Len Butterfield wouldn't put up with this bullshit  by today's Stewards!🙄

CT leave me out of your shit ...I have nothing to do with him or anything you do..remember that.

The Coolmore Stud Stakes field lines up at Flemington on Saturday, 2nd November Saturday 2024, over 1200m. A high quality field has been finalised for the Coolmore Stud Stakes, featuring the likes of Everest place-getter Growing Empire, group 1 placed Traffic Warden and dominant last start winner Switzerland. No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating 1 GROWING EMPIRE Ciaron Maher Mark Zahra 9 57kg   110 2 COLEMAN Matt Laurie Ethan Brown 6 57kg   102 3 TRAFFIC WARDEN James Cummings Ms Jamie Kah 3 57kg   101 4 BITTERCREEK Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin Ben Allen 13 57kg   88 5 SWITZERLAND Chris Waller James McDonald 8 57kg   100 6 FIRST SETTLER Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Michael Dee 10 57kg   90 7 BODYGUARD Peter Snowden Hugh Bowman 2 57kg   82 8 GATSBY'S Chris Waller Damian Lane 7 57kg   81 9 STOLI BOLLI Ben, Will & JD Hayes Luke Currie 5 57kg   74 10 YOSHINOBU Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Jamie Mott 1 57kg   82 11 ENRICHED Michael Freedman Jye McNeil 14 57kg   75 12 GALLANT SON Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 12 57kg   69 13 LADY OF CAMELOT Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 4 55kg   109 14 BELLATRIX STAR Mark Walker Blake Shinn 11 55kg   109

The Victoria Derby field lines up at Flemington on Saturday, 2nd November Saturday 2024, over 2500m. A full field of 16 has been assembled for the Victoria Derby. Last start Group 1 winner El Castello will jump from the outside gate. Moonee Valley Vase winner Red Aces has faired much better, drawing barrier 4. No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Hcp Rating 1 EL CASTELLO Anthony Cummings Joshua Parr 18 57kg 106 2 RED ACES Nick Ryan Jamie Mott 4 57kg 84 3 KEENELAND (NZ) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Hugh Bowman 11 57kg 78 4 GOLDRUSH GURU Andrew Gluyas Ms Jamie Kah 15 57kg 73 5 SAINT EMILION Ciaron Maher Tim Clark 6 57kg 71 6 KINGOFWALLSTREET Matt Cumani Michael Dee 10 57kg 78 7 POLITELY DUN Danny O'Brien Damian Lane 5 57kg 68 8 KING OF THUNDER (NZ) John O'Shea & Tom Charlton James McDonald 1 57kg 74 9 TENBURY WELLS Brad Widdup Blake Shinn 14 57kg 68 10 PERU Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson Declan Bates 2 57kg 64 11 CHINA SEA John Sargent Mark Zahra 7 57kg 72 12 HOT TOO GO Danny O'Brien Jordan Childs 13 57kg 65 13 SCARY (NZ) Emma-Lee & David Browne Luke Nolen 8 57kg 72 14 OXFORD BLUE Julius Sandhu Ethan Brown 16 57kg 65 15 WEST INDIES (NZ) Mark Walker Craig Newitt 17 57kg 65 16 AUTUMNHEAT Matt Cumani Eoin Walsh 12 57kg 64 17e WAR RIBBON David Payne John Allen 3 57kg 62 18e CECCHETTI Matt Cumani Daniel Stackhouse 9 57kg 61

Hmmm and how many non-refundable futures bets have the bookies taken over the last 4 days..  

The Cup often proves to be a race where unlikely dreams and fairytales come true. Why not this one? If SNS had not copped that 'bug', Rogie would likely have raced the guts out of him as a 4yo, so perhaps the racing gods are working in mysterious ways here. Max certainly wouldn't write him off. Noted, though, that Rogie didn't mention giving him a run on Derby Day, so ...

She is Out

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Saturday from 2 30, Trackside Premier but on Tuesday looks like it's only from 4 30 until 5.40, well that's how the TV guide seems to read, so it seems on Melbourne Cup Day you will just get everything jammed on 1 and 2.

Break A Leg Rogie!!

Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway have announced that grade 1 winner and classic-placed Tapit Trice will enter stud at Gainesway upon his retirement from racing.View the full article

Stay and Scam will take on stablemate Just Nails and stakes winner Kissed by Fire Nov. 1 in the $200,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes.View the full article

Starting to look like she is out, bugga

Better back it now then Gruffy, out to $8 so must be some doubt about her starting.

It`s probably hard to put any of them ahead of "The King" Ken Barron. I agree that Brent Barclays drive was a beauty, but if you want to see The King in action there is no better example than this ... Result - Harness Racing  How a positive drive can win a race.  

I’m certain it’s scooby that keeps loading up! Not long to go now 😎  

Phenomenal turn of foot…if she runs like that, she wins. Better than Obamburumai who won it last year. https://x.com/Kontenasan_bf/status/1832675087994192341

Maiden Watch: Breeders' Cup 2024View the full article

Aidan O'Brien's hopes of winning the Melbourne Cup (G1) for the first time have been dashed as leading contender Jan Brueghel has been dramatically ruled out of this year's race after failing a vets check.View the full article

Rogerson's heart full as he shoots for a second Melbourne Cup Aidan Rodley, Trackside.co.nz 30 October 2024 As New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame trainer Graeme Rogerson prepares for his shot at again winning racing's Holy Grail, he has revealed: "I'm just lucky to be alive". Rogerson and his wife Debbie will produce three-time Group One winner Sharp ‘N’ Smart in next Tuesday's $A8.56 million Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington but the larger-than-life trainer has already tasted victory in a much bigger event. Earlier this year, Rogerson underwent life-saving cardiac surgery. It took months before he was fully recovered and while he still bears the scars of that ordeal, "Rogey" can't help finding himself looking at the bright side of life. "Every day now is a good day," he said. Rogerson revealed that his surgeon had told him his heart was operating at only 50 percent efficiency. "Now I've had the operation, I've got the other half working," he quipped. "I didn't know that when they saw you in half, it would cut you up so much. But I've got through it. They said (the recovery) would take six months and I've got two-and-a-half months to go. Then I'd like to think I might find another good horse." That next good horse has a high bar to reach to compare with the Rogersons' current star, Sharp 'N' Smart. A winner of the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) in Sydney, the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) and Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa, Smart 'N' Smart was last year's New Zealand Horse of the Year. While a bug prevented him from racing at his best as a four-year-old, he has returned as a stronger spring five-year-old, as demonstrated by his last-start third placing in last Friday's Gr.2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m), a performance that confirmed he was on song for the Melbourne Cup. "It was very good when you look at it from the sectionals, and you've got to remember he had 59 kilos. He's only got 53 and a half in the Cup," Rogerson said. "In racing, weights and measures mean a lot. He's well off in the Cup, he's got a lot going for him. He just needs an ounce of luck." A 12-time New Zealand champion trainer with 55 Group One wins to his name, including Savabeel's Cox Plate and Polar Success' Golden Slipper, Rogerson has a proud history in the Melbourne Cup. Working closely with Lloyd Williams, Rogerson bought 1978 Cup winner Arwon and 1985 Cup winner What A Nuisance. And Rogerson got to hoist his own trainer's Cup when he produced Efficient to win the 2007 feature in Williams' colours. "When you win one, you want to win another, then another. Lloyd's won seven," Rogerson said. "You never know for two miles until they go up (in distance) but this horse shows every attribute needed to get it. He's got to the stage now where he wants to relax. He reminds me of Arwon and What And Nuisance. "He's going to have to be at his top of his game, but I think he's not far from it. The only thing he doesn't want is a wet track." With Rogerson recovering from his heart surgery, Debbie has navigated Sharp 'N' Smart's campaign, and her work has only earned accolades from one of racing's most renown hard-markers. "She's done a super job. He had a bad bacterial virus and while he showed glimpses, he never produced his best form from when he was a three-year-old," Rogerson said. "But Debbie's done a hell of a job to get him back. Now, he's not far away. It would be lovely to win it. It would be good for New Zealand. But if not, we'll be back again to try next year."