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Maybe he did, it's got commas, speech marks, full stops and capital letters.

Have they got "revenue" and "income" mixed up with "turnover here?

Shame you didn't use AI to right the whole post.

Santa Anita Park has canceled live racing on Sunday, Jan. 4 as the final round of strong storms pushes out of the Southern California area, the track said in a press release on Sunday morning. The storm has dropped more than 10 inches of rain on the Arcadia, California, track since an atmospheric river began pummeling the West Coast Dec. 23. “The weather is set to improve significantly by Monday, and we don't have any rain in sight for the next 10 days or so,” said Santa Anita Park's General Manager Nate Newby. “We are grateful for the support of our stakeholders these last two weeks. It hasn't been easy, but the safety of the horses will always come first. We're looking forward to building on the strong momentum from our first few days and getting back to business.” Racing returns to Santa Anita Park on Thursday, which is the first of two announced makeup days due to the rain cancelations. First post time on Thursday will be 12 noon and will feature two turf stakes races. The track has also added Thursday, Jan. 15 to the racing schedule. The post Go Away! Sunday Santa Anita Card Canceled As Rain Set To Move Out appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

So the sp relates to tote odds not fixed odds, I've notice some odds change when the race has started, hence no show of obtaining them, one would think given today's technology that shouldn't happen at all, I got ripped last March when my 31s tote price, changed from 31 to 52 fixed, about 5 seconds from race start.

Calling someone a "star" means they are exceptional, inspiring, and excel in a particular area, shining brightly with talent, success, or a positive, attention-grabbing quality, like a lead actor, top athlete, or brilliant student, symbolizing hope, guidance, and achieving big dreams. It's a metaphorical compliment for someone outstanding, full of potential, or doing something wonderful. Young driving star Crystal Hackett has the perfect opportunity to kick off 2026 as she ended last season at Cambridge today.this is certainly something she is not! It's absolutely laughable to say such lies.as soon as someone else drives Claude it wins😆😂I have to admit she's is a star at slaughtering a horse we all witnessed that in her last 10+ drives.just on New year's night social distancing royal petit belle niege last 2 starts and she's one race from her last thirty plus drives some star she drives as good as her mother absolutely shit

French star Maxime Guyon kept up his stellar form on his short-term stint in Hong Kong with another Sha Tin double courtesy of The Concentration and Gallant Epoch on Sunday. Since starting a three-month contract at the end of November, Guyon broke through with a Group One success on Sosie in the Hong Kong Vase (2,400m) and Sunday’s brace boosted his haul to nine winners. The Concentration overcame a wide trip without cover in the second half of the field to snare the opening Class Five Tai Lam...View the full article

Brazilian import Sagacious Life leapt into contention for Zac Purton’s Classic Mile ride of choice after continuing a strong start to his Hong Kong career with a fighting victory at Sha Tin on Sunday. After Sagacious Life proved too strong for several Classic Mile hopefuls in the Class Two Leighton Handicap (1,600m), trainer Pierre Ng Pang-chi revealed the son of Put It Back had surged into Purton’s consideration for the first leg of the four-year-old series on February 1. “Everyone’s chasing...View the full article

John Size continued his ominous march towards the top of the trainers’ premiership after another double at Sha Tin on Sunday, headlined by Stellar Express’ easy win in the Group Three Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1,000m). The champion trainer was 15 winners behind the then leader Caspar Fownes going into New Year’s Day, but after four winners at the last two meetings, the gap has now eroded to 12 to leader Mark Newnham. Size would never pay any attention to that fact, nor would he likely know he has...View the full article

You might remember that the Racing Board ran the TAB, the broadcasts etc etc. Bit of a poke in the eye with a blunt stick, but they had huge overheads and costs, yet could not find the money to go through and put many of our best races onto digital. I corresponded at the time with a guy called Antony Corban at the RB who was looking after the videos and there was no appetite or money to get degrading celluloid transferred to digital

Pardon my ignorance and an indication of how long ago I took an all up, but they were discontinued in Dec 2024. But yes, they went on tote odds and a large all up could significantly affect the price on a horse

Same. Someone must have it on tape and could put it on youtube for us all to enjoy.

Take win SP if you gotta take multis. Hardly any punter beats the closing prices.

https://nztr.co.nz/sites/nztrindustry/files/2025-11/NZTR Annual Report 2025_SCREEN_0.pdf NZTR Annual Report 2025_SCREEN_0.pdf

Very frustrating as a trainer an punter, your unruly horse steps like a champ, but oh no it's a false start, re run an it blows to bits, typical, happened to me with evangelist first day when at 40s plus, next to starts from mobile an is favourite, crazy, same happened to a with a trotter, needs to be resolved, shouldn't happen, surely must be some technology that can help,

Almost all the horses in that race are very good beginners so that helps as well.

