Lightning Blue

Well RICHIE hits the Score board and now running 2nd to Hesi with a handy multi into American Pride a Place behind Oscar B, so collected $595.35 . now in 2nd place. Well done !! RACE 8 and 'Maximus' and 'Craigos' are all aboard RIVEERED to win. Dancing show is back for take 2 as well with GOT YOU COVERED top 4.

Absolutely burnt them off . very good win. ! Not sure why Folklore (Jonny Cox) would be taking on this next race FFA ??? against 2 Purdons and 2 Dunns making it near impossible for her. when she would nearly of Won Race 10 today, a LISTED mares Classic . very strange decision to Not have a crack at the 40k race. On the Scrapheap go Pete, Mike, HappyS, Addington after Race 5. GlobeD looking for FRANCO NIVEN top 4 for a 'collect'. and Moz with SHAN NOBLE win in race 6.

'Brown Fox' only 1/2 head off scoring $1,440 in the trot with LOVE N the PORT going down narrowly sadly. So Hesi keeps the lead for the moment. RACE 5 has some new players in town >>> 'Pete' with ROMEO SHARD, and 'Happy Sunrise' looking for an ARABIAN BLUE placing (Mike also) Addington has JAGARRA running , Richie looking for a Top 4 from GET UP AND DANCE. your lucky numbers after the previous race quinella are for the First 4 in R5 9- 11 - 14 - 7 .

Race 3 , sees yet another Mark Purdon win with ALWAYS HAVE FAITH... Brown Fox taking full advantage !!! Richie alive with that Marky Boy selection too. also through safely were Globe , Moz1047, and Rusty all on CYRUS to place. BOOMing out of luck were Dancing Show, Karrots , and the F4. HESI takes the $200 for a DASHING MAJOR place so moves his bank up to a total of $724 . well done Hesi. RACE 4 , has Brown Fox going for a 'collect' off LOVE N PORT to win, Mike is back with MISSYLISSA for a place , Rusty and Richie have REGAL ATTIRE, Max in with SODS LAW. trifecta needed (after the tiny $20 one previous race ) is 1 -6 -12 to help the pundits along.

Bit stiff Karrots ! don't often get taken out of the race from trailing the leader. It all went Boom. Mark ,in his usual winning ways , casually took your spot behind leader vacated by Boom, and the resulting Victory from it. Son of a Gun.

Race 2 goes to the well driven TOMMY WATERHOUSE , so Dancing Show struts her stuff again , showing that winning form that took Comp 1. 'Sand' has been thrown in Smiler's face (needed 3rd) with SAND WAVE 4th , but Globe D and Richie advance to the next race ok , with CYRUS and ALWAYS HAVE FAITH Joining the action in RACE 3, are Karrots , wanting a Top 4 finish from BOOM , (along with Dancing Show on a 'Booming' run too) Brown Fox , (knowing how good Mark is) looking for the ALWAYS HAVE FAITH win for his double today. Hesi is making his whole run here too !!!!! needing DASHING MAJOR to run a place. his only bet today. SO the First 4 i'm taking is 13- 7- 6- 2 to get all the players home safely !! good luck

Smiler out of action with one 'multi' after R1. (Lightning out for the day as KD Hawk gallops out of it badly) so Race 2 will have Smiler , a chance to redeem with his 2nd multi on SAND WAVE, to run in Top 3 position. GlobeDerby and Richie also watching for a SAND WAVE top 4 finish. Dancing Show the Comp 1 winner is backing the Bookie TOMMY WATERHOUSE ( a lightningB selection so likely to meet 'trouble' sorry Maria) and Mike seeking a CELEBRATING win , so he can celebrate a win ! trifecta of 10-11-2 would have everyone happy.

Well DOUBLE R must be coming in late, Robert may be looking at the Cambridge Card . Race 1 about to go and SMILER in action looking for a Top 4 finish from 'Idle Stuartia'. and Lightning Blue myself needing KD HAWK to trot well. are the 2 players in action in the first race about to go.

