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OK, now I totally understand the need for vast quantities of bog roll. That is without doubt the most technical post I've ever seen on here , way way above my head , I am still coming to grips in my head why no balls Alligator Blood has some kind of female treatment to regulate him coming into season in his system.

$3.8 million error ? Heads need to roll!

Avian influenza A (H5N1) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus are infections that cause a severe viral pneumonia leading to acute respiratory dysfunction syndrome and carry a high case-fatality rate. We have investigated innate immune responses to both viruses using primary human macrophages and respiratory epithelial cells as in vitro models. In contrast to human influenza A H1NI viruses, the H5N1 viruses hyper-induce cytokines (tumour necrosis factor [TNF]alpha, interferon beta) and chemokines (IP10, MIP1alpha, MCP) in in vitro cultures of primary human macrophages. A similar differential effect is observed in primary human bronchial epithelial cells and in type 2 pneumocytes although TNFalpha is not induced in respiratory epithelial cells. The cell signalling pathways responsible for this differential effect remain to be explored. Preliminary data suggest that such differential signalling involves p38 MAP kinase rather than NF-kappaB. SARS coronavirus infection of primary human macrophages is associated with a strong induction of chemokines without an associated type 1 interferon response. These observations may be relevant in disease pathogenesis.

Must be cancelled this year. If jockeys can’t travel between Islands they can’t allow Jumps jockeys to do so and with only 2 based in South Island season is gone.

Like what?

Lance O’S you mean?

These are revolutionary times. Possibility of mass unemployment. Any job is a good job. it is obscene that there are non required personnel each "stealing" hundreds of thousands in salaries. Racing does not need self professed marketing gurus promoting fixed odds over tote betting. an exercise that is dubious at best. At least $5 million can be saved by bringing back salaries to the level I outlined and immediately. Most likely if these absurd salaries persist across all industries there will be blood on the streets. Mark my words.

14 days isn't long enough Maverick. It MUST be 2 weeks.!!!!

Agree , whats the point in clubs with incredible facilities, event staff etc operating as per normal. Time to reshuffle the calendar head back to the back bone of the sport - country racing !

I said you are watching a deep state event (think climate change WMD etc) inflicted on the people to crash the economy to fore-fill their agenda. Watch 6xes video. Again Problem -Reaction - Solution My point is Team Trump already new what was going to happen and will foil their plan with a military operation and also use it to restructure the financial system....plus expose as is already happening China, socialism, the crazy Green New Deal, Open borders Fake media etc etc I don't know the intricacies of the virus but just like climate change the obvious questions are never asked by the MSM hence the hysteria My feeling is the public are about to be awakened about the deep state atrocities and some high profile arrests coming. Enjoy the show

Quite a unique excuse......$3.8 mil coding / reconciliation error. This excuse is extraordinary ! We all knew Industry heading south at knots. We all knew massive changes needed to be made. We have seen how airlines etc have acted as things turn to custard. Racing should see this as a new beginning and start with a clean sheet of paper ASAP. The inevitable job losses may even see a Government handout ? Also several sports have been decimated thru loss of TAB revenue which in scheme of things was 'petty cash' to the part Sports Betting was contributing !

No argument about farming still being our “backbone”, but generally speaking farmers have no interest in horses these days. The generation after WWll - through to the 1970s were only a generation removed from where horses were being used to work farms, hence they had a love for, and affinity with, horses. They also had small one man band farms allowing them the flexibility to pursue their horse passion.

Must be God’s plan eh 6xes....?? Introduce a horrible virus to get rid of another one......

I saw all those bonus bets and wondered how on hell it could all work. It just did not seem possible to me. Obviously there was something that I did not know. Now I have the answer. The inmates are in charge of the asylum.

Stephen and a few others might not be operating for much longer.

Boy it is complicated being an old soldier and it has just got even harder. You lost me Archer just after Avian , Cheers BH

Might the above be linked to this is today's rag " "There's been a coding error, a reconciliation report error and a manual transaction error which means we're $3.8 million behind where we expected to be." Greg

Goneburgher.

