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Does anybody know why Penrith has been abandoned tonight - they had no rain yesterday and have only had 6mm today (It is not Covid related is it?)
I am guessing that Tamworth was abandoned due to rain, as they have had a fair bit over the last 48hrs
There is nothing on HRA or HRNSW (in fact HRNSW does not even show that Tamworth was abandoned)
I have heard that Penrith was cancelled because the mobile barrier was thought to be unsafe
The meeting was cancelled long before the R1 6.22 start time and at 6.30 the Penrith Weather Station had still only had 8.6mm of rain
It seems odd
There was a very nasty fall when Crocrock seemed to choke down in R7 at Kilmore tonight - I hope Michelle Phillips is OK, probably understandable that it has been edited out of the replay
There were bad snow and alpine conditions all day on the upper Blue Mountains plus road closures in the Central West due to snow, which would have prohibited trainers, drivers and their horses from getting over the Blue Mountains down to Penrith.
We just had a bit of rain. The local creek resembled Bass Straight on a bad day, running 2.0 metres ABOVE major flood level!
News.
News can be a bit slow coming in the harness world
Hoping to see that Michelle Phillips is OK after last night's fall, I cannot find anything
Some clubs like Bendigo have wonderfully busy facebook pages while others such as Kilmore (which raced last night!) have facebook pages that have not had an entry for 2 weeks
I don't think Kilmore even has a facebook page!Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
Paul Courts posted a short article in Trot Guide - https://nationaltrotguide.com.au/phi...-to-race-fall/
Michelle has concussion and a sore back but it is muscular and no severe damage.
Very lucky I would say
I did find this one Carol but nothing on it since May 26
https://www.facebook.com/kilmoreracing/
Thanks for the update Carol
Harness racing driver Michelle Phillips is a little battered and bruised but bouncing back after a Thursday fall, and hopes to be back in the sulky next Tuesday
The fall occurred at the 600-metre mark when Phillips said she “was knocked out cold and I don’t remember anything after flying through the air, but I’m OK”.
https://harnesslink.com/australia/mi...er-nasty-fall/
If Michelle is back at the qualifiers on Tuesday then the industry needs a concussion policy!
I wonder what happened to the call of R5 at Warragul today.
I watched it and knew there was no audio on Trots Vision and I see that there is none on the Replay
I would have liked to hear it as it was a fascinating catch me if you can drive my Monique Burnett
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#WRC14062104
It looks as if she didn't have any option other than let it run, as the stewards note striking the sulky with hind legs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
You can see the off side hind leg getting very close to the sulky wheel.
https://harnesslink.com/australia/ro...bbitty-equine/
After serving 100 in each of his 2 seasons at Allwood WA, Rock N Roll World is off to Cobbity before any of his progeny have even been to the sales :confused:
Echuca abandoned tonight, our tracks don't even seem to handle some rain as well as the gallopers lately
No proper weather station at Echuca but nearby Swan Hill and Kyabram have only averaged a quarter of an inch this afternoon
It's a trend I've noticed more and more over here in WA. I barely recall a single meeting being cancelled 10 years ago. It's a constant thing these days. Either the weather is 4 times as bad as it was or track curation is a lost art. I feel like it's a conspiracy for harness racing to glean less revenue, thus nailing our coffin but they wouldn't do that would they?
I put it down to faulty rain guages. Stewards can't read them properly and think there is more water in them than there really is.Quote:
Originally Posted by KTQ
Many people know the peterprofit website with Archie's thoughts on all things racing. I sometimes reference him but his criticism of Greg Sugars drive on Borntoboom last night was very unfair and incorrect. For a start, "holding the lead from the pole would have been easy", was not a possibility as the horse went very roughly and I don't think there was ever a point when I would have wanted my money on him. He stayed in for the sprint lane but couldn't even get 2nd ahead of the horse that was in the death for the last lap
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#CRC27062106
A story on Rick's (gutwagon) Final Peace
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...njoyable-ride/
Unfortunately I am not sure she has the right horse to follow out on Saturday
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#BNM03072105
Winner tonight at Terang, I Am A Wingate, is rather uniquely bred
He is the only starter of his sire I Am The Way (1995) and as I Am The Way only had one season (2011/12) with 5 services for 3 foals and with I Am A Wingate an 8yo and the other 2 foals not named, I think it is pretty safe to say that he will be his only ever starter.
I Am The Way NZ had 175 starts (all but 2 in Australia) finishing in 2006 so it was pretty unusual to see him tried as a sire so much later, especially as he never won a metro race and was not regally bred
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#TEC06072102
The second dam of I Am A Wingate is a fully imported daughter of Albatross, from the U28 family.Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
She has Most Happy Fella as a close relative.
