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Work this out from noms day Friday track was a Dead 6 Fine, Saturday Dead 6 Fine , Sunday Dead 6 Fine oh and Dead 5 Monday Fine Is this the only track in the world that doesn't dry out with 25 plus degree days or are the rest of us just suckers for believing in the unprofessional way in presenting track ratings. Its that hot down there they are watering SH1 as the tar is melting on the road yet they don't need to put water on the track to hold moisture in it. Go Figure

Did you give them a ring or they still looking for funds to proceed

Must have all the funds available now to proceed

Wonder why the AWT isn't under way at Awapuni surely all the funding is still available for use?

Its always owners right but the timing and how it was done is the question and Tony not the first trainer that horse has been taken from

Owners decision apparently

Winter Cup runner though T K Allan was trainer and riding earlier in week now in Pitman stable with Maira Sanson back on?

Everyones favourite topic this time of the year but after reading Paul Neilson quote saying with the Ellerslie hill sale a significant amount of money from that should be put back into jumps racing as really the Ellerslie Hill belonged to jumps racing. Yes one can't disagree the hill is a wonderful spectacle for jumping but answer this, will more money into jumps racing give them more jockeys , more horses for jumps racing, more jumps trainer as we have the top jumps trainers racing with a number of jumpers all at pension age or more and they are all in the CD. The South Island has only surviving on North Jockeys going down to take mounts . The CD cant get enough even in a 6 horse field. The northern area has very few chasers and the fields are only with CD horses keeping them going. Have we seen a full field of jumpers go around anywhere this season. The late Ken Browne and K Myers have been the back bone of jumps racing for many years and in its current format is unsustainable.

What a day at Hastings with 4 different McNab riders riding a winner wonder if Skelton brothers ever had 4 in a day individually.

Finally we start seeing the discrepancies a surrounding what Opie can get away with and the rest have to conform to. Who gave dispensation to take ride, RIU? Should have been fined last time he done it which was only a week ago and suspended this time like any other jockey would of. When wasting it doesn't take alot to put 1.76 lb or 0.8 kg back on

With the period without local racing and then to return with limited meetings to get things going again be a reduction in meetings?? They said there was a 5% down turn in turnover below last year not bad I would think all things considered. A saving of 5 mill on operating expenses and 7 mill on staff expenses must be a plus though don't agree with all the changes they made with there being no promotion of racing through media etc. Least now we do have some more positive accountability in this over expensive operation.

Yes that's correct McKenize cost cutting saying they can save $90,000 a year by not having one, then JCA were paying for it to be there so they can do their job with integrity but now they say its a part of the supply from TAB for them that they are contracted to do. The TAB still fail the industry.

See TAB still at it with closing prices as how could a horse at Otaki in Race 7 walk into the starting gates last paying $9 then win and pay $5.50. Where's the integrity in their business.

Yeah Winx grandmother (Vegas Magic)served by Al Akbar there (Grangewilliam)to produce Vegas Showgirl the mother of Winx.

Sorry got that wrong Winx grandmother served there.lol

If you watch the race closely on the first round through there and you will see, as they get to big screen, you will see the golf ball bouncing on the track so in fact the dickhead had hit the ball as the horse were going past.

La Mer bred at Wynthrope stud in New Plymouth and when finished racing was brought by Captain Tim Rogers who set up Grangewilliam Stud

Vegas Showgirl was by Al Akbar so Winx mother was served there as she was meant to go to Batavian but he died so they picked to go to Al Akbar.

Jump at 100 came up wrong horse chipped into it and next jump jumped a bit high running it down a fraction and lost momentum and the rider gave it a couple of kicks and a slap with stick then at 600 another couple of kicks then proceeded to pull it up. It that's been hard ridden your glasses must of fogged up as for getting carted out by Ave Maria proves he still had a horse under him as he had already made up his mind to pull it up before then anyway that why it was that wide but the horse had put itself back into the race. If it was his intention was to ride the horse to give it every chance he would have stayed near the rail. Was the horse given every opportunity to preform, races aren't won at the 1000 or 800 or 600 but at the winning post.

Only hard ride it was under was Cropp pulling it back. See he has a couple of rides in the Northerns this week so must have been looking after himself

Well they are paid to do the job ride the horse, to give the horse every possible chance to win the race. If the job description doesn't suit the rider they shouldn't be allowed be allowed to take the ride. The real point of the matter is were the connections of the horse given a fair go with their horse and why didn't the stipes question the jockey over his ride as it was like the rider of The Big Opal being suspended for failing to ride the horse out to give it a chance of finishing closer, only he jumped all the jumps.

Because the horse whizzed through a couple because the jockey wouldn't let head go does that give him the right to pull horse up. Why would you bother racing a jumper then.

He was only horse pulled up hadn't asked horse for any effort in my mind horse wasn't given the opportunity to preform. Stipes seem to be sitting on fence even with Oatham in attendance

When is it right to pull horse up in a jumping race. Being uncompetitive yes, losing tack with field yes, but what about horse pulling it's block off just behind the feild coming to second last jump in straight and the rider pulling the horse away from jump therefore taking him out of race. Then he could hardly pull it up as it chased the feild home. So when is the pull up rule not adhered too or why do the stipes not question such action. Just watch the ride on Hamiltonian at Hawera and wonder why

With all that happened at trials and no doubt everyone's thoughts are with Rosie and her family at this time. But one does have to ask the question why were there markers used on the bend going out of the straight as it's certainly something not done on race or trial days. Obviously there must have been a problem with the track there?