Chameleon

Agree the soul of the industry will be lost and the money men will take control. 

You can see quite a few  owner - trainers getting out of the game.  They propose the eventual closure of Te Rapa and Waipa and opening of  the all weather track at Cambridge.  All right for professionals to relocate but if you were an amateur trying to fit training around farming commitments  etc  who could spare the time to go to Cambridge every morning and back .   Shame as a lot of those people like the farming guys with a few horses  have brought the colour  to NZ racing and they really knew their animals.

Pretty  hard to fathom some of his closures .What does stand out though he’s keen on closing tracks that are freehold not leased seems like an underhand tactic to fleece those that have done well and are self sufficient.Good luck with that .

Thoroughbred mentor Shelley Hale won R5 at Avondale today.
Next Up was his name. A  Goofy looking  full brother, by Shinko King, to her previous Group One performers.
Shelley's ..winning .Strike rate with jockey  Grant  Cooksley  and the Shinko King -Regelle  cross would be unsurpassed in any Thoroughbred Racing Country.
 
 
 
 

Memories , memories . Loving reading the above posts , never missed a raceday at Trentham thru the seventies , even midweek in July when i was still at college . Would get buses then trains if me or mate couldn't convince a parent to take us over from Titahi Bay . Three days of absolute bog racing most of the time with 9 race cards and mostly full fields with heaps of jumping races . You couldn,t move in the public stand , if it was raining you would struggle to get a seat or keep it if you went to bet or toilet . When i talk  to younger racing enthusiasts (jocks , track riders or young stable staff and trainers ) about what racing used to be like and about how Trentham in July used to be 3 days and horses would race all 3 days and win they honestly think i'm bullshitting . Remember plenty of great wet trackers racing there   , Greek Meer definatly was one but one of my all time fav's was Rising Damp . But i'm getting all misty eyed now , oh the great old days , we will never see the likes again .

12x1x1 =12 x $7 x 5% = $4.20