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Be like the market gardener, on a good celery.

Be like the market gardener, on a good celery.

Be like the market gardener, on a good celery.

Rubbish. If they don't hold a betting licence they can set their own date and hold a race meeting under their own rules if they are not a registered club under the Racing Act can't they? What's to stop them? And if an overseas operator wants to contract with the club to take bets on those events, what's to stop that? I think you are the one dreaming.

I guess kumara were lucky to keep racing, dodgy track that has seen many abandonments since they fiddled with it, poor grandstand and facilities, and out in the middle of nowhere, defies logic, like many of their decisions. 

At riccarton you go to the owners bar for your drink while you watch the horses in the parade ring, bar closes when the horses leave, quite a good concept I thought 

At riccarton you go to the owners bar for your drink while you watch the horses in the parade ring, bar closes when the horses leave, quite a good concept I thought 

Frankly I would rather watch grass grow than a warriors match.   

Gave up on the warriors, to Jekyll and hyde for me, the endless drivel on the TV about each year will be their year.

Its called biting the hand that feeds you, been very good at it for so long.

Condolences to your family Cubes, will not forget the day we had the pleasure to meet you both, the kindness and generosity shown to host us on cup day,

No, I believe he will be appointed fast food Minister one day

Why should Sport get a representitive on the Board. Thoroughbred and Harness Racing set up the TAB

What a tough horse he was, must have won quite a few races, someone told me his owner has a pie shop now, miles better pies.

Winston is a "floater." Unflushable he keeps coming up.

I can't believe how John Allen could gain another high profile executive job in the same country......Let alone the same City
Makes my blood boil that he can Bullshit his way into a $700K job at NZRB - do F all but talk more Bullshit....Waste $50 Million plus and just move on like nothing has happened.
These Gravy trains for executives have to stop......No one should be paid more than the Prime Minister......unless you own the business and earned the money yourself.

I rate Dave MacDonald in out top 5 commentators ever. He has worked his heart out in the deep South for decades. Often the "forgotten region" by the fat cats, "show ponies", and 2 minute-wonders of our industry, the area has been blessed with his passion and skill across all 3 codes. Id say only Reon Murtha has called more races. I don't know the guy but I sense he is a personable, kind, and highly professional commentator and an industrious worker in our game. For me, his call in the 2015 White Robe Lodge will always be my favourite moment in NZ racing, let alone the best commentary of a race. 
I only hope that some sort of acknowledgement is being planned to match what Dave has given to the sport. No one deserves one more than him.

Well don’t tell me that I am dreaming Tom. 
I am sick of fake news and comments. 
Liz 
P.S. Bloody shame I called your bluff and bravado, otherwise I would be $500 richer in July. My mistake was that my bet was too high otherwise I may have  got you. LOL

In many ways the way Davey mac has been treated is very poor,surely they could have offered a new deal with a pay cut and give him the option ,gee after all those years he should have been left to go on his own terms but with the new media setup you may have only heard him call the races and then bang off to greyhounds in Austria or something,I know southland will miss him,but a better send off than this would be more fitting.

And thats just rugby, eye opener for sure.

Have you noticed the large numbers of staff that follow around rugby teams these days so many positions that were once not required.

Long gone are the days where everything in racing was run voluntarily, these days everyone is paid, from the very over the top, to the attendant on the birdcage gate. 

Raise the flags to the fore,

Good luck to the ex kiwi horses today,be worth a look to see how they preform. 

Good luck to the ex kiwi horses today,be worth a look to see how they preform.