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Tool no. 1

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  1. On 7/9/2019 at 12:21 PM, THE TORCH said:

    Canterbury has always had a very good commentator . However it does highlight the amazing longevity that Reon Murtha displayed.. The amount of travelling he did and the number of races he called was absolutely astounding. And I'd say he never "shared" the job with an understudy. 

     

    Longevity yes but Reon Murtha didn't travel much unlike what McNamara has done. Lochie Marshall always did Timaru, Oamaru, Geraldine etc and Eric Percy and Ian Chambers did the Coast circuit and Nelson / Marlborough. Murtha shared the job with plenty. McNamara is in a class of his own IMO.

  2. Highly Likely an obvious late scratching with the flag start but the second fav Gagarin missed it by many lengths also. Its jockey Shaun Fannin was watching the antics of HL and missed the flag.

    Not sure its followers were done any favours there

  3. 1 hour ago, Pegs Pride said:

    Feeling very sorry for Opie. There have been just too many days affected of late. The battle becoming too great I fear. 

    I have no sympathy. Bloody unprofessional and a poor look for the industry. Not to mention a real kick in the guts for those that took him in the jockeys challenge. 

  4. 12 minutes ago, Idolmite said:

    It's certainly not his forte. Leading and defying them all has been his MO over the past couple of seasons. 

    In his two Nz Cup wins definitely but in his three starts before the cup last year

    he ran down Have Faith in Me at Addington Titan Banner in the Kaikoura Cup and Dream About Me in the Ashburton Flying Stakes.

    Your original comment is just wrong.

  5. 20 hours ago, Idolmite said:

    but how many times has Laz passed horses in the straight to win? Not many, if any. 

    :huh: I can remember at least a dozen occasions and I'm sure there would be many others.

    The 2015 NRM Sires Stakes when he ran down Chase The Dream at Addington would be one of my favourites.

  6. 1 hour ago, Portfolio said:

    Really? So her getting to the front, hammer down for 2 laps, is the same as laz 3 wide the trip on a tight track? 

    Surely your not serious, she had no pressure at all. 

    Most bizarre thing for me, is the fact  even thou she mistook laps, she still went crazy with a lap to go????

    Maybe she had a flight to catch, she should have a holiday with that, a big one somewhere with no poor horses to drive.

     

     

    Her drive from 10th November. 

    Read the date of the quote.

  7. On 11/10/2017 at 8:21 PM, WhoKnows said:

    Thoughts on the drive tonight?

    Given Mr Lowe got a suspension for driving exactly the same way she did tonight will she be accorded the same penalty?

    The Lowe drive was so so so much worse. Chalk and cheese different. In fact her drive was very similar to how one of the best of all time drove Lazarus in the Freemantle Cup. 

    Not really defending her as she is pretty ordinary but A.Lowe is nek level ordinary.

  8. 7 minutes ago, rdytdy said:

    Whilst he was a toff on wet tracks Red Tempo could go on any type of tracks. Won the Futurity at Caulfield, the Irwin wfa at Morphettville and the Newmarket at Flemington on good tracks.    

    I said firm tracks. Yes you are right he did win on good tracks in Australia. I should have said jarred up on firm tracks and that was certainly the case when Our Flight ran away from him in the Classic. From memory the only time he was ever beaten on a heavy track was by the great Strawberry Road.

  9. This also highlights just how great a race the Levin Turf Classic as it was originally called used to be, held on a country track with a very good supporting card.

    I remember winning a competition on 2ZB back in 1981. The prize included a return train trip from Wellington to Levin, entry to a champagne brunch held on the course before the first race, lunch vouchers and a $25 betting voucher which was not to be sneezed at back then. 

    A huge crowd and a great Classic with Our Flight beating the hot pot Red Tempo who couldn't go on firm tracks.

  10. 11 minutes ago, gubellini said:

    Tool no 1 sorry to be pedantic but Mainbrace’s second start was in the 2yo Welcome Stakes at Ellerslie on 8/10/49.He won by five lengths from Correspond and Nom De Plume with The Unicorn fourth. He won the Avondale Guineas at his ninth start on 9/9/50 beating Zenith and Miss Kanui with The Unicorn fourth. I know it was a long time ago but you are re-inventing history.

