that one was '95 Doriemus 

Now thats confidence ......🤣

Maximus Vignette was a ch f bred in 1969 by Shy Boy out of High Venture by Balloch. Her third dam Fondle was the grandam of Light Fingers who won 15 races from 33 starts including the 1964 VRC Oaks, 1965 AJC Oaks and the 1965 Melbourne Cup. Fondle was also a half sister to Cuddle who won 23 races from 66 starts including the 1935 NZ Cup, the 1935 and 1936 Auckland Cups and the 1936 Doncaster Handicap. Vignette herself won 1 race - 7th start at Otaki over 1m on the 8/12/73 ridden by Noel Harris and trained then by Jack and John Winder at Cambridge.

Raining again at Ascot Park and a heavy 10, not too many going around today so that must be a bit fortunate but at least owners can get some coin. That is dependant on them actually going around.

They're in my black book.

Com'on idol-mate , fight the eyelids and keep yourself up. you might be in sleepy backwaters but We're sending Keayang Zahara over to live'n you up a bit on Showday. might get the place rock'in a bit  😉😁

I love the confidence. I haven't sorted out all of my picks yet but I plan to come flying out of the gates with a double figure odds winner that I've found in the first comp race.  If I can nab the quinella and somehow fluke the trifecta it could be all over after the first  

havent tried yet ...

What do the green stars mean? Some filled in, others an outline only. 

I think Larry might do it PS . I heard somewhere they were offering $7 I think for the 3 races . I think this year with the cup and the undercard , they will be the strongest fields they have had for many years . I am hoping Ohoka Connor is in the free for all , because would love to see him up against the other top horses to prove how good he is , just hoping he isn't a run short missing those standing start races .  Regardless we are in for some good racing 

Did that work for you Max? Of course if you use VPN to watch channel 9, you then can't access your NZTAB account at the same time so have to bet with your ozzie accounts unless you switch back and forward. Makes little sense to me, but Entain evidently think it increases their business here.

It was actually Heavy.  The Chirnside is now called the  Schillaci Stakes Grp 2.  Bellatrix Star won it this year.  Grey Way had had 16 starts by this time in his career.

A year ago, a then-record nine runners from Japan participated in the Breeders' Cup. But rather than incremental change, Japanese connections have kicked in the proverbial door this year at Del Mar with 19 contenders making the trip. View the full article

Richard Rigney will be betting an exacta box on the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1): Jonathan's Way and Chancer McPatrick. View the full article

Still One my favourites as well as the first of a few have been lucky enough to of attended, and is just something about International Competition that makes it more exhilirating, a bit like A World Cup in other sports or something.  I think the Interdominion Champion list is chock full of the greatest runners of Aus and NZ competition , and along with the amazing NZ Cup winners list and the Miracle Mile winners list in Aus,  you have ALL the Harness Racing Star horses of All Time , and quite an impressive horseperson list too.    The thing with LEAP TO FAME is he might be the first Horse to WIN All 3 of those Top Tier Races when he steps out Addington soon. A real piece of history in the making. The QLDer Leap To Fame currently being the Interdominion and Miracle Mile title's holder at the moment. can he get the Grand Slam Trifecta? 🏆🏆🏆 go get em' Larry 😁 Gammalite and Young Quinn shown on this thread in video winning Interdom Grand Finals , but both missed in the NZ Cup with 2 attempts each.   The superstar Nz champ Lazarus just missing the Big 3,  with 2 NZ Cups 🏆🏆 and an Interdom win, missed out getting a Miracle Mile with a 3rd and 7th in that Classic race.     

At the moment one I've got a snitcher for is Scary....by a Melb Cup winner (Shocking) from a Reliable Man mare whose bloodline incl the VRC Derby-winning champ Grosvenor. Decent form (Stakes-placed in the Gp 3 Robinson) and likely to handle the 2500m trip better than most. Busuttin-Young combo know how to prepare horses to win Derbies. Drawn 8, s should be able to settle well without being 3 wide the trip. $35 is too good to turn down. What is most scary about Scary is that, when looking at its pedigree, Max spotted the name Vignette ...well, back in the day Max went to the Woodville stables of Syd Brown during the school hols and 'helped out' ...and the first horse he had the privilege of walking and hosing down etc etc was a quiet unraced chestnut filly called Vignette. Scary alright.

Absolutely no doubt Deb is the reason this horse is back somewhere near his best.

Thinking back, not many SH 3yos have run in the Cup ...I remember Gai's Nothin' Leica Dane backed up and ran 2nd after winning the Derby, can't remember the year but prob about 40 yrs ago. Someone on here will know the names of others. 

