Dancing Show

I love the ones that have gone on to nannying roles 🙂   We've always used old standardbred geldings and it's beaut to see some of the old quieter tbred blokes doing the job too 🙂 

1 hour ago, pete said:

Maria Farina was a team pick. Selected by me funnily enough.

I'd like to think that I provided some motivation 😀👍

On 3/2/2024 at 2:42 PM, Dancing Show said:

Finished third - no return

Days entered in Challenge:  27

Running Spend:  2,700

Running Return::  3,330

Running +Profit/-Loss:   +  630.00

Day 33:

M4 Tauherenikau Races R7

7. Redana

FFTOP3

@    3.50   $100

Potential Return   $350.00

Didn't yelp.   I usually go for The Autumn Sun's but unfortunately saw Sol De Otono far too late..  so late, the race had been run 🙂 

Days entered in Challenge:  28

Running Spend:   2,800

Running Return:  3,330

Running +Profit/-Loss:  + 530.00

4 hours ago, brown fox said:

Well done Foxster... glad it wasn't me you called today.. down the track 🙂 

Fantastic 🙂   Not as good as 88 at Wembley... but very close!    Their concerts are epic.

11 minutes ago, Lightning Blue said:

Went very well PJ . was coming home like a train. He'll win next time. 

Yeah they were giving him big ups before the race and he comes to hand quickly after decent breaks, just needs to find a way to go on with it and hold his form for longer campaigns.

Good go Magic and always expected the close finish!   I think this comp is going to be the death of me, through alcohol poisoning.. by race 9 every week I'm needing to pour myself a stiff Scotch just to get through the stressful last race! 😀   Although the party definitely started when Think It Over strolled past the post!   🥰

Excellent performance Showtime!  did what we needed to do .. just 🙂  .. and conserved energy for next week 😄  

Cheers as always PJ 🥂

On 2/29/2024 at 7:03 PM, Dancing Show said:

Day 32:

M6 Wingatui Races R4

2. Emanon

FFTOP2

@    3.00   $100

Potential Return    $300.00

Finished third - no return

Days entered in Challenge:  27

Running Spend:  2,700

Running Return::  3,330

Running +Profit/-Loss:   +  630.00

Nice win for Kylie, Sharne 🙂   and for MMG, she wanted it 🤗 

Howdy 🙂 

E5:  5-7

E6:  1-2

E7:  2-8

E8:  6-7  ..  BB

E9:  3-17

F7:  7-9

F8:  1-15

R8:  4-11

R9:  2-5  ..  BB

R10:  2-5

All the best to you Anita.

Let's go Showtime!! 🙂 💃

2 minutes ago, Double R said:

Miss Potential.

Ahjay.

Miss Potential... fabulous with Reese Jones up .. legend.

Turn me Loose wasn't a shy front runner from memory.   There have also been some wonderful front runners especially by the lovely broodmare Parfore - Ball of Muscle, Terravista, Super Easy at times .. 

Mummify pulls at the heart strings if going trans tasman,  and another Trentham fave winter runner, Curiosity 🙂 

I'm not sure what's there in Merton Street now, in place of his shoe factory, haven't been down that Street in donkey's years.

3 hours ago, Double R said:

Talking about Trentham Maria.

What about those Peter Louie horses, I think that is how you spelt his surname, they would have awful form, and then bang, they would perform out of their skin. He was obviously a very skilled, and cunning trainer.

Yes he had some good people working for him and riding trackwork over the years which I think helped him out and of course back then we had local identities like the Stammers, Barr, Moynihan and Wylie brigade there with their horses to contribute their sage advice 🙂  I think even Patsy Riley and Bill Wylie's daughter may have done some trackwork riding for him at one stage.   He had his stables set up in Tararua Street, right in the middle of the Trentham metropolis, half the urban street about 300m was lined with a high corrugated iron fence like a gang headquarters 🙂 

3 minutes ago, Double R said:

Thanks Maria do you think I might have been thinking of Cuss and not Gus?

Could very well have been 🙂   He used to try so hard, and stretch out so much that his nose would go down to nearly ground level 🙂 

Cuss  🙂   and they found it very hard to run him down in the Trentham mud 🙂 

20 minutes ago, ngakonui grass said:

Just realised he was related to koiro corrie may.

Yes gotta love that broodmare line 🙂  I think it definitely contributed to their staying ability 🙂 

😲  I loved Alwick!!

1 hour ago, PWJ said:

That is just the race record for KT. In fact he never left a stakes horse in NZ, the best being a Vercoe Steeplechase winner at Te Rapa named Trelays Joshua and a useful hurdler named Master Brin.

He also left a nice broodmare in Society Lass...   that's something 🙂 

Day 32:

Yes that's what I was thinking, New York state

58 minutes ago, PWJ said:

North East of what, Maria ?

USA

24 minutes ago, ngakonui grass said:

had a  idea that he ended up in the states.Maybe WYOMING.

Yes me too, over in the North East I was thinking.