Dancing Show

Blimey there's loads... Bruce Compton, Brian Dodds, Tweeds, Murray Long Thinking on Herb.. do others remember Purdie .. I loved that horse

Okay I'll say The Peka riding Dark Knowledge?

A David Peake clue 🙂

What about Arnold Taiaroa... he might have ridden one.. I don't think anyone has mentioned him

Actually no forget it... I might get told to return to my washing next ...

Ahjay - Rodney Heaslip?

Okay.. what about Dark Knowledge, the oddfellows stealer .. with Ali up?

Count Kereru with Ali Robinson up?

I've updated this, hope it's okay, as I was losing track of what had been matched and what hadn't 🙂 Field of the 1971 George Adams Ahjay Alison (Greg Chitty) Angels Smile (Jim Walker) Anticipation Beatnik (Des Harris) Brittanicus (John Messent) Corrandulla (Bob Skelton) Count Kereru (Maurice Campbell) Dark Knowledge (The Peka) Evenstead (R.S. Holden) Frivole (L. Carston) Igloo (Midge Didham) Jans Beau (Gary Edge) Kowhai King (D.J. Thomas) Mr. Pal Panzer Chief (Graham McLiesh) Patrida Red Chips (Herb Rauhihi) Sam McGredy (S.A. MacKinnon) Sharda (Bruce Marsh) Sharivari (Grenville Hughes) Tipperary Tom (Noel Eastwood) Tomray (John Harris)

Was the strking mare Alison ridden by Peter Harris or "the fullback" Eastwood ? I was just watching a video of the Dundeel filly, half sister to Velocious. She's a picture alright.

Actually it looks like Pete may have said that earlier .. ?

Sharivari - Grenville Hughes?

Well that's beaut motivation, cheers LB!! Clowns give me the el creepos so I'll be planning to set off at a fast pace to keep a good bit of distance between us! 😀

Thanks for the match Reapers, it was a fun and close tussle all day!🥂 As Hesi alluded to .. so many more rounds to go! Showtime!!! 🥳 Way to go Paul 🙂 Top score of the day and well earnt! and beaut team effort Showstoppers, makes the Captain quite overcome! 🤗 with all of us contributing to get the bonus point, and we still have some jokers up our sleeves for entertainment value 🙂

Vincent Mangano comes to mind 🙂

I can remember Sewreel racing here. Wasn't she raced by the same folk as Dundeel?

I think it was because it was meant to be like surreal ... ie. very surreal ...

Showtime scratching replacements: The Valley Race 3 - Comp Race 3 Harewood : 1-3 now 3-9 YO Pete : 1-3* now 3-9* Thanks 🙂

Bonjour 🙂 V1: 6-8 V2: 3-5 .. BB V3: 3-9 E1: 1-8 E2: 7-9 .. BB E3: 5-14 E4: 1-3 V9: 8-11 E6: 10-12 SC9: 3-9 Thanks Peter 🙂 Cheers to a fun day Ian! 🥂 .... and go well go swell showstoppers!! 🙂 💃

Just received the promo's for tomorrow's live show ... there's some fighting over seats and the popcorn is in mass production ... Bring it on !! 😀

I'll have one of my stabs.... is it Pontefract and Carlisle and they both have long uphill straights to the winning post?

No outside running rails ? 🙂

This all makes me so sad. As many of you know, I grew up on the Trentham track... my father was Track Supervisor there from 1976 to 1987 and it was such a big part of my life during my teen years (11 to 22). He learnt his trade from the great Alf McCarthy and even though I'm biased, they were great days on the champagne turf. The track is on an old riverbed, it's drainage has always been difficult due to rock bed not far beneath the surface. It has a natural cant from outside in, if the track is unyielding and there is additional moisture then it's natural the softer areas will always be on the inside. It's difficult, because of the lack of excellent drainage the surface has to be prepared for upcoming weather, well soaked, to prevent cutting out if later rain on a good surface, or a good surface of grass to keep some hold and cushion. The other issue that Trentham has is not enough racing now, so you get a lot of new growth, and it's not worn, it's lovely, green and shiny, and any moisture it gets slippery, so you have to have harsh brush and take the shine off, and/or allow some track gallops on it, so it's never an easy pathway when courses move from training bases to just race tracks because it adds another layer to track management. Perhaps they need to consult some old heads until they work out a sustainable path forward 🙂

A great contest KAOS... I don't think I've ever valued 20 cents so much! 🙂 Cheers to you Stevie 🥂 Well done MC and Ray with some decent totals on a tricky day and a salute to Pete as man of the match! 🙂 Good job you had some of those nuts left over from winter to bolster you in the finishing stages BS 🙂

We'll take it BS 🙂 I was getting a bit excited when Ella kept on going 🙂