Koriokaramea

Scratching Replacement for me, please John.

Comp R1

1. Te Rapa R6  3-12
3 is out . . . replaced by 13
Thanks, John.

1. Te Rapa R6  3-12
2. Te Rapa R8 11-14
3. Rosehill R3  1-5  BB
4. Rosehill R4  1-9
5. Rosehill R5  3-8
6. Rosehill R6  8-11   BB
7. Rosehill R7  1-2
8. Rosehill R8  7-9
9. Rosehill R9  7-10
10. Sandown R6  1-5
11. Sandown R7  1-3
12. Sandown R8  2-15

Good luck to my team-mate Chicknsmack.
Thank you for this comp, John and Scooby.

These are my selections for Round 4 :-
1. Ellerslie R7          10
2. Ellerslie R8          1           BB
3. Caulfield R2        9
4. Caulfield R6        6
5. Caulfield R7        10
6. Caulfield R8         9
7. Caulfield R9        17
8. Randwick R5        3
9. Randwick R6        2         BB
10. Randwick R7      17
11. Randwick R8       11
12. Randwick R9      1x2

Very tough opponents this week in John and Kloppite. Good luck to you both.
For sure Chiknsmack and I will have to go some just to keep up.

Thank you for this comp, John and Scooby.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

These are my selections for Round 4 :-
1. Ellerslie R7          10
2. Ellerslie R8          1           BB
3. Caulfield R2        9
4. Caulfield R6        6
5. Caulfield R7        10
6. Caulfield R8         9
7. Caulfield R9        17
8. Randwick R5        3
9. Randwick R6        2         BB
10. Randwick R7      17
11. Randwick R8       11
12. Randwick R9      1x2

Very tough opponents this week in John and Kloppite. Good luck to you both.
For sure Chiknsmack and I will have to go some just to keep up.

Thank you for this comp, John and Scooby.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

These are my selections for Round 4 :-
1. Ellerslie R7          10
2. Ellerslie R8          1           BB
3. Caulfield R2        9
4. Caulfield R6        6
5. Caulfield R7        10
6. Caulfield R8         9
7. Caulfield R9        17
8. Randwick R5        3
9. Randwick R6        2         BB
10. Randwick R7      17
11. Randwick R8       11
12. Randwick R9      1x2

Very tough opponents this week in John and Kloppite. Good luck to you both.
For sure Chiknsmack and I will have to go some just to keep up.

Thank you for this comp, John and Scooby.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 12 races listed below.
Posting deadline this week is 1.30pm
This weeks 12 races are as follows:
1. Ellerslie R7
2. Ellerslie R8
3. Caulfield R2
4. Caulfield R6
5. Caulfield R7
6. Caulfield R8
7. Caulfield R9
8. Randwick R5
9. Randwick R6
10. Randwick R7
11. Randwick R8
12. Randwick R9
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. 
Scratchings & abandonment rules - same as prior weeks.
 

Bit harsh Phil
Monty B has only played in the one round as a sub.  A few other entrants perhaps more worthy of that bloodline.  Won't mention my partner but will say that my shoulders are getting a bit sore.

For those of us who had an ordinary day picking yesterday, just take comfort that it could have been a worse week. You could have been selected to play for the All Blacks last night. 😀

I wondered the same thing so did some research and found pictorial evidence.
SIRE OF MONTYD

 
SIRE OF MONTYB

1. Riccarton R7 3,4 BB
2. Flemington R1 18,19
3. Flemington R3 1 BB
4. Flemington R4 1,12
5. Flemington R5 3,6
6. Flemington R6 2,4
7. Flemington R7 3,8
8. Flemington R9 3,10
9. Rosehill R4 1,6
10. Rosehill R6 1,14
11. Rosehill R8 3,5
12. Rosehill R9 5,14
Thanks.

