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March:  William, Slaves, C Swarbrick, M Walker, S Hayes, Chutney Man, J Kirwan Feb: T Waititi, S Jones, C Dawson, T Swift, Prince Andrew, Certainties, travel, O Bosson Jan: C Swarbrick, The Tarot, Sister Rose, Goli, T Lee, Ardern, Prince Andrew, World records,race fixing

2023 notables: Dec: G Orwell, Luxon, Crimbridge drug rape, Israel, A Jones, Entain, S Currie, Nov Winston, J Galvin, M Perry, S Hayes, Crewes, Gumboots,W Barnes, Oct  S Cane, D Bell, N Cleary,  Luxon, W Peters, M Cameron, S Autridge,  Sept A Jones, E Jones, Lorde, D Garner,  I Adesanya, F Endacott, NRLW, M Moroney Aug N Taurua, Luxon, red ink racing, drink spiker, Chutney Man, 1973 Herald July RWC, Pakurangas, Durian, K Allan, M Davidson, $26 winner, A Rodley, Mushrooms, R Walsh June J Mac, China, subs, S Dixon, Inspector, M Wood, N Cleary, S Pateman, J Wino May Harry, Nov 023, R Taylor, A Peebles, Biblical Dan, G Robertson, Murrayjuana, cheating refs, B Sharrock, Harry April  M Lee, November 023, J Kah,  Skeptics, B Barrett, M Richardson March Harry, G Stead, K Williamson, R Nadal, Little Johnny, B McCullum Feb K Hurrell, H Plumley, M Crowe,  Hipkins Jan Ardern, William, L M Presley, D Ellis, J Richards

2022 notables: Dec: China, C Jillings, K Richards, N Mahuta, B Sharrock, E Jones, Neymar, Harry, M Meninga, J Richards Nov: L Ko, D Fisher, R Lang, C Luxon, M King, R Sunak Oct: M Zuckerberg, L Truss, O Bosson, J Taumalolo, K.I.W.I, Ardern, Meghan, I Cleary Sept: S Weatherley, Harry, Queen Liz, P Holmes, C George, C Thornton, Aug: I Foster, D Ellis, T Thornton, T Hughes, D Martin, M Cameron, C Luxon, L Molloy, M Devlin, Jacinda July: I Foster, S Johnson, A Little, A Smith, B Fittler, J Kirwan, J Plumtree, R Walsh, D Dunn, J Wino June: Tonga, I Cleary, Louis, Faafoi + Mallard, D Young, R Herbert, J McGregor, 2023 ! Amber H  May: L Innes, S Jones, K Williamson, Jacinda, S Weatherley, W Walters, L Rokela, J Pender, breast cancer April: C George, J Wells, A Little, B Howard-Smith, Queen Liz, J Campbell, S Johnson, C Hipkins, S Currie  March:  G Simon, Neve, C Luxon, Clarkie, Jacinda, D Barker, O Bosson Feb: J Pender, K Williamson, M Zuckerberg, C Gayford Jan:  Meatloaf, W Bennett, D Nowell, B Tamaki, Andrew, Entriviere, No Vax, $27 winner, D Johnson

2021 notables: Dec: Sheikh Mo, Holy Buybull, J Richards, Trudy, M Verstappen, A Patel, C Luxon Nov: M Devlin, 2022 Predictions, I Foster, P Moody, J Richards, C George,  Oct: K.I.W.I, B Tamaki, O Bosson, Incentivise, rapist jockey Sept: R Walsh, M Vance,  J Waddell,  Dame Julie, T Robinson Aug:  M Meninga, C George,  P Sterling, Shamsa,  O Podmore,  RLWC  July:   D Harvey, M Meninga, M Devlin, C Chipperfield, B Speck, Lebcam, S Phelan, J Waddell, S Johnson  June:   T Muller, K Walters, Lillibet, G Walters,  J Waddell,  N Smith, A Brotherston, N Osaka, A Sharrock May: M Devlin, Firehorses,  K Williamson, M Vatuvei,  Harry April Prince Simon, A Little, L Ko, Taumalolo,  March:  Icetralia, J Spithill, G Dalton, Sonny Bill,  Sheikh M, C Waller, M King Feb:  Harry,  H Wynyard,  The Ox, P Payne Jan: G Webb, M Purdon, D Barker, B Johnson

2020 notables: Dec:  The Nanny,  J Spithill, AustraliaF Adams, USA,   Nov:  D Boyd, M Purdon, J Waddell, J Biden, W Bennett Oct K Williamson, C Lammas, Chutney man,  E Watson, Winx, G.O.A.T, Australia,   Sept:  S Johnson, Longshots, M Trump, Tonga, W Bennett Aug:   V Kohli,  Sonny Bill,  M Coleman,  Kirwan, molloy  July:   Falloony, C Gayford, Crusher, Pr Andrew, M Coleman June:  C Waller, S Kearney, Feeney,  NZ future,  Hosking,   May: N Kaye, T Muller,  A Jones, S Cane, H Holt, T Ihaka April:   R Branson, USA,  NZ chart, R Castle, Lebcam  March:  Boris J, Ice elation, Chloe, Dildo, Sheikh M, Sigh man, Rat, Golriz  Feb:   Catholics, I Folau, W Peters, psychedelics, Jan:   K Williamson, Scomo, Meghan,D E Ws, Fire Horses, Australia.

2019 notables: Dec:   P Magasiva, K Rutherford, D Rennie, Nov:  J Feeney, Epstein, E Jones, Tonga, Oct: R Castle,  S Hansen Sept: J Ward, G Dalton, H Bowman, S Dowie Aug:   C George, N Brown, Prince Andrew, L Ko July:  Kirwanker, K Williamson, Sheik Mohammed June:  P Gould, A Joshua, M Vance May:  I Folau, C Waller, H Bowman, J Waddell April:  Mosque, M Markle March:  C McGregor, Jacinda, SBW, M Jackson, G Pell Feb:  M Rewa, Jiggers, D Weir, C Ronaldo Jan: C Slater, A Kerber, G Murray, Certainties

2018 notables Dec: S Watson,  G Pell,  E Watson, M Barry, Cannabis aphrodisiac Nov:  S Johnson, J Waddell, S Johnson, A Merkel Oct:  S Bridges, Prince Harry,  A Sharrock, C Ronaldo, J Lee Ross, A Little Sept: Mushrooms, The Pope, J Hopoate, R Federer, J Key, J Ardern Aug:  K Rutherford, M Turnbull, G Boyed, S Bridges, O Bosson, J Feeney, E Watson, J Waddell July:  K MacDonald, S Williams, D Carter, Neymar,  Buddha June: K Foran, S Pateman, M Hesson, F Bainimarama May:  M Trump, S Watson, T Street, S Autridge, P Mitchell, E Watson, April: S Adams, M Pearce, O Bosson,A Joshua, R Smerdon, Mar: G Pell,S Johnson, S Smith, M McCallion, C Gayford, S Bridges, Feb:  Rehabakaka, J Kirwan, NZ Warriors, W Peters Jan: P Bennett, Jacinda, R Smerdon, D Logan.

2017 notables: Dec: NSW Blues,M Hosking, B Tamaki, Bogan, Investment, M Cecchin Nov: J Hopoate, Blessings, Tonga, Certainty, C Waller Oct: D Oliver, M Key, P Bennett, Trudy,Titillations, J Harvey Sept: Roosters, J Ardern, R Blackmore, S Key, Otahuhu, ScepticsAug: M Python, Dunny, T Vince, J Ardern, S Kearney, A Little July: R James, R Federer, L Daley, Pope Francis , M Vatuvei, P Bennett, M Payne, G Pell June:  V Kohli, Yoga, D Logan, Black Caps, J Ackland, T Allan May: N Tinkler, M King, C George, D Kidwell, British Lions, D Beadman April:  Kim Jong Un, Sonny Bill,  G Brownlee, C Bellamy, M Markle March:  K Williamson, J Ackland, Auck Blues,T Lee, Jesus, Black Caps, A Williams Feb: Indian cricket, D Carter, P Dunny, T Woods, S Johnson Jan: R Federer, A Murray, S Adams, J Lynds, D Walsh, Fukushima.

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PRINCE WILLIAM'S SEPARATION

March 20

Crazy Uranus moving atop anything creates turmoil and chaos. Over Venus, such happens in the love life.

This dude is so onto it !

' Despite Kensington Palace insisting Princess Kate is “doing well”, her secret illness and recent photoshop fiasco has sparked multiple bizarre theories including that she and Prince William could be heading for divorce. Now, US talk show host Stephen Colbert has weighed in on the recent scandal surrounding the royal family, seemingly leaning into the sensational claims. '

Following hints in the November 2023 Annual Prophecies last year !

' William, Prince of England:

Uranus jumping on his Venus in June, Nov is very unsettling. Difficult lifestyle-career changes from Pluto-Jupiter assault, with Jan, Aug, Dec crucial. Neptune-Ascendant confusion until Jan 025 then Pluto-Midheaven attack brings even bigger career changes.'

Checking out Princess Kate, her recent unusual behaviour was been from erratic Uranus attacking her Ascendant, which officially ended on March 13. Nothing compared to a  a major Sun-Uranus reversal in a year's time. Notable is Uranus' residence in House 4, all about home and family, and ruling the 7th House that governs marriage and partnerships !

Long ago, it were noted that Willie's missus would be confronting a very serious triple-header between March 027 and December 028--- Pluto sitting on her Mercury and Venus and attacking Jupiter ! Final nails in the marital coffin a formality.

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FORGETTING THE FROZEN SLAVES 

March 18

Amidst the new TAB owner's cash splash there was nothing for the frozen slaves.

Entain have spent millions on advertising and big stake increases and pop-up races. With no recognition at all for the stablehands who '  work from 3 in the morning until 5 at night.'  Claims from wizard trainer Jamie Richards 3 years back, when praising his staff after another triumph.

Which is 14 hours, with an hour or 2 break, you would think. But not always, as I remember some of the horror stories. One female strapper's half-day off started at 4 pm ; others in Matamata risked forfeiting their weekly half-day off if late for a 3.30 a.m start.  There were some shockers from the Covid era, too. Because Ill workers get no sympathy and just keep on trucking, when there's no such thing as ' sick leave, ' or  a ' day off in lieu ' for those forced to work on statutory holidays.

Consider the sacking of 5 employees at a Takanini stable one Guy Fawkes evening. These employees had been ordered to work on until midnight to calm their animals amidst the firecrackers. For no extra pay, of course. An angry, inebriated trainer attacked the smallest employee, who'd already worked 7 hours on his half-day off, and had been planning a dinner date and movies with his girlfriend.

 He was kicked and punched, and sacked along with 4 witnesses. His complaint to the racecourse inspector was arrogantly dismissed with ' Go to the police.'  

That was 26 years ago. Stable conditions have not improved and are now so unattractive to locals that the struggling industry has become dependent on the labour of imports from 3rd world countries like India, Malaysia and Mauritius etc. Who are more likely to tolerate the 70-80 hours working week for 40 hours pay. Not for Kiwi kids, but all would be more inspired if there were slings and bonuses for winning.

Parts of Australia have 1 % of the winning stake given to the strapper, or a staff pool. Many stables in England have a pool for winning percentages that get distributed to staff members. Just imagine the feel-good, P R pluses if the NZ TAB's foreign owner decided to donate a hundy or a percentage to each winning strapper ? But then you'd have the owners and trainers grizzling !

It was about 3 years ago that trainer Tony Pike and studmaster Russell Warwick announced the results of a recent think wank. There were plans afoot to make the lives of stable workers more bearable, with consideration even being given to 8-9 hours working days !  Next they'll be dreaming about a 40-hours week, which can usually be achieved in 3 of the normal 6.5 working days. And time and a half for those long days with 10-hours float trips ?

Then they woke up. Gloomy and cold at 3 a.m but there is horse shit to be gathered and its donors have to be fed and worked. 40 hour weeks would be wonderful, but it would mean twice as many staff and twice as many wages. Much easier to go back to dreamland, and think about their next champion.

THE TAKEAWAYS

The golden rule of racing people is that horses are more important than humans. I think differently, for the human's birth chart is the key to our taking so much money away from the struggling industry.

The Astrological racing system hasn't had a plunge since our $8.50 winner last October. There is no urgency, with 8 wonderful winners from just 21 investments since 2019 began and $5.50, $18.00, $4.70, $3.80, $5.60, $27.40 and $26.00 win dividends as well !

