Aaron Bidlake

I was one to post on it but I'm only doing a couple of horses now so not a lot to report from me unfortunately nately.

I have been thinking about this for a while as I know a fair few people recently missing starts and getting pretty pissed off. I wonder if there is a place for a consolation race when there is enough noms to do so. Something like if it was for example a rating 65 worth 10k then run the consolation for 5k and winner takes all or 4k winner and 1k for second,my twist to it would be in the weight scale where you pick your weight to carry and rating points received will depend on your weight. 53kg=2 points. 62kgs=8 points and whatever else in between. Winner would get there full amount of points and 2nd halved.

Why do people want it to be termination pick 6? Only time I was ever interested in taking them was when they weren't struck and the pool gets up to a decent size.

Good luck finding 25 jockeys capable of riding in field that size.

Most of the good stallions will throw jumpers as well because they throw 'athletes' and so will succeed at whatever disapline you ask of them.

Would be interesting to know what percentage of the Auckland population even knew the races were on. Maybe a visit to the casino Friday and Saturday evening with free entry tickets and a handful of drink vouchers each might have got people keen...

it is but you won't be able to access it from over in the UK will you?

RACE 1 :1 BB RACE 2 : 1 RACE 3 : 2 RACE 4 : 3 RACE 5 : 12 RACE 6 : 4 RACE 7 : 7 RACE 8 : 4RACE 9 : 13 RACE 10 : 1 BB

Was in his school uniform when he arrived so might have just been a half day I'm guessing

Wooden Racquet Not that i'm likely to win but if I did i don't want 5% share, just give 5% to a charity of some sort.

And that in a nutshell is why we can not see see rural racing go. The city people are not interested in a rural sport. It takes a rural lad to head into the big smoke for uni or chasing a wife that then drags a couple of mates along to the city race meetings and the mate spends up large has a bit of fun gets hooked and invests in the industry. I think we forget at times that racing is a rural sport, we take that away and we lose our next generation of players.

Not just off off track?

6 months on and about now I'm wishing there was a market available. She'll only get better and be winning the cup.

1. Royal Randwick R2 2.05pm : 4 2. Hastings R5 3.05pm : 4 3. Royal Randwick R4 3.15pm (Bonus Race) : 1 4. Royal Randwick R5 3.50pm : 11 5. Royal Randwick R6 4.25pm (Bonus Race) : 1 6. Caulfield R5 4.45pm : 1 bb 7. Royal Randwick R7 5.05pm : 7 8. Royal Randwick R8 5.50pm (Bonus Race) : 15 9. Royal Randwick R9 6.30pm : 1 10. Caulfield R8 6.50pm : 3 11. Royal Randwick R10 7.10pm : 5 12. Morphettville R8 7.40pm : 7 bb

Comp Race 1 : Randwick R1 2.10pm : 8-1 Comp Race 2 : Randwick R2 2.45pm : 3-1 Comp Race 3 : Randwick R3 3.20pm : 3-1 Comp Race 4 : Te Aroha R8 4.25pm : 1-4 Comp Race 5 : Randwick R5 4.35pm : 3-6 Comp Race 6 : Randwick R6 5.15pm : 2-13 Comp Race 7 : Randwick R7 5.55pm : 4-2 Comp Race 8 : Randwick R8 6.35pm : 3-2 Comp Race 9 : Caulfield R8 6.55pm : 1-14 Q Comp Race 10 : Randwick R9 7.15pm : 20-15 BB Comp Race 11 : Randwick R10 7.50pm : 10-9 BB