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I thinl any mare from the Excuse Me family could be mated with a hereford bull and produce a champion

ENTRY THREAD : WINTER RACING ULTIMATE TRIO TEAMS CHALLENGE SATURDAY 10 AUGUST : ALL WELCOME ! We will be trio-ripping through Pukekohe Park, Riccarton Park, Flemington, Rosehill, Doomben and Belmont As you post your selections I will add you to a trio and your team of three will compete against others on Saturday .. Please read the rules and note that the comp closes at 1.15pm on Saturday and scratching replacements can be posted up until 1.30pm. After that only late scratchings will revert to the TAB sub Please read the Rules: 1. Post two selections for each race on the Schedule. You can post the number and the name but I will only take note of the number. If the number of the horse and name of the horse are different, I will go with the number. 2. You will be awarded 5 points for each winning selection. There are no points for finishing second or third. 3. You will be awarded an additional 10 points if your two selections in the race finish first and second (ie. get the Quinella). 4. You have two Best Bets to use. You can use a Best Bet on any race but you cannot use your two BBs on the same race. If you use a Best Bet, any points earned will be doubled. For example if you win and use a BB you get 10 points or if you win and get the Quinella, you can earn 30 points. If any races are postponed then any BB used on that race will move to the next race where no BB has been used. 5. You can post selections up until 1.15pm, 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of the first comp race. 6. NOTE: You can post scratching replacements up until 1.30pm. I will also allow other members of that trio to post scratching replacements for another trio member between 1.15pm and 1.30pm. The trio member's replacements once posted, will stand. If no-one posts replacements then the selections stand as they are. After 1.30pm no scratching replacements are allowed and only late scratchings will revert to the TAB sub. 7. The winning team will be the trio with the most combined points at the end of the schedule of races. If there is a draw on points at the end of the day, it will be a countback on winners of all three in the team, then quinellas, then BB winners, then BB quinellas. If still the same then you share the accolades 8. A spare set of selections will be posted at 1.00pm should they be needed to make up a threesome. 9. Have fun PRIZES $50 W/P bet for each of the winning team members. Schedule of Races: Comp R1 : Riccarton Park R5 BRACKENFIELD HUNT PREMIER Rating 72 Benchmark $25000 1600m Starts 1:45pm Comp R2 : Flemington R2 VRC MEMBER HELEN SAFFIN HANDICAP RATING 70 $147000 1400m Starts 2:10pm Comp R3 : Pukekohe Park R6 ARNET LAW 1400 MAIDEN MDN $10000 1400m Starts 2:39pm Comp R4 : Riccarton Park R7 IN MEMORY OF "DOODS" PREMIER OPEN OPN HCP $40000 1400m Starts 2:57pm Comp R5 : Rosehill R4 SMITHFIELD RSL MISSILE STAKES $217000 1200m Starts 3:40pm Comp R6 : Flemington R5 VRC MEMBER JEFFERY OVERINGTON HANDICAP RATING 78 $147000 2000m Starts 3:55pm Comp R7 : Flemington R6 VRC MEMBER BRENDA NUGENT HANDICAP RATING 90 $136000 1000m Starts 4:35pm Comp R8 : Doomben R7 MUNCE RACING HANDICAP RATING 70 $54300 1630m Starts 5:07pm Comp R9 : Rosehill R7 BANKSTOWN SPORTS CLUB HANDICAP RATING 78 $136000 2000m Starts 5:35pm Comp R10 : Flemington R8 AURIE'S STAR HANDICAP $174000 1200m Starts 5:55pm Comp R11 : Rosehill R8 CABRA BOWLS HANDICAP RATING 78 $136000 1200m Starts 6:15pm Comp R12 : Flemington R9 VRC MEMBER ANGELA KENNEDY HANDICAP RATING 84 $136000 1720m Starts 6:35pm Comp R13 : Belmont R6 JOHN MARTINO 90TH BIRTHDAY HANDICAP RTG70+ $76100 2000m Starts 7:03pm You can post using the grid below or you can post your two selections in race order, I don't mind either way, just remember to read the rules above, to note your two BB races and that only late scratchings will go on the TAB sub, so if you post early you might want to check back before 1.30pm, or a team member may replace scratchings for you between 1.15pm - 1.30pm Comp R1 : Riccarton Park R5 1:45pm Comp R2 : Flemington R2 2:10pm Comp R3 : Pukekohe Park R6 2:39pm Comp R4 : Riccarton Park R7 2:57pm Comp R5 : Rosehill R4 3:40pm Comp R6 : Flemington R5 3:55pm Comp R7 : Flemington R6 4:35pm Comp R8 : Doomben R7 5:07pm Comp R9 : Rosehill R7 5:35pm Comp R10 : Flemington R8 5:55pm Comp R11 : Rosehill R8 6:15pm Comp R12 : Flemington R9 6:35pm Comp R13 : Belmont R6 7:03pm