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BIRTHDAYS

March 17

Birthdays of notable racing people this week:

Sunday: John Moore and Graham Bruton 73 Brent Thomson 66 Shaune Ritchie 54 Leanne Isherwood 52  Danielle Johnson  33

 Monday: Terry Wenn 75 Chris Faulkner 67

 Tuesday: Neil Campton 79 Stuart Laing 74 Leanne Olsen 58 Kyra Gibbons 50

 Wednesday: Anthony Freedman 60 Rod Grantley 56 Tom Hazlett 54  Renee Bell 47 Sam Kavanagh 38

 Thursday:Virginia Healey 68  Megan Pollock-Johnston 67   Pat Carey 62  Brendon Sargent 55  Willie Arnold 52  Nicole Sims 33 Kylan Wiles 18

Friday:  Bevan Wilson 68 Ricky Cook 63  Debbie Kennedy 53 Joseph Pride 47 Nathan Dunn 46 Kylie Hoskin 43  Jacob Lowry 26 Jaylah Kennedy 23

Saturday:  Don Wilson 80 Thierry Jarnet 57 Chris Bothwell 52

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CLUELESS CHLOE  ' DONALDED ' TOO

March 15

Within minutes of her becoming a Greens party co-leader, Ms Swarbrick became the first casualty of the next general election.

We had already warned about erratic Uranus zooming over her Mars around May, November and March 025. Causing extremely erratic behaviour, so you must wonder how her 29 year-old self is gonna share the chair with one 20 years her senior. Who appeared in last November's Annuals !

' Davidson, Marama:

Polly in need of supervision, and time out, with Pluto-Mars attacks in March, June and Jan 025. Neptune strain April, Sept.'

Maximum strain in 2024 already, with the death of Esefo Collins and fellow 50 years-old co leader James Shaw resigning. Also Golriz Green Grabber getting busted for stealing clothes. Then yesterday's revelation------Green MP Darleen Tana steps down amid migration exploitation allegations--------And Ms Davidson's Pluto and Neptune attacks are a long way from any closure !

Then you look at Ms Swarbrick's 2026 and a ginormous expletive occurs. When noticing her Sun and Mercury positions around Cancer 3 + 4 degrees, and in line for some serious Neptune disillusionment. Deceptive, confusing Neptune leaves Pisces and enters Cancer's  sworn enemy Aries next year. To be hammering Ms Swarbrick's Sun and Mercury positions from April 026 to December 027 !

Add Pluto whacking her Jupiter between March 026 and January 027, and Ms Swarbrick's already a million to one with Donbet to win a Grand Final in 2026. You'd love to have her coaching the hot-favourite Australian team in that year of the Rugby League World Cup !

Footnote: For the undereducated, ' Donalded ' is an accessory of Cockney Rhyme's ' Donald Duck.'

GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN AND CRIMINAL ASTROLOGY

Born during a very tight affliction between Mercury and Pluto. As noted often before, harsh Mercury aspects  severely weaken minds and  are the cornerstone of criminal activity. Also found in the natal charts of Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, Bernie Madoff, Klaus Scwhab, Hillary Clinton, El Chapo Guzman and  NZ disgraces like Eric Watson, Cameron Slater, and serial fraudster Leicester Monk .

I've also noted serious Mercury afflictions owned by various cops involved in planting evidence or framing people. And some high-profile horse racing personnel with a penchant for swindling and clipping the ticket.

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DRAGONS AND DRAGON YEARS

March 13

The Dragon Year that kicked off last month is always a time when Dragon natives have a major change of spots.

The year has a lot of the energy and optimism that Dragons possess. And drastic changes for those born in a Dragon Year, like 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 etc.

Already NZ has seen major amendments in the lives of Dragon-year natives like Paddy Gower, Clarke Gayford, Stacey Jones, Simon Dallow and Cameron George. Who last week announced his resignation as chair of the NZ racing board but in reality was asked to move on. Horse racing people aren't the sharpest, but they finally realised that ' Kiss of death Cammo ' was more interested in his CEO job with the NZ Warriors.

There are many Dragons in broadcasting awaiting their departure passes---John Campbell, Sean Plunket, Martin Devlin and Mike Hosking, as well as Gower and Dallow. Other notable Dragons include Vladimir Putin, Sir John Kirwan, Russell Crowe and horse racing greats Gai Waterhouse, Mark Purdon and Chris Johnson. Also former All Black and legendary violent drunk Byron Kelleher, who's having major problems in France.

Year 2000-borns include Sandeep Lamichhane, the Nepalese cricketer sentenced to 8 years for rape, and suspended NRL villain Spencer Leniu. Millie Holmes, Adele and Rihanna are from the 1988 crop, but consideration must also be given to the hours of the Dragon, between 7 am and 9 am.

All born during the Dragon hours will have major life changes in the Dragon Year as well. The Dragon's opposite is the humble,passionate Dog who governs the hours between 7 pm and 9, and people born in these hours will be subject to major and difficult life amendments. One who arrived in this time was Sir John Kirwan, the first ' mental health advocate ' in the world to be a promoter of alcohol.

Kirwan might come to his senses in this Dragon Year, realising that mental health is a big con job and he's merely a convenient distraction for the New World Order. Whose master plan to weaken the male and wreck families is obviously working, with NZ's uncontrollable youth an example. Rather ironically, Kirwan had the chance to change the face of mental health if he'd really wanted to.

Sportscafe, August 1997, had me as a guest, with Marc Ellis showing great fascination with his Astrology chart. Then Kirwan chimed in, with ' my mother told me that you said this was going to be a difficult year for Matthew Ridge.'

Ridge, captain of the Auckland Warriors, was hampered by injuries that kept him to just 9 games in 1997. But what precipitated a discussion on Don Murray Astrologer in the Kirwan household ? Mother Kirwan must have gleaned the Ridge wisdom from either the Truth Sports Stars column or the annual January show on Newstalk ZB.

Shame mother Kirwan didn't suggest to little Johnny that the Astrologer man might help when he became depressed. That's history but at least the world can be warned about the years and hours of Dragons and the hours of the Dog. And the mental health of mental health advocate Kirwan can be monitored as well !

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THAT AWESOME RECESSION

March 11

Recessions aren't normally considered ' awesome ' but NZ's  recent summer has been a ripper..

Because we started predicting the late 2023 horrors way back in mid-2021 ! Like Jupiter v Sun ( October ) and Mars v Pluto ( December ), with a Saturn-Moon smash stunning February 2024. Notables have been NZ borrowing more than a billion $$ weekly to stay afloat, the unbelievably high teenage crime stats and reported 56% truancy rate among school kids etc

Incredible bungles and wastage by Kiwirail, AT and the government etc, topped by the recent dumpings from the 2 main television channels, with around 400 job losses And

More than 480,000 Kiwis behind in debt payments and the number of residents paying rent is at an all-time high !

Also: The Bay of Plenty recently overtook Auckland as NZ’s priciest place to rent and some over 65s are struggling to keep up with soaring costs. One expert calls the situation a ‘disgrace’ and says elders are living under bushes, in tents, toilets, cars, garages or couch surfing. 

This one's particularly hilarious, in a nation that does everything possible to keep Cannabis illegal----Cocaine spike: Volume of drug being consumed in New Zealand jumps more than 90 per cent !

It's also a nation that does everything possible to squash the magnificence of Astrology. As we know, only the Astrologer can tell you when the gloomy tunnel shall be illuminated, when the manics can stop sharpening their razor blades or gazing at the noose. Like the phenomenal forecasting of Covid's beginning and end in Australia, and the end of the same destructive era for New Zealand !

Amidst the revelations of mid-2021 there was some positivity indicated for April and May 2024 from a Pluto-Sun solar arc positive.So there shall be improvement and stability in the next few months.

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BIRTHDAYS

March 10

Birthdays of notable racing people this week:

Sunday:  Garth Jackson 72  Fred Pratt 66  Craig Newitt 39  Madan Singh 32  Jack Power 24

Monday: John Carter 82  Scott Hammersley 71  Anthony Butt 58 Cliff Brown 55

Tuesday: Jamie Graham 64 Dale Groves 39 Luke Nolen 44  Dylan Turner 30  Mitch Leek 24

Wednesday: Graeme Walters 79  Dame Sian Elias 75 Grant Searle 73 Les Masters 68  Lance Robinson 67 Pat Rodewald  65  Nick Ryan 37 Rachel Shred 26  Ethan Brown 25

Thursday:  Mark Connors 72 Tim Vince 69  Wayne Morris 67  Phillip Singer 65 Alan Browne 39             

Friday: Geoff Allendorf 67  Cash  Asmussen 62  Yutaka Take 55  Chad Ormsby 35 

Saturday: Diana Bowbyes 79  Sean Clotworthy  55  Matthew Williamson 52

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MARK WALKER'S MASSIVE UPHEAVAL

March 8

October 16, 2010 was one of those unforgettable evenings. When I took  2 young Ethiopian ladies to nearby Mt Smart Stadium to watch the NZ Maori v England rugby league game.

Courtesy of  ' African time ' we arrived just as the half-time hooter sounded:  18 nil to the poms, bro'  had me even more pissed off and wanting to turn around and go home. But I had promised these 2 lovelies some cultural experience and their possibly being introduced to  the Mad Butcher. They were very amused by Mad's babble, then joined the spine-tingling, mass chanting as the Maori kept the poms scoreless in the 2nd half, coming back amazingly to draw 18-18 !

Then I returned home to a very notable message from a Melbourne source: Champion jockey Damien Oliver was being investigated by police for some serious matters.  Instantly D Oliver's natal chart was consulted and progressed, followed by a ginormous expletive. His progressed Jupiter is clashing with natal Pluto in November 2012

Something very dramatic, so massive and difficult career changes were predicted for D Oliver in late 2012 !

The initial investigation never went any further, but a very unrelated matter with phone taps revealed that D Oliver had placed an illegal $10K winning bet on a race rival one evening at Moonee Valley. For which he was charged, then disqualified for 10 months in November 2012 !

Basically reminding us that such could have been predicted soon after D Oliver's arrival in June 1972, some 13 days after in-form trainer Mark Walker was born. The wonders of Astrology mean that M Walker's getting his serious Jupiter v Pluto career upheaval some 13 years after D Oliver.

So ' massive and difficult career changes ' shall be forecast for trainer M Walker around April 2026 !

It's been noted previously that M Walker was destined for major close relationship issues, courtesy of his Venus being badly aspected by revolutionary Pluto at birth. Indications are that M Walker is having trouble in his current partnership, with his Venus ( Cancer 1 )  getting harassed by  Pluto this year, then by deceptive Neptune in 2025.

 Considerable confusion, but the April 2026 turmoil will be much bigger than a relationship break-up.

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SAM HAYES AND  ' DIFFICULT CHANGES '

March 6

' Up to 300 jobs are expected to be lost as one of our biggest commercial media company’s newsrooms - Newshub - is set to close at the end of June, with dozens of high-profile presenters and journalists out of roles.

Dozens of high-profile presenters and journalists such as 6pm news presenters Mike McRoberts and Samantha Hayes and new 7pm show host Ryan Bridge are among the hundreds about to lose their jobs.'

With another box ticked from the November 2023 Annual Prophecies !

' Hayes, Samantha:

Massive and difficult changes for television employee with Pluto-Mercury and Uranus-Mars issues. Jan, June, Aug, Nov, Dec crucial.'

Obviously a few hundred of her soon-to-be ex-colleagues are experiencing similar Astrological reversals. And in need of enlightenment, although media scabs are usually minus the humanitarian instinct necessary for Astrological inclination. In lieu they tell lies and run from obvious truths.

Lest we not forget that Ms Hayes is a possessor of Venus in adventurous Aries, an aspect so synonymous with change and the need for fresh challenges. So not recommended for employment or matrimonial stability.  Hayes' marriage broke up last year.

Just another of the impressive forecasts already from the 50 in the  November 2023 Annual Prophecies. Along with Celine Dion, Donald Trump, Opie Bosson, Princes William and Andrew, King Charles, Virat Kohli, Joe Biden and Marama Davidson.

Some are taking the Newshub disintegration quite seriously:

Duncan Garner: Did Warner Bros. Discovery HQ make every effort to save Newshub? Letting it die is not the Kiwi way

Telling lies and cowering away from the truth is not ' the Kiwi way ' either !

