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Francis Lui Kin-wai is looking for back-to-back wins in the Group Three Centenary Vase (1,800m) with Chancheng Glory at Sha Tin on Sunday, but Speed Dragon is another string to his bow in the handler’s search of a third win in the race. It has been a period to remember for Lui, who has rocketed up to sixth in the standings after training 10 winners at the last seven meetings. The run included a Group Three victory when Speed Dragon launched to January Cup (1,800m) glory at Happy Valley and he...View the full article

I believe the Racing/gambling Industry is in a big Battle  with the Real-estate Industry for that sort of thing! God speed my saying good bye to it all!!! they are welcome to themselves!!!

Last October Ballesty said in The Rundown "We recently distributed an NZTR Stakeholder Survey and received more than 1,300 responses. We appreciate the valuable input from across the industry and look forward to sharing the results in due course. " To me, 3 or 4 months seems a long "due course"

well fanfare went a nice race for 2nd,although its gait wasn't as fluent as it could be,but still inexperienced i suppose. king of swing was his sire,rocknroll hanover,obvious best horse in australasia. apart fromking of swing, rocknroll hanover probably didn't really get that much support down under.Some didn't seem to smoothest pacers,maybe that was a reason for that,i don't know. king of swingaccording to hrnz ,only has 15 2 year olds,8 yearlings and 6 foals on record. so i guess the stud would be very disappointed with the level of support so far. he got a bit of publicity as being a next gen eligible stallion,so iut will be interesting to see whether that meant he got anymore mares this year. he has 3 progeny to i can see at the upcoming sale in christchurch,so not many. it will be interesting when leap to fame goes to stud to see his level of support he gets. if king of swing was to produce a nice horse,it may help leap to fame. having said that,leap to fame is by bettors delight and has such a lovely action. Mind you knig of swing obviouslydid as well.

NZR may have some structural issues to resolve but they have one of the strongest balance sheets in world rugby and had a positive cashflow in FY24, the latest year reported. I don't think they'd even come close to NZTR as the poorest performing organisation in NZ sports.

It's all part of the new transparency and consultation strategies. Strategic Plan 2024–2028 : “an unwavering commitment to honesty, transparency, and moral principles.”

If you'd read the minutes of the pre-hearing meetings and the input from the JCA on the human rights position and Morton's rights, you wouldn't say that. The hearing was a facade for Purcell and the RIU's egos. and a bloody expensive one at that which is probably why they haven't gone there again and won't. They can't enforce a rule that the law precedes. So, they just try to scare people with their facile missives and rule changes and not listen to or hear stakeholders.

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I say, enjoying racing? I be all keen, meeting to go to on Saturday! some interesting fields! weather looks 'ok'.