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Stanaway still battling away , two in first today Geelong , 125 runs between them no wins , won't change today as Yulong Wall should hose home .He has lots of entries next few days so winner must be soon,he has an ex Te Akau called Faltonius in , he must be OK as he has been shipped over after two average runs here late last year .

That's to Paddy Power is that right ? Paddy Power and Betfair got some big mega merger going on been given go ahead by UK authorities , not sure NZ Tab will feature much in considerations however on plus side it's not in their interest at all to let it go to the wall , or i cannot see why they would let it so who knows they might help a bit .Maybe they could let it go belly up and step in .

I'd have a go at Randwick 18th All Aged Stakes and Hawkesbury Cup Day 25th , they have a few group races that day I think .

I went to the local wildlife park , had only one animal in it , it was a shih tzu . Boris Becker one more stride it's home , unlucky , we'll done on Tri though.

11 million live in Wuhan , probably a bit of air pollution , massive amount of smokers , a bit of poverty and people crammed into small houses together , China has an ageing population . Iam just a wee bit skeptical that the figures quoted could be a little light .

Have you been to China ? . There is a lot that don't get mentioned there , events from the past, I dare say Uighers might be off the conversation list too.

I'd be much more worried about Ukrainian table tennis to be fair , I don't care if it's fixed as long as iam on the winner Vlad Knockapingpongballova

How confident are you on the Chinese figures for fatalities , out of 10 maybe 1 being very unsure and 10 being a paid up member of the communist party .Do you think the thousands and thousands of villages of poor people have been recorded correctly in that vast land .

Super professional at punishment then , not saddling horses with right saddle . No harm done , both no hopers in race anyway , the best jock in OZ at moment , the young pom lad couldn't have worked enough magic to get either of them home .

Ukrainian Table Tennis looked like one option today , they are floundering a bit but it is a unprecedented situation so at least they are trying to keep it going . I thought that e game and weird and the out the way sports made Remington Park 5k claimer look good . Iam amazed someone knows the form of Ukrainian table tennis enough to mark up prices , who gets that job ?

Used to go to pub quiz night with group lads few years back . Being rating 65 on brains collectively we won odd bar tab 2nds 3rds 4ths that kind of thing , thing was more we spent on it the more it went up. We said hey this not right we must be on about 80 bucks not 150 it cannot be right , they reset it to 80 , fxxk my days the next week we brought a round checked later in night we on about a ton. Weirdest shit I've known accounting wise , until I read about the TAB losing 3.8 mill. What mugs . Anyway the pub went bankrupt quick smart .

Fair point that's a lot of warnings but shit he's banging them home .

We have the quarter horse racing today on trackside . I thought TV was alright yesterday. 50 mill on website , 17 mill yearly I think I read , 23 mill on a gallop , and nearly 4 mill because they couldn't do maths , somethings got to give and a lot of money can be saved cutting down the waffle on trackside .Just betting, horses, races that's all that's required on day to day meetings .

Yeah but hes banging home some decent winners at 21 years of age in a new environment a long way from home and family , he almost got old Mask of Time home , I'd say he's doing ok all things considered . The Aussies love him .

Training fees at 3500k a month, syndicate management fees etc etc , 5k stakes maybe . Evolve , find a way to make it cheaper or its gone .

4 million population , minus essential workers , minus those with little kids to amuse or the win double of both work and kids , minus those that cannot read or have no Internet or a dart board pool table to amuse them , so wild guess 3125073 have time at this point in our history . Any other guesses ?

Look at it like this , something like junior football or rugby . A load of people have paid in subs for kids already . There may not be footy or netball left for kids this season , some people will be really struggling so I understand if they try to get money back , the season hasn't even kicked off . Those that can somehow kiss goodbye to that money maybe they should because if everyone gets their money back junior sport is done and dusted .Should racehorse owners be compensated ahead of kids sport ? Sports clubs here are going to feel the pain . I watched back page on Sky the other day , one switched on contributor basically said maybe sport at all levels are looking at Semi Pro in OZ from now on , the 300k plus a year rugby player is no more , everyone is taking a hit some more than others , maybe we start to value real people rather than bloated waged sportstars , get back to basics .

To be fair TA some families will be losing a lot more than some training fees down gurgler ,that happens every day a horse goes wrong in morning . We all going to get various hits and stresses , It cannot all be covered , it's a shit of a tough world .

To be transported by licenced transport companies , driver cannot enter course . I can only assume there is a handover process at a drop off point outside the gates whereby gear is cleaned , distance rules applied that kind of thing .

No we all know how tough these jump jocks are . They do some hard yards for meagre returns . I hope all reasonable people never forget these youngsters and cleaners , real heros . Iam still working but iam a burnt out old bastard , these others put on spot in these differing jobs that in normal circumstances carry no risk have stepped up big style , that was not on their job description either , nor are they paid to carry the risk . Good Luck on punt tomorrow anyway .

Any number reasons why they wouldn't go across , staying safe at home with family , flight availability , trouble flying back , could be employed in an essential business as well as part time jockey and put the country and it's people before themselves .Maybe dont want to sit in a tin can in air with others .Maybe everyone keep as super safe as they can , keep fitness to something reasonbly safe like a real light jog , use the pink weights at home maybe to just keep as many icu beds open for as long as we can .The more icu beds empty the better it is . Maybe they might have a part time job as a supermarket worker and doing a valiant job helping out these fine young adults at the checkout each day , who would know . Any number of reasons .

Now where is the racing going to be beamed in from, I reckon Mumbai Greyhounds maybe , or something I actually had a few wins on in Raro few years back, Hermit Crab Racing . Empty pot , bang a drum and first crab out the circle scoops the pot , betting blind but I found the one with beaten up shell is experienced racer so knows that the quicker he scurrys the quicker he's outta there back into the bucket and safety.

Like it , that's what we need positive thoughts , feed the horses , help the workers , look after each other from safe distance . Then in the downtime study horses with good fresh up records , then on resumption punt like mad , punt punt punt to help the game keep going . Look after yourselfs and loved ones people .

Keeping your head whilst understanding the gravity of situation while other people panic is the best option , fighting over loo roll closes down the social distance , how many load up with loo roll , get home then forget to wash hands . Urgency and Panic, knowing the difference is the key .

The choice will be gone very soon , if it goes longer than Monday I'd be surprised . Racing needs to focus on feed supplies for horses, equine welfare and welfare of all participants . Now is the time for those at the top to put the shoulder to the wheel for those not so well off , if that's done maybe something will be left at end to rebuild after this is all over .