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If it is a one horse town here then how does @Comic Dog explain the need to bag @hesi . Although I guess BOAY could be a one horse town with one lap dog and one fish ( @Murray Fish ).

Yes it has. Most social media has declined in numbers. Mainly because they get hijacked by groups with one agenda and then they coalesce together into a back slapping morass.

Oh come on! Young Mick Guerin is at the cutting edge of investigative journalism!

Yes regardless of how it turns out. It wasn't too long ago that we all were highly critical of NZTR not being proactive in these cases.

Merely an opinion which is getting more restrictive to voice.

pardon! lack of 'site iq'? lack of users making the effort? how would #'s stack up say now? and back say 05/10? I recall quiz's I ran back then use to get 1000's or reads etc.. lol, I presume that like the total numbers involved in sites has shrunk like the pool of punters?

to some 'a thug!' 'a bully boy!', a right nasty bordering vulgarness.. to others the greatest admin in au...

Independent media is not alive and well in this country. As for independent media in NZ racing, who's kidding who?

Proaction over reaction shouldn't be knocked.

If it stands head and shoulders above the rest, why the need for it to regularly copy from this site, news items of interest that CS researches out.

5 – TEAM PLAYER, DMR, 11/30-2nd, 5 1/2 furlongs (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure-83 (g, 3, by Majestic Harbor-Team Decision, by Huddle Up) O-Susan and William Boyd, Kelly and Edwin Gredvig, and Michelle Hanson. B-Harris Farms and Double D Farms (Cal). T-Ryan Hanson. J-Kazushi Kimura. His six siblings to race–all California-breds like him–made a combined 41 starts and none reached the performance level of an 80 Beyer Speed Figure, which Team Player exceeded quite nicely in his second lifetime outing. 4 – VITAL MIND, CD, 11/28-12th, 6 1/2 furlongs (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure-83 (c, 3, by Into Mischief-She's a Julie, by Elusive Quality) O-CHC and WinStar Farm. B-Spendthrift Farm (Ky). T-Steve Asmussen. J-Jose Ortiz. One of Asmussen's all-time favorite horses, She's a Julie was named for his now-recovered wife as she was battling throat cancer–and aside from those obvious emotions, it didn't hurt that the namesake won two Grade Is, $1.6 million, and was sold to Spendthrift for $3 million after her career. So who better than Asmussen to train She's a Julie's first foal? This was the second start for the $600k yearling buy, who was second at Oaklawn on debut. 3 – GLOBAL AVIATOR, GP, 11/29-3rd, 6 furlongs (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 84 (c, 3, by Global Campaign-Frisco Girl, by Quality Road) O-Special Aviators. B-Robert M. Evans (Ky). T-Rohan Crichton. J-Joe Bravo. Two storylines here: first, Global Aviator makes this list despite hesitating at the break to drop 8 lengths last and winning anyway after a 4- to 5-wide move around the turn. And secondly, he was a $12k yearling out of an ex-claimer dam whose first foal sold for $8k, which at this point matters solely as an example of the vagaries of the sport. 2 – AEOLIAN, CD, 11/27-8th, 1 mile (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 84 (f, 3, by Tapit-Danzatrice, by Dunkirk) O-Gainesway Stable. B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Jose Ortiz. Aeolian didn't get far in her 2-year-old training and was sidelined again this spring in Florida but now has progressed steadily in three starts this summer and fall. She's a full-sister to Grade I winner and stallion Tapit Trice, purchased for $1.3 million as a yearling by Mandy Pope, who went back in for $1.1 million a year later for another filly full-sibling. Gainesway's Antony Beck kept this one. 1 – CANNONEER, CD, 11/29-12th, 6 1/2 furlongs (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 89 (c, 2, by Into Mischief-Catch the Moon, by Malibu Moon) O-St. Elias Stables and Stonestreet Stable. B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings (Ky). T-Brad Cox. J-Irad Ortiz Jr. Visually and by numbers, the most impressive winner of Saturday's Stars of Tomorrow card at Churchill. Not only did the $1.75 million yearling win by 7 ¼ lengths in fast time, he kept his composure despite a loose horse getting in his way down the backstretch. Into Mischief gives his pedigree an upgrade on paper over half-siblings Midnight Bourbon ($3.6 million-earning son of Tiznow), Girvin (Haskell winner of $1.6 million, son of Tale of Ekati) and graded winners Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John) and Pirate's Punch (Shanghai Bobby). The post Five Fastest Maidens, Presented by Taylor Made, for the Week of Nov. 23-30 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Nope. Just don't slander V'Landys on here. I'd have to moderate your amusing posts.

