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Wow,  Had a few bucks on Longview Tui, looked like it locked wheels first attempt, 2nd go used up to speed to lead…. race stopped.. another attempt but horse was spent already, a few others were affected to.  Should have been a late scratching ….

Critical one GBR, up 1.2%, well below CPI. Take no responsibility by way of the product but blame it on FO margins

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When was the last time @Pitman rode Trackwork? We all know who the real trainer is in the Pitman stable.

Well I don't see the point in mocking people like you have here Mr Galah.  so some small change occurred that people didn't like ? so what.  It used to be a GOOD thing when race conditions were expanded to allow more runners to get a race start. These days iwith the small fields it shouldn't be frowned upon or mocked lol 🙄. more the merrier. best to get over it and move on. Speaking of kiwis and young trotters. Yesterday Graeme Harris actually drove his young 2 year old trotter in a race at Albion himself.  They were spread out over 100 m at the end , the baby trotters , but Graeme got 3rd. He is 75 years old now and only drives about 2 races a year 😂. driven about 15 races since 2019 or something like that lol 😎  a rare sight these days. Some of you blokes will remember Graeme there ?, won a fair few with 'Alba's Reign' winner of the NZ Juvenile Championship one year,  and same year in photo below he is representing the North Island in a Drivers challenge at Addington , along with 3 x Gentlemen Group 1 drivers you can probably recognize as well.  This team probably cleaned up those confederates of the deep South lol.  Tony was in his 8th season race driving at this stage of photo below,  and his most winningest horse was 'Supreme Ruler' , with 10 wins driving it for Mike Berger. It eventually ended up with Graeme Harris who couldn't get it doing much , and like wise with us In Queensland 'Supreme Ruler' was a bit of a disappointment. was so sour and bite ya , quick as look at you. Never the same after the Big crash in the NZ Cup for Richard Brosnan , when Camelot won the Cup.  Anyway good to see Graeme Harris still in action !! in sunny QLD. Richard Brosnan is too in Victoria . some great ex-pats kiwis still trotting their stuff around the courses.     

Wouldn't hold a candle to Pitman senior, not in the same street. Pitman senior should've been a CJC board member long ago, certainly before Jelly Williams. Mills is a top shelf buffoon.  

Seems @Pitman is winding The Comic Dog up about Te Akau winning the Premiership and not him. You'd think they'd be more worried about the state of the local tracks instead of a meaningless award. Congratulations to Hunter Durant and his team at Riccarton.  A fine horseman.

Was just reading with only one meet in the North through June weekly and 2 fortnightly, some common sense there, 12 races on Friday nights at Auckland, why not one Friday night meeting, and Nelson get their 2 days in June back, maybe  tieing in with Blenhiem, just a thought....Oamaru took over Forburys date in january and have another before Xmas, the real problem club is Kapiti, last January they were on a hiding to nothing racing same day as Blenhiem, I thought it was stupid , turned out it was. Southland stay the same, don't need anymore. Canterbury have plenty but whether they subsidise northern racing, that's up for debate.  

Dates are now listed in a story on HRNZ. Turns out the ninth meeting was Oamaru, not Palnerston North.