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KC is a bloke!

Someone did have a moan about the Kc ride though

heard on trackside ride kc walters on royal hu dislocated his shoulder thats why he had to suddenly stop. Taken to hospital dave mcdonald said

There are renewed calls to shut down jumps racing after two horses were put down and three jockeys injured in one day's event. The first three races of the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club's meet on Wednesday were chaos, as horses fell on the rain-soaked track. One jockey ended up in hospital with non-life threatening injuries, while two others were treated by medics and ruled out from further racing on the day. Several horses were involved in the falls and two needed to be euthanised. Animal rights group SAFE says the sport needs to be banned in New Zealand. Campaign director Eliot Pryor said it was unacceptable that people went into jumps racing knowing that horses would die during the season. "It's not a sport. It shouldn't be a sport," Mr Pryor said. "We think jumps racing should be banned." Racing Integrity Unit general manager Mike Godber said it was unusual to have so many incidences on one day - but he defended the track's safety. He said there were about 4000 races in New Zealand each year and there were a handful of horses destroyed. "In these two cases the horses weren't able to be saved so had to be humanely put down," he said. "It is surprising to have a horse die on a race day. To have two is just an unfortunate coincidence. "In the end it's a great sport. It's like all higher level sports - they all have an element of danger." Mr Godber said there were always two vets and a staffed ambulance present at jumps races, in case of accidents. - By Kieran Campbell of APNZ and Sonya Bateson of The Daily Post*

This may sound silly but why does nzgra just it have ONE policy for the whole of nz rather than each region trying to protect and line their own pockets ?

Found this as I was flicking through online the daily papers... http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/sport/racing/7709891/Greyhound-trainers-take-a-stand The Otago Greyhound Racing Club has managed to programme a meeting on Tuesday, despite a boycott by a group of Canterbury trainers. Eight races will be held at Forbury Park, without runners from the Canterbury kennels of leading trainers John McInerney and Dave and Jean Fahey. Most of the South Island's greyhounds are trained in Canterbury. A group of 35 to 40 trainers in the province, including McInerney and the Faheys, announced recently they would boycott Forbury Park and Ascot Park meetings unless the race-field selection policy was abolished. The Otago and Southland Greyhound Racing Clubs have the same policy, while the Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club's criteria is different. Greyhounds with good form get preference at Christchurch meetings. If a greyhound is not selected for two consecutive meetings, it is guaranteed a start on its third nomination. Forbury Park and Ascot Park meetings are held mostly on Tuesdays. Greyhounds nominated solely for those meetings will be considered first for field selection before greyhounds that raced at Addington the previous Thursday or Friday, regardless of form. The policy was designed to provide regular racing for all South Island greyhounds. It was introduced in the 2010-11 season. The Christchurch club used it for about six months before deciding to return to their earlier policy. Christchurch trainer Craig Roberts, who is one of the boycott organisers, said Canterbury trainers had been asking the Otago and Southland clubs to drop the policy for more than a year. ''It's discrimination and morally wrong,'' Roberts said of the Otago and Southland policy. ''They can't dictate to trainers when and where they can race. ''The two clubs have been rubbing our noses in it for 12 months or more.'' Roberts was surprised the Otago club received enough entries to hold a meeting on Tuesday. He declined to comment on the boycott group's next move, but said legal action could be pursued. Otago Greyhound Racing Club secretary-manager John Carlyle and Lowcliffe trainer Malcolm Grant said a meeting of all concerned parties had to be held as soon as possible to resolve the problem. ''It's disappointing it's come to this,'' Carlyle said. ''They've got short memories; we ran seven of their (Christchurch) meetings during the earthquakes. They were happy to travel then.'' Grant is a staunch supporter of Forbury Park and Ascot Park meetings. ''We design the way we do things to hit the Tuesday meetings down south,'' Grant said. ''I can see both sides of the argument, but it's not a good look and not helping our owners.'' Southland club member Tim Eade said among nominations for each of the past four or five meetings at Ascot Park there had been 140 to 150 greyhounds that hadn't raced at Addington the previous Thursday or Friday. ''We've been accused of running races for the locals. I can assure you that's never happened,'' said Eade, who is heavily involved with the Southland club. ''Trainers will feel it financially (with the boycott) before clubs.'' - © Fairfax NZ News

Cool thanks for that. Had a couple of bets I wanted to place and operator at my local couldn't tell me what had happened to them!

What happend?

I think you would be right there

We also saw low noms for my local meetings here at Waterlea in June - is there to much racing??

Well look, the night before is Mett and the Sunday is Oamaru a feature meeting. Did Mett need to race on Thursday??

Let's open a book. $50 GRNZ does not do a single thing and Southland does not loose a meeting. Your leaders will not do a thing because thes a bloke down there on the board!

I must admit I watched a couple of races from there today and was amazed to see some big bloke jumping on the lids of the boxes to close them. Would I be right in saying this is the only track in the country that they still do that? Was it not outlawed and replaced with mechanical systems?? And if so why is Southland still doing it??

I think Otago has been dictated to by the weather! Reading along the lines of what is on NZTRs site, it won't be going ahead because of the track

Apologies, Get you now.