Best of Luck Max ! Just a reminder to All players, of the $100 prize in this Comp up for grabs from our Sponsor MIKE (thanks Mike) is across these 4 meetings below. And the Comp winner will need to chat to poster Mike and/or Karrotsishere about the Akaroa Investment for 5/12/21 . 09.11.21 Addington, Cup Day won by Hesi 12.11.21 Addington, Show Day today! good luck all! 20.11.21 Timaru 27.11.21 Geraldine Winner must use winning prize on 05.12.21 Akaroa

Good morning NZ for Showday and the running of the great DOMINION (non)Handicap and the time honoured Nz FFA. A race the great CARDIGAN BAY famously won in front of blazing inferno grandstand. Most of the 'Race Place' Pundits that entered Cup Day, are in with their runners ok, and assembled at the starting line . Good Luck to all. Awaiting ROBERT and MAX to post their picks I think . Newbies welcome !!!(it's a 4 meeting Competition.) spend $100 at each meet, with 1 or 2 bets. (Hesi leads $524 ,the rest of us 0 after round 1)

Think I'll get it overwith early in Day before Mark, Nat and John get busy with Group race winners. TOMMY WATERHOUSE sounds like a great Aussie betting name , so gotta have that in the second . and KD Hawk looks a big bold trotter in the first $50 WIN Double of KD HAWK R1 $4. 60 with TOMMY WATERHOUSE R2 $8. 50 = $1,955 (odds showing on QLD TAB fixed price) $50 PLACE Double of KD HAWK R1 $1.80 Place with TOMMY WATERHOUSE R2 $2. 40 place = $216

Nice line -up Karrots !! those 5 All doing great things every year. our best Oz probably run 6th to that lot. Aussie best is TOUGH MONARCH , probably struggle to beat those 5 though. He did go to NZ and placed in the DOMINION for past 2 years !! so that is pretty darn good. He also won last week in 1.56 so still going ok. Total of 9 wins from 16 starts this year. and has won $1/2mill prizemoney, so not to shabby !!!

Happy Sunrise after being sold for $1/4mill in the 1980's............ Happy Sunrise had a crack at the Miracle Mile 1987 at Harold Park and ran a great 2nd to the Champion Village Kid.!! Lightning Blue 'death-seated' 5th blah...sob...... Was bit Closer the year before 1986 as Lightning Blue left 'Village Kid' parked out ! wahoo !. (cop that ya big V kid !!! lol ) and beat him home too, (Village Kid 3rd) BUT as Luck, Fate and History would tell us, bloody kiwi MASTER MOOD came popping through between them , and pinged 'Blue' right at the wire . rotten thing lol...... So it's a second for LIGHTNING BLUE and a second for HAPPY SUNRISE in the great race of all, the Miracle Mile.

She is 5 yold already (rest of field were 3 year old fillies today at Ashburton) so she should of had the 'experience edge' lol....slow learner ? or slow horse ?

Which bit does he need ? the miracle part for a win ? or the mile part lol?

solid 4th. could lead to bigger things? Wolf Stride is 'off the boil' Karrots but have a solid replacement for you . EXPENSIVE EGO , a 4 year old with 18 wins from 26 starts. Is second favourite for the Interdominion to his stable-mate 'King Of Swing' and also ran 2nd in the Miracle Mile to the 'King' earlier this year as well. Last week at Menangle 'Expensive Ego' bolted in by 4 lengths in a scintillating 1.48.7 . Absolutely flying. He's a real ripper. (he went 1.53 as a 2 year old in Bris)

Happy Sunrise Members 431 Posted 23 hours ago Show Day Bet. Handy driver on Arabian Blue since Tim Williams is already taken by the Telfer stable.

karrotsishere Members 400 Author Posted 1 hour ago Selections Show Day $50 Multi Ardens delight Top 4 @4.20 Race 10 Boom Top 4 @2.50 Race 3 Return $525 Single bet $50 @2.20 top 4 Ultimate Chevron Top 4 $110 Race 12

Post the Tips here Guys for SHOW DAY . Addington Friday 12th. All Welcome . 2 Bet maximum of $100 total spend. Hesi has the Lead with score $524 in the bank , from Cup Day. TWO more rounds at Timaru 20/11 and Geraldine 27/11 before the winner is declared.

