give John my best

He's a fellow KIWI and would not associate with someone who thinks everyone is Mike. It's safe to say you have not had lunch with him but you can find his pic on Google and have a meet up with him.

I hear you have a cardboard size cutout of Mike Petrelli and you get busy with it every night,

Try Wild Horse Nine-you'll laugh, feel happy, feel sad...
Malkovich kinda tour de force
 I give it 3 and a quarter, maybe even three and a half

Are they allowed to race after midnight.

2 and 4 both lost their drivers.  The 6 jumped off stride on the lead and almost went down with everyone behind backing up into him.  Ken Warkentin announced all drivers and horses were up and okay.

Now an even longer 20-minute wait. Now they must consider cancelling the rest of the card, as drivers have to sit out a race if they hit the ground. No drivers left for race 9