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  1. Correct WD,BUT I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD LOOK UP THE ROAD, towards Kumura way as for why this didn't happen.
  2. I was told one of Nigel Tileys got badly hurt last week when taken there for a gallop, apparently got it,s leg over the pipe rail
  3. Leo, as you are her Number 1 fan, I take it you will invest 90k of your predicted 100k increased turnover.
  4. Exactly my opinion and they JCA have stated that they must be absolutely certain that the other horse would have beaten the other horse and to me clearly this far from certain,but as you cannot appeal and that means that the JCA is NEVER WRONG,i will bow to there opinion.
  5. I trust everybody has a happy day with Friends/Relatives and celebrate the day. Spare a thought for all the jockeys that will be dieting and Christmas Dinner will be a salad if they are lucky.
  6. Yes i see that, but they do that to get a reduced suspension and this is after the JCA wrongly in my view relegated the winner.If you have a look at the race Volkstock'n'barrell won at Ellerslie and held the race and then convince me that this was as bad.In this instance there was contact and the rider of the 2nd horse had to stop riding, unlike the relegation at Gore.
  7. I watched this race and to my amazement there was a change of placing.I didn't have a bet as i refuse in the SI for various reasons.When they straighten for the run in Drumstorm is leading with Mutunga Tap outside, they race down and Drumstrom drifts outwards 4/5 horse widths,the rider puts the whip into his right hand and attempts to straighten.The point i would like to make is,there was never any contact between both horses, neither rider had to stop riding and the margin was clear at the finish.With the JCA Rulings in the past,they state that they had to be certain that other horse would have beaten the other horse and to me this is not the case in this instance.Mutunga Tap had the length of the straight to get past to get past Drumstorm and couldn't and never would have on the day.I feel for the connections and the punters who had a bet on Drumstrom,as you were robbed by an inconsistent JCA decision and i will wait for the Stewards report,not that i rate anything they may say,but it will not surprise me if they endorsed the relegation.
  8. Agree,i heard the first couple of races and thought it was an excellent performance.Does anyone know his name and or history and as PFP has pointed out the 2yo is a serious horse and he is correct too in his assessment of Melt. In my opinion T Lee is one of the bright lights of CD Racing and his call of the Dulux Colours race was outstanding and George will testify how hard it is to have different colours
  9. If anybody would like some humor for the Christmas period, go and have a read of the JCA report. The RIU inspectors were observing the property from the road with binoculars and they alleged that Murray was seen saddling a horse up,so what i say,it was on private property. This was recorded on 27th and 28th September and Mr Hamilton's disqualification ended within 7days,to me this is unnecessary enforcement of the Rules and would go as far to say victimisation of Mr Hamilton.I say this, as what would this have cost for the RIU with the accommodation for the 2 inspectors, travel expenses and the time involved. If the RIU is insisting on enforcing the Rules, especially on this minor incident, then tell me why wasn't the co-chief Stipendiary Steward McIntyre investigated and charged for aiding Neal to cover his tracks in a major incident It appears a clear case of double standards to me.
  10. What you have to look at here is this,clubs had a directive that NO water is to be applied within 48 hours prior to racing and it is now clear that water was applied 12 hours before the meeting was due to start.I talked to a senor rider and he told me that he walked the track prior to the first and he has water on his boots,this is a joke and hence why the meeting was canned.The word i heard was a leading stable asked for water to be applied to the track,if this was the case that stable should/must be charged for breaking the protocol that was introduced.The RIU WILL NOT FOLLOW UP ON THIS as they have no idea.Tell me with today's technology why wasn't a block email sent to all Trainers advising them that the meeting had been abolished,how fu##in hard is that and yet i spoke to a trainer from Byreley Park who had one in the last and yet made it to the track some 3 hours after the cancellation had been made and then says that the owners do not get the $200 from NZTR. NZ Racing has been became a joke,with a delegation up in Hong Kong achieving zero,the RIU ALLOWING TO GO ON A PROPERTY AND TAKING AN APPRENTICE OFF A PROPERTY WITHOUT ANY AUTHORITY FROM HIS FORMER BOSS.This is a Trainer that is a hard/fair task maker that trained a G1 winner yesterday and rightfully is taking the RIU to task. Then you read where no charge or fine is applied to the starter at Riccarton,as he has given several years of service,then if that is the RIU belief then G Cooklsey knocks one down then do not charge him as he has given 45 years to the industry,again this is an embarrassment which is the fault of the RIU and there ridiculous decision on weather a charge should be laid.A man could have been seriously injured as a fault of the starter.I give up as this crap just continues under M Goober failed leadship.
