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By Murray Fish · Posted
Would it be correct to say that they now be one of the biggest owners currently racing Horses in NZ? A quick look at their page on https://www.tab.co.nz/racing-club shows that the stable now has build up to 34 Horses, 1 in Active, getting ready for it fresh up run on July 20th, 17 are in Training, 16 are out spelling. About a 66/34 split Gallops v Harness. Sitting here in the cheaps seats! a fascinating, in public game, of 'the reality of racing a horse' <- with the actual costs of doing so hidden behind a corporate screen! v's the posible propaganda of championing of 'the sport' along with its highs and lows of said ownership! A classic case of Reality v Propaganda! lol, one of those is batting 1,000 (in baseball the MLB average is .250) v's not to sure what the average would be for Team Propaganda? Do many 'boay's' follower the progress of this 'club' -
By Murray Fish · Posted
100% no my date is march 2026 not personally! more so for me about the sad reality of me being rather seriously Bitter and Twisted! spite! more on that sort of thing below! Personally, my betting has been decreasing year on year, both the number of bets and the size of the bets. Mostly around the state of the tracks and the way racing has/is being shown on TV. Of course the take out rates on many bets are just vulgar and only a 'mug' or fun punter would be playing into them! Re the tracks, once when I was in a very privileged position of having the ear to the opinions of some very successful jockeys (and a couple of Trainers) I learnt that once moister increases on a track then X horses don't gallop their best! Paradoxically, A horse that might like a track with some increased moister but still not actually gallop their best on the track presented on that day! With head office dictating that a track must be x at the start of the day has meant that x amount of water has to be put on! Leading to different parts of a track having a different x rating, Meaning a horse might be handling and not handling a track on any given day! Over the ditch there has been some interesting research showing this to be in play! Trying to pick a winner has got harder in my book for most punters! though, for a small vein of punters, with connections to a leading rider/stable, it might have got a tad easier because the depth of competition in many races is no longer there! Hence, as the tracks have seriously play worse! My betting has massively decreased! At certain tracks, where I used to do most of my serious punting, as they got so bad that I stopped betting on them! As in Trentham and Riccarton! Re Coverage of Racing. A while back (20 years ago???) as the ever increasing quality of digital camera technology came into being, it was 'promised' that we would be getting better coverage from the Track. In a very small way that has happen, as in Champions day. ( a day in which I rather shocked myself by having 5 decent bets) What has increased! massively has be the number races are shown! The build up to most races has decreased! Often you don't get to see all the horses! At times you don't even get to see all the favourites in a race! As a punter whose betting is 95% framed around how well 'my punting eye' see the horse in their prerace presentation, in how well they do their prelims and how well the look around at the starting stalls! More often than not! I ended up getting rather frustrated!!! The reality of the 'a race every 5mins' and with that the lack of seeing the horses has meant that I slowly stopped watching lots of nz races, which meant that the number of horses that I had/have in my 'blackbook' has slowly but surely been decreasing and with that my number of bets have decreased as well! A while ago, 'marketing dept championed the halo effect', once that was very true about me and my betting. I was involved with a couple of betting syndicates. A couple of them turned over 100k plus, year on year. My main key role in them was to find suitable horses for the black type races. As the reality of watering the tracks kicked in and I voiced my thoughts on them! I started to get some kick back from certain key paid players in the game! One even writing to many claiming that I need to be 'blackballed' out of Industry! I would like to think that my directed criticism did help in changing the reality around "it is no longer acceptable to send the riders around in the 1st to Prove that the track is not safe!!!" I tip my hat to 'the stipes' who now front up and will make the call to stop racing on any given day! Sadly, the historical problems with many tracks is still being played out! Perhaps something on Sports betting! It has been something that I have always had a interest, going back way before the TAB got involved. Back when I use to run a Billiards Room I use to 'run a book' Once the TAB