You mean Laura "I'll Front Anything/Everything" McG? She even fronted Sky Speed for a time when one of the regular hosts was absent for a week or three. She looked extremely uncomfortable have to talk about race cars/drivers. I actually felt sorry for her there, thrown in the deep end with no life jackets in sight. A faux pas by Sky TV as the sole remaining host could have coped better alone instead of trying to include somebody that doesn't know the difference between ____________ and ____________ [fill in the blanks yourself 🤣]

LOL Max made a fortune today with a bob each way on his 2 lay bets in 12 races...

Adding insult to injury, we now have to put up with a 10 days worth of promo hype for the Kiwi featuring that famously knowledgeable Kiwi racing personality ...(drum roll, please) LAURA MCGOLDRICK GUPTILL SMILEYMcSMILEYFACE FFS ...why??? if they really needed to 'celebritise' this any more...why not get Francesca (no surname required)? catchin' mah drift...or am I bein' obtuse? (Shawshank...no second word needed)

Never got the gap so we'll never know wether he would of won, just no luck today, he'll keep.

Standings after Week 4.  Two rounds of qualifying to come.     ENTRANT Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 TOTAL 1 Jayar 42 31 38 22 133 2 Kilcoyne 11 39 37 42 129 3 Al Feilding 33 34 36 24 127 4 Pegasus 30 18 34 44 126 5 Say No More 38 42 35 10 125 6 Pete Lane 32 24 23 45 124 7 Richie 23 38 33 29 123 8 Gubellini 37 35 26 21 119 9 Canterbury Man 5 43 28 39 115 10 Blaird  16 40 27 28 111 11 Houlahan 34 46 0 26 106 12 Joan 40 22 13 30 105 13 Basil Brush 36 26 41 2 105 14 Floyd Pink 4 45 44 12 105 15 Majestic 19 36 16 33 104 16 Sayer 14 20 42 27 103 17 Peter RS 13 8 43 35 99 18 Pheroz 28 41 6 23 98 19 Reacher 21 29 30 18 98 20 Von Cettes 35 16 9 37 97 21 Jack  31 19 45 1 96 22 Pak Star 15 44 29 4 92 23 Kiwignome 26 37 15 11 89 24 Pure Steel 8 9 40 32 89 25 Hall 0 25 19 43 87 26 Seddon 39 2 4 41 86 27 Ohokaman 22 33 17 14 86 28 Black Kirrama 24 21 1 38 84 29 Aaron 12 30 7 31 80 30 Chestnut 17 14 31 16 78 31 Arjay 25 27 25 0 77 32 Montydrum 41 28 2 5 76 33 Scooby 27 23 17 9 76 34 Insider 6 32 22 15 75 35 Dogzstar 29 0 8 36 73 36 Foxmerts 20 1 12 40 73 37 Koriokaramea 0 7 32 34 73 38 Ponderosa 3 11 39 19 72 39 Kloppite 43 5 21 0 69 40 Lucasduke 9 15 24 6 54 41 Winner69 0 17 20 17 54 42 Alf 10 13 14 13 50 43 Seakem 6 4 10 25 45 44 Mr gee 1 12 5 20 38 45 Voice Of Reason 18 6 0 0 24 46 Maximus 0 3 11 7 21 47 Manfield 0 10 3 8 21 48 High Sparrow 0 0 0 3 3

Yes, its a bloody shambles. We think NZ racing is badly run, but even we wouldn't be as arrogant as NSW.

Week 4 - Flemington R8 - Final Race Nine lives lost and three eliminated in the final race, including Pondy but not Rev. Pete holds on for a good win with no lives lost, while Pegasus and Hall round out the top 3. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL LIVES LOST Pete Lane 0.00 481.41 0 Pegasus 0.00 461.40 2 Hall 2.00 422.49 1 Kilcoyne 2.00 406.27 0 Seddon 0.00 381.89 1 Foxmerts 2.00 368.18 1 Canterbury Man 2.00 366.44 1 Black Kirrama 2.00 309.87 2 Von Cettes 0.00 300.94 1 Dogzstar 2.00 291.41 2 Peter RS 0.00 287.70 0 Koriokaramea 9.35 283.57 2 Majestic 0.00 270.91 1 Pure Steel 0.00 270.82 1 Aaron 1.81 258.38 2 Joan 12.50 245.71 2 Richie 0.00 230.59 1 Blaird  38.46 230.09 0 Sayer 0.00 228.72 2 Houlahan 0.00 225.87 1 Seakem 0.00 224.37 1 Al Feilding 2.00 208.90 2 Pheroz 0.00 199.67 2 Jayar 2.00 190.28 1 Gubellini 19.23 151.94 1 Mr gee 0.00 349.48 3 Ponderosa 0.00 296.17 3 Reacher 0.00 160.34 3 Winner69 2.00 296.41 3 Chestnut 29.41 167.32 3 Insider 2.00 219.94 3 Ohokaman 0.00 392.83 3 Alf 2.56 352.61 3 Floyd Pink 34.48 317.46 4 Kiwignome 12.50 257.32 3 Say No More 0.00 251.00 3 Scooby 0.00 380.76 3 Manfield 0.00 257.51 4 Maximus 0.00 228.11 4 Lucasduke 0.00 224.62 3 Montydrum 0.00 96.38 5 Pak Star 0.00 266.68 4 High Sparrow 0.00 237.69 4 Basil Brush 8.70 233.72 5 Jack  23.81 272.09 6 Kloppite 2.00 226.31 5    

