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I don't think this statement is correct I'm sure HRNZ did not "top up the first one" I understand they have now contributed starting with last week's race

MATAMATA R4, BRIDAL TRAIN opened at $4.00 and then moved steadily to $3.20 on the 18th. Stepping up to 1600 for the first time, there's support suggesting she will handle it well. R4, LATRELLE was the first to move in the market when it opened. She placed 2nd up last time and is dropping a bit in class from a strong Auckland race. MATAMATA GOLD CION SELECTIONS n R2, IRISH MISS was a $280,000 purchase and it's her first time racing. She hasn't shown much in her four trials so far, but her breeding suggests she could be promising if she lives up to her dam's side of the family. Keep an eye on her development. In R6, HULA BEAT has been performing consistently despite poor draws in her last four starts. With a better draw this time, she has a good chance to win here. The Marsh stable is in strong form, so she's definitely one to watch.           AUCKLAND TROTS R3 MEANT TO BE, open 17th at $2.80, continues to take support through Thursday dropping into $2.50. R3 SHARP IMAGE, the only other in this race to take early support, opened $18.00, now into $13.00 R7 PARAMOUNT KIWI, looks well place here, opened $4.50 and continues to get support now $2.20 ASHBURTON TROTS R3 ARI ON SAFARI, $4.80 opening Thursday, Friday morning $3.30.  R8 JUDGEMENT DAY, opened $13.00 and before the bookmarker could get back from t=making a coffee, started to take support, now into %5.50 Good Luck.   

Owner Amr Zedan's quest for a temporary injunction that would require Churchill Downs to allow Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth into the Kentucky Derby (G1) field was denied April 18 by a Louisville, Ky., judge.View the full article

Yes😃 Excuse 4 given - Hung inwards and could be driven out nor blinds activated. Works most times with NZ Stipes

Now now stop twisting things you know I was talking about pre race day track gallops and the Ellerslie trials , the fact is you intimated jockeys weren't capable of thinking for themselves and weren't able to judge the state of a track hence the term crash test dummies .

Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) winner Resilience and 2023's champion 2-year-old filly Just F Y I recorded their first Churchill Downs workouts April 18 after racing in respective Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep races nearly two weeks ago.View the full article

FInally, time to review Grand National day at Aintree and a dry night and a warm and dry afternoon left the ground on the Mildmay course Good to Soft. Three championship races alongside the feature handicap starting with the Mersey Hurdle over 4000m for the intermediate novices. The morning scratching of CALDWELL POTTER left BRIGHTERDAYSAHEAD a warm favourite against the second and third from the Gallagher, JIMMY DU SEUIL and ILE ATLANTIQUE who had no answers to BALLYBURN at Prestbury Park. An impressive performance by the mare BRIGHTERDAYSAHEAD who looks destined for much greater things on this evidence. Trainer Gordon Elliott has always held her in high regard and her defeat by GOLDEN ROSE at Cheltenham was a real blow. Over this trip and on this better ground, she looked much more at ease and fences look on the cards next year - it's been a while since we've had a really good staying mare among the chasers but this one could put that right. ILE ATLANTIQUE ran far too keen through the first circuit and was beaten two out and it was the outsider STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT who made it a 1-2 for Elliott and Gigginstown Stud with even bigger outside BUGUISE SEAGULL outrunning his 50/1 odds in third. The staying hurdlers had their turn in the Liverpool Hurdle over 4850m and this looked an open race. FLOORING PORTER, second in the stayers at Cheltenham, went off favourite while there was support for the Irish challengers HIDDENVALLEY LAKE and BUDDY ONE in a race perhaps a notch below the usual quality. I've been a fan of STRONG LEADER for a while - he ran a fine race in the Cleeve at Cheltenham and it's quite clear connections were waiting for this race and also for better ground and the ground dried enough for him to show his best. He was always travelling well, indeed a little too well down the far side on the second circuit and Sean Bowen had to take a pull but he was able to pick up HIDDENVALLEY LAKE and BUDDY ONE approaching the last and won with authority.  Although a 10-y-o, MONKFISH doesn't have many miles on the clock and continued his revival here - back in 2021 he was one of the top novice chasers and there's another big race in him on this evidence. FLOORING PORTER did his usual front running effort but I thought he went quick enough and he was well beaten two out and put in a disappointing effort. CRAMBO jumped poorly and I just wonder if he prefers to go right handed. After the theatricals of the big race, we still had a final championship race - the Maghull Novices Chase over 3200m and to be honest I thought FOUND A FIFTY was a certainty and had placed a big bet (for me) at 5/2 ante post and it's always good to see the on-course punters agreeing as he went off 11/8 favourite - doesn't make him a winner though. As you can imagine, I died a thousand deaths up the run in but credit to Jack Kennedy who had ridden the second in the National an hour earlier. I thought FOUND A FIFTY was a certainty and up to the second last I was confident but MASTER CHEWY who had fallen two out in the Arkle when arguably heading for third place put in a much better effort and outjumped FOUND A FIFTY at the last. On another day, he'd have prevailed but Kennedy and the winner were the epitome of courage and tenacity and rallied to snatch the spoils. LIBBERTY HUNTER ran on into third but was beaten 11 lengths. The winner might go ever further next year but MASTER CHEWY looks a real 3200m type. Never mind, it was a good run and cleared a decent profit on the meeting where I think I offered six of the eleven championship race winners so well done to me. The Trainers' Championship looks like it will go right to the wire - thanks to winning the National and other big races, Willie Mullins has poached a £40k lead on Dan Skelton and Paul Nicholls despite only having won 19 races in the UK. - the table is ranking, trainer name, winners, placed horses,  number of runners and total win and place prize money.                                                         1 W. P. Mullins 19 64 124 £2,874,693 2 Dan Skelton 113 360 733 £2,834,894 3 Paul Nicholls 123 239 513 £2,756,253 There's still the Scottish Grand National meeting at Ayr this weekend and the Finale at Sandown on Saturday week. 

