Forums

Brad Cox edged Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen to claim the top prize in the Maryland Jockey Club's $100,000 bonus program offered to trainers for their participation in stakes races over Preakness Weekend at Pimlico Race Course. View the full article

Godolphin's dual Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Thunder Snow (IRE) will bypass Royal Ascot and instead run in the June 8 Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park, trainer Saeed Bin Suroor announced May 19.  View the full article

Pukekohe selections for Thursday 23/5/19 (By John Jenkins) Race 1 5 Hattie Bee 4 In A Minute 2 Bak Da Master 10 Arite Guru Race 2 3 Krakadeel 6 Vedo Rosso 12 Lady Azamour 5 Heza Big Hope Race 3 1 Wild Like 3 Pineapple Lump 2 Midnight Duke 6 Persistence Race 4 6 Caribbean […]View the full article

Hi Chestnut and all ,   Comp R1 : Eagle Farm R3 2.20pm :  8 Comp R2 : Ellerslie R5 2.39pm :  8            Best Bet Comp R3 : Eagle Farm R4 2.55pm : 4  Comp R4 : Eagle Farm R5 3.35pm (BONUS RACE) : 1  Comp R5 : Eagle Farm R6 4.15pm : 1  Comp R6 : Eagle Farm R7 4.55pm  (BONUS RACE) : 7  Comp R7 : Royal Randwick R7 5.10pm : 11       Best Bet  Comp R8 : Eagle Farm R8 5.35pm (BONUS RACE) : 6  Comp R9 : Eagle Farm R9 6.15pm : 14  Comp R10 : Flemington R9 6.40pm : 6        Thank you

All the best for this weekend.  A ticket to the Melbourne Cup for the winner!! Well worth a throw at the stumps.

There are also quite a few trotters that seem to go away far better from the outside of the unruly,instead of say the inside or middle of the unruly line. Its got to be a psychological thing for horses that do that. Majestic hurricane is one of those that seems very claustrophobic.  Maybe its the same for st Michel.  I've pointed out previously the confusing thing is in the north island your starter has been sending any horse playing up pre start to the outside of the unruly horses. In the south island the Canterbury starter has been sending them to the inside of the unruly horses. Surely there should be some consistency amongst starters.One of them is wrong, not sure which one.

Last start Group 3 winner Vigor Winner will be vying for more stakes success when he tackles the Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.  The Lauren Brennan-trained galloper has been consistent in his four career starts, recording three victories and a runner-up performance in the Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1400m).  […]View the full article

Trainer Stephen Marsh is Melbourne-bound in search of a golden ticket.  The Cambridge trainer will saddle progressive stayer Felaar in the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday, with the winner guaranteed a start in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at the same course on the first Tuesday in November.  Felaar won the […]View the full article

(By John Jenkins) Mark down Loire as a three-year-old to follow next season after the daughter of Redoute’s Choice produced an outstanding winning performance in the maiden two-year-old event at Hastings today. The Tony Pike-trained filly came from second last on the home bend to score a runaway 1-3/4 length victory in the 1300m event, […]View the full article

Seems open to corruption .... Why not a blind random draw like last time ?     apologies to Klop for the last one,  I was picking winners as opposed to divvies  ..  

"FAREWELL TO AUTUMN RACING WITH THE KINGSFORD-SMITH POINTS COMP"   ENTRY THREAD : POST YOUR SELECTIONS AND JOIN IN THE FUN TO FAREWELL AUTUMN RACING     Selection Rules: 1.  Select ONE horse in each race.   Please post using the horse number.  You can post the number and the name if you want, but if the number and name are different I will go with the number and disregard the name.  Once you post your selections they cannot be changed unless you have a scratching replacement. 2.  Points allocated for placings:  Win 5 pts / Second 3 pts / Third 1 pt 3.  Comp races 4,6 and 8 are bonus races and you will earn triple points if you win ie. 3 x 5.   Second and third placing pts remain the same ie. 1 x pts. 4.  Select two comp races as your Best Bet races and any pts earned will be doubled.  You cannot use a BB on a bonus race (4,6 or 8),   if you do it will be disregarded. 5.  Any scratching can be replaced up until 1.50pm.   After 1.50pm any scratching will go on the TAB sub. 6.  Entries close at 1.50pm - 30 minutes before the first scheduled comp race start time. 7.  and most importantly ...  Have fun       How the pairs comp will work: As you post your selections I will draw out a number between 1 and 60 and I will post that on the selections thread so you can follow the numbers drawn as we go.   I may post these in groups so don't expect a number to suddenly appear as soon as you post   The number I draw out will be your slot on my results sheet.  For example if you post your selections and I draw out 33 then that's your position, and when I draw out 34 for someone, then that someone will be your partner in crime for the pairs comp - so the pairs will be 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 etc.  If we get more than 60 selectors I will add on as we go and if we get less than 60 as at comp close, then I will couple up those without a pairing ie. an 11 without a 12 and a 41 without a 42 - then I will move 41 to become a 12 to make up the 11/12 pair. Your points score and your partner's points score will be added together after each race.  The pair that has the highest points score after Race 10 will be the winners of the Farewell to Autumn Pairs Points Comp.   Schedule of Races: Comp R1 : Eagle Farm R3 2.20pm Mullins Grand Prix Stakes 3YO G3 Set Weights 2200m Comp R2 : Ellerslie R5 2.39pm Piazza D’Oro Auckland Futurity Stakes GLR 2YO SW 1400m Comp R3 : Eagle Farm R4 2.55pm Grinders Coffee Roasters Stakes G3 3YO & Up F&M 1300m Comp R4 : Eagle Farm R5 3.35pm Ascot Green Lord Mayor’s Cup G3 WFA 1600m (BONUS RACE) Comp R5 : Eagle Farm R6 4.15pm Kirin BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 2YO G2 Set Weights 1400m Comp R6 : Eagle Farm R7 4.55pm Eva Air Premier’s Cup Handicap G3 Quality 2200m (BONUS RACE) Comp R7 : Royal Randwick R7 5.10pm Fujitsu Air Conditioning Handicap 3YO&Up 1400m Comp R8 : Eagle Farm R8 5.35pm TAB Kingsford-Smith Cup G1 WFA 1300m (BONUS RACE) Comp R9 : Eagle Farm R9 6.15pm Nuturf Fred Best Classic 3YO G3 Set Weights 1400m Comp R10 : Flemington R9 6.40pm Furphy Ale Plate Handicap 3YO 1100m   You can use the posting grid below to post your selections or you can post your selection in race order, up to you, I'm happy with either but remember that BB's cannot be used on races 4, 6 or 8.   Comp R1 : Eagle Farm R3 2.20pm :   Comp R2 : Ellerslie R5 2.39pm :   Comp R3 : Eagle Farm R4 2.55pm :   Comp R4 : Eagle Farm R5 3.35pm (BONUS RACE) :   Comp R5 : Eagle Farm R6 4.15pm :   Comp R6 : Eagle Farm R7 4.55pm  (BONUS RACE) :   Comp R7 : Royal Randwick R7 5.10pm :   Comp R8 : Eagle Farm R8 5.35pm (BONUS RACE) :   Comp R9 : Eagle Farm R9 6.15pm :   Comp R10 : Flemington R9 6.40pm :    

