JJ Flash 2,114 Report post Posted November 2, 2020 Take a few pills to relax as its cup week and you know who does not have many good ones. Will stands be stands or run/walk ups or any permutations of the 3 Ashburton was a disgrace and Kaikoura not much better. Gavin Smith showed great courage yesterday when interviewed on Trackside with his comments about the last start failure of One Over All Basically it was not the horses fault if you got his drift . Greg purple horseman, Iraklis, Spikecity and 3 others 5 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thejanitor 1,206 Report post Posted November 2, 2020 3 hours ago, JJ Flash said: Take a few pills to relax as its cup week and you know who does not have many good ones. Will stands be stands or run/walk ups or any permutations of the 3 Ashburton was a disgrace and Kaikoura not much better. Gavin Smith showed great courage yesterday when interviewed on Trackside with his comments about the last start failure of One Over All Basically it was not the horses fault if you got his drift . Greg You are on the money Greg When is Lamb going to be held accountable? I am sick of his incompetence. Kaikoura starts were a shambles with three false starts in the first two mobiles. How many starts will he stuff up during Cup week? JJ Flash, Value Bell, Keneperu and 1 other 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everton 150 Report post Posted November 3, 2020 9 hours ago, Thejanitor said: You are on the money Greg When is Lamb going to be held accountable? I am sick of his incompetence. Kaikoura starts were a shambles with three false starts in the first two mobiles. How many starts will he stuff up during Cup week? Heaps JJ Flash, Overcheck, Keneperu and 1 other 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple horseman 9 Report post Posted November 5, 2020 i thought the race is a STAND, but P Lamb has 3 different meanings for the word stand in his dictionary---walk, run and on very rare occasions stop and stand. JJ Flash 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iraklis 2,203 Report post Posted November 5, 2020 Guys if this bloke is sooooo bad why the hell haven't the powers that be replaced him? it's ludicrous; who's job is it to hire or fire the starters? is it per each individual club or HRNZ? Cheers Iraklis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keneperu 339 Report post Posted November 5, 2020 17 hours ago, purple horseman said: i thought the race is a STAND, but P Lamb has 3 different meanings for the word stand in his dictionary---walk, run and on very rare occasions stop and stand. You forgot" Happy". Ricky Donnelly needs promotion. Drivers respect him and hes not arrogant like happy Lamb is! purple horseman 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
napier 339 Report post Posted November 6, 2020 Would Ricky want the job ? - if so it would be a no brainer.... 12 hours ago, Keneperu said: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJESTIC 179 Report post Posted November 7, 2020 Lamb could be difference between Self Assured win / lose cup!!!!! JJ Flash 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Flash 2,114 Report post Posted November 8, 2020 14 hours ago, MAJESTIC said: Lamb could be difference between Self Assured win / lose cup!!!!! And quite a few others as well. Rest assured the Postman on Copy That has been practicing run up starts down South where they are the norm in readiness for Tuesday. 2.60 is way under the odds for mine given Lamb and CT standing start manners but good luck to its connections. In fact , good luck to all the participants connections. Greg Iraklis 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everton 150 Report post Posted November 8, 2020 At least he doesn't scream " Right " like he used too. I don't know a lot about harness racing, but a few years ago I posted on Racecafe that I was bloody sure it used to freak some horses and cause them to break, posted replies said that was rubbish. To this day I stand by my observations that it does indeed scare some at standing starts, calm is what the horses need I would have thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keneperu 339 Report post Posted November 9, 2020 Not so Everton. Horses trained to "right" usually leave the mark. Happy Lamb confuses them by yelling "happy" then "right". Absolutely no need to bellow "happy". Confuses horses and drivers as they are not sure if hes releasing on the happy or right. Watched him the other day and he appeared to release on happy some races then other races on right! Ron Carter must be wondering what planet Lamb is on! purple horseman and Overcheck 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navitas 108 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) What an absolute disgrace.... This fuckwit should never be allowed to utter another Riiiiight in his life. At the start the outside horses were in a full pace, the inside were standing still. No wonder punters are leaving the harness game in droves.... Edited November 10, 2020 by Navitas spelling Shad, LongOwner, SFD and 3 others 4 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFD 16 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 How can he give the outside horses a length start , moving, when the inside horses are standing . Is that because of the colours chevy86, LongOwner and 45yearsofharness 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45yearsofharness 