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Mighty Trigger will be kicking of his interstate farewell your, starting by leaving for Adelaide on the 17th, to race on the 19th.
It will be so exciting and sad at the same time. As Trigger 'himself' said, no expectations.
Fantastic way for fans to farewell this Legend called Smoken Up.
that's always been a great trait under current ceo at hrv/all departments involved their unbelievable communication between themselves and participates regarding any issue.
why is it that every nz horse that comes here has to get my or our infront of their name?
Because the name already exists over here - in the case of Arya they only beat him to it by a couple of months but that would not matter anyway. You would think we should consider a common names registrar between the 2 countries.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackthepunter
that would be common sense. doesnt seem to exist these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
If Cranbourne really needed to put an R0 on the card tonight, then it should have been the last race
$50k races at Menangle that exclude the best horses :confused:
My new Avatar is of champion W.A.mare of the seventies Dainty's Daughter.
Follow the Rod lead everybody - we want more avatars
See Smoken Up at Menangle this week for his farewell........good luck Champ and thanks for some of the greatest moments in harness racing at this track.
Good racing at Horsham today and we even had 50% sunshine. The Manning family took the honours with half the card between them
Electric Ollie was a VG win for Kerryn when he was forced to go 4w earlier than expected and if you like competitive, tactical races even when over a short trip then check out race 6
One criticism of the day would be that either the club or Mediatec have to get there act together as you should have a designated race replay screen on track as so many of us want to have another look straight after the race and they could not even get a screen working in the stable area.
The moment is lost and you may as well wait until you get home if the best available is having to wait half an hour to get it on your phone. I am not sure about the stable area but I know that this has been a problem in the grandstand lounge for at least a year.
ps Too much negativity there. A big Congratulations to the club for making it free admittance like Stawell. (Numbers are so low nowadays I have never thought charging would even prove to be profitable after you subtract a wage) Maybe Hamilton will follow the trend
Am I the only dunce on here. In case I am not and like me you have been known to miss something, well Brendan has pointed out to me that
All we have to do is CLICK ON NEW POSTS in the top left hand corner when you log on and you will not miss anything. Thanks a again Brendan
Nice work.
Signed: fellow dunce
What seriously shits me is- people asking/demanding that Lance hands over the 2011 Interdominion rug & trophy!
Would you want it, knowing, regardless what transpired,
Trigger earned that fair and square! These people make out that Trigger was a one
Hit wonder.. HATERS WILL KEEP ON HATING ON THE MAC
DADDY otherwise known as Trigger ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smoken
I have received several PM complaining about issues made in the above post.
I am drawn to comment on the claims made in the previous post. I should normally delete such an ill informed post but in this sole instance, to illustrate my point I am going to leave it.
Issue 1..
The claims made are factually incorrect.
Smoken Up raced and was first past the post in the 2011 Interdominion Final.
He adjudged to have performed with a prohibited substance in his system.
As per the rules under which the race was run, Smoken Up was subsequently disqualified following a hearing by independent judges under those rules and the rules of Harness Racing New Zealand.
Their decision, after hearing all the evidence of both sides, to disqualify Smoken Up from the race was upheld on appeal to a Racing appeals Tribunal constituted under the rules of Harness acing New Zealand.
Their decision was further vindicated following a judicial review by the High Court of New Zealand.
Although some may neither like nor accept it, the 2011 Interdominion series and the final race were run under the rules of Harness Racing New Zealand.
It is those rules that Smoken Up raced under and was subsequently found to have breached.
Issue 2..
Smoken up Was bred and initially raced in New Zealand. The same applies to (I'm)themightyquinn.
We can all acknowledge what these and the many other great horses that make harness racing what it was, is and will be in the future.
this forum was set up as a resource for harness racing and it does the forum absolutely no credit to have to read ill informed nonsense continually regurgitated to push one point of view over an other. Have your say on the issue, respect the other viewpoint and move on. Be sure to have your facts correct to back up your opinion.
Posts which offer nothing substantively new to the discussion are only filling space and wasting readers' time.
They will be deleted as repetitive and negatively argumentative.
http://mobile.news.com.au/sport/comm...-1226992489417
Found point 4 interesting. I'm no horseman but obviously many horseman like to take note of a yearlings front legs when buying at the sales.IApplies with humans too apparently.
Anyone notice that Smoken's been Banned????????!!
That is surprising as we were pm' ing each other earlier and he seemed sweet
Any chance of an explanation Mods? Not to be nosey - it is just a bit creepy when someone just 'disappears'
Grinfromeartoear adds 2 more winning starters to his list at Ballarat tonight including the 3yo first starter Jilliby Jagger (1.57.7) for the Cravens - that family know how to breed them.
