Probably why he isn't getting many drives these days . He is very experienced and if an owner wants their horse driven like that may as well put an inexperienced junior on 

He's done the same down south on numerous occasions too - there is only plan A with him it appears

They could right out the cheques now - Larry excluded

What made me happy yesterday was how the All Stars team went . It just goes to show what a good trainer Nathan is regardless if Mark isn't there and he should be a top trainer he has learnt from the best .  Hayden Cullen is doing a good job as well but I thought the way owners were changing from the All Stars to him was premature and with DSD running second yesterday goes to prove it was the right decision leaving him where he was happy 😀

Those two certainly are better than anything we have racing in NZ that's for sure . Cast no Shadow that was the one running down in the Southern meetings like Gore and Winton wasn't it ? If that's the same horse its amazing how they turned him around .  I remember years ago , you will know Richard Brosnan trained it Baltic something which was an average horse over here . Once it got to Aussie turned out to be very good  I can't remember who trained it over there either 

Not just that horse either . He won the Interdominion with an old croc Boncel Benjamin 3 years ago defeating the McCarthy team (including champ KING of Swing ) at Menangle, then got another old croc I Cast No Shadow and defeated the strong Emma Stewart team on their home turf at Melton 2 years ago.  bloody GENIUS Jason. a staggering achievement really.  missed the Interdom hat trick here in Brissy last December with Leap To Fame beating him (Swayzee 3rd, Nerano 5th) but the guy is a Einstein like genius,  winning those 2 Interdominions just prior  to these Swayzee days. It's a NSW Interdominion this year (next month) .  might as well just have a scratch 'Match race'  between the 2 brothers Swayzee and leap To Fame ?? no NZers will turn up now after seeing yesterdays performance .    

Oh no I can imagine how you felt PS . Yes I wonder if the Telfers do . I wondered why Tim didn't take off with a lap to go with Ohoka Connor but noticed he wasn't keeping up on the back of the horse in front so must have been going rough then too 

These two should get automatic entry in next years main events. Swayzee deserves a shot at a threepeat in the Cup and if it was marketed properly it would bring the crowd. Just mho.

Miki Bennett was just going to the lead 100m out and looked set for victory, in the 2nd race . just jumped out of his gear free of interference.?  track surface looked alright. wonder if Telfers have Hopples a couple of inches to long ?  just a thought from seeing a few of them .several of their runners get 'wobbly' at times.  Do feel for Tim Williams there as you mentioned elsewhere . he drove Mikki Bennett well, looked set to win , and suddenly didn't. I had a hopple break on me 300m out once when had sat one-one was looming up to the leader fine , then bang . it's a lousy feeling.  (bastard thing wouldn't break while you're last in running struggling to keep up anytime I'm sure 🤣)    

Went to Lingfield this afternoon. The racing pretty ordinary but I thought the 4000m novice hurdle winner IT'S HARD TO KNOW looked a nice one for the future. He's the only entry in the notebook for the afternoon as, with rain forecast next week, I suspect a number of these Good ground performers will find life a lot harder against the better runs. £20 admission plus racecard but ARC are obviously cutting back on everything. Just one catering outlet open and one bar (or half of it). That might work for 250 at an all weather meeting but we had about 800 this afternoon so it felt cramped and crowded with long queues for everything. As always, ARC know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. The Class 3 handicap hurdle went for just under £9k to the winner but most of the other races went for £4-6k so bread and butter racing for peanuts (to mix my food metaphors).  The equivalent meeting five years ago had two Class 3 races which went for just under £6k each so perhaps I'm wrong to be overcritical of the prize money though we've had inflation since then. Of more interest, a horse called CAT TIGER went off 1/3 to win a Class 4 4000 novice hurdle but was beaten by a 33/1 chance. Five years on and CAT TIGER ran this afternoon finishing tenth of eleven in the 4000m Class 4 handicap chase.

I have always been dead set against selling Alex Park but honestly I don’t see any alternative unless a miracle happens & the property deal goes through.  If not the bank will have to force a sale of Alex Park.  

Wow I didn't realize that amazing what Jason has done with the horse . After yesterday it proves how good he really is I wonder what Tim Butt is thinking lol 

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A great win by Swayzee in the absence of younger brother Leap To Fame. Seems the most highest quality half brothers of all time really?. (at the speeds they are going) you might not know of the Swayzee transformation Charlie? . February last year he was racing Mid-week meetings running unplaced for 8 starts through Feb March, when trained by famous NZ trainer Tim Butt . the trainer of Lyell Creek, and about 5 Hunter Cup winners (Australia's greatest staying race)  so Really knows how to train a horse. Swayzee not even going well enough to start Saturday nights Metro racing. was running unplaced against slow 1.56 -1.58 horses week to week. In fact in >>> the last start for Tim and his son Riley , was April last year and he ran Last at Redcliffe (our Country horses track ) in a slow 1.58 and 35m from the winner . abysmal. then from May to December last year Grimson wins 10 straight, including our Winter Group 1 defeating Leap To Fame in July. ( in fairness, Leap to Fame got a flat at the 300 though and the tyre tube snagged the wheel so he sled drove up the home straight to 2nd place , quite funny in a way)   Last December Swayzee finished a very Solid 3rd in the Interdominion Grand Final (to Leap To Fame)  a stunning transformation during the year. The trainer is a GENIUS. 

The scary thing is Canterbury Man there are still millions of sheep like Ohokaman and co who are brainwashed by the legacy main stream media like CNN and are unable to think critically for themselves despite platforms like X exposing the blatant lies the legacy media have been perpetuating. The shining light is that millions are starting to wake up to the truth as evidenced by Trump winning the popular vote.   

Poor Bob had a shocker . Bet n Win had a horror trip and probably beginning so well didn't pan out . One thing that did surprise me is why some seasoned horses went rough throughout the day in their gate .  Not blaming the track but really unusual 

I think that first win got to Mark's head thinking he could loop fields and do the same . He needs to be more patient 

I just think Merlin wasn't good enough on the day and DSD I feel is a better stayer . Republican Party has been racing well this season so his placing wasn't a surprise as he did work hard last start at Ashburton and was a good fourth 😀

Richie I dropped a ticket with $2 each way on Miss Stanima in the 1990 Auckland Cup at a hundred to one. You and your mate didnt happen to pick that up did you?  If you are honest about it I will let you keep half. 

When we were kids we would collect discarded tote tickets,Dad would write out the placings and we would check every one and would share the money between us.One day we found a treble ticket which you had first 2 leg then go round back of tote to exchange for numbers.Dad also had first  2leg in so between the 2 tickets we had enough to have field in last.When Dad was out back of tote exchanging there was a guy quite distraught trying to explain to operator he had lost his slip.Dad told him we may have it and had already exchanged and had field going in last,  they came to agreement to split winnings .Turned out guy was Jim Lalor who apparently hardly ever bets.Outsider won and we had enough money for Dad to buy a cheap horse and gave to Jim to train.We soon found out why horse was cheap.Won first race then went mongrel and wouldnt let anybody on her back.Broke leg in  paddock accident.We also had enough to go to Marlborough Sounds and stay in flash holiday home for a week.Yrebles back then paid well. Was amazing how many good tickets we found,mainly small amounts but occasional one was very decent.