RaceCafe..#1...Tipsters Thread.... Share Your Fancies For Fun...Lets See Who The Best Tipsters Here Are.

shaneMcAlister

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  1. NZ's largest stable has 9 entries for Saturday at Ellerslie.
  2. I think some people buy two or three horses at the $20-$60K mark knowing that if they get one right, it can still be a profitable transaction after all. If they get 2 right they are well ahead, 3 right and in clover. So I think the overall purchases have to be looked at. Hence Wexford also purchased Molly Bloom from the same sale.
  3. In fairness at the prices they may have been brought for different purposes too.
  4. They saved themselves some amount of money by having the sale.....ouch!!
  5. strathayr track horse racing I think people may be getting confused with Strathayr track not synthetic.
  6. Just back to pre covid level. Probably a fairer valuation.
  7. Thanks Leggy for this. I was referring more to the fact that whips are used in most riding disciplines, it is just horse racing that is on TV makes an easier target. No overarm I can understand. If the animal groups want animal cruelty it is not in racing that it will be found at large. The amount of dogs and cats being bred (sold on social media) for people that would not know how to look after a toy is frightening....
  8. Was watching this old famous ad recently. There is reference here to pulling the beast out of the swap and things have gone wrong.....this could not be shown now for cruelty reasons. People are too far removed from the farm nowadays and don't understand dealing and living with livestock.
  9. Eventing, Cross country, pony club too? Whips are all the way through the game. To me its the name "whip" that is wrong. I think it is the jockey's (and ex jockeys) that should be making this call.......not the animal right groups. Just my opinion.
  10. I hear you all and understand the argument. But I just don't think we can go down this road. People are getting too far removed from the farm to educate nowadays. Animal experience and education is done by social media now.
  11. If anyone thinks removing the whip from racing will appease the animal activists they are sadly mistaken. The animals activists will not stop till racing is stopped, they get more removed from reality everyday. I personally would not give them any oxygen.
  12. I think Emily rightfully wanted to stop his whip rant.
  13. RIP BC. Was driving past his place on Saturday and was thinking of him, always good company. Apparently he won his golf tournament yesterday too before he moved on.
  14. Here is a article putting a few pieces together in the puzzle https://www.racehorseowner.co.nz/racing-tales/a-family-affair-at-devon-oaks-cambridge/
  15. A lot of amateurs are just not smaller enough to be professional jockeys. I just looked at tomorrows riders in the amateur and the are a good bunch of riders. Its a good race and well worth its place. I would rather punt on this race and the riding than some of the midweek south island stuff. Good luck
  16. The problem is the self service terminals are dinosaurs. If they were modern and could be updated regularly then the cost of them in a lot of pubs would be minimal.
  17. Oncourse bookmakers is a dying game. The ones in oz/UK do it because they have been doing it for years or is a family business. A day out. They lay off on betfair etc,
  18. I think this is very good. Looked after lower level and like the way prize money is less in winter when there is less punting.
  19. There is no way they are going to release anything but good news at NZB the day before a sale. Stake rises across the board. Minimum stakes to get close to $20K and all group races etc raised significantly.
  20. The cost of keeping a horse to a be a 5yo plus open horse is add up over 4 seasons. Expensive to keep. If real promising as a 2-3yo the money is too good to turn down so sold. Hence we have no depth in open company. Te Akau's model can afford to keep them going.
  21. Yes Aussie Geo Block, leaving you with just some of the below options....and more. That's competition. The NZ Tab want to grow offshore punters to them. I can't see how you can have it both ways.
  22. Yes Mike, I too do the majority of my punting on NZ TAB. However no competition worries me, we know how well supemarkets, petrol stations and banks etc operate with little competition.
  23. This should actually be like this: $170m for 2023/24 (+36% compared to current financial year) $175m for 2024/25 (+2.9%) $180m for 2025/26 (+2.9%) $185m for 2026/27 (+2.8%) lets hope inflation comes back to old levels. For the record I am all for this. I was when the Mesara report was released. However I think the TAB did not want this in the years after the report. However they can see they are heading for the wall and gaining speed at present. probably 4 or 5 years ago I went to a Sportsbet presentation that I think offered more than this. We have lessened the value of our asset in those years. Also for the record I am against geo blocking in any form. We are not China.