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I notice the 2 unruly horses facing outwards at Albion at the outside fence. Helped them get away well. and plenty of space out there like mentioned.  The NZ starters can see that the best way to get them away is make them stand . as others have mentioned on this thread. No good trying to jump the gun .  The only horse to gallop out at the start ( and lose it's chance)  was sadly the $3 favourite in this race as well from last night. A bit sad for the punters but it's the risk you take if you want to bet on standing starts 🙄. Pete McMullen (our best QLD driver IMO)  wins bucketloads of races here , and thought should of won this as well. BUT Forgot to Pull out until they turned for home , and thus got hemmed in after beautiful one-one sit all the way. Pete made a complete meal of it actually lol 😆, so just shows it can happen to the best of them at times. Might of been the driving rain during the race that stuffed him up  😂 APM12042508.mp4

Will the result ever be published. Still waiting on the racetracks awards from last month. Must be buried away on the crap website.

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races canceled its April 12 card after the first race over a sloppy track. Riders decided in the interests of safety to not continue with the card.View the full article

Why wouldn't you blame the Club?  They're the ones that have neglected the fundamentals of their business and sealed their fate  Although no doubt they will get bailed out because - "Trentham is a strategic track".  That no one attends and has no horses trained on it and needs as much money spent on it as Ellerslie did! The only thing NZTR hasn't done is set standards or when they do enforce them.  

Quickly recovering from a sluggish start, Thorpedo Anna tracked the early pace, took over, and left her foes behind in rolling to a comfortable victory in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 12 at Oaklawn Park.View the full article