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Shit scared of the big buggers, iam a quick pat on the neck and escape man , had me hands on plenty losing tickets over many years though sadly , and few bills but it's all good fun . Enjoy conversing on here with others who have the same love of it all. Roll on Derby Day and Breeders Cup next weekend . TAS gives us something, when carnival over we will be looking forward to Sydney in April and lead in with some local interest in the real big ones .

Let's keep the TAS performance in perspective. Yes, it was a top run in an international field - and OP got a dream passage on/near the rail to save many lengths - but he didn't win, in fact was well beaten by a horse that also drew wide, hadnt had a lead-up run in Oz, had some traffic to negotiate from a midfield position and showed brilliant acceleration on that tight turning track to win easily. All the honours are with the winner imo.

Now I know what it feels to be a Scotsman OR Australian Rugby follower !!

Racing is all about opinions , no sport left if no one ventured an opinion and it was countered by another opinion with a bit of to and throw , is that not what betting is and the fun of it is ? . I have discussed racing with a murderer many years back , he knew his form , but not sure he ever raced one let alone a good one and not sure a racing post was supplied with his toothbrush and one phonecall every two weeks for his 25 stretch.We were at odds though as he slagged off Mouse Roberts , he was an awesome jockey . This site bloody good for bit of to and throw imho.

I have never ever seen an English rugby team play as well as that. They were superb.

Feet on the ground lads... Lys Gracieux winner of 3 group ones from 19 starts. Cox Plate plus 2 in Japan. Ventured across the ditch to Hong Kong twice and beaten into 2nd both times. Beaten by Exultant first time and Win Bright and Exultant the second time so Exultant is the form franker. Exultant ran 3rd to Churchill in the Irish 2000 Guineas and then got rolled by Benbatl in the Hampton Court. Exultant got best rating of 129 when beating Rise High and Dark Dream at his last start but that's a bollocks rating. How could he be rated above Beauty Generation?!?. Rise High won a group 3 in Ireland and Dark Dream won the Queensland Derby. Every time Exultant ran into Beauty Generation, he got smashed...as did Rise High and Dark Dream. Beauty Generation rated 127. So Lys Gracieux cannot be rated more than Beauty Generation (127), Benbatl (123), or Exultant, and with Magic Wand (rated 111 and really a three year old) only 1/2 behind TAS, then TAS is sitting on 118p because Lys Gracieux made them look second rate, was only 1 in front of TAS at the 1000m mark and went round the field vs TAS's saloon run where Moses was on his side. So TAS has still got to improve to be a top class international......just my opinion

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Wales are / were kegs on legs , very optimistic to think they could smash thru SA ! SA plan was to bring on their huge hitting subs bench and muscle their way to victory.It took them a while but basically it worked. SA badly need their dynamo wing back ! What a borefest and a bad advert for the game ....how can a halfback drag the ball from ruck put hands on it firmly then leave the ball back in ruck for another player ? Its basically League with pile ups.......

Dexter wins with Manchego Open Mare Trot in Breeder Crown on night 2 in 1:51 and wins by like 7 lengths

It can still be a good run while getting beaten by a better horse. We knew if the real LG turned up it would be a race for second. TAS beat all else but the 3yo. He got a nice run (was also held up coming into the straight) but for a horse who drew the carpark and was maligned by some for even making the field it was a good effort first time at 2000m wfa.

Fantastic effort from the Shark and great ride from Opie Bosson. The commentator didn't call the Shark's name between the 800m mark and the finishing post despite the fact it was clear he was going to run a drum coming to the home turn. Same old Aussies But the winner - oh my .........

Lys Gracieux was a special on ratings alone RR....her International rating was 119 so equivalent to a male on 123 with sex allowance.

I don't think that's fair. After the draw he was given no chance by many. Bosson snagged him to the rear and was patient. From last at the school to 3rd first time at valley...first time 10f. Beating all the hype Aussie horses (avilius...MJ)...quite a performance. Also that rail lane didn't produce many winners after 16 races in two days. Very good run from a very good horse.

Gruff , you seem a 'glass half empty ' type of character. Keen to put the knife into Ellerslie and its racedays. The folk I crossed paths with yesterday seemed very pleasant overall and a bit rough to pick out one transaction / one person for unnecessary derogatory remarks. The track was noted Dead for days leading up ,whenever I looked. I saw a lot of folk ,young and old ,enjoying themselves Stakes disappointing for a Saturday with a Group 3 race . I hope you will take your concerns and game changing ideas to the ARC AGM on Tuesday.

A lot of observers were quite vocal in their comments re TAS’s eligibility to be included in the CP field. He absolutely vindicated the Clubs judgement with a stunning performance from last to 3rd, thanks to a top ride by OPB. He was only beaten by the 3rd highest rated horse in Japan and a classy 3yo he had to give 10 kilos to. He smashed the rest of the field, including The Horse Stoppers “best horse in Australia & Winx heir”! Great performance by TAS.

I loved the way Opie summed it up, he remembered the Kings ballsup on Excellent and took a punt, similar to the Cummings horse in the Caulfield . Top marks Mr Bosson

Not sure why some of the help desk people are there, the few times I have rung for help they dont know the answer, the amount of times you go on hold while they go and ask a supervisor who doesnt know either hahaha .. you end up just giving up, they dont really give a toss.

Dexter just won the Breeders Crown 2yo Colt & Gelding Trot in Woodbine Canada with Amigo Volo and is trained by Nifty Norman who was in school with me back home in 1975 LOL. Blasted to the front and won by 4 lengths. Went 26 and change 1st quarter. Here are the race replays and its Race 8. After the replay there is an interview with Dexter and Nifty Norman. They even asked Dexter about staying up here as he is doing so well.

His drives have won $us 9.2mil. So far this season. He won 6 at woodbine racetrack in Canada on Saturday their time. 5 of those wins were in breeders crown heats. The finals will be this Sunday our time so he could win a truckload more this weekend. Ustrotting.com is the site where you can get all the stats and fields for the US. The breeders crown finals fields & results will be on standardbred Canada website.

Ouch!