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OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm up against TC this coming week. Are you sure you got the draw right, PJ ? No loss of face for you if you got it wrong, PJ, we accept these things can happen, even to the best. Just run a simple redraw and all will be fixed, I'm thinking. I'll let my team know.

Would like to thank the team at Manukau for a great afternoons entertainment.The racing was good and generally clean. Lost quite a few dollars but did win a meat raffle so daughter was happy with that when we got home. I would thoroughly reccomend the experience to anyone,good facilities and close to the action

Some sleepy stable-hand stumbled and slopped their double-shot espresso into their trough?

Why have a boring $40k guaranteed Pick6 at Awapuni and a $25k bonus quaddie? Why not just a $50k terminating Pick6? And what if Guaranteed Pick6 is struck by a full unit and only $20k bet? As a caller on Des Coppin's show said last Sunday, the TAB has to front up with extra $20k! C'mon TAB, give it a go just for a month and get some sizzle back into punting.

If you are having one bet today, get on this. $3.20 fixed, certainty of the day. Unlucky last start, jockey won’t ride it so cute today.

The latter is right and also ego.

Mrs Cubes has helpfully suggested that it was fortunate we did not switch to RIverton selections 'cause Cubity would have scored even worse.....

Some of what you write is quite readable, until every time you just have to end by stroking your own......ego.

Wow ...only 4 points covering the top 5 teams ! Incredibly close. What a top match the 'Ad Augusta's Joker play match against 'The Dark Horses' will be. Back-to-back losses for The Dark Horses' must be lowering their morale surely, but they're clinging grimly to the lead. 'The Dark Horses' with the top 2 scorers in the Comp today ...yet they lost ! Great performance from TC who has now gone 10 from 10 for 'Mainly Dollarz'. What an asset to his team, and no wonder was the Top Seed in this Comp. Relative newcomers may not be aware that TC started his career in the 'Mighty Blues' and he was very successful there too. Should future team numbers increase to 6 we'd be happy to have him back ! Lots of people got amongst the dollars today, so overall most people I imagine would be reasonably happy with their day's efforts. And thanks for your top efforts scoring and updating for us today, PJ. Enjoy the rest of your Easter, folks. Well done Tom, Wrinkles, Cat and Casper. We're getting there !

congrats heather stop us from having a 5zip ,penthouse one week and nearly cellar dweller the next a great leveller this comp pj

Cheers Scooby, got a couple of things a bit unclear but mostly I think contributors enjoyed it. Will see how the fields look for TA and Riccarton as it was good to be able to include a Riverton race this week, hell I may even amend my rules to 3 NZ races and 1 OZ race for the next round.

Wow the filly was mighty impressive in the Sires...no matter who rode OP's ride they would not have beaten her... top class filly for sure.

My typo error then. apologies. Must wear my glasses when putting in the nags.

Just get on, Will win regardless.

So nothing was said that might have messed with the defence of the cobalt in the troughs? And the valuable, highly strung derby thorougjbreds hanging out amongst his dairy cows, contained by most unsuitable single electic wire fences, rolling in cow pats, risking colic as they gorged on lush annual rye grass pasture, braving whatever the elements threw at them despite being accustomed to the luxury of a cosy stable, and having their elegant silken tails chewed by curious bovines as they napped on sunny afternoons .... THAT farm manager Robert? ....

I have had it on very good authority! from someone that really knows what is going on! The Trainers Assoc (Post the brillants of the late great genius that recently stode through that organisation) that they will now become a super Radical Militant as Assoc! From now on until 'it rains pennie$ from heaven'!!! they will be turning up to all future meeting Not! I repeat Not wearing ties!!!! this is should to scare the almighty shit out of the likes of Winnie and Johnny Allan! meanwhile Pigs were seen flying in the skies over NZ tonight!

I think nobody believes Brosnan or Dalgety purposely doped their horses either. What most can't believe is the differences in penalties given

The only thing you are on the money about - is repeating this story - we have heard it again and again from you - most on here understood your opinion about this the first time you posted it. Don't know who you associate with but if you have to repeat the same things again and again to get them to understand I suggest you look for more intelligent friends. How can you quote "most punters are over betting blah blah blah" - another of your "make it up as you go along" stories. Do you not have any "big boy pants"

Not knocking Opie, the tab should of used discretion and refunded the jockey challenge bets,punters bet on having 6 chances not 3!

WTF? It's generally easy to obtain whether a horse goes in the wet or not, except for untried youngsters, but how are we supposed to know how many hot cross buns OP had for breakfast? You jest, surely?

Memo Opie knockers When you bet on an option like the Jockeys Challege you should factor in the possibility that some jockeys may not be able to ride at the carded weight and either ride overweight or are stood down. No use grizzling-it is a case of punter beware.

We both wanted to be on him winning the next time he was asked. It was the fact that I was prepared to sacrafice 10 choccy fish to win 1 that has me better off this morning.

You were on the money there Kotare. He has two things in common with Donald Trump 1. He never loses 2. He is never wrong

Great quinella with the Japanese horse Ambitious....he will win races...

