Koriokaramea

Not sure if you ever saw this race mate . Fast forward to 0.44 and will see the last two laps . Great horse amazing where he came from against a great field and getting checked down the back straight. My favorite Reg Clapp best commentator ever used to love listening to him . This was when Harness Racing was so exciting 
 

Famously Stood in for his good mate and top horseman Charlie Hunter for the 1975 Interdominion , when Charlie was injured in a race during the heats.
John Not only winning the Trotting Grand Final steering Castleton's Pride , but stormed to Victory with the mighty Young Quinn as well in the Pacers Grand Final. 
A great double for Charlie and John. hard to believe it was just over half a century ago now?. time flies. even for the champions. John was 27 years old at the time. But achieved a lifetime Dream there at Auckland all those years ago. RIP John .  another fabulous NZ horseman of all time. 
 

That's so sad .  I worked for John for nearly two years when I was 18 . Grant Mcleod and Peter Mounce were also working there then .
He was such an awesome guy . He organized my trials licence and even when I had given my notice let me drive Dingle Dell at the trials . He also gave me a couple of drives in Junior races when I was working in another stable . 
I learnt a lot from John , he was such a talented driver , had a heart of gold and was so good to me .
His wife Jenny is Geoff Martins sister if you didn't know and he is a great guy as well , the whole family is .
RIP J Dub . I will never forget you thx for everything .
 

I though the quote of the day was Kylie Williams, winner of over 1000 races as a jockey and mother of Logan Bates, something of the effect of "I was never able to ride a Group 1 winner, but I've been able to produce one" as well as referring to him as "a little shit" while he was still living in New Zealand. And Jigsaw's trainer informing us that the horse was racing before Logan even became a jockey 🤣
The gems that pop up when you don't immediately cross to a race Mullarewarewa. 

Yes indeed . . . Trackside coverage of Karaka Millions meet was 1st class. Kudos to all involved. 

Unfortunately the poor guy is going through some private issues , he needs support at the moment , not daggers in the back 

A lot of Aus connections singing the praises of the Ellerslie track.  Amazing recovery by Jason and his team, and I hope they get the recognition they deserve.  Credit where due because they took all the crap we gave them when it was first rolled out.

Whoever is responsible for the track at Ellerslie should be snapped up by all racing clubs to pick their brains.
Outstanding 

Whilst a great deal of discussions on this forum lean toward the negative, I would like to give a bouquet to Trackside for their coverage of this event. I found it of excellent quality, the presenters were high quality, the racing sensational, the venue world class, the storylines, as Thad Taylor so eloquently pointed out, were fascinating. All in all it was a superb watch. Thankyou

Absolutely correct.
What lunatic decided that the winning margin should be a consideration in a judicial decision.
Obviously it's the degree of severity of the "bash" that should be the sole determining factor.
Once you've received the "bash" to the degree that Ninja was bashed, obviously all momentum and interest is lost.

I made plenty off the winner Torque To Be Sure, but I'm the first to admit the backers of Ninja were just plain robbed !

Absolutely correct.
What lunatic decided that the winning margin should be a consideration in a judicial decision.
Obviously it's the degree of severity of the "bash" that should be the sole determining factor.
Once you've received the "bash" to the degree that Ninja was bashed, obviously all momentum and interest is lost.

I made plenty off the winner Torque To Be Sure, but I'm the first to admit the backers of Ninja were just plain robbed !

1. Tauranga R3                  11x16 2. Tauranga R4                  1x6 3. Tauranga R5                  9x10          Best Bet 4. Tauranga R6                  1x7 5. Tauranga R7                  5x12 6. Tauranga R8                  2x9            Best Bet 7. Tauherenikau R3            4x9 8. Tauherenikau R4           1x5 9. Tauherenikau R5           2x3 10. Tauherenikau R6          6x7 R11. Tauherenikau R7         1x6 R12. Tauherenikau R8        1x8   Thank you for this comp, John & Scooby. It's a lot of fun.

1. Ellerslie R1            6x10 2. Ellerslie R2           3x10 3. Ellerslie R3           4x7         4. Ellerslie R4           3x10              Best Bet 5. Ellerslie R5           7x10 6. Ellerslie R6           1x7 7. Ellerslie R7            3x5 8. Ellerslie R8            1x11 9. Ellerslie R9            2x10 10. Ellerslie R10         1x8                  Best Bet  
Wishing a very Happy and prosperous New Year to all comp participants. 🎉
And a special thanks to John and Scooby for providing the wonderful entertainment for us year-round, with their comps. 👏

Up The Anti Race 4 at Ellerslie.
Last five starts 00072.
Loveracing formline says "consistent".
Say what?

1. Ellerslie R1 1,4
2. Ellerslie R2 5,12
3. Ellerslie R3 4,8 bb
4. Ellerslie R4 2,6
5. Ellerslie R5 4,8
6. Ellerslie R6 2,7
7. Ellerslie R7 6,9
8. Ellerslie R8 6,8
9. Ellerslie R9 2,3 bb
10. Ellerslie R10 3,5
Getting in now, as this time tomorrow I'm likely to be suffering headache, fatigue, nausea, dehydration, sensitivity to light/sound, tremors, and cognitive impairment.

