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The comp this weekend. Prizes as again generously put forward by Scooby are: 1st - $300 2nd - $150 3rd - $50 All winner’s bets are to be a W/P bet on a single horse, tote odds. And half of any winnings to be retained for future comps. And for the last day of the carnival we’re going all out…. - Pick 4 horses in each race, and you will have an imaginary: - $10 ew on each horse - $1 Boxed Quinella - $1 Boxed Trifecta - $1 Boxed First Four - All horses coupled up in both the early and late Quaddies (Randwick only) - All horses coupled up in the Place 6 (Randwick only) RULES WHERE THERE IS A “CARRIED FORWARD” AMOUNT IN A TRIFECTA, FIRST FOUR OR QUADDIE. In the event of a Carried Forward amount, it’s not fair that you don’t get the full divvy just because no one strikes it on the TAB. So if you strike one of these, you will be credited with the declared divvy and the Carried Forward amount. If 2 of you strike it, then both will get the declared divvy and half of the Carried Forward amount…. and so on. Picks close at 1.45pm Saturday. If you have a scratching you will go on to the favourite etc (as per previous weeks) Please post your horse numbers IN NUMERICAL ORDER PLEASE… Ellerslie Race 7 Ellerslie Race 8 Riccarton Race 7 Riccarton Race 9 Randwick Race 1 Randwick Race 2 Randwick Race 3 Randwick Race 4 Randwick Race 5 Randwick Race 6 Randwick Race 7 Randwick Race 8 Randwick Race 9 Big $$ going to be collected this weekend so get your picks in.. Good Luck

Well .. Thanks very much Turnwald and Freeman again. This has really helped things .... NOT !!!!!

Just a snippet or two this evening. Frankel's full sister makes her debut at Sandown tomorrow. The dam, KIND, died at the age of 20 giving birth to a Kingman foal so CHIASMA will be the last direct sibling to the great horse FRANKEL (rating 143) whose full brothers, NOBLE MISSION (123) and BULLET TRAIN (113), were decent in their own right though the other full brother, PROCONSUL (76) was less distinguished. CHIASMA starts in a 2000m 3-y-o maiden but if she were to achieve black type, her future as a broodmare would be assured. I'll cover last Sunday's racing in the next contribution but the opening 1600m maiden at Newbury saw SNOW LANTERN beat DERAB. The former is by Frankel out of the 1000 Guineas winner Sky Lantern while DERAB is a half-brother to Enable - his sire is Sea The Stars while hers was Nathaniel. Over jumps, Saturday's Finale meeting at Sandown will be run on pretty quick ground for the chasers and hurdlers. Seven stand in the Grade 1 Celebration Chase over 3100m and some may consider it absurd (I know I do) we have a Grade 1 in England for the speed chasers on Saturday and just 72 hours we have another Grade 1 for the speed chasers at Punchestown. Despite that, both races will, I think, just about hold up. Henry de Bromhead has brought Champion Chase winner PUT THE KETTLE ON to Sandown to take on most of the top British chasers at this trip including SCEAU ROYAL, GREANETEEN and ALTIOR.The last named is top rated but is now eleven and you just have to ask if a speedy 3100m is really what he wants these days. PUT THE KETTLE ON may not be ideally suited by this track and ground though the uphill finish will help. I like SCEAU ROYAL at 7/2 and may play at that price or bigger. King George winner FRODON goes in the supporting Grade 2 and while he was no match for the Irish at Cheltenham this is more his level. On Sunday, there's a huge meeting at Sha Tin - three stellar Group 1 events but no European challengers that I can see. The Japanese are there in strength with DANON SMASH a big chance in the sprint. I imagine GOLDEN SIXTY will be strongly fancied for the Mile which looks dominated by the locals but the £1.35 million Queen Elizabeth II Cup has also drawn a strong Japanese challenge including KISEKI and the 2020 top classic filly, DARING TACT, who ran a fine third to the great ALMOND EYE in the Japan Cup last November. Punchestown's five day jumping festival starts on Tuesday - decent ground for the main jump races but it's quick on the Cross Country course which has three races in the week including the wonderfully eccentric La Touche Cup on Thursday over 6600m and 34 or 35 obstacles of varying shapes and sizes. The opening day features the 3200m Champion Chase.

