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Confirmation is up on HRNZ today. A corn unfortunately. There goes your selection @Honest john dunk. Was a nice roughly selection. On another note, be interesting to see if Auckland drivers are able to get down for Cup or Not ... ? https://www.hrnz.co.nz/news/exit-stage-left-di-caprio/

Whats this thread on Netflix hmm. Just ask Karrots - currently the Netflix watching machine. Going into week 9 or 10 or whatever it is of lockdown now. Currently watching El Dragon, which is The Dragon in Spanish. About drugs & cartel, money laundering, subtitles, you name it, it has it including a bunch of HOTTIES too 😄

https://www.hrnz.co.nz/news/cambridge-raceway-launch-inter-island-travel-subsidy/ TFS Transport get involved with another incentive. Check out the Cambridge Raceway in operation with TFS Transport on bringing up South Island based horses to race over summer at Cambridge!! 😀 What a fantastic magic idea! Great ideas to get numbers up in North & typical that the great idea has come from Cambridge raceway #ontoit with marketing & ideas! Gee @Mike you will be a very busy man over summer. You & Tony! Well done!

Your so funny lol

Selections can go here, or over on the other thread, under selections competions standardbred. Either or. Perhaps tomorrow nite, Mike we run the running commentary on this thread here. Who will be the winner - Im amped & getting ready warming up 😉

Yes, he is excellent to have banter with. Feeling much happier over here 😃 Dont have to worry about being trolled by multiple posters, nor being name called - Iv been called all the names under the sun lol. Nor putting up with trolls dumping on my threads, nor have to worry about repetitive talk about non related to horses or racing & what is GREAT is that these threads on standardbred side are mostly if not all talk on standardbred racing & NOT babbling on talk about things quite frankly I have no interest in and posters actually post on those other non-related posts on threads that are up on site e.g. under Other 👍 What a breath of fresh air. Lastly forgot to mention Taupiri. Earth calling Taupiri come in Taupiri. Last I knew he left other site approx 2-3 weeks ago. No idea if he will return online. If you do & by chance you randomly see this thread & post. Come join in over here. Taupiri is neat. He is quiet, but has good input when he does channel in . He loves watching the sport & his fav is 1 of those Oz blondies can't remember name a host, he nom-ed for a Hot list I ran lol.

Yes they are re Lous. He still needs a star. Altho his biggest crop will be hitting the track next year as 2y-os. Starting to wonder if his horses are more shorter distance race horses e.g. mile or 1980 horse. They have that top high speed but don't seem to be as good over distance. He has multiple stars in USA & high stats & yearling sale prices. Yet in NZ just 1 star so far in Sweet on Me ... ? Is it because it is too early yet, his eldest are still only 4y-o. 1 thing have noticed is that there have been multiple Cambridge horses that have gone over & held their own over the mile at Menangle. These include Bankers Gold 2nd Group 3 Mengangle, Viva Las Vegas 2nd Group 3 Menangle, Shanlou, super record at Menangle so far & was unfortunate to be delegated from a win to 2nd for interference in straight. Then there was Southern horse Renegade Rose & Mighty Looee. Also take Im a Giogolo, won 1st 3 starts to be 3 from 3 at Addington over 1980, but then went up to Alex over 2200 & failed. (Of course he was up in grade by this time). But a common denominator I notice re distance. As mentioned in 1st post 2y-o Smaltese won his trial in 1.50.2 over mile which apparently had it been an official race would of been an Australian record for 2y-os. They have that high speed but don't seem to have the stamina over longer distance. Take a look also at Sugar Me, great over the 1980 metres. (Didn't deliver recently in Derby heat & followup. Of course was always against him when he got bad 2nd row draws x2). Will see if there are any Always B Mikis to mention for next weeks addition of Karrots Midweek RoundUp 😄

Great Happy. Be a good lead up race this weekend with runners starting off different metre points. And the favs giving the others a start. Read on another thread that Oscar B is out of Dominion. Do I have this right in Globe is part of the Majestic Man syndicate ... ? He was 1 of my favs I followed 😄 Yay he got his Group 1 win, multiple too! 4 weeks to go & altho Sundees Son is the BEST horse nom-ed, this is racing after all. Have to be in it to win it & as we saw with the recent Victoria Cup anything can happen. And the favs can get beaten. Its not over til the winner goes past the post in 1st place! Ill be waiting til closer to time before selecting my pick.