All the Grin's I see at the races always seem to be strong, well put together types. I haven't read my new conformation book yet so for now I will call them Ruck Rovers :)
Found this one on YouTube - a profile of Kylie Harrison when she was a top young race driver, now of course Kylie is a member of the Stewards panel in Victoria.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vft...dZHNiPtm31BEWw
To keep things manageable a new Odds and Ends thread
Post away
Having started this I had better put something in here.
A repeat grizzle about what I am guessing were promo colours.
In no shape or form did Gavin Lang on Our Femme Fatale wear yellow tonight
And yes it did not matter as the Sky coverage named her as she raced near the lead (but had yellow colours next to her name)
But if she had not some of us who are deaf or in a noisy TAB rely on the colours to pick up horses.
Rightio now someone can post that it was for charity and make me feel like an ass
On a positive note - don't forget the 2yo fillies Breeders Crown heats at Ballarat tomorrow
Please think seriously when you post a new "one Off" comment.
If you ask a question you are likely to get one or more replies. That's going to start a discussion. Hence a thread. Not for here.
If your going to post something controversial. It's likely to draw one or more replies.
hence a thread. Not for here.
If your going to post a gripe or cheer emanating from your back pocket. It's almost bound to draw comments and create a thread. Not for here.
It's accepted that you may post a comment that is generally considered not to make a big splash. That's fine. Version 2 was never going to fit when a question is asked on a topic which always draws discussion at every instance.
Does it really matter that much TC?
We want people posting, replying and viewing and Odds and Ends certainly seem to achieve that
If you are reading it each night can't you just create a thread for something that evolved into a topic (like the Attard suspension did)
http://www.harnessracingforum.com/im...cons/icon3.png What Happens When You Go Too Fast or Slow Even With an Unblemished 40 years Career.
Why is this thread closed?
I hope Messengers " Odds and ends " is more successful than Harry Potter.
This is not about any of what you mention. It is about putting your views into the right thread, not just dumping them any old wherever.
Some people appreciate that I am trying to make up individual threads for readers to follow the many dialogues ongoing.
If your posts are deleted it's nothing personal. You simply didn't follow the rules. They are the rules you agreed to follow when you signed up. With that in mind the rules require you to post discussion on issues not people or personalities. Your post above is taken as a direct attack on me. Hence it has been deleted. Move on.
]I found a newspaper clip dated 6/12/1967. Its a picture of the champion local mare Dainty's Daughter in a morning workout at GP with her late trainer/reinsman Bernie Cushing in preparation for the big Christmas events that year. No helmets required when driving fastwork back then hence Bernie's hat heading skyward. These were the days when journalists and photographer would turn up at the track and trials to get a story. It's out of leftfield but thought it interesting enough, but nowhere to post except odds and ends.
Perfect place for the photo Rod, I like the hat, It looks exactly like the ones the Dee's used to wear in Homicide or Division 4, Same era anyway.
Hi Rich,Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard prior
Bernie was the perfect gentleman but he certainly had the Dee look when he wore those hats.
Only 6 races at Cranbourne tonight with 5 faves and a second fav winning and 4 were very short: $1.40, $1.30, $1.20, $1.20
I can't imagine they do much for turnover
After a tidy up Odds and Ends thread have now been merged under Odds and Ends Worth a Post but not a thread.
Thank you for your patience
Matty Craven had 6 drives on the 7 race program at Stawell today and he drove 4 winners - he is pretty bloody good
The average price of his 4 winners was $17
http://www.harness.org.au/meeting-re...W280714&ms=vic
Only 7 races at Stawell and yet we had 3 trainers win their first for the season
Congratulations to David Sweatman, Joanne Franklin and Chris Svanosio
(Rebecca East won her second for the season)
That's always good to see Kev.
It will be cold at Ballarat tonight!
Sure is cooolddddd today!
Good return by Jaccka Clive tonight suggests the FFAers will have a bit more competition.
It would seem as though his dam who is also the dam of Our Malabar never had the chance to prove how good a broodmare she may have been.
She died at 8 before these two even raced and going on how many of this family/breeder died on the same day, it is unlikely it was of natural causes :(
Grass racing will be showcased on SKY2 tomorrow from Deagon in Queensland, and a good program has been put together. Why couldn't this be tried in Victoria?
http://www.deagontrots.com.au/
Poor Ginger Bliss..
Courtesy twitter
Trots:
“@ghall27: Ginger Bliss smashed his cannon bone. Not career ending yet - but will be operated on tomorrow & rest for 6 months.”
I know we are talking late 3yo's but the Maryborough track must have been very fast today as Barimah made it 2 wins from 2 starts when he worked to the lead and rated 1.55.8 today.
Game We Play never left the fence but coming from last at the 400m he possibly broke 27sec for his last Q
http://www.harness.org.au/meeting-re...ic#MHC04081403
Both horses out of fast 'dames' - Classy Sheila and Pink Fur Dice :)