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There wasa funny scene on live tv after the Cup where McDonald and Waller are on split screen remotes, and the NZ connection is mentioned and JMac playfully accuses Waller of “probably thinks he’s an Aussie,” and Waller refuted, mentioned he and his wife are proud Kiwis. Reminded me when I read Callander’s weekly column:
THE RISE AND RISE OF CHRISTOPHER JOHN WALLER
What a success the humble horse trainer Chris Waller has become.
Chris Waller possessed just two things when he arrived in Australia 22 years ago: debt and a dream.
He now ranks alongside Bart Cummings and Don Bradman, Tommy Smith and Dawn Fraser as superstars of Aussie sport.
Phar Lap was born in New Zealand and we claimed him, surely we can now claim Chris Waller too.
I promise you he cheers for Australia in every sport, except when it comes to the All Blacks.
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https://www.racenet.com.au/news/waller-joins-the-greats-of-aussie-sport-with-melbourne-cup-triumph
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I did not know this about the silks.
“Goodwin and Bishara retained a percentage share in Verry Elleegant as a condition of sale. She continued to race in his red-and-blue colours, too, taken from his old rugby club Suburbs in Auckland.”
Melbourne Cup magic for Levin horseman
The 76-year-old could lay claim to being the oldest person to ride a Melbourne Cup winner
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@kid-chocolate said in Rough tips and other bets...:
I did not know this about the silks.
“Goodwin and Bishara retained a percentage share in Verry Elleegant as a condition of sale. She continued to race in his red-and-blue colours, too, taken from his old rugby club Suburbs in Auckland.”
Melbourne Cup magic for Levin horseman
The 76-year-old could lay claim to being the oldest person to ride a Melbourne Cup winner
and Goodwin gets all the trophies too. The Melbourne Cup itself is worth $250k I think
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I have been wagering on the ponies since 1973. Almost fifty years. And yesterday was the most enraged I’ve ever been. I started to write a post above, but figured I should calm down and sleep on it first. I’m still pissed. I had Godolphin’s MODERN GAMES (t. Charlie Appleby; j. Frankie D) alive in a pair of quaddies, singled in one of them. To watch him stroll home so far in front to win had me spitting nails incensed, but was music to my ears to hear him getting shouted down with boos. Not for the horse’s sake, but the governing body. This was an especially bad farce b/c it wasn’t any ol’ race at a country track, this was a million-dollar G1 championship.
Breeders' Cup: Horseplayers up in arms over Juvenile Turf scratch snafu
The Friday running of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar has left bettors once again infuriated by the racing industry’s procedures and protocols, with social media abuzz with claims from longtime horseplayers that their confidence and enthusiasm for the sport has been irretrievably shaken.
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Breeders' Cup: Horseplayers up in arms over Juvenile Turf scratch snafu
The Friday running of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar has left bettors once again infuriated by the racing industry’s procedures and protocols, with social media abuzz with claims from longtime horseplayers that their confidence and enthusiasm for the sport has been irretrievably shaken.
How it started:
How it ended:
The Official “quick ‘n dirty assessment” of what happened, notably absent is any concern for bettors:
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Ouch, almost everything I won on VE I’m flushing away at todays’ Breeders Cup. Japanese horses are killing me. The Classic goes in just over an hour. Will likely settle American Horse of the Year honours. I’ve got 5. KNICKS GO on top. Playing a 20-cent superfecta 5/3,4,9/1,3,4,6,8,9/ALL ($15 total).
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Very nice win for Polly Grey at Rosehill, won ATC Cup with J-Mac aboard. I didn’t take the bet though, was 1/5 with three minutes to post. Drifted to $3 by racetime, I should have put a few on.
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@kid-chocolate said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Very nice win for Polly Grey at Rosehill, won ATC Cup with J-Mac aboard. I didn’t take the bet though, was 1/5 with three minutes to post. Drifted to $3 by racetime, I should have put a few on.
Polly, J Mac, wet track, 2000m easy win 😀my bank balance happy today (got fixed a odds at $6)
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Was an easy watch in the end.
JMac had her so relaxed her ears were flopping along the back straight. Never seen her like that before. Once she got to the 1000m he switched her on to win mode.
4th Black type win for her over there.
We love Pol Pol.
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@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Was an easy watch in the end.
JMac had her so relaxed her ears were flopping along the back straight. Never seen her like that before. Once she got to the 1000m he switched her on to win mode.
