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Craig Williams will ride progressive mare Knobelas (NZ) (Belardo) for Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr in New Zealand this Saturday. The star jockey is already booked to ride Alabama Lass in the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200 metres) at Ellerslie. The Price-Kent stable will be hoping for a bit more luck with the daughter of Belardo after a horror watch at Flemington last start. But that luckless run certainly hasn’t discouraged punters, with Knobelas backed into favouritism at the weekend for the Aotearoa Classic (1600 metres) at the Karaka Millions meeting. At the time of writing, Knobelas was rated a $4.50 chance with Ladbrokes. “I see she is favourite, at the moment,” Kent Jnr told The Verdict podcast on Monday. “She is very progressive. “She’s still looking for an out from last weekend – that was a tragedy.” Kent Jnr said the OTI galloper had arrived safe and sound across the Tasman. They’re now hoping for a bit more luck at the barrier draw. “She’s drawn barrier one, her last two starts, which is less than ideal,”  “She just wants a bit of room. “Hopefully, we draw well. “She has arrived, I can confirm her bloods are great and she’s lovely and sound, bright and eating.” View the full article

Galah, no we have no personal grudge against any of the HRNZ employees! Just so frustrating that they seem hell bent on ensuring that harness racing is going to be in such a dire financial situation in 2 years time! It just not seem possible that they just want to splash money into stakes that has not been  earned or they can afford to waste! Some owners must think xmas has come when these big stake money races have only a few starters in it! Reality is I believe that HRNZ are not administering the cash from Entain very professionally whatsoever and the harness industry is going to one hell of a shock when the money dries up! Everyone that I know can see it and it is very surprising and disappointing that the ones running the show are acting so shockingly? Then again everyone knows my point of view as I have constantly maintained and yet no one making these decisions and Entain are prepared to refute what I am saying! More than happy for anyone to come on and say Brodie is wrong but I highly doubt anyone could?  

Havent seen them for awhile now? Certainly havent been up anytime I have looked over the past week or two! The disappointing thing is that no one from HRNZ is willing to participate on BOAY the Premier Racing Site in NZ ! How hard is it for someone from HRNZ to actually advise us why this is happening now?  

Seems to be the odds disappear at night and reappear in the morning. Will be some retarded reason why but who knows with this lot.

I think I recall that when in their wisdom, they decided to wreck the 4 day carnival at Ellerslie and have a second carnival in March, that it included the Harness and Greyhound cups

The Classic Mile is less than two weeks away and it shapes as one of the most competitive editions in recent years, with at least half a dozen four-year-olds staking their claims as leading candidates. All eyes will be on the Jockey Club’s release of the priority to run list on Wednesday to see what rating is needed to gain a coveted berth in the field of 14. The Post has ranked the top 10 prospects for the Classic Mile on February 1. 1. Invincible Ibis While it is difficult to split many of the...View the full article

while i' while i'm at it ,i may as well point out another example of "do not believe what you read in hrnz press releases" this  week they not only have the nelson/addington race failing to get any support,it was only a few weeks ago they were promoting the $100,000 young guns races at auckland and saying how all the reports they had received indicated there would be good numbers lining up in upcoming 2 year old races in january ,because  of the stake money they were prioritisning for the 2 year olds. so what happened with the 2 year old races they referred to. young guns heat for  2yo colts and geldings at auckland-7 starters. young guns heat for 2yo fillies_cancelled due to lack of numbers addington 2 year old race-cancelled due to lack of numbers. so why would hrnz put out  all the people they had been talking to had told them they had good numbers for those races. well,i think we can safely assume,that hrnz people,do what i always say they obviously do,they speak to a couple of stables,the ones with the money,and then they hrnz base everything they say and do around that. as i say,its like shooting fish in a barrel. Hrnz are just so out of touch with what works. I would say 80% of what they promote as being good ideas,are not. Have there ever been more out of touch wagering/marketing/programming people in the history of hrnz. i've no personal axe to grind against whoever they are.I just struggle with understanding how dumb they come across.

that should read 6 starters for that race.