173 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, SFD said: How can he give the outside horses a length start , moving, when the inside horses are standing . Is that because of the colours Worst Start ever, and the team driving no better, Mark said after race he is better following a helmet, so why did he come out and go to the front, I think we all know the answer to that, same reason he slowed them down. SFD, chevy86, LongOwner and 1 other 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navitas 108 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 I may only be a very small time player in this game, but unless this shit gets sorted I'll sell up & I'm off sailing JJ Flash, SFD and LongOwner 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45yearsofharness 173 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 Just now, Navitas said: I may only be a very small time player in this game, but unless this shit gets sorted I'll sell up & I'm off sailing Not far behind you!! LongOwner 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navitas 108 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 1 minute ago, 45yearsofharness said: Worst Start ever, and the team driving no better, Mark said after race he is better following a helmet, so why did he come out and go to the front, I think we all know the answer to that, same reason he slowed them down. Perfect team driving. Get the front & slow them down. Let the stable mate come round and take the lead. Then when the main dangers come round 3 wide Nat speeds em up. We all saw that, so why can't the RIU? 45yearsofharness 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelli 426 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 In the "false start" the 3 outside horses anticipating the start were already turning away before Lamb called the false start (watched the replay 3×). Then the same 3 horses repeated the anticipation while other standing stock still and he lets them go. Shame! Navitas and 45yearsofharness 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,711 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 Unbelievable. Indefensible. Let's see what the stipes report says before we make any further comments. Then, if nothing said by them, well that will be the time to hoe in. Like most sports the participants (drivers, trainers) are no doubt forbidden to criticise so it is left to the general public. Navitas, LongOwner, SFD and 1 other 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Flash 2,114 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 Oh dear. The start was a shambles as I suggested it would be in an earlier post. As for team driving what a load.of shit. They started that well they didnt have to team drive. They simply put their horses in the race just as do week in week out. They know their hordes ability and racing styles Greg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navitas 108 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, JJ Flash said: Oh dear. The start was a shambles as I suggested it would be in an earlier post. As for team driving what a load.of shit. They started that well they didnt have to team drive. They simply put their horses in the race just as do week in week out. They know their hordes ability and racing styles Greg WRONG. Who else would Mark have handed up too? Nobody Edited November 10, 2020 by Navitas spelling Shad, 45yearsofharness, chevy86 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womby 51 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 That's the worst start I've ever seen and I reckon the stipes should have blown the false start whistle. The blue colours were always going to feature but they sure didn't deserve the advantage they got. Perhaps the RIU should investigate all aspects of this rubbish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFD 16 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 1 minute ago, JJ Flash said: Oh dear. The start was a shambles as I suggested it would be in an earlier post. As for team driving what a load.of shit. They started that well they didnt have to team drive. They simply put their horses in the race just as do week in week out. They know their hordes ability and racing styles Greg I think you are right you don't need to team drive when you get a 1 length moving head start JJ Flash 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFD 16 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, Womby said: That's the worst start I've ever seen and I reckon the stipes should have blown the false start whistle. The blue colours were always going to feature but they sure didn't deserve the advantage they got. Perhaps the RIU should investigate all aspects of this rubbish nothing will happen as can't touch the team blue 45yearsofharness, chevy86 and LongOwner 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iraklis 2,203 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 Guys, guys, now come on, hey Stipes clearly thought it was fair start or someone woulda sounded the whistle or siren woulda sounded; it didn't, so all those horses that got a great start took full advantage of it, yuh can't blame them...personally I thought Blair (Copy That) shoulda been more on to it than he was at start, thats my opinion.....but the starter geez he's hard case alright BUGGAH! Cheers Iraklis Navitas 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...