@rancho SISO up the road in Remuera on the corner of Norana Ave where Banque used to be & has recently opened was always busy in the early evening. Haven't tried it yet but should be reviews online. No problems with parking & not quite so many road cones to navigate in Remuera compared to city... Great to see you coming out of the closet & dressing in your ANZAC weekend finery... If you get a chance rise early & attend an ANZAC service..usually one at Museum. Have a great holiday in Auckland & make sure you are the one who brings friends next time to races.

Your "spend" for the day will be $6,350. Some encouragement for those who mightn't be travelling too good throughout the day... the last time we had a similar comp the eventual winner Paigezim was sitting 20th going into the last race but their consistency in picking placegetters meant they struck the Place 6 of $194.60 x 108 for a collect of $21,016.80

Border worker 6 months without a test , tests proving they are worthless ..but expensive, Big Pharma are creating a very strong foothold and the need for their ‘tech’ and vaccines ....major concern Where is the Covid ? The latest Airport case with 31 close contacts and so far no transmission he picked it up cleaning wearing safety equipment this thing should be spreading like wildfire This is becoming increasingly worrying ..how so many people can test positive at our Borders without Death, not even a ‘ventilator’ ,are we that Stupid ? Yeah Nah we’re just really really really lucky

Anywhere at Ellerslie is good, public stand superb For a top feed go to HQ on the waterfront you are staying just up the road

I disagree. The statements "most people think the industry is already closed" and " many find greyhound racing a repulsive sport" appear contradictory. I am not at all sure of their relevance either. Incidentally, many people find Mixed Martial Arts repulsive but it does not prevent it from getting a staggering amount of coverage both in print and on the screen. Anyway, I have had the experience of someone looking askance at me when she discovered I was involved in greyhound racing. I took her through the day in a greyhound's life and a day at the races. She changed her attitude and confessed she knew nothing about greyhounds and was now impressed with how well they are looked after. That there have been problems has been well documented and this is the thrust of Jim Edwards' article. He points out the changes that have been made and the improvements. "The concerns expressed by the SPCA and SAFE indicate a lack of current knowledge as the fears they have raised are many years out of date" He goes on to outline many of those changes and concludes by writing "GRNZ accepts there will always. be those who do not support the racing of animals and want it banned. They are entitled to this belief, but it important when opposing any activity that the true picture is acknowledged and misinformation is corrected."

Casting the blame on other industries wont solve anything

What are people's thoughts on the new review into the welfare and safety of racing dogs? Will be interesting to see the outcomes of this. Surely mass breeding will be under the microscope this time id imagine.

Heading up to attend Ellerslie for the first time on Saturday. Going as the plus one of a mate who has a share in a horse running. Any advice on where’s the best place to be on course for viewing, tote access, bar etc? Keen to know places for a decent feed afterwards (will be staying on Nelson st in the city). cheers

According to forecasters and the locals it may snow but that rain is on the way. Bloody nuisance if they have to pull the plug although who can forget the day they raced whilst the snow was bucketing down.

Quite like this stallion https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/ribchester-2yo-filly-a-rising-star-for-wesley-ward-at-keeneland/

The doggies are in a power of trouble once the journos get stuck in Just cannot see greyhounds surviving and with live baiting and now P, issues not even on the table the going gets worse

