To me this is where everything goes wrong, where are the horses going to come from for this...there is NO jumps races in the SI any more it just seems to me a dying race...or am I wrong here???It has a long history but how long will NI stables fork out the cost to go down to support it...sorry but it looks another bad decision.

Yep 100% ... I really struggle to think of any politician that would be a genuine Minster of Racing. You know, actually giving a damn

, Friday 9 May 2025 MEDIA RELEASE $200,000 Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase The Canterbury Jockey Club is delighted to announce that in conjunction with New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing and the Trustees of the Christchurch Racecourse, the 2025 Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge sponsored Grand National Steeplechase will be run for a stake of $200,000. To be held on Saturday 9 August, this year’s renewal of one of Riccarton Park’s signature races will be contested for the 150th time, something that was not lost on the Trustees. Peter Cordner, Chairman of the Trustees of the Christchurch Racecourse said “In 1878 the land now commonly known as Riccarton Park Racecourse was vested in the Trustees of the Christchurch Racecourse. It is fitting that our Board supports the celebration of the 150th running of a race that is such an integral part of the fabric of this famous piece of New Zealand land that we administer”. Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge principal Nigel Butterfield said “Our hotel has sat opposite Riccarton Park Racecourse since 1883 and is honoured to be associated with one of New Zealand racing’s iconic events. The pub has hosted countless Grand National celebrations and welcomes this synergy with the Canterbury Jockey Club continuing.” The Grand National Steeplechase joins other iconic Riccarton Park races the New Zealand Cup and Canterbury Gold Cup as having reached their sesquicentennial.

Like 2 stablemates tomorrow at Trentham , R3 Pixie Caramel , mother loved a bog and this horse will be better for a race and a break , 2nd at Levin J/Os and the horse that beat it won at Hawera on Tuesday . Currently 12s . The other is R7 Hokitika Bell , I thought this horse would be close to favorite but opened at 26s , closing in now , still reckon that it will start in single figures , loves the wet tracks and has won at Trentham , a very promising horse .

Peters is Peters , his modus operandi has never changed , be loud , be brash , and if it can get you votes do it .  

Respect your opinion, but Peters is a disappointment 

And everyone lauded how good Peters is for racing. He cracks on about woke members of parliament. With his decision around greyhound racing, he has just proven he is no different, because of his ill-informed, utterly no understanding of, and obvious no consideration for the racing industry. He had only one reason and that was to give Swarbrick and others something to chew on ffs.

Thats the way i would read the tea leaves as well. Its plain illogical to see it any other way unless they were somehow not involved with sale in any way

Not sure what relevance it has to the entries here for the comp???

He has gone missing...maybe he will be at somewhere else soon...he obviously has some agenda, lets see when the report on the track comes out...if it ever does.

To be fair,  I have corroborating photos taken independently, both before and after the ones you are talking about.

Has the rain started in Wanganui yet? NZTR website track conditions not updated since Wednesday. 

Thanks John , some Gold Coast racing to keep you busy. Once at Gold Coast at Southport there , had a small harness racing track about 650m around we would have a crack at. One night poor filly snapped the buckle inside rein, so we headed outwards ok away from the field during the race,  so thought could stop her on outside fence at the back straight. alas  Went straight through the Panel 😲. Hell of a bang 🙄, and down the 4-5m odd x  45 degree banking out the back, just like the 'Man from Snowy River' riding down the slippery slope. Didn't even break the sulky miraculously. Horse was a bit shattered so don't think we it raced again after that. but did have one nice foal that made open class later.  good luck today 💰. 1. Rotorua R6 /   10 - 14 2. Rotorua R8 /   1 - 14 3. Gold Coast R3 /   4 - 7 4. Gold Coast R4 /   4 - 12  BB 5. Gold Coast R5 /  4 - 10 6. Gold Coast R6 /   7 - 10 7. Gold Coast R7 /   12 - 13 8. Gold Coast R8 /   5 - 9 9. Morphettville R5 /   2 - 9 10. Morphettville R6 /   5 - 8 11. Morphettville R7 /   5 - 8  BB 12. Morphettville R8 /   1 - 8

On the PP site this morning there is a reprint of a Garrick Knight article in the Harness Xpress dated 8th May. " According to ATC President, Jamie MacKinnon, club officials expect to sit down with Colliers reps within the next week and assess what interest or offers are on the table. MacKinnon also says rumours of a high mark offer of $67 million are, to his knowledge incorrect" " We haven't got to the point where we sit down with Colliers and hear what the best options are, so I don't know where that rumour has come from" "We are close to locking in a deal, but not that close" " The best and most suitable offer will be accepted with no further delays, even if that means the club remains in debt to it's lenders" " If we are left with debt following a sale, well it's not the end of the line, the club still has other assets to fall back on" I think that it is ridiculous to suggest that he has not been in contact with Colliers through out negotiations since the close of the deadline sale on the 17th April, he must know the numbers being talked about. The statement that the deal will be accepted with no further delay, does rather suggest that the bank has said Sell  Sell  Sell!!  

During a pair of May 8 panels at the Association of Racing Commissioners International's annual meeting, industry members discussed the impact created by social media influencer Griffin Johnson's involvement in the sport.View the full article

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Yeh and two plus two = Five

1. Rotorua R6 10 2. Rotorua R8 1,14 bb 3. Gold Coast R3 4 4. Gold Coast R4 4 5. Gold Coast R5 3 6. Gold Coast R6 3,9 7. Gold Coast R7 4,8 bb 8. Gold Coast R8 5 9. Morphettville R5 1 10. Morphettville R6 2 11. Morphettville R7 5 12. Morphettville R8 7 Thanks for the comp!

"Trade between UK and USA is 3% of USA's total trade"  ,  3% really and that gains $8 BILLION for the USA then Trump will be the greatest President ever , 97% to go that probably translates into TRILLIONS for the USA .The Share market continues to gain .