Hayden Sefonte

Bingo. Not isolated to only harness though.

Pump the confidence up you mean. Will be as rusty as all hell. In fact it wouldn’t surprise me if he scored up going the other way.....

The Big D is back this Friday night at Alex Park. Been a while coming. Knew how to launch one back in the day, only thing he has been launching of late is the golf ball out of bounds off the tee. Must say he is looking fit as fiddle as well, has dropped a fair few kegs since he last graced the track.

You do need help Tim..... Not just on how the rating system works either. It’s better than the old system, whether it’s good enough is another question. Like the idea of capping horses at 100 as mentioned above. It would mean Turn It Up gets 5 points which is irrelevant given he is already open class. Could have given him 107 points and it would make no difference short term.

More bargains for yourself Tim. Don’t be shy, keep putting that hand up.

Must go down as the most respectful reply ever seen on this website.

Big effort by the winner. Competitive driving, good to see.

How does the NZ Tab take bets into a commingled pool if it is closed?

Noticed that as well but is it not a delayed stream and therefore this would have popped up in live broadcast?

Tough marker. His Alabar Classic win was anything but cheap.

One of his first statements was there is no major announcement and then proceeded to reiterate a select number of his racing policies pre negotiations with Labour. He ended by asking buyers to dig deeper into there pockets as change for the good was coming......I am an optimist so my fingers are still crossed. Meanwhile that little girl waits a little longer.... http://burfordadvertising.com/work/christian-childrens-fund-a-little-girl-waits Even an apple or a lazy loaf of bread would be something.

Agreed. Not sure on the quality of horse it was running away from but the way it responded at the 200 looked impressive.

Drove past the advertisements today and thought is this fair dinkum. Now I am by no means the sharpest tool in the shed but I find the idea of selling off sections of land baffling. Yes there are very limited options when it comes to developers acquiring land for greenfield developments so close to the city off private ownership and no doubt the value of the sales will be representative of this, however this in itself is why I’m baffled. While the NZ racing industry has a number of serious issues facing it directly in the face around long term sustainability, being asset poor is not one of them. There is a reason why the potential investors would scramble over hot coals to pay big money for land like this so why would this particular club not be doing the same to retain every inch of land they have. If it was solely for a cash injection to develop other parts of the site then maybe, but surely higher levels of governance would be opening the cheque book to prevent the need to sell off assets for ever? There may well be very valid reasons to sell these particular blocks of land. Unitary plans, existing ground conditions, whether it fits long term with master plans etc etc but from an outsider looking in it seems a bit confusing.

Maybe he doesn’t plan on bringing him back to NZ with the stock he has coming through into the open class ranks in Ultimate Machete, Vincent etc ? A very talented horse when he is right but he is no Lazarus.

What is your real name Brodie?

How about random testing of entire stables for all banned substances?

Got a small return on late quaddie at Caulfield. I was better off without the commingling for sure given the dividends in Aus.

This must win best post for the 17/18 season.

Gosh.

I can't watch either. I could up until about 6 months ago when something went amiss. TAB said it was a Samsung issue. Samsung said nothing had changed and that if I was watching previously and I couldn't now it was a TAB watch and bet issue.

Remove Winx from the equation and he has a Cox and a Queen Elizabeth on his CV to go with his BMW. He would also be hunting down the $10 mil in career stakes this season as well. Instead he will always be known as a good horse and not the champion that he could have been in another era. The Caulfield Cup looks his race this year.

Drugs are bad kids

Send them to the slammer where they belong

I read it as a suggestion that it was an accidental contamination. That's cool. Really hope that is the case. Owners lose the stake, trainer cops a decent fine and everybody moves on. You would have to presume that the RIU have finished their investigations, know for a fact it was an unintentional mistake either by the trainer or possibly in the testing process, and that this info has been passed onto Rennell. He has in turn offeredup this comment to calm the gossip. This is a presumption. The bloke that is leading this industry surely couldn't be so daft to drop a comment like that before all investigations have been completed. Or have I completely misunderstood the context of what he is saying?