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Yep - 100% agree with Chiknsmack on this. In my view, if/when Greyhounds fall - next target I would imagine would be Thoroughbred jumping events - so don't treat the closure of greyhound racing with too much glee if you like your racing!

Well I cannot do worse than Cup Day! Thanks Pure Steel for the comp. Race 3 #2 What a Minx Race 5 #8 Casino Action Race 7 #1 Our Shangri Lana Race 8 #8 Lifes a Beach Race 9 #10 Love N the Port Race 10 #3 Jack Tar

Thanks Pure Steel... lets have a go. R3 #5 Confessional R5 #4 Bach R8 #3 Time Up The Hill R10 #7 Elizabeth Hill R11 #10 Macandrew Aviator R12 #2 Jack Tar cheers, Singapore Sling

Suspect it was a TAB game of "Where's Walley", and you are the winner Ted! Certainly a giggle... Didn't they run the Cauliflower Cup last weekend as well?

Thanks Phar Lap. Like everything with Geneaology - it takes you down a rabbit hole often. My relation is the last Robert Ray above (Karamea linkage), but he was in Nelson at the same time as Bob Ray was riding horses (from early-mid 1850's onwards), so I had wondered if he had an interest on the side (besides teaching ha). Bob Ray (the jockey, and then trainer) died in 1905, and appears to be formally Robert Reay (in the records), but often recorded as "R Ray" in the press of the day.

Brilliant Gubellini - I knew I was coming to the right place with this kind of question. Appreciate the quick reply, thanks.

Okay, some serious race boffins and historians on here - so here is one that you may be able to help with. Does anyone know if/where any 1860's NZ jockey details/profiles may exist? Specifically, I am seeking the first name of an 1860s Nelson based (I think) jockey R Ray to see if he is my great-great-grandfather (Robert). I can find various articles from races in Nelson, Canterbury and Timaru referencing jockey R Ray, and the link to the Redwood breeder/stable from Nelson, but cannot identify his first name? https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18650211.2.8?end_date=12-03-1870&items_per_page=100&query=jockey+ray&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=12-03-1850&title=NENZC Thanks for any help that anyone can offer. cheers, Singapore Sling

Thanks to our Sponsor, and our Scorer Randwick R1: 2,5 BB Randwick R2: 1,8 Randwick R3: 2,4 Randwick R4: 1,8 Randwick R5: 11,12 Randwick R6: 2,10 Randwick R7: 12,15 Randwick R8: 1,12 Randwick R9: 3,14 Randwick R10: 4,14 BB

Thanks to our Sponsor, and our Scorer Randwick R1: 5,13 Randwick R2: 6,8 Randwick R3: 3,8 Randwick R4: 3,4 Randwick R5: 7,15 Randwick R6: 4,6 Randwick R7: 10,15 BB Randwick R8: 9,11 Randwick R9: 1,8 BB Randwick R10: 5,6

SNM and Scooby, thanks for the Comp. Appreciated Well done Mohua - good luck for next week, and well Wrinkles and the Lad - we gave it a good shot

Scratching Replacement Randwick R8 #8 (instead of #2)

Great effort SNM. Te Rapa R4 5,11 Te Rapa R5 1,2 BB Te Rapa R6 6,8 Te Rapa R7 4,10 Te Rapa R8 1,4 BB Flemington R6 9.18 Flemington R7 1,15 Flemington R8 4,13 Randwick R6 5,8 Randwick R7 3,8 Randwick R8 2,3 Randwick R9 8,11 Good Punting all cheers, Singapore Sling

All the best to my Matuku team mates - Wrinkles and Lad. Likewise, all the best to Rowi. A Kiwi Vs Aussie (Bittern) battle! Good Punting all Matamata R7 1,4 Matamata R8 2,11 Otaki R7 6,7 BB Randwick R5 5,7 BB Randwick R6 1,2 Randwick R7 1,11 Randwick R8 1,2 Sandown R5 1,5 Sandown R6 10,11 Sandown R7 1,11 Sandown R8 1,8 Sandown R9 6,14 cheers, Singapore Sling

Thanks Say No More, and Scooby for the competition. Yet again,all the best to my Matuku team mates - Wrinkles and Lad. Good Punting all Pukekohe R5 1,2 Pukekohe R7 4,9 BB Flemington R2 1,6 Flemington R5 3,6 Flemington R6 7,14 BB Flemington R7 5,8 Rosehill R4 5,6 Rosehill R6 1,2 Rosehill R7 5,10 Rosehill R8 2,3 cheers, Singapore Sling

Thanks Say No More, and Scooby for the competition. Yet again, all the best to my Matuku team mates - Wrinkles and Lad. Great effort last week Wrinkles - nearly got us over the line! Have Tara Iti bittern off more than they can chew? Good Punting all Te Rapa R4 1,7 Te Rapa R6 8,9 Te Rapa R8 5,6 Sandown R2 3,6 Sandown R4 3,6 Sandown R6 4,7 Sandown R7 3,8 Randwick R6 11,15 Randwick R7 1,11 BB Randwick R8 1,2 BB cheers, Singapore Sling