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  1. So 10 weeks in and this is where we all sit. The average team collect to date is $20,710.60 (by my basic maths), so 7 teams are above the average, 5 teams below. It's impossible to work out the exact total-spend due to some people taking the $2 quinella option and others not, but without the quinellas we've spent a total of $5,600 each, $22,400 per team, a grand total of $268,800 imaginary dollars over 10 weeks. Only Team McGinty has so far recovered an amount greater than that of their team-total spend. Showing just how close the top 6 teams are, Team Bonecrusher sits number 1 on the overall points table but in $$$$ earned they only rank number 5. There is only $373.80 between the second highest tally and the sixth highest tally - the McGinty greed sees them clear on the dollars-earned table
  2. 1. Ellerslie R6 6, 12 2. Rosehill R2 1, 2 3. Rosehill R3 6, 9 4. Rosehill R4 3, 16 5. Rosehill R5 5, 9 6. Rosehill R6 1, 3 BEST BET 7. Rosehill R7 4 8. Rosehill R9 17 9. Flemington R4 11, 12 10. Flemington R7 2, 6 11. Flemington R8 9 BEST BET 12. Flemington R9 4, 12 Thanks once again to SNM for the comp and the scoring, and to Scooby for the platform to do this. Best of luck to Team Imperatriz in the H2H, but not too much luck. GO THE MIGHTY CRUSHERS!!!
  3. Sat in there MANY a time myself. NOT in 1943 however. Or even 1953, 1963, or even 1973. But late 70's through the 80's, 90's and early noughties, but rarely since then and several years now since I set foot in the place at all.
  4. Well National wants the sport gone and Labour wants the sport gone. What hope? I mean, how often do they agree on anything?
  5. The outright lies told by the ATC leadership through the media makes them unworthy of support, which is a really sad thing to have to say. But it is FACT. End of!!
  6. Pick 6 was like that originally. I remember on occasion getting the first 4 legs in and then going to Alexandra Park to watch the last two legs run live. It really was a whole-day experience.
  7. Pete Lane posted this link on Page 1 of this thread. https://www.racingnews.co.nz/fogarty-turning-passion-into-career-path/
  8. It shows how few people even know that Harness Racing still exists in Auckland today. In the comments section below the article, one person asked if the track was being used anymore. Nobody else seemed to know.
  9. Australian developers have consent to build 193 new apartments at Auckland’s Alexandra Park, demolishing one of two grandstands to make way for the scheme to add even more units to the land off Greenlane West Rd. Lance Rosenberg, managing director of Sydney-headquartered financier Gleneagle Securities, said that the business had permission to develop Parkview on Cornwall on land at the Epsom end of the site. One older grandstand will be demolished because it stood on land Gleneagle had bought, while the larger main grandstand would remain, he said. Inside the old Epsom Stand, soon to be demolished, at Alexandra Park. Photo / Jason Dorday Demolition of the Epsom Stand would start in the next few weeks with Ward Demolition winning the contract. Rosenberg said that was necessary for the scheme to proceed “and it’s a fire risk. Part of the land we’ve purchased has that [Epsom] stand on it. We have consent from Auckland Council to build apartments beside the existing [Centennial] stand. We will have to demolish the [Epsom] stand to develop our land.” Plans to potentially turn the 100-year-old 35ha Avondale Racecourse into thousands of new houses and apartments have spurred concerned residents in that area to plan a community meeting next week. At Alexandra Park, council consent documents showed the Australians’ land is at 223-229 Greenlane West Rd. Apartment blocks designed by Paul Brown and Associate Architects are called Queen of the Park and Cardigan Bay. The Australian developers' plans for Alexandra Park showing the Centennial Stand (left) to remain but the Epsom Stand (right) to be demolished. Photo / supplied by Gleneagle Securities Rosenberg supplied this map (above) which outlines in pink the 16,000sq m of land which Gleneagle has bought. “There will be a whole road width plus footpaths - at least 15m to 20m - to the south away from the Auckland Trotting Club’s existing Centennial grandstand. This first stage will back on to Green Lane West,” Rosenberg said. “On the old Epsom Grandstand site we are applying for resource consent for 50-plus apartments facing the racetrack. This will be at least a full road width plus garden area of around 12-14m to the east away from the current Alexandra Trotting Club Centennial stand. This will be our next stage of development. Plans for new apartments at Alexandra Park. Photo / Auckland Council resource consent application The old Epsom Stand is not safe or fit for purpose and it is a requirement of the council to demolish as part of the subdivision consent, he said. “We will be making good and preserving the beautiful heritage gates and walls, which are protected by the council.” Gleneagle Securities had raised $75m from New Zealand and Australian investors via syndication to partly fund the scheme, he said. Three years ago, the business bought 1.6ha of land from the Auckland Trotting Club for $52m. Stage one would be 52 apartments in a block of four