Shad

Burglars charged 30$ on the day, wont be rushing back next year,

Always next year, good comes to those who wait.

Never made cup say, but did attend middle day, as expected a lesser crowd, and well behaved, for me who hasn't been there tor 5 or so years, and from a general public point of view, so much missed the public stand, no actual vantage point to see live races, to me watching the big screen and only seeing the last 100 or less meters, is not racing at it's best, I know it's a big course, but a advantage point to be able to use your binoculars and see how your horse preform, I feel the public have been left in the cold, even the highest point taken with private tents, the 30$ entry an 10$ race book I felt was steep, certainly won't be rushing back anytime soon, give me a country meeting anyday, where the action is close up and viewing so much better.

I did say a few

Few hard luck runs in the stewards, good to see the locals get a winner, I took Lincoln's Kruz, he quite stiff no run up the straight and had to switch to worst part of track, the inside

Poor rider looked like he got left behind, mind you he may have under estimated the lengh of the riccarton straight, certainly let class get out to a healthy lead, pushed the go button to early.

Yes when your young is the key, I know someone no so young that clipped the top of the hurdle and broke a leg, ouch, just returned from the outing, can't say I've missed riccarton, 40$ with race book to get, blowing its guts out, and watched races from the monitor, was good racing, decent crowd and hot chips were good, 50$ taxi ride back abit steep, did enjoy my day all the same, didn't manage a collect but that's not new to me, must admit the smaller country tracks meetings can't be beaten, the action so close and the atmosphere always great.

The Australian horses just to strong for the kiwis, no excuses for the beaten brigade, both won quite easy to be fair.

Might to to riccarton tomorrow, to be fair I'll be balking at the 20$ entry and the 10$ race book, hard enough to get them to the races at the best of times,

Thanks for the heads up, might just go for a look,

Hopefully there not charging to much to get in, think one year they wanted 40$,might go for a look on the middle day.

Good on him, obviously very professional, and a mature response, one can't afford to burn bridges.

Anyone know what time they ran for cup, couldn't find it anywhere I looked, to me a good reflection of the race, remember media puzzle running a fast time years back, 3.14 or thereabouts.

Very tough criteria, I think if this was implemented in all horses for all races they'd be struggling with horse numbers even more, but of course I doubt that would ever happen, can't have injuries in one of the show pieces of the racing world,

Great to see him back, after tough times, one can only commend his hard work,dedication and passion for the game.