No , TBH didn't spend anytime finding out .

Week 3 - Doomben R5 (6 of 10) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 5 Belegato (3) Jag Guthmann-Chester 7.80 2.50 1 Mayfair (10) Tim Clark   2.40 2 Lead Me On (5) Robbie Dolan   5.00 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 1:5 23.70 Trifecta 5:1:2 414.60 Lucasduke with a very nice trifecta to take a healthy lead. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Lucasduke 538.00 670.00 5/9/18   Montydrum 110.90 348.90 7/9/13   Richie 221.80 329.90 6/9/18   Say No More 49.00 318.60 4/9/12   Winner 51.50 290.70 2/13/14   Joan 110.90 287.50 4/9/14   Seddon 51.50 276.10 4/9/13   Foxmerts 51.50 269.00 13/14/16   Ponderosa 12.50 266.40 8/13/14 BB Insider 110.90 258.00 2/5/9   Koriokaramea 103.00 246.60 4/5/13 BB Catalano 110.90 237.50 4/8/6   Reacher 12.00 237.50 4/9/14   Peter RS 24.00 226.70 9/13/16   Black Kirrama 12.00 220.40 4/6/9   Pegasus 110.90 219.00 4/6/9   Basil brush 51.50 214.30 4/8/13 BB Scooby 12.00 213.70 6/8/9   Arjay 12.00 213.30 6/8/13   Sayer 110.90 212.40 4/6/9 BB Ohokaman 12.00 205.90 9/13/18   Dogzstar 12.00 199.70 2/4/14 BB Pure Steel 24.50 187.60 13/14/18   Blaird 24.50 180.70 4/7/13   Kilcoyne 0.00 177.00 4/8/9   Pak Star 0.00 175.60 8/13/18   Gubellini 12.00 162.50 4/8/14   Seakem 12.00 151.70 4/6/9   Jayar 12.00 149.90 4/6/9   Kiwignome 12.50 146.10 7/13/16   Aaron 12.00 140.60 4/6/8 BB Sunlineboy 12.00 138.50 4/9/13 BB Mr Gee 64.00 132.00 5/6/18   Von Cettes 12.00 124.50 5/9/13   Kloppite 12.00 118.50 7/9/14   Al Feilding 12.50 117.10 4/9/14   Manfield 12.00 104.50 2/3/6   Houlahan 0.00 94.00 1/2/4 BB Chestnut 0.00 82.60 4/14/18      

I'm no expert but I thought  2 grand was the limit you can win on a fixed  win bet or do they only allow losers bigger bets?

I'm seem to be picking on Bevan a bit. But sometimes I find it hard to hear what he's saying mainly when he's interviewing like today with Allan Sharrock he sounds like he's mumbling. I don't think he has the microphone close, and is too busy getting ready to ram it into the person he's interviewing. I could understand Allan Sharrock clearly enough. It's just little things like this, and when he's in the studio leaning on his desk. These little things make an average presenter become a little more professional. Obviously nobody at Trackside picks up on these things and aren't looking at continual improvement.

Did you find out the answer to your school boy days @nomates ?

Thank you, I thought there may have been a copy of the Turf Register (unsure of exact name) kicking around on someone's desk. I have been told they are gold with black band and tartan cap, just wanted to confirm exact "wording" of the colours.  

Week 3 - Doomben R4 (5 of 10) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 10 Manhood (1) Rachel King 5.80 2.00 3 King Kapa (8) Cejay Graham   2.30 1 Cannonball (4) Blake Shinn   2.50 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 3:10 23.30 Trifecta 10:3:1 292.20 The scorer's lead being slowly whittled away. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Say No More 39.00 269.60 1/2/3 BB Ponderosa 97.10 253.90 2/3/10   Winner 103.00 239.20 3/5/14   Montydrum 51.50 238.00 1/5/9   Reacher 78.00 225.50 1/3/10   Seddon 39.00 224.60 3/5/9   Foxmerts 51.50 217.50 3/5/14   Black Kirrama 39.00 208.40 1/3/4   Peter RS 97.10 202.70 1/3/9 BB Scooby 97.10 201.70 1/3/9   Arjay 78.00 201.30 1/6/12   Ohokaman 39.00 193.90 1/3/9   Dogzstar 97.10 187.70 1/3/14   Kilcoyne 12.50 177.00 3/8/12   Joan 51.50 176.60 1/3/5   Pak Star 97.10 175.60 7/9/14   Pure Steel 23.00 163.10 1/2/14   Basil brush 39.00 162.80 5/6/9   Blaird 25.00 156.20 1/2/3   Gubellini 51.50 150.50 1/3/10   Insider 39.00 147.10 1/3/5   Koriokaramea 97.10 143.60 5/6/10 BB Seakem 39.00 139.70 1/3/11   Jayar 39.00 137.90 1/3/11   Kiwignome 39.00 133.60 2/3/10   Lucasduke 24.00 132.00 1/2/5   Aaron 24.00 128.60 1/3/14   Catalano 39.00 126.60 5/1/9   Sunlineboy 39.00 126.50 1/3/4   Von Cettes 25.00 112.50 1/3/4   Pegasus 39.00 108.10 1/3/5   Richie 39.00 108.10 1/3/5 BB Kloppite 39.00 106.50 1/3/14   Al Feilding 0.00 104.60 2/3/9   Sayer 25.00 101.50 1/3/5   Houlahan 0.00 94.00 3/8/11   Manfield 24.00 92.50 1/3/12   Chestnut 39.00 82.60 3/10/18 BB Mr Gee 12.50 68.00 2/5/10  