levels. Plans for the second apartment building at Alexandra Park - Cardigan Bay is stage two of the scheme. Photo / Gleneagle Securities Apartments would sell from about $750,000 to $5m. Marketing of Queen of the Park would begin in a few weeks. Gleneagles’ partner is Podia, also from Sydney. Plans on Gleneagle’s website show the much larger second stage, Cardigan Bay. CMP Construction had won the contract to build the apartments, Rosenberg said. Plans for the new apartment scheme at Alexandra Park. Photo / Auckland Council resource consent application “We’ve prioritised Queen of the Park and will move to Cardigan Bay if the market is there. We’re not committed yet.” Demolition of part of the grandstand would occur in the next two months, then early works would start. It would take 18 to 20 months. Saren Loo is assisting Gleneagles on this side of the Tasman, based in Auckland, representing the owner’s interest. Epsom Balconies in the old Epsom Stand, about to be demolished. Photo / Jason Dorday The resource consent says: “The heritage gates, wall, ticket booths and turnstile building are proposed to be refurbished and retained at the Green Lane West street frontage of the site and will provide the main pedestrian and bicycle access and entrance to the site.” The aesthetic values of the site as a landmark within a large racetrack setting are the values potentially most affected by the reduction in the size of its surrounds. The new layout of the site retains reasonable breathing space around the heritage structure that presents appropriately to the street, the consent said. Crafted steps up into the old Epsom Stand, now about to be demolished. Photo / Jason Dorday Consent is for 193 units with 164 car parks and 204 bike parks. “The new buildings and landscaping proposed create a development and environment which utlises the currently under-utilised part of Alexandra Park in a manner that sits comfortably within the site context and the overall urban transformation of the Alexandra Park Urban Village that is anticipated on the site,” the consent documents say. The old Epsom Stand (right) is to be demolished while the newer stand (left) will remain at Alexandra Park. Photo / Jason Dorday The buildings will provide a contribution to the urban built form and urban transformation of this part of Alexandra Park in a manner that is consistent with the wider masterplan aspirations for the site that is compatible with the site context, the application said. The buildings have been appropriately separated to retain and emphasise strong visual sightlines and permeability through the site as well as provide two distinctive individual buildings each with its own identity, the documentation said. Anne Gibson has been the Herald’s property editor for 24 years, has won many awards, written books and covered property extensively here and overseas.
  10. I read an article in the NZ Herald online yesterday, where the ATC has sold a bunch more land between the newer grandstand and the recent apartment development and this will see another 193 apartments built. Hence the old grandstand will be demolished, and this is probably why the Hall of Fame had to go, not because they needed the spot for a carpark, as started by the ATC, at all. It appears one cannot provide a link or copy & paste from the app, but I'll try and find the same story on their website. Update; https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/alexandra-park-epsom-stand-to-be-demolished-193-apartments-planned/AMNZ2QSZVNC4JOR3PUDX5FLZYA/#:~:text=Australian developers have consent to,land off Greenlane West Rd.
  11. It's certainly not easy to line them up sometimes, especially when they're wide apart and/or 5 or 6 abreast, but it's funny sometimes how they have the winner fighting back to retake a lead they never surrendered anyway! But we only have to watch - the commentator has to think what to say at the same time AND remember all of the colours and names. It's certainly not something may of us could do.
  12. Well this comment from January 20th has certainly proven to be prophetic. It was made after Race 1 on Day 1 of this competition. I'd just landed a Best Bet quinella and a collect $775.20 from the first race (Alf called for me to be swabbed), and narrowly topped (by less than $10 from the current #1, winner69) the individual standings at the end of Day 1 with $1167.20. Ten weeks later I can't even collect anywhere near half the amount over 12 races that I originally collected from one race. Talk about peaking too early. A bad case of premature something I should get this result framed. It's been all downhill ever since One needs to AVERAGE $750 per week to stay on top around here. Congratulations to all those that have successfully humbled me since opening day Still, somehow I'm still sitting 7th, and going in I didn't expect to make the top 24, so I'm still have so much fun. Thank you so much, Scooby and John. Trentham R4 # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 4 The Odyssey Courtney Barnes 21.60 4.80 3 Nereus Jonathan Riddell 1.70 6 Final Return Chris Dell 3.00 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 3,4 48.30
  13. I think the secret to our success next week is to pretend that it's a handicap, and that our team name is not Bonecrusher, but Cylinder.