Don’t wish to be disrespectful to anyone but ... but an 11-year-old broken down trotter is named Horse of the Year in South Canterbury. Time to get real about the state of harness racing in the provinces.

Comp R1 : Riccarton Park R5 1:45pm - 2,10 Comp R2 : Flemington R2 2:10pm – 1,2 Comp R3 : Pukekohe Park R6 2:39pm – 6,9 Comp R4 : Riccarton Park R7 2:57pm - 2,6 Comp R5 : Rosehill R4 3:40pm – 1,4 BB Comp R6 : Flemington R5 3:55pm – 13,14 Comp R7 : Flemington R6 4:35pm – 7,10 Comp R8 : Doomben R7 5:07pm – 7,14 Comp R9 : Rosehill R7 5:35pm – 4,9 Comp R10 : Flemington R8 5:55pm – 4,14 Comp R11 : Rosehill R8 6:15pm – 7,8 Comp R12 : Flemington R9 6:35pm – 3,12 Comp R13 : Belmont R6 7:03pm – 3,13 BB Thanks Maria

Get back to your bible you hypocritical clown.

There’s some really ‘believable ‘ information on this thread from 100, I say that loosely because it’s entirely up to who is reading the text and how exposed they are to a wider range of opinion, but some of it crosses a line which starts to discredit the earlier ‘credible ‘ information . 100, you need to relax a little before you burn out Shipwreck bay looks like it may be on Monday /Tuesday get out there

You know how the universe works Flock, the day your not on you can be sure it wins

never met him but heard lovely things about him and tributes on Trackside Radio today ...Loved how his horses all had to have 7 letters cos Phar Lap had 7 ! Condolences to family and friends