Not a good time to leave a balance of any substantial amount in the TAB.

Not a good read, wonder if they did "cut the sausage rolls". Amazing that they deliver a 3.8 mil loss on bonus bets - the weak balance sheet haunts, the 50 mil is the noose All sad but a simple commentary on poor historical management

David icke one of the conspiracists that has been around for a long time!! he was interviewed recently it would seem..... and he give his take on whats going on!! its clear he sees the finger prints of the Elitists or the 1% controlling the fear mongering narrative.. and puts it into a perspective which simply makes you wonder. Again Problem -Reaction - Solution Familiar??

Do you honestly believe the govt is shutting it's borders because 6 people have tested positive to a flu that has been with us for years? 5-14% of all flu viruses are corona viruses Did the world should shut down when HIV reared it's head? Do they close all roads when a crash injures 6 people knowing that more crashes are going to occur if they don't? Get a grip

Months away yet, who knows what will happen in the interim, hope they're not, my fav time of racing, all booked Dec, don't wanna be in Ch-ch with no racing

Wait and see. It might not be necessary yet if this virus keeps galloping away.

Good idea if ever I saw one. Should have happened without coronavirus both across the Tassie and here long before now in my humble opinion given that the average weight of a New Zealander has increased by 5% in the last 23 years. The average Kiwi male is about 85 kgs and the average weight for a woman is a little over 72 kilograms according to stats. But the NZ racing authorities have done nothing and in the interim we've lost some very good jockeys. Here's the story from Oz. https://www.racenet.com.au/news/minimum-weight-for-nsw-jockeys-raised-to-combat-covid-19-20200318

There is a contingency plan for jumps riders.

Tasman man ,frankie,john legend ,GROW UP.

With all and sundry excluded, I assume it includes the Board of the ATC, who clearly have no functions to undertake with owners and sponsors missing!

I have been drinking Corona Light and suffered no ill effects. Every 14 days I get another dozen.

How? The ones in hospitals are Elderly and or immunocompromised? Majority of people dont have secondary infection. Todays Science? Modern surgical techniques are incredible,vaccination is a different story. Please dont quote me how successful polio vacc was until youve studied it. Thanks Peter

Don’t make a dickhead of yourself! I’ve rung the Stable and told them to use the old goodie, “The horse was in a shared paddock and drank from an infected water trough”. Worked in NZ so might do the trick here. On a more serious note, just let the investigation run it’s course. After that you can comment all you like. No sweat.

I think I'm learned enough WINNERS R1Trld, out, chased, led 100 too strong 1.37.04 last 600 33.98 R2 Trld, out Cnr led kept finding 1.09.89 last 600 33.00 R3 Led early dictated, kicked well strong 2.44.97 600 34.77 R4 4th of 8 outer, out 400 chl 200 too strong 1.24.69 600 32.89 R5 Wrkd, led kicked 400 strong 1.37.40 600 34.67 R6 3 back inner, angled out at 200 led, held 1.22.92 600 34.22 R7 3rd and 3 wide kept lifting 1.08.21 600 32.96 R8 drew 18, 5 back inner too good 2.30.74 600 36.28 R9 Crw, slow 10th very wide flew 1.24.39 600 34.10 So what is your perceived track bias, I don't believe there was any winners coming from in front, trailing, 3/5 back the fence, 3 wide on speed, last in running and very wide turning in. Don't make it up watch the films look at the results, bad day on the punt? Track was great and presented well for all horses.

It will be like Alcatraz.......the Chinese Restaurant at Alex Park is an independent business so needs to 'be open for trade' but it has been stated that Harness followers will be excluded as customers. I wondered if the regular trotting group that has the front table there each week would venture out to get a glimpse of the last 50m of race. Sorry chaps ,no peeky , peeky ! I was thinking of loaning a mates Burkha but a security uniform may be the best bet ! The club should be saving money and have regulars like eljay to perform security and ID checks , voluntarlly of course !

