RaceCafe..#1...Tipsters Thread.... Share Your Fancies For Fun...Lets See Who The Best Tipsters Here Are.

mckenzie

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  1. The time slot seems strange to me. Wouldn't it make more sense on a Sunday morning? Surely more people would watch then rather than a Monday morning.
  2. $350k in prizemoney if they can nab third, $100k for top 8, and $50k if you run last.
  3. The Black Caps have a huge mental block playing Australia, especially in tests. They just seem to fold.
  4. Four NZ breds are in the Australian Guineas this year, and of those you'd think Quintessa and Pendragon would have stayed here and run in The NZB Kiwi if it was around this year. Last year only one NZ bred went around in the Randwick Guineas.
  5. I think other slot races will follow suit with the public auction. Seems a much better way to do it in terms of both publicity and transparency.
  6. If that's the case it seems a bit pointless calling them the Avondale Cup & Avondale Guineas. Especially when the Cup used to be a quality G1 event and is now run at a different course over a different distance at a different time of year.
  7. Unfortunate to see her go, not just for our local racing but from a breeding perspective it's one less G1 winner that will go to stud here and leave progeny at the sales here.
  8. I have heard some sports like netball say they get a good deal from Sky that allows them to put money back into the sport, but you have to weigh that up against the loss of interest from fans who don't have Sky. I know I watch more sport when it's on free to air as it's much easier to access. Many countries such as Australia have laws that important sports events must be free for all to view. For example much of the spring racing carnival has to be on free to air tv. I do wonder if the loss of interest in recent years in our local sports is because we don't promote them to the public like they do. The number of people who have Sky is decreasing and so a smaller and smaller audience is viewing these events.
  9. Loyalty can be overrated. Look at how Elliot manages to find ways to get Legarto beaten. I think connections will be wondering 'what if' when JMac, Zahra, Shinn etc. are riding on the same card.
  10. Interesting to hear several trainers lament the 13 day gap between the Railway and Telegraph. Perhaps the Telegraph would be better placed next Saturday rather than being run today.
  11. Not sure but why do they still call it the Levin Classic? Made sense when it was run at Levin but seems odd to be still calling it that now.
  12. Many of the fields seemed lacking compared to previous years despite the significant prizemoney increases.
  13. The runner-up was pretty unlucky, getting pushed sideways when making her run.
  14. That race shouldn't have gone ahead under those circumstances.