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  1. 10 hours ago, Shad said:

    Didn't realize that was briget on tv1, but a good start, and great  to have someone with knowledge about the game, swapped over when the went to the fashion presenter, TV1 don't show the birdcage parade usually, which is a shame.

    In 30 minutes, there were 25 minutes of talking heads. Show the horses which are attractive animals. Most people can listen and watch contemporanously.

  2. Hi, S.S.,

     

    B.D.M. on-line show 3 deaths 1870-1910 - Robert RAY, d. 1891, aged 50; Robert Henry RAY, d. 1872, aged 30; Robert RAY, d. 1907, aged 78. The last-named was a school teacher at Karamea, so the first of those might be your man, and it could be that there is a father/son combinatiuon. Papers Past has hundreds of records for Bob Ray, showing him riding at Dunedin and Auckland in 1860s. In the 1870s, he established training stables at Riccarton. There was also an Australian horse of that name who seems to have been a good winner.

  3. 8 hours ago, LoveRacing said:

    Leggy, I would like you to read the rules of racing, clearly the stewards don’t know the rules…..this is a rhetorical question but I want you to tell me the answer…. What should happen if a person touches a jockey before weigh in ??? But nothing happens 

    Agree. A jockey has the correct weight at weighing-out and correct weight at weighing-in. Where is the proof that the correct weight was carried throughout the race? Needs a chain of evidence and there should be an official (how many are paid to be there?) in the birdcage to stop possible 'contamination'. Howver, it's another rule that is ignored for the sake of celebarations and interviews after the win. Could a jockey ask for the return of the goggles that were thrown to the crowd if the weight was a bit shy?

  4. On 3/5/2023 at 10:22 PM, NextPlease said:

    There is a real void of class runners in Australia right now, with the exemption of probably Anamoe.

    A great time for the Kiwis to strike.

    3rd dam of Anamoe is Electric Belle (N.Z.), from the Belle Time (18) family.

     

    Great performance by Legarto. Thought of another New Zealander - Winx, but still a way to go.

  5. Racing Clubs' histories - Wanganui Jockey Club, Wellington Racing Club, Manawatu Racing Club and Rangitikei Racing Club. Also, a collection of race books from lower North Island, dating from 1952 to 1957. There is one from Ashhurst-Pohangina Racing Club in 1935. Cuddle was the top-weighted horse in the Ashhurst Cup but was scratched. Admission - 'Gentlemen 5/-. Ladies 2/-. Motor Cars and Motor Cycles 2/6'.

  6. Confirm numbers as 12, 1, 5, 9, ?, 11 and?. Any clues from the jockeys' colours (although b. & w.)? As the winning jockey looks quite smaller, could it be one of the Eastwood brothers? The birdcage fence suggests Trentham and it may be a mounted policeman at the gate. I agree that later 1940s is probable but it might be any minor race.

  7. Thanks, meomy. Looked in Papers Past and Digital NZ  and it appears not to be be the 1955 Cup - Golden Galleon, a chestnut, was no. 13 whereas numbers are (probably) 12, 1. 5,  9, ?, 11 and 4?. Mary may confirm.

    Might be from 1940s as the winning post in 1950 has an upright pole that looks wider and darker. Also, there was another fencing panel above the rail then and in 1955. The 'lollipop' on the inner course and the structure seen above that don't appear in the other images. Might have been taken by an amateur so could be any race.

  8. Racing books; The Bob Skelton Story, The Bill Skelton Story, Grenville (Hughes), The Wellington Racing Club, Great Racing Disasters, Horse-racing's Strangest Races, Horse Racing in Britain, Horse Racing 1979 and 1982, Racehorses of 1985, Track Talk (U.S.), Off The Track, Classic Lines, The Wanganui Jockey Club, The Manawatu Racing Club, N.Z's. Racing Facts 1999-2000, Great Moments In Racing, Horse-Racing (1949, England), Miller's Guide - 1996, 1980 Turf Facts, The Encyclopaedia of Flat Racing (Howard Wright), Stakes Winners from N.Z. 1972-73, King Of Sports (Japan), The Brigadier (Gerard), Chasing A Dream (Les Carlyon), Portrait Of A Sport (Steeplechasing), Stud & Stable - Pattern Races 1978-79, and more.

    Breeding and other; Thoroughbreds Are My Life (Glyn Tucker), Stanley House Stud - 1960 (handbook of broodmares and stallions), Blood Will Tell, Bloodstock Breeding (Charles Leicester), Thoroughbred Breeders' Handbook - 1975, See How They Ran, The Thoroughbred Stallions and Studs of N.Z. (Bill Cox), Thoroughbred Studs of Australia and New Zealand (Peter Taylor), Horsewatching - Desmond Morris (The Naked Ape), The 1972 Stud Review, N.Z. Racing Calendar - March & April 1980, several booklets on punting, and more.

    N.Z. Equine Research Foundation booklets; Strangles, Parasites & Horses, Care of the Travelling Horse, Understanding Reproduction in the Mare, Tendon Strain in Horses, Feeding Horses in N.Z. Melbourne Cup; A Century of Winners, The Melbourne Cup - Maurice Cavanough, November Gold.

    Have some D.V.Ds. and videotapes also.

  9. Grammar ain't what it used to be;

    Gameplan should be game plan.Strategy is a synonym of plan but 'strategic plans' grew like cliches a few years back (strategic plan = planned plan?). Leverage is inappropriate in this context - I think but not sure what the context is.

    Does it sound impressive because many people don't understand what it means? Is the intention that 'We will try to increase business by asking for help'? 'Achieving that target' - does it have a number too? Sounds radical!

  10. In all-ages, 4 at 2,000 metres (including Livamol) seems excessive, especially with 2 at Ellerslie. Same number at 1,600 metres, where 2 are at Trentham. Would drop those at s.w. & p. as not desirable for Group 1 races. If the derby and other 3 y.o. races are reduced, can you justify the grading when the same horses are older? Will they improve with age or head to Australia for more money?

    Still no desire for a race at the classic distance of 2,400 metres, such as Le Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

  11. Miss Kate, br. (2), born in 1873, Sporting Life - Adventurer, was imported in 1878. Ancestress of; Phar Lap, Picaroon, Kindergarten & Golden Souvenir, Sunline, Interval, Cheyne Walk, Planet Kingdom, Monte Carlo, Blue Jacket, Soliloquy et al, Cicada, Prince Grant, Silver Knight, Rajah Sahib and other stakes-winners. With Phar Lap, Kindergarten and Sunline in the family, would rate as No. 1 broodmare.