richie

So great to see my old team win after going close so many times..Fortunately for them i was late starter and ended up in the Chiefs.I suppose my chance of transferring back now is very slim.

I would like to sincerely thank my new friend Cubes for a fantastic day at Galloping cup.My wife and I along with my mate Steve made the journey up from Ashvegas with some trepadition,going to a corporate box at the gallops for a group of harness followers.Well what a great day.Pulled up at carpark,only had about 20metres to walk to gate ,now to find right suite.Well door people were marvellous,found it easily.Walk into room and right opposite finish line and what a view of everything.All of a sudden felt relaxed as mood in room was great, everybody friendly.Now just had to figure out who was Cubes.Which one was this fella with the big personality.All of a sudden this chap was shaking my hand.Hi im Cubes,otherwise known as Nigel.Met wife and Charlie their son,nice young fella.Help yourself to drink he said,shit he didnt need to say that twice.Over the next couple races i meet Talk(Tony),Chelseacol(Colin)and Foaming(Phil).Just after race 3 Cubes comes and says to me ,i sponsor next race would you like to come to Chairmans room with me as i sponsor next race.So i hitched pants up a bit higher toghtened my belt and away we went.Cubes,myself and a lovely fella called Colin,not Chelseacol.Walked in there and Karen Fenton Ellis in there from previoys race win,very nice lady.Grabbed a beer and started talking to chairman and watched race.Great excitement when El Chico won.Stayed there while cubes went out for presentation and made speech.Great surrise when Cubes also gave jockey 5 ounces gold,worth about $12000.Next thing Michael Pitman came in with owners,what great bunch people.Pitty told us he thought would win that but thought Southern Sav just a good if not better bet in cup.All sudden Cubes comes up and says ,we better go back have some lunch.Great feed and few beers later Richie was as happy as could be.Just a great day with a great host and great people.
Thank you very much,my new friend  Cubes for a great day .

I would like to sincerely thank my new friend Cubes for a fantastic day at Galloping cup.My wife and I along with my mate Steve made the journey up from Ashvegas with some trepadition,going to a corporate box at the gallops for a group of harness followers.Well what a great day.Pulled up at carpark,only had about 20metres to walk to gate ,now to find right suite.Well door people were marvellous,found it easily.Walk into room and right opposite finish line and what a view of everything.All of a sudden felt relaxed as mood in room was great, everybody friendly.Now just had to figure out who was Cubes.Which one was this fella with the big personality.All of a sudden this chap was shaking my hand.Hi im Cubes,otherwise known as Nigel.Met wife and Charlie their son,nice young fella.Help yourself to drink he said,shit he didnt need to say that twice.Over the next couple races i meet Talk(Tony),Chelseacol(Colin)and Foaming(Phil).Just after race 3 Cubes comes and says to me ,i sponsor next race would you like to come to Chairmans room with me as i sponsor next race.So i hitched pants up a bit higher toghtened my belt and away we went.Cubes,myself and a lovely fella called Colin,not Chelseacol.Walked in there and Karen Fenton Ellis in there from previoys race win,very nice lady.Grabbed a beer and started talking to chairman and watched race.Great excitement when El Chico won.Stayed there while cubes went out for presentation and made speech.Great surrise when Cubes also gave jockey 5 ounces gold,worth about $12000.Next thing Michael Pitman came in with owners,what great bunch people.Pitty told us he thought would win that but thought Southern Sav just a good if not better bet in cup.All sudden Cubes comes up and says ,we better go back have some lunch.Great feed and few beers later Richie was as happy as could be.Just a great day with a great host and great people.
Thank you very much,my new friend  Cubes for a great day .

Cubes sponsored this race and i was luckily invited into the chairmans room and the delight on Pittys face was outstanding.The owner is a lovely chap and said Michael had told him before the race El Chico was better than Wednesday.Pitty also said they would be riding Southern Sav as the best horse in the race because he is.

Cubes sponsored this race and i was luckily invited into the chairmans room and the delight on Pittys face was outstanding.The owner is a lovely chap and said Michael had told him before the race El Chico was better than Wednesday.Pitty also said they would be riding Southern Sav as the best horse in the race because he is.

