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By Chief Stipe · Posted
Yes fairly predictable and well done to all that were nominated. Not as easy as it looks to be a National finalist. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
After upsetting the Prix du Moulin (G1) at Longchamp Sept. 7, trainer Francis Graffard said he's eyeing the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) at Del Mar Nov. 1 with Sahlan.View the full article -
By TAB For Ever · Posted
Not too many controversies there this year ! Well done to all the winners and those nominated ! -
i would have given them points for trying,but after hearing all of what m peden said,all it did was reinforce my opinions about those making the decisions. Why do they always discriminate based on age. . can anyone tell me why they give you breeding credits for a 6 year old,but not 7 years or older. These people ,they just don't seem to get it.i think they have no idea what people like me think and i really think they don't wantb people like me involved. These people like peden are discrimatory and to a degree not very nice. every time they give preferential treatment they alienate people andm show they couldn't care less about the people they exclude. That was the first thing i thought when i saw that m peden announce that. Hang on,why is my horse excluded. these people,they are fools who just look after themselves and thier special interest groups. a minute after i saw m peden on tv,r my wife walked into the room i was watching on tv and said,why do they exclude our horse yet include a horse up to 6.Isn't that typical of how they work. -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
The following was posted online by Aaron Bidlake who I believe has stables are currently about 1km from the Hastings Racecourse. He makes some very valid points for the doom and gloom anti-racing types to take on board. __________________________________________ It's not right in Flaxmere, only just on the edge. Flaxmere isn't as bad as every seems to be making out either, I drive through every day and often go in to the shopping center and haven't lost the wheels on my car yet. I think done right a new track would be brilliant, the current venue facilities are very old and tired and will cost mega dollars to get up to a decent standard. Build a track that is state of the art, 1200 or even 1000 straight track so you can try them out before going to Melbourne. Build a restaurant so owners can watch their horses work and then have a nice breakfast, bring their grandchildren along and actually think this is pretty cool and then thats your next generation of racing fans. Right now, no racecourse would be very enjoyable to come and watch your horse work, Is there any track in the country now where as an owner you could come to trackwork in the morning, watch your horse work and then enjoy the morning looking out a window in a heated cafe/restaurant? I'm not sure if thats in their plan, but maybe it should be. I know everyone is scared of change, and history is great to look back on but if we don't do change then the whole racing game will be history. I have been in the Hawkes Bay about 18 months, I've been amazed how many people actually have some idea or at least loosely follow racing compared to the Wairarapa where I have moved from. I guess in Masterton they closed Opaki as a racing venue 40ish years ago and by doing that the town just slowly loses interest, hence my hate for centralized racing. You take something away from people and they just don't follow it. I have heard a few trainers make noises about relocating here to Hawkes Bay if they were to build a new track with training facilities ect, but I guess you don't know that until it actually happens. But with an early spring here, what's not to say some of those bigger stables won't use the place to set up a satellite type stable to get those horses ready for the spring racing.
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