Who get to pilot Ride High?Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
Jason Lee went to Kilmore from Terang last night to drive 2 Stewart/Tonkin horses.
Possibles: Jodi, Jason, Puppet, Greg and what about Dasher Douglas from left field?
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Who get to pilot Ride High?Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
Jason Lee went to Kilmore from Terang last night to drive 2 Stewart/Tonkin horses.
Possibles: Jodi, Jason, Puppet, Greg and what about Dasher Douglas from left field?
If I was Kima I would go to Cuba to keep the drive
Jodi is listed as driving another stable entrant later on the card
Quote:
Originally Posted by Adaptor
KATE GATH listed to drive RIDE HIGH.
Thanks Noel
I didn't consider her as Andy has Beach Surge in the race
Have I missed some news explaining why Kima is not driving Ride High?
Kima has tweeted that she is no longer driving , she will be concentrating on training and educating horses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
I guess that recent fall may have caused her to re think her future .
This may have been mentioned before but Tonkin sticking to the light drivers has reminded me. Either the form guide or the HRA web site should list all drivers weights. Drivers should be weighed every 3 months and their weight listed for punters, owners and trainers to see.
I would much rather a 50kg driver than a 120kg one. Kate and Kima in the same cart would still weigh less that a few male drivers going around !
Hmm weight can fluctuate so its possible false info would be being used presented as fact and I think there would be pushback from having weight advertised. Is it more just part of form analysis to know who the drivers are?Quote:
Originally Posted by gutwagon
Surprised Kate Gath didn't take Majestuoso to the death in R5 at Terang tonight
Sammy Showdown got away with a 67 sec first half and of course the speed was on when Kate eventually came 3 wide
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...20#TEC12092007
I know we once had a big discussion about Drivers' Colours v Owner/Trainer Colours BUT I cannot find the thread (here will do for now)
I found it interesting to hear Dan and Rob having a lengthy discussion about it today during their Trots Vision coverage of Melton
As race-callers they are very much in favour of Owner/Trainer Colours but also because colours come to be associated with champion horses
Dan gave the example that if we continue post Covid with driver colours then Ride High would be going around with Kate in the Gath colours
Has anyone heard why Kima gave it away?Quote:
Originally Posted by gutwagon
It was since her fall that she has been driving what some think will prove to be the greatest horse the Southern Hemisphere has seen (or the world)
Why would you walk away now?
Kima did an interview with Brittany Graham aired on In the Gig on 15 September explaining her decision
http://skyracing.com.au/index.php?co...NjExXzEzNzQ0OA==
starting at about 13min mark
Thanks Carol. It would seem the argy bargy of driving/criticism and nervousness (negative) was getting to her
Michael Guerin I like your thinking
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/the...-of-a-problem/
Without looking it up which Australian trainer (of over 100 starters) has the best winning strike rate right now?
Look up this race to find if you got it right
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#BNC03062102
Without looking, Julie Douglas.
But I'd be wrong.
I wonder what got Wayne Hill so excited about winning the $4,500 R1 at Mildura today (see the salute)
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MLC04062109
1600th winning drive I'm told Kev.Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
Bit rough he couldn't have done it at his home track Globe Derby. Wasn't allowed to drive there last Saturday night due COVID rules coz drove at Mildura last Friday night.
I guess his 14 days quarantine in SA starts again today as drove at Mildura today? Maybe not coz regional Vic restrictions lifted.
Thanks Paul, Wayne must really love his round numbers :D
The vagaries of harness racing
Here we are fast approaching the mid point of the season
and Chris Alford has only driven 8 metro winners
Going back to the last normal season 18/19, he had 70 metro wins for the season
We know the reasons why - he has been dropped down the pecking order and is getting about 30% less drives
But who would have predicted it
....and spent a fair bit of time out of the cart and in hospital with a crook leg.
Thats true he missed a bit over a month so his figures might have been over 10?
