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It is well known that the job for Cubes when horse trainingness comes into play is to keep quiet for a moment and let the trainer do the training and then Cubes job is getting a good barrier draw which seems to be some random process that Cubes doesn't understand and seems to have no influence over. And we always get the visitors carpark But Holy Moly Two Ace Bullets @ Phar Lap Knowing Cubes luck the track will probably favour the swoopers

Good luck Cubes ! I hope the Russian allowed in the gate....a lot being banned these days !

I'm sure a naughty long legged bird will be welcomed with open arms though !

I don’t think PETONE is a problem any more is it ? The issues of waste, 14 million dollars worth of waste, indulgence, incompetence, and ignorance seem to be centered on a building in Green Lane Auckland, with a big flash RIB written on the door I’d be taking 80% of that money off the Racing Incompetence Board and using it to assist in educating raceday staff, and young horses

Yonkers today there's a whole lotta ex-Kiwis racing, and it kicks off with DinaBolt and GlengarryKnight in race 2. then there's steady stream with the likes OnTheCards, AmericanDealer, BelmontMajor, CommanderCathy, JacksLegend etc etc with JesseDuke in the last, and Pure mate there's few Ozzies in too Cheers Iraklis

FunAtThebeach in 1.50.1 in the big pace Final at Yonkers today, followed by an Ozzie Leonidas howzat guys, ex Kiwi and an ex Oz starrin at the end of a big one, race was worth $549,000 oooeee that's alot of cookies LOL Cheers Iraklis

Needs to be championed and expanded..its one of the most important parts of the whole process not eating pies in Petone.

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and finally ties in the seeding round will be split by (in this order): - most winners - most 2nd placings - most 3rd placings - best placing in Race 1 - best placing of second pick in Race 1 - best placing in Race 2 - best placing of second pick in Race 2 - etc ......... (best placing includes runners outside of first 3 - for example, someone with the 3rd and 6th horses in Race 1 wins a tiebreaker with someone with 3rd and 8th in Race 1)

They say there is already a 5 hour wait for Lifeline. The Wok are in a terrible state now a straight man has purchased Twitter.

I forgot to add tomorrow also sees Champion chase winner ENERGUMENE take on stable mate CHACUN POUR SOI over 3200m. May not be much between them.

We'd all like to get younger people into the game but that ain't going to happen unless you educate a pool of people with a prospect that something new and exciting awaits them. I loved doing the barriers. Uni student who got $80 a day with the excitement of meeting and greeting some fab horses. Couple that with having the odd bet because I got to know the trainers and jockeys and I put myself through Uni doing the barriers. Corver and I ended up buying an old HT Holden that we rally-drived out of our dealings. I could also tell you some stories. We got to be quite well known (also did horse air transport services) as getting free flights was the name of the game to and fro from Australia. One day Vern Brockman (very good trainer in his day) came up to us and said he had a horse racing later that week called Sturgeon (by Beau Sovereign) in the races at Beverley (I think) and that it would win by the length of the straight if it could get out of the barriers quickly enough. In its last 4 or 5 starts it had walked out of the gates and beat itself. Got everyone in our frat house to chip in for the bet of a life time. Didn't tell anyone what the horse was as we didn't want the oil to leak too much. We sorted it out with the other barrier staff that I would be in total control of the horse and they would load the rest. Without doing anything illegal (nothing electronic), by the time that horse loaded his brain was ready to walk any tight rope. Flew the barriers at the start and won by 5. Ten minutes after the race I was pulled into the stewards room and was asked to view the video of the start from behind. All you could see was this white sneeker continuously going up and down bumping the horse on the arse with the most humongous kick in perfect placement and timing just as the barriers opened. After playing dumb and simply saying that I got told the horse obviously had a problem getting out of the barriers, they let me out of the jail box. What I didn't say was that I had worked out the timing with the starter, who I gave the signal to when to open the gates....and the rest is history. Had a huge frat party to beat all frat parties. Not cricket, I know, but you've got to be young once and it was in Australia after all. But back to the real issue, we simply need to make it appealing to get involved. Go to the Uni students and get them up to speed. Lincoln (the guys who know animals) is just down the road and market it as a bit of excitement. Simply got to get a few real barrier experts to teach them how to do it...or work out who and how to educate the existing bunch...or a combo of both.

The Punchestown Festival brings down the curtain on the Irish jumping season and is arguably their version of Cheltenham. Over five days, there are one or two quirky events such as the 6600m La Touche over the cross country fences. Plenty of championship races to carry on the story from Cheltenham and Aintree. Tomorrow, Ballymore winner SIR GERHARD goes back to 3200m and takes on DYSART DYNAMO who was well beaten when falling in the Supreme at Cheltenham. BOB OLINGER, the luckiest winner of this year's Cheltenham, goes in the 4800m novice chase but I prefer FURY ROAD who chased home AHOY SENOR at Aintree. On Wednesday, the first and second from the Albert Bartlett at Cheltenham, THE NICE GUY and MINELLA COCOONER, renew rivalry over the 4800m staying hurdles. JOURNEY WITH ME wasn't going to beat SIR GERHARD in the Ballymore but might have every chance over this extra 600m. Perhaps the feature of the whole week is the Punchestown Gold Cup over 4800m. Ryanair winner ALLAHO goes 600m further and is up against Aintree winners CLAN DES OBEAUX and FAKIR D'OUDAIRIES while the second, fourth and sixth in the Gold Cup - MINELLA INDO, GALVIN and AL BOUM PHOTO are also in the mix. There was a length and a half between CLAN DES OBEAUX and AL BOUM PHOTO last year while ALLAHO has been vulnerable over the extra distance as has FAKIR D'OUDAIRIES. It wouldn't be the biggest surprise if MINELLA INDO and GALVIN got back in the mix - put 10 dollars of @scooby3051's money in my pocket and I'd play on GALVIN each way but this is a high class chase and arguably stronger than Cheltenham. The Bumper sees the first two from Cheltenham, FACILE VEGA and AMERICAN MIKE, re-oppose but it was heavy at Prestbury Park and it's only just on the slow side of Good now. I wonder if that will put REDEMPTION DAY back in the mix. Thursday has the Champion Stayers Hurdle in which KLASSICAL DREAM bids to atone for a disappointing Cheltenham run while in the 3200m novice chase GENTLEMAN DU MEE bids to follow up his Aintree win over Arkle chase hero EDWARDSTONE. With CONSTITUTION HILL declining the gig, HONEYSUCKLE looks a short price to confirm Cheltenham form with EPATANTE in the Champion Hurdle on Friday while County Hurdle winner STATE MAN looks to have a big chance in the 4000m novice hurdle. I'll sort out the Friday and Saturday races later in the week.

You always resort to personal criticism