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  1. When it’s run 100% as a business and it’s all about money I can see why it’s pushing $3400.Being part of a syndicate that trains at a country course the cost can be alot less and the enjoyment just the same especially when you get to dent the odd reputation. Like anything pays to shop around and join a syndicate or trainer that mirrors your values or views. The highs are high and the lows are low so strap yourself in and enjoy the ride .
    6 points
  2. Franco Ice

    GISBORNE

    Year in year out one of the best days of country racing in the NI. A big hats off to the PBTC.
    4 points
  3. ivanthegreat

    GISBORNE

    Looked to be a fantastic day and incredible location.............. A great concept so close the whole show down and move it to Te Rapa (NAH )
    3 points
  4. POPA GAS

    Whanganui

    This why people do not come on here and give their opinion. When someone and can hide behind a nom-de-plume and lie. Bev
    3 points
  5. tripple alliance

    Trump written off

    Well here's something to think about , it seems you are the only one on this site who thinks Trump is shit , if you use this as a guide then 85% think Trump is great . Now let's not get carried away , I for one would never have voted for him , my mistake but if I was an American next time around I would vote for Trump , he's perhaps one of a very few who understands what's happening internationally . The left world wide are a real threat to western civilisation , Trump is a shining light for those who believe in freedom . Look what we have , cindy , what a left wing looney , she forgets some one must pay for what she gives away and then we have her global warming , yea rite , just an excuse to manipulate young people , vote for us , save the world and while we are at it we will smash western civilisation's and economy's and all the while China grows in strength , if you want something to worry about just look at China and then say thanks Don for standing your ground . A real man is our Don , balls of steel .
    3 points
  6. Red Rum. True that a lot of Syndicators clip the ticket with nebulous monthly management fees. I always advise people wanting to get into ownership to contact a trainer first. Very few charge these management fees.
    3 points
  7. Training fees ' a bit high ..' are you serious? Most trainers I know - apart from those in the top bracket - are chewing the paint off the walls...those that aren't may have family money, properties etc which keeps the wolf from the door..but rest assured there is f all money made from training.
    3 points
  8. Hound Fan

    AUCKLAND DROUGHT

    Agree the track water problem is unbelievable..2 of my 4 dogs did pads...why put water on the track and then put the pads around 5 times after on the tractor which drys out the track....unfortunate we have robert roberts running things and no management...track staff dont want to be told what to do by a robot in the office...i was told when i scratched 13 dogs 3yrs ago by the riu that someone has to be at the track the day before racing.....this has not happened ...bow your heads again auckland your a disgrace..
    2 points
  9. Stables

    BLAIR ORANGE

    Yes he does not deserve to be facing those ridiculous charges.
    2 points
  10. tim vince

    Justin Evans

    Problem with dumping manawatu harness dissapears south of cambridge.
    2 points
  11. I must admit Harness Racing does confuse me with its class structure. At Winton today all of the maiden races are worth around about the $12,000 mark, whereas a race with several winners in it is worth only $8,000. All of the races with winners in them seem to be worth no more than $10,000, mostly less. Is this some sort of novelty gimmick just for today, or is it a common approach. I think one of harness racing's biggest problems is the lack of incentive or willingness for horses to go through the grades.
    2 points
  12. It would be because of the more serious charges that are pending. The Rasmussen diversion thing was very predictable, just the way the system works, Having a good lawyer no doubt helped, but it was likely to be dealt with that way anyway. Seems a fair outcome.
    2 points
  13. Perhaps he's not eligible for diversion (previous convictions) or won't admit guilt?
    2 points
  14. Flabbergasted

    AUCKLAND DROUGHT

    It appears that Auckland is in the grip of a drought given the track surface today. The distinct lack of water is blatantly evident and as usual complaints and expert advice just falls on deaf ears. Those in power at the club always know better than everyone else and treat lp's with contempt just shrugging them off as being whingers and poor losers. Well that's BS because i never had a runner today - but I am not blind and never had a bet because I saw how poor the track was. Dogs are just struggling to get footing on the loose and at least one dog has already been injured and there is little doubt that it was due to the poor state and it'll come as no surprise if there's more. With the Auckland Cup and Railway on their doorstep it's time to get their act together before it's too late.
    1 point
  15. Is this website classed as a form of "media" ?? Dangerous path to walk to breach name suppression orders. Irrelevant of the situation or knowledge among users on here. Lawyer stumbling across this thread would make for fun times for Scoobs.
    1 point
  16. Loving your work Lights Out!! These people "may " well be incredible and talented, but not in this industry!! Does your man J A go by the nick name of "The Cat"?If so has he used up all his lives?
    1 point
  17. Rules For Some

