Idolmite

How's your bum feeling so far? Plenty of teeth marks l suspect

To be fair, history tells us some can't count the required number of laps either

He has. He escaped from TVNZ

Yes, I've raised that one before. One "swimmer" had one win from 9 starts on a heavy track. Hardly a mudlark. Greek Meer would be turning in his grave.

I'm enjoying the stories of another [much more competitive] era being shared here. Thanks guys.

Was confirmed on Trackside after the last race at Alex Park tonight that "Ara-deen" is indeed the correct pronunciation for the horse Aradne. Beats me how, but there ya go. I guess owners can choose the correct pronunciation, even if it makes no sense to us.

Excellent news. Congratulations. Yes, we certainly don't want horses turning up at the wrong track!!!

It all sounds rather negatively developed to me

Yes, I know it happens a lot, but normally with a prefix like Mr, My or Our in front of the regular NZ name. Don't think I've ever seen a name reversed like that before.

Candid Camera

A little frightening?

All dressed up with nowhere to go in blissful isolation

Just like the old Four Seasons song but with a month and year change. "Oh what a night, early October 1993" (changed from late December 1963). Today l found a photocopy of the winning Pick 6 result whilst Spring cleaning. I'm assuming it was staged at Alexandra Park. As a very small punter l was probably thrilled with the $1219.50 for 50 cents return at the time, but the winning horses involved is what stands out now. Leg 1; 7 But Of Me Leg 2; 5 Christopher Vance Leg 3; 11 Victor Supreme Leg 4; 9 Camberley Octane Leg 5; 10 Sole Patron Leg 6; 9 Montana Vance It's been a long time since we've seen a winner's list containing that much talent out of Alexandra Park. The last 5 legs were all won by the Sub (I'm guessing I probably took 'the field' in the first leg along with the 5 favourites), so at $1219.50 for 50 cents, I'm assuming the first leg winner must have been a bit of an outsider? It was in the days of the Pick 6 having a concession pool (Any 5) too. The Pick 6 pool was $150,000 (123 winners), with the $27969.10 Concession pool paying out $9.90 for 'Any 5', 2823 times.

Suzanne Paul perhaps?

When she first turned up in Oz l thought she could be NZ's biggest loss in the last few years. We export plenty, but few with as much obvious, already-exposed potential, as her. She's certainly been good for my TAB account balance too. As the commentator said last night, the rest were in a different post code. What has happened to The Lost Storm though? He's gone from winning them in a row to giving up before the home straight has even been sighted. Some good racing again at Menangle, Melton and Albion Park last night, but Captain Hammerhead and Aardies Express were the standouts for mine. I liked the run of Never Ending behind Major Moth too. With the Kiwi-star ranks currently looking extremely thin, watching the Oz superstars do battle on TV is going to be as good as it gets methinks.