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Chris Wood

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  1. They get paid for scratchings!
  2. I am sure no one is going to put there hand up and openly say that their horses have regularly been treated for joint problems, and the horse is scratchy again the day after racing…..ooops, let’s blame the track, there might just be a little more to it I think…..
  3. Sorry Leggy, I was referring to horse issues, not the track….
  4. Who said the horses didn’t have underlying issues Lee, all I said is the bulk of people I spoke to had no complaints… We have trainers that complain about the tracks here at Cambridge and take their horses elsewhere to work, things can go wrong on any track…. and we can’t always see underlying issues, sadly, it’s something that’s always on the cards when you have livestock.
  5. It’s not a flop Hi Ho, I had a conversation with a few this morning here in Cambridge, no soundness issues from their perspective, I didn’t see Chad to ask about his horse. It seems one stable may have had some issues by the word on the street, but if your injecting youngsters joints at this age, you are asking for problems as I see it, the pressure on two and three year olds without letting them mature naturally is always going to give you quite a high casualty rate, so let’s not blame the track for that.
  6. I didnt hear of any pulling up sore, but then again I don’t always converse with fellow trainers each morning, still riding me. But I will do some research tomorrow or Tuesday from my fellow trainers and let you know what they thought…. My first runner on the track will be Canheroc on Saturday in the Avondale Cup, bit of rain forecast as I see on the Weather report, hope it’s okay….
  7. Give Ellerslie a chance for gods sake, it needs to be used, have racing on it, maybe trials, it needs to get bedded in….
  8. Martin Collins hasn’t walked away at all Benbati, they are in regular contact here in Cambridge, not sure where your getting your info from.
  9. I found it interesting, NZ Rail closed the Railway between town and Petone, bus out there and get on the train at Perone to the track. Big days racing at Trentham and they close it down, NZ Rail at its bloody best…..
  10. Synthetic racing certainly has its part to play throughout the Winter, that’s what they were designed for, Our grass tracks cannot cope with a full winter hammering and be expected to be ready for Spring racing. No Waipa, Dargaville, TeTeko, Gisborne, they used to have their place in the Calendar.
  11. Luke sits in the impartial lane, not too close to anyone and not afraid to put things out there. It’s great, what we need, ask the questions that need to be asked, not fence sitting….
  12. Why was the old programming changed, Welly Cup into the Telegraph, imagine trying to find the horses nowadays to have the 3 days, and Manawatu on the Monday as well….
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    The meeting at Cambridge yesterday had an average crowd, the Clubhouse bar and restaurant had one tote operator, people queuing up to get there money on, many shut out. 30 to 40 people there were asked to leave 30 minutes after the last race, most tap beers were not available, obviously no kegs were ordered, On Thursday a band was set up to play there, no one seemed to relay the message to the corporate customers who had been enjoying their day up on the top floor, great music was played, to about 25 people at the max. Felt sorry for the band, great guys and music, but the word didn’t get around. And they wonder why trotting is going backwards? Wouldnt have happened when JT was running the Clubhouse!
  14. You can’t keep running these big meetings at a loss, the money for the land development might be good for a few years, but what do you sell next when that’s gone? Land development is a specialist activity, ask the Auckland Trottind Club!
  15. Two $100,000 paid employees in the office, interesting. Like to be a fly on the wall at the AGM, everyone has to wear name tags, voting time on a few testing issues. Grins might have been a good concept, but to run at such a loss? The Bar has been ordinary for along time, JT got the best out of it, he ran it superbly. Great location, but the patronage tells the story….