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    • The Centaur
      Championship Race day Ellerslie March 7th

      By The Centaur · Posted

      Ellerslie just don't get it. Given the investment in infrastructure the overall attendance is pathetic. Thats not surprising as for many years racegoers were treated as second class citizens being divided into pens like cattle. e.g. Members, non members, owners, public and e.g. particularly noticeable when looking at Te Rapa grandstand seating. Ellerslie has maintained that division. Now they even classify their members e,g, the carpark has specially written up spots for  premier members, goldstar members, "ordinary" members. For f*** sake its just a carpark used by those members for a handful of hours during the year.
    • Brodie
      Driver changes can bring better results!

      By Brodie · Posted

      Following harness form and results often has me wondering why owners dont change their driver whrn they are not getting the right result! You only have to go through the fields and you will see many examples of a change of driver to a more competent driver will indeed get afar better result! Does anyone actually know why Paul Nairn continues to be the sole driver of Tu Tangata??? We all know that Paul Nairn is an  extremely good trainer of the trotter but to be honest most of us would not rate him as highly when he is in the cart at the races! His drives on Tu Tangata are less than meritorious and doesnt give the horse the best chance in his races! Why does he not put Bob Butt or someone else in the cart,  as there is no doubt in Brodies mind that it would improve the horses chances without doubt! Is there something we dont know about the horse that only Paul knows?
    • Withadream2
      Yearling Sales

      By Withadream2 · Posted

      Sounds like the Ham sandwichs tomorrow will be discounted 😁
    • Brodie
      Yearling Sales

      By Brodie · Posted

      You are correct Mikey, the well heeled owners are buying the best bred ones and dont worry about buying the others! Reality is that in 2 years time there is absolutely no doubt whatsoever the stake money is going to be decreased substantially for all harness races! How much that is is but a guess but it is going to be substantially reduced without a doubt, unless someone from Entain or HRNZ can advise us that I am wrong, and mire than happy to be proven wrong? They wont as they know that I am correct and they are actually doing a disservice to harness racing by operating the way they currently are! These horses being bred now and being sold as yearlings now are going to be racing for much less money in a couple of years time and reduced owners and trainers. However, many of these owners can afford to race for less but the average owner probably can not. The frustrating part for myself is that it was not hard to utilise the cash splash from Entain so much better than it has been. Does anyone at all believe that the way the money from Entain that has been donated to HRNZ has been spent wisely??      
    • Wandering Eyes
      What Shirreffs Left Behind Was More Than Enough

      By Wandering Eyes · Posted

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