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  1. Might be a smart colt. Only a winner by a head in a maiden at Sandown but has nice data. He's by Frankel
  2. But the point of this Scooby is that I DID respond respectfully. How can you say I didn't?!?!...and there was the start of the issue. And if I hurt Stoodgie's feelings because he was incorrectly reporting an important issue....tough. I won't name call him as I would normally do....I'll be a compliant PC orientated, but oppressed, contributor....but don't expect me to fall into that PC line when rubbish is being expounded....now that's what I call an old woman approach who wants to have the last word.
  3. You've got a problem going on Scooby. I say something literally and you get chippy. What's going on? I ask many people whether they race horses or not. It's sort of like saying do you like skiing or fishing. There were no additional inflections in the question as it was a simple question. Where it becomes a problem is that you Scooby seem to be standing in attempting to be a filter. Why not let Stoodgie answer for himself? That wasn't a question for you so stay out of it. You've decided to couple together Stoodgie's opinions, and somehow leveraging their voracity with whether he races horses or not. That's a fundamentally flawed tactic as that wasn't the intention but you read it as being so. So you are in a defensive mode, when you should simply be acting as a moderator. If you wish to get involved in the commentary, then you will have to play under the rule book of conflictual chat site mode. Quite simple really. I haven't changed my persona on this site for ever. I use my actual name as I don't want to think of hiding behind a pseudo name. I don't mind getting slaughtered if I'm wrong. That's the game...and the fun of it...always has been ...always will be. This site is everything that society is. It's a moderated chat site with all sorts of conflicted personalities giving all sorts of weird and wonderful opinions. Conflict is good. It makes things interesting and unfortunately the frequency of use by interested parties on this site is waning and you should be looking very closely at that because the beast might die if you make it too difficult to create conflict. It isn't a boast that at one stage I provided some funds to this site when it was in its infancy. That was simply a statement because you decided to tell me that because you paid for everything, you call it. I don't decry that. That's your prerogative, but that's not the sort of language a moderator should use as it is a form of censorship. I'm quite happy to bunk out and not contribute to this site any further, so just say the word. But if I do continue to make comment, it will be as it has been done in the past. If you offer comment, and not be a moderator, then you will be responded to with the same energy and vigor as anyone else...whether you pay for the upkeep of this site or not. My end of the bargain will be to try and be respectful. On occasion I might find that extremely difficult but them's the breaks.
  4. That was a very simple question. I was interested.
  5. Some of us have had our turn at funding this site so you're not alone of that front. It's a great opportunity to voice opinion, concern and information. It should never become an edict based site where opinion, that is respectfully given, is directed inappropriately. This would lead to this sites in effectivity and demise. Stodgie....keep going but be accurate. BTW...Do you own horses?
  6. There's every reason for this discussion. This site was developed by three people...Dave, Ang with me providing a small amount of funding at a crucial time. This site was to allow racing people to access racing information around the globe and for people to have a voice. At the time, New Zealand racing publications reported sweet but nothing news on international races and the NZ racing bureaucrats continuously shut any narrative down. It shouldn't be up to you Scobie to keep telling people to move on because you are starting to do it more often, and often when you're trying to shut something down incorrectly. It's all well and good to be a moderator because things can get out of control. I was around when we discussed the first parameters of moderation. The type of dictation you are using isn't moderation. It's a creep forwards to some kind of narrative censorship and that's not right. Look....I was polite to Stodgie, I apologised before I told him that he reported incorrectly that Luxembourg was going for the Champion Stakes and not the Arc. Had you been in the UK and stated that, you would have been laughed out of Dodge because ALL reports had the horse going to the Arc AND the bookmakers had him as favourite!!. It was too big a mistake not to pull it up. This ill reporting has happened on a number of occasions but in most instances I thought what the hell. It's not caustic, or a pissing competition carried out by an Old Woman (as you put it). It was a factual rebuttal that didn't require your input. If Stodgie wants to be inaccurate, he should get slaughtered for it. That's the rules. And if you want to ban me for being accurate, without becoming personal in any way, then I will leave my contributions out of this site. You should also not beyond reproach. That way everyone will know the integrity of this site doesn't have a Jacinda or Putin feel of control in respect of freedoms of speech and opinion....as long as they are done respectfully.
