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Winston heard it all before.......that's why he generously ,to support racing which he loves , built 3 x Synthetic tracks. All the career racing folk told him racing was going backwards cos of the lack of reliable ,safe ,consistent surfaces so he gave them 3 . What the trainers didn't tell him that was they were more concerned with getting their horses to run a good trial so they could SELL at a healthy profit . And to do that they needed turf tracks. The negativity from the career racing folk was so huge that most in the racing community ,especially punters , were completely put off the Synthetic ...before it even started ...perception is reality ! I made sure I attended the first synthetic meeting and saw/heard for myself ......even a key worker/participant on duty said to me  "I was led to believe it would be carnage here , horses running on this track ". Gotta laugh now when a top trainer who only supports synthetic when 'hard up for options' states after a poor turf trial , 'its good the synthetic circuit about to start , keep the horse with me and we'll do well ,the horse needs a firmer consistent surface . LOL Interesting every week on Trackside watching all the racing communities in Aussie running on their clay ,sand , dirt tracks. Noticed Alice Springs and Pingrup [?] on weekend and recently the Saudi Cup ,richest race in world on all weather surface LOL. THen there is USA,Japan ,Korea and MOST countries in the world ! NZ trainers should support their industry ......they let Jumping slip .....just blame others ! 

I wonder if any trainers galloped their horses after the Stipes left?

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If it is irrelevant then why not have the same rating system?  The biggest difference I can tell is that Victoria doesn't assign a rating until a horse wins.  That rating assigned is 61 (unless it is a Grp win).  Grp wins no matter what age group have a minimum rating e.g. Grp 1 the minimum rating is 102.  So when Leica Lucy races in any race first up in OZ her rating will be 102. In New Zealand we start giving rating points if a horse wins a trial no matter where it is held and against any opposition!  Then rating points if it places in a race.  I guess this helps determine order of entry into races.

And saline drips on the bus

Easy sell Trentham.  Upgrade Hastings and Awapuni.  Put a bus on for the 30 WRC members that are left.

No idea. But it's pretty much irrelevant for those horses isn't it? They are not handicappers at this stage.

Why would they do that?  They pulled out of funding the Riccarton irrigation system upgrade - too expensive!

They can't afford to help Woodville whilst having to fix Hastings and Awapuni and decide what to do with Trentham when it inevitably falls over.