The Darkening Clouds of Totalitarianism By Dr Muriel Newman “Totalitarianism: form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of individual life to the authority of the state.” – Encyclopaedia Britannica Under Jacinda Ardern’s stewardship, New Zealand is becoming a totalitarian state. Another giant leap down that path was announced last week in the form of a Cabinet paper outlining plans to criminalise free speech. But before we examine the detail, let’s remind ourselves of two other significant expansions of State authority that are already underway. The first involves State control of the entire economy under the guise of ‘climate change’. As a result of the Prime Minister imposing the harshest carbon restrictions in the world onto New Zealand, the Climate Commission is foreshadowing the need for central planning on a grand scale, if the country is to meet our obligations under the United Nations Paris Agreement. But the question is, why is our Prime Minister sacrificing our economy and living standards, when most other countries are doing nothing? Surely it can’t just be to look good when standing before the United Nations – or can it? Shouldn’t the PM be held accountable, not to the UN, but to New Zealanders, for the economic damage she is inflicting onto our country? The second area of totalitarian control involves the undermining of democracy itself. The Ardern Government has already abolished our democratic right to prevent local councils from introducing Maori wards. Now they are replacing democracy with separatist rule. According to their He Puapua report, the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will be enacted by 2040. To achieve that goal, our constitution will be replaced with one that elevates the Treaty of Waitangi into supreme law, Maori tikanga will replace the common law, and the country will be governed through a 50:50 Crown-Maori ‘partnership’. Under what will, in effect, be a tribal dictatorship, democracy will cease to exist. It’s time to say “No”! To defend democracy and equal rights we have launched a “Declaration of Equality” – to find out more, please click HERE. The Prime Minister is now embarking on an even more threatening assault on our freedom – this time on our freedom of speech. New Zealanders’ right to free speech is enshrined in section 14 of the 1990 Bill of Rights Act: “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form.” That freedom is limited by the 1993 Human Rights Act. Section 61 makes it a civil offence to express “threatening, abusive, or insulting” opinions that are likely “to excite hostility against or bring into contempt any group of persons… on the ground of colour, race, or ethnic or national origins.” Under Section 131 intentionally inciting hostility is a criminal offence that can result in imprisonment of up to three months or a fine of up to $7,000. However, as a public safeguard, such prosecutions need the approval of the Attorney-General. According to the Human Rights Commission New Zealanders’ right to make controversial or offensive remarks is not undermined by these laws – they only restrict those who are inciting serious ethnic tension or unrest: “Only where there is the potential for significant detriment to society can the right to freedom of expression be limited.” While prosecutions have been rare, many other constraints on free speech also exist. The regulators dealing with complaints about published material are the Broadcasting Standards Authority, the Advertising Standards Authority, and the New Zealand Press Council. The Harmful Digital Communications Act covers complaints about texts, emails, social media, and website content, with offenders facing up to two years in prison or fines of up to $50,000. Threats of physical violence or harm are covered by the Crimes Act. Section 307A stipulates that threats made against people or property that cause “significant disruption of the activities of the civilian population” are an offence with a penalty of up to seven years in prison. In 2019, following the Christchurch tragedy, then Minister of Justice Andrew Little announced a review “to examine whether our laws properly balance the issues of freedom of speech and hate speech. The process should not be rushed, and I expect a report for public comment towards the end of the year… Protecting our crucially important right to freedom of speech, while testing whether the balance is right regarding ‘hate speech’, needs a robust public discussion from all quarters. This way we will ensure that all of our citizens’ rights are protected, and every person can express their humanity without fear.” The promised public consultation never eventuated. Instead of an open and transparent process, secret discussions were held with groups campaigning for harsher laws. The Ministry of Justice chief executive Andrew Kibblewhite claimed hate speech was a “tricky thing” to navigate. They wanted to keep discussions “away from the political fray”, to prevent them being “derailed” and to “avoid protests”. In the end, New Zealand First refused to support any restrictions of New Zealanders’ right to free speech. As a result, Labour promised a law change in their 2020 election manifesto: “Labour will extend legal protections for groups that experience hate speech, including for reasons of religion, gender, disability or sexual orientation, by ensuring that we prohibit speech that is likely to incite others to feel hostility or contempt towards these groups under the Human Rights Act.” Their plan was to use the Human Rights Act to provide statutory protection to groups based not only on ‘race’, but on religion, gender, disability and sexual orientation as well. Just after the election, the Royal Commission into the Christchurch shootings released its report including proposals to strengthen hate speech laws. They recommended criminalising anyone deliberately inciting hostility by inserting section 131 of the Human Rights Act into the Crimes Act, increasing the penalties from three months in jail to at least two years, including ‘religion’ as a protected characteristic alongside ‘race’, and broadening the scope of ‘hate speech’ from an intent to ‘incite’ hostility