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CHUTNEY MAN FOUND GUILTY

March 4

We started proceedings here way back in July 2020 with a story on ' Chutney Man.'

Information had been received about a  harness racing trainer/driver who'd been sexually abusing a junior driver-employee. The Racing Integrity Unit didn't want to know about the kid's complaint so it went into the overflowing ' Too Hard Basket. ' In lieu, family connections got gang members involved.

Chutney Man got a visit and had to call the cops for safety purposes. That's when the cops heard of the employee's complaint and investigations began. The story here got people talking, 2 more abused former employees came forward, and suddenly Chutney Man's in a pickle and facing serious charges. 

The court case got deferred a couple of times, in the Covid era and with fresh complainants emerging. It  finally happened last week. An underworld legend informed me that Chutney Man was found guilty on one charge and acquitted on another. More confirmation from a police contact, with sentencing in May.

 Harness racing is struggling big time and their media wouldn't be in a hurry to release this news. Whereas the modern day NZ Herald would relish having anybody ' sexually abusing  male employee ' on their front page. Their racing editor Mick Guerin is the problem, though.

34 years as a Herald staffer has Guerin going through life as a trotting horse wearing blinkers. He's no longer a reporter of news, but a public relations puppet for Entain, the breeders and various clubs. Veteran wage earners aren’t synonomous with bravery and don't rock the boat, and it's quite probable that Guerin will try and keep this one secret. 

Instead of trumping this Herald front-pager from yesterday !

'I have lived with the shame': Women tricked into porn by Kiwi stand up in court

03 Mar 05:00 AM

' I have lived with the shame ' : Harness racing high-profiler opens up on stableboy abuse ?

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BIRTHDAYS

March 3

Birthdays of notable racing people this week:

Sunday: Adrian Clark 64  Natalie Rasmussen 47  Mitchell Freedman and Barry Donoghue 35

Monday:  Michael Pitman and Kevin Mahoney 69  Brent Cooper 63  Paul Belsham 60

Tuesday: Trevor Bau 60 Chris Waller 50  Joe Bowditch 47

Wednesday: Steve Proud 75  John Skinner 70  Chris McQuaid 66  Jessica and Jared Prangley 45

Thursday:  Don Dwyer 67  Felix Coetzee 65   Mark Conners 54   Gary Walsh 44 Tayla Childs 28

Friday:  Gary Moore 72 Roger James 69 John Moloney and Barry Lichter 68  Leon Casey 62   Dean Phillips 61 Leanne Elliott 60 Leanne Bertling 53 Craig Grylls 34

Saturday: Jan Lynds 71 Colin Curnow 67 Andrew Clarken 51

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EXPOSING THE KIRWAN CON

March 1

Something's wrong when a national treasure and ' mental health advocate ' promotes alcohol consumption.

As per Sir John Kirwan, knighted in 2012 for ' services to rugby and mental health.' And soon afterwards he was promoting his own brand of JK wines from Italy !

Alcohol advertising became law in NZ in 1984. And it's not as if encouragement was needed for more crimson faces, pot bellies and the general negativity that drunks radiate. But Kirwan is renowned for his mental illness, and desperate for the limelight.

Maybe he got confused with hangovers and dry reaching and the birds nest throat, and thought it must de depression. He's previously opened up about his cry baby experiences. This revelation should bring him to tears again !

' No amount of alcohol is "good for you". That's the message from the Heart Foundation as it releases new guidelines for Kiwis about alcohol. 

The advice is meant to help Kiwis make informed decisions about their heart health and highlights the risks of alcohol.

Heart Foundation medical director Dr Gerry Devlin told AM it's been 10 years since the foundation last released advice and it was time for an update.

"We've now got more evidence that tells us that there is a strong relationship with alcohol and the risk of high blood pressure."

Dr Devlin said 20 to 30 percent of adults have high blood pressure, with one in two 65-year-olds having high blood pressure.

"We also know that alcohol can increase the risk of some heart rhythm disorders, atrial fibrillation and very common rhythm as we all get older. And that can increase the risk of stroke as well."

He said previously it was believed one to two glasses of alcohol, red wine specifically, could be good for your health, but that was based "on really small observational studies".

"Not a lot of hard evidence to actually back up that statement," he said. 

"What we're saying is we believe there is no heart health benefit in consuming alcohol and that there is increased risk to your heart with consuming alcohol," he said. '

 Crawl back under your rock, Kirwan. And get drunk by yourself.

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TAIKA WAITITI AND STUPID INFLUENCERS

February 28

' Influencers ' and ' role models ' have long been a source of great amusement in NZ.

It's a very sick nation when a thing like this makes the headlines:  Having not owned a television for 15-16 years, I didn't recognise the name and needed a google search:

'On their own buzz': Chelsea Winstanley on the collapse of her marriage to Taika Waititi

She speaks frankly about her life in the first episode, including discussing the “humiliation” she felt as a young solo mother on a benefit, her recovery from a car crash that left her unable to walk, and the collapse of her seven-year marriage to Waititi, with whom she has two children.

Consideration of her birthday planets confirmed that Ms Winstanley was born to be a general loser. An ominous array of negative aspects---- Sun v Uranus, Mercury v Saturn and Mars v Neptune---indicate she would never stay long in anything. Then you look at Waititi's planetary situation and Winstanley's stupidity is further endorsed.

T Waititi possesses an horrific Venus-Neptune love block. An aspect defining the hopeless romantic, also owned by icons of instability like  Kim Kardashian  and  New Zealanders Shayne Currie, Tim Shadbolt,  Grant Dalton, Jacinda Ardern, Opie Bosson ( featured below ) and Bernadine Oliver-Kerby. Also a high-profile Auckland gang leader who has sired 27 children !

Lest we never forget that shallows like movie makers and television stars are the New World Order's favourite decoy. For the great unwashed to become distracted, and lured away from meaningful matters and life improvement. When the masses are worshipping these things, like old ' plastic tits Dawson ' down on February 21, there ain't much hope for the children.

And we know all about NZ's skyrocketing school truancy and teenage crime statistics. They're here to stay, too.

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MARK WALKER'S MARRIAGE PROBLEMS

February 26

Early in 2022, premiership-winning trainer Mark Walker was settled in Singapore when he got the call to return to NZ.

Back he went to replace Jamie Richards, who'd fallen out with his Te Akau boss in a big way. After winning five New Zealand training premierships, Mark Walker had made a career-defining decision in 2010 and shifted to Singapore.

While the shift was always going to be tough on Walker, his wife Julia and children Zavier and Alexis there has been plenty of upside. "One obvious advantage is that there is only one racetrack in Singapore at Kranji and that means there is no other travelling involved with racing your horses," claimed Walker.

No matter where he went, M Walker was always going to have great difficulties with marriage and family. A rather unsophisticated, workaholic bogan, Walker was born during a serious anti between loving Venus and destructive Pluto. It's one of the great happiness blockers, that can spur possessors to great career or business achievement, in lieu of enjoying simple, normal pleasures. Like Britney Spears, serial loser Leo Molloy, legendary pisshead Tory Whanau and ' Stick,' the ex-horse trainer who dropped a million $$ during his casino addiction.

Having ' the wife and kids ' is very good for the corporate image and M Walker's superiors decided their golden boy-bogan needed to adapt. Australian Julia Naismith fitted the bill, especially with all the ' racing males experience ' in her CV. Previous relationships with trainers Nigel Tiley and Paul O'Sullivan, and members of the Schick and Vela families. But M Walker joined her list of has-beens in 2016 when Julia and the 2 kids moved to Australia's Gold Coast.

Walker found a Russian replacement and they have a child. He'd hardly been back in Matamata when a move to Australia was being planned. Te Akau wanted to chase the money, so a Gold Coast stable was never an option. The big money's in Melbourne, where trainer M Walker will soon have 70 horses to manage.

With a plan to spend about 3.5 weeks a month in Melbourne and a few days in Matamata. Plans don't include much Gold Coast with the kids, because humans are simply a distant second to horses, even if they are family. It's the way it is in racing.

SETTLING OPIE

Walker's long-term stable rider Opie Bosson is another with a major happiness blocker, Venus anti Saturn and Neptune, at birth. With 5 kids to 4 different women, O P Bosson has experienced some major reversals and paid out plenty in child support. His first foray into fathership earned the praise of Mark Walker.

In a September 2002 Trackside Channel interview, Walker was enthusing about the new-found dedication and commitment of his  stable jockey, as 22 year-old Opie and partner Sarah settled into a lifestyle block near Matamata with their new-born.

4 months afterwards NZ Herald published a pic of Opie Bosson, visiting " girlfriend Sam Spratt "  in a Wellington hospital following her horrific accident at Trentham racecourse ! Opie and Sam eventually got married and had a child, then separated soon afterwards.

ANOTHER MASSIVE UPHEAVAL

2025 has Neptune attacking Walker's Venus, indicating confusion and uncertainty in close relationship matters. Again. Then 2026 has another massive, unplanned career upheaval plotted for Mark Walker.

Almost identical to a very difficult phase that was predicted for a champion of the Australian turf, who subsequently copped a 10-months disqualification !

Watch this space.

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BIRTHDAYS

February 25

Birthdays of notable racing people this week:

Sunday:  Linda Ballantyne 60 Eddie Wilkinson 53  Shelley Leslie 52 Jackson Morris 46  Kobe Jennings 29

Monday: Noel Callow 49 Casey Lock  37

 Tuesday:  Lesley Warwick 72 Jim Flay 70 Graeme Forbes 62  Rosie Ealden 61  Kent Fleming 59  Jamie Innes 57

Wednesday:  Barry Brook 77  Maurice Thornley 71  Ian Smith 67  Dean Cunningham 63  Nerilee-Ann Robinson 60  Alan Peard 46

Friday: Sir Mark Todd 68 Leanne Poulson 63 Dianne McDonald 61  Emma Thurlow 27  Ashvin Goindasamy 26

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STACEY JONES IN  2026 !

February 23

Back on May 30, 2022, NZ Warriors' great Stacey Jones was being touted as a head coach of the future.

Like 2025 and 2026, when he'd have his Mercury position being positively trined by powerful Pluto. Noted was Jones' Plutonic history, having experienced 4 years of positive Pluto trines in his coaching past, for 3 Grand Final wins--- 2 with the Pt Chevalier Pirates and an NRL Gold Medal with the NZ Warriors' Juniors.

On June 7, 2022, S Jones' world changed dramatically. Warriors' head coach Nathan Brown resigned and Jones was rather reluctantly promoted in a caretaker's role. Nothing great could be expected for S Jones that year, for all with May 7 birthdays like him were suffering the very disruptive Uranus-Sun chaos. Next year his pressure eased, as an assistant-coach again and the team had their best year in 12.

Erratic Uranus leaves Taurus in April 2026 to be in Gemini, and soon after sitting on S Jones' Mercury position. More chaos, but also much magnificence, with Pluto in Aquarius trining that Mercury for the year, especially in November. And December 2026 also has an unrelated, awesome solar progression for S Jones.

Earlier this week, S Jones was announced as coach of the Kiwi rugby league team, aiming at the Rugby League World Cup in November 2026. Following the NRL Grand Final in October. Will the honours of 2026 be with the Kiwis' head coach or the Warriors' assistant coach, or both ?

Of course it's already been noted that NZ Warriors head coach Andrew Webster shall be receiving an awesome Uranus-Mercury trine in 2026, as well as 2028 and 2029. Returning superstar Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is even better, with both Uranus and Pluto trining his Jupiter in 2026.

Big decision for 2026: NZ Warriors to win their Grand Final or the Kiwis to win the RLWC ?

CASE HISTORY

2 members of the hopeless 2009 NZ Warriors team were highly recommended as next year's champion coaching combination. Assistant coach John Ackland and player Stacey Jones were to receive awesome Pluto trines in both 2010 and 2011. S Jones was unwanted at the Warriors and left to coach the Pt Chevalier premiers in the local Division 3. J Ackland wanted his own team and became head coach of the Warriors' Juniors.

Pluto trines supervised Ackland's Juniors winning NRL Grand Finals in 2010 and 2011. In same years S Jones coached the Pt Chev Pirates to consecutive Grand Final wins in the Auckland competition.

There are countless, similar tales involving great advancement under awesome Pluto trines.

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DISCOVERING THE  DEPRESSION  FORMULAE

February 21

10 years ago tomorrow New Zealand lost one of its most important influencers.

A cheap drunk who'd conned the world with fake charm and cosmetic surgery, and butchered her own baby in a marriage that lasted 6 months.