No

Hahaha, well certainly not in NZ, since when was media independent. Were they not all bribed when taking money from the Public Interest Journalism Fund Independent media exists to scrutinise powerful institutions and hold them to account, even if critical of leadership.

Could this be the end of forums like this @Chief Stipe ?

Statement from The Thoroughbred Report Three independent racing publications, including The Thoroughbred Report, have recently received correspondence from Peter V’landys’ and/or Racing NSW’s legal counsel in response to reporting on governance matters within the New South Wales thoroughbred racing industry.https://bitofayarn.com We want to make one point unequivocally clear: responsible journalism must not be met with legal intimidation. Independent media exists to scrutinise powerful institutions and hold them to account, even if critical of leadership. That role is essential to the health and integrity of any industry.https://bitofayarn.com Australia’s implied freedom of political communication protects the media’s ability to discuss matters of governance and public interest. Trying to intimidate journalists through legal threats is fundamentally inconsistent with that protection. When this happens, the message extends far beyond the newsroom. It tells trainers, owners, breeders, employees, and concerned participants that speaking up carries risk. It creates fear and encourages silence. And it erodes the culture of openness on which trust depends. Governance is strengthened, not weakened, by transparency, independent oversight, and constructive conversation. An industry cannot function with confidence if those tasked with informing its community are suppressed. It cannot claim transparency while simultaneously attempting to intimidate its critics. And it cannot expect public trust if its default response to scrutiny is to threaten those who provide it.https://bitofayarn.com We remain open to receiving and incorporating all perspectives at any time. However, our efforts to engage and seek information have routinely received no reply. We will continue to remain open to dialogue from every participant, as open communication is essential to meaningful understanding and positive change.https://bitofayarn.com We will not be deterred and remain committed to responsible journalism.

Final Return has raced creditably in strong company at Ellerslie without major success and will be back there on New Year’s Day in a bid to break through. The New Plymouth-based stayer has regularly tripped north and collected four placings on the course, including a third in the Gr.3 Avondale Cup (2400m) earlier this year. Final Return has another visit on his immediate program for a crack at the Gr.3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) on January 1 after finishing fourth in the 2025 edition of the event. “He hits himself on his left hind hock, so we have to be careful where we race him,” trainer Janelle Millar said. “He’s better going the Ellerslie way and doesn’t hit himself that way around, it’s just his conformation really.” Final Return emphasised that right-handed suitability at his latest appearance with a gallant victory in the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) at Pukekohe. “He pulled up really well after that, I was quite surprised and thought it may have knocked him, but it didn’t at all,” Millar said. “He was running around the paddock like a two-year-old and he never does that so he’s obviously going very well. “He’s probably the highest-rated three-win horse in New Zealand, he’s very consistent, always tries and will stay all day.” Millar also has another pair of last-start winners ready for action this week, although she’s on weather watch with one of them. She has Tiny Diamond in the Grangewilliam Stud R75 (1600m) at New Plymouth on Thursday following his most recent course and distance victory last month. “He’s trained on super but if the track gets too heavy he probably won’t run, he’s got too good a turn of foot for that,” Millar said. Meanwhile, Ocean Park filly Laura’s Legacy was untroubled to win on debut on her home course and will run in Saturday’s Graham’s Painters 3YO (1400m) at Trentham with a view to returning for a sterner test. “She has also trained on well since her last start and we want to aim for some of the fillies’ races with her,” Millar said. “It was no surprise what she did last time, she had plenty left in the tank and was one of the last to pull up. “She can have a look around Wellington and then go back for the Eulogy Stakes (Gr.3, 1600m).” View the full article

Danny Gargan will send out Champagne Stakes (G1) runner-up Talkin to face Chad Brown's $1.9 million debut winner Paladin in the Remsen Stakes (G2), a battle among juveniles traveling a two-turn, 1 1/8-mile distance on dirt for the first time. View the full article