Geez Eljay, 100 horses X 5 owners per horse, that's 500 people on course .... you'd have to go back to the 1990's to remember crowds that big!

Here you go...5-14% of all viruses are corona viruses Didn't we have it last year ? Is it even new? Where is it tested ? in clinics? In hospital? In the general public? Basic questions go unanswered. It's on a par with climate change sculdugery

Worse in Aussie RR....

Ahhhhhh Lloyd. Cat racing, now there's a thought. And they can usually outrun the dogs too.

NBR reporting that online gambling is on the rise as Cornavirus increases. Finally some good news.

Yeah just thought that, lol

Practical, logical and deductive ... and if you read the posts, there definitely is a spark of sunshine

And all breathing the same air.....

john - I don't think making exceptions will help the situation. Once you let 1 owner in then what about his wife and whatabout his kids and what about his mother and ......... multiplied by 100 horses at the meeting each with 5 or more owners. Phew - I know I'd be hot if I paid that big money and some bureaucrat said I couldn't see it race - thank God, Allah, Brian Tamaki whichever is your fancy that I don't have anything other than a cat these days

You are a ray of sunshine aren't you?

From what I have seen off the Aged and retirement villages, the owners prefer a high turnover rate.

Bird Flu and Swine Flu were also corona viruses. To continue on this path of media endorsed armageddon, will lead to it. The virus is in the community already, possibly 200 people maybe 2,000, it is an AIRBORNE virus and it is not going anywhere. We have no choice but to let it run its course, then when common sense returns, it will be relegated to all the other viruses in the community. Remember the common Flu doesn't disappear completely it merely subsides for the summer, to reappear the next winter. Humans gradually become more resistant and fatalities lessen. This will be happen with the current virus. Remember this is not EBOLA, this is not going to kill everyone, but sure as shooting, panic and chaotic behaviour will create an unstoppable movement which will fk up the majority of people.

If I recall correctly from my spell on the Cambridge committee, the club has very little control over dates. The club would have very much liked more rational dates instead of the rush of meetings in the new year, weeks of no racing at other times and back to back meetings with Auckland all too frequently.

When the vaccine comes more problems. Those with capital will borrow more to cash in on the huge increase in the sharemarket creating more division. Reports are out that Trump is trying to hijack the cure for Americans only or at least Americans first. Not convinced nature brought about this catastrophe. 20 years ago there was big debate about bio weapons so that any development would have gone underground and top secret.

In all honesty clubs and a system that expect harness racing to have a future with such small stakes are "dreamin Jonesy" the win barely covers 2 months training fees and reduces us to a level where profitability is almost an impossibility. The overheads of the industry with its mismanagement are too high to sustain the situation.. The owners and trainers cannot sustain losses as exit owners then exit trainers (and drivers) The TAB,RIU,Racing nz,.hrnz. and uncle tom cobbley sic etc all grab too big a piece of the pie and clubs are expected to pay higher stakes when they too struggle. The social aspect was always trotted out but nowdays no question. it cuts no ice as us owners cannot subsidise overheads with very little chance of a profit. No wonder less than 2000 foals are born each year.

all good suggestions but lets not lose sight of the huge overheads which are removed from the industry runs to 100s of millions each year that could be available for stakes but are "siphoned off " by inefficiency each year. Moving ratings and dollars around will not fix the problem unfortunately.

Vic Forbes Atmospheric modellers have dominated the climate debate for too long. It is time to ask well-informed geologists about Earth’s ever-changing climate history which is written indelibly in the rocks. Instead of wasting billions on bigger computers for yet more atmospheric models, let’s do some factual research on volcanoes beneath the oceans. Then ask some astro-physicists about the possible influence of solar cycles, sunspots, cosmic rays, cloud formation, earth magnetism, rogue asteroids and movements of the solar system through the galaxy. To believe mankind can counter the effect of these powerful natural climate controllers by trading carbon credits and capturing a few sea breezes and sunbeams using green energy toys is indeed a sad sign of the modern climate madness..... One things for sure, this NSW fire will guarantee safer fire seasons for years to come