Yep, been pissing it down most of the night, no let up in sight. Tomorrow could be interesting!

Wood Memorial (G2) winner Resilience and 2023's champion 2-year-old filly Just F Y I recorded their first Churchill Downs workouts April 18 after racing in respective Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep races nearly two weeks ago.View the full article

I went to Karaka for the first time in 2017 and my pick of the sale of the horses I saw was Avantage. I went again in 2019 and my pick of the sale was Just Ben. It seems I have an eye for a good horse, but also an eye for a not-so-good horse. Unfortunately I don't know which eye is which.

Every dog has its day they say, hopefully it's his turn soon, but then sometimes staying in your grade and getting a return frequently can be much better than struggling in the r65 grade if you win a race and go up, I talked myself out of taking justaskpercy today, only the long divvy that caught my attention, been out of form for sometime and hadn't won a race for a long time, but that's horses make a fool of you when you least expect it, 61 fixed odds, hurts ya.

Points earned after two weeks. Six points available on Saturday so only top 4 have a shot at the gold.  

Pick the scores:  eg. 3-2, 4-1, 5-0, 2-3, 1-4, 0-5   Bonecrusher vs Veandercross   Rough Habit  vs Imperatriz

Cheats on Seats Crims on Rims There must be more without getting too individually personal with too Bulky in the Sulky 

Just the way they work, you know the odds 

No wonder punters are walking away from betting on crims on rims…. Who’s delights leads from the outside last start and G Smith says he is best in front….  Tonight pulls back to let stablemate lead…. Crims on rims….. will questions be asked……

I remember they said they (HRNZ) topped up the first one, so gather they have done the same for the rest.

Can't just blame Entain. It was no different before. 

Ex Don Brash . As I write this I still can't believe this has happened to us. We hear of political interference happening overseas, but today Hobson's Pledge has been the target. Facebook has deleted all of our posts that sent supporters to submit on the Fast Track Approvals Bill including paid advertising we were running.  At first our team thought there must have been an error and attempted to post again. It became clear that anytime we used the link to the Government website to make a submission on the Bill, Facebook either blocked us or removed the post minutes after it went up. As we were aware that the Māori Party were also promoting submitting on the Bill, we checked out one of their posts and found that there we could access the Government submissions page with no problem at all.  This is discrimination and political interference. Will you stand with us against it? For a start Facebook should not be able to block links to the Government website and impede democratic engagement. They certainly shouldn't be able to pick and choose which organisation can help their supporters to access the submissions page. It is nearly impossible to reach an actual person at Facebook to ask what on earth is going on. Are they taking stances on all political issues? Or is this something an individual staff member has taken it upon themselves to do? Maybe it is simply that their systems are vulnerable to bad faith activists overwhelming them? We would love to know.  We will be doing our best to follow up and ensure that this kind of thing doesn't continue to happen. Every New Zealander should be free to encourage submissions and indeed to submit. We would never dream of attempting to prevent Māori Party supporters from having their say. We live in a democracy! Don't let political interference get in the way of you having your say on the Fast Track Approvals Bill and opposing special rights for iwi when it comes to consultation and decision making. CLICK HERE FOR THE BANNED GOVT SUBMISSION PAGE! I cannot overstate how much of a political intrusion this is. Hobson's Pledge already experiences significant hostility from the media and we use emails and social media as a way to go around the patronising so-called fourth estate to reach New Zealanders. For our ability to use social media to be threatened is truly concerning. In today's online world, it is an attack on our right to freely engage in politics.  I will keep you updated on where this goes. If there is any action we can all take, you can expect an email straight away.