So what Clubs are inhibited by race dates? I'm not sure you understand wagering. it wouldn't be of value to the industry as a whole and the Reefton track couldn't sustain 12 race days. @Huey you keep saying I don't know but you never post anything factual or of substance. Just anecdotal and generalised. At least the financial accounts of each Club give some facts. Unless Clubs are deriving revenue from other activities than just racedays they are not earning enough to maintain their assets. That's an immutable fact. What Club? Provide some evidence about the "NZTR Club" you refer to. Is this your mythical mafia? Provides some facts!!!

No rules are most clubs are giving it a go , what you fail to understand though is the importance of race dates for clubs , most everything flows from there , you'd understand better with a bit of experience on a committee. You cannot ascertain a proper analysis in club land without understanding how it all works. If yuoure in the NZTR club you have every opportunity to suceed , if youre not then your part of the agenda driven plan to ensure its made as difficult as possible for your club to suceed. You cannot get a good understanding of the system just by reading Financial Statements , its a far deeper situation than that. TBH I don't think you will ever understand it unless youre actually involved in it, you need to open your mind more @Chief Stipe . They most certainly should have access to some race dates like alot of other clubs do ... absolutely ... why not? I agree, but I do not hold this against you. You just do not know , so of course youre going to jump on the misinformation band wagon when thats all you know about.

The weather forecast says it will and it is raining as predicted in most places. Rotorua was going to be a Twilight meeting and the weather forecast has 40mm plus thunderstorms right in the middle of when the weather was hitting. At least they made a decision early.

