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By Chief Stipe · Posted
Oh well it seemed to behave ok. Although the Tom Tom drums are beating. -
Said it a million times, why 2 meetings up North every week, only need one at present, could easily run one maiden race for 15000, then another for 8 or 9 for the lesser lights, different ratings penaltys as well, it's not all doom and gloom, it just needs logical thinking, maybe they have to realise that Alexandra Park might need to miss the odd Friday for Cambridge, it's no big deal. Even Southlands numbers ain't too flash but at least they ain't getting any more days, don't need them. -
By Nowornever · Posted
NowOrNever and Brodie aren't being mean — they're being realistic. It’s not personal — it’s a pragmatic view about sustainability. The fact is, races with 5–6 horse fields produce very low turnover and the races are run at a loss which in the end will damage the industry overall. -
i personally think theres quite a difference between the cambridge and marburg. marburg fields size is nearly always 8 or 9, whereas at cambridge you get mostly fields of 6. 5 of the 6 races at cambridge this week have only 6 runners starting. Field size is such a relevant indication of whether you have too much racing in particular areas. But HRNZ number crunchers just don't seem to have cottened on to that. The cambridge horses are better but the marburg drivers are as good as the cambridge drivers and drive with more intent to obtain the best possible outcome. Marburg i think is the best of the queensland product if judged on the intent of drivers and the lack of team driving you see. but that first race at marburg was such a mickey mouse affair when you saw how the mobile and starters crew people handled the situation of the horse with gear issues. i agree t mcmullen normally a good driver to follow at marburg,just her effort in the first race ,before they abandoned it,was below par. -
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Dual stakes winner Read About It run in a trial on Monday and a return to racing looms. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Robbie Patterson had high Classic hopes for Read About It last season before his rising young star’s progress was halted by illness. The New Plymouth trainer believed the son of Wrote was a genuine Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) prospect until the two-time stakes winner was laid low with breathing issues. “He was one of the most promising young horses I’ve had for sure, and then he started to make a bit of noise,” Patterson said. “He got some growths in his upper airways, and we treated him for a long time, but they wouldn’t go away. “We ended up getting them cut out and it’s taken a year to get to where we are now. These things seem to pick on the better ones.” Read About It stepped out in an open 1000m heat at the Awapuni trials on Monday and finished an encouraging fourth under rider Kelly Myers. “He trialled up really nicely, it was a quiet trial because he hasn’t done a lot and Kelly was happy with him,” Patterson said. “He makes a noise in his breathing, but it’s not affecting him at the moment, so we’re leaving him alone. “He’ll have another trial and then we’ll find a race for him and see where he ends up. “If he has to have another operation, we’ll do that, but if it doesn’t affect him then we’ll put up with the noise he makes and push on.” Read About It was a debut second as a two-year-old before going one better in the Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) and claimed the Listed Wanganui Guineas (1200m) in his only subsequent appearance. “Obviously, he hasn’t been knocked around and he’s a very natural horse. He’s only a four-year-old, so he could hopefully race competitively for a few years yet, there’s still plenty of time,” Patterson said. Meanwhile, his Taranaki stable will have a quiet weekend with Freebelle and Ma Te Wa entered for Saturday’s Otaki meeting. “They’re both nominated for the same race, but only one will run,” Patterson said. “It will depend on the track, if it’s heavy then Freebelle will probably go and if it’s not too bad then Ma Te Wa will go.” Freebelle won for the third time from six appearances when the Belardo mare successfully resumed at Waverley. Time Test four-year-old Ma Te Wa posted his third victory from five starts when he accounted for Benefactor, fourth in last weekend’s Group 3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m), at Trentham last month. “He’s a lovely horse with a high cruising speed and he’ll go through to stakes grade, maybe not this campaign but by the end of this season,” Patterson said. “We won’t knock him around as a four-year-old.” View the full article
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