So close. My wife backed Shared Secrets and looked like it was going to win untill Master Pat, well headed fought back. They never fight back like that if you have backed them. Twoz back luck. Thats what keeps us going back to try again I guess

Ashley Locaz one of last years Jewel winners, trained by All Stars and owned by Murfitts daughter is 4th dam related to Ashley Knight out of Ashley Star A very good breed that keeps on producing.

You would have thought that the TAB should have refunded those punters who took Opie on their special option offered this morning at $2.20 to win the jockey's challenge today. Punters would have taken the bet based on what his list of rides were. That factor was considerably changed after not being able to make the weight on three key runners thereby making a mockery of the original bet. The TAB should use their discretion and as a mark of goodwill to those punters refund those bets under the option the TAB used. I believe under similar circumstances a punter a while ago who outlayed $10,000 in a similar bet on Opie was refunded. So why not here????

Disappointingly weak fields for what used to be one of the premier days of the year. Where have all the horse gone. AUSSIE! Apart from the All Stars many of the very promising juveniles and 3 yr olds are sold over the ditch. WA in particular are prepared to pay big money 150 K for them so why wouldn't you sell. Not many make any where near that in NZ never mind the training vet etc bills. How do we keep them in NZ, change the handicapping? (look at Aus where many have won well upwards of 30 races and are still in a competitive grade), increase the stakes (that wont happen in a hurry with decreasing turnover) Any ideas.? As I had a bit of time WD I quickly checked the turnover of Addington and Riverton You are quite correct. Just checked the win and place so roughly Addington turned over 205 K in 11 races and Riverton 335 in 9 races. The average per race was Addington Win 18.7K Place 12K Riverton Win 37K Place 23K Wow thats a huge discrepancy for a supposedly premier day of harness racing .Doesn't look good for future stake gains.

Look at these fields Easter 1984. Was there that day, makes today’s fields look pretty average.

Feeling very sorry for Opie. There have been just too many days affected of late. The battle becoming too great I fear.

Well done Yir Tiz a bit of fun no one was killed or injured during the running of the comp... good it didn't go off gives me a better chance next week...cheers.

And had you followed this hunch to the letter, you'd just of landed a $12,341.00 quaddie.

Justin Evans

You have been told "put your big boy pants on" - you think you have more idea about what is best for the club than the club knows itself. I don't think you are supposed to have arisen until Monday

After the first leg we have 23/43 live. Excellent going guys.

LOL He said It ALWAYS USED to be a day meeting You even quoted it. ROFLMAO

Its so the easter bunny has time to lay his eggs

If he can't make 56.5 kgs then things are bleak!!!

Your memory must be short Brodie. ALWAYS used to be a day meeting. Always better turnover when there are more meetings on and more people are watching and betting on every race. Enjoy Hawera.

Do you think the meeting should held at all ?

Not bad season stats are they, just lacking those high profile horses this season (Gift Of Power winning age group races without the big ones this year) Can leave a handy horse and has done off modest service fees and smallish books, his crop of current weanlings are from his biggest book by far , so a bit to come you would suggest.

R1 6/7R2 6/14R3 2/11R4 1/6R5 1/6R6 1/3R7 1/4 BBR8 1/2R9 2/7 BBR10 9/10RivertonR1 2/6R2 2/12R3 2/9R4 3/8R5 2/3 BB Thanks Peter. Good luck Geoff. Team LDM will play our joker today! Moving day - hopefully.

I suppose just as Australia has been deporting their crims to NZ, they are now deporting their unemployed.

We don't have the cells available there is 11000 in jail and 300 spare beds wouldn't be nearly enough. Imagine jailing all the welfare cheats politicians that cheat IRD cheats and the one cricketer there would be no one left outside.

R1 - 4/9 bb R2 - 11/14 R3 - 2/13 R4 - 1/2 R5 - 1/12 R6 - 1/3 R7 - 1/10 R8 - 1/2 R9 - 1/8 R10 - 8/9 bb Riverton R2 - 2/8 R4 - 2/10 R5 - 1/9 R7 - 7/8 R9 - 2/10 Good luck Kloppite GO MIZERES

R1 - 6/7. R2 - 5/14. R3 - 2/11. R4 - 2/6. R5 - 8/9. R6 - 3/4. R7 - 1/6 BB. R8 - 2/9. R9 - 1/2. R10 - 2/4 BB. Riverton: 2/8. 2/13. 2/9. 2/3. 2/10 BB. All The Best Cubes (original BaaBaa' teammate!), Thanks PJ, Good Punting All, Go The Misère's, Steve.

$7,000? That'll learn `em ..... a sentence like that will have the cheats around the country trembling in their boots .... What was that cautionary tale we used to get told in our childhood as our elders tried to shape our moral character ...? - oh yes ..."cheats never prosper"

Any decent person would at least show some fight to clear his name? Seems he rolled over meekly, I only assume he is guilty? In which case it makes sense. I would still like to see him charged, send them to jail. Harden up on these chests, over it

Absolutely spot on. And those NZRB appointments all have the same thing in common - little or no experience in Racing. Or wagering. Peters needs to front up bigtime to prove to the Industry all his pre-election talk wasn't just bullshit and bluster......

Hard to believe they got off so lightly when compared to others especially Cran Dalgety and Richard Brosnan