I would like to sincerely thank my new friend Cubes for a fantastic day at Galloping cup.My wife and I along with my mate Steve made the journey up from Ashvegas with some trepadition,going to a corporate box at the gallops for a group of harness followers.Well what a great day.Pulled up at carpark,only had about 20metres to walk to gate ,now to find right suite.Well door people were marvellous,found it easily.Walk into room and right opposite finish line and what a view of everything.All of a sudden felt relaxed as mood in room was great, everybody friendly.Now just had to figure out who was Cubes.Which one was this fella with the big personality.All of a sudden this chap was shaking my hand.Hi im Cubes,otherwise known as Nigel.Met wife and Charlie their son,nice young fella.Help yourself to drink he said,shit he didnt need to say that twice.Over the next couple races i meet Talk(Tony),Chelseacol(Colin)and Foaming(Phil).Just after race 3 Cubes comes and says to me ,i sponsor next race would you like to come to Chairmans room with me as i sponsor next race.So i hitched pants up a bit higher toghtened my belt and away we went.Cubes,myself and a lovely fella called Colin,not Chelseacol.Walked in there and Karen Fenton Ellis in there from previoys race win,very nice lady.Grabbed a beer and started talking to chairman and watched race.Great excitement when El Chico won.Stayed there while cubes went out for presentation and made speech.Great surrise when Cubes also gave jockey 5 ounces gold,worth about $12000.Next thing Michael Pitman came in with owners,what great bunch people.Pitty told us he thought would win that but thought Southern Sav just a good if not better bet in cup.All sudden Cubes comes up and says ,we better go back have some lunch.Great feed and few beers later Richie was as happy as could be.Just a great day with a great host and great people.
Thank you very much,my new friend  Cubes for a great day .

Dead right Swoopa - no better place than a racetrack with good people, chance to make some $, good food and drink and in this case an awesome venue.
Cubes was everywhere on the day looking after people, making us all welcome, and dealing with sponsorship commitments. 
Many thanks Cubes.
 

Thanks Rich,my account would've enjoyed receiving that money as well lol.Congrats again to Lyn,and thanks to yourself Rich for running the comp,and also to N1mue for his help.

I would like to sincerely thank my new friend Cubes for a fantastic day at Galloping cup.My wife and I along with my mate Steve made the journey up from Ashvegas with some trepadition,going to a corporate box at the gallops for a group of harness followers.Well what a great day.Pulled up at carpark,only had about 20metres to walk to gate ,now to find right suite.Well door people were marvellous,found it easily.Walk into room and right opposite finish line and what a view of everything.All of a sudden felt relaxed as mood in room was great, everybody friendly.Now just had to figure out who was Cubes.Which one was this fella with the big personality.All of a sudden this chap was shaking my hand.Hi im Cubes,otherwise known as Nigel.Met wife and Charlie their son,nice young fella.Help yourself to drink he said,shit he didnt need to say that twice.Over the next couple races i meet Talk(Tony),Chelseacol(Colin)and Foaming(Phil).Just after race 3 Cubes comes and says to me ,i sponsor next race would you like to come to Chairmans room with me as i sponsor next race.So i hitched pants up a bit higher toghtened my belt and away we went.Cubes,myself and a lovely fella called Colin,not Chelseacol.Walked in there and Karen Fenton Ellis in there from previoys race win,very nice lady.Grabbed a beer and started talking to chairman and watched race.Great excitement when El Chico won.Stayed there while cubes went out for presentation and made speech.Great surrise when Cubes also gave jockey 5 ounces gold,worth about $12000.Next thing Michael Pitman came in with owners,what great bunch people.Pitty told us he thought would win that but thought Southern Sav just a good if not better bet in cup.All sudden Cubes comes up and says ,we better go back have some lunch.Great feed and few beers later Richie was as happy as could be.Just a great day with a great host and great people.
Thank you very much,my new friend  Cubes for a great day .

