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R6 at Riccarton yesterday R75 race over 1200m. Same $17,000 stake as the Maidens. The 10 starters had won 48 races between them including veteran King Cougar who had won 11 races. Absolutely farcical situation. No trickle down from the largesse at the top end.

Otaki R2- 1,4 Otaki R5- 2,7 Te Rapa R3- 2,3 Te Rapa R5- 1,5 Randwick R2- 2,10 Randwick R8- 1,4 Randwick R10- 6,10 BB Caulfield R4- 4,10 Caulfield R5- 6,7 BB Caulfield R6- 1,4 Caulfield R8- 7,8 Caulfield R9- 6,12 Good luck all.

NZTR Road Show starring Bruce Sharrock and Darin Balcombe coming to a town near you in September. More spin than a Shane Warne wicket maiden.

Another good mare Jim raced was It's My Sin. She won 5 from 23 starts and $130,923 including the 1997 Trustbank Classic at Tauranga and the 1997 Group 1 Otaki Maori WFA race. She also ran third in the Group 1 1998 Goodwood Handicap at Morphetville.

Ponderosa8 no Jim didn't have a share in Surfer's Paradise but he owned Waikiki by the same sire Crested Wave. She won 9 races from 31 starts including the Group 2 1990 and 1991 Te Aroha NZTB Stakes, the 1990 Group 3 Dulcie Stakes at Te Rapa and the 1991 Group 3 Wrightson Bloodstock Plate. Total stakes $264,820.

The double Simon De Montfort and Count Kereru paid $2141.50 and the concession with Pinotage paid $2119.65.

Graeme Wright's best season was 1969-70 when he rode 37 winners finishing 15th in the Jockeys Premiership. His first win was on Lord Dundonald at Birchwood on the 30/3/46 trained by Jim Cochrane at Gore. Besides his 5 Invercargill Cups he won the 1963 Stewards Handicap at Riccarton on Bellarook for Ted Winsloe, the 1975 and 1976 Gore Cups with Red Ruby and Redlo, the 1951 Oamaru Winter Cup on Golden Amber and in 1970 on Trelay, the 1969 Riverton Cup on Chango, the 1962 Southland Guineas on Hunting Horn, 1973 on Brown Satin and 1976 on Ellery Jane. 3 Wairio Cups- 1958 Davaar, 1965 Manners, 1970 Capasco, 2 Winton Cups- 1953 Mt Barker. 1957 Rathkeale. 1962 Wyndham Cup on Shangri-La.

Lisa Allpress galloped a horse their this morning and declared the track safe. NP Racing wanted the meeting to go ahead but were overruled by the RIB. Time clubs sued the RIB to recover expenses for them and the participants.

Using the words hard hitting and Michael Guerin in the same sentence is an oxymoron.

nomates ha ha! I am relying on you!

Bring back Te Teko and Foxton. Winter problem solved.

Eagle Farm R4- 1,11 Eagle Farm R6- 4,8 BB Eagle Farm R7- 1,10 Flemington R5- 4 5 Flemington R8- 4,6 BB Rosehill R5- 4,9 Rosehill R6- 2,9 Rosehill R7- 1,2 Rosehill R8- 3,11 Rosehill R9- 3,8 Rosehill R10- 2,7 Good luck all.

Matey interesting nom de plume. Matey was a 1964 br f by Clarification out of Fair Luck. 10 starts for one third. Bill Ford trained her for three unplaced starts at three. She changed owners and Joe Bromby had seven starts with her for that one third- owned by prominent harness driver Kevin Holmes and trainer Neil White.

Will clubs now have to post truck reports as well as track reports?!

Lack of funding by NZTR is the common denominator in all these fiascos. They must be putting funds aside for their next big overseas soiree- the 40th Asian Conference in Sapporo Japan from August 27 to September 1 this year. The TAB should open a book on how many freeloaders are going. Their presentations should be filed in the Fantasy section of NZ libraries.