    Whanganui

    Marks a terrible lure driver. Only a few months ago he pulled up the lure to fast and a dog flipped over the rail and injured it's back and shoulders. He should not be driving the lure period. The club are well aware of the problem and still have done nothing and being anonymous on here doesn't change these facts
    1 point
  18. ivanthegreat

    BLAIR ORANGE

    Always been well up in the ranks but boy is he driving well at the moment , on the way to legendary and that's not pocket talk. Well done mate !!
    1 point
  19. maple h

    BLAIR ORANGE

    Yep he's legendary all right. Just not only for his driving skills!
    1 point
  20. Nick.golf

    Justin Evans

    Is anyone else getting sick of Justin Evans calling horses home with over a hundred metres to go? I mean for the most part he gets it right but there has been a few times I’ve had a bet on and been listening to it on the radio and he calls something home and it gets beaten. Frustrates the crap out of me!
    1 point
  21. MrBigStuff

    Justin Evans

    PI hope someone is mentoring / tutoring him and sitting him down to tell him where he is going wrong...I think he is early to mid thirties I am told so who knows if he will improve or not. As for Wood, well he clearly came on in leaps and bounds through people giving him the right nurturing a d fostering his talents as a raw & green commentator. now calling on one of world racing’s biggest stages...not looked after by slackside or the racing board by not being allowed to call the big races..... go figure! sadly nz doesn’t seem to have any new callers coming through with much talent. G Simon/M McNamara..........daylight........A White/T Lee....more daylight....J Teaz/M Cross.......darkness.....the rest.....
    1 point
  22. Flabbergasted

    AUCKLAND DROUGHT

    Yeah exactly and it's about time they bit the bullet and did something proactive for the sport especially with such a high focus on animal welfare and they keep serving up poor surfaces mainly as a result of under-prepared tracks. Turning the freaking water on the day before racing will go along way to rectifying the track issues.
    1 point
  23. Rules For Some

    AUCKLAND DROUGHT

    I assume you are referring to yooldome who was clear on the first bend and went amiss? Dogs should not be breaking down when clear like that. Although Manukau has had issues for years. And every decision they make puts the track in an even worse state
    1 point
  24. tim vince

    BLAIR ORANGE

    Yup super effort through all his troubles he just keeps getting the job done.drives a maiden at nanawati the same as the cup.for the punters and the owners.
    1 point
  25. Chris Wood

    TAB at their best again?

    1990 Puha, Royal Pay, Caulfield Cup Day, The Spring Plate, ridden by Robert Heffernan. Paid $60.60 for a 50c unit that was available back in those days. $121.20. Two of the owners were on course and got half the trifecta, over $20,000 if I remember correctly.
    1 point
  26. 100 1

    Trump written off

    Ohoka's corrupt fake news spewing a fake story as usual Hes the last one to wake up https://caching.grabien.com/c/streams/0558/-aJVrBHUoiYOPrW4u70Z-Q/1550421647/558175.mp4?key=-aJVrBHUoiYOPrW4u70Z-Q
    1 point
  27. 100 1

    Trump written off

    This is the mind control that Ohoka laps up The same networks that spent 2,202 minutes of collective airtime to push the Russia Collusion Media-Hoax are refusing to cover the Senate Intelligence Committee bipartisan report, which found no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. The Media Research Center (MRC) did the research and found that between January 21, 2017, and February 10, 2019, “ABC’s World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News, and the NBC Nightly News [spent] 2,202 minutes on the Russia investigation [, which] accounted for nearly 19 percent of all Trump-related reporting [, and now] none of those three shows have even mentioned the investigation since NBC’s report came out on February 12.” The same is true elsewhere on the left-wing networks.
    1 point
  28. 100 1

    Trump written off

    Here.s your Fake CNN news retracting another fake anti Trump story....these people are sick The great awakening is just beginning....
    1 point
  29. Sorry to say Peter, the Racing Board did the job two years ago.
    1 point
  30. 100 1

    Trump written off

    Ohokaman's mates are paid to keep the border open. The elites drug of choice is adrenochrome. They kill babies to extract it ....that is behind the human trafficking. That is the root of the wall . The public will find this out. When the pedophilia and baby sacrifice is exposed this will be the demise of the deep state and Trump will be everyones hero.
    1 point
  31. 100 1