Excuse my ignorance but is the all up better because its tote odds, or other reason.i took s multi with captain upham today, unfortunately a average ride in my first leg tripped me up, I've alway wondered which option was better.

Wanganui trainer Kevin Myers and Canterbury apprentice jockey Floor Moerman proved to be a potent combination at Omoto on Sunday, bagging a treble at the Greymouth meeting, including the Recreation Hotel Greymouth Cup (2000m) with Sunset Boulevard (NZ) (Eminent). The Peter Vela-bred and raced gelding was heavily favoured to take out the meeting’s feature race, having been freshened since his two victories over New Zealand Cup Week in November. Moerman was positive from the jump aboard the son of Eminent, settling him outside early pacemaker Taimate Diva before taking a trail when Victortheinflictor came around to challenge for the lead. Heading into the back straight, Moerman decided to take the bull by the horns and sent her charge forward to assume control of the race and they quickly opened up several margins on their rivals. Stablemate, and last year’s race winner, Kick On (NZ) (Per Incanto) took chase, eventually drawing alongside Sunset Boulevard with 200m to go. The pair put on a great spectacle for the bustling holiday crowd down the home straight, but it was Sunset Boulevard who got his head in front to reward favourite punters. “They both kicked clear and I was pretty confident at the 600m when they had the rest of them off the bit,” stable representative Luke Myers said. “Kick On went a really good race at Wellington last start and we thought he could almost pop Sunset Boulevard today, and he almost did, but Sunset’s class just got him through today.” Two races prior, Myers and Moerman kicked off their treble when Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) winner Bozo (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) took out the Westland RC Miss Scenicland Stakes (1500m). The 93-rated mare got in beautifully under the race’s weight-for-age conditions, carrying just 53kg, 3kg lighter than her closest rival. She was backed into $1.60 favouritism and won accordingly, beating Speed Dial by 1-3/4 lengths, with a further three-lengths back to Sprocket Rocket in third. “She did it nicely,” Luke Myers said. “She came through her run in the New Zealand Cup probably the best any horse has come through any run. “She was a chance of getting outsprinted, so Floor rode her beautifully and let the horse roll.” Myers said Bozo will likely back-up at Kumara on Saturday in the Kumara Gold Nuggets (1810m). Moerman split those two victories with a win aboard the Myers-trained Sheaf (NZ) (Eminent) in the Jack Curragh Memorial (2000m), and Myers said she was a great asset at the West Coast meeting. “It was good having Floor on with her claim,” Myers said. “She has ridden these last three perfectly and put them in the race at the right time.” The stable went a step further, winning a quaddie at the meeting, with fellow apprentice jockey Amber Riddell riding stable runner Possess (Pierata) to victory in the Vernon & Vazey 0800 Truck Parts (1500m). View the full article

Join a full team this week on Weigh In. Guy Heveldt, Emily Murphy, Aidan Rodley and Jayne Ivil break down the action from Trentham on a Group 1 raceday and look back to the New Years Day Races out of Ellerslie. Weigh In, January 4 View the full article

It will be an anxious few weeks for the connections of State The Obvious (NZ) (Sword Of State) as they wait to see if their filly makes the cut for the $1 million TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 24. The daughter of Sword Of State made a strong play at Te Aroha on Saturday when winning the Mark Anderson Memorial Maiden 2YO (1000m), with her $10,360 winning cheque bringing her earnings to $11,285, placing her in 20th position in order of entry for the Karaka Millions, meaning she will require plenty of luck to make the 14-horse field as the current sixth emergency. “That (Karaka Millions) is the reason why we ran yesterday,” said Graham Richardson, who trains the filly in partnership with Rogan Norvall. “We thought if she could handle it (wet track) and win, then we are a chance (of making the Karaka Millions field), but if we step back and scratch we were no chance. “It was all about experience as well. She has pulled up this morning like she never had a race, which is incredible for a two-year-old.” While State The Obvious is an outside shot of qualifying for the rich feature, her trainers are not tempted to give her another run in the lead-up in a last-ditch effort to make the field, and have set their sights to their home track for an alternative. “If I have to panic and give her another run before then it is just not worth it,” Richardson said. “There are still a couple of races to go and if she doesn’t get into the Karaka Million then she will head to the Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (Gr.2, 1200m) as a back-up plan.” Richardson was pleased with State The Obvious’ second-up victory, having finished fourth behind subsequent Group Two performer Lara Antipova over 1150m at Te Aroha last month. “She is a really nice filly,” he said. “It was very heavy and I was quite unsure of how she would handle it, but she was probably the biggest horse in the field and she is very strong. “She will just get better and better, she has got a good action and she is very laidback. She is a lovely, kind horse.” Bred by Cambridge Stud, State The Obvious was purchased out of their 2025 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft by Richardson and Brendon McCullum for $170,000. Cambridge Stud retained a share in the filly and she races in their familiar black and gold silks. State The Obvious could be a part of a strong line-up for the stable at Ellerslie on Karaka Millions night, with both Lollapalooza (NZ) (El Roca) and Fleeting Star (Cool Aza Beel) heading towards the $1.5 million Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m). Both fillies placed in the Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, and Richardson said they have come through the race well and have enjoyed a short freshen-up prior to their lucrative target. “They have come through the run really well,” he said. “I gave them a few days off out in the paddock. They are both back in work and they are both heading towards the Karaka Three-Year-Old Mile.” While Group One winner and $4 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) contender Lollapalooza has captured the limelight between the pair, Richardson has been rapt with Fleeting Star’s progression since making her debut in August, with the filly finishing in the money in all six of her starts to date. “She is a very sensible filly and she is tough,” he said. New Year’s Day victor Romilly (So You Think), another Karaka purchase by Richardson and McCullum, is also set to head to Ellerslie on Karaka Millions night where the Jo Giles Stakes (1400m) looms as her target. “Some of these horses that Baz (McCullum) and I are buying are now winning races and it is a great thrill,” Richardson said. “We will probably go to Karaka Million night to the fillies and mares 1400m with her (Romilly). It is going to be a strong field but we will put a set of blinkers on her.” View the full article

