Huey

Here is another gem I just love:
LADY OF OAKVIEW  ( By Diamond Express ex Flying Sister By Sky Chase) 
Farm Boy ( El Hermano) Group 2 Winner
Laddie of Oakview (El Hermano) winner of 4
Battle Time (Battle Paint) G1 Placed
In foal to Burgundy.
 

Yes Huey you’ve highlighted the great divide in modern day racing....those breeders that keep producing good racehorses by seemingly unfashionable sires...and are given little kudos...and then we have those who can’t shut up about the next big thing and who is foal to that stallion. I fear we have lost sight of why we do it..to breed a winning racehorse...the wheels of generational change are turning and I’m not sure I like the new direction....

I don't understand this nonsensical crap about branding this horse as "an average son of FR" ????
Mongolian Falcon is  a G2 winner of 3 races and was in the first 3 in 7 of 9 starts. His only 2 misses were after receiving severe interference in a 2YO G1 race and then being injured in the 2000 Gns (but still running 6th). His 2 stakes placings were behind 2 individual G1 winners. By simple definition that record easily places him in the top 1% of the racing population of his generation and makes him an "elite athlete" and well deserving of an opportunity at stud. Personally I'm surprised he hasn't found a home in the North Island.
La Zip you are indeed entitled to your opinion but without any factual or logical basis to them its unlikely anyone with common sense will pay any heed. At $3000 he is sensational value and I hope he gets plenty of mares.

Almanzor to Cambridge Stud

We arent talking about a high profile stallion entering a major stud here! , and im not advocating he would be a success at all , just applauding that breeders have an opportunity on a cheap stallion that has some credentials.
No mention of South Island programming/racing etc, conpletely different topic.
A group winning son of Fastnet Rock out of a Galileo mare from a good family that has form around true G1 horses.
He is standing for $3,000 in the South Island!, South Island breeders dont have access to high profile stallions and are unlikely to, this guy gives a good option at the price especially for breed to racers.
It’s a good thing for the breeders that these options are standing in the South Island, choice is good for breeders and after the initial success from standing in the South Island of Highly Recommended , this new stallion may have some appeal to some.
 

I thought I had seen some insane comments on this forum in the past but this takes the cake. No one with any idea of breeding or racing would bag a G2 winning son of Fastnet going to stud.
Based on Arions results in Aus there are 10 sons of FR at stud which have had runners. With FR's oldest 'grandchildren' being 5YO's no less than 5 of the 10 have sired G1 winners and 3 more have sired SW's. So thats 80% of his sire sons with runners already proving themselves as superior to the norm.
I would say MF is a real chance could well be another Highly Recommended.

Time Test (Dubawi ex Passage of Time (by Dansili))

A top top top class horse on its way. One of the best horses anywhere will grace our shores

So a Dog Trainer comes up for Meth charges from 29 Dec.
Why havent the horse trainers from New Plymouth in November being charged?
Obviously JCA are awaiting Meth trough blocks are legal.
Or again bully the small trainers.
The precedent has been set with Meth, 2 years.

Add Savile Row to the list
https://theinformant.co.nz/website/News/single_news/Savile-Row-to-stand-at-Valachi-Downs/IF4381

That Ellerslie are doing this work now without regard to the needs of the wider galloping code is symptomatic of the problems within racing.
Like it or not this is the premier track in NZ and they should be installing a Strathayr track or similar. Ellerslie needs to be in a position to race every 2nd weekend and it’s unlikely this work will achieve this.

Maybe if the NZTR, NZTBA & NZTM got together and promoted the industry within the high schools and with the career advisors it could help. We have struggled to put this across; we have seen the lack of information there is available to students re the industry, whereas other industries have posters and brochures with point of contact but not this industry. Our daughter is lucky as we know the contacts, but if a student had parents who know nothing about the industry the schools would not be able to help. I have even suggested they have a site at the likes of the Equi days promoting the industry (jobs and racing), many potential young people there and dragging their parents along who may have never thought about joining a syndicate.  
But these are only my thoughts!

Congrats to them indeed!
Wouldn't it be great for the NZ racing media to give some local trainers here even 10% of the promo this stable gets on events in Singapore though? 
I know it's ready made for them , but the local coverage in NZ is appalling outside of about 4 stables in this country.

Well, that's remarkable for a stallion that HATED cut in the track.

In my humble worthless opinion , Per Incanto needs a big horse and soon otherwise he seems to be heading down the road of bread and Butter stallion a bit like a Sandtrap type stallion and I struggled to see how he stands for $15k 40% wnrs/rnrs . He is $5k more than a champion stallion in Pentire and $10k less than Pins! he also is twice the price of stable mate Nadeem who is currently hitting 67% wnrs/rnr and having had to do it the hard way mostly in Aus.
 
Zacinto certainly seems and intriguing stallion going into his first crop of 3yos, in my eyes at this point in time if you had to choose between the two you'd be mad to not go to Zacinto such is his potential. 

Fancy running an Easter HP   3weeks after Easter   absolutely ridiculous
This race was formerly regarded as the number 1 mile in  NZ
It was stuffed by certain smart asses at the Auckland   Racing   Club

I know, Bloody cattle tainting the waters of our Royal Sullivan Equestrian supremo's.
Did any one Test these Bovines?
or did they go to the Slaughter House Infected????
EEEEK I could be infected... I had  a Burger the other night.
Come to think of it I woke up with more spring in me Groin. .Must have been the Mayo ???
 

"The Magic Troughs of Matamata!"

Not true you have lost many people by taking it off Freeview . What’s that saying look after your pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

This free to air Trackside thing has had consequential developments further down the line that I would never have thought about.
My wife and I have stayed in motels on about fifteen occasions since Trackside went Sky only.  Not one of those motels had Trackside; it is too expensive for the doss houses we can afford to patronise.
Trackside would cost my golf club $356 per month to have on.  That is because it is a sporting club, but with merely 200 members that cost is prohibitive.  With Trackside the members would stay later, drink more grog (not enough for $356 per month) and bet through their I Phones.  Their exhuberance would encourage others to have a go and boost the numbers of those interested in racing.  The same thing has happened at the rugby club.  The costs put on pubs for Sky Tv has had many of the smaller ones remove it.  Trackside is not economic for them so more potential customers are lost
Rest home residents can no longer watch, in their dotage, whether the blue dog will beat the green dog.  In years past, when the children visited the old folks they could be encouraged to have a go, as it interested the old dear so much.  Not now.  Sky Tv will eat into their inheritance too much. 
It has taken me some time to realise just how stupid that pay Tv situation for Trackside is.  As a dog racing commentator would say;
"it is barking mad!"

And who introduced you to racing, a serious punter or a $1ew one.

So Ellerslie is going ahead with a 1/2 arsed drainage job instead of installing a Strathayr track like Moonee Valley?
Surely they should be told to wait for the Messara report before doing anything? Whatever they do now is likely to be a waste of time and money.
The hardest thing for the industry to swallow will be if he recommends significant racetrack centralisation. If he does do that then it’s essential for Ellerslie to be Strathayr or similar. 

She is the best. Great presenter, great knowledge of racing and  attractive. Opie is a lucky guy.
 

I actually like the new format alot more spacious and easier to read .Also the race synopsis is a nice add on . Not sure why they have a Turf Digest selection each race though when it’s a Best Bets.Anyway overall a thumbs up from  this corner.

It's a form guide, not a property register. Given the large and increasing number of syndicated horses and multiple syndicates owning horses, the pressure on (limited) print space is high.
I'd rather see abbreviated (or no) ownership details than abbreviated form analysis. Just saying...and no need for you to be rude!