By Emma Berry and Brian Sheerin NEWMARKET, UK — As the sun went down, the ring filled up and, after the odd false start, the sale-watchers got what they came for: Porta Fortuna, followed by Tamfana, Barnavara, Saqqara Sands and then some as an array of equine jewels combined to bring the highest gross ever recorded in a single day in European auction history. If many had predicted that Porta Fortuna (Caravaggio) would top the sale then they were almost right, and for about an hour she held the record as the most expensive filly in training sold in the world this year at 4.5 million gns. Ultimately, though, her thunder was stolen by another Irish-trained filly, Barnavara (Calyx), who pushed the record to 4.8 million gns. The G1 Prix de l'Opera winner was bought online by Sugar Whiskey Trading, believed to be an associate of Ace Stud. “Some buzz! I promise you, that was more than my wildest dreams,” said Barnavara's trainer Jessica Harrington standing among a delighted throng of Alpha Racing members. They included Valerie, Juliet and Diana Cooper, the mother, wife and sister respectively of Patrick Cooper, who had bought Barnavara as a yearling at the Goffs Orby Sale for €70,000. Some buzz indeed. Harrington continued, “We all got excited and said, 'Oh, she might make three [million]. But what did she even make? 4.8 million? It was stuck at 1.5 million and then it went on and on and on and on. I promise you, it's amazing. Best of luck to her new owners. Yulong usually bid online – I better try to keep her! There's a lot in the tank still. We thought that she was only just growing into herself because she went on improving all year. She's a very big filly – she's an amazing filly, she really is. “The Alpha Racing Syndicate was set up by my son-in-law Richie Galway, Patrick Cooper and Legs [Elaine] Lawlor. We set it up to buy yearlings, race them and have fun and hopefully wash our faces every year. But it has been incredibly lucky. We've had Kinesiology, Cadillac and a lot of good horses. Everyone has had fun doing it and a lot of the syndicate members are here today. Even three people came from America. It's amazing.” Last year there were 10 seven-figure lots sold during the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, and this time around a record-equalling 11 fillies or mares made a million gns or more. The record turnover of 57,695,415gns for 201 horses sold was an improvement of 5%, while the average rose by 4% to 287,042gns. The clearance rate dropped from 82% to 78%, while the median was down by 8% on last year at 110,000gns. Porta Fortuna's 'Unbelievable Journey' Porta Fortuna's appearance in the ring prompted auctioneer John O'Kelly to draw on a surprising source of inspiration to describe her, but he had a point. “To borrow a line from Mary Poppins, 'She's practically perfect in every way',” he said. The potential buyers agreed. Round and round the four-time Group 1 winner went until the hammer fell at 4.5 million gns in the direction of Coolmore's MV Magnier. No little amount of emotion accompanied her passing from an amalgamated syndicate of American owners who have been on the ride of their life to one of the world's leading breeding operations. Before the tributes were paid to horse and trainer Donnacha O'Brien by those connections, however, there was a lengthy standing ovation for John O'Kelly as he completed his last stint on the rostrum during the Sceptre Sessions. After Wednesday's final session of the December Sale, O'Kelly and Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony, two of the most respected and admired auctioneers in the thoroughbred world, will depart the Tattersalls rostrum for good. Truly the end of an era. For owners Medallion Racing, Steve Weston, Reeves Thoroughbreds and Barry Fowler, the four-year-old Porta Fortuna has been the horse of a lifetime. “This is why everybody tries to be in the game, for horses like this,” said Medallion Racing's Philip Shelton. “I can remember Mark Taylor kind of had soured on us owning European racehorses, and then she won. And now we've just had a recent Breeders' Cup winner Balantina, but for our partnership and for me personally, [Porta Fortuna] has taken us to a stratosphere we never could have dreamed about. And it's a huge honour and a privilege to me to have been part of the journey.” He continued, “It's not often you have this unbelievable race record and then you pull the filly out of the stall and they're as nice as her. She's just got an unbelievable presence and an unbelievable mind. And I think that's part of the reason she was so successful on the track. “This was the end of our chapter of our story. It's been the most unbelievable journey, and we just wanted this to go well, really more for her. We are so far ahead financially that we just wanted her to have this moment.” Having won her Curragh maiden on debut in the colours of Annemarie O'Brien, Porta Fortuna was next seen winning the G3 Coolmore Stud Sprint Stakes for her present owners, and thereafter made the first of two successful appearances at Royal Ascot when winning the G3 Albany Stakes. Her four top-level wins came in the Cheveley Park Stakes, Coronation Stakes, Falmouth Stakes and Matron Stakes. Shelton added, “These horses can bring you to places and experiences that you could never even dream about. And when you look back, you just realise how fortunate you are. She was owned [and bred] by Aidan and Annemarie O'Brien. We got lucky enough that we bought in and it's been a great start of a journey with Donnacha. We have a bunch more horses with him now. “We're just along for the ride. All we do is pay the bills. You know, I bust out my top hat and I put it on just to reminisce before I came here. We're so