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They would also have had to contract for that turf to have been grown here using the recommended grass types for Auckland's climate etc. and then harvest and lay it. However, that would have put them months further ahead in readying the track, especially with the delays that occurred because the grass would have been growing away in the mean time. I don't think the direct seeding itself was the problem but something obviously went wrong with the process to cause the matting to develop in the root zone. Only thing I can think of is too much too shallow irrigation. They also clearly raced on it way too soon under the circumstances. I just hope they don't try and do that again if they can fix it.
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By Hedley Jordan · Posted
Possibley to pocket the difference between the cost of the lain turf..and seeding. there's no other rationale is there? -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
A judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals denied an emergency motion to allow Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth into the Kentucky Derby (G1) in an order described on the court's online docket after regular office hours April 24.View the full article -
By scooby3051 · Posted
So why seed it instead of the tried and true way they knew worked. -
By scooby3051 · Posted
So you think it's OK to use a jigger on a defenceless animal, and that if they are not trying they deserve it??? For me what he did is totally wrong if you are that desperate to win, then there is something wrong with you...I for one would never give him a horse but thats just my opinion, I think more of the horse than just being a means to an end. -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred class of 2024 is confirmed, with Glen Todd, Starship Jubilee, Patrick Husbands, Channel Maker, Danny Vella, and Richard Grubb to be inducted this summer.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Trainer Phil D'Amato has captured two of the last three runnings of Santa Anita Park's Royal Heroine Stakes (G3T). This year, the conditioner will look to take yet another rendition when he saddles not one but three live contenders.View the full article -
By Zak Hussai · Posted
She has got a ride in the last race at Otaki today (La Bella Grande) for Roydon Bergerson. But has nothing on Saturday at Wanganui. -
What else could he have done, don't think I've seen a more unconvincing cabinet minister as Melissa Lee ever and that's saying something, Nathan Guy as racing minister springs to mind too.
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By Harry Newshound · Posted
Olivier Peslier, the rider for 165 group 1 wins, will retire April 25 at 51. He won four editions of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) and guided Goldikova to three Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) victories.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Before the second race April 19 at Keeneland, FanDuel TV's Scott Hazelton stepped away from the microphone to watch a horse he co-owns, King Hazelton, prepare for his career debut.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Headed by the renamed $2.5 million Nashville Derby (G3T) Aug. 31, Kentucky Downs will stage six races worth at least $2 million apiece, including supplements for registered Kentucky-breds, at this year's seven-day race meet.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
With just 10 days until the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1), most contenders completed routine gallops April 24 as they gear up for their final published workouts this weekend. Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Stronghold made his first pre-Derby appearance.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Hastings Racecourse opens for its 2024 racing season April 27 at 2:30 pm PT with a new schedule and some horseplayer-focused changes. This season marks the debut of Friday night racing.View the full article -
The latest in the long sad saga of M Kerr. An outright crook with no moral compass. Horse trainer Mitchell Kerr sentenced after hiding information during bankruptcy proceedings By Tracy Neal Open Justice multimedia journalist, Nelson-Marlborough 24 Apr, 2024 07:00 PM3 mins to read SaveShare Mitchell Kerr is back on home detention after his latest bout of offending. A disgraced former horse trainer gambled more than $2 million before filing for bankruptcy and collecting almost $10,000 in Government-backed wage subsidies. Today, former harness trainer Mitchell Paul Kerr was sentenced in Christchurch District Court after his conviction for providing misleading statements and hiding crucial information from the Official Assignee of New Zealand when he applied for self-adjudicated bankruptcy. He was sentenced to five months of home detention. The Official Assignee, also known as the Insolvency and Trustee Service, is a business unit of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). It administers bankruptcies and liquidations by collecting and selling assets to repay creditors. Kerr had concealed crucial details such as his bank accounts for gambling when he filed for bankruptcy. After investigations by MBIE’s integrity and enforcement team, Kerr was found to have breached the Insolvency Act in several ways. MBIE said in a statement that between April 2018 and November 2020 Kerr gambled $2.055m via online gambling website Ladbrokes using six banks that he did not disclose. In March 2021, Kerr applied to MBIE’s Insolvency and Trustee Service for self-imposed bankruptcy, and on March 30 he was declared bankrupt. He was sent a letter outlining what he could and couldn’t do, such as taking part in managing or controlling any business unless permission was sought from the Official Assignee. It was also an offence for someone to contribute to their bankruptcy by gambling. MBIE said despite Kerr being “fully aware” of the obligations and responsibilities he had during his bankruptcy, between April 2021 and June 2022 he continued to be involved in the management of his business, Mitch Kerr Racing. Between August and December 2021, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) introduced the Covid-19 Wage Subsidy to help businesses pay employees and protect jobs affected by Covid alert level changes. Kerr made eight applications during this period, declaring himself a self-employed/contractor (sole trader), and received $9600 from MSD. A senior spokesperson for MBIE’s integrity and enforcement team, Vanessa Cook, said the self-initiated bankruptcy process helped individuals honestly resolve their financial situations and resume their normal economic lives. She said it was a fair and effective process that helped to protect the public from financial risk, but Kerr “wilfully chose to mislead and withhold critical information” when he entered bankruptcy. Cook said MBIE’s integrity and enforcement team would not hesitate to investigate and prosecute individuals who took advantage of the system by misleading and suppressing facts. Kerr has made headlines several times in recent years, most recently in June 2022 when a year after being banned for life from harness racing for duping owners, he was put on home detention for fraud and forgery, including selling a fictitious horse for $40,000. In April 2021, the Judicial Control Authority for Racing cancelled his licence after he was found guilty of four charges at a Judicial Control Authority hearing in Christchurch. Tracy Neal is a Nelson-based Open Justice reporter at NZME. She was previously RNZ’s regional reporter in Nelson-Marlborough and has covered general news, including court and local government for the Nelson Mail.
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By Harry Newshound · Posted
Jockey Ryusei Sakai, one of the rising stars in Japan racing, flew to Louisville, Ky., this week to be aboard UAE Derby (G2) winner Forever Young for his penultimate breeze ahead of the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1).View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Set to unveil to racegoers a new paddock that is part of a $200 million capital improvement project, Churchill Downs opens for its spring meet April 27, one week before the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1).View the full article
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