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So you mean in terms of what will make $$s? Certainly you'd expect a Tavistock , a full to Ortem Fire,a Pins & a half to Fiscal Madness to make good $$s?

Ugo Foscolo first start at Rotorua on Wednesday.

You feel like youre repeating yourself on here but anyway. I believe the sport needs two elements sorted out fairly quickly. The sport desperately needs a rethink of the funding policy the new one just isn't going to work long term , the current one is confusing (perhaps deliberately so) ambiguous and advantages the few and not the many. Get away from this idea that NZ racing is going to be able to be modeled on Asian or Australian racing , it just isn't it has its own unique characteristics that make it special just as those other two regions do, but stop trying to force a square into where a circle should fit. The stakes model needs a rejig , now to me its a very simple one. A bottom up approach of the stakes model should be the initial aim and not an aspirational top down approach that we are currently suffering from. A portion of the Saturday/Premier stakes needs to be diverted away from those days to the industry days to support the base of the sport. The aim should be min $10k races on industry days and not $30-$50k races in feature days , at least not yet. I'm a strong believer in supporting the base I think if thats done you'll keep many owners in the game, also imo you'll inspire owners to put that extra horse in work thats sitting in the paddock or keeping going with the one thats ticking over - a very important part of the industry. As for putting up a fight , well I'm not sure what that entails. But in my experience it would have to be something fairly significant as the governing body of the sport just do not listen and the industry participants we have had who have attempted to put up a fight if you like in the past have been devoid of any decent ideas or any fight for that matter. Not to mention most of them have had a conflict of interest in doing so as well , which hasn't helped. You won't fix the sport overnight but with some sort of decent plan in place to support the roots of the industry I think it can turn around in 2-3 years and as others have pointed out it needs to as its in a very sad state of affairs at present.

I saw lot 2 at the weanling sales last year and was impressed by her, hopefully they put a photo up before the sales. On the photos that are up I'd have to say I like the look of 5.12,14,59 & 72. What has taken your eye?

Agree with most of what you say, but these tracks that lend themselves to a majority of front runners being advantaged on them doesn't do a lot for racing. Te Aroha as I see it gets plenty of racing on it, is it 12 or 13 meetings a season . It's a lovely track and an even nicer town and back drop but even its most parochial supporter would have to admit it is at the moment lending itself to front runners.

Or they are simply racing too much at a few venues .

Indeed hard to see anything getting past her.

Surely if these two appeal to the NZ market , then Preferment would?

my guess $12.5k

Can that I don't think thats the right station sorry.

I think this would be the only place to find them, but I haven't been able to find any specifically. http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Audio.aspx

Can you not access them all on the web?

out of this world, you just knew he would win when jumped and ridden quiet. Him and the great mare would have been interesting.

Why do people record races when they can just watch them on the NZTR website?

Riccarton it says are all on Trackside 1 on the website also.

It says on the website that all Awapuni are on Trackside 1 , i.e. on the divvies page as it does the races at Ellerslie.

I hope they aren't silly and do stand him at a breed to race fee, not something over the top. As you say nice international bloodlines same family as Green Desert & Bertolini.

Defintely a struggle to get him to NZ now, Bowman said he had a turn of foot yesterday ;0

If you like Zacinto check out the trial win of Ugo Foscolo, seriously impressive. Might have be interesting to see the types of mares he got if he stood in NI , given his female family is full of 2yo form.

No meeting and the NZ racing is a shocker this weekend !

R&S have his last 600 in 33.97sec

I doubt it, couldn't see them putting it up. So unless someone taped it. It basically went as follows: nice racing on this weekend Greg, yep etc. Hey Greg how about this Cambodian case. Yes I have heard about it and the process was completely transparent etc etc. But Greg what about the $200k payment to some Mr xxx, well thats libelous, defamatory insert more legal terms at will , boom boom , more legal jargon. Hey Greg back it up here I was just asking the question, no you were being insert legal terms more legal terms. A bit of awkward silence then onto how great the fields are for Wellington and how good it is Counties are coming back on line and Avondale will also continue to race a similar amount of meetings etc. ok well we will talk again next week, ok bye for now.

As was I. I couldn't believe the response, his attitude towards Early was a big surprise as the conversation didn't appear to be heading in that direction at all.

That's debatable.