appreciative to all of our partners Dean, Steve and Barry.” Porta Fortuna is the most high-profile horse that O'Brien has trained and he took a huge amount of pleasure that she would be returning to familiar surroundings after the sale. He said, “It was a great result all round. She's happy and healthy and we got a great price. I am happy that MV and Coolmore have bought her. She will go back, presumably somewhere close to where she has been trained, which is nice. To be honest, once she got off the box here looking well, that was my job over. Obviously the Taylor Made guys had their job here and they produced her looking amazing. It went great, thankfully.” Tamfana To Visit Justify After Coolmore Spends 2.6m Tamfana has been pencilled in to visit Justify in the new year after Coolmore spent 2.6 million gns on David Menuisier's Group 1 heroine. Bought for just €20,000 by Jeremy Brummitt, the daughter of Soldier Hollow has provided her owners Quantum Leap Racing with a journey that they will never forget, with the highlight coming in last year's Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket. Of course, Coolmore is already heavily-invested in the family given the powerful owners spent €1.4 million on Tamfana's dam, Tres Magnifique (Zoffany), at Arqana last year. Magnier said, “Listen, she's a very good filly and we bought her mother in Deauville last year. David Menuisier did a very good job with her and I'd say we will send her to Justify. We won't race on with her – we will get a few babies out of her and I'd say a visit to Justify is most likely what we'll do.” Menuisier sent Tamfana out to win four of her 14 starts as well as to finish a luckless fourth in the 1,000 Guineas last year. Speaking about the curtain coming down on his stable star's career, he said, “She's a fantastic filly. I think this year she couldn't really do herself justice for one thing or another. She was bought for €20,000 by Jeremy Brummitt, if she had made 20,000gns today we would have been in profit! I think her racing career does not really reflect how good she was. Why should we be disappointed with 2,600,000gns – we shouldn't be, it's an incredible amount of money. “I'm delighted she's gone to Coolmore because she will have a perfect life. They bought the mare so they have the full-brother as well. I'm sure I will have a few boxes available if they were wanting a nice new venture!” He added, “I was a bit worried at the start when she stalled at 950,000gns. I think you have to be delighted. You buy horses to have a bit of fun, you don't expect a return, you don't expect to win the Guineas that she could have, or the Diane. She's taken us on a magical journey. You can only be proud of what she's done.” Meanwhile, Eamonn O'Connor of Quantum Leap Racing toasted the syndicate's poster girl by simply saying, “She's been a star. There are no two ways about that. It has been a tremendous journey over the last three years. She has taken us to all the top races and two Classics. We were travelling in hope in the first Classic [1,000 Guineas] and she almost pulled it off.” He concluded, “We love the BBAG Sale. It's the first one in the season and there's tremendous value. We have to give credit to Jeremy Brummitt. He works the sales very hard for us. She was quite a find. She was €20,000 and everybody who saw her up here this week, without fail, loved her. She's an extremely good-looking horse.” Hillen Secures US-Bound Saqqara Sands For Coolmore Group 2-placed Saqqara Sands (Oasis Dream) will continue her career in America after Stephen Hillen, bidding on behalf of Coolmore, secured the three-year-old filly for 2.1 million gns. The three-time winner, who scored at Group 3 level, was a no-brainer, according to Hillen, who explained he only put one horse to Magnier at that upper level. Hillen explained, “[I] really liked her run at Goodwood. I think she will go to America and she could be good on a turning track. There are plenty of races out there for her. She's run to a Timeform rating of 110 and that's usually good enough to win Group 1s in America. There is a lot of money on offer over there and she's young.” He added, “She was bought on behalf of MV Magnier and Michael Tabor – she's a bit out of my league! Very lucky to have been entrusted to buy her. She was the only one for me at that level. I thought she was pretty obvious. It was plenty of money for her but she's got a good shot, I think.” Stroud Closes The Deal On Choisya At 2m Gns The GI Jenny Wiley Stakes winner Choisya (Night Of Thunder) went the way of Anthony Stroud for 2,000,000gns, bought on behalf of an undisclosed breeder. “She is a lovely racemare and her owner, Mr Nabouda, has been delighted with the progress she has shown throughout her career,” said co-trainer Ed Crisford. “As a five-year-old, now is the time to sell and we are delighted with the result. She sold very well and we are very happy. “She started out at a low level and worked her way up. It wasn't until she was four and even earlier this year during her five-year-old campaign when she started to really turn on the taps and look like a proper filly. It took a while for her to come to hand, really. It wasn't until we took her out to Dubai and America that she took off. The quick ground and the turns and the bends, that was the key to her.” Bred by Rabbah Bloodstock, Choisya is a half-sister to three black-type earners in Pelerin, Base Note and Masarah, and she won eight of her races for Simon and Ed Crisford, adding two Meydan Group 2 victories to her top-level win at Keeneland. Survie Helps Push Coolmore's Spend Beyond 11m Gns MV Magnier may as well have been walking around the back ring as, along with his Coolmore partners, he mopped up some of the best