I said 'vagaries' as inexplicable for as he is showing tonight, he is one of the VERY BESTQuote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MXM12062110
Maybe Chris is back in favour for he has kept the drive on trotter Cover Of Darkness having replaced Jodi Quinlan for his last start
Previously Jodi had won 8 in a row on COD before he blew it in the Vicbred Final on the last night of 2020
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...or-major-test/
I see the Strides have take Puntarno Stride off David Miles and given him to Butt & Smith. After a good 2020 season he won his first race of this season but only had 2 seconds and 1 third from his next ten. So far after 2 runs the new stable has yet to improve his fortune
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/racing/...28-p584yy.html
Greyhound trainers, "as well as being dissatisfied with prizemoney, the association is campaigning against Greyhound Racing Victoria because of what they describe as unfair treatment - including the regulator’s harsh stance on contaminated feed. The trainers argue welfare officers are treating them like quasi-criminals"
Some are planning to boycott the races on Saturday, complaining that city track prizemoney has not gone up for 10yrs. However the article says that there was an increase in prizemoney of $6m this year and that there is to be a $6m increase this coming year
I wonder what they would make of Melton and its $4,500 race card on nights like tonight
(that is not a rise but rather a huge decrease)
I read an interesting suggestion that Bob Butt could not have done any homework for last night's Trotting Championship heat at AP or else he would not have stayed behind $151 and very nearly cost himself qualifying
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#APC03072102
He may not have done his homework but he was not at risk of missing qualification as there is 2 rounds of heats
Both Jack Laugher and Wayne Hill drove 4 winners at Mildura today. It is not often that you have two drivers have a Big day
Leigh Sutton also got a double with Ryan Sanderson the only other winner on the 11 race program
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MLC09072102
Anthony Butt loses Rosati horses
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...rms-out-stars/
There is an article going around that Ant's stable was not being used as 'exclusively' as Emilio may have expected
BUT that author is now backtracking his story
One thing for sure is that there is no way Butt & Smith would have initiated the loss of all their stars so
"we both agreed it was best to go our own ways" is pretty much a nonsense
Dexter Dunn won 7 of the 11 Kindergarten 2yo heats at the Meadowlands yesterday
http://ustrottingnews.com/getting-it...ns-7-at-big-m/
I found it interesting that there were 4 pacing heats and 7 trots heats
It appears apparent that a couple of bad stories are going to hit the Vic news soon, one about race-fixing the other an assault.
Depressing
Yep, trouble is brewing.
This happened at Mildura on Friday of last week (Aug 13)
Driver Jayden Brewin was replaced on his driving commitments at tonight’s race meeting as follows:
Race 1 – Puopolo – Luke Watson
Race 2 – Chalkncheddar – James Herbertson
Race 3 – Lochster – Dwayne Locke
Race 4 – Glitzy All Over – Rod Lakey
Race 7 – Heza Reddy – Michelle Phillips
Race 9 – Three Strikes Mach – Luke Watson
Race 10 – Moonlight Jack -Dwayne Locke
Race 11 – Woody Nightshade – Jordan Leedham
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/ste...l/?mc=ML130821
Last Wednesday Jayden posted this on facebook
I’m not sure how to write this and I’m not sure how people will take this but this is reality
I’m sure by now most people know what has happened and I’m sure there are a million different stories being told
On Friday at Mildura I was taken of my horses due to a very silly decision on my behalf I backed my own horses to win
Now people can sit here reading this in two minds either I’m trying extra hard on your horses or I’m pulling them up think what you want but you have my word I go out there and give it my all
I’m going to lose myself a lot of drives over this saga and by all means i can’t get shitty over it because it something I have done
The last few days have been very challenging I don’t know how to react to it all but once again I done it to myself so I am the only one to blame
There is not many positives out of this but it is a very big wake up call to myself
https://www.facebook.com/jayden.brewin
Some are accepting of drivers betting on their own horses
Others think it can be a cover
Peterprofit has reservations about this drive from Jan 20 when JB on Rhyflective fired out, knocked down Pats Pride but then did not seem to want the lead. Pats Pride was the danger to Calgary Bay who had been backed to such extent that it took favouritism off Pats Pride and started Odds On
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MLC20012105
He pleaded guilty to causing interference and copped 3 weeks
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/ste...l/?mc=ML200121
Another 5 winners for Jack Laugher at Mildura tonight
He will be trainer Tony Cumming's favourite driver as he got 2 of his home at $22.90 and $8.30 and managed 2nd with TC's only other runner
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...s/?mc=ML260821
What must Heather Herbert be thinking of On My Oath's transformation, she had him for 52 starts and never won a race - he comes to Vic and has won 8 out of 11
(she was OMO's 5th trainer)
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MLC03092103
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Say no more!Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
Boy would Alex Ashwood like to have R5 at Ballarat over again
Driving the $1.30 fav, 2yo Lightning Jash who was taking on the older horses, he was totally caught napping in the lead and lost it then to make matters worse after coming off the fence he went for home way too early and was run down in the straight
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#BAC13102102
Josh Aiken really is a careless driver, have a look at how he gets into the clear on Narutac Prince
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#BNC05112106
Another good day for Alex Ashwood at Cobram today, 3 winning drives, 2 of which he trained
It made me reflect on another winning interview he did with Rob Auber on Saturday night
It is pure business for him, buying off hobby trainers, putting some serious work into them, turning them over quickly - no mention of loving the horse
I know I am too much of a romantic
All trainers love horses. Unfortunately some trainers love money even more than they love horses.
I have tried but found it a very hard task to track the careers of the horse once they have been "turned-over" by professional trainers. I must find a text book and start recording horse names.