Pam Robson

Nope, not to my knowledge. Plenty of do-gooders wanting to 'rescue' old or neglected horses to rehome, but, well-meaning though they may be, the fate of these old horses at their 'new' homes is often worse than the alternative. I remember Freda White telling me about Teak's euthanasia, she groomed him until he was gleaming, she said, oiled his feet, put on his black-and-white dress rug and walked him down to the end of her property where the deed was done. The old chap thought he was off to a show. Would be great if everyone treated their loyal workmates in that fashion, but will never happen.

Not sure...but good move.

..and the fashion of breeding for the salering/dollar as opposed to strictly culling inferior types can't be helping either. Even German sporthorse stallions are subjected to a more stringent testing regime than are thoroughbreds generally.

All of the above [ IMHO] I recall an owner of mine commenting about Japanese racing when Yamanin Vital was re-imported to stand at White Robe. She said 'do you realise that this horse broke 2 min for 2000m ? and he certainly wasn't one of their good ones, far from it ' .

Turned the page sideways....ffs

Btw i am well aware that a mile is 1609 m....and 7/8 is seven furlongs or 1400m ( approx) . If i want to work out times over different distances i can do that too without difficulty. But i still can't make head or tail of the script.

Would it help if i turned the page sideways?

Thick I obviously am...but i cant decipher one side of that.

I thought we had a mortgage on twats....

Yes, Col...a good few horses lost out on runs as a result of that misinformation. However, local knowledge should have told trainers that . The soil and climate are very different from that prevailing at, say, Riccarton - or Dunedin. It isn't hard to ring a local trainer and get an opinion - or go for a drive and have a look yourself. Doesn't help early punters though.

I agree with the above observations. Using our assets in a more efficient way to help move the industry forward, definitely....but to give that power to NZTR given their record, no way.

I recall a post you made quite while ago about the need to accept that horses [ and other stock ] will, at times, need to be destroyed. Do it properly, you said, humanely and with dignity. [ much abbreviated from the original ] More relevant now than ever.

What a great initiative.....and no, not in download folder, or anywhere else. Refused to have anything to do with it!

Actually, no, I couldn't open. But yep, exactly as you say.

Translate please ?