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New Year’s Day didn’t go to plan for David Eustace, but the British trainer can get back on track with a first Group Three success in Hong Kong if Colourful King reigns supreme in Sunday’s Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1,000m). Eustace had to settle for close seconds courtesy of Sea Sapphire and Majestic Delight on Thursday, while one of his stable stars, Light Years Charm, could only manage eighth as one of the leading fancies in the Group Three Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1,400m). The 34-year-old...View the full article

This is what app should look like, first time in ages was going to deposit… in the end got aussie mate to place bets, Betcha glitches …. Oh dear

The standing starts in the South Island are atrocious and yet they continue to program them? Over the Xmas period there have been far too many false starts and are consistently inconsistent! How on earth the starter is allowed to continue to dish up this amateur stuff is really quite disturbing for the harness industry! And yet a driver is over vigorous in the Stipes opinion gets fined or suspended, but the employees of HRNZ are allowed to get away with substandardness?

the jca ruling into a 2-3 second delay of the 10m tape being released in the motukarara christmas cup,made for interesting reading. Apparently,a 2-3 second delay is perfectly normal acocrding to the stipes and the jca has no isssue with such delays. k butt,the driver of kiss the girls noted her horse went to move when the front tape was released,but because her 10m tape hadn't been released due to a 2-3 second delay ,with the starters assistant i guess still waiting for the smoke signal,,she felt her horse was inconvienenced and that the delay was primarily the reason why her horse broke. you can also see iin the video the 20m horses were moving before the 10m horses and they too had to hesitate when they came up behind the 10m horses in front of them. apparently the 2-3 second delaywasn't normal for that tape as it went at the right time. What was also noticeable at the time was a horse on the 20m ,as per normal at motukarara,had to side step a starters assistant standing directly in front of it after the start,with the starters assistant unsure which way to go so as not to get run over.That confused the horse and driver who was about to run him/her over. and it also appeared a starters assisatnt at the back of the field was doing some stretching exercises as he held his hands up high. Maybe he had noticed the delay and was trying to signal something. Someone may need to tell him a 2-3 second delay is normal. and it raises the question,if the starter,the stipes and the jca think its fine to have a 2-3 second delay,why did they have a false start at westport a couple of days before.After all the same thing happened there. Also,the stipes report from westport noted the satrters assitants werwe given advice about that. Was the advise,don't worry about a 2-3 second delay.,as its perfactly normal and acceptable.If it wasn't and was advice on how to release a tape at the same time as the starter does,well i dunno,but whoever the starters assitants are,they didn't get the memo. the whole thing just sounds ridiculous,but its what happened.

Rider Matt Cameron’s love affair with one of the feature mile races at Trentham each year came to the fore once again when he guided consistent performer Khanshe to a stunning victory in the Gr.3 Ron Stanley Memorial Phar Lap Trophy (1600m) on Saturday. Punters weren’t enamoured with his chances aboard the Fraser Auret-trained Khanshe, allowing the daughter of Mongolian Khan to start at $18 in the Fixed Odds market which was dominated by up and comers Ma Te Wa ($2.90) and Omega Boy ($5). However, those who had followed the history of the race may have had an inkling Cameron was in line for victory as he was shooting for his fourth win in the event, formerly known as the Anniversary Handicap, having been successful aboard Glad in 2013, Abidewithme in 2014 and Seize The Moment in 2017. While the two favourites were in the firing line during the early stages of the contest as both settled in the top six behind pacemaker Khafre, Cameron and Khanshe appeared to be in considerable trouble as they settled last of the 13 runners after being buffeted shortly after the jump. Still last on the final bend, Cameron hooked Khanshe to the outside in the run home and began the chase after Omega Boy, Rusty Lane and Doctor Askar, who were fighting out the finish at the 200m. With several huge bounds Khanshe joined the leaders and burst clear to head home Doctor Askar, who held out the fast-finishing Enrico for second. Auret was delighted to see the patient approach he has taken with the mare beginning to pay off. “It has been a bit of a slow burn with her, and it has taken some time, but she has always had a really good turn of foot,” Auret said. “She has progressed really nicely as that was only her 16th start, so we have given her the time that she needs. “She certainly had more work to do (during the race) than I was hoping for, but Matt summed it up nicely and she does like clear air. “I think next year could be her year as while she won a stakes race as a three-year-old, she is a very fine boned and weaker type, so we are in no hurry with her. “We don’t have any set plans as I wanted to get through today with her.” Raced by the estate of her breeder Rick Orr, Khanshe is out of the unraced O’Reilly mare Folies Bergere, a daughter of stakes winning sprinter Dashing Donna who finished runner-up in the 2009 Gr.1 Railway Stakes (1200m). A stakes winner during her three-year-old campaign, where she took out the Listed Oaks Prelude (1800m) at New Plymouth, Khanshe has now won five of her 16 starts and in excess of $223,000 in prizemoney. View the full article

