Dissident

Just an early heads up for anyone interested, David Seymour is booked to hold public meetings at Matamata (daytime) and Te Rapa (evening) Racecourses on August 3rd. Events should be up on the ACT party website soon. Aiming to do a Cambridge meeting on a separate trip later in the campaign.

Yeah, deja vu much. Things aren't going well and there's just resounding silence.

Yes totally agree!

I saw Winston Peters was at Karaka, but nice to see an ACT MP visit too:

Yes. I only have a small share and to be honest don't expect a ticket. If you have a large syndicate you could rotate the 10 or so tickets through the members so a different 10 get them each time, and they could pass on a ticket if they weren't going? Only issue would be if the horse goes well and gets to a feature race and everyone would of course want to be there.

I agree. In my opinion it's the government involvement/regulations on how to run the TAB which inevitably create a top heavy high cost paper based operation run almost entirely by people clueless as to which end of a horse is what. Let alone what a fetlock is. From someone who worked there and hands on in the industry. ACT used to have a good racing policy on its website about transferring the operation more back to the industry...but it's not up there currently.

Yes, horrible situation, I really hope they get them out/treated and all recover. The mare I have a little share in went as 1 of 7 today

Well done to Black Kirrama and Gruff! Thank you very much for running this

3-4-8-10-11-18-19-24 Thank you!

Yes, really hope they are all ok, very stressful times

All very good points

Agreed. Didn't mind the quiz as a 1 off but the painting and buzz challenge are just poor. Feels like it's just there as fluff content for the sake of having something. Rather see more behind the scenes stories directly related to racing/trainers/studs. E.g. Savabeel just turned 21, would have been a good opportunity to do a piece on him/his progeny

Yes, I also tried and it said incorrect account number

Terrible news, so very sad to hear this. Thinking of his family and friends.

Could be something to do with odds of success purely for gambling purposes. I was told once by a savvy punter Aussie greyhounds are an easier way to try and turn a profit...good pools, and of course greyhounds have the smaller fields. Can't say it worked for me but then personally I'd rather bet on gallops any day.