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I just turned the tele on to watch the 2YO race at Matamata. There's a hairy gorilla providing the odds.....fair dinkum......ten chins and a shirt that he wore at boarding school, and kept as a souvenir. And to add to the totally unprofessional image being projected, there a thick mat of hair growing through the shirt. I nearly threw up over the screen. I'll bet you $10 there's a couple of year old cream donuts and some rotting Big Macs under each arm pit. For fark's sake..........lift your game.

Does anyone know what the betting figures are for harness at the moment? Are any harness meetings actually making money? Why do they not advise us of the money being put on fixed odds on every meeting, compared to the tote pools? There is no way on earth they are making money on many meetings with what is going through the tote!!!! Last  night at Auckland there were tote pools on both win and place for the whole of NZ that was less than what a single household would spend on their mortgage or food bill for a week!! One race had a bit over $400 in the win pool with a couple of minutes to go! When the stakes are $17k or more this is a total recipe for disaster, but we are told things are positive?? Anyway must still be plenty of Entain money left for another couple of years and we must be in safe hands, so all is good!  

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Well it looks like they are taking a step by step process to get to racing and then no racing in June and July until late August.  The jumpout, then trial then race seems sensible with the pin being able to be pulled at any stage.  The galloping will consolidate but also encourage new root growth as the turf responds to damage during the autumn when grass grows best.

Totally. Good system I think but if it were me, I'd be giving the relaid 50mm turf at least the winter and spring for root development for it to bind with and secure the underlying soil.