Chief Stipe

I imagine the some of the top stables informed them. Might be a KiwiB candidate looking for a last chance.

No new scratchings yet though.

The 7am rating was a Soft 7. 8am - Heavy 8. 8:40am - Heavy 9. 16 mm of rain in an hour and a half. Still raining. Washout? None of the horses going around today need a bottomless 10 in their prep.

Meeting News Open 1400m Added to Taupo – 22 Februaryhttps://bitofayarn.com https://bitofayarn.com An Open 1400m ($25,000) has been added to the Taupo meeting on Sunday 22 February as an 8th race. It has been identified that, aside from black-type races, there are no Open 1400m races in either North Island region during February.

Geez @bono you are sounding more like @Thomass every post you make!!!

Online

Ok. I thought that was published.

Whatever @Thomass

To cut the speculation and stop old men acting like old women gossips knitting on the fence. Colgan and Weatherly were stood down for allegedly returning drug positives. Oooohhhhh!!!! Shock horror.

Tell us more. Otherwise you are just gossiping and causing unnecessary speculation. Name names.

8 vs 9

The previous year the field sizes at Ellerslie were a lot smaller. 82 in 2025 vs 117 in 2026

For me top horses in quality fields on fair and safe racing surfaces. Throw in the odd bush meeting for a day out in the sun with a picnic and a sober driver also works. BUT if I own an expensive high quality horse I want a safe and fair roomy track. Don't much care about the facilities afterall a bar is a bar is a bar.

Yes and there seems to be a fair amount of research that indicates it isn't much better than a placebo.

Nope because my understanding is it comes with a heavy machinery warning. It is used primarily for chronic pain relief. If you need to use it for that reason then maybe a change of career from a less risky and less physical job would be the better option.