Toblerone

FYI, once the scratchings are removed the first tips represent: 6 favourites (Great Fantasy, Feel The Burn, NO Doctor Needed, Benson Buys, Bar Room Brawl, Whitehaven Beach) 2 plunge horses (Its Official Babe 14-7, Crackared 9-5) 1 second favourite (Somethingaboutmary) and Realmein.

Monaro Mia and Zadaka were late scratchings. In other news, this narrative is boring already. Get a new hobby you dunce. Ring Iraklis and dribble to each other.

These are the same as Matt Markham's in The Informant.

The Shark is a fictitious character created by NZRB's marketing guy Nick Tedeschi. They changed the TAB Trackside social media to 'The Shark' and they just funnel all their tips and picks from various people through that. Don't get sucked in.

FTM, Addington leave their noms open without fail every week. Just shut them on Tuesday and stop this charade.

Congrats Brian. As a gift to yourself, why don't you close nominations on time for once in your life.

Lather Up won the North America Cup....

11,600**

Godlike stuff from Fitzy. Serious question - does this service justify the somewhat exorbitant salary he's on? Is it being marketed effectively? I would say no.

They found out by bush telegraph because someone overheard an RIU member talking about it on the phone at the races shortly after the results were returned.

There was only 9 wins available

It was reported by Adam Hamilton on HRNZ on April 23. The other crowd just lift everything off HRNZ. Credit where it is due. https://www.hrnz.co.nz/news-and-events/latest-news/6816-shez-rocking-towards-nz

1) Frank is a voter. 2) Voting has already closed. 3) Elle Mac won two Group 1 races while Dizzy Miss Lizzy won one. 4) Elle Mac set two New Zealand records.

Pretty sure Colin Evans is training horses there at the moment.

The starter was questioned, though it wasn't noted in the report. You can't push a false start for horses slow up to arm, provided no other horses are inconvenienced by their slugishness. Given it was all the second line horses effected, there was no reason to call a false start. They should have all been aware of the miobile leaving and get on the gate. Not hard, is it?

I am by no means a Guerin apologist, but I was on course on Saturday and it WAS flat, and for those on course it was a very poor viewing spectacle due to the size of the track and the distance from the grandstand to the winning post. You guys are being foolhardy suggesting it shouldn't be considered for other locations.

Rasmussen went on a holiday to Thailand immediately after the meeting. That being said, I don't understand why it couldn't have been tended to on the same night. According to Dave McCarthy, she has been cleared of any wrongdoing today.

Sorry to see you go, Brodie. I valued what you said and I know you are actually correct in what you say. You cop a lot of heat, most of it unfounded. Go well.

I don't disagree that he probably is the better of the two horses but I also don't think Ace High is as good as you seem to believe.

Having read watch hsvman has said, can you now concede that all was not as cut and dried as HRNZ made out re consultation?

Newmarket, you are somewhat misinformed here. There was evidence, in print, that all was not as it seemed re the Horseman's Association supposed support of this movement. Mark Jones was especially outspoken on the matter.

you mean Realmein?

I suspect because of his size that comparisons will be made to Smolda and Heaven Rocks, but I don't quite see it just yet. My guess? will be on the market in the next couple of months...

Just one point to clarify here. The stable has won this race once in the last 15 years - in 2009.

Really?