Thanks PJ , might as well have a shot with some Oz races involved. Wishing a great NZ CUP day to all , and a win on the punt. (and some crowds back real soon to enjoy the racing) Race 1: Ric4 No 3 Race 2: Ric6 No 3 Race 3: Ric8 No 1 Race 4: Ric9 No 4 Race 5: Ric10 No 1 for the NZ Cup Best bet. Race 6: New6 No 3 Race 7: New7 No 2 Race 8: New8 No 11 A Prime candidate for Best Bet. Race 9: New9 No 9 Race10: New10 No 12

Karrots did some background of Trainer Ray Green and Copy That on their road to NZ Cup Victory yesterday. Great work Karrots. Just re- post here as got lost amongst a bit of fun chatter by the locals on a thread and is Very well done and an appreciative acknowledgement of the win by Copy That yesterday. Posted 1 hour ago (edited) What a tale. Karrots presents - a pretend synopsis for a TV show or movie. Based on real life events. Young Green sets sail on a ship containing a horse he is sailing with overseas. The seas are rough & a few dramas afloat transpire. Arriving in Ireland, the tale shows young Green quickly gaining friends & experience in his new home. Also shows him doing what young lads do, spending any spare change from work at the pub. Upon deciding he’s done his time there, he waved goodbye to his now life long mates & returned home back to NZ. Now an older Green, at weanling sales with wife. 1 in particular caught her eye. “His walk”, she says. “I like his walk”. Green knowing the term “happy life, happy wife”. Buys the colt later to be known as Copy That for a cheap $7k. While other buyers are buying up large, spending $100k - 200k. They are not rich people so he is affordable for them. Upon entering the stall to check him after purchase he launches at her. Quickly shutting the door. Green is thinking - oh dear, this must be why we got him so cheap. Upon bringing him home time, & time again, he tests the patience of Green. Green is at wits end with this horse. Now we are at his 1st start, then his next, & next to no avail. Feeling nearly beat, Green gives him 1 last chance. He wins. Still a mischief maker on the track he heads out again, with so much head gear he looks like he could be from Mars, but by now he has started to catch the eye of some in the industry. To a point he has an offer from an overseas buyer, but Greens wife would like to keep the horse. Green empathically telling her “honey its not realistic, we are not rich people, this money will pay off the rest of our mortgage”. So eventually Greens wife sadly relents, but a deal is bargained that Green will continue to train the horse. A year later & he is now favourite for the NZ CUP & he is still so young as his actual birth day is 15 Nov 2016. So he is actually still 3 & 3 y-o by a later rule that will pass. Tensions are high & it is excitement plus for the popular Green as its his 1st NZ Cup runner. Cup Day arrives the crowds pour onto the course. The energy is surreal. 5 minutes out from the start, 4 mins out, 3 mins out, 2 mins out, 1 min out, GO! Copy That is denied a fair start. The crowd is in dismay. The race forums ALL alight with “sack the starter”. Some of the drivers threaten to boycott Show Day if no action is taken. Its in NZ news, headline the (Shocking start which ruled out Cup favourite Copy That). Within 72 hours the starter of many years has been let go. The winner was the new Star of NZ Self Assured. As Green and his team watch on as Self Assured they take the winning honours. They soon depart the South Island, feeling deflated, but not defeated. The new star shines so bright over the next 11 months. While Copy That and Green have their ups and downs. By now a pandemic has re-taken hold of NZ, which has been forced back into lockdown. Business as normal is replaced with a new restricted way of life. Its NZ CUP time again, Green applies for a travel pass to South but is denied. He holds the horse in the North, having an unconventional lead-up. The critics are harsh. Writing he won’t be ready for the distance of the Cup. Many have written off his chances. Copy That flies solo a few days prior without his trainer. The care-taker NZ leading driver B Orange is so careful with the horse, wrapping the horse. He & 2 of his children checking regularly on Copy That. Then the big day arrives. They are so concerned for the welfare of the horse instead of putting him into a box that day, they opt for an open stall. Oranges children staying with the horse at all times, giving him love & attention - kisses & cuddles. But nature calls & they need to use the bathroom & eat. They briefly slip off. Upon their return they are in shock horror. The horse is lying on the ground. Looks dead. They panic, running to tell the team who are nearby. He’s on the ground, motionless. Frantically the others race into his stall to check. Is he dead? With a sign of relief, an eye opens, then another eye. Then he stands himself up. Checking over him, he appears ALL ok. He was just taking an uncharacteristic nap, hours before he was about to race. During this time, the trainer of the Star & HOT fav last years winner Self Assured + the last past 7 ish years of NZ Cup has been winning with driving win after driving win after win. People are starting to talk. Punters are starting to take action. Self Assured is plunging in the betting even more. Cutting to Green at home the confidence is starting to fade. But he still has faith in his horse. Cutting to lining up 5 mins to go, 4 mins to go, 3 mins to go, 2 mins to go. 1 min to go. All eyes on the start. GO! They are off, Copy That is away albeit slightly slowly, Self Assured has made a great beginning & is ahead of Copy That. But within a split second & Self Assured is blocked in by Kango who has sweep left from the outside front row, cutting him off from going forward any further & in that exact moment Orange & Copy That sail on by forward. Forward towards the lead. Infront & Orange takes 10 looks behind him during the running, looking for the Star Self Assured, where is he, when is he coming for us? Just before a lap to go he makes his move. Laver punching up in the middle to make him work just that little bit extra, making him go 3 wide around a bend. Copy That picks up the pace. The tension is HIGH. The horses are starting to feel the effects of the mammoth 3200 along the back straight the final time. They are nearing for home. They turn for home. He is clear, he starts to run up the track, They are all on tired legs over the long distance. But the its clear the cup is his. Orange salutes as they sail across the line. They cut to an interview with the trainer Green. Who is in tears. “Our boy did it. He did it”. Green says. The Cup will go to the North. First time in years. The audience is stunned. Ending a long reign on the NZ CUP of the Southern champion trainers the All Stars, Green & Copy That go into the NZ racing history books.