NZ-born television ‘ star ‘ Charlotte Dawson was found hanging in her rented Sydney apartment, aged 47, out of work and behind in rent. She'd blown all of her money on chardonnay, shoes and tit jobs. 2 nations sobbed and many tried blaming the cyber bullies and trolls who'd supposedly hounded her over the years.

No tears here. I just thought of the selfish bitch who could have changed the world of mental illness, but put her fragile ego before everything else. Dawson came for an Astrological enlightenment in January 2007, after pouring her latest drama out to Sunday Star-Times gossip columnist Bridget Saunders. Who advised her to ' Go and see Don, he'll sort your shit out.'

Seldom has a client been so amazed at the character and past-life analyses. Including her abusive childhood, chaotic relationships, times of depression etc and ' a  very dark time when Pluto was savaging your Mars around 1981 ? ' Dawson giggled: " You know, it was around then ( age 15 ) that I was seriously thinking of ways to kill my stepfather..."

Next day there's a message to ring Ms Dawson. She wants to shout her hairdresser an enlightenment 2 weeks later Bridget Saunders tells me that  ' Charlotte's been raving about you.' Apparently a prediction involving her ex-husband had already come true !

On Monday March 5, 2007, around 8 a.m, I received a call from Dawson in Sydney. She wants me to read out the description of her Scorpio Moon, with the speaker phone on so her friends can hear all about her major problem. At 6 a.m Sydney time !

Rather surprisingly there was little further action from C Dawson. Until November 2011, when I noticed she was involved in a movement in Australia to bring light to the supposedly down and depressed. Quite logically I suggested that she might introduce these people to the amazing Astrological enlightenment...

No way. I was suddenly unfriended and subject to various lies and denials about her amazing discovery in January 2007 !

Stunned I was, but spurred to have a deeper look at Dawson's natal chart, with depression formulae in mind. I studied other notable depression sufferers and patterns began to emerge. Dawson had many of the main ingredients, energetic Mars and the Sun locked away in secretive House 12... the gloomy, dark, controlling Scorpio Moon....communicator Mercury squashed by serious Saturn at birth. 

Dawson's natal chart became the benchmark for depression.  More noted depression sufferers were analysed and the Dawson formulae fitted so many Severely afflicted Mars, loaded 12th House and Scorpion Moons were very common, especially with television and media ' stars ' and also horse racing professionals.

In the interim, times of publicly-acknowledged depression have been accurately predicted for media persons Martin Devlin, Tony Veitch, Dominic Harvey and Mike King, also jockey Jason Waddell.

Such a shame that Dawson could never come clean and tell the truth about her amazing Astrological experience. But it's become quite obvious that our destinies are planned, because there shall always be Scorpion Moons, Saturn squashes and loaded 12th Houses. So consequently plenty of liars and cowards.

All of the amazing prophecies attest to the everything-is-planned theory.As per the revelations below, with the current, vintage crop of ' rudderless young men ' predicted, and nothing will stop the creation of that Zombie generation with Pluto in Aquarius.

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THE WEAKENED MALE

February 19

One of the 21st century's highlights has been the drastic weakening of the male.

Back in January 2008 we previewed the revolution that would drastically change the male role and

'  will be helping to put many old traditions to death when Pluto commences his stay in conservative Capricorn in March.
Old traditions like newspapers, real estate and car sales will be changing drastically courtesy of the internet generation. It's easy to see a further weakening of governments because Pluto's destruction here will root out a lot more corruption and inefficiency.
But the scary piece relates to the massively changing role of the father figure, as the family unit slowly disappears and  marriage becomes just another episode in life's great soap opera for many.
Naturally there will be a massive increase in the numbers of rudderless young men lacking direction, with no-one to guide and teach them in time-honoured Kiwi male tradition how to drink beer properly and the correct way to watch a rugby game.
Women have shown they can do just about anything except beat the Melbourne Storm on a league field.They can be chief executives and prime ministers, and binge drink and manufacture P with the best of them.
A time of even more power to the woman ?  Most households  headed by a solo mother .
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Once upon a time the proud man could own a home and support a wife and several children. If he didn't have his own business he was protected by a strong trade union. Now the bread winner is more of a slave, with less chance of owning a business and a home. Or a shift worker on a short-term contract, working weekends without penal rates.

' Parenting ' has been replaced by  ' pair renting, ' whereby couples lease children from the government and follow orders. Dad has far less influence on the kids and is little more than an ATM now.  Many males have become very dependent on sports teams and need emotional support from mentally-ill broadcasters.

Great men like Snowden, Assange and Dotcom etc have exposed unbelievable corruption in governments, with a favourite being Hillary Clinton's knowledge of the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake some 5 hours beforehand !   

Massive changes in ' real estate ' highlights the own home  problems, and traditional  ' newspapers ' are either propaganda machines or on death row. The  drastic changes  involving ' car sales ' obviously relates to the rise of the electric vehicle.

Pluto's in Aquarius now, before returning to Capricorn in September, October and November. Then back into Aquarius for 20 years, to start producing a generation of mindless, seriously controlled zombies. Programmed and monitored, wobbling around behind a tablet beneath a headset. A generation of head nodders will eventually accept a  cashless society.

Poor bastards. And the teenagers will be even dumber than the current edition.

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BIRTHDAYS

February 18

Birthdays of notable racing people this week:

Sunday:  Paul Hely 70

Monday:  Jeff Bliss 74  Rhys McLeod 41  Masa Tanaka 40    

Tuesday: Tegan Newman 28  Temiya Taiaroa 22

Wednesday:  Ian Rowe and Alan Williams 73  Bob Lee  69  Chris McNab 65   Mark Newnham and Mick Brown 56  Len Beasley 47  Sam Freedman 28

Thursday: Peter Harris 66  Brian Jenkins 63  Kieran Fallon 59  Shaun Fannin 28

Friday: Roger McGlade 86  Clarry Conners 78  David Lewis 69 Craig  Amrein 60   Hemi Woodley 51

Saturday:  Kevin Grubb 68 Tim Wheeler and David Miller 61 

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THE TURMOILS OF TAYLOR SWIFT

February 16

The super bowl brought talk of engagement between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.

Not recommended anytime soon after the appearance in last November's  Annual Prophecies:

' Swift, Taylor:

Unbelievable and difficult changes from Pluto-Venus and Uranus-Mars issues. March, May, July, Sept crucial with  Solar Arc explosions around May, June. '

In fact not recommended ever, after a closer inspection of Tay's natal chart. Her Cancer Moon is protective and nurturing and a big money maker, being alongside fortunate Jupiter when she arrived. But opposing erratic Uranus, to make her fiercely independent and a hater of restraint.

There's a real big emotional attraction, with Taylor's Mars and Trav's Venus both at Scorpio 26 degrees. Which means Taylor's  ' Uranus-Mars issues ' will also be ' Uranus-Venus issues ' for Trav and their relationship's gonna be very turbulent in the crucial March, May, July and Sept.

One of Astrology's big advantages is the compatibility tables to rate a pair's productiveness.  ' Plus 10% ' is regarded as normal, with Tay and Trav's rating an unbelievable ' minus 94% ' !

Consider an example of one with the Moon-Uranus, restraint-hater aspect, NZ jockey Kelly Myers. A veteran of numerous relationship break-ups, mother-of-2 Myers recently came back to race riding at age 41 !

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EDUCATING PRINCE ANDREW

February 14

 If ever the very troubled Royal family needed a Court Astrologer, it is now.

We've had those amazing recent predictions on Harry and Meghan's chaotics and Andrew’s disgraces, among others. Then this pearl from last November's Annuals !

Charles, King of England:

The family problems continue with Pluto whacking his Moon in Jan, Aug, Dec, with a major partnership issue around April. Also Neptune-Jupiter confusion June, July right through to Jan 026.

Also this one, directly affected by King Chas' latest prostate problems !

William, Prince of England:

Uranus jumping on his Venus in June, Nov is very unsettling. Difficult lifestyle-career changes from Pluto-Jupiter assault, with Jan, Aug, Dec crucial. Neptune-Ascendant confusion until Jan 025 then Pluto-Midheaven attack brings even bigger career changes.

An heir to the throne doesn't have too much vocational variety, so how amazing to have all these upcoming ' career changes ' on the horizon ?

And this fellow's already had lots more bad publicity over the Epstein sex scandals. Uranus-Moon things involve family as well.

Andrew, Prince of England:

Turmoil continues for the Royal embarrassment with Uranus-Moon emotional problems and Neptune-Jupiter confusion. April, June, Sept, Nov crucial before Uranus-Sun chaos in 025.

People from all walks of life have found Astrology fascinating, especially the ambitious and humanitarian. Very popular with innovators, entrepreneurs, lawyers, ex-jockeys and successful sports persons. Some 8 or 9 National Champions in a variety of sports have requested enlightenments. Conversely, certain types of human will have zero tolerance, courtesy of upbringing, religion or general pessimism.

I wondered what it would be like, having a Royal family member sitting in the chair, tracing their life and getting feedback. Like ' that's when mum went to Aussie and left me with dad ' or ' around that time I was seriously thinking of ways to kill my stepfather ! ' or ' went to borstal when I was 18 ' or ' that's when mum wanted to send me to bloody boarding school ! '

Nothing ventured, nothing gained, said either Marco Polo or Atilla the Hun, and not every cat was killed by curiosity. So I contacted Prince Andrew on Facebook:

You might like an Astrological enlightenment. I am very good, with amazing predictions on your bro' Charlie and nephew Harry in my many credits.

Prince Andrew

Okay

Which country are you from?

New Zealand. I was also a polo pony groom with Horswells in Berkshire in 1981 and did ponies your father-in-law Ronnie Ferguson owned.

Prince Andrew

Okay

How much have you invested so far?

I only invest on racehorses, via Astrologically-calculated certainties. I also do Astrological enlightenments for people who have problems to solve and decisions to make.

My work---your nephew Harry is featured-----http://www.donmurrayastrologer.com/predictions.htm

Prince Andrew

Okay

So how can I be of help to you?

You may be interested in a full, comprehensive, Astrological report------http://www.donmurrayastrologer.com/personal-astrology.html

Andrew's Astrological education has stalled. It may be revived with a link to this article. And I will remind him of the Hippocrates ethics and morals, that complete confidence is guaranteed for clients. And never shall they appear in the News or Predictions sections of www.donmurrayastrologer.com.

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TRACKSIDE'S UNUSUAL DOUBLE

February 12

The social problems of NZ create plenty of amusement.

Like the doubling of domestic violence, school bullying and the 56% truancy stats, skyrocketing youth crime etc. For a start, NZ in general needs to

STOP TELLING LIES

The untruth is becoming endemic, courtesy of politicians and media, with the Trackside Channel hosting a rare double within the same hour on Saturday !

Trainer Stephen Marsh's claims at 1.04 pm on Saturday, February 10, 2024:  '  as  we know, there's no such thing as a certainty '  At 1.48 pm, commentator Justin Evans also reminded viewers about the ' no certainties in racing ' rule. Something the modern-day media morons have invented as a cop-out for their own inadequacies.

The certainty myth was shattered almost 29 years earlier to the very day. On Sunday, February 12, 1995, just before he called race 8 at Ellerslie, commentator George Simon reminded viewers:

' Don Murray reckons Parihaka is a certainty. Let's see how good he is.'

 Groundbreaking, as the first-ever racecourse certainty in the electronic media, when Parihaka brained his 7 rivals by 3 lengths, with a $2.40 win dividend. Unfortunately there was no post-race acknowledgement from G Simon, an old-school racing struggler obsessed with owners, trainers and breeders.

Also no official acknowledgement of the Great Northern Steeplechase winner in 1996, that got the ' Astrological certainty ' tag 3.5 weeks beforehand, Classic Heights, that paid $7.85. My irregular Trackside appearances with G Simon ceased soon after.

29 years after that original certainty and NZ racing is an unbelievably hopeless state. Propped up by bribes and borrowings, with tumbling betting turnovers and an amazing number of stuffed racing surfaces. This is when the struggling industry needs George Simon to man up and speak the truth. Make a big statement ' from my own experiences ' about the certainties like Parihaka and Classic Heights.

There's intense global competition for the gambling dollar. The NZ TAB-Entain's recent turnover figures are very unimpressive. G Simon needs to tell Marsh and Evans they're a pair of wankers, being negative and discouraging.