Check these out these facts & stats. A look into the past 5 Cups 2016 Tiger Tara is 1st to get out. Driver G O’Reilly reins the horse along to try to hold the lead. But Smolda, T Williams keeps challenging until hits lead once around 1st Cnr. Within 1/2 a lap later has handed to stablemate Lazarus M Purdon. Race over. Lazarus wins. All Stars are lead, trail. Leader wins race. 2017 Piccadilly Princess J Cox along with stablemate Lazarus are 1st out. Lazarus has too much speed for PP. Lazarus heads straight on by. Lazarus wins. All Stars are again lead, trail. Leader wins race. 2018 Star Galleria A Herlihy, is out 1st. Followed by The Fixer N Rasmussen. Soon after The Fixer is reined up to peel from trial to take lead from Star G. Soon after that stablemate Dream About Me, T Williams heads onto lead. The Fixer wins. All Stars are yet AGAIN lead, trail. Trial horse wins. 2019 Classie Brigade R Dunn & The Fixer N Rasmussen out 1st together. Classic Brigade has early lead but Cruz Bromac, B Orange who is also out well comes looking for lead. Classie B hands up to Cruz Bromac. Soon after the horse 3 back on rail The Fixer is pulled out & goes up to take lead off stablemate Cruz Bromac. Soon after Spankem M Purdon moves up to take lead off stablemate. This time 3 All Star stablemates are not only lead, trial but also, 3 back. Cruz Bromac wins. 3 back fence wins. 2020 Outside runners get an advantage at highly disputed start. 1st out are stablemates Ashley Locaz T Williams & Self Assured M Purdon who take up lead & trial. Self Assured pulls out of trial to take lead off stablemate A Locaz. Stablemate Spankem, N Rasmussen who drew 15 is 4th last early of the 15 horse field. With stablemate Self Assured in lead & stablemate Ashley Locaz in trial, Spankem is set alight around field to take the lead. All Stars are AGAIN lead, trial, 3 back. Self Assured wins. Trial horse wins. Karrots had only seen NZ Cup since 2018. Took a peak last nite at these replays. How exacerbating! 2021 While no official stablemates - Self Assured & South Coast Arden are currently stabled together & will be driven by M Purdon & N Ras respectively & both have All Star owners. These are currently the 2 favourites. My suggestion would be for any of “OTHERS” IF you want a chance to WIN & are not just there to collect the $15k starters fee. DO NOT HAND UP LEAD to either of these 2 horses. Fine to hand up to another “OTHER” horse, that is capable of holding lead & also won’t hand up again. Also beware of any runners that have stablemates in race. BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE HAND UP TO SELF ASSURE or SOUTH COAST ARDEN. And for goodness sake, get your horse out quick at the start (easier said than done yes I know lol) Haha Lightening loves stable driving, Karrots doesn’t so maybe we play game, Lightening on “Team Stable Driving” & Karrots on “Others Team”. We have fun friendly banter with it peeps. Makes it more entertaining. All 5 winners have come from the positions of lead, trail or 3 back fence. Said it before, Ill be on the horse in trail. Still have to figure out whom that maybe lol. If I could get a 2nd selection Ill take 2nd selection as horse in lead hehe. Over the past 7 Cups, 6 have been from All Stars stable, same owners, drivers & trainers. Therefore for that reason & that reason alone, Id like to see different owners/trainers/driver win. GO TEAM OTHERS - LETS TRY TO MAKE 2021 NZ CUP A RACE!!!!!

Had an idea when time permits to post a weekly midweek round up on harness things that caught my eye. (So will do so on this thread). Since midweek is usually a quiet time. Will head back Thursday to post & add to other threads 😄👍 http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=ME021021 1. Karrots has found herself a new Sweet Lou to follow after this spectacular trail win. Will he be the Lou pin-up boy that is needed in Australasia? After pin up girl Sweet on Me retired at 2y-o. Smaltese a 2yo boy nearly broke 1.50 in a trial at Menangle running a blazing MR1.50.2! That is FFA styles. Link attached for those wanting to checkout. Since this trial he has won a NSW Breeders Heat 2y-o boys 2. Sweet Lou in USA yearlings sales was the 2nd top average sire at over $90k. High of $400k for a filly. Will that do anything for his NZ stock at the Feb 2022 sales NZ ... ? 3. Top Northern Jnr Driver A Harrison is set to make her training debut Thurs at Cambridge with Shirley Bassey, in whom she purchased the 3 y-o filly at the yearling sales. Shirley Bassey ran a nice workout on Sat at Cambridge winning by a lengthy margin of 15 lengths. The filly has drawn 1 for her debut. Poster Karrots has already told Poster Harrison previously will be watching & keeping eye on. Spoted ya. So good luck Thursday! Will be rooting ya on. 4. Triple Eights connects have advised that they most likely will not be sending him to the NZ Cup, however he is still to be officially withdrawn. 5. The horse pictured in the red & white colours, clearly starting ahead of the front unruly horses BUT was meant to start off the 10 metre mark. This was a Group 3 feature race on Sunday, The Methven Cup & a Road to the Cup race where horses are still vying for spots. The horse Vintage Cheddar finishes 3rd. Nothing mentioned in stripes report about the fact the horse did NOT start 10 metres back. But more or less from the 2nd row of the front line. No 10 metre tape was put up either. No warning nor fine either for the driver B Williamson or the starter. 6. Following reading an article on HRNZ on a horse called Tornado Banner took a peak at her breeding & she is from the family tree of the GREAT - Twice As Good. No wonder she put up a good 1st up performance and a soon win looks imminent. What I also noted on Gavel House currently up for sale is an unreserved broodmare in Heart Stealer Lot 9 & her daughter Lot 2 Major Majority also unreserved. Also from the same family tree of the GREAT Twice As Good BUT different branch. Currently no bids, with sale closing tomorrow. Major Majority sales write up states that her broodmare none other than Lot 9 Heart Stealer was purchased or 100k. And unfortunately MM had to be re-listed this week, due to buyer S Ramsay pulling out at a price of $800 in last Gavel sale. What I find fascinating is how the lack of interest in both. Big depreciation of value too from a $100k purchase. Thats racing tho I suppose. A reminder that this Friday our selections comp starts here is a link to our generous sponsor of the comp. Big Ups to them. Selections will start being posted Thurs once fixed odds are out. Ill be putting my up then. https://www.tfshorsetransport.co.nz