  11. Again on Saturday, a man was put at great risk when the starter let the field go with a man in front of the gates.This s the 2nd time this has happened at Riccarton and after the first time I was of the belief that the starter had to be positioned in front of the gates, so he had a view of any person that was still in front before releasing the button.Every time a meeting is abandoned the RIU state it was done for rider and horse safety, well if that is the case, why hasn't the recommendation/rule being followed, does the RIU going to wait until someone is killed or badly hurt? Another recommendation i believe must be implemented is for the Clerk of the Course to be positioned in front of the stalls , the benefit would be if a horse breaks through, he/she is the right position to recapture a horse, they are no hope standing behind the barrier, just my thoughts.
  12. Little man, i just checked that you thought Balmerino won nothing in Europe, i just watch a video that said he raced in 6 nations and was equal top weight on the Free Hcp in 3 countries, France,England and Ireland and you could add New Zealand and Australia and he ended up with a record of 46 starts with 22 wins,11 seconds and 2 thirds.So i know you are a hard marker,but I believe he was a champion,so I await your response to defend your statement that he didn,t win much offshore and remember he went there in their hometown,so they had no travel and raced within their comfort zone.
  13. For God's sake Woodsie the guy is 70 and unlike jockeys of today would attend trackwork, so he has ridden more than 500k horses in races and Trackwork, so give the guy a break about his legs, he is not going through the Sale ring and you are looking for perfect confirmation,he is more than like;y like your good self and can talk and spin a yarn.
  14. Tell me how a rider gets 18 months suspension for wagering 1k on a horse he rides to win and a fellow Australian can get a 20 meeting suspension for putting a rider and a horse in a life-threatening situation and in a G1 race, could only happen in Australia or America.What is the worse crime???
  15. I notice he rode a winner yesterday at the Sunshine Coast.He must be older than Pound for Pound{LJM] . He was the regular rider of Vo Rouge way back when LJM was pinching girlfriends off me,so is he the oldest Licensee in Australia/NZ at the moment??
  16. No to busy,so i did not have a bet.I will tomorrow and it will be on Aim Smart as i believe he is the best 3yo at the moment.
  17. I had a small wager on this filly yesterday and was suitably impressed with her performance. I did try to cancel my bet when I saw her work herself up prior to the start but was not allowed, fortunately. In the running, i thought she was no hope, as she had got back from barrier 1 and the track does have a front-running bias, but more importantly, she skied her head on 3 occasions between the 750 and 600m mark and this does not help any horse.The surprising aspect of her skying her head was the fact that there was nothing in the Stewards Report, i would have thought this is information that is relevant and should have been reported, but this is our Stewards we are talking about. Sistabeel was 2 seconds slower than Embellish recorded a race later , but in my opinion, if her attitude improves and become more settled on Raceday, she does have a future
  18. And if you destroy the trials / selling yong horses market you'll be tearing apart the only thing keeping NZ racing solvent.
  19. The race Dillo selected in is The Mitchelson.....it was a decent race in its day...sadly today's event doesn't have a single open class horse in it, yet the bumbling fools in Petone keep telling us they've got this game sorted. I understand the weather issues and the impact that has on field size, but if other sports can cope ( Eden Park seems fine ), and this problem has been widely discussed here so it's not a new issue, then surely the industry must take some responsibility for what's really a bit of a farce raceday today at Ellerslie.
  20. The way I see it this is a case of trainers/ owners voting with their feet and deciding not to enter here when the track is in such an appallingly bad state. Maybe it's time to debate the fact Ellerslie allegedly has 40 million in cash reserves, with as much as another 60 million pending, yet they seem to be considering a compromise solution to their track issues when clearly they could close for a year, spend say 12-15 mill, and do a world class Strathayr alternative. Is that a reasonable assessment of the situation ? and is the ARC showing the leadership qualities we could and should expect from a flagship club ?
  21. Dear oh dear......you will lose 40 for the one that won, but you'll score points for the two that got beat. Leave the fine print to me, just play the game champ.
  22. DM can make a difference, he should have Beernaard Saundry's job, and / or John Allens ( arguably ). I think what frightens them about him is that he knows his stuff, and he's connected, so he exposes them as ignorant fools, whereas they like to pretend they know their stuff and they insulate themselves from critics by surrounding themselves with really average people. DM is not average.
  23. You know 97% of the facts you read about me on the internet aren't true