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About time.......it is 2012 isn’t it ?

Good interview with Michael Pitman on Luck on Sunday on Racing TV recently uploaded .

Wonderful malapropism there Teddy (just commenting, not taking the piss or criticising!)

Bullshit as usual. That's the problem with Fox peddling Trumps lies.....saw a woman today who was surprised to learn that there was anything negative about the orange turd in the Mueller Report..." never heard anything like that on my channel..." America is now divided by what you watch...I've watched both and made my mind up based on where the credibility lies. And they will get him, one way or another....nothing surer.........

Advice for Ohokaman and Bloke

Following the abandonment of Sunday’s meeting at Te Awamutu NZTR advises that the Waipa RC will bring forward planned remedial work on the track.   NZTR held extensive discussions with the club officials and the RIU, while the track, in particular the section where Gingee fell on Sunday, was also subject to inspection.  Both the raceday video and post-event inspection of the track were inconclusive as to whether the fall was due to track inconsistency.     This was the fourth race meeting from past seven programmed at the Te Awamutu track to be abandoned and has resulted in the decision being made to bring forward the planned club-funded work originally scheduled for October.   While the track will be open for training purposes NZTR advises it will be closed for racing and alternative venues sought for the club’s scheduled trial and race dates.   A decision around a return to racing and trialling at Te Awamutu will be made by NZTR upon completion of work on the track and consultation with the NZ Trainers’ Association and NZ Jockeys’ Association.

David Ellis was strong on the NZTR management on Facebook called on them to resign.

Standing at Phoebe Standardbreds in Canterbury will be Locharburn (2k) NZ /Aussie "Luck Be Withyou" (Frozen)

Bloke loves these: Mike Hosking: The Government's big issue - can it tell the truth or hold a line? The tricky thing with the teachers' deal is it's hard to call it a loss, given it isn't. Especially if you're a teacher: for teachers it's a big and good win. Because $90,000 as a maximum base is a good wage in anyone's book, and I doubt there are many of us that would begrudge that. Most of us seem to agree teachers, by and large, are underpaid and overworked. Not all, of course, and that's the bit that some of us struggle with. I'd happily pay the good teachers $150,000 because they're worth it; the same way some aren't worth the $90,000 because the attitude is wrong and the skills are lacking. But that's unionism for you. All for one and one for all, and it's also a big win for them. It is a reinforcement that placards and strikes work. Which is why the Government's role in this is the part that is a very poor loss. They went into this particular leg of industrial unrest having created a reputation of being soft, they, in opposition, had built up expectation, and when they arrived in office, in came the claims. And most of them have been met. There have been very large wage rises handed out, and as a result the next in line feel emboldened, and up go the numbers. Chris Hipkins said a very large number of times $1.2 billion was it. He said it to me personally, when I asked him whether, hand on heart, that was true. He said it was. Turns out it wasn't. Which is the part that damages him and his Government. Yes, negotiations are about positions and standing your ground, but only if you stand your ground. This Government are known as soft touches who can be bullied into submission. There was some suggestion at the weekend that this was a good move by the Government, that Hipkins showed his skill and worth as one of Cabinet's top players. What tosh. He wrote a cheque using our money. That's not skill, that's caving, folding, buckling, giving up, and acquiescing. Any industrial dispute ever started is always wrapped up with money. Adding more money isn't a skill, especially adding other peoples' money. In excess of a quarter of a billion dollars is a sop to make a headache go away, and any one of us could have done that. So the unions know what? Make enough noise and the prize is yours. When they say final offer, it isn't. When they say there is no more, that's not true. Strikes work, and this lot are soft. Yes, you've got to happy for the teachers. But we now have a major issue over the Government's ability to tell the truth, hold a line, show backbone, and be good guardians of our money.    

Dead right mate. And this is part of the reason why the Ellerslie coverage went live on YouTube back during their Cup week. 

Isn't that the the truth CP   Greg

Already expired. Continues but no longer exclusive

Not the right topography or location. Properties able to produce 3 race tracks with 2 having 2000m straights is not easy to find. They do exist though. Have to add the town centre as well

Yes. They are looking at going back to having Freeview. Next year I thought he said the Sky contract expires.   

Has stable got any other horses going round at moment to pick up the baton or is TD the only one racing ?  

Short answer: Plenty. 

A couple years ago John Allen told me and others at a roadshow that the sky- trackside deal had 2 years to run. Was JA asked,  or did he say anything about the deal on this years tour?

The point you are missing though Gub, is this isn't the local pony club derby whereby it just can run around for the hell of it. Its a business where unsupecting people are placing money on something that is no longer competitive & hasnt been for a fair while, its bloody obvious to all that the horse has had enough, its embarrassing to her as much as it is to NZTR to allow it to continue.

Anne has been training winners for over 25 years. She has done well with horses that are not bred in the purple. Her first winner was Glow Bug at Waipukurau on the 29/11/92. Glow Bug was by the unheralded sire General Fripon. I respect her judgement and am sure she will retire Thatz David when she thinks his time has come.

Old Mick's a bit of a show pony.What female would hang around with such a self opinionated guy???