Phar Lap Fan

Trying to help you, B.H. Forewarned is four-armed - like an octopus sliced into two by a giant cleaver, wielded by a passionate person on a mission! If that fate befell you, you would be Ho or GG.

A shovel and a spade! Who is helping her? Boss should be worried.

Is he a hurdler? No wonder that he can't win if he's doing all that stuff in a race!

The advantage of radio is that one can do other stuff while listening, rather than being obliged to sit at a screen. Without Sky/Spark tv, or Radio Sport, might have to buy a newspaper to find the cricket scores.

Why were the punters furious? Because their dishonesty was caught or did they seriously believe that the amounts were real? That they were spreading the story on social medium suggests that they knew. Taking money paid by mistake is a crime, unless the recipient can prove that it was genuinely felt to be theirs. I would take bets on them failing that.

Is it Munchausen? Now known as F.D.I.A.

If racehorse owner is your sole source of income, you might have a claim.

Imagine if your horse won and you didn't back it. Imagine if your horse lost and you didn't back it.

T.A.B. - Those documents don't specify that racing clubs subscribed the capital if the loan, from banks/s, was only under-written by them. Was told that the loan was quickly repaid so the conclusion was that the T.A. B. owned itself. Read the book about its history, although a few years ago, and thought the same from that.

What bazach and Kingshill said. Most dairy farms are minimum of 500 cows to be economic units nowadays. With farm manger/sharemilker/staff, who has time to play with horses? A generation lost to racing is never likely to return.

At New Plymouth, why were T.A.B. staff admitted when no public or members were? Who was betting? R.I.T.A. asks staff to voluntarily reduce their hours but asks Government to help at the same time. Muddled thinking!

Also seems to a higher percentage of imported horses in races now, as if locals don't have much faith in their own?

W.R.C. controlling birdcage and owners' room, without doing anything in public stand (?), seems a half-arsed response. Like the government telling all tourists to self-isolate for 14 days. We continue to support the tourism industry but won't allow tourists to tour?

Proisir's 5th dam was Sunbride, so not surprising that he is pretty good. Would J.E. have beaten Two Illicit? Don't know but suspect not. J.E., Loire and Showbeel were mixing results but J.E. became dominant over more distance.

Was more impressed by Two Illicit. By the time and ease of her win, she could have won Herbie Dyke Stakes?

Agree. It's way over-the-top, as if there is shame in calling it the New Zealand team.

Sponsors come and sponsors go but the race remains.

Love Racing web-site says; Camino Rocoso ran 2,100 metres in 2:09.05 on a Good 3 track at Trentham. Previous start, he ran 1,975 metres in 1:59.49 at Waikouaiti, on Dead 5 track. Converting both races to 2,000 m. gives 2:03.05 and 2:00.99 respectively. The Trentham time is not exceptional but the Waikouaiti time is suspect, either to timing or distance. Regardless, it was good to see a horse winning by just running faster for longer than all the others, like Hero and Kotare Chief. Did Varnamo break 2 mintes for 2,000 m./10 furlongs, years ago?

Sounds sensible but is it the best investment for an a.w.t. to be primarily used for training? Will it attract crowds, let alone new people, to racing when it is in Cambridge?

tasman man11 - went to Pirongia once. Looked as if half the crowd weren't interested enough to actually watch the races but they seemed happy to eat and drink there.

Didn't see the race but convention is that the Boss takes the blame, as how many Ministers have been sacked from Cabinet - actually not a good example as the 'Boss' chose them and he/she should resign. Starter at fault but what were the Assistant Starter, other assistants, Clerk/s of the Course and jockey doing at the time? Was it a case of all/many not following procedures?

Went there some years ago. Nothing to impress and, if it hadn't been a social occasion, would not have bothered. Crowds at Tauherenikau, Kurow and Timaru are much to do with most of the population being on holiday, a 'fun' thing to do (once a year), and the sunny weather. If market research of the crowd was done, would be interesting to know how many would have attended if Winx was running there. Suspect that 1 in 10 would be delighted, while 9 in 10 would say, 'Who?'. The quality of the racing is largely irrelevant to many. Such clubs survive on having 1 or 2 meetings a year, at holiday time. Don't know where Tauherenikau club puts it profits but they, like many others, probably don't have much for capital expenditure. Thus, facilities will decline over time but may be tolerated by the once-a-year crowd. As a business model, it won't work year-round and when there is too much competition for the entertainment dollar. So, don't think of big crowds at this time of year but consider Woodville on a wet and windy Wednesday in July. A thought - committee members could get out of the Members' Stand and talk to their customers. Explain how to bet on a trifecta. Too radical?

When one looks at courses in Love Racing, there is a 2d diagram and an aerial photograph for each. Soon is obvious that the diagrams haven't been up-dated in 40+ (?) years and that most have little resemblance to the actual course. Te Awamutu, Waipukurau and Waverley are quite different from reality, such that you would be mislead by thinking that they suited front-runners or swoopers. However, I am sure that the blokes have better things to do (or fix) with their time and it has been only 40 years.

Was part of the 'low cost' not advertising that where any casual watcher might be informed? Good idea but poor execution. T.A.B. should work on its executions!

Contemplating acquisition or 'nationalization' of racecourses, which mostly belong to racing clubs, is just too bizarre for words. What authority would they use - the Public Works Act? Should result in more legal action than the leaky homes saga. Would transferring ownership of the assets to another entity seem a smart move by clubs to frustrate the power-crazed bean-counters?