And remind the world that, in all his experience, the only place that's had ' racetrack certainties ' is Ellerslie !

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BIRTHDAYS

February 11

Birthdays of notable racing people this week:

Sunday: Anthony Cummings 68 Coran Pemberton 52 Tony Ihaka 40

Monday : John Hawkes 75  Jon Miller 69  David Wadley 57  Crystal Lindsay 24

Tuesday: Geordie Julius 69  Paula Dowling 45

Wednesday:Trish Ranstead-Ryan-Sutton  64  Judy Collett 61  Kris Lees 53 Stephen Nickalls 47  Simone Altieri 37

Thursday:  Paul Duncan 70  Craig  Phelan 64  Graeme Murray 62  

Friday: Warwick Robinson 69  Shane McCann 55 Chad Schofield 30

Saturday: Gaye Craig 87  Richard Eynon 44

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URANUS v SWARBRICK + MOLLOY

February 9

Down on January 24 we were having a laugh about the hopeless Green Party and their ' grabber Golriz '  beneath

SHAW AND SWARBRICK ' DONALDED ' AS WELL

When the analysis of co-leader James Shaw earned a swear word, noting that he would be behaving erratically, with loony Uranus zooming over his Venus ( Taurus 21 ) position in April !

Wise fellow, when on  January 30, he announced he would resign from his role as co-leader next month, after nearly nine years in the job.  Soon after Chloe Swarbrick announced that she's gonna be applying for the vacant co-leader's job. Even if we'd already warned about erratic Uranus zooming over her Mars around May, November and March 025 !

Adding to the stupidity of the Greens was the other co-leader's appearance last November !

' Davidson, Marama:

Polly in need of supervision, and time out, with Pluto-Mars attacks in March, June and Jan 025. Neptune strain April, Sept. '

Those Uranus zoom-overs, affecting Shaw then Swarbrick, are synonymous with sudden, drastic change in business or employment. Another upcoming victim featured last November:

' Molloy, Leo:

Padded cell needed for the serial loser when Uranus mauls his Venus and Jupiter positions around April.'

Molloy's Venus is at Taurus 21, like Shaw's, and the upcoming zoom-over fits with Molloy's current dilemma. Earlier in the week, the serial loser outed himself as the businessman charged with assaulting a police officer and obstructing another last July. Uranus mauling 2 positions at the same time is rare, and very dramatic, and Molloy will be in a dangerous, assault mood again ' around April. '

The psychological problems of the serial loser, who turns 68 next month,have been highlighted here previously. And he also made an impressive debut in the Annual Prophecies, www.donmurrayastrologer.com, on November 26, 2014 !

  Molloy, Leo:

Horse racing's " poisoned dwarf " on a major downhill with Uranus-Mars and Pluto-Moon destruction. April, Oct, Feb 016 crucial before big wipeout 2017 when Pluto crunches his Mars. 

 A life-changing month followed for Molloy. He agreed to settle a defamation case brought by a racing official that lightened him by some $400k ! Including a large legal bill over the amazing number of defamatory remarks on Molloy’s own website that had to be analysed. December 2014 also brought separation from Molloy’s 3rd wife and the 5 kids !

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CELEBRATING THE WATCH LIST

February 7

Way to go, New Zealand The  Watch List is starting to pay dividends.

Recent headlines:

'Disturbing': Attacks on AT bus drivers have more than doubled

In recent years we've compiled the ' Watch List,  ' of headlines from the NZ Herald. And wonder----why would you be encouraging people to watch such horrors in a nation where youth crime and violence statistics are skyrocketing ?

Watch: US politician freezes during speech, is escorted away

Watch: People run for their lives in New York high-rise drama

Watch: Workers left hanging 150 metres in the air after scaffolding collapses

Watch: Driver rams police car in front of Queen St shoppers

Watch: 'Cleaned us out': Six ram-raiders steal $150K worth of stock in mall heist

Watch: Security footage shows hammer-wielding robbers' shocking dairy attack

( The last 3: That's us, bro' )

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WHEN YOU IGNORE ' TRAVEL ASTROLOGY '

February 5

One of our favourites is ' Travel Astrology. '

That's when you get assurance from an accomplished  practitioner that the planets are favourable for travelling. And there  are some ripper tales of ' right place, right time ' and the awesome experiences.

Of course there are plenty of know-everythings who get tripped up, and the Covid era brought some crackers. There was one, whose return from Christchurch to Western Australia included quarantine fortnights in both Brisbane and Perth ! While she was unaware of her Uranus-Sun reversals that were plotted from the year dot.

Same with this unfortunate. Undoubtedly something in her progressed or natal chart would have raised the flag and alternative times would have been recommended.

' A Kiwi who travelled to America for a wedding - and who was left $300,000 out of pocket following emergency surgery - is desperately pleading for donations.

Christchurch resident Nicole and her husband Scott were about to attend the wedding of a close friend from her time working at DisneyWorld when she experienced pain and swelling in her leg, according to a fundraiser aimed at getting her back to New Zealand. '

She could have spent $50 on our very popular 3 years-update and been much better off.

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BIRTHDAYS

February 4

Birthdays of notable racing people this week:

Sunday: Kevin Old 83  Ron Leemon 77  Stewart MacKinnon 69 Mark Flaherty 52  Reon Aukett 43

Monday: Andrew Meikle 69  Ken Nightingale 65 Dean Parker 21

Tuesday: Greg Childs 62  Ralph Manning 61  Kelly Joyce 33  Damian Lane 30

Wednesday: Jim Wallace 77

Thursday: Tony Phillips 49  Stuart Higgina 32 Brendon Newport 31

Friday: Mel Coles 88  Linda Jones 72  David Haworth 70 Paul Carberry 50

Saturday: John Magnier 74 Tony Parker and Dana Bryden 67  Graeme Lord 64  Anthony Delpech 55  Trent Wells 38  Jake Noonan 31  

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THE OPIE BOSSON  SLUMP

February 2

The attacks by revolutionary Pluto have no peer when it comes to  knocking anyone off a perch.

 Like champion jockey Opie Bosson, once upon a time king of the Karaka Millions meeting.

He's won the big 2 y o feature on 5 occasions but last weekend was winless in all 6 races. The dominant rider was also winless at the Pukekohe January 1 feature meeting, but did manage 2 wins at the Trentham feature on January 13.

O P Bosson also incurred 5 days suspension for excessive whip use and $4500 in fines for 3 separate offences. No real surprise after his epic entry in last November's Annual Prophecies !

' Bosson, Opie:

Many reversals for champion jockey with Pluto attacking his Sun in Feb, July, Dec. Saturn restrictions in March, Nov. '

No matter who you are, Pluto affects everybody, to which the G.O.A.T prophecies attest. ' Gap ' years are often recommended, with yet another upcoming Pluto victim featuring in the biggest form reversal on Karaka Millions day. It cost a gang of bogans heavily and was the  biggest single bet-ever with the  NZ TAB !

Ryan Elliot was riding Legarto, on which the BGP mob placed $454.545, to win the Aotearoa Classic. A 2nd placing and the Bogans Got Pulverised, yet again, with their initial $1.2 million stake finishing at $600K. So the many-headed monsters of the bogan pit got just 50 cents back from their $1 outvestments.

With Legarto always a risk after her jockey's November 2023 appearance !

' Elliot, Ryan:

Gap year recommended for leading jockey with Pluto-Mars attacks in Feb, June and Jan 025.'

But these bogans are good for the industry, which needs losers to survive. Around 17 cents in every betting $1 is extracted for taxes, commissions and stake moneys. The BGP mob officially churned some $1.9 million over last Saturday, so at 17 cents from each of those dollars they are major contributors.

Unlike the clients of  Donbank. We're just takers, parasites, even if we still provide that 17 cents for taxes, but not very often. The TAB Entain mob are spending a fortune on advertising, encouraging the great unwashed to bet on everything but flies on the wall. Definitely not our policy, and we've only had 21 investments in just over 5 years Awesome profit margins from 8 winning dividends, too !

2023: $8.50 $26.00 2022: $27.40  2020: $5.60   $3.80 2019:  $4.70   $18.00    $5.50  

Fate steers us away from the highly-publicised Group days, with our last 3 winners being in midweek maiden races at Tauranga, Cambridge Synthetic and Rotorua ! The game plan is simple--just to be well in front at season's end. We were hopeful of a 2024 debut on February 3, but February 14 is now more likely.

Anybody can join us. As long as you can read, write and count.

THE AWESOME BANK

Starting deposit $100 into TAB account

current season                  $550

final balance 2022-23        $2400

final balance 2021-22        $2140

final balance 2020-21        $740

final balance 2019-20        $470

final balance 2018-19        $1750

final balance 2017-18        $1000

final balance 2016-17        $1230

final balance 2015-16        $00   ( i.e we lost $100 that season )

final balance 2014-15        $490

final balance 2013-14        $2270

final balance 2012-13        $240

final balance 2011-12        $3990

From a horse racing investment system that went on the market in November 1985. With balances obtained by placing $100 a win on selections from the Don Murray Racing System.

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ELLERSLIE TRACK ' DONALDED '

January 31

We were having yet another laugh about the stuffed racetracks in NZ down on January 25.

Like the nation losing 23 meetings to abandonments/postponements last year. Later on January 25 the racetrack terrorists pounced and the Hastings meeting was called off after just 2 races. Concerns about the track safety.

January 27 sees Trentham called off after 4 races, courtesy of the same concerns. Same day had the flagship Ellerslie Karaka Millions meeting in grave danger after race 4, with jockeys also complaining about their mounts having trouble with the footing. A meeting was held and video footage viewed of that race, and race 3, where footing troubles had also been experienced.

Anywhere else, the first sign of slipperiness brings a track inspection. But this was Ellerslie's grand opening, of the expensive foolproof track, with the biggest prize moneys ever in NZ.

A track inspection, of course. would alert the world to probable problems with that which cost the Auckland Racing Club $50 Million+ !

Somewhere, there was a voice: ' Come on boys, only 2 races to go and they're both worth a million $$. Be careful, and don't make us look bad. ' And after race 5 there were more complaints from riders about the slipperiness, and yet another meeting. But they pushed on, did race 6 and saved the Auckland Racing Club a lot of embarrassment. For now.

They got away with it on a 6-race programme, but that wouldn't have happened with the normal 10 races carded. Basically there's just an accident in waiting, and the Auckland Racing Club have yet another problem to try and fix. With strong rumours that Ellerslie's next meeting, on February 17, will be transferred

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WHEN YOU'VE GOT HEROES

January 29

' Twas about 29 years ago that a rapidly maturing 16 year-old had a crack at  footy fans.

' When you've got heroes, you can only be second best.'

She was belittling those who got drunk and watched rugby and league all weekend. Fair comment, but she needed reminding that some footy fans actually try and  emulate their heroes at the gym. To get fitter and stronger by being  Blocker Roach or Glen Lazarus in the boxing room.

The idea stayed, and I started considering the second-besters who drooled over television heroes like drug addict/sexual deviate/alcoholic Paul Holmes.Or Charlotte Dawson, who took ' early parole ' at age 47, penniless after blowing it all on shoes, chardonnay and tit jobs ! She also ended an unborn baby's life, in a marriage that lasted for 6 months. And so many thought she was wonderful.

Quite a collection of alcoholics and drug addicts have followed, with plenty of ' mental illness ' sufferers and runaway fathers. With wave after wave of these new super heroes emerging, coinciding with the worst-behaved teenagers in NZ history. The directionless youths, a 56% school truancy rate and horrific crime statistics.

While anything that's been a newsreader or movie star or ' influencer ' can easily become a national hero.  Just part of the New World Order's master plan to wreck the family, and it's working so well.  

Father is no longer head of the household and there is no place for the wisdom of uncles and grandfathers. Our great mentors in the era before television, when pubs closed at 6 pm. Community-spirited humans who went to war, started businesses and made farms. And our rugby heroes were school teachers, farmers and lawyers who all had day jobs.

 Now the mentors can be a radio ' star ' and even a Lotto ' star ' and they provide nearly 50% of the Herald's front page most days !

Mike and Heidi's hardest year yet

'I was just so thankful': Hayley Holt on son Frankie’s final gift

Kiwi actress shows off baby bump at Golden Globes

'Haven't looked back': Why Matty left TV for radio with P.J.