1. Riccarton R7               4-7
2. Flemington R1            10            
3. Flemington R3            3             BB
4. Flemington R4            2-4
5. Flemington R5            3-4
6. Flemington R6            4-10
7. Flemington R7             11-12
8. Flemington R9             3            BB 
9. Rosehill R4                  1-11
10. Rosehill R6                2-8
11. Rosehill R8                 6-10
12. Rosehill R9                5-8

Best of luck to my team-mate, Chicknsmack. I hope you find many, many winners.
Thank you for this excellent, highly entertaining comp, John and Scooby.

1. Riccarton R7               4-7
2. Flemington R1            10            
3. Flemington R3            3             BB
4. Flemington R4            2-4
5. Flemington R5            3-4
6. Flemington R6            4-10
7. Flemington R7             11-12
8. Flemington R9             3            BB 
9. Rosehill R4                  1-11
10. Rosehill R6                2-8
11. Rosehill R8                 6-10
12. Rosehill R9                5-8

Best of luck to my team-mate, Chicknsmack. I hope you find many, many winners.
Thank you for this excellent, highly entertaining comp, John and Scooby.

From Southland Thoroughbred Facebook page:
Obituary - Hec Anderton
Hec Anderton, an achiever in thoroughbred racing as a jockey, trainer, breeder and apprentice mentor, died today at the age of 84.
He had been in ill health and was admitted to the Otago Community Hospice in Dunedin today. He died surrounded by his wife, Pat and children, Michael, Paul, Debbie Kennedy, Janine Carroll and Tania Batt.
His death came soon after a horse he bred and raced in partnership, Descaro won at Wingatui. Descaro is trained by his brother, Brian and nephew, Shane Anderton.
Hec trained the winners of some 350 races either on his own account or in partnership from stables close to Wingatui. He had 22 wins with his father, Hector and 98 in eight seasons with his son Steven. 
He began training in the 1962-63 season with his father with whom he served an apprenticeship as a jockey He signed up as a probationer at the age of 12. His elder brother, Brian had ridden his first winner at the age of 13 but a rule was introduced extending the minimum age for an apprentice to take a ride to 15. Hec rode his first winner, Irish Wings at Beaumont in 1956 at that age.
His major win as a jockey was the Churchill Stakes  (1600m) at Riccarton two years later on Fountainhead. “I was staying at the boarding house with the staff of from the stable of George Greene, who trained Fountainhead. The horse only had seven stone three pounds (46kg) as a 3yr-old and I phoned Mr Greene to inquire if he had a rider.“ Anderton was told to be at Riccarton the next morning at 4 o’clock to ride Fountainhead in work. “Mr Greene asked me how I would hold the horse and I replied that if he didn’t put me on he would never know.”
Anderton rode Fountainhead in behind in contrast to the usual style of the Gold Nib colt, who won by four lengths to equal the track record of 1.35.2 set by Liban in the Jockey Club Handicap three days earlier.
Hec rode Ravelston to win on each of the three days of the 1960 Riverton Easter meeting run on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Ravelston was owned by Harold Dennis, father of the Dennis brothers and trained by Hector. His Riverton wins were over seven furlongs (1400m), 1 1/4m (1800m, Southern Champion Hack Handicap) and President’s Handicap (1200m) under nine stone seven pounds (60.5kg) against 16 rivals. Hec and Ravelston carried on to win six in a row, the last two in open races at Invercargill and Wingatui.
Hec began training in the 1962-63 season with his father, posting 20 wins.  Hec dropped out after the combination had won two races the following season. “The partnership did not really work out,” said Hec.
Hec then operated a horse transport business for five years, continuing to help his father.
The purchase of an Avocat General – Mistress Nell colt by Roger Grey, a friend of Hector, prompted the younger Anderton to renew his trainer’s licence in a sole capacity.
“I had taken the colt to the Trentham sales for Lance Aynsley, of Gore and he was passed in,” recalled Hec.
