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

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  1. If thats the best that was offered it seems like most are just accepting it as is. I thought there might have been closer scrutiny after the initial hoo-haa.
  2. There still appears to be some negativity regarding the state of the Ellerslie track. Has there been any official or even unofficial feedback as to improvement on Cup day. Couldn't care less about 'leaders bias' or that stuff, just the actual track itself.
  3. 82/83 won the Great Northern Hurdles by 12 from Greek Boy and Kanamint. Laurie Cavanagh's second win in the race he won on Leylend in '78. Owned by Terry Foote and George McRae. Following season (but just two months later) he won the Grand National Hurdles by 7 lengths but between the two wins he had run and fallen in the Grand National Hurdles in Melbourne. Tough buggers back then.
  4. Stepping a little sideways Gruff, instead of crying about losing their jobs, why don't some of the well paid mouthpieces buy the company from WB and carry on themselves? Or do they not have any confidence in their own business acumen.
  5. Exactly. It's long been said in harness racing, the horse in the death seat actually controls the pace. Punters especially complain if a horse leads, slows things down then sprints away leaving little chance for back runners. In actual fact that's good tactics by the leading jockey if it comes off.There are no rules to this otherwise it would be easy to pick a pattern. Just back the horse you think will win for whatever reason.
  6. Well that would be the funniest post everrrrrrrrr...................
  7. Good point. Summer races could easily start 11;30 or midday. Connections could then all be home at a reasonable time.
  8. In his apprentice days Nigel Landers was known as 'Long Shot'.
  9. Will have to wait until the rail is in the true place again to compare to KM raceday. Six mtrs out doesn't prove a he'll of a lot imo.
  10. Always makes me wonder why NZ gallops don't start loading until almost the advertised start time and generally start 3-4 minutes over time. I know most harness are mobiles but usually start scoring up 20 secs early and start within a few seconds of advertised time. Must be $$ related.
  11. I wonder if there'll be any room for Donna Logan in the equation.
  12. Good point but also the track today will be quite different from KM day as there's been no rain for a fortnight and pretty high temperatures. Interested to see the outcome.
  13. Promiscuous babies don't have a particularly hard job in amassing enough prizemoney to start in the KM. If you happen to be referring to TA well they had won seven in a row so human nature decrees they'd love to make it eight. Owners, trainers and jockeys would all realistically love to get a piece of $1million or more (wouldn't we all ?) and sometimes, not neccessarily intentionally, the dollar takes precedence and these very much developing youngsters are asked to give 110% when they're not quite ready for it.
  14. And also be interesting to see what measures are taken - any jumpouts or trials- to consider it entirely safe prior to two big meetings in three weeks.