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Won again today. Another $33,000 in the bin and 5 wins out of 6 now. 3000m again today - No opportunities like that for him in NZ.

What a great facility. Appreciated by so many in the industry (29 heats !). Professionally run and surely one of the best courses for winter racing ?

Jeez if that isn't someone on a high horse and with a superiority complex to boot I don't know what is. So don't bet on them

Good on the amateurs I reckon. It's not like they get many chances and most (all) of them absolutely love it But you can rest assured some pain in the backside killjoy will be there putting the boot in saying they shouldn't be there or we shouldn't be allowed to bet on them. Sheesh ! Get a life of your own and the amateurs will be out there doing it for real at Avondale on Wednesday

Thanks Stodge, very interesting and makes sense

Synthetic surfaces can be prepared to mimic slower turf by harrowing deeper - does this happen in NZ or are all surfaces prepared to simply run as Good 3 or Dead 4 or whatever? I understood that this could be done with our synthetic tracks but doesn't seem to happen. It does make you wonder what sort of can of worms it would open though with some wanting it deeper than others and some not, who would decide and when ?

I dunno about fast horses being fast on any surface Nerula. Some horses are versatile enough to go on anything but they are few and far between. Plenty of fast ones on good ground can't go at all after a bit of rain and I'm not talking about a Heavy 10 My namesake loved the mud but couldn't handle it puggy and occasionally a mudder comes out and upsets the fast ones just as the tracks are improving and you don't expect it. All the variables keep the game interesting

Always irritates me when they to a 3yo filly as "him" or vice versa. I mean that is just really lazy and how can you take anything they say seriously when they get something so basic wrong.

By my calculations Little Wonder has only sired 13 foals of which 6 made it to the races, 2 won and 2 were placed in the last month or two. A pretty good strike rate for $1K I think especially considering those 13 were not exactly from K1 mares.

I was talking about the 3rd race which I'm pretty sure Henry was talking about too. Winner nothing yet, 2nd horse 7. 3rd horse 1.

Leggy it looks to me like the 2nd horse got 7 points. The winner of the last race at Matamata hasn't got any points yet either. Still on 59

Auction closes tonight. $150,000 at present

Is this some new sort of competition Scooby ? If so I'll go $440,000

2, 3, 6, 9, 15, 18, 19, 22 Thanks

20. Makram 17 Smokin' Romans 6. Nonconformist Thanks Scooby.