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    • team driving is just part of the sport and punters i'm sure have a negative view of it,but realise it happens and also expect it to a degree. i also think theres a threshold,where team driving is viewed as crossing the line. the question about the race on friday was,would m white have elected to take a trail when pressured in the back straight,if he was focused on driving to achieve the best possible placing for his horse. i think the answer to that is,he would very obviously have taken the trail ,had he not been thinking of team driving for the others from the same stable. so reality is m white,the cullen stable ,the marketplace connections,they all have shown that harness racing has an element that is not fair play for punters.Thats just the way it is.That aspect is never going to change. it doesn't reflect well on those involved.After all,it shouldn't be too much to expect that drivers are there to drive in a way to achieve the best possible placing. Of course the punters who backed the winner would have just laughed,thought that was all a bit dodgy,but happily taken their winnings.
    • Yes that is my main reservation.  Some of them are not being that well trained either.
    • In the Trade Union movement we call this "leadership by controlling the narrative, especially  by controlling directions of discussion around any of the 'real' issues at the core of the problem!"  = Procedural Politics! Usually found when there is a slow but steady  historical decline.... more and more crisis's appear, they just keep a coming..  now where is that cool aid! 
    • NZ loses a lot of people every year to ATV crashes
    • Excellent news, Doomed - and I would happily join you in this crusade - if only, pray tell, - someone would communicate said cunning plan. If only that would happen - like Black Adder - I will be first in line to pin a tail on it & call it a weasel 😝   
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