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I remember being at GP one night & after all the keys were tried in the car door.....McInerney Ford sponsored it I think....the door was still unopened ...so they went through again until they found the winner :))
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"Gloucester Park Fri 07/04/23 nominations have been extended until 12.30PM AWST Today.No withdrawals or preference changes accepted. #TheTrotsWA" 3rd week in a row, New Business Model working a treat, nearly 5 years and nothing to see. ...... NBM …
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List management at the Eagles has been atrocious since the 2018 GF.Even after the weekends carnage the replacement talk is all about another trip to the retirement village to exhume Nic Nat & Elliot Yeo. They & several others are done physic…
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The mile is the standard distance of harness racing. It is why the horses are called standardbreds....because originally in the US they had to be able to trot or pace a mile in a standard time to be classified as standardbreds regardless of breeding…
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-26/ben-yole-harness-racing-dominance-in-tasmania/102122922A long read but serious allegations. It's like the Irish farmer who was asked by a tourist leaning out of the window of his car " how do I get to Dublin …
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Homer has got a job in the Mogadon manufacturing plant next financial year after he is sacked by the hierarchy of the most bored side to ever grace a football field .....only issue is whether the production line falls asleep after listening to him.
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Ok ...guess the weight of Stewie Dew by round 10127 kg for mine...& rising
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Had a little place bet on Show Pony @ $5.50.....there is not much between top rated & emerging young horses in WA....a soft pegs run is usually enough at GP to belie an extravagant starting price for a couple of encounters before they gain respe…
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You have more faith than me Marko ....I have to think for two minutes before I pull my socks on these days. With stables of any size it is almost impossible to train & drive nowadays.Boutique owner trainer type stables ...no trouble because ther…
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PlHorsePrize-moneyRow &BrTAB#TrainerDriver( C = Concession )MgnStartingoddsStewards'Comments1DANMELBEN$14,635Fr11R A C BarberM L Woodley (C)$16.902SCHINZIG BULLER$3,915Sr312R P BellG E Hall Jnr1.7m$11.80INC L1W3TUAHIWI WILD GIRL NZ$1,395Fr44J R …
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Danmelben could run https://www.harness.org.au/ausbreed/reports/race_results.cfm?race_code=FTM18010802
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Woodruff is no Phar Lap either to be fair....but tactically he was ridden perfectly to expose others & aid his own chances over the 2100m.
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What is loud & clear from the Read conversation is the warning that racing is being cruelled from within.Breeders, Trainers, Administrators & Corporates forming tight knit enclaves to place a glass ceiling on punters winning via opportunity…
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I don't think Aiden de Campo will ever have a more satisfying night in the cart. His old champ Handsandwheels bringing up Aidens 1000th victory & Patched winning with a lot of tacit pressure on Aidens shoulders.Well done to everyone..
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AC Lewis would be a chance to have driven a winner at all 3 venues
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Gotta love this https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/articles/watch-82-year-old-bob-lands-another-special-melton-win/
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Hi, the photo attached on your post @downtheback73 is that Ron Young driving him? Greg Miles Panda
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Couple of trials to finish the night off Actually I must apologize to Corey Peterson...I went to bed after the second last completely underwhelmed with the evening. Watching the replay this morning it was invigorating to see his summation of the rac…
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Couple of trials to finish the night off
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Milson Edition ran second to Rip Van Winkle in an Australian Pacing Championship in Adelaide I think...maybe 1979. He was the first horse to break 2 minutes at Globe Derby for a distance greater than a mile from memory. Lou Austin & Les Marriott…
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Tabtouch went up $11 Minstrel. Win lose or draw it was the wrong price in my opinion. In to $4 now. Whoever does the prices really has a set on the horse that is forsure. I've felt for a good month that he has been priced at slightly over what…
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On displayed form from last night Pinny Tiger, Sangue Reale & Vampiro are all worthy of a place in the Pacing Cup.
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You're bounced straight to the front in the 2023 Best Clubman award on here VK :)
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Tim Stubberfield was a very very good rider.I seem to recall he reignited his career after a lean period by travelling &riding extremely well in Kalgoorlie during a season or two up there. During the 90's ? Dominated the stats.Vale Tim
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Here's the link to the 2022 Aust sires table Gilga. https://www.harness.org.au/ausbreed/reports/top20/index.cfm/starters/all/sort/stakes/seasonId/692?d=19012023 If you see the Top Twenty Group Reports green drop down arrow & click it then click …
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Contemporary US Sires table...a real time exampleThe numbers tell a big part of the story.....but people believe what they want to believe for their own reasons....the only certainty is the well patronized stallions are making most of the foundatio…
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.Near Auski Roadhouse.north of Newman. Curmudgeon ????bet you didn't ride as short as Harry Wulff still can remember when he rode Tattered and Torn in Melbourne Bert Byrant said have never seen anyone ride as short as this kid from the west. Sat n…
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Spinking Ses first winner Tokay trained by John Davison was owned by a trainer from Collie. Harry Chappell. This year will be 30 years since Phil Columbera went missing .Both Sestich & Columbera were from Kalgoorlie. I remember riding an old…
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"It is of course a breeders right to put their own sire to 50+ mares (see Follow The Stars) to try and get them off the ground but doesn't do a lot for the quality of local stocks other than skew that stats regarding sires output." That's been the b…