    Yes correct second start one week later won by 5 lengths as I said just like Smart Patch. I knew it beat The Unicorn just got the name of the race wrong which is the only thing I did get wrong as you have just proved by reading it from a book. I was going from memory.

  11. 15 minutes ago, gubellini said:

    Tool no. 1 you are wrong! Smart Patch won his debut yesterday by 5 lengths. Mainbrace only ran third in his debut on 1/10/49 at Te Aroha beaten three lengths by the Dead Heaters The Unicorn and Correspond.

    No sir you are wrong. I didn't say like Mainbrace having it's first start I was talking about Mainbrace when it beat The Unicorn in the Avondale Guineas as the second favourite a week later.

    First start Mainbrace was as big as a bull, Jack wasn't trying very hard and the horse came back to scale blowing his head off.

  12. 42 minutes ago, Sandpiper said:

    Nothing for free in this world. If you want to know how well they are going consider changing routine to get up at 4am with a stopwatch and notebook :D

    Figuring out which stables like a punt and who likes to try to put the punters away is part of the game. Where does it end up, a declaration of financial interests on each runner from owners amd trainers :blink:

    Agree to a certain extent but I find Andrew Forsman always very honest with his assessments and usually bang on the money when labelling one with Pete and Alby on a Saturday morning. I also have heard that the Baker / Forsman stable is a big punting stable and Andrew Forsman is well on the way to a freehold house so not every trainer gives you the steer intentionally.

    Shaune Ritchie is also always very honest.

    Lance O'Sullivan clearly said on radio yesterday morning that Smart Patch would benefit from the run and he would be very surprised if it won. Now for the horse to come out and absolutely donkey lick a field that had a lot of smart trial form doesn't sit well with me.

  13. I heard that interview also. The best of his horses today he said was clearly Show N Go who gets well beaten into fourth and the race was won by stablemate Slow Hands paying $11 on the tote. He is either a very poor judge or ..........

    I was drinking at the local today with a mate who multied up his three Patch horses -  Jewel, Wisdom finishing with Smart for $50 to return $4150.  He was fidgety going into the third multi leg but 200 metres from the finish let out a roar as Smart went woosh and the race was over. Very impressive win.

  14. 17 hours ago, Brodie said:

    Iraklis, It is great that you love harness racing so much!

    However, it is staggering that you love it soooooo much and yet you don’t punt???????

    Wouldnt having a punt add a bit more interest to it????

    No more staggering than you never punting on Premier meetings. The best horses going around on the best race day / nights and you only watch them. Or do you only watch races you punt on?

  15. 13 minutes ago, Brodie said:

    Tool, interesting name to be called when you are calling The Brodster stupid.

    However it is a gambling business and they should be prepared to take the good with the bad, end of story!!

     

    I haven't called The Brodster anything whoever that clown is.

    You're calling yourself stupid, I haven't. What I have said was that your comments are naive if you don't understand the TAB book making business model and why any type of business would keep doing business with a customer that was costing that business money.

    If you can't understand that and If your comments are not born from naivety then yes you are stupid.

  16. 1 hour ago, talk said:

    The early '80's were a disaster for investors in term deposits.

    Interest rates of about 10% (Mortgage rates 18%) less 66% tax equals 3% net interest. Inflation at 12% meant many older people had their wealth reduced considerably. 

    Incorrect. 1982-83 you could get around 15% on term deposit. It wasn't until 1984 that interest rates plummeted. Then the 21% was readily available in 1986 and then they came back again in the late 80's. 

    My first comment replying to Barryb was tongue in cheek I know the economy was struggling, the wage and price freeze was needed to curb inflation which it did but the whole world was in a major recession. Wasn't just NZ that was forked. USA and Japan got out of it relatively early but many other OECD countries had staggering rates of unemployment far higher than NZ's at that time.