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Griffin

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  1. 3 hours ago, Pheroz said:

    I would agree that there needs to be some tuning in terms of numbers but it is hard to argue that the NZ thoroughbred can compete with the best in Australia and Asia. Making a group win harder to achieve  here may benefit our industry.

    What?  A large number of the best in Australia and Asia ARE New Zealand bred.

  2. 22 minutes ago, Tauhei Notts said:

    Yes, I am part of a minority.

    If commenting upon the abysmal performance of highly paid security officers is unwelcome then I must accept your vitriolic criticism on the chin.

    There is no way the security could have stopped that guy, he sprinted from a way back and then jumped 3 fences. The only way he could have been stopped would have been with a gun, then you would have ended up with a pile of shit lying on the track. Don't think armed security at the races is an option.

  3. This guy has to be hit hard or we are going to see copy cat cases.

    WRC representatives coming out and saying this guy is going to be banned from our course, it is not enough, he is probably a first time racegoer, and would not care. It would be the equivalent of banning me from going to a Basketball game forever.

    He needs a little bit of the 12 months possible spent inside a prison to scare others off, and not a little bracelet around his leg. They have to push for this.

  4. 57 minutes ago, We're Doomed said:

    The minimums have lifted a lot over the years. 53 this year and only a 4k spread from top to bottom. Back in the day the minimum was probably about 48.

    That doesn't make it okay to have horses carrying 59kg plus over 2 miles, compress the handicap.

  5. Beauden would have been required to carry 2kg more than Good Lord and Castletown on their second Cup wins. From memory Think Big carried 58.5 in his second one. This handicapping system needs correcting, it is destroying good racing. A good horse like Beauden could have been sold overseas, the owners keep it here to race and we can't see horses like him race on big cup days, we should be showcasing the good horses. The amount of horses being required to carry over 59kg in flat races these days is bloody cruel.

  6. From Richard Callanders' column on Racenet this week:

    I keep hearing whispers that former CEO of Racing Victoria Bernard Saundry, who is currently CEO of NZ Racing, could be parachuted back into a high profile role within Victorian racing.

  7. 10 hours ago, Phillipe said:

    Did I read the love racing article?? Yes, however it’s one persons opinion on a site that would only tell one side.

    did I read NZTR, no, I never do.

    do I read Racecafe.. YES, because I trust that with such a diverse base of participation, I will read some thing interesting and possibly true.

    At least my post has created interest and caused some information to come forward.

    Anyone go to the trials and have an opinion??

     

    Loveracing is the NZTR website. I don't think you would get a better opinion of the Cambridge track than a local Trainer, who from previous posts, does not hold back on letting the industry know if things are not travelling in the right direction.

    Hope you get over your Covid.

  8. 1 hour ago, JJ Flash said:

    How do you reconcile that statement with the fact that Grand Archway won the SA Oaks in 1999. Whilst OPB won the Grp2 St George Stakes on the horse Shane Dye road it to win the SAOaks. Hardly 12 years ago or has Maths 101 completely deserted you :rcf-sad-12:

     

    Greg

    Pretty sure Opie won the VRC Oaks on her around about the 5 /11/ 1999. She ran 2nd in SA Oaks with RS Dye, to Episode.

  9. When are NZTR going to come out with some sort of announcement re the immediate future of Racing.
    Are you planning for a return to racing once we drop back to a Level 3, or a you sitting on your hands waiting? 
    Surely, we are advanced enough to keep Racing going on a Level 3, they are doing it in Hong Kong, Japan, Australia and parts of the USA.
    Have you contacted Trainers to see how many they have kept in work and what rating band they are, so you can prep meetings to suit? Not everyone has tipped their horses out for a spell.
    If we are not planning on continuing, our good horses and top-level jockeys can make plans to be racing in Aus, their racing will continue in some form. Even if they can’t use the big cities, they don’t have to have it at flash track now that they have no public. They have plenty of space to keep people apart, top-class provincial tracks, and public that want to bet on racing. Even their reduced stake money looks juicy.
    Level 3 could be here in a number of weeks. Do we stay or do we go?
    Please keep us informed of your plans, and please issue a statement so we do not have to listen to a bloody boring Blog.
    Not everyone is going to die, and you can only keep people cooped up for so long.