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Chalk another winner up to Peter McKenzie - Eminence blitzed em at Wanganui today - must be all that sea air!!

I believe Peter was an amateur Jockey also - just to add to your list, which could be one of the reasons for his success as a Trainer. By the way - he can still straddle a horse - seen this morning riding work down Hokio beach. You have to take your hat off to a man who's prepared to put his hand up!

The Levin Training Track is the gem in the crown for Trainers in the Central Districts, providing as it did today, a wonderful surface and much needed facility for Jump Outs to educate and season the Central District horses. BUT WHAT IS THE COMMITTEE OF THE LEVIN RACING CLUB UP TO? The President David Archibald, on the 17th November 2009, sent a letter to all the members of the Levin Racing Club SAYING - A Working Party would be set up to look at the future options of the Levin Training Track. Mr Archibald went on to say: "As noted at the (2009) AGM, a Working Party has been established to look at the issue. The Working Party has an independent chair, Allan Fenwick, ex CEO of NZTR. A terms of reference for the Working Party has been agreed - for a copy, please contact the Club. The objectives of the Working Party are: 1. Identify viable and sustainable future options for the Levin Track. 2. Based on the options identified, make recommendations for the consideration of the members for the future direction and use of the Levin Track As part of the process, submissions are called from all members for consideration by the Working Party. Please note that the last day for submissions is now Monday 11 January 2010. We now expect a Special General Meeting to be called around March/April once all submissions have been considered and consultations completed." That is what the letter to members said. But David Archibald has failed in his obligation to honour the resolution of his Club's AGM and he has not kept his word contained in his letter of the 17th November 2009, to all members of the Levin Racing Club. Committee Members of the Levin Racing Club have announced, they, the committee have LEASED THE LEVIN RACING CLUB TRAINING TRACK to one of their own, a committee member Richard Joostens or a Company of his, without consultation with the members. AND without and Special General Meeting of the Club, as were the terms of the AGM and the content of Mr Archibalds letter to members on the 17th November 2009. Come on President of the Levin Racing Club and your Committee Members - do your job! -You have not consulted the many track users of the Levin Training Track and you have not got the confidence nor the authority of the Club Members. -You have not made recommendations for the consideration of the members - It is for the members to decide what is or is not to be done with the Levin Racing Club's valuable asset! -You certainly have NO AUTHORITY to lease the property without a Special General Meeting. That was the resolution of the AGM and the undertaking contained in the President's own letter to all members! PLEASE EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!

Mr Archibald, unfortunately my last post was sent before I read your last comment's to 'Archie'. My name is Fred Pratt and I am a Trainer. I do not wish to stoop to your level by making a personal attack on your character. So I will just say that I stand by everything I have stated and if need be can produce witnesses as verification. It is clear that you and your Committee Member Richard Joosters need to clearify who's in charge!

Excuse me - we must be reading different Forum topic's. I addressed all your point's and as I EXPECTED your second response was nothing more than a repetitive take on your first. Further, I am speaking as a Licensed Trainer whose only agenda is a concern for the longevity of the Club. The only role you have clearly established in this Forum, however, is that of your pseudonym DodgyDave. You have stated the issue had not been raised to the President or Secretary of the Club before today (and you still have not stated by what authority you make this statement). Committee Member Richard has stated in front of witnesses that the issue had been raised previously to "the power's that be". One need's to ask then, who is telling the truth and whose hidden agenda is at issue here? Finally, if you are who I think you are - I have achieved my goal as the matter has found it's way to open ear's. Have a good day

To your first point, how can you consider my statement's to be defamatory? The events I have described are witnessed daily by myself and several member's of the Levin Racing fraternity. Further, I have indeed raised this issue with a representative of the Levin Racing Club i.e. a Committee Member. This person informed me that he had passed my concern's on to the Club Officials, it had been discussed and OK'd. I and other's who were present had no reason to believe this to be untrue and therefore fact. Secondly, my motivation for writing this article was one of sheer frustration at witnessing such an injustice, (given that the Club has made no secret of financial difficulties) and the response I recieved regarding the issue, from a Club representative. It is not my intention to criticize the Club itself but in some instances, the managment of certain situations, that prove detrimental to the Club financially. Lastly, as to your point of anonymity, your statement's appear to indicate that you are someone in the know, however, I notice that you also responded anonymously - DodgyDave.

All tracks in NZ have money problems but Levin Training Track takes the cake for creating their own. We have a person at the gap getting paid an hourly rate by the Levin Racing Club, but for the first hour is also getting paid by Trainer's to ride track work - 3 horses at $10 Hour = $30. During this hour the Trainer's, at time's, take turns to man the gap or if they happen to want to watch their horse in work, grab the nearest person available to fill in. This is double dipping at it's worst and the travesty of it is, that I have been informed by a committee member that the Club sanction's it.

Vic racing lowered the fences to make the horses go faster. Did they not know speed kills and no I don't think that Adelaide will sustain the jump's game. The do-gooder's will stop that and nz will probably follow.

Gaining weight is a jockey's curse, finding the answer is another verse. "Laxative", Tom said, "me old mate", new idea's for losing weight. "You'll will lose four pound's, no sweating, no running around". So off to the Chemist I did go, I'm giving myself a bloody good show! Six piece's of laxative I did take, as I had forgotten to ask, me old mate. Boss's car - we head to the race's, three hour's - my bowel is going through it's pace's. Suffering from pain, hot and cold sweat's, I didn't need Tom to tell what's next. Boss! could you pull over at the next servo, as I really need to go! Tom give me a nudge and a wink, and said, "Whadda ya think?" "Tom", I said, "It's working", as I felt it peak, "Boss could you pull over I did shriek!" "Pull over now, I'm really crook!" well she came like the babbling brook. "Get out of my car, you bloody stink"' Tom just smiled and said, "Whadda ya think?'