Results for final two races later this evening.  Just heading out to dinner - Khao Soi - yum!

Thanks John. You have made so many of us Race Cafe / Thoroughbred   tragic s  enjoy our racing this year. Once again.
Your competitions and scoring time and remarkable tolerance remind me of your marvelous  namesake " Say No More ".
The Paul Duncan trained mare won the 2012 Breeders Stakes  by a ns from my brother Lee's Fleur de Lune and  Xanadu was 3rd.
All three mares now dams of very good horses.
Kindest thoughts to all  all race cafe contributors .
Rev
 
 
 

See the earlier thread for details on how the 6 day comp will work, or just follow your nose and throw up your picks from day to day. Separate entry thread for each day.  Ok to miss a day or two but harder to win anything that way.   You should be very familiar with this Day 1 format.
1.  Either pick two horses in each race listed below - you will have $10 each way on both and a $2 quinella; or if you'd prefer to pick just one horse in any (or all of the races) you can do that and you will have $20 each way on that one runner,  but you will forego the quinella.
2.  You will have two best bet races where your bet is doubled.  They can be any two of the 10 races listed below.
Posting deadline this week is 12.00pm (midday)
Day 1 races are as follows - just 10 races - keeping it nice and simple with the full Ellerslie card:
1. Ellerslie R1
2. Ellerslie R2
3. Ellerslie R3
4. Ellerslie R4
5. Ellerslie R5
6. Ellerslie R6
7. Ellerslie R7
8. Ellerslie R8
9. Ellerslie R9
10. Ellerslie R10
 
Please enter horse numbers, not names and remember to nominate two best bet races, and some form of punctuation between your two numbers is very helpful - thanks. 
Regular scratchings - it is up to you to replace any scratchings prior to the posting deadline.  If you don't then you will have only one runner in the race, unless you have two scratchings or a single pick is scratched, in which case you will have no runners in that race (and for the avoidance of any doubt if you pick two and one is scratched the single remaining runner will be a $10 each way bet).
Late scratchings - any late scratchings will default to the TAB sub (and second win favourite if you already have the sub or both your runners are late scratched).  In the event of equal second win favourites the second sub will be the horse with the lower saddlecloth number.  If you have a single bet and it is late scratched, you will have a single bet on the TAB sub.
Abandoned races - we need a minimum of 5 races to be run for the results to stand.  Any less than 5 and this round will be null and void.  

Hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous 2026.
Thanks for all the support throughout the year and thanks to Pete and John for the tireless efforts they put in here you guys are a huge asset to Racecafe too.
 

Afternoon, all.
Max has been thinking ...(cue siren)
since these selections for today are from THE BEST TIPSTERS (well, at least on current revealed form!), Max has 'invested' on 8 of these picks in a $28 Multi (Any 2 = 28 combinations @ $1 per combo)
Had to leave out Paddy The Farmer (too late to get on..mercifully!) and eliminated the last at Cranbourne to keep the Multi to 8 races. Note there are two Win bets at short odds/small fields, the rest Top3 at decent value.
So, here's the thing...
ANY and ALL FUNDS from this impetuous/impulsive/silly-billy Maxi Multi will go to the Charity of the Spring Pairs organisers' choice.

I've had a shocker of a spring on the punt, but it would've been twice as bad if I hadn't been betting in Melbourne (which I hadn't done for the past year or two and only did this spring because I was already doing the form for the comp).
Either that's testament to how Koriokaramea carried me through the non-Melbourne races, or that I should start ONLY betting in Melbourne instead.
In case it's the latter, I'll go to Cranbourne where I've found seven bets (my average is just over two bets per meeting) and back the first of them.
Cranbourne 1-6 Prince Tycoon, $75 win.
Thanks.

Thanks for the prize bet, Scooby.

Please can I have :-

Pukekohe
R9
# 13
Livid Sky
$35 each-way

Thanks again.
 

George Simon is a shocker, I think he's got worse. If you are only listening not watching and he calls your horse 5th or 6th, don't throw your tickets away as they say.
He can't get it right sometimes when there is half a length in it.

Congrats to all of the prize winners - see below. 
As always your prize is in the form of a single bet (Win, Place or Each way) with half of any collect going to you and the other half recycled into future comps.  Please post your bets on this thread and also message Leigh (Scooby3051).  Be sure to give him plenty of advance notice.
Thanks Leigh!
 
$40 to each of the two Group winners from pool play (that's $20 to each member of the Group winning pair)  Pondy, Al Feilding, Kilcoyne, Goodison
$150 to the Championship play-off winners ($75 each) Chiknsmack, Koriokaramea
$50 to the Championship runner-up - losing Grand finalists ($25 each)  Pete, Richie
$80 to the Plate winners ($40 each)  SNM, Kloppite
$40 to the Bowl winners ($20 each)   Peter RS, Lucasduke

Well done to all the winners glad we got one for the "team" at RC management here...Petes team had one of their few off days..Thanks SNM for the many weeks of scoring it's very much appreciated....and also thanks to all the members who got involved in this very fun comp.