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MEETING NEWS Te Aroha Track Closer to Return While locals worked around the Te Aroha track earlier this week, a number of horses from Shaun Clotworthy’s stable travelled to gallop there today (Wednesday) on a Good4 surface. A small team of horses were ridden by Ace Lawson-Carroll, Hamish McNeil and Masa Hashizume with all riders complimentary post-trackwork. Trainer Shaun Clotworthy commented, “All three riders reported positively in terms of both the cambers and grass cover. They also rode both the 1600m and 1200m chutes noting that these areas blended in well with the course proper. The track was in good order and rode well.” This followed feedback from club officials, the track manager and regional track advisor that they were very happy with the recent progress made and looked forward to resuming racing on the fully renovated course. The next step will be to run a restricted number of barrier trials comprising Open and Maiden horses on Thursday 4 May with RIB representatives in attendance and senior riders taking part. After these trials there will also be horses schooling on the track as part of the return-to-racing schedule. The first raceday is scheduled for Monday 5 June.

This is the same process Ellerslie will follow when they re-open too.

Which makes for interesting analysis. You are a first time poster starting this thread by disparaging the NZ apprentice jockeys and then later endorsing the South African apprentice jockeys. I find that a bit odd as one hasn't won a race as yet and the other hasn't ridden raceday. In other words there is no proof in the performance pudding as yet. Wondering what your motivation is here? I have pointed out three apprentices currently in the top eight riders and you don't rate any of them yet they have the performances on the board. You bag Tayla Mitchell yet she is only in her second year of riding, is in the top eight riders and has a strike rate of 6.67. Apprenticed to her mother who only trains a couple of horses so basically freelances. Likewise, Kelsey Hannan, only second year and also attached to a small stable. Joe won the apprenticeship title last year and is right in the firing line to go back to back. Jess Allen is new and has won two races from a handful of rides, one for her boss and the other for another stable and looks a tidy rider. Triston Moodley looks tidy enough also but so far Jess has the wood on him.

What!!! No South African apprentices Zak. I couldn't find them on the jockey premiership table either. I believe Elen Nicholas is not too far away from resuming also.

Well I just listened to that segment and twice in the space of a minute and half he said 'we have some good young kids coming through. Your first sentence in the opening thread "The quality of apprentice jockeys going around seems to be quite poor at the moment." is completely off the wall to what he he said. Is English your first language?

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Interesting comment.....there are three apprentice jockeys in the top eight on the premiership list at present.

You could fire a shot gun at the Cambridge meetings and not hit anyone.

Well the track might be ok but why would the public drive all the way to Foxton? What facilities are there that would make it a great place to go?

Foxton trials 24 April

Have to partly disagree with you Rev. The whip rules are creating a lot of suspensions so agree with fines (although it is graded with fines prior to a suspension.) As far as careless or reckless riding is concerned then a spell on the sidelines is indeed warranted. We want races to be run as safely as possible for both horse and rider. Without suspensions it will be just be free for all dodgems out there. We have had two tragedies recently and we do not want to see any more.

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Patrick Payne has Another Nephew in R1 tomorrow and looking at the profile he has had six jump outs and there are videos of all six. I had a look at every runner and there are videos of all their jumpouts with exception of Aspenado who had three of four with a video link.

King's Birthday Monday June 5th

They do have video footage of jumpouts in Victoria on Racing.Com and if you are looking for a particular horse ie R1 tomorrow at Sandown "The Panther" Go to horse profile search He has had two jump outs and videos of both are there.

Compare the jump out results on the NZTR website of Levin and Waverley and they are chalk and cheese. Levin have done a good job. Listed all the runners in each heat and advise the first three placings, margins and times. Waverley do'nt list the runners other than advise the first three home, no margins and no times. Hardly helpful at all.

Actually second slowest in 116 years. Checking again this morning I had missed Strawberry Road winning in 1983 in 2:41:80.

They probably had to hose the white strip of paint off the winners off side after the race

Major Beel ran 2:40:37 to win the Derby this afternoon. That's the slowest time for the race since Mountain King won the race in 1907, some 116 years ago. As a comparison Mr Brightside won the Doncaster today in 1:38:76 after winning the race last year in 1:39:94

I don't think when it was administered is the issue upon reading the statement Gubes. That says it was never prescribed in the first place.

Stunning, although not unexpected performance from Legarto on Saturday. Very little room in the straight and when gaining some clear air late charged up to grab the win. If she been on the outer with clear air, daylight would have been second.

More than likely their future racing will be offshore Shane. Fantastic, although not unexpected, performance from Legarto on Saturday.

18 noms No fillies 1 colt and 17 geldings

TAB believed to be close to outsourcing deal that could cost hundreds of jobs Tom Pullar-Strecker05:00, Feb 28 2023 4 AIMAN AMERUL MUNER/STUFF Race betting could be in for a big shake-up. The TAB is close to announcing a deal to outsource its race-betting business to an Australian partner in a move that would cost about 300 jobs, according to race industry sources. A spokesperson for the Petone-based state-owned betting agency did not confirm those details, but said it had “commenced a process in relation to a partnering arrangement” and was in discussions with “a range of international wagering operators”. “TAB NZ is constantly exploring ways to enhance the customer experience for its New Zealand customers,” he said. “As well as bringing increased funding and certainty for racing and an uplift in returns for sport, a potential partner can support rapidly accelerating improvements in our customer experience, customer acquisition, and harm minimisation tools and innovation,” he said. However, he said that what that partnership arrangement looks like “has not been determined, and any decision will be made in the best interests of all stakeholders”. The TAB outsourced its fixed-odds sports betting business to giant Irish bookie Paddy Power Betfair in 2019 after licencing a betting platform from Britain’s gaming technology company OpenBet. That was in response to concerns it was losing competitiveness against overseas bookies as the internet broke down the practical barriers to placing bets with larger foreign gaming platforms. A report commissioned in 2018 by then racing minister Winston Peters from Australian racing industry expert John Messara recommended it also outsource all “domestic wagering, broadcast and gaming operations” for its race-betting arm to an international operator. Messara said that would allow the thoroughbred racing industry to benefit from “economies of scale” and could potentially double the prize-pool available to horse owners, trainers and jockeys to about $100 million a year. New Zealand had a rich tradition of success as a country of “outstanding horsemen and horsewomen and first-class horses”, but the thoroughbred racing industry was in a state of serious malaise, evidenced by a poor return to owners, he said. However, the New Zealand Racing Board, which sat above the TAB until it was disbanded in 2019, questioned whether an outsourcing arrangement would deliver “long term value” for the industry. It would be hard to reverse and it was unlikely that an overseas purchaser or long-term licence holder would prioritise investment in New Zealand, or let the TAB diversify into adjacent markets, it said. A report on the Messara report by a ministerial advisory group concluded the outsourcing idea needed more analysis and recommended setting up a new committee to provide that. The Australian reported at the time that Australian-listed company Tabcorp would be the frontrunner to become the TAB’s partner if a deal went ahead. Peters said on Monday that had he voiced surprise at the Karaka National Yearling sales last month that a decision had not yet been made.

Yes a lot of racing but to be fair the last two weeks it was awful Liz.