Support Counties tomorrow::\ As Sir Nigel Tiley said  " we have a track manager beyond belief ". Pete Early's Radio show.   Great Trainers and Riders turning up for a crap stake meeting tomorrow. Winning horse  gets $6250   These wonderful Trainers will be there tomorrow:  and some are very long time friends of mine   The Kelso's, Ritchie's, Sir Roger James. Mr  Richardson ,Mr Pike , Sir Stephen McKee, Dame Moira Murdock ,Mark Lupton, R. Leifting, Mr Fuller,Sir Glen Old, Peter Lock ,D Saxon.,Ralph the genious Manning, Mr Cruz, Shelley The darling Hale ,The Batsman Baker.  Chad Ormsby, Jimmy the Pender, Sir Ross McCarroll.   Race Cafe people  please have a bet tomorrow. Support Counties...Vacuum your car and suck up those $2 coins.            Rob your grand Kid"s trust funds.Dont buy a a Pack of Ciggys : Increase the turn over.   Start your all ups with R5 " Trip to Freedom "#14.    

This is what will happen with the Declass in 7-8 days Think bits will be dropped at a time. See how this plays out.      

I'm sorry that you wont be happy with this answer but it not banned in Australia if it was the Labs  in Melbourne and Sydney would be closed. I'm not sure how much oxygen is carried in Serum hopefully some of the scientists on here will know.

Do you think Racing may have started to go down hill from the moment people with no interest in it or passion for it started running things? I have always found rather ignorant the suggestion that Racing people are too thick to run their own show. And don't anyone suggest that Racing people haven't done much of a job running the show in the past. I would suggest that it is probably about 25-30 years since Racing people have been actively involved in running the show. Getting outsiders in hasn't worked too well so far.

Correct like  a handicap.st Michel in the draw almost always  misses away.unruly generally ok.better for everyone

Good  

You've all got you heads so far up some space that the black hole couldn't recognise where. All the larger earners do is follow the rules that a bunch of bureaucrats and lawyers have stated are the rules. These rules are available to everyone, open source and transparent. This bullshit about paying tax is a lot of crap. Our issue is that we have had people who haven't known what the puzzle is, run racing. We continue to have that. We have poor leadership, poor middle management and poor constituent participants who are not able to express themselves correctly that leads to conflict, inefficiency and chaos. If you read most of the responses in this thread you will realise that most of you haven't thought this through and you're reacting from only your own personal perspectives. Leggy is right though....no mention that a member of RITA needs to be an expert in technology and gambling....big mistake

Well I guess the statement , the rich are cleaver is true , that's why they have succeeded , their efforts are well rewarded because they are cleaver  , if the loopholes are there then why not use them ,  this isn't relevant .  The fact is they high earners are paying most of the tax . You might be right about medium wage earners who claim little and pay for everything but low earners effectively pay NO  tax , ZERO , is that fair to Top and Medium earners ? . In the racing world I suspect many don't much pay tax , certainly any trainer with a business will be claiming all expenses and won't be paying tax , a good argument to boost racing incomes .

I think you will find most rich are clever and use tax loopholes , maybe that new car is brought through a company which then gets depreciation , get refunds and all manner of cash backs.  Waged earner gets FA back and pays for everything .As everywhere those at top doing well , those at bottom looked after and those in middle pay for the lot of them up and down.