Samantha Hayes on breaking up and moving on: ‘I’ve failed at the most important thing in life’

The Chase’s Bradley Walsh mortified by surprise confrontation

'I talk to Jodi all the time': Simon Barnett on heartbreak, loss and a return to radio

Glamour TVNZ couple tie the knot at Northland beach wedding   ( One of this ' glamour couple ' is 53 and has spent a lifetime reading out sports results. It's his 3rd marriage )

Once locked into the horrible media system, these mindless wage earners become the classic trotting horses going through life wearing blinkers. But spare a thought for the second-besters who think they are interesting !

Footnote: This newsreader-nobody's ' failures ' were forecast in last November's Annual Prophecies:

' Hayes, Samantha:

Massive and difficult changes for television employee with Pluto-Mercury and Uranus-Mars issues. Jan, June, Aug, Nov, Dec crucial.'

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BIRTHDAYS

January 28

Birthdays of notable racing people this week:

 Sunday:  Robert Hickmott  55

Monday: Brian Anderton 87  Anne Herbert 66

Tuesday: Keith Hawtin 70 Geoff Farrell 68 Ricky May 66 Ryan Elliot 25

Wednesday:  Joseph Douglas 47  Shelley Houston 41  Jarrod Lynch 31

Thursday: Thayne Green 82  Greg  Chitty 77  Tony Lawrey 68  Lorraine Mathews 61

Friday: Garnett Taylor 60 Daniel Clarken 58 Jason Jago 50 Emma Lloyd 46 Kristy Banks 43 Tim Johnson 27

Saturday:  Steven Prince 63  Shawn Mathrick  55

' KIWI KEITH '

'Twas some 30+ years back, and a Trivial Pursuit test match at Ruakaka. 3 female stablehands versus myself and ex-jockeys Matt Faber and Mark McCrossan.

I got a few right, but the female team won easily. Notable was McCrossan's attempting to answer one question: Who was the New Zealander popularly known as ' Kiwi Keith ' ?

' Mine, mine, I know ' enthused McCrossan. '  works for Rogerson, Kiwi.....Keith Hawtin ! '

The 1960s prime minister Keith Holyoake was the correct answer.

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WHEN YOU DON'T BACK J MAC

January 27

Saturn negativity has been responsible for some of the greatest reversals in living memory.

Such in the chart of Australian coaching great Mal Meninga caused the prediction on the Kangaroos first-ever loss to Mate Ma'a Tonga in 2019 ! Same also brought great predictions on fellow coaching legends Graham Henry and Wayne Bennett etc, etc.

From the minute he arrived, champion jockey James McDonald was gonna have serious Saturn attacking his Venus position on the evening of Saturday, January 27, 2024, so he's a big risk at Ellerslie's big Karaka Millions meeting today. In spite of this in yesterday's media:

' The ex-pat Kiwi now universally rated one of the best jockeys in the world returns home for a rare raceday tomorrow and could end up on the favourite in both KM races.

Orchestral is challenging Molly Bloom for favouritism in the $1.5 million 3-year-old, while Velocious has been favourite for the $1m juvenile since McDonald’s riding engagement was announced. '

Something's gonna be pissing J Mac off this evening. Incurring a suspension, or just a luckless day with no wins ?

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RACING'S LATEST DRUG POSITIVE

January 26

Sweeping dirty shit under the carpet is part of NZ horse racing's DNA.

Latest is a positive dope test involving a high-profile stable from Auckland's flagship January 1 meeting at Pukekohe. One of the trainers involved is a serial offender with a very colourful judicial history.

News broke a week ago, but shall officially remain secret for at least another week. In order not to soil the serious week of the Karaka Millions meeting and the yearling sales ! For Karaka represents the biggest week in NZ racing, while really a big comb-over, a con job by old man racing, who's rapidly losing his hair.

There are so many problems in the underbelly, one being the number of  stuffed tracks and abandoned meetings.The year 2023 ended with 23 race meetings in the country being either abandoned, postponed or cancelled. A major WTF ? when the 3 main regions each have gained ' all-weather ' tracks in the last 3 years !

8 of the 23 abandoneds came after one race or several had been run. So many angry connections had to go home without racing and others on route suddenly had to turn around. 11 of the call-offs were in the Waikato and Auckland precincts.

During my time as a racing journo between August 1973 and May 1977, covering those northern regions, I remember only 2 cancellations. At Te Rapa ( after one race) and Whangarei the day before. Maybe one other, let's say 3 meetings in nearly 4 years compared to 11 in the 12 months of 2023 !

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SHAW AND SWARBRICK ' DONALDED ' AS WELL

January 24

When the mirth surrounding Goli Green-grabber's thieving episode had subsided, there had to be some serious consideration. Following the appearance of one Green leader in last November's Annual prophecies !

' Davidson, Marama:

Polly in need of supervision, and time out, with Pluto-Mars attacks in March, June and Jan 025. Neptune strain April, Sept.'

Obviously extremely ' Donalded ' and a resignation would not surprise. Next stop was another garbage gabbling, green space waster, and the analysis of co-leader James Shaw also earned a swear word. He's gonna be behaving erratically as well, with loony Uranus zooming over his Venus ( Taurus 21 ) position in April !

That finishes a 10-months turmoil phase for Shaw, but similar is starting soon afterwards for yet another very troubled greenhorn. Chloe Swarbrick's Mars is sited in Taurus 23, so the unpredictable terrorist will be having another chaotic zoom over. With Uranus-Mars mayhem a classic for dramatic employment restructuring !

Ms Swarbrick needs monitoring, and gardening leave in  May, November and March 2025. So there's gonna be loads more Green-related amusement, but also some very confused bloggers and log floggers. Like this loser:

Duncan Garner: Own Golriz - why I’m struggling to understand this.

Like so many, the drastically depreciating Dunga doesn't need to struggle with a thing like that ! He could spend more time understanding his children, wherever they may be.

Footnote: For the undereducated ' Donalded ' is a derivative of Cockney Rhyme's ' Donald Duck.'

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ONE AMAZING TAROT READER

January 22

The world has some very gifted, accurate seers and psychics. The real ones can identify events in your past or present about which they should have no idea.

February 1982, London. I had started learning Astrology 3 months earlier. Now a Gypsy girl is taking me to a recommended Tarot reader in Oxford St. This reader saw circles, something I was working on in my head. The Hierophant card came up, there was educating people back in my homeland, and making money from this.

He saw my mother with a foot injury. No, not your mother, she's with your father. Stepmother ? Yes. The next phone call home ascertained that my stepmother had 3 days in hospital with ankle problems. He also noted my erratic employment history, and saw disruption from a woman ' who could easily fall pregnant.'

One I had noticed a few days earlier, at a pub in poncey Rottingdean, before a successful interview for a live-in bartender's job. Blonde, age 33, mother of 3 to a very wealthy inheritor, who was a failed actor before becoming a professional drunk. He was fascinated by Astrology, especially with aspects indicating his unusual, unhappy marriage, and his love of escapism. We got on famously.

One fine Tuesday the wealthy inheritor and a mate took me to the Brighton races. His mate was a Daimler-driving geologist who hadn't worked for 4 years, but his family provided a cottage and a weekly allowance for him. He added ' esq ' after the surname on his cheque butts. Many of his ilk lived in historic, olde English Rottingdean on the south coast where about 90% were too wealthy to work.

Brighton raceday was drunkeness and debauchery to the max. Our loose leader led us into some Lord's private box and his normal behaviour got us marched out. I remember wobbling off the course with a pint.

Then waking to the loose leader's lovely wife, feeding me a rum laced with coffee, and a joint of hashish she borrowed from my jacket. With ' they've all gone out for dinner and we've got the place to ourselves.'

Plans started to be made. Their wealth included 12 properties in the USA, Spain and Switzerland, as well as England. Writing novels, doing Astrology and getting stoned heaps in foreign paradise as a kept toyboy made sense. Their wedding had been a shotgun job and the 3rd child wasn't planned either, so she must have been the disruption the Tarot man had warned me about !

Confirmed by her husband one evening, as we sat watching videos on his waterbed and drinking champagne. Hoping some hashish might knock him out so his wife and I could have some more quality time. Instead he suddenly turned:

' You know, you're really a stupid cunt ! '

Eh ? Me ?

' Getting tangled up with my missus. She's just a spoiled little bitch and she'll ruin your life. Go back home and do something useful with your fucking brain ! '

Then he started telling me a story about his old mate Spike Milligan.

That Tarot reader in Oxford St made a lot of sense, with the stepmother's foot, and the circles in my head were obviously Astrology charts. So I went home and tried to educate the nation. Identifying past events was the key to convincing people, as happened so often with callers to Newstalk ZB in that Golden 1994-2011 era of radio.

Unfortunately, the great science has gradually become very despised by the media system. Many have even told blatant lies, but only a seriously disturbed person could argue with this great collection:

http://www.donmurrayastrologer.com/predictions.html

Always remember: The Astrologer-seer-reader must be able to prove their worth with past performances.

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BIRTHDAYS

January 21

Birthdays of notable racing people this week:

Sunday:  Donna Logan 63 Jim Cassidy 61 Andrew Fowler 60 Tommy Berry 33

Monday:  Bob Killick 82 Brian Tims 76  Alan Sharrock and Barry Dowling  60  Shane Treweek 56  Debbie Henderson 50 Alex Forbes 29

Tuesday:  Barry Purdon 69

Wednesday:  Paul Preusker 52 Jason Warrington 50  Donna Robson 47

Thursday:  Kim Treweek 59  Warwick Coles 58  Glyn Schofield 57  Brent Stanley 45

Friday:  Darryn Weatherley and Rochelle Lockett 52  Jason Symes 42  Anna Jones 32

 Saturday:  Alan Galbraith 80 Trina Riddell  50   Kozzi Asano 29

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WHY EXPENSIVE YEARLINGS FLOP

January 19

January is the month of yearling sales, and therefore run-ups, swindles and ticket clippery. With most of the telephone number purchases ' Donalded ' as soon as they were foaled.

Astrological magnificence has produced zillions of great predictions on humans and the same principles can be applied to horses. Like successful humans, successful horses will be blessed with positive trines in the birth chart. Failures are unblessed with negative ' squares.'

In the past I have predicted failure for numerous high-priced, NZ yearling sale graduates, courtesy of their negative ' squares '. 2014-born Tangmere cost $1.3 million. He managed a win from 4 races in Sydney before being banished to Asia. Prolific NZ Purchaser David Ellis paid $2.2 million for the 2004-born Saperavi, who was retired after one win from 4 races and just $11k in stake money !

Ellis splashed again at the Gold Coast sales recently, squandering $3.7 mill on 3 yearlings of October 16, 18 and 19 births. There's a major chance of all mid-October 2022 borns becoming flops, through arriving under very negative Sun-Pluto, Mars-Neptune and Saturn-Uranus squares !

These horse purchasers never list their expensive flops in public and Ellis' record is as bad as anyone's. To be worsened by the class of mid-October 2022, with so many having awful similarities to the USA's iconic The Green Monkey. A  $16 million yearling purchase in 2006, his 3 race failures managed to  recoup just $10K !

C WALLER AND J MAC

The benchmark is the champion sprinter Black Caviar, unbeaten in her 25 starts. And born under brilliant Sun-Pluto and Jupiter-Uranus trines, with similarities to the human Chris Waller, Sydney's champion trainer. Waller has an extremely rare pair of Grand Trines-----Venus, Mars and Pluto in harmony and also Mercury and Jupiter locked together in perfection with Uranus and Saturn-- which keep him focused and making the right decisions.

Add 2 New Zealanders of the moment, both of January 1992 arrival, champion jockey James McDonald and boxer Joseph Parker. Both have the brilliance of the Sun, Uranus and Neptune locked together in Capricorn, in wonderful trines to fortunate Jupiter in Virgo at birth. That's why they keep producing.

For those seeking another Black Caviar, Sept 19, 2022 had the Virgo Sun and Capricorn Pluto in a perfect trine. And September 11 of that year contained another beauty, the Virgo Sun and brilliant Taurus Uranus in perfect harmony. 2-3 days either sides get the benefits as well.

Looking ahead to the latest southern hemisphere foal crop, September 16, 2023 was blessed with the awesome Uranus-Sun trine. The most notable flops will come from around October 21, 2023, when Pluto and the Sun were in angry mode..

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THE DIRTIEST MEDIA SCAM

January 17

Poor New Zealand. Soaring crime rates including murder, robberies and class A drugs. An horrific national debt and out-of-control youths, with an unbelievable  56% not going to school. You gotta wonder about Karma in a culture that celebrates so many cowards and liars.

