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10 minutes ago, Zak Hussai said:
Several: K Hannan, T Mitchell, C Butler, J Kamruddin, N Parmar, J Allen, T Davies, W Pinn, L Sutherland, T Taiaroa, M Hashizume. There's 11.
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.
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37 minutes ago, reliableman said:
One of those 3 has been out injured for months and last I heard she has a long recovery ahead.
I had just finished listening to this interview with Michael McNab https://loveracing.nz/News/39852/McNabsuccesstheresultofhardworkoffthetrack.aspx
At the 9 minute 30 second mark they ask him about the future of the riding ranks and he didn't seem overly upbeat about the quality coming through, which prompted my comment to this forumWell 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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22 minutes ago, reliableman said:
The quality of apprentice jockeys going around seems to be quite poor at the moment. What is the industry doing to attract and retain young kids that have the talent and drive to make a career out of race riding? The older riders in the jockey ranks will have to retire eventually, and we have already seen ones like Sam Collett head overseas. Looks like tough times ahead
Interesting comment.....there are three apprentice jockeys in the top eight on the premiership list at present.
- shaneMcAlister, JJ Flash, wph and 3 others
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3 hours ago, nomates said:
Before the fire the grandstand was old and tired but glassed in , they have or had plans to build some form of stand , on a fine Autumn/winter/spring day it is a great place to watch the races from the embankment .
And really the Cambridge A/W tents don't look the most pleasant to be on a horrible day , the one thing that the CJC has had the good fortune to miss so far .
You could fire a shot gun at the Cambridge meetings and not hit anyone.
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5 hours ago, nomates said:
Re Foxton i hope your intell is correct , a great place to go racing for the day .
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?
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15 minutes ago, nomates said:
No other trials programmed in the CD till 23rd May , can't see something else not being put on somewhere , if grass track that will be the answer .
Foxton trials 24 April
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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.
- TurnyTom and Fred Jones
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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.
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11 minutes ago, Insider said:
Ted, try having a horse trained in Victoria. I have or had bits and pieces of horses trained in Cambridge, Queensland, NSW, Tasmania and Victoria over the years.
What happens with the Jump Outs in Victoria has just about put me off having a horse there, it is so disorganized.
Is anyone else finding the same problem?
P.S. The horse is with Patrick Payne so I am not exactly poking around at the bottom of the barrel.
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.
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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.
- Baz (NZ), scooby3051, wph and 1 other
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1 hour ago, PeteL said:
Totally agree. How can you bag Bowman for being 3 wide? The fence was not the place to be.
They probably had to hose the white strip of paint off the winners off side after the race
- We're Doomed and Memphis3
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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
- scooby3051 and Baz (NZ)
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5 hours ago, gubellini said:
Agree that we should wait until a full investigation is complete. Observation: The witholding period for meloxicam is betweee three and five days depending on the amount administered and the physiology of the horse ie the horses ability to secrete the dose. The key issue is when the meloxicam was administered to Tokyo Tycoon.
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.
- Pak Star, scooby3051, JJ Flash and 1 other
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26 minutes ago, shaneMcAlister said:
I had a meal there in hospitality and it was the best meal I have had on a racecourse anywhere in the world. It was top class.
Crowd was good too I thought.
I also think no matter what you do on course (bands, fashion in fields etc etc) nothing gets people on course like champion racehorses. Maybe Legarto and Sharp 'N' Smart could be massive crowd pullers for the next 2 years.
More than likely their future racing will be offshore Shane. Fantastic, although not unexpected, performance from Legarto on Saturday.
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TAB believed to be close to outsourcing deal that could cost hundreds of jobs
Tom Pullar-Strecker05:00, Feb 28 2023
AIMAN AMERUL MUNER/STUFFRace 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.
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10 hours ago, Insider said:
It’s called ‘follow the leader’.
At least they protected the inside 6 or 7 metres and made it easier for the caretaker to prepare another excellent surface for the NZ Oaks meeting and I guess the Sires Produce meeting to follow.
I thought that the track played very well throughout the last 9 weeks when it was raced on for 6 of those Saturdays.
Liz
Yes a lot of racing but to be fair the last two weeks it was awful Liz.
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On 1/28/2023 at 8:28 AM, Black Kirrama said:
Will that gorgeous Spratty talk her way onto a top Dressing Pilot's lap and fly in a Fletcher ?
How will young Tayla Mitchell go if she hitch hiked and took the rides on the no show jockey's mounts.
Maybe they put the races back one race ?
Tayla, Lynnda and I flew down from Hamilton on Saturday morning. Also on the flight were Vinnie, and Linsey along with Courtenay who continued on down to Christchurch. Interestingly there were some empty seats on the flight.
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There are about 10 jockeys that were flying from Auckland to Wellington in the morning. Were....Auckland airport is closed and no flights at all before noon.
Auckland airport closed due to floods, no flights until at least noon on Saturday | Stuff.co.nz
- Memphis3 and Black Kirrama
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Apprentice jockeys
in Thoroughbred Cafe
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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.