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    • I think you will find horses are lining up on the synthetic without even a canter once around on it.  I wouldn't have mentioned it otherwise.  There seem to be a number of bleeders, not sure if that's commonplace on the other two synthetics.
    • you have a lot of fairth in the rich and famous gammalite. More than i would ever have. success in one field doesn't always translate into success in other fields,especially when not playing with their own money. E.g. Look who ran the auckland trotting club when they did the developments. Give me an accountant with common sense and an abilty to recognise what is both good and bad advice, when they get it.     john green... gammalite,Look i'm sure hes a clever man who intended well,but he was one of the many who pushed the original development,that is the cause of all aucklands problems.He was appointed to help oversee the development right from the start.. gammalite...  heres a quote from an atc press release in 2018 about 2 new board directors "the appointments follow the recent retirement of john green from the board,,who was specifically appointed in 2014 for his skills in property development and was a member of the auckland trotting clubs project control group. the property control group is currently overseeing the current construction of the clubs significant urban village development on green lane west due to open later this year".  so ,well intentioned like everyone involved in pushing the apartments,but boy oh boy did he and the others involved get it wrong.. wasn't the likes of barry purdon and derek balle also atc diirectors at the start of the developments. actually i've posted this before. It was about a year in from when the apartments  thing started,about 2015. I had a conversation with someone from auckland who went around the country advising councils about big developments like the atc's.. I asked himabout  the auckland trotting club developmemts expecting him to just say the same as what you read in the papers and from the atc press releases. To my surprise he said the opposite,listing all the pitfalls and how other such developments had failed due to numerous factors, often outside the control of those involved. He expressed surprise about the atc getting involved to the extent they did,given what he said were very obvious risks. I distinctly remember saying to him,from what you just said,you don't think the ATC have made good decisions,to which he smiled and replied...."well, we will just have to wait and see how it all turns turns out. I often think about that conversation when i think of the atc. 
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