fillies and mares that were on offer at this year's Sceptre Sessions. The Nicolas Clement and Frauke Hermans-trained Survie, who is by Coolmore's own stallion Churchill and finished third in this year's Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh, was just another high-rated runner that went Magnier's way, this time at 1.9 million gns. “She's a very good filly and Nicolas Clement has done a great job with her,” said Magnier. “We're going to talk to Michael and Doreen [Tabor] and see what they want to do, but she might stay in training. We'll make a plan in the next couple of days. Churchill has had another great year. He's a good stallion and is probably the most value horse we have at home now.” It was David Redvers who filled the role as underbidder on the three-time winner who raced in a partnership between the China Horse Club and Gerard Augustin-Normand. Clement said, “She's been a terrific filly and we have mixed feelings as we are losing our top flagbearer. She's had three seasons at the top level but she is going to a very good home and we are delighted for them. Let's hope she breeds a good one for them. She had the heart of a tiger and she was very consistent at Group 1 level.” All told, Coolmore spent 11.1 million gns on four fillies – Porta Fortuna, Tamfana, Saqqara Sands and Survie. Redvers Resolute in Quest for Pintara David Redvers had played the role of underbidder on Survie but he ended up as the successful bidder for wildcard entry Pintara (lot 1760A) at 1.8 million gns on behalf of John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock. The two-year-old daughter of Pinatubo, who was bred by Ballylinch Stud and raced by that operation with partners, is unbeaten in her two starts to date, including an easy win in the Listed Montrose Fillies' Stakes at Newmarket. At last year's December Sale, Stewart spent more than 6 million gns on five smart race fillies who have been transferred to America to continue their racing careers, including G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Vertical Blue (Mehmas). Arrowfield Hits The Target On Too Darn Hot's Sister Arrowfield Stud's John Freyer said that he stretched the budget in order to secure Chere Darmoiselle, an unraced daughter of Kingman out of the brilliant Dar Re Mi, making the four-year-old a sister to sire sensation Too Darn Hot. Offered by Watership Down Stud, Chere Darmoiselle was sold for 1.3 million gns in foal to Zarak. Freyer said, “We will leave her here to foal and then we will bring her home in the autumn, which will be our spring. She will go to The Autumn Sun. We are big fans of Too Darn Hot and are sending him half a dozen mares this year in Australia. A filly out of that family was just too hard to resist.” He added, “We really had to stretch but we were delighted to get her. We were hoping to buy her for a fraction less than that but the ones with the good pedigrees like her, you are going to have to stretch. I am pleased that we did because it's such a magnificent family and we're all about getting these mares from big families. We'll probably keep all of the daughters and hopefully develop them in the future.” Juddmonte Draft Gets Figures Rolling The first of the day to reach seven figures came early in the Juddmonte draft when Charlie Budgett and Henry Lascelles went toe to toe for Star Magnolia (Kingman), a four-year-old half-sister to the G1 Phoenix Stakes winner Babouche (Kodiac), who was offered in foal to Frankel. It was Lascelles who had the final say at 1,300,000gns, for the young winning mare (lot 1664) whose immediate relatives also include the G2 Minstrel Stakes winner Zarinsk (Kodiac) and the Listed-placed Derevo (Dansili). Hugo Lascelles, father of Henry, said, “What a great and young family to get into. She has two daughters working for you and I like Kingman very much as a broodmare sire. She is in foal to Frankel, so what more can you say? The chat is that she had ability and she is a very handsome lady, too. That is why she is so exciting. She has been bought for a British owner-breeder.” Loading up on Gewan clan The team at Ace Stud will rightly have Classic dreams for G1 Dewhurst Stakes winner Gewan, who was bought privately after the colt had won the G3 Acomb Stakes, and they have been busily accruing further family members at the December Sale. Last week, Ace Stud's Paul Curran signed for Gewan's weanling half-brother at 500,000gns from Overbury Stud, and on Tuesday he added three-year-old half-sister Darn Hot Mystery (Too Darn Hot) to the list at 180,000gns. With two placings from nine starts, the filly (lot 1605) is rated 55 and was offered by her trainer Henry Candy. Ace Stud now has the full set of the first three foals for their Listed-placed dam Grey Mystere (Lethal Force) and have signed for eight fillies and mares under their own name over the last two days for 2,772,000gns. The post ‘Some Buzz!’ Barnavara Tops Record Tattersalls Session at 4.8m Gns appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

They can't really win though. If they don't postpone and the meeting is cancelled on the morning due to heavy rain, they will get severely criticised. If the forecast heavy rain does not eventuate, they will get criticised

Who is on this Committee?

Meeting News Rotorua Meeting Postponed Until Friday A heavy rain warning (Metservice) has been issued for Rotorua and surrounding regions for tomorrow, 3 December. As such, and after support from the Club and RIB, an early decision has been made to postpone the meeting to Friday 5 December. All scratchings have been re-instated. The meeting will no longer be a twilight meeting with an estimated new Race 1 time of 1pm. This decision has been approved by the TAB NZ Dates Committee.