I would like to sincerely thank my new friend Cubes for a fantastic day at Galloping cup.My wife and I along with my mate Steve made the journey up from Ashvegas with some trepadition,going to a corporate box at the gallops for a group of harness followers.Well what a great day.Pulled up at carpark,only had about 20metres to walk to gate ,now to find right suite.Well door people were marvellous,found it easily.Walk into room and right opposite finish line and what a view of everything.All of a sudden felt relaxed as mood in room was great, everybody friendly.Now just had to figure out who was Cubes.Which one was this fella with the big personality.All of a sudden this chap was shaking my hand.Hi im Cubes,otherwise known as Nigel.Met wife and Charlie their son,nice young fella.Help yourself to drink he said,shit he didnt need to say that twice.Over the next couple races i meet Talk(Tony),Chelseacol(Colin)and Foaming(Phil).Just after race 3 Cubes comes and says to me ,i sponsor next race would you like to come to Chairmans room with me as i sponsor next race.So i hitched pants up a bit higher toghtened my belt and away we went.Cubes,myself and a lovely fella called Colin,not Chelseacol.Walked in there and Karen Fenton Ellis in there from previoys race win,very nice lady.Grabbed a beer and started talking to chairman and watched race.Great excitement when El Chico won.Stayed there while cubes went out for presentation and made speech.Great surrise when Cubes also gave jockey 5 ounces gold,worth about $12000.Next thing Michael Pitman came in with owners,what great bunch people.Pitty told us he thought would win that but thought Southern Sav just a good if not better bet in cup.All sudden Cubes comes up and says ,we better go back have some lunch.Great feed and few beers later Richie was as happy as could be.Just a great day with a great host and great people.
Thank you very much,my new friend  Cubes for a great day .

Can confirm,as i expected N1mue has scores correct.
Thanks mate for doing the scoring while i was out socialising it was much appreciated.
Congrats LYNZIM,great selecting and very consistent over the whole week as were quite a few others,i was amazed that it came so close.Sorry Mardy ,i would have enjoyed giving the money away to another long time trotting fan.
 
LYNZIM can you please message me your TAB or bank account details so i can deposit your $50.
Well done and thanks to everybody that entered and once again thanks N1mue.

I would like to sincerely thank my new friend Cubes for a fantastic day at Galloping cup.My wife and I along with my mate Steve made the journey up from Ashvegas with some trepadition,going to a corporate box at the gallops for a group of harness followers.Well what a great day.Pulled up at carpark,only had about 20metres to walk to gate ,now to find right suite.Well door people were marvellous,found it easily.Walk into room and right opposite finish line and what a view of everything.All of a sudden felt relaxed as mood in room was great, everybody friendly.Now just had to figure out who was Cubes.Which one was this fella with the big personality.All of a sudden this chap was shaking my hand.Hi im Cubes,otherwise known as Nigel.Met wife and Charlie their son,nice young fella.Help yourself to drink he said,shit he didnt need to say that twice.Over the next couple races i meet Talk(Tony),Chelseacol(Colin)and Foaming(Phil).Just after race 3 Cubes comes and says to me ,i sponsor next race would you like to come to Chairmans room with me as i sponsor next race.So i hitched pants up a bit higher toghtened my belt and away we went.Cubes,myself and a lovely fella called Colin,not Chelseacol.Walked in there and Karen Fenton Ellis in there from previoys race win,very nice lady.Grabbed a beer and started talking to chairman and watched race.Great excitement when El Chico won.Stayed there while cubes went out for presentation and made speech.Great surrise when Cubes also gave jockey 5 ounces gold,worth about $12000.Next thing Michael Pitman came in with owners,what great bunch people.Pitty told us he thought would win that but thought Southern Sav just a good if not better bet in cup.All sudden Cubes comes up and says ,we better go back have some lunch.Great feed and few beers later Richie was as happy as could be.Just a great day with a great host and great people.
Thank you very much,my new friend  Cubes for a great day .

Sounded like a fantastic day. 
This is what racing is all about, bringing together family, friends and strangers for the love of the industry which will form friendships for many years

I would second the above comments, also thoroughly enjoyed the day within Cubes "confines"....... Was great meeting the man behind the pseudonym.
 
