Pure Steel

Pondy a head short of victory in the end . Right down to the Wire in the Grand Final. Congrats to the victor's !! Also , on behalf of Team Rough Habit , congrats to the Very Speedy IMPERATRIZ team taking the 'Say No More Four's Plate 'today . A nice Best bet to Jack to finish it off in style. Well done mate. Great final to you and O'man , Peter RS and that dusty #48 too. Thank you very much John for your sterling effort there 'manning the Boards' , Scooby, and also to my fab star Rough Habit Team enjoying plenty of solid gallops against star opponents each week for a bit of fun.

Thanks John . best of Luck to your team in the Grand Final. Here's some Roughies Habits for a crack at the B Final. The 'dust' will be flying lol. Best of luck to Jack and his Team . Go 'Roughie' ya good thing lol . 1. Ellerslie R6/ 2 - 12 2. Ellerslie R7/ 7 - 10 3. Randwick R2/ 3 - 10 4. Randwick R3/ 3 - 12 5. Randwick R4/ 3 - 4 6. Randwick R5/ 2 - 3 7. Randwick R6/ 6 - 12 BB 8. Randwick R7/ 2 - 7 9. Randwick R8/ 9 - 12 BB it's a great day in Southport today 10. Mornington R6/ 8 - 10 11. Mornington R8/ 8 - 10 12. Mornington R9/ 2 - 5

There's a great story with the NZ 'Pardon My Dust' trotter Alf. When starting out in harness around 1980 the Trotter Pardon My Dust was trotting around all the North Island tracks having started his 'trotting' career as 5 year old. He hammered away against Stormy Morn, Jenner and the like for years with very mild success. As a young horse he was tried as a pacer for 4 starts but did absolutely nothing so was dumped out for a long time . Bit of luck he returns to that 'Pacing Form' today . so old rusty Pure Steel , who was the champion of Australian racing/pacing around 1980 can help get Rough Habit a win today. Thanks very much Alf for your help with Pardon My Dust (Aus) , in this Comp. Let's see if he's got some Interdominion form ? now he's an Aussie just pop picks in soon when check scratchings.

Forgot this was on last week as it panned. The Rough Habit team mates have given you something to catch it seems John . with you running a solid 4th. 'Roughie' looking good for the quinella by the look of it. excellent stuff. so just for a bit of fun >>> Veandercross 5-0 and Rough Habit 5-0 . thanks and Happy days !

We've arrived a month too early John. Not fit enough yet The Rough Habit Plate is on May 18th at Doomben when we might have claimed Victory on that day lol so with Imperatriz thundering to many Victories lately , we could be in for a hard time. Although she (Imperatriz) has retired this month so can you get Jack and Oman, PRS and #48 x-rayed as well ? they might be declared un-fit to race Saturday ? also....Is this a SWAB event? I have some secret potions from racing days gone by, that I could slip our star CHESTNUT filly in the Roughie team and then my good old mate Chief Jack will think it's 'Pride Of Jenni' turned up again , and give him a Hell of a fright . also hope #48 isn't taking my tonic number 48 either lol. Hey best of luck to your Boy VEANDERCROSS matey. would love to of taken you on again John , but lets see what Stoyd has in the tank . could be a photo finish.

IT was amazing camera work too on TV . They had to Pan the Camera out so far to keep Jenni and the rest of the field way behind in the frame , that you were looking at the race like you would be from the grandstand, with No zoom at all. I think everyone cheered her home for accepting the 2000m challenge with gusto. Mr Waller came on TV after the next race as had just brilliantly Quinellaed the Queen of The Turf. But He was still visibly fuming about Jenni beating his horse in that previous race , the Queen Elizabeth. these blokes (and Gai) sure want to win everything going. not happy with defeat.

