RaceCafe..#1...Tipsters Thread.... Share Your Fancies For Fun...Lets See Who The Best Tipsters Here Are.
Taku Umanga
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from JJ Flash in Lowering the standard
Probably because the breeder no longer exists so nobody to pay the bonus to
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from Hi Ho Silver in Transformational Change
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.
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from chevy86 in Transformational Change
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.
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from LongOwner in 2024 Yearling Sales
First day at Christchurch a lot worse!
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from Keneperu in 2024 Yearling Sales
First day at Christchurch a lot worse!
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from JTeaz in Cambridge Thursday
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.
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Taku Umanga reacted to Keneperu in SUPER SARAH O'REILLY
Well documented Janitor. Hope she gets a few more drives than what she's been getting of late.
Who will become this seasons champion Jnr. Myself I like Wilson House. Cool head and no bullshit with his style of driving. Bloody hard worker so he deserves success. Good hands and sits well in the bike.
My selection for Champion Jnr!
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from Pam Robson in Please stand for a minutes silence in memory of ...........
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.
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from Nelli in Please stand for a minutes silence in memory of ...........
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.
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from john legend in Please stand for a minutes silence in memory of ...........
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?
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from lamour in 2 Year Old Colts
I think I read somewhere that many are spelling in preparation for the early season 3yo races
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from Thejanitor in 2 Year Old Colts
I think I read somewhere that many are spelling in preparation for the early season 3yo races
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Taku Umanga reacted to Nelli in Manawatu dates
We had great times racing at Hawke's Bay in the 90s. With the 2 day meeting in late Jan, we took the whole family and made the most of the long hot summer days before the kids headed back to school. Many other NI harness people did the same. Super memories.
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Taku Umanga reacted to Lincoln1 in HRNZ Move?
New location is half the price and owned by Addington Raceway.
Cost saving and putting money back into the industry indirectly.
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from JJ Flash in HRNZ Increases Stakes
I have three mares and would have bred them all this year if the previous incentives had remained in place, but not now.
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from Iraklis in Court will decide over exhumation of superstar Cardigan Bay
Sad state of affairs
Court will decide over exhumation of superstar Cardigan Bay - Harnesslink
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from Pegasus 9 in Court will decide over exhumation of superstar Cardigan Bay
Sad state of affairs
Court will decide over exhumation of superstar Cardigan Bay - Harnesslink
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Taku Umanga reacted to Pure Steel in Mogul
Agree Rakman , ANYONE in a race has to know what they are doing , and know what their horse is doing, experienced or Not . otherwise they can become a danger to the well-being and health and safety of all those racing in close proximity around them. Duty of care.
With the driver in this case though, I'm with Nelli in the respect there are some things much harder to spot /react to /deal with than others, in a race. 99% of the time a lame horse is not one of them usually. (although there are always horses about with pains and niggles just like human athletes).
The young driver Wilson House didn't chase the horse up at all from the Quarter mile in the race, when the others sprinted, and just dropped out the back of the field , meaning MOGUL was Not put under more stress and made more uncomfortable at that stage. so to me, House knew 'something' wasn't right so Did take a action I thought ( i.e and let horse drop out)
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Taku Umanga reacted to Nelli in Mogul
The lad is still in his teens guys! Yes, we expect drivers to know the difference between a horse pacing roughly and one going uneven through lameness during a race. However, the former is common and the latter much less so (hopefully). I assume all drivers have to learn the difference through experiencing the feel of both and and hopefully in not such a public way as this lad.
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Taku Umanga got a reaction from JJ Flash in MORE TRAGIC NEWS FOR THE HARNESS INDUSTRY
Photo is definitely the journalist .....
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Taku Umanga reacted to Ned Kelly in Grins
Great to see Kango get a spot, well deserved and great for Arna Donnelly and team
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Taku Umanga reacted to Basil in FFA races Cambridge and Auckland
This seems to be a topic that won't die, despite it having no legs whatsoever. The simple fact of the matter is that Auckland/Cambridge premier meetings have been propped up by SI horses for as long as any of us can remember. With the change in horse birthday date, it was well signalled that the xmas premier meetings would shift to a different time of year. Whether that was a sensible decision is certainly an arguable point, but nobody can say they weren't notified well in advance. So blaming HRNZ for scheduling races in the SI (where most of the horses actually are), rather than forcing SI horses to travel north to race, reflects an expectation that SI owners should subsidise Auckland/Cambridge. This is the ultimate in self-entitled behaviour. If Auckland/Cambridge want to put on open-class races at any time of their choosing, they need to stand on their own two feet and not expect to be bailed out by their southern brethren.
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Taku Umanga reacted to JTeaz in otaki today
Wingatui runs a highly successful dual code meet. Harness and gallops have turn about one by one.
Not this crap that they do at Tauherenikau and Otaki where the "poor cousins" are made to start early and then move out. There is no reason whatsoever it couldnt be done in the North where a race could be run every 20 mins. Harness gallop harness gallop.
The fact Te Awamutu isnt even considered as a racing option by the cambridge based harness club is a farce Course rental being the most used rhetoric however, we all know its the fact the bar and food money made at cambridge is the sole reason and why they cant be honest to say that is just plain wrong.Owninf the local bar and having control of race day food options at Cambridge is the sole reason.
Te Awamutu have even offered a reduced rental but Cambridge are not interested.
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Taku Umanga reacted to Historian in FFA races Cambridge and Auckland
On the contrary, Arna wanted to take Taipo out of the race and in to an easier one and was declined.
You can draw your own conclusions as to what happened next.
Why should anyone be forced to put a vastly inferior horse in against a champion?