The colt was then entered for the Otago Bloodstock sale at Wingatui five months later.
“I saw him at the Wingatui sale and suggested to Roger Grey that he bid on him. He got him for 310 guineas.
“Roger informed dad that he had bought a horse on my advice and dad replied that I might as well train him.”
Hec began operating out of stable rented from Wingatui jockey Lex Hare. The colt was Crown Agent and won 12 races, mainly on provincial tracks. His wins included the 1972 Bank Of New South Wales Challenge Cup at Hokitika.
Hec bought the Zetland Lodge stable at Wingatui in the late 1960s and took over horses from the stable of his late uncle, Ashley Powell in 1969. They included Captain’s Command, Channel Command and Aldershot. Captain’s Command had won the 1968 Stewards’ Handicap at Riccarton for Dunedin owner Eddy Young when trained by Powell. Captain’s Command won two minor races for Hec. Channel Command was a winner on the flat over hurdles and as a steeplechaser.
Aldershot was owned by Fred Anscombe and Eric (Curly) Smart.
“It was a big break for me getting these owners. Mr Young always bought horses at the yearling sales and Curly and Fred bred a lot of horses.”
Messrs Anscombe and Smart provided Hec with Mellseur.  “arguably the best horse I have trained,’’ said Hec.
Mellseur won the 1980 group one Penfold’s Chardon Mile (now Thorndon Mile) at Trentham, the 1979 Thames Valley Stakes and 1980 George Adams Handicap at Riccarton. The Causeur – Queen Mellay mare won 17 races, including the South Island Thoroughbred Stakes at Orari twice, the Gore and Waikouaiti Cups. He was now back in the house and stables (Pink Robe Lodge) in Wingatui Road where he was raised.
He rated Mellseur alongside The Jewel among the best horses he trained. The Jewel won the g1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas in 2002, the g1 International Stakes at Te Rapa and the Doomben Roses when Hec was training with his son, Steve from new stables  and home he built 34 years ago on a property opposite Pink Robe Lodge. 
The father and son trained Sand Sweeper, whose 10 wins in New Zealand included the 2005 Canterbury Gold Cup and Easter Cup.
Hec had a soft spot for jumpers. “I go a huge thrill out of winning my first Great Western (steeplechase),’’ he said
That was in 1974 with Jack Tat, a newcomer to the stable that season and off the winning list for 12 months.
Anderton had his major jumps win in the 1986 Nescafe Steeplechase at Ellerslie with Rock Crystal. The Nescafe (Great Northern) then had a stake of $150,000, the richest for a jumps race in New Zealand. Hec took over Rock Crystal after the death of his father.
“Rock Crystal had bowed a tendon the year before and dad showed me how to patch up a tendon just before he died.”
Rock Crystal had gone in the wind and had heart strain after his Nescafe win but Hec brought him back to win the Great Western for a second time in 1988.
Hec had five trips to Australia and won 10 races on eight different tracks there. He won listed races at Caulfield and Moonee Valley with Native Monarch and won at Flemington with Noble River (hurdles), steeplechase (Owhata Son) and flat (Native Monarch  and Ain’t No Doubt).
Noble River won the 1983 Winter Cup at Ricccarton at odds  of 18 to one. Native Monarch won the 1993 Riverton Cup.
Hec prepared several horses for different sales and he sold a Noble Bijou -Foxfun filly for $150,000 at the National Yearling sale at Trentham in 1985.
“John  Douglas -Clifford loaned me Foxfun to breed a foal and the sale really put me on my feet.”
Hec bred several horses in partnership, among them De Montfort, whom he trained to win the 1999 Dunedin Cup with his daughter Debbie Kennedy the rider.  Hec and Brian bred Loftys Gift, winner of the race in 2025. Descaro (Ghibellines – Flyby) is a sister to Loftys Gift.
Debbie served her apprenticeship with her father as did Jason Laking, who rode The Jewel  to win the One Thousand Guineas. Another of his apprentices was Jarrod Todd, who has made his mark in the Northern Territory of Australia. He has won over 700 races.
Hec retired from training in 2008 but he returned to help  Claire Anderton when his son Steve, her husband was killed in a tragic accident in 2015.
 

