You are even more deluded than I thought. The mineral deal is owned by zUkraine, they will control it. And it is a win win for them. The US needs China…many of their major industries rely on it. Wait until the product runs out. I doubt Xi will blink before your orange clown does.  

A few years ago there was a meeting transferred from Tauranga to Cambridge synthetic, mostly fields of double digits down to 4,5,6 but at least something was salvaged.

Best of a bad situation, yes there will a lot of scratchings but at least we are racing and they have made a decision nearly 48 hours before the races were supposed to start so at least some can plan.  This is what the Synthetic was brought in for in my view.

So cunning even he doesn't know what it is .

Drove past the track after race 2, on Epsom Road, had less than 15m visibility, no surprise they called it off .. in fact was amazed they even started as was just as bad an hour before AWT May give a surface but not visibility. Good decision 

I have backed Citizen Bull, Grande and Coal Battle all around the $26-$31 mark

Ballsey has got a cunning plan.

So Trump signs a mineral deal with Ukraine worth approx $350 billion CEO's commit to spending billions on investing in the USA Dodge saves USA billions  Nations are lining up to sign new trade deals that no doubt will benefit USA - and if u think USA and China have not been talking yr  more naive than I thought So CNN do the norm and scrape the barrell  to find anyone who can spin a yarn and the blind suck it up Did I mention the border CHOO CHOO

Indeed, and his knowledge would be an asset to any training set up, anywhere. 

Yes don't agree with taking the listed status away if they do , horses have traveled from the NI for this opportunity as well as the limited opportunities for the locals at 2years of age . I think at present we are seeing decisions made that are very scatter gun , and that's not just the SI , the CD racing is a shambles and has been for ages . I for one see don't any semblance of a cohesive plan coming out of NZTR .

That's a massive call. Even the Aussies wouldn't transfer a meeting with feature races to the AWT. The SI can't afford to lose the listed status of the 2yo race. The 2yo scene down there is bad enough as it is. Having said that, I think the transfer to the AWT is the only option. It will be the ultimate trial to see what the response is. No suggestion that the 3 races from today might be transferred as well. It would be somewhat ironic if three sets of horses who want to race on the AWT are denied the opportunity, but a full card of horses who probably aren't keen on the AWT are forced to race there. I wonder what the weather has been like in Timaru and what their track conditions would be if the saturday meeting was transferred there?

You're the only one who ever mentioned Mr Lemon. You seem to have an uncontrollable hard on for anybody named DON 

yeh, just what the world needs now ..two lunatic leaders trying to outfox each other

Do you miss Don Lemon on CNN Hokey?

I think the draft Calandar released a month or three back will when finalized be tentative for many CD dates, can guarantee anything.

I always talked to others prior to the start of a race . Often it was to calm the nerves or just to chat as if we were at the pub or somewhere else . Whoever enforced or suggested this rule is an idiot . And here's one for the stipes . If a horse gallops or falls in front is the driver or drivers going to get fined for yelling " Look Out " for warn others ?

Latest odds who first caught   J Dunn 1/5 J morrison evens B Orange 5/1 B Hope  6/1   Tim Williams 20/1 10/1 the field

Hawera good to go , Otaki xfered to Hawera on Tuesday , same fields , scratching's reinstated . I will call this a positive as we need it .

Good use of the word"Hope" Charlie

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