Week 4 - Randwick R7 (11 of 12) Only 3 on the short priced Lady S, with two of them eliminated. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL LIVES LOST NEXT RACE   Pete Lane 17.07 444.29 0 2/12   Pegasus 17.79 420.96 2 1/12   Hall 9.86 368.39 1 7/12   Foxmerts 17.79 367.90 0 3/11   Mr gee 17.07 349.69 2 3/10   Canterbury Man 4.57 332.17 1 10/12   Kilcoyne 17.07 328.32 0 1/7 BB Seddon 16.91 301.02 1 1/12 BB Black Kirrama 33.81 293.54 2 2/11   Ponderosa 33.81 293.54 2 2/3   Koriokaramea 9.86 283.78 1 3/10   Peter RS 14.57 274.21 0 10/11   Majestic 9.70 257.75 1 10/15   Pure Steel 9.70 251.67 1 1/10   Joan 19.71 241.06 2 8/14   Von Cettes 17.79 235.32 1 7/10 BB Aaron 6.61 217.94 2 1/12   Sayer 17.07 216.82 1 1/3 BB Blaird  19.71 216.60 0 10/11   Richie 5.71 210.94 1 1/11   Seakem 8.97 210.89 1 10/11   Dogzstar -72.36 183.23 2 7/12 BB Jayar 19.39 178.38 0 1/3 BB Al Feilding 17.79 169.93 2 1/7   Pheroz 8.97 169.88 2 5/7   Reacher 9.70 154.39 2 1/3   Houlahan 6.57 145.00 1 1/12 BB Gubellini 7.01 142.20 1 8/10   Winner69 -128.85 242.31 3 7/12   Chestnut -72.36 59.13 3 7/12 BB Insider 19.71 194.75 3 2/8 BB Ohokaman 35.58 376.99 3 2/10   Alf 17.07 298.52 3 7/12     Floyd Pink 15.55 209.28 4 7/12 BB Kiwignome 35.58 188.77 3 10/12 BB Say No More 7.61 179.68 3 2/7 BB Scooby 17.07 272.57 3 7/12 BB Maximus 17.07 221.39 4 5/8   Manfield 17.07 218.53 4 1/7   Lucasduke 7.49 205.47 3 1/10   Montydrum 8.38 96.60 4 3/10   Pak Star 17.07 236.89 4 5/7   High Sparrow 17.07 198.72 4 1/7   Basil Brush 25.00 198.06 5 2/7   Jack  15.55 275.33 5 3/5   Kloppite 5.11 154.99 5 2/7 BB

We need to keep an eye on the names behind the NSW/Australian debacle, as they'll likely resurface as the next imported band of "experts" to run thoroughbred racing in New Zealand. 

He ran super. So close. 

Easy , just don't join NATO , Zelensky had a choice stay neutral or continue on and the path of joining NATO,  Putin took the prospect of Ukraine becoming a NATO member as a threat to Russia .  At the June 2021 Brussels summit, NATO leaders reiterated the statement made at the 2008 Bucharest summit that Ukraine would eventually join NATO. In late 2021, there was another massive Russian military buildup around Ukraine. Now no country can join NATO if that country is at war which when you think about it committed Putin to create a war .

Really glad that he showed he is up to Group 1 company in Australia. I didn't think he would be so happy to be proven wrong.

Interesting article today about most of the NSW novelty races losing their group and listed status. Good to see some common sense prevailing.. https://www.anzbloodstocknews.com/editions/2025-03/01/web/index.html      

Big effort from Savaglee I thought. And brilliant quinella. I'm sure the connections are pleased they went in that direction. An Aussie group 1 placing worth a lot more long term than winning or placing in a restricted entry race.

none  them do it well  evem the aussies 

Feroce has just won the G1 Australian Guineas, beating NZ's highest rated 3 yo Savaglee. Feroce ran 2nd in the Caulfield Guineas in the Spring, beating Evaporate (3rd) and Public Attention (5th), who are both in the slot race.

not many good  two year old  sires in nz at mo 

horse  has  issues  so may not been easy ride 

Yes I reckon he is possibly the best in NZ . In the NZ cup he was very unlucky and I think it showed just how good he is . He can zip a very quick half as well . I would love to see him up against DSD and Merlin I reckon he is good enough to beat them , even the top ones in Aussie . Will be interesting to see how he goes when he returns 

I punted Navigator and agree with Pak Star about that ride