Once again, carnage in the first at Otaki, no doubt will hear what happened.
Gallops need to look closely at this, SAFE & co will jump on all this and next minute… gallops will be going where dogs go
What you are really saying is that it is a very ordinary field and if PT can't keep up it means she isn't very flash.
Personally, I think she has saved the race. Sure there are a couple of Aussies, but they don't seem to have created most interest.
A lot of people will be watching the race now wondering how the Southerner might go. Even I might watch it now.
One of the major things that concerns me about the poor programming in the SI is the lack of opportunities it means for local jockeys. The Riccarton meeting on Wednesday had 9 or 10 NI jockeys. Some only came for 2 or 3 rides. And that's a low key, low staked, midweek meeting. That's thousands of dollars in airfares and shows very little respect for the local jockeys. I don't know how people who criticise the SI jockeys expect them to learn if they aren't given opportunities.