Ludwig

Congratulations to young Bradley with his training/driving performance on Cracker Hill. He's a fine horseman, and the horse runs very well.

By all reports an excellent guy. Approachable and listens and knows the industry

Cool. Thanks for explaining.

And I remain baffled as to why this thread is under thoroughbred racing????

I note that it's one of Winston's yes men , who chairs the committee. Will that be significant?

I agree entirely. I don't want to see NZ descend to the bitterness of the USA, but it's time some of the politicians made some noise, and stopped trying to be Mr or Ms Nice Guy .

According to parliament's web page, National have three standing members on this committee.

Mr Blue sounds like a sensible chap. If the asset is owned by the local community, then it's their decision, no one else's, to decide what happens to it. It is not up to an idiot in govt to tell them how to dispose of it.

The same with Timaru. How many of the trainer's there will relocate, or just pack it in?

So you favour the govt seizing and then selling community owned assets?. That's called theft

I agree entirely and there are some under utilised tracks in the south. We should be looking at capitalising on the grassroots interest in racing, and not resort to this idiotic policy of close down every track they can get their paws on.

The grassroots support for racing, both codes, in the south remains strong. It's good to see that not everything is doom and gloom.

Many years ago, when I was younger and sillier, I did a cross country race at Ascot Park in those conditions. Not fun.

Good sized fields and well done the club for getting substantial prize money. Congrats to the Canterbury trainers making the trek south.