I'm sad to say l agree with you 100%. I'd love for us to be proven wrong in this instance, but I'm not going to hold my breath. 

Total dollars earned after two weeks. Your Round 2 dollars may differ from the earlier post as they represent the dollars you had earned at the point you were eliminated.     ENTRANT Round 1 Round 2 TOTAL 1 Houlahan        711.20     1,045.00       1,756.20 2 Say No More     1,085.00        334.00       1,419.00 3 Richie        692.00        717.00       1,409.00 4 Gubellini     1,060.00        347.00       1,407.00 5 Ponderosa     1,084.00        280.00       1,364.00 6 Pak Star     1,029.80        223.00       1,252.80 7 Peter RS        575.00        677.20       1,252.20 8 Kloppite        796.20        366.00       1,162.20 9 Al Feilding        699.00        460.00       1,159.00 10 Reacher        659.80        460.00       1,119.80 11 Von Cettes        570.00        531.00       1,101.00 12 Basil brush        635.60        397.00       1,032.60 13 Sayer        619.80        399.00       1,018.80 14 Blaird        586.00        393.80          979.80 15 Kilcoyne        662.60        306.60          969.20 16 Arjay        687.40        264.00          951.40 17 Black Kirrama        822.00           78.00          900.00 18 Scooby        562.00        336.00          898.00 19 Catalano        524.00        351.80          875.80 20 Joan        639.00        230.80          869.80 21 Pure Steel        559.00        307.00          866.00 22 Mr Gee        573.00        288.00          861.00 23 Mikenz        718.00        136.00          854.00 24 Chestnut        513.00        321.00          834.00 25 Pegasus        645.60        137.80          783.40 26 Jayar        674.60           97.80          772.40 27 Koriokaramea        543.00        214.80          757.80 28 Seakem        722.00           18.00          740.00 29 Sunlineboy        646.00           61.00          707.00 30 Foxmerts        633.00           69.00          702.00 31 Montydrum        353.00        316.00          669.00 32 Ohokaman        486.60        140.00          626.60 33 Dogzstar        604.00           20.00          624.00 34 Seddon        412.00        197.00          609.00 35 Lucasduke        334.00        231.00          565.00 36 Nomates        450.00            450.00 37 Insider        433.00                  -            433.00 38 Pete Lane        429.00            429.00 39 Winner        385.00                  -            385.00 40 Manfield        254.00           42.00          296.00 41 Kiwignome          239.00          239.00 42 Jack        212.00            212.00 43 Aaron          134.80          134.80

Points standings after two weeks.    ENTRANT Round 1 Round 2 TOTAL 1 Kloppite 35 37 72 2 Al Feilding 31 38 69 3 Say No More 40 28 68 4 Gubellini 38 29 67 5 Reacher 26 38 64 6 Kilcoyne 27 34 61 7 Ponderosa 39 20 59 8 Houlahan 32 22 54 9 Basil brush 22 30 52 10 Sayer 20 31 51 11 Scooby 14 35 49 12 Von Cettes 15 32 47 13 Catalano 11 36 47 14 Arjay 29 17 46 15 Joan 23 23 46 16 Seakem 34 10 44 17 Jayar 28 15 43 18 Blaird 18 25 43 19 Pak Star 37 5 42 20 Black Kirrama 36 6 42 21 Mikenz 33 7 40 22 Richie 30 9 39 23 Pegasus 24 14 38 24 Peter RS 17 21 38 25 Seddon 5 33 38 26 Pure Steel 13 24 37 27 Chestnut 10 27 37 28 Mr Gee 16 18 34 29 Foxmerts 21 11 32 30 Sunlineboy 25 4 29 31 Montydrum 3 26 29 32 Koriokaramea 12 16 28 33 Dogzstar 19 2 21 34 Kiwignome   19 19 35 Ohokaman 9 8 17 36 Lucasduke 2 12 14 37 Aaron   13 13 38 Nomates 8   8 39 Insider 7 0 7 40 Pete Lane 6   6 41 Winner 4 1 5 42 Manfield 1 3 4 43 Jack 0   0

Well done to those who didn’t lose their 3 lives.  That was tough.

H2H for next week.   Everyone still able to compete in the Points and $$$ comps.   Say No More vs Pegasus Houlahan vs Mr Gee             Pure Steel vs Sayer Jayar vs Koriokaramea             Kilcoyne vs Catalano Richie vs Kloppite             Al Feilding vs Von Cettes Reacher vs Chestnut

Insider (8) 0.00 97.00 3 I don't like this format 😂 But congratulations to those that mastered it.

