GONSTA 1,148 Report post Posted December 31, 2015 Anyone that thinks passing lanes are good for NZ racing needs to watch race 6 at Alexandra park this evening. How utterly boring and predictable. Especially on a premier meeting like this. Thank god for speed tracks like Menangle!!! At least you get a proper spectacle! ( No I didn't have a bet on the race ) Overcheck 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Sunrise 554 Report post Posted December 31, 2015 At least Zac Butcher went for the win in the fillies race. Not predictable. Good stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Report post Posted December 31, 2015 4 hours ago, GONSTA said: Anyone that thinks passing lanes are good for NZ racing needs to watch race 6 at Alexandra park this evening. How utterly boring and predictable. Especially on a premier meeting like this. Thank god for speed tracks like Menangle!!! At least you get a proper spectacle! ( No I didn't have a bet on the race ) Gonsta. Think you should stick to your dogs. That is great racing, just a blatant lottery whether your dog gets bowled or not. Yes sometimes it is predictable, but a passing,lane opens the fields up and gives more horses a chance. Tracks with no passing lanes are not worth investing on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GONSTA 1,148 Report post Posted December 31, 2015 10 hours ago, Brodie said: Gonsta. Think you should stick to your dogs. That is great racing, just a blatant lottery whether your dog gets bowled or not. Yes sometimes it is predictable, but a passing,lane opens the fields up and gives more horses a chance. Tracks with no passing lanes are not worth investing on. You think a $1.20 shot in a G1 handing up to anyone let alone a stable mate is good for harness racing? Your dreaming mate, how is that "great racing"?? Overcheck 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Report post Posted December 31, 2015 20 minutes ago, GONSTA said: You think a $1.20 shot in a G1 handing up to anyone let alone a stable mate is good for harness racing? Your dreaming mate, how is that "great racing"?? Of course I don't think $1.20 favourites are good for racing full stop, and I have state this many times over. This is why I have suggested the TAB take these shorties out of the betting. Whether someone hands up to someone else is irrelevant, that is just racing when the money is up. Do you expect them to keep the stablemate parked out, then you would say it was team driving by controlling the race. The passing lane is in NZ is so that more horses get a fair chance. We don't want to have harness like they have in Oz where they all drive like Cowboys and they think being parked out is preferable to being in the trail for some stupid reason. Premier racing including the jewels day are not good days in my opinion to be able to make serious money. I agree that when the All Stars horses were in front and trailing it was pretty predictable, but some people enjoy that sort of racing I think? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,711 Report post Posted December 31, 2015 Yeah - you can't beat the dogs. Best dog usually draws 1 - boxes open it goes straight to front and leads all the way. Yeah - really exciting eh!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GONSTA 1,148 Report post Posted December 31, 2015 5 minutes ago, eljay said: Yeah - you can't beat the dogs. Best dog usually draws 1 - boxes open it goes straight to front and leads all the way. Yeah - really exciting eh!! Best dog usually draws box 1? What made you come up with this genius assumption? If only it was that easy mate, us dog punters wouldn't need to work if that was the case, but luckily for the dogs they don't have their tactics decided before the start of the race and they don't have someone ( most of them incompetent ) deciding the punters fate in every race. Racing84 and richie 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,711 Report post Posted December 31, 2015 Best dog usually draws box 1? What made you come up with this genius assumption? You just answered your own question. Because I AM a genius Ashoka 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoka 1,179 Report post Posted December 31, 2015 eljay... I, now, know that you are as mad as I am. All strength to you. All the best. Ashoka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,711 Report post Posted January 1, 2016 Thanks cuz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
final luca 189 Report post Posted January 1, 2016 the only thing I hate about the passing lane is when a horse is in behind waiting for the passing lane ,and the driver pulls that horse out wide instead of waiting, gets blocked and fails to pay a dividend, while if they sat and waited, they got clear run and would normally have run in top 3... also. passing lane got in the swing her first win at great odds.. without that advantage she may never had won... it helps the battlers as well as the cheats...keep the passing lane,, only if they are going to use them right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...