Any excuses for this ?

In the late 1980s a " Psychic Sister Rose " began advertising her prowess at selecting lucky Lotto numbers in the SUNDAY NEWS. Including praising letters from delighted clients who’d struck paydirt from the kindly old nun’s lucky numbers and prayers.

 Around the same time I was advertising my racing system in sister publications. An advertising rep told me that Psychic Sister Rose was in fact the work of a Derek Russell !

  I wondered, and tested the system with an advertisement including a " Dear Don " letter from a happy client, thanking Don for a large trifecta, from " N.T, Mangere. "  No verification was requested, as I expected.

Psychic Sister Rose was a big bonus for an advertising manager. $300 or $400 adverts every week for nearly 20 years. A conservative $300K spend, so she would have taken a lot more than that from gullible K.I.W.I.s. Psychic Sister Derek just had to keep dreaming up fresh letters, but there was a glaringly obvious error. 

No street address appeared in the advert, which at the time was legally required for anybody requesting money !

 And that went on for 20 years ? After the tale was related on www.donmurrayastrologer.com, a cousin of the late Derek Russell contacted me. Derek had been a successful lawyer in Auckland in the 1970s and 1980s before the booze wrecked everything. He found a new Asian love, disappeared to Dunedin, got into a Fillipino bride racket and invented Psychic Sister Rose. 

Eventually Psychic Sister Derek drank herself to death. 

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' BROWN GIRLS IN PARLIAMENT '

January 16

The 2023 Chinese Year of the Cat/Rabbit/Pussy has produced an unbelievable trifecta of non-white female politicians behaving badly.

NZ had the infamous drunken Maori sheilas, Kiri Allan and Tory Whanau, and now Goli the thief.

There's a quaddie looming, after this one's November 2023 appearance !

' Davidson, Marama:

Polly in need of supervision, and time out, with Pluto-Mars attacks in March, June and Jan 025. Neptune strain April, Sept.'

Time for  a remake of Boney M's 1979 classic----- ' Brown girls in parliament, tra la-la la-la '

Boney M - Brown Girl In The Ring (With HQ Audio) (youtube.com)

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GHAHRAMAN AND THE M.S FORMULA

January 15

Amidst the comedy of the shoplifting dramas last week, I had a flashback. Little Ms Perfect has prediction history. Like an epic in November 2018's Annuals !

Ghahraman, Golriz:

Massive and difficult changes for Greens MP with Pluto-Node complications until late 020 and Uranus attacking her Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. May and Nov 2019 crucial too.'

In February 2020, Ghahraman revealed that she was living with multiple sclerosis, claiming that she was diagnosed with the disease about 18 months earlier !

Not a bad prediction, and brief consideration was given to a place in the G.O.A.T. list. Impossible, though, to imagine it in the Hall of Fame alongside great humans like Konrad Hurrell, Wayne Bennett, Jarrod McCracken, Sir Graham Henry and Wayne Hillis etc. Maybe at the same table as Prince Harry and Martin Devlin ?

More important would be Goli the suspended Poli locating her time of birth, for humanitarian causes. Whence an early detection formula for Multiple Sclerosis would be found, so sufferers can have plenty of warning ! Also the depressing aspects which supervised Ms Perfect's desires to be a  thief would be identified.

Her co-operation wouldn't be guaranteed, though. When I introduced myself at a pre-election rally in 2017 seeking birth information, Ms Ghahraman scoffed with " I don't believe in Astrology."

' Do you know anything about it ? ' earned another scowl, quite a normal reaction for members of those awfully poisoned, recent generations.Those who thought the tortures or tertiary terminated their need for education. But she did donate January 8, 1982, without an arrival time.

 Resulting in that reasonably phenomenal prophecy  of November 2018, and there shall be another in November 2024.Because revolutionary Pluto will be hammering that same Mercury, Venus and Jupiter mix, in the years of 2025, 26 and 27, with some difficult progressions as well. There will be ' Gap ' years recommended, with more ' massive and difficult changes ' than she experienced in 2019-20

So why would little Ms Perfect, supposed champion of the oppressed, want to nick those trendy clothes valued at around $15K ?

She was born with Venus ( Aquarius  7 degrees ) in a very tight and difficult aspect to Jupiter at Scorpio 7. It's a terrible placement for close relationships and business partnerships, with much self-indulgence and over-extravagance involved. Same appears in the chart of an icon of wastefulness and partnership failure, Auckland restaurant owner leo molloy.

 Poor Goli Wog. Gonna be a very interesting ' case history ' from 2025 onwards.

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BIRTHDAYS

January 14

Birthdays of notable racing people this week.

Sunday:  Fred Cornege 75 Noel Harris 69 Greg Hall 68 Brett Crozier 66  Greg Cave 61  Alan Munro 57 Bjorn Baker 46  Racha Cuneen 32

Monday:  David Payne 76

Tuesday:   Luk Chin 81 Bill Londregan 70  Michael Cahill 59  Troy Corstens 50

Wednesday:  Stan Aitken 70

Thursday:  Kevin Rohloff 74  Richard Dunwoody 60 Jason Patton 51 Josh Parr 37 Sam Bergerson 30

Friday:  Dan Deegan 71 Len Winters 64 Mark Phillips 62 Michael Rodd 42

Saturday:  Raymond Bruce 61 Paul Falvey 59 Toni Moki 40   Patrick Holmes 37  Maddie Raymond 31

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NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TONY LEE

January 12

Nothing beats the wonderful Astrology when it comes to brightening a gloomy tunnel.

The casebook is laden with tales of patient people awaiting the departure of Pluto or Neptune negativity. And preparing for wonderful advancement from awesome Uranus !

Consider the downtrodden Tony Lee, forced to finish 40 years of race calling in NZ on January 20. In reality just another wage-earning, media lifer, reluctant to retire, and personal life hasn't been very kind to him in recent years.  T Lee was actually living in his car for a while in 2022, when deceptive Neptune in Pisces was smashing his Jupiter ( Virgo 24 ). Last year's reversals included erratic Uranus in Taurus smashing his Node ( Scorpio 20 ), a phase that finishes in March.

T Lee was ' Certainly annoyed, angry, hurt, ' but he can stop gazing at the noose and contemplating razor blades ! There is reason to stay alive, because Taurus and Virgo are good mates. Which means erratic Uranus gets brilliant and shall be making positive trines to T Lee's Jupiter position ! Notably in May and December, then March of 2025.

With some awesome, recently predicted, Uranus-Jupiter case history assisting a  polly named Winston Peters. After 3 years in political wilderness, Peters returned and within a fortnight was actually the acting prime minister !

A BGP STRIKE ?

 Many are the losers in the awesome racing industry who find anything to grizzle about. The upcoming departure of T Lee has saddened the masses, but there is a very obvious class action if the great unwashed seriously want to retain him. Lee's principal supporter is a portly official from Wanganui, who is very involved in the strange BGP mob---Boys Get Paid--- who bet heavily and occasionally make a small profit.

More like Bogans Getting Pulverised, but a big asset to the struggling industry which desperately needs losers to help with their stake money. BGP have already got some $300K+ to squander on Karaka Millions day, January 27.  Now they have the chance to flex some muscle, to be like gang members or even the great men of Mate Ma'a Tonga in 2019 and  point a gun at the head of the hierarchy:

Bring back Tony Lee, or we'll take our squanderings to another bet provider !  And T-Lee lovers everywhere would automatically follow their leading lambs into the shearing shed.

Rather ironically, T Lee's career has matched the horrific demise of NZ racing this century. Betting turnovers have been tumbling, with stake money propped up by borrowings from NZTR reserves and the new TAB owner's bribes. NZ racing has just experienced the leanest christmas in history, with pathetically small fields from the rapidly dwindling horse population. Lee and his fellow promoters obviously haven't been exciting enough to retain the deserters or attract new blood.

Ideally, the Uranus-Jupiter awesomeness will help T Lee find a better life away from the self-destructing cesspit. At age 66 he may discover that there is more to life than talking about horse racing.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

In my late teens the same, awesome Uranus-Jupiter trine lifted me out of a possibly depressing T Lee situation. I too was dumped, by NZ Racing Conference after 2 years of dead-end clerical work. Uranus supervised me getting a hall porter's position at racing enthusiast Jim Coltman's Grand Hotel in Wellington. I also got my first car and was introduced to Marijuana.

 You can get away with all kinds of misdemeanours under Uranus awesomeness. Including being found to have spent a night with Daisy the dishwasher in the strictly-out-of-bounds female staff quarters at the Grand. A fellow porter was initially wrongly mistaken as the culprit and sacked instantly. Until he pleaded his innocence, then urged me to go and hand myself in. Coltman's general manager, Eddie Feeley, was also a racing enthusiast. I was exonerated with ' find me a winner  and  don't get fucking caught again.'

OUR GREAT RELIEF

Last weekend ended 2 years of Pluto negativity for myself. So The Champion Racing System devotees have had to tread warily, and we haven't had a punt since our $8.50 winner last October 4 !

Difficult Pluto phases need to be managed carefully and we haven't done too badly, with just 21 investments for 8 wins in the last 5 years. With an average win dividend of  $12.42 on a 38% winning strike rate !

And I am so looking forward to my next 3 years loaded with awesome Pluto and Uranus phases.

http://www.donmurrayastrologer.com/champion-racing-system.html

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ARDERN ON A LIE DETECTOR

January 10

Imagine strapping that thing to a lie detector ?

Recent:  ' Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern and fiance Clarke Gayford have been engaged since 2019, but called off their wedding ceremony amid the Covid-19 Omicron outbreak in January 2022. Will they get their happy day this summer? '

There was a ginormous explosion and NZ was plunged into darkness after the lie detector's reaction ! Ardern had suddenly called off the January 2022 ceremony after receiving a phone call from a high-ranking policeman. Her groom had been naughty. All related to a chartered accountant's boat and the drug squad on Waiheke Island.

Suddenly Ardern needed an excuse to not become Mrs Gayford and decided a lockdown would help her ! You could also ask, how much money did she make out of  Covid ?

SHOW ME THE MONEY

During the pinnacle year, 2021, Ardern was benefitting from an awesome Uranus-Moon trine, one associated with great achievement that can only happen twice in a lifetime. Great financial achievement obviously happened, with her very ambitious, secret-hiding Capricorn Moon residing in the 2nd House of finance, and ruling the 8th House that's associated with bequeathed and gifted money.  A bonus from Mr Pfizer and co ?

In days gone by, investigative journos would have sorted all that shit out. Like the Auckland Star greats who uncovered the Arthur Allan Thomas cops corruption. Now the great diggers and delvers are dead and buried, ever since Key's National government took over, along with Ardern's pay-off early in the Covid era.

Winston Peters referred to ' that $55 million you buggers were bribed with ' when he spat at the media scabs during one of his mobile press conferences in December. Obviously an embargo was placed on Gayford-Ardern stories, and we haven't come to the best ones.

' Ms Ardern, who got your Brazilian nanny pregnant ? '

I know that answer, but official confirmation is needed. Of what a Morrinsville resident told me in December 2020, with a stern wag of her index  finger: ' It is fact. I have known the Arderns for a very long time ! '

' Ms Ardern, who wrote the mother's day card that Neve gave you in May, 2022 ? '

This was Gold-plated,too. Ardern was gushing about the card and the ' fishy kisses ' on a breakfast show, then it was all dissected by a handwriting expert. Who noted the incredible, grammatical and punctuation accuracy of 3 year-old Neve ! Then compared it with her mother's handwriting. Almost identical, with special emphasis on the ' Y T R U and S.'

We've noted many times that Ardern's love life is severely restricted by a very tight Venus-Saturn block. So many examples of same in horrific marriages, the most recent being the Australian cyclist Rohan Dennis who's been charged with murdering his wife.

' Ms Ardern, was baby Neve planned ?Yes, by her bloody father.

One of Astrology's many greats is the contraception method. A woman is at her peak of fertility when the Sun-Moon angle at birth recurs each month. Much more reliable than the catholic method, and with backtracking you can also calculate the days when a child was conceived.

