Kingshill

A chance for CD riders to go down and get plenty of rides? No CD Saturday meeting this week.

Agree..... Apart from some standout lots making 6 figures, many being passed or sold at below production cost. Glad I held my Ace High filly back from the sales...... Rather spend the money on a couple of training preps to find out if she's any good.

Sweynesse - I'm surprised by the high prices he has achieved so far in this sale...... As his results had slowed up since the initial crop hit the tracks, until recently when Lucky Sweynesse has chipped in with his Hong Kong results. Hopefully Sweynesse can start kicking goals again as a stallion for his owners and the NZ industry.

From memory Xcellent ran poorly due to the wet track

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia did just that..... Remember AWT being installed around 2009 and a few years later it was put back to turf....... Relatives that used to live there said it was controversial at the time...... Someone here may know more of the story

Glen Boss sums it up in the link below....... Open the gates..... Most racedays should be free entry..... Punters will spend the money anyway.

The key words being USED TO In my forties and the only one interested in the GG's amongst my original group of friends from my teenage/Twenties years. Combination of no family involvement in the racing game/ flat out paying a mortgage/too many options now in regards to sports and hobbies and the fact that they can rock up and buy a lotto ticket and dream of a big win...... We have lost probably two generations of punters/owners /breeders...... Hard to reverse the numbers

Fully agree Roger...... I posted 2 or 3 years ago in regards to moving all 3 codes to Foxton..... Start from scratch..... Awapuni suitable for housing. Doubt it will happen though.... After the big spend on the All weather track

Apart from the top 3-4 horses I thought the nominations for the Captain Cook looked a bit weak...... Not that any of my nags could have made the field...... But just saying.....

Always remember his ride on Brazen Beau when winning the Newmarket at Flemington

Anyone else get this payment ?

Have a share of a horse entered in Awapuni's abandoned meeting last week - Syndicate received $300 payment from NZTR today - will only cover the float trip but better than nothing A step in the right direction?

Also on Sky pop up channel 263......or scroll through sky channels 61 and 62 and the next channel will be 263

$480,000 NZ

A possible chance for a comp on the breeding forum? How much will the share sell for?

Also copybook ride by Craig Williams in the Empire Rose. He may be a tad underrated but he's a dam good jockey and a first class Aussie Ambassador having made several trips with aid for the Ukraine people. More to life than just racing. Yip, gotta love Graig Williams....... Seems like a real decent human being all round. Always confident backing his rides as well - vert under rated.

One one beats two two and three three gets into 3rd

3. Knights order 17. Smoken Romans 7. Vow and Declare Thanks for the comp

LA Bella Dama..... By Desert Sun I think

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/129736430/fixing-100yearold-grandstand-will-financially-cripple-racecourse?cid=app-android D day looming on a decision regarding the future of the grandstand.

3 runners 3 winners in Australia What a dream start for Satono Aladdin in Australia..... An exciting spring ahead

Great Post and fully agree

Have booked my mare in guessing he will serve more than 60 this season.

Yes, Satono Aladdin really starting to hit his straps here and in Australia

Maybe not..... Satellite picture must have been updated recently.