Racehorse TALK

RACE 5 – THE VICTORIA HOTEL PACE FINAL (2200m MS)

Pre-race blood samples were taken from Rare Temptation NZ.

Just Call Me Boy was held up in the early stages of the run to the finish before obtaining an inside run.

Dream Guest NZ was held up in the early stages of the run to the finish before successfully obtaining a split. 

Rare Temptation NZ was held up for clear running in the home straight.

Larsy I normally think that most of your so called rorts aren't. However you are right this time. I backed the winner so I was very happy to see the stablemate's head pulled sideways to let it out.   

Include Conquer All in your exotics...

Will be flying home from 3 fence ....  

Blackie about to go around at Redcliffe 

$1.10 seemed massive overs 

JACOB ORAM heavily backed at bendigo and wins by 40m. Michael Marais 

I hope you are not insinuating something. It not like he has form. 

Just rubbing my chin mate... nothing more, nothing less 

Chopper Read is an alter boy as well 

Well if the stewards at Canberra don't put out Amy Day then they were in on a corrupt race.

I didn't have a bet.

The 2nd fav was well backed on betfair and went to the front and the fav was pulled straight to last and sat there without making any run until 400m to go. Problem was the leader went 66 for 1st half.

It was a dead drive plain and simple and not even well hidden.

Was  Marais there? 

Michael Marais team is on fire with another first up winner, this time Heza Brite Native scoring impressively at Kilmore 27/01/2010. This has a certain ring to it. There are some very strong similarities to Jacob Oram his other recent impressive first up winner. Both trotters were trained by M J Watts and are recent additions to Marais camp, both off marks and driven aggressively leading within first lap, both have found immediate form and both smashed on the tote just prior to race time.

This has been remarkably great timing for Marais who has recently arrived back from an overseas trip to Thailand, topping up his pockets with lots of cash. He's back in fine form and his horses are running like “cut snakes” and should be feared like venomous trotting machines. Maybe just very maybe those Thailand snakes have taken a liking to Marais and have just rubbed off on him and his trotters.

He went 'missing' a few years back didn't he? Any idea what that was for? 

It has had a few forced upon him by stewards a few times in the past. Marais was outed by Harness Racing Victoria steward’s year after two of his trotters, Noam and Heartbroke, returned elevated bicarbonate levels back in 2003. He did not appeal against the disqualifications of one year each, served concurrently. He also was suspended for six months by NSW Greyhound and Harness Racing Regulatory Authority stewards following the conclusion of an inquiry into his beaten drive on $2 favorite Nosmokingjoecola at Harold Park back in early 2005. Marais was charged with not giving Nosmokingjoecola every chance to win or obtain the best possible position in the race won by Pink Whiz.

I switched over to SKY before the tennis started and they were scoring up for the 4th at Penrith trots.

The 5 Lachlan Craig broke in the scoreup, didn't intefere with anything and Cameron Fitzpatrick put his hand in the air and the starter aborted.

The reason was he claimed he had broken gear, they scored up again, this time LC jumped straight to the lead and the favourite galloped but off they went on their merry way

LC led all the way and won @ 15's

Geoff....Redhotspecial looks like a good thing to me in the last at Kilmore today.

Just wondering if you or the stable agree??