Miracle Mile

Well done Lloydy, MM should be good, always a good leadup race for the Boort Cup.

Joel Charlton Cup on today thats pretty close to Boort

Is there a General Store on the way?
Always like to support the locals

Not sure, there's a few local shops in Boort worth visiting, including the Boort Emporium.

Ruining Racing
1.10 Shots in Big races and destroying Fields.
You cant beat them.
Who wants to race against them.

Jack Morris,

Perth Inter was great No Purdons.
This is embarrassing.
People are that scared they let them off the fence when 3 back so hopefully they can get a drive on their horse.
A Certain Camp nearly ruined Mildura. Its back to its best now.
Purdons doing it to everywhere

I mentioned couple weeks ago how my interest in these big races is virtually non existent for reasons you mentioned Lloydy....

Having said that I have been Albion Park-- 3 out of last 4 week and have enjoyed grass roots level of watching warm up and the simple aspects of harness horses

To Have a 1.20 Shot 3 back the fence and allowed to get out.
Thats not giving your horse every chance to win. But because who it was there will be nothing said

Never betting again if Purdon has a Horse in.
They just to good.

Quad $12

I watched the MM today, fair spectacle but has absolute zero on the original 6 horse lineup at HP, now that was pure excitement

P.S. not all good news as Fight For Glory retired today due to injury

still shaking my head in disbelief, Lenny was home for all money but those with Faith were rewarded when
he stuck his head out in the knick of time to snatch victory in one for the ages

last prices matched Lenny 1.10, HFIM 20.0, burn baby burn

over and out, happy punting and may GOD bless you all!!

Village was 3rd nail in Coffin today.
Its become a Joke 1.10 shots and Braining everything.
Then the last race was just laughable.
If you have a Decent horse and u in a Big race, if purdon has one in just scratch your horse.
Today was not a good day for Harness racing Village.
I know you love the Nzrs.
Have Faith in me was on 3 legs sideways going quicker than Lenny.
They said Beutide ran the quickest he ever has and went terrible.
The thing is next year they will have a different Crop of horses and the ones that went around today will probably be running in Perth FFA struggling.
How can everything you have be a Freak?

Lloydy, as for freaks they are just lucky they have HFIM, Dream About Me, Wiakiki Beach and Lazarus at the same time
for most people these are once in a lifetime horses, as Adore Me and Smolda would be

there are long odds on faves everyday, in every state, you can't blame Mark Purdon for that!
I may be wrong but it appears Victoria is the worst offender at dishing up super shorties
the handicapping system needs a massive overhaul, more conditioned races and less "free kicks" for age group stars returning as C0's or whatever would be a start.  Surely less horses being bred doesn't help either.

Team Purdon don't win everything and even they have bad days when the layers of their under priced faves can clean up
I seem to remember "black friday" last show day when they had 4 faves beaten in the first 5 races, 6 for the day
Laying their top youngsters when they start their 4yo campaigns in a stand is also a good plan (Auckalnd Reactor and HFIM both blew to bits)
and their team are suspect when traveling and the caretaker trainers are looking after them before Mark and/or Nat arrive

you don't have to bet and there's no harm in enjoying watching FREAKS go round

Nat is a brilliant horsewoman and driver (just look at her record at Menangle),
Mark is a training genius so of course they are an awesome duo
how can you knock anyone who has the talent and puts in the work to be exceptional at what they do?????
their work ethic is incredible not to mention those pre dawn starts on freezing cold Canterbury mornings

HATS OFF TO THEM!!

weren't Waikiki Beach and Smolda bought from Australian sales? if so they were there for anyone astute and wealthy enough to buy them
they are also very lucky to be training offspring of the family of Scuse Me
their domination of big races may be a bit more difficult to sustain as I've heard they aren't buying as many at the sales this year

they have raised the bar so everyone else has to lift their game

I have clarify one thing re Smolda being "gifted" the race, that was the thing on Sunday that was the worst look for the sport.  Luke McCarthy who has an obvious association with the Purdon camp putting on the brakes so Smolda could get off was just obscene.  How many "get out of jail cards" does he have??? lets just hope he has run out, if nothing is done it will be beyond a joke......

Stewards questioned L McCarthy the Driver of OUR HI JINX NZ regarding his tactics during the race and in particular his reasons for working forward three wide from the vicinity of the 1700 metres, the circumstances in which SMOLDA was able to work away from the marker pegs in the vicinity of the 1000 metres as he restrained OUR HI JINX NZ, including the interference suffered by other runners, and the circumstances in which OUR HI JINX NZ was three wide from the vicinity of the 500 metres.  After taking evidence from L McCarthy the Inquiry was adjourned to a date to be fixed to allow Stewards to examine previous races of OUR HI JINX NZ and betting on the race.  Stewards ordered OUR HI JINX NZ be stood down pending the completion of a satisfactory trial and a veterinary certificate of fitness.

VK,

Have to say Trots are Gone
Worst it has been.

great defence of the Purdon team VK and lloydy surprising to read you are so down on things

The odds of 4once in a lifetime horses winning on 1 day would be in the millions or even billions to 1, but if all trained by same camp, then pick a number and add a google of zero's after it

I agree that Our High Jinx drive was an obvious spit in the face of the stewards.  He saw what needed to be done so did it, with zero care about what might happen later.

I've been watching harness racing for a long time and can't recall any horse going to the death in a big field and then holding back to let the horse 2 behind the leader off the fence.  Let alone in a Group race.  And to then finish 65m last was triple underlying in neon colours what a self destructive move it was.

If the stewards don't do anything about that then drivers will have to firing wielding AK47s to get their attention.  The things drivers have been getting away with recently is astonishing.