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Winter cup 15 - Dez missile Stakes - #4

C Studd – Rider of ZED LEPPELIN was shown a video of the concluding stages where he had relaxed his ride approximately 7 strides from the finish when clearly in 3rd position and was beaten by THATZ DAVID with the margin being a short neck. The gelding underwent a post-race veterinary examination which did not reveal any abnormalities. C Studd defended a charge under Rule 636(1)(d) in that he failed to ride his mount out to the finish of the race.After hearing submissions from the Stipendiary Stewards and connections, of the gelding the Judicial Control Authority found the charge proved and C Studd had his licence to ride in races suspended from the conclusion of racing on Saturday, 28 July up to and including Friday, 24 August 2018.

We all jump on the media when a negative is written but bad boys come good is good reading and other sports are full of such stories. Rugby and league get great stories from their bad boys. The apprentices are taught to not read my their own press, Racecafe especially!! Having witnessed a cocky attitude to the media there is some work to be done there , how you deal with people leaves a lasting impression Can he come good, yep sure can but only one person can make sure that happens. Work hard, and stay humble.

Conditions of leases were removed from the NZTR document some time ago as when it was challenged the document was not legally binding. There was a lot of work to get the legal side done so NZTR opted out. There is an addendum that can be done to sign to bring that all into line. It’s a hard one. Not sure what others have written into contracts - it would happen I would suggest. Maybe a call to one of the big studs that do this type of lease may give you an answer. And good luck. I hope the offer comes to fruition- chain them to you and walk them to the bank

I would disagree - the Hastings and Waipukurau Jumpouts are very in-house, done out of caddy gates in the case of Waipukurau that serve their purpose and but are sometimes outside horses, but normally just Waipukurau and Hastings trained The gates and day are run by the local committee who have given up work time to volunteer to help. Indeed giving back to the racing industry, because they have something lacking in racing - passion Several heats can have three horses from one stable - only 4 horse heats - and a variance of riders. Both clubs are offering a service to local trainers to get horses fit for upcoming assignments and the reporting of results should be taken with caution. Levin is certainly more structured with bigger heats, and in 90% of the cases you would easily recognise all of the names of the riders. Not so for other junpouts where trackwork riders are entrusted with getting the naughty ones going, or failing to attract race day riders to attend, a great network of track riders and their trainers work together to get the day to work In HB Holding Jumpouts is a commitment by the clubs to give trainers an opportunity to gallop horses for fitness and education. Three heats of jumpers yesterday over 1600m at Waipukurau - invaluable to the trainers getting horses ready for winter, the only interest in it is their names. If genuinely interested anyone is more than welcome to attend any jumpout and publish the information as they see fit.

The results from the jump outs a fortnight ago were submitted to NZTR as required. The results from today will be typed up and sent through tomorrow Note that there have never been results for any Awapuni jump outs ever? Brings up an interesting point though. There is no format required for these in the information required from NZTR. They don’t require riders to be listed, or times to be taken, so one horse could have the heavy stable track rider on and another a jockey with a 20 kg swing in the weights. They are very subjective in their interpretation

I remember reading recently a study by someone on the injuries on the Te Rapa track and I note today Dijon Bleu and Kawi are now both added to those stats how much is is the track playing in this ? Or coincidence

There may have been social media reports from the stud regarding staff being sacked = but at the end of the day the stud master and owner of the stud is responsible for the condition and care of ALL horses on the property - NZTR and the SPCA have gone to great lengths to investigate this and its NOT the first time. Rob Lewis has had horses uplifted by the SPCA previously - those picturs of horses heads over a barb wire fence - does that look like a reputable stud operation to you? No ! It doesn't - Regal Fern Lodge needs to step up and acknowledge they have fucked up and that skinny horses DID exist - blaming staff is a cop out - if that was a trainer in the same situation they would be de-registered and fined! But nope - breeders are not licensed people......................

The Levin race-meeting at Otaki scheduled for Saturday 29 July has been abandoned due to the Otaki course being saturated. The course received 29mm rain overnight on an already sodden track. The meeting cannot be rescheduled at Otaki in the coming days.

Would you like to have owned him at the point that you had paid $14,000 to be a part of it or the over a million dollar syndication. Sad for connections, obviously couldn't get it all together after the bleed and leg issues