4th Black type win for her over there.
We love Pol Pol.
We sure do.
$11 early boosted but 17% deductions. All on the nose too. Happy days and congrats again Rob. She's some horse.
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@jk said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Was an easy watch in the end.
JMac had her so relaxed her ears were flopping along the back straight. Never seen her like that before. Once she got to the 1000m he switched her on to win mode.
4th Black type win for her over there.
We love Pol Pol.
We sure do.
$11 early boosted but 17% deductions. All on the nose too. Happy days and congrats again Rob. She's some horse.
Name drop!
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@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@jk said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Was an easy watch in the end.
JMac had her so relaxed her ears were flopping along the back straight. Never seen her like that before. Once she got to the 1000m he switched her on to win mode.
4th Black type win for her over there.
We love Pol Pol.
We sure do.
$11 early boosted but 17% deductions. All on the nose too. Happy days and congrats again Rob. She's some horse.
Name drop!
Ha haYou're not
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@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Was an easy watch in the end.
JMac had her so relaxed her ears were flopping along the back straight. Never seen her like that before. Once she got to the 1000m he switched her on to win mode.
4th Black type win for her over there.
We love Pol Pol.
By chance my old man was talking about your mare, as he loves any horse that goes back to the Tetrarch (which is pretty much any grey horse running around) and has been following her for a while.
Great win!
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@gt12 said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Was an easy watch in the end.
JMac had her so relaxed her ears were flopping along the back straight. Never seen her like that before. Once she got to the 1000m he switched her on to win mode.
4th Black type win for her over there.
We love Pol Pol.
By chance my old man was talking about your mare, as he loves any horse that goes back to the Tetrarch (which is pretty much any grey horse running around) and has been following her for a while.
Great win!
That's really cool. She has got a small following that look forward to seeing her race.
Apparently it may be a wet December in Sydney so Chris Waller has a couple of really nice races lined up for her.
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@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@gt12 said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Was an easy watch in the end.
JMac had her so relaxed her ears were flopping along the back straight. Never seen her like that before. Once she got to the 1000m he switched her on to win mode.
4th Black type win for her over there.
We love Pol Pol.
By chance my old man was talking about your mare, as he loves any horse that goes back to the Tetrarch (which is pretty much any grey horse running around) and has been following her for a while.
Great win!
That's really cool. She has got a small following that look forward to seeing her race.
Apparently it may be a wet December in Sydney so Chris Waller has a couple of really nice races lined up for her.
Nice run along the rail to claim third at Randwick on Boxing Day. Included her in the quaddie, but shied away from taking a big plunge bc of the firm sod, however she handled it surprisingly well.
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Who handicaps these things?!! First race at Gosford just now, the 3 horse opens morning-line at 90-1, posttime is 4/5 and does what a 4/5 fave is supposed to do, win easily. See this every week and can’t believe a Gai Waterhouse maiden should ever open at 90 to one. Ridiculous!
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Should not come as a surprise but still nice to see Sydney Morning Herald (behind a paywall) year-end honours and their horsie columnists are unanimous, their horse of the year VE, jock of the year J-Mac, trainer of the year CW, and Moment of the Year the 2021 Melbourne Cup. That is a kiwi clean sweep and sweet-as.
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Another play I regularly make is a win bet on any kiwibred trained by nz-great John Sargent. He has a small stable at Randwick but a pretty good strike rate 14% and I bet a lot higher with his kiwibreds. Yesterday put $10 to win on Pink Ivory (NZ) at Gosford maiden, a second start, MLO was 40-1, I got him on the tote at 23-1 and paid $245. I had him in the 2nd leg of the quaddie too, and while I claimed two other legs, i missed the winner of the 3rd leg the feature race another 23-1 shot. 20-cent quaddie paid $4.4K. Sure would have liked to get a piece of that one.
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The Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2021 were announced last night, and Verry Elleegant named world’s best mare, by some daylight. Congrats to all her connections!
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@smudge said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@chris-b said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@smudge said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@hooroo thanks mate. Thrill to be there (actually the first time I've been on course when a horse of mine has won). Slightly dusty today but well worth it.
Congratulations!!!
Now, what won and where?
Need You Now at the Harness Jewels yesterday.
And now she's a Group 2 winner! Entertaining race to watch (helped by the fact our horse won), and rectifies a curiosity in her record where she was a Group 1 winner but hadn't won any other Group or Listed races. She's now won 9 from 35, with 15 minor placings as well.