Progressive stayer Leonchroi scored a narrow victory in the Geelong Homes BM70 Handicap (2400m) at the standalone meeting at Geelong on Saturday under a perfectly-timed run by Logan Bates. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained son of Contributer looks an improving staying type and had previously finished runner-up to Shockletz at Pakenham. Leonchroi started a $3 favourite in an event that was held up with three late scratchings at the gates with jockey Jason Maskiell taken to hospital after a barrier mishap on Star Testymony. “We were following the right ones where we were able to get out eventually, probably a little bit later than I would have liked,” Bates said. “But one thing I do know about him, he’s got a good turn of foot for a stayer, which not many of them have. “He was a couple kilos up in the weights today, but I still trusted he would have that zip to put himself there and in the end he just did enough. “He’s not the greatest beginner and he stepped okay considering all the commotion we had pre-race and we got into not a bad spot following one of the key runners and it just had to drag us in and the horse did the rest. “He’s a lovely horse and he’s a promising stayer.” Raced by Grand Syndicates, the four-year-old gelding has now won two of his nine starts with a further four placings. Co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr said the horse would now have a break and return a better horse next campaign. Bred by Mapperley Stud’s Simms Davison, Leonchroi is by proven sire Contributer out of Miss Lioness, a half-sister to high-class stayer Lion Tamer. View the full article

Robbie Patterson is fizzing to get to the Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) with his Group One winner One Bold Cat later this month. The Taranaki horseman was confident heading towards the two-mile feature prior to Saturday, but One Bold Cat’s victory in the Listed Vernon & Vazey Truck Parts LTD (2200m) at Trentham has further added to that sentiment. The seven-year-old gelding was dropping back from elite-level company, having last raced when fifth in the Listed Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at the Upper Hutt track last month, and Patterson was confident of an improved showing. Sagunto set his customary hot tempo upfront, stringing out the field for much of the journey, with jockey Craig Grylls settling One Bold Cat off the pace in midfield. The frontrunners began to tire from the 600m, and a wall of horses loomed ominously at the turn, with One Bold Cat in behind them. Grylls navigated his charge into clear running room out wide and once he balanced up, he closed late to win by half a length over a brave Tshiebwe, with a further neck back to Freddie Time in third. “They ran along at a good speed and he tracked up nicely,” Grylls said. “There was a bit of a wall when they got going and I was able to track up in behind them and got a nice drag into it and he has balanced up and sprinted out to the line. If anything, he was probably starting to get tired and feel the pinch a bit in the last 100m, but he is so honest and is a Group One winner in the past. “He is an absolute gentleman and is a pleasure to ride. He is a good horse too. I think they plan to press onto the Wellington Cup, he hasn’t been tried at the distance, but he just relaxes so nicely I think he will be alright.” Patterson was rapt to see One Bold Cat return to winning form and he is excited to press on and test his charge over two miles for the first time later this month. “It’s just fantastic to have a good old horse like him back,” he said. “He has been going quite well in Group Ones and I knew he would go well today. He is such a beautiful, relaxed horse and they were going so go hard. He is as honest as the day is long. “I can’t wait for the Wellington Cup. I don’t know whether I will run him in the Trentham Stakes (Gr.3, 2100m), I don’t know I have to, he is not carrying a lot of condition, he is pretty hard fit so I will make up my mind whether he goes straight to the Wellington Cup. “He won’t get two miles on pedigree, but he will get two miles because he is such a good horse and such a relaxed horse.” Further elite-level targets could beckon the son of The Bold One, who holds a nomination for the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa next month, a race he placed in two years ago. “The Herbie Dyke is still on the radar with La Crique retired,” Patterson said. “It would only take one or two more to drop away and we would probably look at the Herbie Dyke.” One Bold Cat has now won nine of his 26 starts, including the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m), and has amassed more than $630,000 in prizemoney. View the full article