I Am The Way traces back to the champion Bendigo sire Directway, through his daughter Rarebell Direct...ancestress of the I949 nter Dominion champion Single Direct and the most recent fast horse in the family On Advice: Set Australian 3YO Trotters Mile Record 1:54.5 (19-06-2021). Set Australasian 3YO Trotters Mile Record 1:54.5 (19-06-2021 ).
I Am The Way is also bred 3x3 to Most Happy Fella.
Thanks Noel. The dam side is certainly interesting, I Am A Wingate's 5th dam is Most Happy Fella's 3rd dam
Somebody is letting the team down at Shep tonight.
It has been 2˝hrs since R1 and no replay up yet (much less any other race)
Since Brantley NZ left Brent Lilley's stable and went to Aaron Bain, he has had 8 wins and 3 placings from 12 starts
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MLC09072102
Luckily his NZ owner has never sold him
It would be hard to when you look at all the big stakeswinners in the family
This is a snip from ClassicFamilies showing his 3rd, 2nd, 1st dam
and I have only highlighted his siblings
https://classicfamilies.azurewebsite...rseID=10010070
Dancing Diamonds, top filly herself, is the dam of Princess Tiffany. Same ownership, this is what owner - breeders dream about!
(Sigh!)
Going on the fog at Cranbourne already starting to roll in at 5pm, you have to wonder whether it could threaten the meeting
Me and Luke equal first ;) I called the fog ruining the meet at 5.15 and Luke was sure Orbie had not lost/won and was proven correct
Half an hour after race HRV still posting
They have to call it off - as they are saying the Stewards cannot see the whole track (and it is not going to get any better)
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...er-went-viral/
I am being a negative Nellie here but with 5m of the hits this video received coming from India, I take with a grain of salt
I am no doubt scarred by being a moderator continually banning new members from non-harness racing countries
I will put it in the same category as the fact that the most people that this forum ever had online was at 10 minutes to midnight on a Sunday night - me thinks they weren't here for harness racing
Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
Daresay the Bangladeshi and Pakistani views were also bots :(
Clicking on Adam Crocker (R3 Albion Park last night) I saw
Best Winning Mile Rate 1.48.4 which is total rubbish as the race was only 947m - that is not a mile
THANKFULLY HRA is not following suit and has his BWMR at 1.54.7
Well done HRA
The name Alilthundadownunda caught my eye in the title of a story on the USTA website
and set me wondering what an American horse is doing with that name
It turns out that he is a homebred whose sire is ex NZer Malak Uswaad who won $95k in NZ as a consistent performer at 2, 3 & 4 before going to the US where he took his earning to $566k
He is a Bettors Delight and his dam side hails from the renowned Black Watch line
Interestingly although Malak Uswaad is a NZ bred his dam was US bred and although they must have been humble races HRNZ shows her as having won 5 from 5 over in the US for stakes of $17,550
3yo Alilbitofthundadownunda is 20/1 to win the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial Invitational for 3yo's at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday. Favourite is Charlie May, who you might remember was unlucky to be disqualified in the Meadowlands pace last month
Unfortunately Malak Uswaad died shortly after the mating or else he may have become a frequent visitor to the home breeding barn
http://ustrottingnews.com/will-light...hundadownunda/
https://classicfamilies.azurewebsite...rseID=10159279
Watching R5 at Maryborough today at one stage Blitzern and Lieutenant Jack were side by side, although it looked liked Blitz only came up to LJ's undercarriage
I hope Trevor S reads this as he bred the Lieutenant.
How big is he Trev?
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MHC26082104
Myrniong Is Away's win at Warragul on Monday was first up after 1,195 days away from the track!
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...-on-sidelines/
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#WRC06092102
I watched the footy instead of the trots tonight but looking at the results
there was either some good plunges or the assessed prices with the fields were way off on a few (who does these assessments - the tipster? Craig Rail in this case)
R1 listed Gee Cee Calder as $11 - paid $2.70
R5 listed Sew What as $21 - paid $5.60
R6 listed Villacci as $14 - paid $5.40
Anything For Love's return to form in the US, reminded me of the fact that he contested the fastest Miracle Mile ever, won by My Field Marshal
My Field Marshal was an entire I think so does anybody know why he was not tried as a stallion (he is listed as retired from both racing and breeding)
https://harnesslink.com/new-zealand/...emories-monty/Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
He's a rig which I guess would be why.
Thanks Breno, that explains it
7 out of 8 favourites saluted at Ballarat tonight
One Even Money, three under, three over
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...s/?mc=BA160921
10 out of 10 favourites won at Maryborough today
Half of them were Odds On
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...s/?mc=MH200921
Lotakevi won his 5th race at his 112th start today
Nothing sensational
But if I had backed him for the same amount to win every start, I would be well ahead
as his starting price dividends add up to $181 dollars
:D
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#CRC26092103