  7. At last....someone else gets it...I thought I was going mad
  8. What's going on Scooby? Pissing competition...??? That's as bad as Stoogie calling my comments "caustic". What's the race got to do with it? My comments on the Champion Stakes and the merits of any of the runners are subjective. You seem to be confusing the relevance of my the comments on the Irish Champions Stakes and Stoogie's comment that Luxembourg was going to the UK Champions Stakes and not the Arc. Go read my original post for heavens sake. What's got into you?
  9. So if the papers have been consistently reporting that a horse is aiming at the Arc, the bookmakers have him in as the favourite for the Arc, and someone reports that it's going for the Champion Stakes (2000m), wouldn't you want to know (as a viewer of the information), in respect to the Championship race in Europe, what fact is correct or incorrect? That's not being a Norman know-it-all...that's being accurate as a reporter...It's not an opinion....it's a fact. I certainly wasn't being caustic...so that lends me to consider why the use of that word occurred at all?!?! Jeeeez....
  10. Got no idea why this posted multiple times....sorry all. I only pressed the button once
  11. Geez I hate it when all one does is post the facts and because people who think their importance is worth more than the facts, they distort away from the facts. This is what I said... "I’m sorry Stoodgie but I don’t agree with your interpretation of the Champion Stakes. I would call that Luxembourg is absolutely aiming at the Arc. I also thought that Vadeni was a dead set unlucky runner that would have won the race with a better run, not only was he denied a run on the outside at a crucial stage of the race, then followed by a really impressive change of gear, followed by a cramped run on the rails where for 100m the space was too right and when he got through he ran out of runway. " So I start with a polite apology but state I don't agree with you. Why you might ask? Because you said this in your post... "LUXEMBOURG was having only his third outing of the campaign and horses coming into the autumn fresh are at such an advantage over those who have run through the summer. I imagine he'll go for the Champion Stakes rather than the Arc and he's another, like Adayar, who enters the autumn picture fresh" I do note that now....in your recent post....you state that Luxembourg is now going to the Arc. Your first post wasn't correct....hence me not agreeing. It had only been reported from the stable, for the past 6 weeks, that the primary aim was the Arc. The bookmakers have had him in that market as one of the favourites for the past 4 weeks!! The pace wasn't that hot in the St Ledger. The race was actually run 6.9 seconds below standard time and all you can say about it was that the pacemaker didn't fade out of the race, as he only finished 2 3/4 away from the winner. It was a good ride by Heffernan, set the pace for the stablemate (Luxembourg) but try and win. So to Vadeni. He's a slight horse, quite athletic but not at all a stallion type of a colt. A bit effeminate you might say. But he's a real athlete. He's got a good turn of foot and in my humble opinion, could have won the race (the Champion Stakes) with the breaks. So Stoodgie....where on earth in my previous post am I caustic?. You got it wrong my friend...Just keep to the facts and we'll get along just fine. Don't over inflate things...and if you want to report things...don't become a tipster...I read you posts because I'm interested in your view of the World of UK racing. Scoobie's worried I'll scare you off with the facts.....
  12. I’m sorry Stodgie but I don’t agree with your interpretation of the Champion Stakes. I would call that Luxembourg is absolutely aiming at the Arc. I also thought that Vadeni was a dead set unlucky runner that would have won the race with a better run, not only was he denied a run on the outside at a crucial stage of the race, then followed by a really impressive change of gear, followed by a cramped run on the rails where for 100m the space was too right and when he got through he ran out of runway. You’ve got to read the race better
  13. TIMES BOULEVARD 2yo filly by Shalaa ex See You Always (Siyouni) Go and have a look at its race at La Teste-de-Buch in the provinces in France https://www.france-galop.com/en/horse/dDZBVlZOamZYTDAwNU5uUmowNEIyZz09?check_logged_in=1