to an intent to ‘stir’ it up. But this week’s NZCPR Guest Contributor political commentator Chris Trotter is questioning the Government’s plan to enact Royal Commission recommendations to restrict our freedom, when nothing could have stopped the ‘lone wolf’ attack: “Though bitterly contested by those firmly convinced that the Christchurch Mosque Shootings represent something more than the crime of a Lone Wolf terrorist, the Royal Commission’s finding that no state agency could have prevented Tarrant from carrying out his deadly intent – except by chance – is correct. He understood that, for his ‘mission’ to succeed, he must do nothing to draw the attention of the authorities – and, God help us all, he didn’t. “Against such careful and pitiless premeditation, all the laws on our statute books are powerless. The state can punish Lone Wolves, but it cannot stop them. In attempting to minimise the terrorist threat, however, the state can eliminate our freedoms.” Chris warns: “When Governments extend the state’s power to monitor their citizens’ ideas and activities, we should all be on our guard. Even when such extensions are introduced in response to a terrorist atrocity, we need to ask ourselves: would these new powers have prevented it?” And that’s precisely what should be in our mind as we examine the proposed restrictions on free speech outlined by the new Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi in his Cabinet paper. First of all, he wants all free speech breaches criminalised – not just the deliberate calls to incite hostility recommended by the Royal Commission, but the unintentional ones as well. Second, he wants to adopt the Royal Commission’s proposal for the law to be widened to include an intent to “stir up” hatred. Third, he wants the penalties strengthened from three months in jail to three years – even though the Royal Commission recommended two years – with fines increased from $7,000 to $50,000. Fourth, while the Royal Commission recommended increasing the legal protection from groups based on ‘race’ to include ‘religion’ as well, the Minister wants it expanded to include “all groups listed under the prohibited grounds of discrimination in section 21 of the Human Rights Act”. That means that under Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Government, you will not only have to mind your Ps and Qs when it comes to discussing race and religion, but also sex, marital status, ethical belief, disability, age, political opinion, employment status, family status, and sexual orientation as well. In fact, it seems the only group that will not be protected by Minister Faafoi’s new law will be white able-bodied working age males! But it gets worse. It appears the Ardern Government is planning on using these law changes to massively expand the concept of ‘incitement to discriminate’. The Minister explained his intention as follows: “Examples of inciting discrimination of a group include encouraging their exclusion or unfavourable treatment in the provision of goods and services, rental housing, or employment. In my view, as it is unlawful to discriminate against population groups, it should also be unlawful to incite others to discriminate against these groups.” Landlords and employers should beware – if someone alleges unfavourable treatment it appears the Police may well come knocking! Many other changes are proposed by Minister Faafoi, including some that are being withheld from the public. One in particular deals with the complaints process – paragraph 51 of the Cabinet paper ends with, “Groups spoken with also expressed their desire to address discrimination and hate speech in society more broadly than just through the incitement process”; but how that is to be put into effect in paragraph 52, is fully redacted. With the chilling effect these proposed changes would have on society plain to see, and George Orwell’s warning, “If you control the language, you control the mind” ringing out loud and clear, is paragraph 52 proposing a new department of Thought Police? In Jacinda Ardern’s totalitarian State, few New Zealanders will speak their mind for fear of a criminal prosecution. It will be a very ominous day for New Zealand when the Police are given the power to become the enforcement unit of politicians and activists against those expressing contrary opinions. Through the imposition of State authority over the economy using carbon regulations, over democracy through separatist rule, and over free speech using hate speech laws, New Zealand is well on its way to becoming a shadow of the vibrant, free society that we all love. Let’s be absolutely clear – these changes herald the most dramatic expansion of the influence of government in New Zealand’s history, and it’s happening at an extraordinary pace while Jacinda Ardern’s socialist government has a three year window of unbridled control. It is also happening with very limited scrutiny given the lack of independence in the media and a lack of transparency from the government itself. While all of these changes are seismic, the threat to the freedom of expression is the most ominous. Free speech is essence of a free society. It is the very oxygen of a democracy and individuality. Free speech is how knowledge is developed and shared, and it remains the most effective bulwark against tyranny. As the former Minister of Justice Andrew Little explained, “Protecting freedom of speech is vital to hold those in authority to account, challenge the socially and culturally dominant, and enable society to progress. Freedom of speech can give force to new ideas, but also cause discomfort and offence. It is usually the first right to be lost under oppressive regimes, and among the first to be restored, at least in name, after revolutionary change.” With these proposals having been approved by Cabinet, it is clear that under Jacinda Ardern’s controlling regime, she is planning to not only take away our right to criticise others, but also our right to criticise her and her Party. Including ‘political opinion’ as a protected characteristic in hate speech laws puts New Zealand on a course to become the North Korea of Oceania. The Darkening Clouds of Totalitarianism

