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Looks like the Princess Royal has photoshopped the presenter photos

Maybe they delay the start in an attempt to get falling totalisator pools up?

seems to be going again.

Isn't Blair Orange an impatient driver these days. Race after race, on different track after different track, there he is pushing hard to get to the lead, or when he gets there, to force the pace. Sure he drives a lot of winners, but he gets a lot of drives as well. His UDR rating this season is poor, and a long way from the top 20, and in fact it has never been in the top 10 for many years.

Very best wishes Trudy . Long time servant of the racing industry here, but the ship is sinking........... Sunshine Coast.................better weather, better pay, higher stakes, better beaches, lower inflation, fewer earthquakes.....what is not to like!

Few trainers seem to want him these days.......his ROI has been floating around -35+% the last few seasons. We all have our use by date

Well said, Palliser. Best to watch via the website, then you can just click on Trackside 1 or Trackside 2 just before start time, thus avoiding the TAB time-fillers completely. An added bonus................you avoid listening to their tips, which is a guaranteed money saver.

They spent tens of millions up front, with ongoing millions annually for 'servicing', plus a bailout from the taxpayers, and still the TAB site breaks down. Bet it's not their fault........

Motukarara today Race 8, Horse #3, "Times Are A Changin" wins x 2.75L going away and pays $3-40 to win. Previous 4 Starts Addington 2 April...8 of 8, - 9.6L from winner, paying $32.90 to win Motukarara 19 Mar...6 of 14, - 10.7L from winner, paying $18.00 to win Ashburton 25 Feb ... 8 of 13 - 16L from winner, paying $16.20 to win Rangiora 18 Feb ... 4 of 14 - 5.4L from winner, paying $20.30 Grass track record prior to today .. 33 starts for 3 wins Little wonder turnovers are dropping !

Ashburton Racing Club Race 4 19/1/23 I have just caught up with an RIB decision 27/1/23 which resulted in the deferred suspension of Lisa Allpress for failing to ride her horse out in the last 2-3 strides before the line, thus possibly causing her horse to lose 4th place. (It finished 5th, 4.5 lengths from the winner) The rider did express concerns for her horse's welfare.. Within the Reason For Decision paragraph of the RIB report, the following comment is made.. "As raised with Ms Allpress at the hearing, it could be said that there is an unhappy relationship between this Rule and welfare concerns of pushing a spent horse. However, Ms Allpress accepted she could have simply remained down in her saddle for a few strides of the concluding stages which would have satisfied her welfare concerns yet given the appearance to the public of still riding out her horse" (The underlining is mine.) WHAT A CROCK!!!!...............the comment is not attributed to anyone within the Report, but it seems it is now (a ok to pretend to ride a horse out to the line, or maybe even (b pretend to do anything else that riders are supposed to do, so long as the public do not notice. I shake my head is disbelief. I have emailed the RIB, but do not expect a response.

Shame they go the wrong way around. I wonder why that is?

Congratulations to Brad Reid. Brilliant questions that so far as I know have not had a response from those that made this decision in the first place. Probably because there is no defence for giving a serial offender even a limited dispensation when he has served a very small part of his disqualification. Congratulations are also due to the Trainers and others who raised such a storm of protest that McGrath has been forced to slink back into the shadows. McGrath has no place in the industry and the sooner he realises that the better. He should serve his full period of suspension and then find somewhere else to apply his skills.

Fallen a long way since he was so rude to Trudi in the jockeys' room. She must be having a quiet smile.

HRNZ should make all the major Group races handicaps. It is long overdue, and maybe punters would have a chance to have a bet on a horse without an odds on favourite in the field (hard to back it, and hard to back against it). Worse still, some hot pots even get a flying start from the starter! In gallops, the best horses carry more weight, but in trotting the best horses in the biggest race start off the front, sometimes year after year. Sundees Sun is a good example in the Dominion Handicap.

Hi Does anyone know where Kate Cowan has gone to? Her last ride was 11/12/21, and she no longer seems to be riding for Pat Duff in Queensland. Maybe she is injured, or maybe on holiday but I cannot find anything online.

I see in the Nelson fields today the partnership Purdon/Cullen is still showing for the All Stars runners. I thought 1/1/22 the Purdon/Rasmussen duo was to resume. Does anybody know what is happening or does the race field data just need updating?

Oops, wrong place!! I thought this was a horse racing site...................

Use punters.com.au. You can "Black Book" horses, Trainers and/or Jockeys and it is bullet proof. You get an email each day but if you look online you can see a couple of days in advance. You can put a comment with each black booker so you can remember why you put it there. The NZ TAB system is ....

Ok thanks, appreciated/

Does anyone know what has happened to Luke Nolan? He just seems to have disappeared, and I cannot see that he is suspended.

Try Kumara.

www.punters.com.au works a treat. Sign up, click on "Black Book", add however many horses you want, plus a message to remind you why you have it in your Black Book & they email you when horse is an acceptor. Works fine with NZ horses as well as Aust horses.

ok, thanks.... will keep a look out

Hi. Does anyone know what Kate Cowan is up to these days? I know she went to South Australia in the middle of last year. I was introduced to her at Blenheim a few years ago & when we shook hands she sure had a 'firm' handshake!!

Great win and all credit to the owners for taking the horse over there and having a go. Bit of a lucky win in a way. I thought the driver almost blew the race by pulling back and out in the straight, rather than waiting for the passing lane. It would have won by a length otherwise.