H2H winners Say No More W   Ohokaman   Sunlineboy     Pegasus W Houlahan W   Peter RS   Mikenz     Mr Gee W Black Kirrama     Pure Steel W Arjay     Sayer W Jayar W   Foxmerts   Pak Star     Koriokaramea W Gubellini     Catalano W Kilcoyne W   Basil brush   Richie W   Dogzstar   Kloppite W   Scooby   Seakem     Von Cettes W Al Feilding W   Blaird   Reacher W   Joan   Ponderosa     Chestnut W

Week 2 - Doomben R9 - Final race # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 5 Imperialist Tommy Berry 46.20 10.40 11 Deep Focus Michael Rodd   13.30 3 King Of Thunder Mark Zahra   1.90 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 5,11 572.60 A fitting way to finish a tough day with a $46 winner, 26 lives lost, 7 entrants falling at the final hurdle and only 7 making it through to the end. Al Feilding and Reacher finish in a tie for 1st place with Kloppite rounding out the top 3.         RACE NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL ELIMINATED Al Feidling (1) 19.00 460.00   Reacher (1) 1.00 460.00   Kloppite (2) 0.00 366.00   Catalano (2) 0.00 351.80   Scooby (2) 0.00 336.00   Kilcoyne (2) 19.00 306.60   Seddon (2) 19.00 197.00   Von Cettes (3) 0.00 531.00 12 Sayer (3) 0.00 399.00 12 Basil brush (3) 0.00 397.00 12 Gubellini (3) 0.00 347.00 12 Say No More (3) 0.00 334.00 12 Chestnut (3) 0.00 321.00 12 Montydrum (3) 0.00 316.00 12 Blaird (4) 0.00 393.80 11 Pure Steel (3) 2.00 309.00 11 Joan (4) 0.00 308.80 10 Houlahan (5) 0.00 1265.00 9 Peter RS (4) 0.00 978.40 9 Ponderosa (4) 19.00 315.00 9 Kiwignome (4) 0.00 294.00 9 Mr Gee (4) 1.00 290.00 9 Arjay (5) 0.00 280.00 9 Koriokaramea (4) 19.00 249.80 9 Jayar (3) 38.00 229.80 9 Pegasus (4) 0.00 191.80 9 Aaron (4) 0.00 188.80 9 Lucasduke (5) 1.00 322.00 7 Foxmerts (4) 2.00 166.00 7 Seakem (6) 0.00 120.80 7 Richie (5) 0.00 877.00 6 Ohokaman (5) 0.00 294.00 6 Mikenz (5) 20.00 264.00 6 Black Kirrama (4) 19.00 256.80 6 Pak Star (8) 0.00 239.00 6 Sunlineboy (5) 0.00 164.00 6 Manfield (7) 0.00 99.00 6 Dogzstar (7) 2.00 138.00 4 Winner (7) 0.00 172.00 3 Insider (8) 0.00 97.00 3

To good kloppite...well done congrats to all those still alive.

Warriors going great Blaird    

True these enquiry's are quite often started to bury something not reveal something. What is the chance the end result will be "We have found shortcomings which will be addressed in future"  but will not actually reveal how, who or why this happened.

Thanks Scooby3051.  I thought it was me being picky.    I think the word you seek is 'laziness' 