@Hufkissen There's around 300 plus references to Noir Dore also spelt D'ore in Papers Past NZ archives. Noir Dore was raced in partnership between JJ Child's and H Turoa Haronga, who was a float driver in Fielding, over 7 seasons. 78 starts and won 8 races.   Other details of races Noir Dore are in this archive base.   Echo Haronga is Turoa's wife and they have a fairly large extended family. Maybe reach out to them and ask what records and photos etc they have in their collections.   Alternatively Noel Harris may remember as he rode in races against Noir Dore as did Gary Philips and Skelton.   Easiest to navigate PPNZ using exact name words, page preview and perhaps in yearly timelines e.g 1970-1972, 1973-1975 etc for chronological order.   A brief scan unfortunately didn't bring up any photos of the horse on it's own, however using names of Trainers, Owners, Race sponsor names and the like may - using "illustrations".   There didn't appear to be any reference to it under Periodicals and Journals/ Magazine section where there are Racing and Sports publications.   Let us know how you get on.

Ouch🫣

Carry on , knock yourself out .

ys Iraklis,Lazarus was simply the best.... Best son of the best sire Bettors Delight and his greatest earning  progeny... near 4.5 million dollars.  his original crops in Canada were outstanding but he did not take to the hot Queensland temperature (I believe  )  experts could not find why but a return to NZ and now to the South Island may prove a cunning plan. Just look at what he could do when the new crops get racing  as his firstcrop of 18 nz foals have been exceptional with most winning  and 16 of 18 now qualified. (consider myself lucky to have 50% of a yearling by Laz "Supreme Act "which can already pace very well.") Don,t lock up daughters book in to Lazarus.  (except for BDs close girls of course )            

You mean Abel Tasman? Well, in 1642.......... 🤣

and spurs LOL

And NEVER drawing inside Box 7. It defies belief 🤣

Can't help you but that name is a blast from the past .

Say No More $230.60   Pegasus $69.10 Houlahan $94.00   Mr Gee $55.50           Pure Steel $140.10   Sayer $76.50 Jayar $98.90   Koriokaramea $46.50           Kilcoyne $164.50   Catalano $87.60 Richie $69.10   Kloppite $67.50           Al Feilding $104.60   Von Cettes $87.50 Reacher $147.50   Chestnut $43.60

Week 3 - Doomben R3 (4 of 10)   NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Say No More 31.60 230.60 2/7/10   Montydrum 63.20 186.50 1/2/10   Seddon 31.60 185.60 2/7/10   Black Kirrama 31.60 169.40 5/7/10   Foxmerts 63.20 166.00 1/10/11   Kilcoyne 74.50 164.50 1/2/5   Ponderosa 74.50 156.80 2/3/10   Ohokaman 31.60 154.90 2/7/10   Reacher 74.50 147.50 2/7/10 BB Pure Steel 31.60 140.10 3/5/7 BB Winner 63.20 136.20 1/10/11 BB Blaird 63.20 131.20 1/2/4 BB Joan 31.60 125.10 1/7/10   Basil brush 21.00 123.80 5/7/10   Arjay 0.00 123.30 2/5/10 BB Insider 31.60 108.10 2/5/10   Lucasduke 14.50 108.00 1/3/5   Peter RS 31.60 105.60 3/7/10   Aaron 31.60 104.60 1/3/7   Al Feilding 31.60 104.60 2/5/7   Scooby 31.60 104.60 3/5/10   Seakem 63.20 100.70 2/7/10   Gubellini 26.00 99.00 1/2/10   Jayar 31.60 98.90 2/5/10   Kiwignome 31.60 94.60 2/5/10   Houlahan 26.00 94.00 2/5/8   Dogzstar 31.60 90.60 3/10/11   Catalano 31.60 87.60 2/7/10   Sunlineboy 14.50 87.50 2/7/10   Von Cettes 14.50 87.50 1/2/7 BB Pak Star 26.00 78.50 3/5/10   Sayer 26.00 76.50 1/2/7 BB Pegasus 31.60 69.10 2/7/10   Richie 31.60 69.10 2/5/10   Manfield 14.50 68.50 1/3/4   Kloppite 9.50 67.50 2/5/10   Mr Gee 11.50 55.50 1/4/5   Koriokaramea 14.50 46.50 2/3/10   Chestnut 31.60 43.60 5/10/11  

Maybe you need blinkers to keep your mind on the job 🤣

What are the odds of drawing box 8, 23 of 28 starts ?

😩I always plod along in the middle of the pack.