You and I had our chance to be the 'Star of the Show " mate. Or Star of SHOW DAY at least .?? (wonder if Karrots got to star in SHOWGIRLS while in Hollywood ?? lol.........) Here it is as we get ready for the 2021 Nz FFA on Friday , the 1987 version !!! Lightning Blue 2nd and the Great 'Happy Sunrise' (Ricky May) ( a struggling 6th about 1/2 length from the winner ) Purdons and the Iceman , icing me late on here , still doing it 34 years later. Piss off Tony lol............. (no role for him in movie please Karrots)

Oh no . come on mate , this is a family movie, Karrots wants heart-warming ending. HESI could come in the Star role of successful punter.? Only one getting anything here yesterday anyway lol.......

All movies have a bit of Fiction and Non fiction Karrots. You can Leave it to 'HappyS' and 'Blue' to do the Editing and spice it up a bit for you. (to get higher ratings of course) Meanwhile you better 'hone-up' your sulky skills behind the horse, if you want to look the superior driver that Nat is , or do we have to Green screen.?

We need a great motion picture Karrots , about harness racing. Last week they had the Rachel Griffiths directed movie RIDE LIKE A GIRL broadcast in Oz for Melbourne Cup Day. about Michelle Payne winning the Melbourne Cup , with Teresa Palmer doing a great job as the young lady jockey. Famous Kiwi actor Sam Neill played the role of her dad Paddy Payne. (only found out last week, the real Paddy Payne is a kiwi too) there's good kiwi horse-people everywhere. Hey are you gunna 'direct' the new Harness movie Karrots ? or have you gone into 'hard training' , busting to play the Natalie Rasmussen role in the movie?