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Bunker Hut back in winning groove
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Back-to-back wins for resurgent Grand Impact
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yes . I can see you have a similar problem to Aus in keeping the 'location' clubs going. Victoria harness racing is in Massive debt because they keep All the areas open ( and no one bets on them much) so the NZ situation is not unique. Nor is recent . Hutt Park closed yonks ago for example. You have lost a lot of your old trainers ( as we did in QLD when Cairns, Townsville , Tweed/Gold Coast all closed ) over the years. not financially viable to keep them functioning with the operating costs. So they're GONE FOREVER from those Locations 😢. like you lost Hutt and Forbury Park and New Plymouth and therefore several trainers from those areas . Cambridge has kept some of your very last Central districts trainers going Dickson and Doody that are 2 left still getting a Cambridge winner . Berger now retired. and the hard working lasses of some like ( Chilcott and Donnelly and their great staff) are doing a wonderful job and getting winners still. They even try at Auckland occasionally, but it's too hard most of the time , against those expensive horses of Telfers, greens and Stockmans. It is all about LOCATION . yes. Tiz why QLD run Marburg ( and Redcliffe every week) all the slow horses get a go still Those stables (like Doody, Gillies, Teaz etc) are mini 'Businesses you know? they need somewhere to conduct their business . without flattening their runners against the BIG boys like Mikey thinks is the answer. best of luck to todays Cambridge Competitors. (still racing against the odds 🤣) -
the slot races were an example of cambridge adding on substanial debt,when it already had substanial debt which it was struggling with.. Thatt not smart,its dumb,irrespective of where the club is situated. your argument seems to be based around where the clubs are located.Thats seems to be the way hrnz view it as well. Our argument is about finances,not where the club is located. finances is a basic. Hrnz should not have lower acceptable standards of finacial management based on where a club is located.But they do.Thats always been the main point. -
that sounds a great idea. And I see they do run some Amateur drivers races still (North and South) although even then the forums pick the standard of driving to bits then , and is still Not a betting product for them. So a non-win situation still in the end. HRNZ is the parent company. Parents try to look after their children. It's their job. they don't Care whether it's the North or the South. The HRNZ have computers you know ? and professional staff ? who assemble fields , and allocate the prizemoney (that is available for a WHOLE Season at a time) and try and look after All participants . They are a NATIONAL body. It's done by computer. you complaining blokes don't know better than a computer i'm sorry. I thought the Participants funding themselves in Slot races would be the answer (Millionaires) as seemed a way for the BEST horses of the 2 nations/or states to compete togeather for BIG Money 💰. and not break the annual funding budget . But i'm Wrong. The Slot race EUREKA run at Menangle last Month was a complete Joke for various reasons. and I've changed my mind . They are Not the answer. they only favour 'some'. too few in my opinion now. HRNZ will continue to find answers though. ( How to get the BEST horses competing in Great racing ) as well as supporting the 'Everyday trainer' Like today at CAMBRIDGE throughout the year. They do a great job of this and you Can't see it for some reason. Great racing all year round in NZ . ( as opposed to silly QLD with just one month of the BIG dollar racing , that is good to bet on ) and 11 months of the 'Everyday trainer' helping them races , that aren't worth betting on ) If you guys knew how Lucky you really are to have great racing like Tomorrow night , instead of whinging about it (and ratings , and HRNZ, and this and that all the time , you could enjoy yourselves more. 😉👍 Crying poor in the South Island is understandable I spose as you blokes still run so many horses, that only a few are returning a profit for their connections. All the North Island Stables are nearly all returning a profit currently. exactly what the sport needs to keep going. and HRNZ are not in charge of turnover?. This is up to the Betting Companies to have methods of attracting a punters' dollars. Personally I think it is a product that VERY FEW wins off. ( just the few at pundits at BOAY can , that have actually got some inside and accumalated knowledge about the sport) . Most others LOSE. so it doesn't worry me it's not a great betting product. No places in Aus have a Harness Betting product worth investing on these days either. The REAL PUNTERS are at the gallops or the Football .