Saturday sees the stellar Breeders Cup card at Del Mar with a host of championship races on Dirt and Turf. The turf is likely to be Firm with the weather sunny and temperatures around 21c - it doesn't get much better than that. Filly & Mare Sprint - 1400m (DIRT) - Frankie Dettori rides FROST AT DAWN but the filly is 40/1 and has little or no chance having never run on the Dirt. Turf Sprint - 1000m - the draw could have been kinder to BRADSELL who is out in the car park at 12 while BELIEVING is in the one stall but given she often gets behind before running on, that won't help her either. BIG EVS is in stall eleven but he has a lot to find with BRADSELL on Nunthrope form for all he won the Juvenile Turf Sprint at Santa Anita last year from the four berth. COGBURN slammed KHAADEM over 1200m at Keeneland last time and I just wonder if this might be sharp enough for him as well. MOTORIOUS only won a handicap last time but stall two gives him a chance but I prefer the Godolphin runner STAR OF MYSTRY from six who ran well at Keeneland last time and has shown plenty of speed on the fast turf at Meydan. Turf - 2400m - moved up the card from its usual penultimate to facilitate European tv coverage. It's a race the Europeans often win and once again they have a strong hand. REBEL'S ROMACNCE has plenty of air miles and won this in 2022 at Keeneland. He won at Cologne last time but his third in the King George is also very good form. We know the American tracks and firm ground hold no fears. EMILY UPJOHN was three and a half lengths behind REBEL'S ROMANCE in the Sheema Classic in March and has generally had a moderate European campaign but her Vermeille third to BLUESTOCKING and AVENTURE looks much better given the latter two were the first two home in the Arc. Her Yorkshire Oaks third to CONTENT is fair form at this level. I'm keen on Hampton Court winner JAYAREBE whose trainer I remember saying at Ascot the horse loved firm ground. He'll get it here and he's worth a try at 2400m - his second to ECONOMICS at Deauville, in the light of the latter's win in the Irish Champion, looks very good form. LUXEMBOURG has solid form but not so much recently and he's held by REBEL'S ROMANCE on Ascot form and by JAYAREBE on a line through ECONOMICS.  FAR BRIDGE is the best of the locals and his wins in the Sword Dancer and the Joe Hirsch put him right in this - the Americans can beat the Europeans but not often on the grass. WINGSPAN looks the Ballydoyle second string and she'll have to raise her game against the tough colts and geldings. SHAHRYAR has form with REBEL'S ROMANCE and the good Japanese horse DO DEUCE (who won the Tenno Sho last Sunday in Tokyo) and was a close third in this last year and through AUGUSTE RODIN is right in this. JAYAREBE and SHAHRYAR are my two against the field with plenty of respect for FAR BRIDGE in what could be a thriller. Classic - 2000m (DIRT) - the big one, nearly £2.9 million to the winner and the acid test for Derby, Eclipse and Juddmonte winner CITY OF TROY for whom victory would mean immortality and a stallion career starting at the very top. Can he do it? The conundrum is the race and how he will go with the Dirt types. FIERCENESS won the JIm Dandy and the Travers (beating the top mare THORPEDO ANNA who should bolt up in the Distaff) but there's no real stand out among the locals. SIERRA LEONE and FOREVER YOUNG were second and third in the Kentucky Derby - the latter won the Japan Dirt Classic last time and looks the more significant threat. USHBA TESORO was runner up in the both the Saudi Cup and the Dubai World Cup but was only fifth in this last year and it'll probably happen too quick for him and SENOR BUSCADOR.  I'm going for FOREVER YOUNG to win at 5s but CITY OF TROY could easily look very special. Filly & Mare Turf - 2100m having run seventh in the English 1000 Guineas, Charlie Appleby has sent CINDERELLA'S DREAM to win the Belmont Oaks and the Saratoga Oaks and that's solid form. CONTENT won the Yorkshire Oaks and given her last two poor runs at Longchamp and Ascot were on soft ground, you'd have to hope a return to fast ground would be a big help.  WAR LIKE GODDESS is a serious challenger among the locals having run seventh in the Turf last year and a close second to FAR BRIDGE in the Joe Hirsch. Back to her own gender she has big claims. SOPRANO goes 400m further than she ever has here and her runner up at Keeneland to SHE FEELS PRETTY probably wouldn't be good enough. Mile - 1609m - turf a cracking race, my race of the night and a mouthwatering clash between NOTABLE SPEECH and the fillies PORTA FORTUNA and RAMATUELLE. NOTABLE SPEECH won the English 2000 Guineas, was beaten in the St James's Palace but returned with a win in the Sussex. His defeat in the Moulin can probably be put down to soft ground and this looks an ideal test. He's in six and next door in seven is PORTA FORTUNA who, after a fine second in the English 1000 Guineas. has won the Coronation, the Falmouth and the Matron. She's in American ownership and this has been the target. A tight mile round a corner looks ideal and I think she'll beat the Godolphin colt. RAMATUELLE has finished behind PORTA FORTUNA in both the 1000 Guineas and the Coronation but returned with a fine win in the Foret over 1400m on soft ground. I'm far from convinced this much quicker ground will suit. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ looked good in the Solonaway last time but this is another step up in grade against some seriously good milers. JOHANNES looks the best of the locals with four Graded wins this season including the Shoemaker Mile. Selections - Day Two Turf Sprint: STAR OF MYSTERY (each way) Turf: JAYAREBE (win), SHAHRYAR (each way) Classic: FOREVER YOUNG Filly & Mare Turf: WAR LIKE GODDESS MIle: PORTA FORTUNA  

At least you will wake up a rich man after your punts though 😆