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Taku Umanga

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  1. Probably because the breeder no longer exists so nobody to pay the bonus to
  2. Best meeting to take the kids to back in the day was at Parawai Racecourse (Thames) at Xmas time - nothing compared to the picnic atmosphere there! Very similar to the Omakau meeting down South.
  3. First day at Christchurch a lot worse!
  4. Any reason why race 4 at Cambridge on Thursday couldn't have been split? Every other race has 7 to 8 runners. Yet another example of the trotters (that quite frankly have kept the Northern scene functioning) being treated poorly.
  5. More horses trialling at Rangiora tomorrow than racing at Cambridge Sunday. I'd bet if they were racing on the grass like they used to around that date there'd be a whole lot more horses available. Sad really.
  6. IMO the majority of owners enjoy daytime racing on the grass. You lose those grass meetings and you lose those owners. Proof is in the pudding as they say.
  7. Yep - was sad watching only 8 races at Cambridge Xmas Eve .... if memory serves correct, even with the inclusion of the grass tracks in the old days Xmas Eve attracted good fields and a full programme. Has the deletion of the summer grass meetings been the catalyst for the lack of horse numbers in the North?
  8. .... and for decent fields at Alex Park for New Years Eve - 77 noms!
  9. I think I read somewhere that many are spelling in preparation for the early season 3yo races
  10. I have three mares and would have bred them all this year if the previous incentives had remained in place, but not now.
  11. Sad state of affairs Court will decide over exhumation of superstar Cardigan Bay - Harnesslink
  12. Plenty of drivers pull the plugs with the foot .... and his name's Wilson.
  13. Bruce Sherwin I think. If it was, he must be a million years old now!
  14. He is not currently licensed in NZ
  15. Don't pass stats like that onto SAFE or harness will be the next target after rodeo and the hounds!
  16. Tell them to advertise over here - they'd likely get some more to train at the moment!
  17. Three days in the central circuit as well - Omakau / Roxburgh / Wyndham (grass at Cromwell) Omakau had a huge crowd last year despite being "miles from the people" and I'm told it always does
  18. Pretty sure there's an all weather jog track inside the Methven race track
  19. I believe prior to this latest decision he had already been given an exemption to transport horses to and from racing stables
  20. The owners should still get the "also ran" fee but they don't when the horse is late scratched - the punters get looked after but the owners don't, which is unfair imho
  21. She is suspended .... Non Raceday Inquiry - Written Decision dated 6 July 2022 - Sarah O'Reilly - RIB (racingintegrityboard.org.nz)
  22. Home with bruising, but otherwise okay according to a Facebook post.