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  1. The bramich lure problems at Waikato has been ongoing for years and was always going to eventuate but there was no plan to rectify it until it was too late. The one common denominator mentioned in the North is the main problem and has never listened to participants hence why many have became frustrated and given up. He has surrounded himself with the "old boy's admin club" who have allowed him free reign to do as he pleases. Without the annual secretarial service fees paid by the Waikato club to Auckland the latter would be lucky to survive. The Waikato club has been treated poorly by this arrangement and is now paying the penalty.
  2. gubellini, you may have picked the wrong days to watch. Many dogs including some past champions have raced with strapping or vaseline on their legs. Sometimes strapping is used as a support for an old prior injury whilst vaseline is used on the many dogs that have track legs, which are quite often also strapped as well. Wrists, stoppers, hocks and track legs are common strapping areas. Track legs {whereby a dog brushes the inside of it's hind leg against it's elbow} are quite common, and in many cases can be an inherited trait e.g: New Tears line - most of his offspring had track legs. Strapping and greasing with vaseline is a preventative measure so that if the dog does strike itself it lessens the impact or deflects it thereby reducing the risk of injury.
  3. That pre-Cup Thursday meeting at Auckland has traditionally been a night meeting for many years. Not saying it's right or wrong but when race dates are allocated at the start of each season they wouldn't have a clue what dogs would be nominated. One would assume that as part of it's Cup carnival (LOL) Auckland would have programmed some nice races to get an attractive card of racing.
  4. jape, I'm not going to articulate specific tracks but can assure you that across Australasia most tracks just have the one person doing both roles now as finishlynx has streamlined the process which is much more time efficient. As for keneperu's unfounded claims show the proof then put up or shut up.
  5. interesting......I believe the RIU has completed it's investigation into the so called finishlynx malfunction at Manawatu. Apparently it has now been clarified that the upstairs timer was actually stopped at 25.59 by Pedro Lee but the judge failed to tell officials before they set in motion the back-up measure relying on only what was displayed on the on-field semaphore of 25.5. They then basically go on to pass the buck and say that they can't explain why the finishlynx didn't capture the winner as it crossed the line, but have put in measures to ensure it doesn't happen again. We all know the reason why and whilst it was no doubt accidental just admit it and stop the buck passing.
  6. I have seen this a few times and whilst it's almost always accidental there have been different determinations. in Australia the stewards don't seem as kind. In a couple of instances the dog was disqualified, in others they weren't and handlers fined as much $300.
  7. Thankyou and bang on Tick-Tock and pretty much what I said. you know your stuff and the processes involved. The only thing I might add is that at some tracks the judge and photo-finish operator is one and the same.
  8. Pickel, I never said it was the only way just said that it was the logical way to go given that they had information at their disposal (second dog's time etc.) to assist them in arriving at the correct decision. The time arrived at seems out of whack with other times posted on the display on the day. That's just my opinion and I can only let others be the judge when they weigh all the facts up, Re. Trackside HD - I believe you are right so why wasn't it used/ checked too.
  9. Finishlynx adopted a 15 lengths per second platform which works on .07 per length when everything was digitised a few years ago and pretty sure this was accepted and implemented across Australia and New Zealand tracks. Prior to that we worked on a .066 per length which is a 17 lengths per second platform.
  10. Have been clocking dogs with a stopwatch for over 40 years and was always relied upon as a back-up if other methods failed when judging. i can give you a couple of examples whereby incorrect times have been posted as being official yet I will guarantee they are false. Pickel, funny man and no world authority but i do know the system well and processes that have been used in my prior experience. They had a time for the second dog and the winner stopped the clock at 25.5? so therefore it would be simple to ascertain the margin between first and second by freezing the video on the winning post. 3.5 lengths is .24 so 25.82 less .24 equates to 25.58. It lines up with the clock display.
  11. Taped the trackside coverage which i often do. Interestingly I just saw this somewhere on fb regarding yesterday's times, which pretty much sums up my previous post. These are the times from the day that were able to be seen on tv. You can decide which one looks well out of place Board. Actual R1 23.7. 23.71 R4 42.2. 42.22 R5 26.1. 26.11 R6 26.0. 25.98 R7. 26.4. 26.38 R8 26.1. 26.17 R9 26.3. 26.26 R10 26.0. 25.98 R11a 25.6. 25.59 R11b 25.7. 25.68 R11c 25.5. 25.50 R11d 25.5. 25.61
  12. I clock the lure as it hits the trip start on the rail which is what activates the boxes to open. It is the electrical conduit hanging down bellow the rail which is clearly visible hanging down under the rail just before the boxes. Using this method gives you an accurate time, to within a couple of hundredths, whereby trying to clock the lids you usually end up two tenths faster.
  13. Accidents happen especially whereby human element is involved. The most concerning aspect of this is that the so-called back-up plan to work out the time for Pedro Lee is obviously flawed. Having operated photo-finish systems including Finish-Lynx which is pretty well used nearly everywhere nowadays I can understand how this debacle unfolded so will try and enlighten you. As the lure approaches the winning post the judge presses a button on a hand held device to activate the camera to take in all that crosses the line until he presses it off again thus every dog is recorded at precisely the moment and time it crosses the winning post. A time was registered for the runner-up but not the winner so the judge obviously forgot to press the button until after the winner had crossed the line. The normal timing system will still work and is activated as the winner crosses the beam on the line. This timing method is also linked to the finish lynx system. The timer clearly showed 25.5. Now this is where it gets really technical. when a dog crosses the line and activates the timer it is whatever part of the dog breaks the very thin beam first generally it's neck or chest as it is set atop the rail. When checked on Finish Lynx the time adjusts to the precise moment the dog's nose hits the line so it will usually come down a fraction by .01 to .03 or so not increase. The time of the second dog was 25.82 so they have obviously had to determine a margin to be able to determine a winning time. seems the only logical way to do it. After this process was undertaken the time accredited to Pedro Lee was 25.61. Someone has got the margin wrong as the winner clearly registered a time in the 25.50 to 59 range. It looks like the margin they came up with is 3.25 lengths however the margin must have been slightly more than that most likely 3.5 lengths. Had they put up 3.5 then the time would have been 25.58 or maybe 59 and probably no argument. The only way the dog could have run in the 25.60 and above range was if it's bum had triggered the timing mechanism. His first two sections were only .04 behind Federal Morgan and his second was .12 faster than Drink Shoeys so he was certainly in the mix.. At 25.58 it would have been a dead heat for second so the poor old exotic punters and are screwed over. Have to feel for the owners of the dog as well deprived of deserved prizemoney. I've clocked the replays of all the Match races many times and can't argue with the times posted as i got them the same apart from Pedro Lee who clocked 25.58 by my calculations. GRNZ need to come up with a better back-up mechanism as this one is clearly flawed.
  14. Dogs are weighed prior to kenneling on race day. Weights are recorded and usually posted somewhere on course or in the kennels for public viewing. The TAB usually lists variances of more than .5kg next to the dog's name on the fields on their website.