Talented filly Lassified showed her rivals a clean pair of heels as she dominated proceedings to take out the first stakes race at Trentham on Saturday, the Listed JR & N Berkett Wellesley Stakes (1100m). Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman hasn’t been afraid of travelling the daughter of Gr.1 Golden Slipper (1200m) winner Stay Inside, having taken her to Tauherenikau to win on debut before tackling the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) at Saturday’s venue where she performed with credit in running fourth to unbeaten filly Lara Antipova. Rider Bruno Queiroz took the reins on this occasion and bounced her away nicely from the starting gates to take up the pacemaking duties inside of debutant Sweetest Thing. Cuddled up around the home bend Lassified found a good kick to shoot away from her rivals at the 300m and despite eventual runner-up Sweetest Thing trying her heart out, the Cambridge filly was too slick, winning by half a length. Stable representative Joe Walker was thrilled with the victory and the thoroughly professional attitude the filly displays in all her activity. “She is so professional, tough and has a great attitude,” Walker said. “It’s a massive thrill for everyone involved, including OTI and our ladies syndicate, and with a couple of owners on-course today it is very special. “She has had a couple of big trips to Tauherenikau and twice here. We thought she was very game last time where it didn’t work out for her, but she was as tough as. “The key was getting her down to the fence today and leading, where she was always going to take some catching.” Walker advised the filly, who is not Karaka Millions eligible, would be set for some of the two-year-old Group races coming up later in the summer. “There is a question as to where we go next, but she is so professional and that will put her in good stead as we look towards some of those bigger races,” he said. “It was a case of getting her here in one piece and getting the result, which now opens up a lot of options for her.” Purchased out of the 2025 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale for A$110,000 by Forsman and Andrew Williams Bloodstock, Lassified is raced by the FR Lassified Syndicate and long-time stable clients OTI Management Pty Ltd. She is out of the stakes winning Nicconi mare Exclusive Lass and comes from an extended family that includes Arletty, Xtravagant and He’s Remarkable. View the full article

Speak with data, no point, info only

Don't they all?!

The winner ran the race in the fastest time?

Your point?

I think so. Billy Pinn is a good Jock. Just needs to listen to a few people not that has changed any of our best.

And to prove me wrong First Five easily at WFA for the first time. Must be a good horse

Ok - that's what my partner says.

Whatever

Just transpose "live feed" with "real time". Ok?

There are a lot of people that do that. But I'm just speaking from personal experience. I asked him some hard questions over a beer and he was straight up. A lot of these people are constrained by Corporate Rules and the media speak is orchestrated. Geez you only have to watch the aftermath of a formula one grand prix to see that. His heart is in it. He doesn't care what social meda says and The Warriors would be a lot harder gig than Chief Stipe. Again I disagree. His Crusader record as a player AND Coach is second to none. The only mistake he has made is not to dump a few players that should have gone under the previous regime. Please don't ask me who they should be!

Yep. That's because no other live feeds cause me grief. Incidentally I don't recall live feeds being mentioned in this thread.

Really? Do you apply the same rules to Spark or One or Kordia when your race live feed cuts out? No you blame ENTAIN.

Come on CS, the guy has the gift of the gab. Listen to him comment on the Warriors, he talks and talks and talks, very eloquently, but says very little. Unfortunately our much heralded All Black coach, who everyone thought would be our saviour, including me, is showing himself to be in the same camp.

Perhaps. But I first met him at the local in Wellington (Lovelocks) when he was Chief Stipe for the RIU. He was a reasonable guy to talk to and I don't think he was a bad stipe. Where he went after that I'm not so sure. But isn't that a reflection of NZ Board management?

You have to admit that Cameron George is very good at talking a lot and saying nothing.