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the more I watch it! it appeared as if Pinn's horse arched in! as they entered the straight, I thought the inside horse had the run down that path!   when does the stipes report come out?  

yes , it's one of those things. You put races on they cost money. It's very hard to do Brodster.  The Australian Turf Club in Sydney have been declared Bankrupt in December and will be lucky to survive having an administrator appointed.  VICTORIA harness has about the same horse and personnel (participant ) numbers as New Zealand. they were over 66 million in the red , because of operating costs , and the cost of running harness racing meetings when not many bet on them anymore . But What do you do Mate ? A lot of people are employed in different areas of Victoria. Do you just go eeny meeny minee mo ? and close some of them ? Which ones ? In NZ you say close the North Island . At least you're making your mind up I spose 🤣😂. ( I quite like the North and wouldn't do it myself but everyone's different 😉 ) Anyway the state Government have bailed the HRV out of the hole ( for a land acquisition)  for 100 million , and paying the stakes for this year and next . with the Low prizemoney they race for now.  YES, just like NZ they will run out of money again , but the money is allocated for all the racing for the 20-30 clubs for the next 2 seasons. If ENTAIN refuse to support you after the 2 years (as you claim) then the stakes money will  drop as you say unless they get great sponsors (like you and OZ have Garrards at the moment for example) who will prop it up a bit.  Ladbrokes (an Entain sub-branch)  still prop up QLD harness so can't see why Entain won't prop you with someone. It was a long contract they signed with NZ TAB. All will be good . they're invested mate . all good.   They won't RUN DRY mate. Don't Panic too much. People are trying hard to put races on still . Slots help the participants contribute so that is a SURE FIRE way to keep BIG prize races going. there are other ways . I've had discussions with David Brick who did such a spectacular job keeping QLD harness racing going through COVID and very trying times financially ,And he has now been poached by the galloping code accordingly, and is now Racing Queensland General Manager . A very high position. He is full of great ideas that keep the sport going.   We'll send him over to help The Galah get an answer out of Brad Steele? . 💪 the Brick rules the world.  

not for the likes of you to know that sort of thing!!! 🥳

Interesting to see them actually coming out wide and some making some ground up!

Lord no! Copied from elsewhere.

Was that your preview?

Gamma, you are never in the bad books loo you did hit the nail on the head with your last comment! “they might run out of money in 2 years”. Nothing surer than them running out of money again, even though they were given a lifeline! Personally believe that they have acted irresponsibly and it will be shown as such!! If We are wrong then how about someone come on to BOAY and totally dispel what we are saying, it is not hard to do that?  

Trainer Mick Nolan’s Stylish Secret (NZ) (Sweet Orange) produced a plucky front-running performance to deny in-form mare Sun Gift (NZ) (Savabeel) when winning the Ule Hoof Oil Handicap (2400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Given a perfect ride by apprentice Luke Cartwright, Stylish Secret enjoyed a breather mid-race and filled up the lungs enough to stave off the challenge of Sun Gift as the pair cleared out by more than three lengths from third-placed American Wolf (NZ) (Tivaci). The diminutive son of Sweet Orange carried just 52.5kg after Cartwright’s claim and has taken his connections on an enjoyable ride. From 20 starts, the four-year-old gelding has won on four occasions and is three-times placed, advancing his career earnings to A$351,525. Among those wins are now two victories at the course and distance. “Definitely the 52 kilos was in his favour today, as well as Luke’s lovely ride in front,” Nolan said. “I said to him before the race, ‘you’ve got 52, make sure the others know you’ve got the lightweight and don’t let them dictate. You dictate to them, because he’s fit and will run the 2400.” “He just hasn’t got that sprint like Sun Gift’s got, but he’s a tough grinder and that’s what he did today.” Nolan said he would give consideration to running Stylish Secret in the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (2400m) on February 25. “It’s nice if you go there and win it, but then you’re handicapping yourself. All these horses that were top weights here today have all won good races, and that makes them hard to place in the future,” Nolan said. Stylish Secret was purchased in New Zealand by part-owner Helen Thomas off Gavelhouse.com for just $2,300 as a weanling. A highly-acclaimed journalist, broadcaster and author, Thomas was on the hunt for a staying type and sought the advice of long-time friend, the late Deane Lester, one of Australia’s most respected form students, who approved of the pedigree, which includes six-win half-brother Unseen Ruler (NZ) (Mongolian Khan). View the full article

Robbie Patterson looks to have another serious Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) contender on his hands following Ultimate Habit’s victory at Trentham on Saturday. The promising daughter of Embellish broke through for her maiden win in the Gr.2 Jennian Homes Lowland Stakes (2100m), a race Patterson won last year with Leicy Lucy before she won the Oaks, and he is looking forward to shooting for back-to-back wins in the Classic at its new home of Ellerslie next month. “We are definitely going to go to the Oaks on that,” Patterson said. “It is going to be a lot trickier going the other way around at Ellerslie, but she is such a laidback filly.” Ultimate Habit had three prior starts, finishing second at New Plymouth last month before running sixth in the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham a fortnight ago, and Patterson was confident of a bold showing despite her last start result. “I wasn’t disappointed with her run the other day, she just got stuck on the inside on a tricky track, but I knew she was a good filly,” he said. “The two runs at home, the way she got home she was unlucky, she should have won her maiden. “Gryllysy (Craig Grylls) rode her a peach, got her in a good rhythm and the horse had a good turn of foot.” Grylls was impressed with Ultimate Habit’s good turn of foot when running down her rivals late after racing off the pace for the majority of the journey, but he said she still has plenty of maturing and improvement to come. “She had enough speed, which was good,” Grylls said. “She raced a little bit keen still, but she cruised into it at the right time. She is still pretty new and green to it, she wanted to lay in and still did a couple of things wrong, but she has done it pretty comfortably in the end. “I was really happy to secure the ride. Her last run wasn’t that great on paper, but Robbie filled me with confidence, he said he had a good one and he has proved that right.” From Taranaki racing royalty, Ultimate Habit hails from the family of 11-time Group One winner Rough Habit, which also includes Group One winners Molly Bloom and Addictive Habit, and Group One performer Citi Habit. Out of winning Bachelor Duke mare Queens Habit, Ultimate habit has now won one and placed in one of her four starts to date and earned more than $107,000 in prizemoney. View the full article