Week 2 - Doomben R8 (11 of 12) One race to go.  14 still standing but 9 of them on their final life NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Von Cettes (2) 39.00 531.00 4/6 BB Reacher (1) 38.00 459.00 7/14   Al Feidling (1) 76.00 441.00 1/3   Sayer (2) 1.00 399.00 1/14   Basil brush (2) 38.00 397.00 1/2   Kloppite (1) 0.00 366.00 2/12   Catalano (1) 38.00 351.80 1/14 BB Gubellini (2) 38.00 347.00 1/2   Scooby (1) 2.00 336.00 1/10 BB Say No More (2) 38.00 334.00 2/12   Chestnut (2) 0.00 321.00 2/14   Montydrum (2) 38.00 316.00 1/2   Kilcoyne (2) 0.00 287.60 1/3   Seddon (2) 1.00 178.00 3/14   Blaird (3) 0.00 393.80 1/14 BB Pure Steel (3) 0.00 307.00 1/7 BB Joan (3) 78.00 308.80 1/2   Houlahan (4) 220.00 1265.00 8/14   Peter RS (3) 257.20 978.40 6/14   Ponderosa (4) 0.00 296.00 1/3   Kiwignome (3) 39.00 294.00 8/14 BB Mr Gee (4) 1.00 289.00 7/14   Arjay (4) 0.00 280.00 1/14   Koriokaramea (4) 0.00 230.80 1/3   Jayar (3) 78.00 191.80 3/14 BB Pegasus (3) 38.00 191.80 1/14 BB Aaron (3) 38.00 188.80 1/2 BB Lucasduke (5) 0.00 321.00 4/7   Foxmerts (4) 39.00 164.00 4/7 BB Seakem (5) 38.00 120.80 1/14   Richie (4) 38.00 877.00 1/2 BB Ohokaman (4) 1.00 294.00 1/14   Mikenz (5) 1.00 244.00 3/7   Pak Star (7) 0.00 239.00 2/8   Black Kirrama (4) 78.00 237.80 3/14   Sunlineboy (4) 38.00 164.00 1/2   Manfield (6) 0.00 99.00 4/14   Dogzstar (7) 39.00 136.00 7/14 BB Winner (6) 39.00 172.00 4/14   Insider (7) 2.00 97.00 4/6  

Sorry the unprofessionalism on TS1 does my head in...they cant even get the names of the races correct ..the Andrew Ramsden became the Rasden and the Doomben 10,000 became the 10,000 Dommben...how hard can it be to do some homework to get things bloody right...sorry but we look like muppets compared to OZ.😤

Week 2 - Scone R8 (10 of 12)     NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Von Cettes (2) 16.00 492.00 12/14   Reacher (1) 120.00 421.00 2/12   Sayer (2) 16.00 398.00 1/14   Blaird (2) 0.00 393.80 3/15   Kloppite (0) 16.00 366.00 2/15   Al Feidling (1) 16.00 365.00 1/12 BB Basil brush (2) 16.00 359.00 2/12   Scooby (1) 16.00 334.00 1/14 BB Chestnut (1) 44.00 321.00 3/15   Catalano (1) 16.00 313.80 10/12   Gubellini (2) 32.00 309.00 1/12   Pure Steel (2) 16.00 307.00 2/9   Say No More (2) 16.00 296.00 12/15   Kilcoyne (1) 16.00 287.60 1/9   Montydrum (2) 16.00 278.00 11/12   Seddon (2) 16.00 177.00 3/14   Joan (3) 0.00 230.80 12/14 BB Houlahan (4) 0.00 1045.00 6/14 BB Peter RS (3) 44.00 721.20 6/12   Ponderosa (3) 16.00 296.00 1/3   Mr Gee (4) 0.00 288.00 10/14   Arjay (3) 16.00 280.00 3/15   Kiwignome (3) 16.00 255.00 12/14   Koriokaramea (3) 16.00 230.80 1/2   Pegasus (3) 16.00 153.80 2/12   Aaron (3) 16.00 150.80 10/12   Jayar (3) 16.00 113.80 12/14 BB Lucasduke (4) 60.00 321.00 1/10   Foxmerts (4) 16.00 125.00 12/14   Seakem (5) 0.00 82.80 10/12   Richie (4) 32.00 839.00 5/12   Ohokaman (4) 32.00 293.00 1/14   Mikenz (5) 32.00 243.00 1/14   Pak Star (6) 16.00 239.00 2/11   Black Kirrama (4) 16.00 159.80 12/14 BB Sunlineboy (4) 16.00 126.00 2/12   Manfield (5) 16.00 99.00 3/15   Dogzstar (7) 0.00 97.00 12/14   Winner (6) 16.00 133.00 12/14   Insider (7) 0.00 95.00 2/14 BB

I love your passion for the place , when I was still living down there I hardly missed a meeting , but the reality they hardly ever draw a decent crowd , better on the cup day . I am just going on what I was used to .

Not knocking it , for some reason I haven't got a grip on the form . Stick by what I say about the home turn , just seems very flat and to my eye some horses seem to lose momentum .

Nomates, I guess that one reason there were not too many there is, that it was a Rangitikei Meeting.  Even I didn't go!

Note total dollars earned above are for all races - to be used in the Points comp.  For the $$$ comp, scores will be adjusted back for those eliminated to the point at which they were eliminated.

So what reward do they get from NZTR? Instead of throwing an extra $50,000 at the Taumaranui cup why did they not give that to the once great Parliamentary Hcp? Looking at the upcoming - where is the Parliamentary now?