Just the one race in the snow that day. Last race and an astute driver took off from the second line, found the front, and was never challenged.!!.

There's been an outbreak of some disease in Wuhan around every ten years since the early 1900's - all recorded in Papers Past NZ - put the word Wuhan in there & up it all pops!! Glaxo used to be a reputable company before it merged in recent years. Do bear in mind that they were under investigation for Bribery & Corruption right through until at least December 2020...

Swarbrick supports decriminalising all drug use. But not in the greyhound industry . She also authoritatively states that the Turnbull case is the 'tip of the iceberg'. What does she base that statement on? Just a populist lightweight.

It is too late in the season for grass track racing, should work on day light savings.

Agreed with above.....wander around and check the place out . You will have owners pass to go to mounting yard bar for a drink to chat with the jockey pre-race but check out the new horse stalls and the Tote room nearby. Public stand is very good to view the races.....you may want to watch your race from members stand where you can be close to or in line with the finish....public stand 100-150 m along ! Don't expect a big crowd there ...it wont be Kumara in January or a Cup day ! If you want to see people go to the malls ,beaches or weekend holiday places on water....Viaduct at night. Yes go visit HQ 's and ask for Leo.

Can the industry please make up there mind with closing down clubs. Geraldine for example, facilities are inadequate for professional racing and yet they get a life line next season. Were the best mile track in the country ‘ashburton’ only has a hand full of meetings. You have too break a few eggs to make a omelette, but at the moment they are becoming hard boiled. I know people from the South Canterbury won’t agree, but we have to move with the times..

Never received mate.

How many jumpers are in training in the SI? It would be a brave trainer and owner who puts time and expense into training a jumper these days with all the uncertainty. With the intention to hold virtually all of the SI winter meetings on the Riccarton All Weather going forward, I can't see any place for jumping at all. Riccarton only wants to host jumps for one week of the year, and is quite happy to import them all rather than encourage locals. The logical jumps tracks throughout the winter are Oamaru and Timaru, but they are both considered surplus to needs so the powers that be are hardly going to encourage them. I did find the announcement concerning Riverton to be a bit condescending: "in an attempt for this meeting to proceed with reasonable field sizes". There are plenty of horses in the south if they would just programme them properly.

crustyngrizzly Mother Goose was trained by Colin Jillings for the Donaldson family. She won 3 races from 19 starts. Pukekohe 11/10/80 for Billy Vance. Te Rapa 20/11/81 for Bob Vance. Ellerslie 29/12/81 for Craig Cossill.

Its interesting putting the pieces of the puzzle together. Cleo Swarbrick - Green party Gareth Hughes - Green Party SAFE - Board member Gareth Hughes NAWAC committee - Anya Dale (SPCA) GRNZ welfare committee - Anya Dale (SPCA) Aaron Cross - Greyhound protection league and supported by SAFE ALL out to shut down Greyhound Racing.....

They need a review into the Green Party and the one sided opinion they have They dont even know the correct Name of the country They want greyhounds basically banned and dont care about reviews

Of course it's a scandemic when you follow the MONEY

When are the Greenies going to attack big game fish hunters whom catch and release after being on a line for 1-2 hours? Is that considered cruel at all.

Don't know much about greyhounds but when one falls it immediately gets up and chases the pack. Also I have noticed that some are bandaged these days. The SAFE organisation tell more half truths than the politicians.

We have Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) who so call run this industry. Surely it is up to the CEO and her team to be proactive and argue the remarks put forward by the minister. Alas no another absent landlord who will jump ship when it gets tough.

People in this industry are naive. Having worked outside of the industry, most people think the industry is already closed and many find greyhound racing a repulsive sport, to the point where I don't discuss any of my dealings within the industry with people. I sure hope they don't enquire into where all these dogs being bred that aren't put through gap or make it to the track go because this will be the undoing of racing. I've Said it in here plenty of times but no one even wants to acknowledge that there's a problem that needs to be rectified. Everyone defends the people that do this.

Just means governments part with more taxpayer money to buy ‘boosters’ They’ve gone to far there’s no going back, most dangerous and expensive exercise ever undertaken and nobody in our Medical fraternity challenging any part of it... Who’s heads will roll when the dust settles ?

Reported today that "New variants ESCAPING THE VACCINE" which translated means Vaccines ineffective as evidenced by the old goat Biden staggering around in a mask after being fully vaccinated. Wake up people, you are being conned with Fauci and his cohort driving the false narrative.