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Wingatui trainer Shankar Muniandy is developing a knack for producing exciting three-year-olds, and he may have his hands on another in Pontoon. The Ace High gelding had the one start as a two-year-old, finishing fifth over 1000m at Riccarton in March, and he returned to the Christchurch track last month where he placed in the Guineas Trial (1400m). Muniandy was pleased with that effort, and while he said he has strengthened since he was a juvenile, there is still plenty of improvement to come. “When I got him as a two-year-old he showed us quite a bit,” Muniandy said. “He is still green and has got a lot of learning to do, but he came back from his spell big and strong, and he has got a bright future as a three-year-old. “He has come through the race really well, his work has been good. He is really happy and I can’t fault him.” Pontoon will get his first tilt at stakes level on Saturday in the Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton, for which he is rated a $9.50 hope with TAB bookmakers. “It is not hard to ride him. Terry Moseley knows the horse well and if he can be in the first half dozen I will be happy,” Muniandy said. Pontoon holds a nomination for next month’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and Muniandy said Saturday’s result will help dictate whether they continue down that path. Another stable runner set to head to Riccarton for New Zealand Cup week is dual stakes winner Loose Sally. The four-year-old daughter of Turn Me Loose was a standout for Muniandy last term, winning three of her six starts, including the Listed Dunedin Guineas (1600m) and Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m). She has enjoyed a spell since her last start winning effort in the Warstep Stakes in April, and Muniandy has been pleased with the way she has returned. “She has come back big and strong, and she is ticking along well,” he said. The Gr.3 TAB Mile (1600m) on the middle day of New Zealand Cup Week has been highlighted as her major spring aim, and she will commence her path towards that feature in Saturday’s Agraforum Growing Innovation 1400. “The TAB Mile is the plan for her,” Muniandy said. “We will see what she does on Saturday and then she will have another race before the TAB Mile.” View the full article -
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Patience has been a key factor in the rise of Jaarffi to the elite level and she’s in good order to open her six-year-old campaign at Rotorua. The Cambridge Stud-bred and raced mare has trialled well ahead of her resuming run in Sunday’s Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m) and any improvement in track conditions will further boost her chances. Jaarffi has a handy first-up record of two wins from five attempts, and with a rating of 100 is well-suited by the weight-for-age conditions. “I wanted to run her a couple of weeks ago in an open handicap, but she got 62kg which was too tough,” trainer Lance Noble said. “I’m a little bit worried about how wet the track might be, but we have to kick her off and she trialled well on the synthetic. “She needs plenty of speed on and Rotorua can be a swooper’s track, if she handles the footing then hopefully she can get over the top of them.” Jaarffi has won four of her 17 starts and last preparation the daughter of Iffraaj finished runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m), after an interrupted run, and the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m). “Her form was super and she was a bit unlucky not to win the Group One,” Noble said. “She’s got a bit stronger, she’s always been a bit weak and she looks the full deal now. “She was always very tall and quite narrow and we’ve kept nursing her through. Mentally and physically, she’s fully mature now. “We’re looking forward to this campaign and hopefully she can kick it off in the right way on Sunday.” Jaarffi will again be ridden by Warre Kennedy, who also partners stablemate Love Symbol in the Rotorua Racecourse Race For The Ladies (1215m). The well-related Savabeel mare broke through for her first victory at her 11th appearance when successfully returning last time out from a break. “She’s a beautiful mare and she took a while to be a racehorse, over-racing and doing a few things wrong, but she came back and won nicely at Ellerslie,” Noble said. “She looks as well as she did before the run and has taken a bit of improvement, but again I’m a little bit wary of the track. If it holds up, she should acquit herself well.” The stable will have one runner on Friday at Taupo with Hot Card to resume in the Chris Jolly Outdoors (1000m) with Kennedy again in the saddle. “She won well at the trials and 1000m should suit her. She shows a lot of speed, and I think she’ll get around Taupo quite well,” Noble said. View the full article
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