Ludwig, wow really, talk about putting the boot in lol trying to get rid of me & my friends. Oh well you, me, Mike & psst think Gamms is here too now, but undercover not 100% but just a hunch 😉 Just like The FANTASTIC FOUR 😉 see that is undercover Gamms in clay outfit, then you, me & Mike 😁 There is sports area & a comp area. Still navigating myself thru site. But Ill mainly just be on this Harness side & over the weekend Thurs/Fri-Sun. That is when racing is on mainly anyway & not so much goes on midweek Harness NZ. You might like other areas tho e.g. Gallops side etc. Seems a bit more busier. Good to have here now 😀 To put some humour into site with your Honesty! lol Well peeps will be signing out now. Back next week Thursday & will be ready to Rock & Roll on with Mikes Competition 👍 Might even start a thread too called - NZ CUP ROAD TO CUP 🙈

See out of the corner of my eye a new member signed up 😃 Honest John yay. Welcome. Hello, Honest J, so pleased you figured it out! Sorry bout that. Leaving & all so quickly. @Honest john Btw we have a fun comp next weekend, that you can join in now you are a member, that Poster M - @Mike has organised. Sponsored by T Shaw Transport. Its a horse transport company in North Island. So peeps if you need a horse transported they are your folks to give a call. Think you might run into Mike himself too. If anyone else that used to enjoy the comps I used to do on other site & would like to come, join in on this one feel free. It is for next weekend $100 up for grabs! BUT you have to be a member here to play obviously. Trying to think of some that used to enjoy playing selection games. Jakh, Trotsfan, Unhinged. Exciting stuff finally playing for something real. Who will be the WINNER ?? !! 😃😃

Final results time, winner Rusty! Lightening verse Mike no multis came in. Karrots only Viva Las Vegas come in grabbing a 2nd place in Group 3 Menangle Country Cup. Now have to say this but golly. Know Butt is an amazing driver, but what the help on Amazing Dream. Get their tactic strategy was to run them, but a bit TOO muchie, muchie. Those poor little legs. Ended up running the legs off her. She would of slept well last nite! What a size difference in them when King of Swing came up next to her. She looked rather small and like a mare in comparison. What a big strong horse he is and looks. Nice to see someone else tho take home the winners prize for a change in Max Delight taking the chocs. Congrats to connections. The Dealers race, nice horse this Act Now the winner crossed them at start for fun. Again not sure why Butt decided to punch up at start to try & holdout the horse looking to go parked. Rather than just relaxing & taking cover. Weird. Anyway perhaps for him just an off nite, we ALL have them. Even us with our selections as above. Hopefully we have much better luck next weekend with our SELECTIONS GAME & a $100 up for grabs 😃

Haha You know what Im starting to think that Poster M aka Mike has hit me with his tipping stick. The stopping a train one. Shanlou just got stuck behind a horse that stopped. Blink really annoying for the horse. Might have to log out for nite, might get better luck with the final selections.

Never knew you were the tipping master there Rusty. Da tipping Man 👏 As for Karrots dragging the bucket. Got 3rd with He's Charlies Angel, not overly impressed tho. Thought had his chance to win, with a nice enough run thru, to sit 3 back in running line. While Mikes selection got 2nd. Hmm got 2 more Lous to go. Lets see how Shanlou goes up next Race 3 Menangle. Lucky its just on here for fun. Or might have to start sacking the Lous lol.