Miss Jones (Deep Field) showed plenty of promise in Australia, placing in six of her 10 starts for trainers Richard and Will Freedman, but she has found her groove since crossing the Tasman. The daughter of Deep Field broke through for her maiden win when victorious in her New Zealand debut for new trainer Cody Cole at Ellerslie last month and doubled her tally at Trentham on Saturday when taking out the Listen Live On Sportnation.co.nz Maiden Sprint (1200m). From her outside draw in the seven-horse field, she was taken forward by jockey Opie Bosson to sit outside pacemaker Falcrests Belle and she raced kindly for the in-form hoop. When he asked her to improve when entering the home straight she quickly responded and ran away to a 2-1/2 length victory over the previously unbeaten Thorax. “She was a little angel,” Bosson said. “She jumped well and just took our time getting across and once we got there she travelled beautifully and gave me a really good kick when I asked the question. “She gives you the feel that she has got some gears there. I know it has taken her a while to win a race, but I think she is putting it all together now.” Cole was confident of another bold showing on Saturday and believes she has a bright future if she continues on her current trajectory. “She was good. Opie has got a lovely set of hands and I think she appreciated that,” he said. “She probably appreciates the New Zealand environment a bit more too. “She switched off early enough that she was going to find a nice kick late and she did. Opie sat there quietly for as long as he could and it was perfect. “If she keeps improving her racing manners there’s no reason she can’t get to a good level. “It wasn’t a big field but there were some nice horses in it. Today was a good sign and a step in the right direction.” Cole said the Trelawney Stud-raced mare is loving the rural lifestyle on his Waikato property and he is now looking forward to hatching a plan to tackle some loftier targets with the four-year-old. “She is a mare that appreciates being out at the farm,” he said. “We don’t take her to the town stable, she just lives out there and goes to the paddock every day. Just keeping her in a happy spot more than anything is the most important thing. “We can start making plans after today. Before this it was just getting her to do things right and see if she could step up or not from her maiden win.” Later in the card, Cole was back in the winner’s circle courtesy of Bradley (NZ) (Belardo) in the Blue Star Group 1600. “He is a horse with more ability than he has shown us,” Cole said. “I am really happy for the owners, Justine (Sclater) and her crew have been really patient and supportive of me in trying to figure the horse out. We have finally done that and it is nice to get the job done on a good day.” The stable also featured prominently in the feature race of the card, the Gr.1 TAB Telegraph (1200m), with last year’s placegetter Navigator (NZ) (El Roca) going one better to finish runner-up behind First Five. View the full article

Yes the heritage of NZ racing is in the legacy that all those great horses have left. Some videos on YouTube but most look like they are lost forever, only to remembered in the minds of the slowly aging people who either saw the races in person or watched on TV. And they will be gone in time. A crime that NZ racing never looked after its heritage and made sure they were preserved. If not all races, then all the feature races over the years. Particularly disappointed that I cannot watch Zonda winning the 1997 Derby. I was there and it was a tremendous run, I even have some pics of him in the parade ring with Vinnie Colgan up, just before he went out and won

The thing is the starter needs to command respect from the drivers, or they take the piss which is what happens most of the time! It has come up so many times about the standing starts, the starters don’t seem to care and it is anything goes most of the time! High time the starters take it seriously and are professional, as they just arent currently!

sigh, all the great stuff from the 70's that was shown on TVNZ (or whatever it was then) and they Own the Copyright and charge a arm and leg! hence look at a site like Hall of Fame, fecking near useless when it comes to video!

NZ Racing also, with all those videos on tape. I actually looked into this and apparently all of the tapes are in storage in Wellington, slowly degrading. The cost to convert to digital is apparently in the millions, but the tapes are probably too far gone by now