    Trump written off

    Ha that TDS brain explosion is not going to age well. Trump.s true approval rate would be well over 75%. The MSM have still managed to retain a few brainwashed idiots like you but that number is dropping daily. But Trump is an idiot say the real idiots. Remember Trump is a stable genius. He is a chess grandmaster .
    1 point
  32. 2000 immigrants crossings illegally into the US each day , 60000 in January that's an invasion but by the sound of things you might not believe it but wait there"s more , Trump nominated for Nobel peace prize , that will make the lefty's spew .
    1 point
  33. As always my worst fear is that I've missed some dollars for someone and it has completely altered the result I've done a quick check after each race and I'll do another final audit but if you think I have whipped a few lazy dollars off you, message me and I'll do my best to put them back where they belong Thanks all for taking part today! - hard to run a comp without you all
    1 point
  34. You should know by now Richie that harness Racing thrives on gossip
    1 point
  35. Thanks, wedding venue is about 30 mins from here, so I won’t chance it. Had a little hand in the breeding of the champ, we trained Al Akbar when he was racing and Paul Cash asked me when he retired if he was a chance of making a stallion. I gave him the thumbs up, and the resulting progeny was Vegas Showgirl, Winx’s mum. Al Akbar met a sad demise, and his record as a broodmare sire is very good! We did bring him to Sydney where he won a G3 race beating Big Dreams. He was a real gentleman around the stable, although he did fancy mounting the fibreglass horse at Riccarton after he won the Stewards Handicap, our strapper on the day Stu Munro was able to reign him in.
    1 point
  36. Emotive

    Whanganui

    Totally agree. Any dog on a satisfactory stand down is entitled to trial. The club claims the situation is temporary, it is actually ridiculous!
    1 point
  37. Stables

    Justin Evans

    To my recollection Tony Lee was invited to do the racecalls at the first set of Harness Jewels because of the quality of his race calling
    1 point
  38. What a load of shit you talk Fartoomuch your pseudonim is aptly chosen
    1 point
  39. Clearly law is another of your weaknesses Stables. Can you tell us what its really like to have multiple chips on both shoulders.
    1 point
  40. 100 1

    Trump written off

    This may help cure your problem Ohoka. Read carefully...the highlighted part is you and Russian collusion The FIGHT to control the NARRATIVE.How do D's control the NARRATIVE?1) FAKE NEWS MEDIA push of 'by design' narrative [daily updates – 4am]2) FAKEWOOD echo of 'by design' narrative3) SOCIAL MEDIA stream/promote of 'by design' narrative + censor/block/ban of challenger(s) of that narrativeDo they provide evidence to support their conclusions? POTUS/RUSSIA narrative - evidence?None.POTUS racist narrative - evidence?None.POTUS …………(you can play this game all day long)'None'.What do they count on? How many experiments have been conducted by the C_A re: mind control?Psych 101: If you hear & see something over and over again by multiple (supposedly credible) news agencies, elected officials, actors/actresses, documentaries on TV, movies, internet, social media, foreign press etc. all pushing the same narrative/conclusions…….what happens? Do FACT-LESS claims become FACTS in the minds of many?Do they count on the fact that w/ work, family, stresses of life, etc. that the typical person does not have enough time in the day to research topics for themselves and therefore would believe narratives projected in the echo chamber w/o the need to provide facts or substance other than opinion? Why do they try so hard to keep you DIVIDED by race, gender, class, ……?Notice an increase in this push over the past 2-years? Are you stronger together/UNITED or DIVIDED?If you dare to challenge their narrative are you cast out [banned] by society as a threat/conspiracy theorist etc..?Are you cast out by members of your own family? ‘DIVIDED’'Group-Think'THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO THINK FOR YOURSELF.A FREE-THINKING 'LOGICAL' PERSON WHO DRAWS CONCLUSIONS BASED ON FACTS ARE, PUT SIMPLY, A THREAT TO THEIR CONTROL/POWER GRIP. ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS CONTROL [I.E. POWER].WITH CONTROL COMES PERSONAL GAIN.They want to keep you poor and in need of government assistance.Bigger the gov’t, the more CONTROL they have, the more POWER they possess. When you are in need, you are weak.When you are weak, you are not strong.When you are not strong, you do not FIGHT BACK.This is as real as it gets.They never thought she would lose.Why? See above re: Control. Transparency is the only way forward.Transparency is the only way to PROVE TO THE PUBLIC that everything SOLD TO YOU as TRUTH was nothing but a FAKE NARRATIVE DESIGNED TO KEEP, YOU, THE PEOPLE, POWERLESS, AND KEEP THEM, IN CONTROL [I.E. IN POWER].FAKE NEWS’ [propaganda arm of the Democrat machine] sole responsibility is to prevent the TRUTH from ever being disseminated to the masses. Mass Infiltration (everywhere).Transparency is the only way forward re: public opinion.Prosecution is the only way forward re: save & defend the rule of law.Prosecution and Transparency is the only way to save our way of life.Q
    1 point
  41. Tauhei Notts