Hes Charlies Angel is up next for Karrots & Lightening verse Mikes selection with Captain Rival. Both are 1st & 2nd favs. BUT Captain Rival has the draw on He’s Charlies Angel. Lets see who if any of these 2 takes the chocs. Interested to see how He's Charlies Angel stacks up against these 2 y-os. Be nice if he could. Lou needs a nice type going around. Time is ticking for him to get one real good one going.

Whaahaa - Rusty on Blue Chip Delight kicks BUTT! Wow what a Great Win that was! Sugar Me another "also ran", starting to think he suits the shorter distances.

Sugar Me is up next at Bendigo. Takes on Rustys tip of Blue Chip Delight. Im not so confident on Sugar Me. Due to bad draw. But hoping he can get a better run than last time. So lets see … Mistake Shanlou is Race 3, not Race 1 at Menangle.

Got it. Just missed that per day. Cool, yip you can score and I can assist 👍😃 Fab thanks Mike! Look forward to the selections game for $100 real money challenge 😃

Ok so a lil confused bear with me. Is there a minimum of days? So its over 4 days with a maximum of 2 different bets or multis per night. But total is $100 right, not $100 per day. Eg could I go I just want to bet on $100 win on number 5 Race 8 Alex paying $21 for the win. Like that or no, do I have to spread it out to a minimum of over say 2 or 3 days?

Excellent stuff Poster M. Maybe don't need to call you Poster M anymore 😂 So cool thanks very much to TFS Horse Transport bravo 👏 So basically if I'v got this right its a Harness comp for next weekend with spend $100 and Highest score wins?

Gamms is that you? 😃 Right peeps, if you are at home by choice or maybe at home not by choice lol, grab your beers, coke or cuppa tea, turn the telly on soon to TAB channel, flip your laptop open, its soon racing & posting time 😃 Races are starting a bit later tho in Aussie, due to daylight savings here. Ok so for a bit of fun mainly going with Lous hehe. Starting at Menangle we have full brother and sister racing ex North Island pacers been going well. Not multi just take or lose each bet. Race 1 Shanlou win $3.80 Menangle AND Race 5 Viva Las Vegas $3.80 Place - Menangle Then moving over to Bendigo will again stick with 2 Lous again Race 2 Sugar Me Top 4 $1.80 (on that note, wouldn't be surprised to see him head off to USA after a Aussie campaign, could equally see him heading back to NZ). Think he maybe more a shorter distance race horse oppose the longer but hoping for connections he goes well, as they took him over. Stink he got another bad draw. Good luck Sugar. AND Race 3 He’s Charles Angel win $2.30 (For those that don’t know about He’s Charlies Angel, he is trained/owned/breed/driven by a hobbist. The horse is named after her father that sadly passed away. A poster on other channel pointed him out to me, due to his great 1st win, then looks like he ran 2nd, last start he won the heat to this. So be interested to see how he goes, bad draw & maybe a step up in class). Then to the ex Kiwis so will stick with them to stick it to the Aussies hehe Go Go Go !! Race 6 American Dealer win $3.30 AND Race 8 Amazing Dream win $3.20

This is brilliant. Show off lol before me. Thought you didn’t know of this site. That has certainly made me laugh 😅 So good we can keep in touch with you now here. Was thinking about Honest J. Left in such a hurry, didn’t have time to even pack a suitcase & stuff peeps in. Hopefully he somehow figures out that we are over here & come joins too. He’s fun & a laugh. Gamms too, you can post on multiple sites, as you do anyway if you happen to read this. Happy is here too. Will miss hearing your voice & keeping in touch otherwise. Sweeping across the ditch we are tonight & in theme with that here's some news that caught my eye. Not that want to get into a heated debate about Covid or anything. But thought interesting step for Harness Racing Victory in mandatory Covid vaccinations & worth posting. https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/articles/mandatory-covid-19-vaccinations-and-what-it-means-for-harness-racing/ Will post my selections & input Rusty on your Bendigo thread a bit later this afternoon. Priorities have to select Powerball lotto numbers now big draw.

Yip, a WALL of horses 3-4 lol at start, it was like go-go. Wasn't expecting Copy That to land 1/1 got the trip. Knew the horse rank outsider would stop in lead, but wouldn't hand up. Stuffed Bad to Bones win chance. (didn't bet just saying). Quinella again Copy That - Bad to Bone x3 times now. Interested to see how Bad to Bone goes when he actually gets lead & doesn't have to sit parked. Belle of Montana a nice run fresh up too. Lots of nice racing tomorrow nite in Oz. Will be following Sugar Me, He's Charlies Angel Race 2 and 3, then Amazing Dream and The Dealer at Bendigo tomorrow. See Y'all tomorrow evening 👍

Ok cool, will look out for it. Most likely will jump online here say Thursday - Sunday as its a quieter site, that way any other Harness side peeps that want to engage in convo, that is when Ill come online. Righto folks the Spring Cup is up next after this trot. Lets see who wins. Its a Road to the CUP race.