Regards Matt

After that whole week we ended up equal. So no lattes (flat white preferred) need to be  purchased by either side.
Always a good weeks racing and this comp widens our racing horizon, if only for a week. Thanks both Richie and John for the scoring updates. 

Cubes sponsored this race and i was luckily invited into the chairmans room and the delight on Pittys face was outstanding.The owner is a lovely chap and said Michael had told him before the race El Chico was better than Wednesday.Pitty also said they would be riding Southern Sav as the best horse in the race because he is.

I would like to sincerely thank my new friend Cubes for a fantastic day at Galloping cup.My wife and I along with my mate Steve made the journey up from Ashvegas with some trepadition,going to a corporate box at the gallops for a group of harness followers.Well what a great day.Pulled up at carpark,only had about 20metres to walk to gate ,now to find right suite.Well door people were marvellous,found it easily.Walk into room and right opposite finish line and what a view of everything.All of a sudden felt relaxed as mood in room was great, everybody friendly.Now just had to figure out who was Cubes.Which one was this fella with the big personality.All of a sudden this chap was shaking my hand.Hi im Cubes,otherwise known as Nigel.Met wife and Charlie their son,nice young fella.Help yourself to drink he said,shit he didnt need to say that twice.Over the next couple races i meet Talk(Tony),Chelseacol(Colin)and Foaming(Phil).Just after race 3 Cubes comes and says to me ,i sponsor next race would you like to come to Chairmans room with me as i sponsor next race.So i hitched pants up a bit higher toghtened my belt and away we went.Cubes,myself and a lovely fella called Colin,not Chelseacol.Walked in there and Karen Fenton Ellis in there from previoys race win,very nice lady.Grabbed a beer and started talking to chairman and watched race.Great excitement when El Chico won.Stayed there while cubes went out for presentation and made speech.Great surrise when Cubes also gave jockey 5 ounces gold,worth about $12000.Next thing Michael Pitman came in with owners,what great bunch people.Pitty told us he thought would win that but thought Southern Sav just a good if not better bet in cup.All sudden Cubes comes up and says ,we better go back have some lunch.Great feed and few beers later Richie was as happy as could be.Just a great day with a great host and great people.
Thank you very much,my new friend  Cubes for a great day .

WhoKnows bit tough on Samantha. She is one of the best balanced riders in the North. Trudy has a thirty years of experience on her so I think it is a bit unfair to compare them. Both have ridden horses I have shares in and I can't fault either!

That is why i like points based comps.You normally get quite a few that still have a chance going into the last round,as opposed to divvie based where someone might fluke a couple of $60 winners and might be only winners for the week.This way they get rewarded for that with bonus points but still have to be consistant to win.
I am away to gallops today and N1mue has kindly offered to do scoring as he gets time. 

That is why i like points based comps.You normally get quite a few that still have a chance going into the last round,as opposed to divvie based where someone might fluke a couple of $60 winners and might be only winners for the week.This way they get rewarded for that with bonus points but still have to be consistant to win.
I am away to gallops today and N1mue has kindly offered to do scoring as he gets time. 

That is why i like points based comps.You normally get quite a few that still have a chance going into the last round,as opposed to divvie based where someone might fluke a couple of $60 winners and might be only winners for the week.This way they get rewarded for that with bonus points but still have to be consistant to win.
I am away to gallops today and N1mue has kindly offered to do scoring as he gets time. 

Sausages ..     it all started so well with Waterloo Sunset didn't it Steve P ... and then Tiger Tara.. I had that for the Cup but thought Lewy might do it for me today... and he tried!   Action stations now for Saturday - as for many of us... hunt down Lyn and porky  ...    congrats Lyn   leading the pack.. go girl 
 
 

Certainly going to go down to the wire tomorrow.

You're in a better pozzie than most of us Mards... promo second slip catch chance
 
 

Thanks Maria.Have certainly been up and down the board this week,winning the last 3 today helped me.Be interesting to see what tomorrow brings.