    Trump written off

    100 to one. Thank you for bringing that to our attention. I had read the NZ Herald this morning and thought that Trump would never get a crowd at El Paso. The article was, I have found, a great example of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Your video showed the huge crowd that could not get into the huge auditorium. Those journalists with Trump Derangement Syndrome; I have sympathy for them, just I have sympathy for those poor unfortunate individuals inflicted with Downes Syndrome and other dreadful afflictions. Those unfortunate people deserve our sympathy.
    1 point
  42. crustyngrizzly

    Boys get Paid

    If BGP are considered in any shape or form to be the saviors of NZ Racing,then it is truly f.....d.
    1 point
  43. barryb

    Boys get Paid

    No negativity towards them from what I can see Nick, I can understand where they are coming from for sure, however I have raced plenty of horses over the last 10yrs and have 5 right now, NO ONE is paying me anything for providing the show. They just need to understand that a few of us are ahead of them in the line to get something back, especially owners who pay for the event in the first place.
    1 point
  44. THE TORCH

    Boys get Paid

    A perfect post. Some have been in the game 5 minutes and want a handout. Says a lot about todays world.
    1 point
  45. Huey

    Boys get Paid

    No argument about NZTR from me, but as Puha has said there are countless volunteers that have put in months if not years of voluntary service to ensure everyone can have a party in the sun. Not to mention this BGP movement as they call it was never sold on the premise that anyone should make any money out of it, it was a feel good facebook movement of like minded individuals and now its heading in a completely new direction, before they start seeing $$$ for bringing young punters on course I'd like to see owners looked after with a starters allowance or appearance fee. You're kidding if you think these guys will save racing by bringing 300 punters on course, unless you mean to put the rail up,put the track back,muck out the tie ups etc etc etc
    1 point
  46. Fartoomuch

    Justin Evans

    Im pretty sure the so called " Land Grab" as per some people wont be happening as a result of the Messiah report. Might just be a case of survival of the fittest in terms of track which is how it should be. Not so sure about Gallops closures as a lot of track and race day stuff is done in harness by volunteers. JMO
    1 point
  47. what a post

    Justin Evans

    . I remember going to the trials at wyndham one day about 25 years ago and there were over 240 horses in and a large number came from part timers. They are the ones who paid the studs to breed a horse,paid a professional to break in their horses,paid the transport companies,paid the farrier and the vet, had a bet, brought along the family to the races and had the extended family follow their horses,often some of whom later became involved. They are the ones who helped make up the full fields which provided driving fees for the professionals at the races and trials. When I watched the full fields at rangiora the other day I was taken by some of the drivers who may sometimes get 1 or 2 drives,actually had 10 or 11. Why because of field size,and many of those were trained by amateurs. The point is the more people that participate, the greater the money circulated. To maintain participation levels you must strike a balance which allows everyone to participate. Im not saying closing some tracks is a bad thing, i think it inevitable in some instances and actually agree with that. They just have to be strategic in the choices.
    1 point
  48. john legend

    Justin Evans

    not when virtually every comment you have made is an insult to a large trotting fraternity with collectively millions invested in property and horses. some of your amateuretc etc. insults are against people such as Doug gale a group winning trainer also Stephen Doody trainer originally of Blossom lady and Te Kawau. Perhaps Auckland track should become more apartments and the funds distributed around centres such as cambridge/manawatuI have personally only stayed in harness racing because of Manawatu Harness racing and the tremendous efforts of a volunteer committee who do their best to produce top facilities/for horses and patrons often on a shoestring budget. After 50years in harness racing as an owner/breedertreasurer/committee man and fulltime sec.manager for metoeven give you any sort of reply. I have fought battles when the odds were against winning over introducing a passing lane to nz/free entry to courses/ $75000 trainer bonuses etc all worked may explain why Messara report will only be implemented where it is economically sensible. Not where it woulddestroy a large betting pool as well as a large trainer/owner pool.in the lower half of the north island.population around 1 million
    1 point
  49. john legend

    Justin Evans

    You want to get out a bit more Stables. !!
    1 point
  50. john legend

    Justin Evans

    Stables Stables you do not know the area and I hope you are just stirring as there are enough horses trained in Taranaki, Bulls Manawatu, Wairarapa,Wellington region plus on track to maintain Harness Racing . Mike Berger, Michael House andothers enjoy racing here and many top horses have and are being developed here, I am picking you"re a person that wears the term JAFFA proudly without understanding its full meaning...!
    1 point