Play-offs Week 3 - Randwick R1 (1 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 1 North England Tim Clark 3.90 1.40 2 King Of Pop Zac Lloyd   1.50 6 Beskar Ben Melham   1.70 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 1,2 4.50 8 of 12 with the short priced quinella. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Aaron 77.00 77.00 1/3   Al Feilding 77.00 77.00 3/9   Blaird  77.00 77.00 1/3   Floyd Pink 77.00 77.00 9/14   Jayar 77.00 77.00 2/6   Joan 77.00 77.00 1/2   Kloppite 77.00 77.00 9   Sayer 77.00 77.00 5/9 BB Say No More 70.00 70.00 9 BB Pete Lane 53.00 53.00 9/11   Kiwignome 32.00 32.00 2/3   Basil Brush 17.00 17.00 2/6                       NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Insider 154.00 154.00 1/2 BB Winner 106.00 106.00 7/15 BB Scooby 77.00 77.00 6/9   Mr gee 34.00 34.00 2/11   Lucasduke 17.00 17.00 3/4   Dogzstar 15.00 15.00 14/15 BB Kilcoyne 0.00 0.00 2/9   Manfield 0.00 0.00 9 BB

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1218578243096970 Christopher Green

Global markets swoon as Trump heads to the golf course Markets tumbled in Wall Street’s worst crisis since the pandemic as investors fled after China retaliated against tariffs.       Two days after sending the economy reeling by announcing widespread tariffs, United States President Donald Trump headed to play golf at Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Florida, even as the sell-off for financial markets worldwide is slamming into a higher, scarier gear. Before heading to his private golf course, Trump wrote on social media: “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH.” Investors are not buying that message.   The S&P 500 tumbled 5.7 percent as Wall Street’s worst crisis since the COVID pandemic crash deepened after China matched Trump’s big rise in tariffs announced earlier this week. The move increases the stakes in a trade war that could end with a recession that hurts everyone. Not even a better-than-expected report on the US job market, which is usually the economic highlight of each month, was enough to stop the slide. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 2,034 points, or 5 percent, and the Nasdaq composite was 5.6 percent lower, with an hour remaining in trading.   So far, there have been few, if any, winners in financial markets from the trade war. European stocks dropped roughly 5 percent. The price of crude oil tumbled to its lowest level since 2021. Other basic building blocks for economic growth, such as copper, also saw prices slide on worries the trade war will weaken the global economy. The central question looking ahead is: Will the trade war cause a global recession? If it does, stock prices will likely need to come down even more than they have already. The S&P 500 is down roughly 17 percent from its record set in February. Investors do not expect volatility to subside quickly. “Until there’s actually a change in the policy or evidence of real negotiations going on, the market’s going to be under pressure,” said Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at the Schwab Center for Financial Research in New York. Adding to market fears on Friday were comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who said that the tariffs were “significantly larger than expected” and are “highly likely” to cause more inflation – at least in the short term but possibly in the long term as well.

Furthermore, at the time of writing, in this current , as yet unfinished 2025 season,  Blair Orange sits 16th on the HRNZ UDR rating table.

I saw Mark being interviewed as well after his galloper won Idolmite what a talent Mark is . Like he said LTF could be the best horse in the world . In my lifetime I have seen Young Quinn ,  Robalan , Christian Cullen , Lazarus etc and LTF is the best horse I have ever seen . Horses dont win like that 3 wide , parked and running record times , imagine if these guys handed up the front to him he would win by more . The other horses I mentioned no way could they do it in their day .  As expected the handy horses filled the placings except for Duchess Megxit who went awful . Great runs by Merlin and Pinseeker . Chase a Dream has to be the best horse in NZ and scary to think he will probably improve with age . Was thinking too where is Alta Meteor he has been missing from the big races so far . Oscar not good . I bet Mark might be wondering , taking his overcheck off last night might have been a bad idea 

"How about checking facts before posting garbage?"....said "Spikecity" Apologies Spikecity, I did get my facts wrong 1. I should have said "seasons"  not "years" 2. In the 2020  season Blair Orange finished 9th rated UDR driver, so my mistake. 3. In 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 & 2015 he was not in the top 10 UDR rated drivers. 4 A bit selective to pick the current season, as it has not finised yet..............

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1147829697092387 Dr.Eric Berg on Eye health

Yeah, beautiful morning in Auckland this morning too. Eyeball to eyeball Larry put the young pretender in his place.  Let's hope he's back in November as Grant Dixon wants to be, and that Swayzee tries for the hat trick as well. It's tough on the local contingent but awesome for the fans. To be fair though, Kiwi horses have won plenty in Australia over the years. At the moment the reverse is happening. We need a new challenger with real X factor. Maybe CHASE A DREAM could be it as we were robbed of the best from AKUTA and MILLWOOD NIKE. 