In 2012 I wrote: "One of the world's great pedigree researchers, Clive Harper died today aged 80. A retired university lecturer, Clive was known as the 'interpreter' of Harold Hampton, a far-sighted Cockney who, without a computer proposed many theories of 'linebreeding' that still hold good today. Clive Harper was a gentleman with a wicked sense of humour. The author of three books on thoroughbred breeding, he was the first to apply rigorous principles of research to the breeding of thoroughbreds. Over twenty years ago, in an article in NZ Bloodhorse, Clive presented the results of a study where he took a hundred NZ group winners and a hundred 'duffers' - horses who had been well tried, but failed to win a race. Analysing their pedigrees to six generations, he was able to prove conclusively that Group winners has pedigrees containing more intricate linebreeding, including sex balance and a higher number of close relatives. On retirement Clive became a full-time pedigree consultant. He worked worldwide, offering advice to clients on how to find the stallion most suited to their mare. His NZ clients, who probably want to remain anonymous, benefitted from his advice at the yearling sales, and in finding consorts for their mares. There are a number of group-winners today that have been selected by Harper. He would be the first to agree that linebreeding is not a 'silver bullet', merely a way of minimising the risks of breeding failure. As a practical breeder, he bred and raced horses successfully. Sadly he won't see his latest horse with Mike Breslin greet the judge. Amazingly, pedigree research is probably more understood in NZ than anywhere else. Clive Harper, a modest gentleman represented the very best of Kiwi breeding intellectuals. We will miss him greatly." Yesterday, horses bred by Clive Harper won consecutive races at Riccarton. Race 3 was the 1400m R72 race, won by Wafer. Race 4 at Riccarton was the 3200m Maiden steeple, won by The Great Guru. Another Clive Harper horse! Trained by Lisa Latta, ridden by Shaun Fannin, by Gallant Guru from Greyling, he was winning his 4th race. Both horses descend from the same damline that Harper had bred from consistently. His foundation mare was Pieces of Eight, by Brauner who he bought locally for €500 in 1984. The attraction was that she contained Round Table’s ¾ sister and Gainsborough Lass, who traced back to Queen Mary. She went to Bottler, local sire and grandson of Round Table. The resulting filly Corqua was unplaced in five starts. She went to Tristram’s Heritage to produce Fruit Salad who won two races including black type and $20,000. Fruit Salad so named because her pedigree, when coloured-in to show common lines of inheritance ‘looked like a fruit salad’. (lots of close relatives in the 5th, & 6th generations and beyond) This mating acquired another line of Round Table from Sir Tristram. Fruit Salad went to Sandtrap to produce Salada who won 4 times for $19,000, three wins under Robbie Hannam. Sandtrap had Round Table’s daughter Monarchy, which gave Salada 4 lines of Monarchy, a son of Round Table’s ¾ sister and 4 lines of Gainsborough Lass. Salada went to Alamosa, and on Clive’s death passed on to Tineka Balcombe who is listed as the breeder of the resulting filly Wafer. Wafer has won 4 races and $96,000 to date, including the Listed Gore Guineas, and yesterday’s 1400m race at Riccarton. Alamosa brings in another line of Round Table, and Never Bend. Clive consulted for a number of NZ studs, to whom he was loyal. The Great Guru, son of White Robe’s Gallant Guru out of a ¾ sister to Salada, who won three including her first two starts. The mating brings in more Never Bend and Round Table, as well as two closeup lines of Special. To date, The Great Guru has won twice on the flat and two over the sticks. More is expected of him. Clive was an active member of the Levin breeders Forum, which meets monthly. A number of members of the forum have profited from Clive’s generosity and depth of pedigree knowledge, the author included. We fondly remember his obsession with Emma & Maria, Musket & Quiver and the Eulogy family. The examples of breeding to consistently upgrade his fillies is testament to how you can breed group winners from families that have lapsed into obscurity. Putting the best to the best was never Clive’s approach, and the two consecutive results at Riccarton yesterday bear testament. Clive, we remember you fondly. The author confesses he had a big bet ($3 to win) on Wafer yesterday.

There's also an ex trackside presenter, who loves Harness Racing, working for TV One sports news.

And Wayne Low awarded "Driver of the Year". Didn't he get put out for a year for incompetence?

You've gotta have the right surname in this game.

The yearling in question was removed from its paddock mates,transported to a depot in Auckland over night,transported on a plane to Australia,placed in another depot over night then transported for two and a half hours to his destination.He handled this with little fuss and tucked into feed in another strange stable immediately.He hasn't missed a feed or become upset after all this.Perhaps a little more than just getting on and off a truck. Certainly race day is different to a training schedule and I have also found that bad handling or breaking experiences can have a profound affect on a horse in later training. I am 71years old and have actually been riding them for 57years to be exact but one thing is sure one never stops learning.My earlier breaking methods are very different to how I do the job now.Pressure, release when the horse does what one wants, is the now method with surprising results. we never stop learning in this game. Careful and controlled track work education is so important before one sits on a horse in a gallop.

Your not that sort of person .... just in case your wrong you hide but in the mean time what you are is pretty evident to anyone my guess is your a non competitive horse trainer today who had a bit of a run once :::: you blame your poor performance on every one else cheating —— an I can just about guarantee there is no mirror in your house an if there is you never look in it someone will front your name one day all weasels come out there holes sooner or later for a bit sunshine

Elijah Cummings eating humble pie and plenty of it. A video has surfaced where he is calling his community ''a drug infested area''' and then goes on to say that some of the residents are walking around like ''zombies''. Ben Carson the only African-American members of Trumps cabinet says that 16 billion dollars of Federal money was put into Baltimore last year....conclusion its being invested in the wrong things. Somebody got to be held responsible,betcha its not Cummings.