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Steve Donovan

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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from ADM in ~ R2 Ellerslie...   
    Have not heard one person who agreed with this decision, even those who ended up backing the winner.
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from Black Kirrama in Scorched Earth   
    I see that there is a horse called Scorched Earth running tomorrow.
    I remember watching Meriel Tuffnell riding a horse of the same name to record the first ever riding success by a lady rider in the UK, It was a 50/1 shot and shocked the racing fraternity.
    Meriel died at just aged 53. If you are interested, here is her obituary.
     
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1410396/Meriel-Tufnell.html
     
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from Gruff in Scorched Earth   
    I see that there is a horse called Scorched Earth running tomorrow.
    I remember watching Meriel Tuffnell riding a horse of the same name to record the first ever riding success by a lady rider in the UK, It was a 50/1 shot and shocked the racing fraternity.
    Meriel died at just aged 53. If you are interested, here is her obituary.
     
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1410396/Meriel-Tufnell.html
     
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    Steve Donovan reacted to skoozi in Cinematic   
    Some have great success in the breeding barn, agreeing on a stallion is another thing entirely.
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    Steve Donovan reacted to weasel57 in Cinematic   
    Congratulations on the hat-trick, Steve. The claim certainly helps if/when the claimer gets it right.
    From what I can see Cinematic is best over 1200m horse who doesn't half mind some give in the ground and has run decent time on a Good3 in Metro class..
    Cross your fingers for further improvement (and soundness, of course) and there could be some exciting times ahead in the Spring/Summer sprints for you.
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from shaneMcAlister in Cinematic   
    She has a decent page actually, we were considering selling her as there is a syndicate involved and establishing a fair price is not so easy. However, we may actually give her another year and try and "fluke" some better black type.
     
    https://nzb.co.nz/sales/pedigree.cfm?sale_id=205&lot=367
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from shaneMcAlister in Cinematic   
    Unbelievable that our mare, which we had almost given up on a few months ago should win three straight races. Never owned a horse that won three on the spin before. Great training effort form Richard Collett and his team and young Kavish the 4Kg claimer has been a revelation! 
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from weasel57 in Cinematic   
    Unbelievable that our mare, which we had almost given up on a few months ago should win three straight races. Never owned a horse that won three on the spin before. Great training effort form Richard Collett and his team and young Kavish the 4Kg claimer has been a revelation! 
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from chelseacol in Cinematic   
    Unbelievable that our mare, which we had almost given up on a few months ago should win three straight races. Never owned a horse that won three on the spin before. Great training effort form Richard Collett and his team and young Kavish the 4Kg claimer has been a revelation! 
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from Double R in Cinematic   
    Unbelievable that our mare, which we had almost given up on a few months ago should win three straight races. Never owned a horse that won three on the spin before. Great training effort form Richard Collett and his team and young Kavish the 4Kg claimer has been a revelation! 
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from CosmicBlackie in Cinematic   
    Unbelievable that our mare, which we had almost given up on a few months ago should win three straight races. Never owned a horse that won three on the spin before. Great training effort form Richard Collett and his team and young Kavish the 4Kg claimer has been a revelation! 
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from dock leaf in A good initiative   
    Well done to you and the team Shane
    140,000 for the HRE colt !
     
     
     
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from shaneMcAlister in A good initiative   
    Well done to you and the team Shane
    140,000 for the HRE colt !
     
     
     
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from shaneMcAlister in Counties PR Disaster.   
    if you are going to steal a joke from the  Edinburgh Fringe, you may as well steal them all.  https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/aug/15/the-10-best-jokes-from-the-edinburgh-fringe
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from Midget in Counties PR Disaster.   
    if you are going to steal a joke from the  Edinburgh Fringe, you may as well steal them all.  https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/aug/15/the-10-best-jokes-from-the-edinburgh-fringe
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from Phantom in TAB Site down ( again)   
    Thanks I will just use an overseas provider
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from LastOf40 in TAB Site down ( again)   
    Sigh......
     
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from biff in Aussie theft and Fraud -Schofield Callendar and Prior   
    These guys essentially abused a position of trust, so may have been treated more harshly than you may think. But, I understand that those defrauded were recompensed and were happy with that. 
    The "celebrated" NZ trainer whom we all probably know, lets call him/her Voldermort, is famous for such schemes, but appears to have gotten away with it for years and continues to be held up as  some kind of role model! 
     
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from Cunnamulla in Aussie theft and Fraud -Schofield Callendar and Prior   
    The punishment for these guys shows the contempt that the industry has for the ordinary owner. This is outright fraud and theft , and why the police are not involved, I do not know..The short bans and low fines are an absolute joke.
     
     
     
     
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from GONSTA in Aussie theft and Fraud -Schofield Callendar and Prior   
    The punishment for these guys shows the contempt that the industry has for the ordinary owner. This is outright fraud and theft , and why the police are not involved, I do not know..The short bans and low fines are an absolute joke.
     
     
     
     
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from napier in Aussie theft and Fraud -Schofield Callendar and Prior   
    The punishment for these guys shows the contempt that the industry has for the ordinary owner. This is outright fraud and theft , and why the police are not involved, I do not know..The short bans and low fines are an absolute joke.
     
     
     
     
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from kakama in Gone   
    the problem is that they are competing against overseas competition, and haven't realised yet.
    If there was a choice of betting overseas or at home i.e. the offering was the same I would bet here.
    I cannot believe the large bets placed at odds inferior to what can be accessed overseas, maybe the size of bet.
    Its not just racing odds, my weekend football bet, every single game, every single option was .20 worse on the tab, when multi'd up this is huge
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Steve Donovan reacted to WhoKnows in Coleman-King Of Comedy   
    You wouldn't be laughing if you were on No More Tears today after the way it was ridden, more like crying all the way to the tote  . 
    A change of rider next time and it's a good thing!
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from Ashoka in Coleman-King Of Comedy   
    No need for a truce as we are just 2 guys hopefully just having a reasoned conversation!
    On the Coleman front we can keep a watching brief! 2 high profile rides tomorrow , he should win on Justice League and Ryan Mark must go close.
    Storm Bro went a cracker and with a better draw could easily have won, but a nice place divvy helped to ease the pain!
    Ritchie is a super guy and probably the best communicator in the game. I also have a couple with Richard Collet, who is also excellent.
    Good luck to all us owners as good rides or bad, it is us that pay the bills!
     
     
     
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    Steve Donovan got a reaction from gubellini in Coleman-King Of Comedy   
    No need for a truce as we are just 2 guys hopefully just having a reasoned conversation!
    On the Coleman front we can keep a watching brief! 2 high profile rides tomorrow , he should win on Justice League and Ryan Mark must go close.
    Storm Bro went a cracker and with a better draw could easily have won, but a nice place divvy helped to ease the pain!
    Ritchie is a super guy and probably the best communicator in the game. I also have a couple with Richard Collet, who is also excellent.
    Good luck to all us owners as good rides or bad, it is us that pay the bills!