1. Ellerslie R5                 3x11 2. Ellerslie R6                5x6 3. Ellerslie R7                4x7 4. Ellerslie R9                11x12 5. Moonee Valley R1      2x6 6. Moonee Valley R7     2x8 7. Moonee Valley R8     4               Best Bet 8. Moonee Valley R9     12x14 9. Randwick R6             3x16 10. Randwick R7            2               Best Bet 11. Randwick R8             5 12. Randwick R9            5x7

Wishing best of luck to my team-mate, Chicknsmack. Hoping I'll score a better total this week than what I managed last Saturday, to help the team along.
Thank you for this comp, John and Scooby.

1. Ellerslie R5                 3x11 2. Ellerslie R6                5x6 3. Ellerslie R7                4x7 4. Ellerslie R9                11x12 5. Moonee Valley R1      2x6 6. Moonee Valley R7     2x8 7. Moonee Valley R8     4               Best Bet 8. Moonee Valley R9     12x14 9. Randwick R6             3x16 10. Randwick R7            2               Best Bet 11. Randwick R8             5 12. Randwick R9            5x7

Wishing best of luck to my team-mate, Chicknsmack. Hoping I'll score a better total this week than what I managed last Saturday, to help the team along.
Thank you for this comp, John and Scooby.

Wishing her every success after what she's been through.

That helps us a bit, Chicknsmack ! 
Rising from the ashes.
 
 

1. Whanganui R4      1x6 2. Whanganui R5      2x4 3. Whanganui R6      10x16 4. Whanganui R7      5x7           BB 5. Caulfield R2          1x15 6. Caulfield R3          3x11 7. Caulfield R4           7x9           BB 8. Caulfield R5          5x11 9. Caulfield R7          12x15 10. Caulfield R8         11x12 11. Caulfield R9          3x9 12. Rosehill R8             1x5                 
Best of luck to my team-mate Chicknsmack.
Hopefully we can hit the ground running in Round 1.
Our opponents Black Kirrama & Gubellini look a lethal combination, so we'll have to have all our wits about us.

Thank you for this Spring comp, John and Scooby. Sure to be a lot of fun.

1. Whanganui R4 - 10
2. Whanganui R5 - 2,11
3. Whanganui R6 - 3,10
4. Whanganui R7 - 2,5
5. Caulfield R2 - 4,13 BB
6. Caulfield R3 - 11,12 (3)
7. Caulfield R4 - 2,7
8. Caulfield R5 - 2,19 BB
9. Caulfield R7 - 2,15
10. Caulfield R8 - 2,13)
11. Caulfield R9 - 1,11
12. Rosehill R8 - 4,7
Thanks.

1. Whanganui R4      1x6 2. Whanganui R5      2x4 3. Whanganui R6      10x16 4. Whanganui R7      5x7           BB 5. Caulfield R2          1x15 6. Caulfield R3          3x11 7. Caulfield R4           7x9           BB 8. Caulfield R5          5x11 9. Caulfield R7          12x15 10. Caulfield R8         11x12 11. Caulfield R9          3x9 12. Rosehill R8             1x5                 
Best of luck to my team-mate Chicknsmack.
Hopefully we can hit the ground running in Round 1.
Our opponents Black Kirrama & Gubellini look a lethal combination, so we'll have to have all our wits about us.

Thank you for this Spring comp, John and Scooby. Sure to be a lot of fun.

1. Whanganui R4      1x6 2. Whanganui R5      2x4 3. Whanganui R6      10x16 4. Whanganui R7      5x7           BB 5. Caulfield R2          1x15 6. Caulfield R3          3x11 7. Caulfield R4           7x9           BB 8. Caulfield R5          5x11 9. Caulfield R7          12x15 10. Caulfield R8         11x12 11. Caulfield R9          3x9 12. Rosehill R8             1x5                 
Best of luck to my team-mate Chicknsmack.
Hopefully we can hit the ground running in Round 1.
Our opponents Black Kirrama & Gubellini look a lethal combination, so we'll have to have all our wits about us.

Thank you for this Spring comp, John and Scooby. Sure to be a lot of fun.

Yes, please ... can you slot me into the draw for partners.
Thanks.

Randwick

R1

Apache Breeze

Thank you, John & Scooby.

The plot, thicker ...
 
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