Covid-19 Yarn

Yes the heritage of NZ racing is in the legacy that all those great horses have left.  Some videos on YouTube but most look like they are lost forever, only to remembered in the minds of the slowly aging people who either saw the races in person or watched on TV.  And they will be gone in time. A crime that NZ racing never looked after its heritage and made sure they were preserved.  If not all races, then all the feature races over the years. Particularly disappointed that I cannot watch Zonda winning the 1997 Derby.  I was there and it was a tremendous run, I even have some pics of him in the parade ring with Vinnie Colgan up, just before he went out and won  

The thing is the starter needs to command respect from the drivers, or they take the piss which is what happens most of the time! It has come up so many times about the standing starts, the starters don’t  seem to care and it is anything goes most of the time! High time the starters take it seriously and are professional, as they just arent currently!

sigh, all the great stuff from the 70's that was shown on TVNZ (or whatever it was then) and they Own the Copyright and charge a arm and  leg! hence look at a site like Hall of Fame, fecking near useless when it comes to video!

NZ Racing also, with all those videos on tape. I actually looked into this and apparently all of the tapes are in storage in Wellington, slowly degrading. The cost to convert to digital is apparently in the millions, but the tapes are probably too far gone by now

Credit where credit is due. Great standing start just now in the Roxburgh Cup