in the 1969 Waikato Gold Cup, with Johnny Cash the winner in the hands of David Peake. Johnny Cash won the Wellington Racing Club Handicap at Trentham two months later in 2.25 for the mile and a-half (2400m), slashing 2.25sec off the record for Australia and New Zealand set by Palfresco in the 1935 Caulfield Cup. Johnny Cash had his other win that season in the Even Stevens Challenge Cup at Te Rapa, a race named after the horse who won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 1962. Even Stevens was trained at Te Rapa by Archie McGregor for Jim Wattie, who developed a major cannery at Hastings. Johnny Cash won the Allison Cup at Ellerslie in 1972 and '73 and raced until he was 9 when he ran Syndrome to a neck in the Carr Memorial at Rotorua. Syndrome was owned and trained by Ralph Manning, who has won the Greymouth, Gore and Taranaki and Cups this season with Bruce Almighty. "I had him [Johnny Cash] nominated for the Melbourne Cup twice but I never felt I was up to training in Australia. I did try my luck there later and won about five races in Queensland and Sydney with Johnny Paycheck and Jager," Signal said. Johnny Cash died at the age of 26.

Hey so the Cubemeister didn't go down the road of that Food Bag hippie bullshit but instead went to the local Butcher whoest fixed up Cubity with a meat pack and the BBQ has been cranked up every night . Dodecahedron and Prism don't care much for vegetables anyway . The Cubinator got a bit bored on a Thursday afternoon so drained the TAB account @ Waverley this arvo . Better not tell Mrs Cubes ' cause she is already dark 'cause Cubes reminded her that her great-great-great-great grandmother was German and how funny it was they lost . Apparently that is not funny . Mrs Cubes back tomorrow . Cubes better do a clean up . Had a ping pong and darts session @ Cube Central on Tuesday and the recycling bin is overflowing and the furniture has been re-arranged , and someone will will dark when they see the rose bush . And better get to the TAB Woolston early to top up the old balance for the top notch Wingatui action and fields.....

Those Fiji markets are full of stuff. You can buy just about anything apparently....

Had word this morning that Mike Claydon who trained Mr Hickey to win the Wgtn Steeplechase has passed away. His son Mark well known thru Trackside. Foreman for Des Riordan for many years and prior to that was a trotting driver. A true gentleman who will be sadly missed. Condolences to his wife,Mark and rest of family.

Scooby. This must go close to post of the year and maybe the header for all your forums.

Question: And James McDonald? Clearly a huge talent. Was his ban for having an interest in a bet simply a poor mistake from a young kid? CW: It’s not fair for me to say what I think of James' mistake. I shouldn’t comment on it because people could get offended by what I say. I will say this - James is an absolute gentleman and he is an absolute perfectionist. He is a very good sportsman that has the same respect that Hugh Bowman has for a horse. James is as good as they get and the history books, if they haven’t already told us that, will tell us that in no time. He is the real deal and he is a role model for a lot of people to follow. There is a lot of people with so much respect for James. He is a star.