During my studies for the 2017 general election, I had noted a time of Saturn-Venus sadness for Ardern soon afterwards. This didn't fit with Labour's advantage and the likelihood of power if Winston Peters came on board ? When she did become prime minister there was the sensational pregnancy announcement, and the backtracking confirmed that her Saturn-Venus sadness came from the probability of gaining a belly full of arms and legs:

' I told you to pull out, you cunt,' she blasted Clarke. ' I don't want a kid to fuck up my political career at age 37 ! '

Clarkie and fellow Scorpio Moon possessors are renowned for their deep gloom and depressions, and uncontrollable passions. And are often associated with unplanned pregnancies. You can't change the past, but you can prepare for the future. As per its appearance last November:

' Ardern, Jacinda:

Major personal problems from solar arc Mars clashes in March, Nov. Uranian career issues in July, Oct before a major Pluto-Sun comedown in 025 with March highlighted.'

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PRINCE ANDREW'S ' TURMOIL '

January 8

 The first warnings of NZ's angry and violent Christmas 2023 were here about 2.5 years ago.

All the lay-offs and liquidations, without forgetting the lootings and the loony gangsters on their trail bikes. And the nation with so many prolific pissheads, punters, pokie addicts and P-heads  is borrowing more than a billion a week to service these addictions !

All about that Jupiter-Sun skirmish peaking last October, and the destructive Mars-Pluto collision that shall be easing in the next week or so. With a serious, saddening Saturn-Moon solarc phase straining homes and families until March. Murder is on the rise, too.

' The Police Association Te Aka Hāpai said the dramatic increase in homicides over Christmas and New Year was unheard of.Vice-president Steve Watt said it was something he had not seen in his 23-year career.'

42 years of Astrological study  has convinced me that everything is planned. Backed up by hundreds of sensational prophecies, with the plot having provision for sceptics, cowards, liars, losers, lifers, lucky bastards and those who get away with murder. Literally and figuratively.

And the ink was hardly dry on the November 2023 Annual Prophecies when another couple of targets were being lined up !

' The Duke of York is braced for fresh controversy as a US court prepares to release a tranche of documents relating to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Almost 200 legal papers connected to a 2015 defamation case brought by Virginia Giuffre – who accused Prince Andrew of abusing her as a teenager – against Ghislaine Maxwell, are due to be unsealed this week. '

No surprises here, after the November 2023 appearance !

' Andrew, Prince of England:

Turmoil continues for the Royal embarrassment with Uranus-Moon emotional problems and Neptune-Jupiter confusion.April, June, Sept, Nov crucial before Uranus-Sun chaos in 025.'

Also:

Celine Dion, battling rare disorder, 'no longer has control over muscles'

Claudette Dion has shared a health update for her sister, Celine Dion, who is currently battling a rare neurological disorder called Stiff-Person Syndrome. "She's working hard, but she doesn't have control over her muscles. "

From November 2023:

Dion, Celine:

Incredible come down for the entertainer with Pluto antagonising her Moon and Mars and Uranus doing same to Jupiter. Needs to rest in April, May, July, Sept, Oct.'

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BIRTHDAYS

January 7

Birthdays of notable racing people this week including a milestone for Robbie Patterson.

Sunday: Fred Kersley 85  Dave Enright 80 Danny Bougoure 58 Michael Patton 57  Lisa Enright 50      

Monday: Gary Willetts 81

Tuesday: Michael Hellyer 36  Josh Oliver 27

Wednesday: Leon Corstens 78  Symon Wilde 43

Thursday: Ray Johnson 68 Mandy Brown 55

Jan 12  Les Didham 70  Richard Yetton 68  Stephen Ralph 61 Tony Sneddon 55  Oliver Peslier 53 Robbie Patterson 50   Kane Bradley 45  James Cummings 36  Amelia Denby 34

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HOW THEY FIX HORSE RACES

January 5

One of the many fascinations in Australian horse racing is ' play money. '

Consider an NZ jockey, who went over with a trainer and a couple of horses in the 1970s. NZ jockey made an impression, and was offered a mount by  a local trainer at the provincials. Said mount was punted in to be nearly favourite.

As the trainer legged the jockey up in the birdcage, he told him he had ' a grand to play with.' Jockey wondered WTF  that was Around at the start, a local jockey mate enlightened him:

' It's to pay us off in the race. You can offer me $400 to shift off the fence for you or give Rodney or Pat $200 to block somebody else.' The top dozen riders were very helpful to each other, and owners provided the play money. Which increases when the stakes get bigger.

Even 50 years ago, Melbourne Mick was known to offer a rival jockey $500 just to make a solid pace. Another great story from a Brisbane jockey, who was offered $3000 just to make the pace in a midweek, maiden middle-distance race in 1988 !

 He rode his no-hoper very hard and almost got to the lead after 600 metres, then spent the next 1400 going backwards. Next meeting Dave the briber whisked him out of sight and earshot, with ' at least you tried, ' and pressed $1500 into his hand. ( How much could you earn today making the pace in a race like the Melbourne Cup ? )

Every Australian jockeys' room had someone in charge of betting operations. Brisbane Mick actually paid one of his disqualified ' employees ' weekly wages during time out. This jockey, also named Mick, had got penalised after he sat quietly on his mount to let Mick the boss win narrowly. As per instructions.

 I was once having coffee in the Sandown jockeys' room while the hurdle riders organised the first race. With one appointed to ' look after the kid on the favourite, ' which fell just over a lap from home !

Zillions of stories, and no shortage in NZ either.  In 1951, 8 hurdle jockeys were disqualified after a long-running investigation into race-fixing with an illegal bookmaker. There have still been plenty of races rigged by various NZ jockeys since, many involving the trifecta. One rider of a despised outsider told  me how she copped a whip slashing from Macca after wrecking the boys' trifecta.

In recent decades their room has become a mini Wall St after the penultimate race. The last race, as the final Pick 6 leg, has a lot of money and lobbying involved. i.e senior jockey Wallet  once offered apprentice jockey Dasher $1000 in the 1980s to hook up the favourite in the final leg !

 On another occasion, Stumpy was promising cash incentives to fellow riders if they let Lethal win the last. On behalf of a large punter, who had approached a certain jockeys' agent. Who had the right to enter the jockeys' room to see his client Stumpy, and issue instructions. Lethal's mount did win, and the large punter shouted Stumpy and his agent a trip to Hong Kong.

Amazing experiences, with racing just another chapter in life's awesome comic book when I departed journalism. There was no reason to bet without the inside information. Then you discover Astrology in London in 1981, and formulae for days of great and unexpected happiness Applied to fellows like Wallet, now a trainer and 2-2 on the Astrological system, with an average win dividend of $15.75 for us !

So much fun plundering such an exciting, crooked industry that's riddled with jealousy and losers. So much to look forward to, with hopes that trainer Wallet lines up on a certain day in the 2024 winter for another lovely dividend..

http://www.donmurrayastrologer.com/champion-racing-system.html

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The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
Pablo Picasso

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AUSTRALIA 4 YEARS AGO

January 3

The warning here on January 2, 2020 when analysing the Australian bushfires:

' There could be a slight easing of Australia's woes after the Saturn-Ascendant attack finished on January 1, but there's another very serious phase for Aussie with Saturn sitting on the midheaven point ( Capricorn 24.23 ) in the week or 2 before January 26.

Even more destructive for Australia, with revolutionary Pluto supervising massive and difficult changes when he sits on that crucial point in the next 2 years.

With February, June and December being very serious months for Australia in 2020, and September and October of 2021.'

Absolute Gold, and this amazing prophecy had to make the G.O.A.T list. February introduced Covid to Australia ! Which officially went into recession in June ! As predicted, the big curse was lifted in November 2021.

Meaning that 2 awesome recessions were predicted in consecutive years ! In mid-2021 the warnings for NZ's 2023 started, about the ' late-year liquidations and lay-offs looming ' which have been happening so dramatically.

Recessions aren't usually described as ' awesome. ' As great prophecies these are so, just like carefully-calculated betting coups, cricket and rugby league shocks etc. Another sign that the Astrological machine is thriving and giving us confidence in future prophecy.

When not many other systems are working !

You know, some people got no choice
and they can never find a voice
to talk with that they can even call their own
So the first thing that they see
that allows them the right to be
why they follow it, you know, it's called bad luck.
 

Lou Reed

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WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT

January 1

30 years ago today the great Astrological renaissance in NZ began.

One hour from 2 pm with Murray Deaker happened for 18 consecutive years on Newstalk ZB, and after a few New Year's Days was moved to the 2nd or 3rd Sunday in January. The big feature was callers phoning in with a birthdate for a quick analysis. Recent major upheavals or downheavals were identified, which amazed everybody, before a this-year forecast was given.

Back in October 1992 I had written a letter to Radio Pacific about my talent. For 2 years I'd been writing a weekly column in the horse racing publication Friday Flash, making all kinds of successful predictions on racing, rugby league and the Gulf War etc. Pacific liked the idea, and slotted me in for a One on One hour with veteran broadcaster Tim Bickerstaff.

An impressive debut it was, plenty of callers phoning in and the generally cynical Bickerstaff admitted it ' had been a revelation.' Another letter to Radio Pacific suggesting some Astrological regularity got no consideration. Out of frustration, several letters were sent to various radio stations. 12 months later Newstalk ZB replied and suggested a trial with a Murray Deaker on the first day of 1994.

THE LAURIE MAINS ERA

Predictions were made on various sporting stars, and reviewed next year with over 90% constantly correct. After the January 1,1994 debut, a special appearance happened in June. To warn the nation about destructive Pluto attacking the Sun of All Blacks coach Laurie Mains that year !

The 22–8 victory on 26 June was the biggest win by France over New Zealand up to then. In the second test, on 3 July, France won again, 23-20. It was the first time a side from a northern hemisphere nation had won a test series against the All Blacks. In total, the All Blacks had just 2 wins from 6 tests in 1994 . The 1995 RWC disaster was also forecast.

Suddenly Astrology was all the rage, more than just ' tea leaves and crystal balls, ' as Deaker would often claim.  There was plenty of television and radio coverage, but it all started changing after John Key's National Party came to power in 2008. Like TV3's iconic Campbell Live eventually getting the dump. Key and co had been worried about John Campbell digging deep and asking too many questions. In the interim, mainstream investigative journalism has died. So has out-of-the-square thinking, like Astrology.

MISERABLE NATION MAINTENANCE

There were major advertisers who didn't like the bone being pointed at national treasures like Team NZ or the All Blacks. Plus Astrology used to piss a lot of the know-all broadcasters off, because there is little room for argument. Right or wrong. Mostly right.

I did ask Deaker for a promotional quote in 2004: ' Nobody gets the talkback lines ringing like Don Murray. His New Year predictions have become legendary, ' was the donation. But 18 years of amazing reviews from Deaker still couldn't convince the Newstalk ZB bosses to give the great science more air space.

Of course, as is obvious with the daily headlines, the rulers want the great unwashed to live in fear and gloom, and be pessimistic and angry. Merely shrugging a national disaster off with ' Pluto whacking (somebody's) Mars ' isn't part of the game plan. So I moved on, concentrating on the horse racing system and developed new formulae for longshots. With stunning statistics, like 8 wins from only 21 plunges in the last 5 years, with an average win dividend of $12.42 on a 38% winning strike rate !

Helping your fellow human is the purpose of life and I still had desires on the Indian Astrological market. The great science is a major part of their culture and early in 2012 an Indian client suggested that a new Indian radio station in Auckland might be interested in me. Were they ever ! A  long-standing aim was realised, with a weekly, prime-time 5 minutes gig on Humm fm. So thousands more were fortunate to gain enlightenment during 8 wonderful years.

A NEW WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT

If Auckland-based horse trainer Nicholas Bishara lines up on January 1, 2030, he wins.

 Exactly 6 years notice, to eclipse the current World record for long-range prophecy, after the 5 years, 4 months and 3 days warning for Matamata trainer Wayne Hillis on July 4, 2012, that returned a $9.80 win dividend. A query to the Guiness Book of Records, found no section for predictions or prophecies. A fee of 10,000 UK pounds was requested to verify my claim. I took that as confirmation that there had been none better, so a World Record was set on November 7, 2017.

There's a plan B in the toolbox, after exactly 7 years notice for Wanganui trainer Rochelle Lockett last November 30. It must be noted that N Bishara is not firing at the moment, with 47 runners in 5 months of the current season, for 0 wins. Obviously the planetary influences are not as positive for him as they shall be on January 1, 2030 !

The Wayne Hillis-trained Watch This Space ( No 1, yellow, black sash ) setting the World Record on November 7, 2017: ( skip the first 50 seconds of waffle)

https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/46406/6/Race-Detail.aspx

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