Mark still got a couple, and then one of his two gallopers he has in training won the first at Ellerslie today. He's on a roll!! Mark said in an interview at Ellerslie after the win that Oscar should have been there today and not at Cambridge last night 🤣

Ellerslie R7 - 1, 7 Randwick R1 - 1, 2 Randwick R2 - 9, 14 Randwick R3 - 12, 13 Randwick R4 - 2, 8 Randwick R6 - 2, 5 Randwick R7 - 7, 11 BB Randwick R8 - 13, 20 BB Randwick R9 - 11, 18 Caulfield R7 - 5, 12 Caulfield R8 - 5, 14 Caulfield R9 - 9, 14 Many thanks

1.  Ellerslie R7.      4/7 2. Randwick R1.     1/2 3. Randwick R2.    9 4. Randwick R3.     1/3 5. Randwick R4.    2 6. Randwick R6.    2/3 bb 7.  Randwick R7.    7/8 8. Randwick R8.    2 9. Randwick R9.   18 bb 10. Caulfield R7.    5/12 11.  Caulfield R8.   4/6 12. Caulfield R9.    13 Thanks John & Scooby

1.  Ellerslie R7              8/9 2. Randwick R1            14/15  BB 3. Randwick R2            9 BB 4. Randwick R3            3 /7 5. Randwick R4            1/2 6. Randwick R6            1/2 7.  Randwick R7           6/7 8. Randwick R8            2,/20 9. Randwick R9            18 10. Caulfield R7           3/11 11.  Caulfield R8          5/10 12. Caulfield R9           4/9                        

Playing for the minor prize: 1.  Ellerslie R7  3/7 2. Randwick R1  1/2  BB 3. Randwick R2  1/2  BB 4. Randwick R3  2/3 5. Randwick R4  1/2 6. Randwick R6  1/2  7.  Randwick R7  6/7 8. Randwick R8  2/4 9. Randwick R9  1/18  10. Caulfield R7  3/5 11. Caulfield R8  6/10 12. Caulfield R9  3/8 Thanks SNM for scoring and Scooby for everything else.

Good to see you have been celebrating the Big BEtcha Win by the mighty Queenslander Larry there Rakman  😁 , and maybe the Trifecta in the TAB trot too with Arcee Phoenix, the queen and the train.  Hope you feeling better soon , and not to upset with OscarB doing the rodeo act instead of a trotting one. 'Chase A Dream' looked good and helped Marky Boy make up for the Bad Oscar with a brave 2nd anyway.   

1.  Ellerslie R7.      4/7 2. Randwick R1.     1/6 3. Randwick R2.    9 BB 4. Randwick R3.     2/3 5. Randwick R4.    2 6. Randwick R6.    2/3 7.  Randwick R7.    7/8 8. Randwick R8.    2/3 9. Randwick R9.   18 BB 10. Caulfield R7.    5/9 11.  Caulfield R8.   10/12 12. Caulfield R9.    13/15

1.  Ellerslie R7  3/7 2. Randwick R1  1/2 3. Randwick R2  1/2 4. Randwick R3  1/3 5. Randwick R4  1/2 6. Randwick R6  1/2 BB 7.  Randwick R7  7/11 8. Randwick R8  2/20 9. Randwick R9  1/18 BB 10. Caulfield R7  3/11 11. Caulfield R8  9/10 12. Caulfield R9  3/10 Thanks SNM and Scooby

1.  Ellerslie R7  =-4X9 2. Randwick R1=-2X5 3. Randwick R2 =-14X15  BB 4. Randwick R3 =-10x12 5. Randwick R4=- 3x5 6. Randwick R6 =-2x10 7.  Randwick R7 =-11x12 8. Randwick R8 =-7x19 9. Randwick R9 =- 2x4 10. Caulfield R7 =- 10x11 11.  Caulfield R8 =- 2x5 12. Caulfield R9 =- 4x9  BB   Many thanks!

1.  Ellerslie R7.      4, 5 2. Randwick R1.   6, 9 3. Randwick R2.   3, 4 4. Randwick R3.   3, 7  5. Randwick R4.   2, 8 6. Randwick R6.   1, 2  7.  Randwick R7.  2, 6 BB 8. Randwick R8.   10, 20 9. Randwick R9.   1, 4 10. Caulfield R7.   10, 11 11.  Caulfield R8.   6, 13 12. Caulfield S9.    1, 12 BB

The changing times see's MarkP and TonyH (2 masters of the craft ) not even on the List of Spikecity above.  4 great junior drivers in the TOP 7 instead. 😁 How good is that though ? NZ future still looking strong for drivers,  with that happening.  Possibly the flop looks like Craig Ferguson (low UDR)  if anyone,  way down the list there, after getting quite good drives. He has time to Redeem himself this season with Marketplace possibly?,  and also WAG STAR that he trains , which is a very good horse, if he places it well. could win a few. 

1.  Ellerslie R7 7 / 8  bb 2. Randwick R1  6  /  9 bb 3. Randwick R2 2/ 11  4. Randwick R3 2 ./  9  5. Randwick R4 5 /  8  6. Randwick R6 3/5  7.  Randwick R7 2 / 11  8. Randwick R8 1/ 20  9. Randwick R9 5 ./ 7  10. Caulfield R7 8 / 12  11.  Caulfield R8 1 / 5  12. Caulfield R9 1 /   9