Our industry went along just fine in the old days under Internal Affairs whose only real responsibility was to make sure that the TAB was operating according to the rules laid down by parliament.   Then some bright spark thought that we needed a Minister of Racing and haven’t there been some beauts? I can’t remember the names of most of them only their inaptitude. Probably the least effective was that bloke from around Otaki.     

It definitely won’t be or should not be run at Trentham as the track will be too wet.  It doesn’t dry out until mid October.  Many “experts” have tried to race a Trentham in September always resulting in a disaster.  Some of you old enough will remember when Masterton raced the Lowland there for a number of years only for it to lose its momentum and end up getting shunted from pillar to post.  Having said that where is sits now over 2000m seems to be perfect. 

Aussie Bjorn would be buying a couple surely

I'm told there's a fair pull towards Te Rapa. The Butcher seems to pretty well run NZRB  these days.

Well I simply don’t see how Alexandra Park survives this. 😩

Everything will end up there if things dont improve.

A byproduct of MMP

A share in Alabama Express going up for sale too apparently.

No doubt plenty here, but I don't have the time or energy to scroll through results. But two very high class runners in the UK, the 2000 Guineas winner Notable Speech - who had never raced on grass before the Guineas, and the champion mare Enable, getting in a prep run - and winning -  before the Arc.

Common sense .

"Common Dog" ?

And in early September . Not sure Trentham will have recovered from it's Autumn/winter racing schedule , may well be run at Otaki if they want to keep it in the CD or it will also be taken north . My money is north .

I've heard on the grape vine that Yulong expect to buy 85 of them .

Beat me to it , society has been wrecked by people in suits or with degrees that think they know all the answers . Somewhere along the line "common dog" went out the window . Now it's a perpetual round about of these people validating each other . Thank F#@K I'm closer to the end than the start .

For the year ending 31/7/24; Total Borrowing  $79.177m        Total Finance Cost $6.914m for the year Westpac Loan $76.6m,  during the year $8.375m was paid off the Loan, this was the clear funds left over from the $10m Franklin deposit. All Interest on the Westpac Loan is added to the amount owing, I am not aware of any other sales that would be credited to the Loan during the current year. Actual Interest paid by ATC was $265k ( not connected to Westpac loan) If indeed the property sale goes ahead, there will be commission and legal costs to deduct as well.

Let's not confine it to just racing where politics are involved. It's one of the great failings of democracy, getting reelected is all that counts to some

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Given how long it took Ellerslie's new surface to "settle" who had the idea of running Group 1 races at Awapuni so soon after implementing a new surface, which by all accounts, has already failed.

What a line up here……!!    Sale Overview An incredible line-up of the finest fillies and mares to be offered at public auction this year has been finalised for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale, for which the catalogue is now available online. A total of 96 lots have been catalogued for the sale, including: *70 Stakes horses or Stakes producers *18 pregnant mares on their first or second cover *83 fillies/mares aged 10 or younger *27 mares that are free of Danehill blood *An extraordinary group of high class fillies and mares including four-time G1 winner and $20m The Everest victor Bella Nipotina, G1 winner Amelia's Jewel, the beautifully bred G2-winning and G1 placed 3YO Too Darn Lizzie, the record-breaking mare I Am Me, G1 winners like Royal Merchant and Coco Sun, Group winners including Tiz Invincible, Grinzinger Belle, Estriella, Semana, Mumbai Muse, Hell Hath No Fury, Sirileo Miss, She Dances, Eagle Nest, Lekvarte, Honey Girl, Vagrant, Caste, Wishlor Lass etc and other high-class fillies like Ethereal Star, Herastar, Foxy Cleopatra, Poifect, Waikato Girl, Antique Miss, Castanya, A Little Deep etc *Dams of top-class horses like G1 Caulfield Guineas winners Golden Mile (Calavarite) and Griff (Chateau Griffo), G1 Goodwood Hcp winner Benedetta (Whatalovelyday), star filly Too Darn Lizzie (Enbihaar), exciting Group-winning 2YO Field Of Play (Californiasurprise) among others. *A Zoustar half sister to G1 Golden Slipper runner up Wodeton, a Group placed I Am Invincible half sister to Growing Empire, a half sister to triple G1 winner Hitotsu, a half sister to G1 winner Lindermann etc *Mares in foal to stallions such as Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Zoustar, Wootton Bassett, Justify, Written Tycoon, Too Darn Hot, Ole Kirk, Home Affairs, Farnan, Anamoe, Alabama Express etc The auction will be held at Riverside Stables on the evening of Thursday May 8 from 5pm. Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch described the catalogue as “out of this world’’. “What a night May 8 is going to be!’’ Hutch said. “We have tremendous confidence in this sale and worked to build it into a night that is a celebration of the very best fillies and mares, which is exactly what the sale is going to be this year. “The Chairman’s Sale provides a rare opportunity for the world’s leading breeders to acquire the best breeding stock going to public market this year and we’re exceptionally proud of the catalogue and very grateful for the support that we have been afforded by all involved. “In recent years each of the two most recent colts to win the G1 Golden Slipper, Shinzo and Stay Inside, have been sold in utero at the Chairman’s Sale, while buyers have found the dams of superstars like Imperatriz, Home Affairs, In Italian, She’s Extreme, Shout The Bar and many others and there is little doubt that this year’s catalogue will be a source of further top-class winners in the future. “The recent racetrack success of fillies and mares after they were purchased at Chairman’s recently has also been very appealing, the likes of Kimochi winning the G1 Rupert Clarke, C’Est Magique winning a G2, Montefilia a G2, Eagle Nest a G3, just to name a few. “We will be accepting supplementary entries for the next month so if you want to be involved in the sale, I encourage you to get in touch with a member of the bloodstock team as soon as possible and join what will be a memorable night both in and out of the sale ring.’’