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Taku Umanga

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    Taku Umanga reacted to john legend in comments blooper   
    Dont know if others picked it up but I fell off the couch last night when the lovely (can we still say that ?) Cassie Fahy mentioned the good third placing of Fynn Frost she said."...Its by Always a Virgin and gosh theres not many of those in New Zealand."  LOL . 
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from stackedbluechip in Police Raids   
    How many times?  It only takes one for a race-fixing charge.
    Not hard to make a horse look unlucky and come up with some bullshit excuse for the owners (and stipes) ....
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Kotare_Hunter in Police Raids   
    How many times?  It only takes one for a race-fixing charge.
    Not hard to make a horse look unlucky and come up with some bullshit excuse for the owners (and stipes) ....
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    Taku Umanga reacted to what a post in Police Raids   
    The obvious reason why there should be no suppression orders is because the finger will and is being pointed at  parties not involved..
    For example anyone reading the fields in the paper or internet last week would have noted all the big names not there and put 2+2 together.   
    Amongst those names not driving was Gavin Smith.  Well Smith was obviously just having some type of holiday,and  like some others would have  unfairly come under suspicion.
    The other point ive seen mentioned which seems misleading and an attempt to minimize the situation, is the reference to the amount to be gained by those committing the alleged fraud ,as if  because its not much over $1000 its not a big deal. 
    Well that's a  total misrepresentation. People who say that completely ignore the fact that the combined tote,f/f and overseas betting on any race often is around $100,000 or more. Take a horse like johnny white at Nelson. A warm favourite. He would have been carrying a heck of a lot of that $100,000.   Hundreds,probably thousands of punters,plus the owners would be ripped off if that race was used as an example of a race being fixed. 
     
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Virtual.Stipe in Police Raids   
    Some of those involved chose to respond to the media questions about the investigation.
    Surely that gives said media the right to report on those responses - or are you saying those people are naive enough to think things would be "off the record"? 
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Fartoomuch in Police Raids   
    Some of those involved chose to respond to the media questions about the investigation.
    Surely that gives said media the right to report on those responses - or are you saying those people are naive enough to think things would be "off the record"? 
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Kotare_Hunter in Police Raids   
    Some of those involved chose to respond to the media questions about the investigation.
    Surely that gives said media the right to report on those responses - or are you saying those people are naive enough to think things would be "off the record"? 
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Keneperu in Police Raids   
    Some of those involved chose to respond to the media questions about the investigation.
    Surely that gives said media the right to report on those responses - or are you saying those people are naive enough to think things would be "off the record"? 
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Thejanitor in Police Raids   
    Some of those involved chose to respond to the media questions about the investigation.
    Surely that gives said media the right to report on those responses - or are you saying those people are naive enough to think things would be "off the record"? 
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Virtual.Stipe in Police Raids   
    I think you have to take the $$ figures mentioned "with a grain of salt".
    On one charge the $1400 may be an exact figure, but the "over $1000" may be just a threshold for the exact charge laid ..... that is, a lesser penalty may be for a charge "under $1000" and greater penalty for a charge "over $1000" .....
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Fartoomuch in Police Raids   
    I think you have to take the $$ figures mentioned "with a grain of salt".
    On one charge the $1400 may be an exact figure, but the "over $1000" may be just a threshold for the exact charge laid ..... that is, a lesser penalty may be for a charge "under $1000" and greater penalty for a charge "over $1000" .....
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from richie in Police Raids   
    I think you have to take the $$ figures mentioned "with a grain of salt".
    On one charge the $1400 may be an exact figure, but the "over $1000" may be just a threshold for the exact charge laid ..... that is, a lesser penalty may be for a charge "under $1000" and greater penalty for a charge "over $1000" .....
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    Taku Umanga reacted to Prodigious in Police Raids   
    The naivety of some on here is boggling, or perhaps just a symptom of the head in the sand "nothing to see here" attitude which has allowed this to flourish for decades. There is 18 months of investigation here, they have tapes, wire taps, seized computers, phones. I have heard that there could be a couple of dozen other  people who can expect a tap on the door. Friends or not, they deserve not one iota of sympathy, and we just have to hope that they have not done irreparrable damage to our sport. 
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    Taku Umanga reacted to Newmarket RC in Police Raids   
    Anyone else hearing that there is a change of personnel presenting at Addington tonight.
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    Taku Umanga reacted to Stoyd in Fake Messara facts   
    ln his attempt to justify closing of courses Messara states (p48)

    "The case is also often put that if a racecourse is not costing the industry money, or much money, why should it be closed. Unfortunately, this is a fallacious argument. No racecourse in New Zealand pays its way. Racecourses and Race Clubs exist today only because of the income generated by the betting public, the significant losses that owners are prepared to sustain and the government taxation arrangements that apply. Others argue that Race Clubs should better understand that licences to run race meetings are a privilege and not a right" , and on p66,
    "The Clubs have only continued to exist because they have been licensed to hold race meetings by the relevant authority and on which meetings there is licensed legal betting that generates almost all their income."
    If he had bothered to take a quick look at my club's accounts before throwing our course on the courses to close list he would find that income from racing activities makes up only about 20% of total income with the other 80% being earnings generated from our assets built up by generations of prudent volunteer committee people over the last 100 years. How does that tally with the statements in the report!  Great to see that our current team of volunteers is already working hard planning their stategy to fight the closure and the theft of our clubs assets.  Lets hope that it doesn't end with full lawyer's pockets and few assets left for handing over to NZTR, but that is the most probable outcome unfortunately.
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Insider in Police Raids   
    Anyone convicted of race fixing should receive a lifetime ban for corrupt practice. 
    I'd even go further and say that any foreign national convicted of supplying drugs should face deportation.
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Belinda in Police Raids   
    Anyone convicted of race fixing should receive a lifetime ban for corrupt practice. 
    I'd even go further and say that any foreign national convicted of supplying drugs should face deportation.
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from john legend in Police Raids   
    With the amount of media coverage this has received, all those charged should have their licences suspended until they are proven not guilty.  HRNZ has the power to do so.  That is the only way that the industry will claw back any form of respect in the eyes of the general public.
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Thejanitor in Police Raids   
    Anyone convicted of race fixing should receive a lifetime ban for corrupt practice. 
    I'd even go further and say that any foreign national convicted of supplying drugs should face deportation.
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Rusty in Police Raids   
    Anyone convicted of race fixing should receive a lifetime ban for corrupt practice. 
    I'd even go further and say that any foreign national convicted of supplying drugs should face deportation.
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Spikecity in Police Raids   
    Anyone convicted of race fixing should receive a lifetime ban for corrupt practice. 
    I'd even go further and say that any foreign national convicted of supplying drugs should face deportation.
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Shad in Police Raids   
    Anyone convicted of race fixing should receive a lifetime ban for corrupt practice. 
    I'd even go further and say that any foreign national convicted of supplying drugs should face deportation.
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    Taku Umanga reacted to Rusty in Police Raids   
    The best and funniest post by a furlong. Well done good Sir. 
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from Tauhei Notts in Police Raids   
    With the amount of media coverage this has received, all those charged should have their licences suspended until they are proven not guilty.  HRNZ has the power to do so.  That is the only way that the industry will claw back any form of respect in the eyes of the general public.
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    Taku Umanga got a reaction from JJ Flash in Police Raids   
    My gut tells me that your worries about the 41 year old female are correct