Best of luck to Sunline opponents to set her usual strong pace. 'Roughie' over the Top Late on with his Straddie like finish burst is hopefully going to occurl Thanks John. (watch out for McGinty today mate, chock full of stars n0? ) 1. Randwick R2 / 7 - 9 2. Randwick R3 / 6 - 14 3. Randwick R4 / 1 - 12 4. Randwick R5 / 6 - 13 5. Randwick R7 / 9 - 12 6. Randwick R8 / 8 - 10 7. Randwick R9 / 1 - 6 8. Morphettville R4 / 1 - 8 9. Morphettville R5 / 9 - 16 BB 10. Morphettville R6 / 1 - 3 11. Morphettville R7 / 3 - 5 12. Morphettville R8 / 10 - 13 BB

yes the Queenslander Speak The Truth is up against it from that barrier out wide. There's a young fella smoking through from the second row who is the best in the Business. has won a few of these Big goes in his time Mark will be coming at them late with both 'OscarB' in the trot , and 'Self Assured' in the GrinsRace from their second row positions. Won't worry Mark drawn there , as do no work early and both are straight into the running line , with out even trying . so the Oscar Bonavena - Self Assured double is currently $120-1. excellent odds for the champion trainer/driver ? so have whacked a tenner on that. (and are at $5.65 for the place double so put a small cover on that too)

sounds like the feeling you get watching the Black-caps in the Test cricket v Aus Idol-mate ....but lets move on and see what can happen Friday night . Arcee Phoenix trotted 1.53 last week so if he leads , they're gunna have to go quick to beat him. Muscle Mountain was enormous last week too in his win. he could do it. and in the Pacers. Kango might lead from the pole ? you never know unless ya give it a go. Merlin beat Don't Stop Dreaming fair and square in the NZ Derby and also last week he sat parked out and went 1.52 and beat Don't Stop Dreaming again . super quick and tough run, Merlin will be even better with cover possibly..... He beat the Aussies at Menangle when Mark drove him too , with a huge run from the back 3 wide attacking .. so I'm going 'Merlin' from the mighty QLDer 'Speak The Truth' flashing home late.

Looks a good chance of 'Immortal' Double at Caulfield today. IMMORTAL STAR in the first race shortly into >> FIRST IMMORTAL in Race 9. (who's spose to be a good thing today) Hoping to get a nice sit with my 50 bucks at 7-1 after R1.

Thanks John. best of luck to Veandercross to get you over the line. Alf has a funny 'mannerism' though , so watch out Mr Tiz might be Mr Fizz after the mighty Rough Habit winds up a bit, and storms on past to victory today (all going well ) 1. Trentham R7 / 8 - 9 2. Randwick R2 / 12 - 13 3. Randwick R3 / 10 - 12 4. Randwick R4 / 8 - 12 5. Randwick R5 / 1 - 9 6. Randwick R6 / 6 - 10 BB 7. Randwick R7 / 8 - 10 8. Randwick R8 / 10 - 19 that 'Rusty' Steel is still coming Alf . might get there one day 9. Randwick R9 / 3 - 7 10. Caulfield R4 / 4 - 11 11. Caulfield R8 / 5 - 9 BB 12. Caulfield R9 / 3

Winner winner chicken for dinner. Don't worry about the Winner too much Scooby. I think he has it all wrong. John isn't gunna let that tricky opponent HorlickAlf do the 'Cascadian' on him like last week , so can see Veandercross getting some revenge this week. Advantage to salute along with good old Roughie and the mighty Showgate Liz and crew. so If I 'reverse' Winner69s Picks completely , that will but him on the losing side. n0? Veandercruise v Horlicks 3 - 2 Melody Belle v Avantage 2 - 3 Rough Habit v Mr Tiz 4 - 1 Imperatriz v Showgate 1 - 4

sounds like this would be a good spot for the Iceman and his Mystic steed to be a chance if that is the case. . the speed will be hot with the Aussies burning up front and blazing to victory . too hot for the Iceman at Cambridge . the pace will be so Hot that even the chickens will be laying hard boiled eggs

In case you missed it Rakman .. the Vic's were 'hard at play' on Saturday night with ARCEE PHOENIX giving the Interdominion Champ Just Believe a bit of flogging. 1.53.5 as they all but broke the track record , (broke the race record by 2 seconds ) and a comfortable 2 length win for the Arcee one. Think he might be the One to beat on that. these 2 Aussies are obviously in TIP TOP knick . time to knock a few kiwi's about I think?. A very nice win to Muscle Mountain too, on Saturday at Addington . looking good then, for a solid '3rd' in the Big Slot-trot at Cambridge mate ?

Might as well go the Oaks.? Did you go along and see PennyWeka win it last year for Nz Pogo n0 ? she has/had 70 owners and 40 flew over for the Big day . including the Trainer Jim Wallace. some of the owners could still be in Sydney partying ? PennyWeka had completed the Nz /Australian Oaks double . Orchestral looks set to repeat the dose