offered their odds! Team R&B winning rather a lot was very profitable! I only wound down as Rugby became rather boring to watch! It surprises many today when I stop watching/betting. Jumping to the present, for the last couple of years my betting has moved over to NFL in a very minor way! MLB now has my focus, I love how there is so much info re this sport, if you want to find it and use it. If I was ever to get serious and be trying to pay the rent via betting on anything, then this would be the sport! If I was going to be doing so! then I don't see how you could be successful enough betting with the TAB, as I think serious abridging would be need to grind out a profit! Betting with multiple bookies would be needed! I reckon for modern betting, lots of focused brain power is needed, age negates that so! leaving, it be off to the punters retirement home.. Also, one thing that has keep me in, not betting related! is the reality of my 'racing photo collection'. I'm slowly getting it better organised, am working on doing some sort of 'final showing', sigh.... What I do know is the end of my interest re 'things racing' is on track to me being gone! Knowing that there are other areas in my life that I can be getting a lot more joy from! rave over!! ps, I could say that I have been hanging in there as backroom support for a certain jockey, that has now came to a end.... -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
These 6 horses have trialled pleasingly in recent weeks and this week they head back to the racetrack. Some Don’t (3f Sweet Lou – Some Do) Tr. D & J Ferguson Tidy enough on debut (24/6/25) when 4th behind Graphite at Cambridge when expected to go boldly after 2 workout wins on the same track during month of June. In the last of those 2 efforts, the Sweet Lou filly led & kept going strongly to hold out race rival in Amaretto Delight MR:2:02.2, 800m in 59.3, 400m in 29.4. Back at Cambridge this Thursday in Race 4 where she only has the 5 rivals and with expected improvement 2nd up, should be a good each way chance Hawkeye Pierce (4h American Ideal – Go One Bettor) Tr. Hollis/Robertson Back after a spell, last raced back in December when 5th in a 1:55MR behind Duchess Megxit. Has won 2 from 15 starts but top 3 in another 10 of those ! Got ready for resumption by winning 4 horse workout at Pukekohe (17/6/25) after leading then sprinting too sharply for rivals MR:2:00.8, 800m in 56.7, 400m in 28.0. At Auckland this Friday night in Race 1 with Tony Herlihy to drive and might have a class edge on many of his 5 rivals, rates as a genuine customer. Berrettini (3g Sportswriter – Midnight In Paris) Tr. J Howe Just the 1 raceday start where he wilted on a tough trip back in early December. Has since won a couple of trials at Rangiora during the month of June. The last (25/6/25) had him showing gate speed to lead then cleared out from his rivals from the 400m to score impressively by 4L. MR:2:01.9, 800m in 56.6, 400m in 28.4. Meets some nice maidens at Addington this Friday in Race 3 but should prove competitive judging by his recent trial efforts Heaven’s Mark (6m Rock N Roll Heaven – Armadoctara) Tr. J Morrison Hasn’t started for some time but has won 2 trials recently, the last at Ashburton (24/6/25) where she led for the last lap and held her rivals at bay without being extended MR:2:07.4, 800m in 57.7, 400m in 27.7. Owner has been super patient as she was a yearling sales purchase and has only had the 4 starts to date but top 4 in all of them and behind some smart ones at that. Big mare with plenty of gate speed and gets the ace draw at Addington this Friday in Race 4 for her return to the racetrack. Up against some nice fillies but good enough to feature Chicago Bear (5g Bettor’s Delight – Chicago Blues) Tr. B Butt Well related 5yo with only 8 starts in his race career (1 win/2 placings). Last start failure at Kaikoura (4/11/24) but has since had notable stable change & primed by recent strong trials efforts. At Rangiora (25/6/25) he led out & kept going strongly to win untested MR2:00.9, 800m in 57.1, 400m in 27.8. Handled by Carter Dalgety on that occasion & he is likely to keep the drive in a junior drivers’ contest this Friday at Addington in Race 5. Tote likely to indicate how much confidence in the stable for this resumption Edict (4g Sky Major – Domina) Tr. I Court Stats show 9 starts for ‘slim pickings’, just 2 placings, but has looked better than a maiden on a couple of occasions and has been back to the trials, winning at Ashburton (24/6/25) Led 2 rivals on this occasion and just kept his nose in front at the finish. MR:2:05.9, 800m in 56.3, 400m in 26.9. Stable runners normally step sharply from a stand and the ‘odds’ should really be quite attractive at Addington on Sunday in Race 2. In form driver John Morrison sticks with him. View the full article
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