Chief Stipe

Now you know the feeling.

I don't think the $8.5m loan in the late 80's helped Avondale.

Some very good questions. I haven't researched the NZ education connection. However I note that Equi-ed refer to NZ being a location on their website, social media and other communications.

FFS - do any armchair critics bother to view the Stewards Vision for these races BEFORE critiquing them? The "gap" didn't occur until the race was nearly over! As I said earlier she winds into her top speed.

Well according to @Pitman 's Facebook Page they won the SI Premiership! Yes and I see TA's stakes have passed the $1m mark this season. You'll probably find that like many years they send a few South early to ready them for Cup week. This year the tracks down there have been better than most in the North so you don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out if you want to get your horses up and running a South Island stable is an advantage.

She keep running into walls and had to run sideways to get a run and then the gap was when the race was over. You lose a lot of momentum stop and starting and going sideways. As you know when you have to move sideways in the Lazy Boy to reach your beer or when the Matron stands in front of the TV with 200m to go.

The ground will only get better going further into the Spring. Looks like Adelaide or Brisbane in the Autumn for her.

Well we now have the situation with the likes of Equi-ed that "so called experts" now have the opportunity to get dodgy non-quality assured qualifications that make the "so called experts" qualified! I'm sure if you pitched up to the unitiated with a 6 month Diploma in Bit and Bridle selection/management you could command a fairly hefty fee!

Some parts of the Equine industry are akin to the Wild West. It has always troubled me that you don't need to be licensed to break a horse in.

We'll see what the new CEO does - I think he is the fourth CEO in 4 years. I also think you are stretching to call the UK Jockey Club "credible".

If you are referring to who I think you are I think it was either a B.Com or a Dip. Ag. Val.

Hung in badly. Won two Grp 3's over 1600m in NZ in time better than she ran in the Toorak.

Severely held up and for a horse that winds up and into its final run any loss of momentum limited her chances. That style though given clear air is often a winning one in OZ. Evaporate was the run of the race. His run stamps Damask Rose's win in the Kiwi B. Still she picks up $20k for that run. I thought her run was disappointing given the clear run she had. Hung in badly all the way up the straight. On that run I won't be backing her and I wouldn't be surprised if she is feeling something.

Obviously the standards at your last institution have slipped further than I thought if you consider the propectus and the quality of the tutors at Equi-ed to be anywhere near satisfactory. Equi-ed has acquired Government funding as do their students in some form or other. Given the apparent lack of quality and valid qualifications of some of their tutors then one must conclude that either education standards have slipped and/or there is a rort. Doesn't nearly $4k in fees (not including subsidies) for a Diploma in Bit and Bridle Management seem a bit strange to you? Not to mention the dissection laboratory's run by Nairn for an entry fee of GBP$500!!

Yep. When I did my first degree my lecturers were world leaders with qualifications to match. The respect they had and the peer reviewed research they did gave some respectability to the degree I earnt.

Are you serious? It's a rort. I guess using your criteria Lawyers and Psychologists will be turning up for Nairns lectures. Actually might be worthwhile for them to do so as they're bound to pick up new clients.

Cool. I guess the memo did get through to the programmer.

My research suggests there is quite a bit of an education funding rort going on. Students and it seems even qualified professionals can pick up CPD (Continuing Professional Development) credits but attending these BS course. Another angle to the rort is that a number of those attending the courses can get Government funding. Quite frankly the UK is a mess at the moment with funding rorts and subsidies all over the place. People doing these courses can get Rural Skills Points towards who knows what qualification! Who in their right might would pay GBP$1,600 (NZD$3,700) to do a 6 month Bit and Bridle Fitting Consultants course? Unless someone else was paying for it. The same applies to the dissection courses. There must be a lot of demand for trained dissectionists trained by and untrained person!! How the hell can a Professional get CPD credits from an untrained unqualifed tutor? Equied-Prospectus-2024-download.pdf

You disagree? Not that it matters.

@curious instead of counting whip strikes perhaps you should get onto challenging Nairn and her fellow nutters?

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BZ7jFk1cc/ Unlicensed Equine Dissections to be held at NZ Facility under the umbrella of Promotional Framing and Equi Ed Dear veterinarians, regulatory bodies and all equine professionals, and fellow thinking Equestrians An unlicensed equine dissections program, being carried out by a self-declared anatomical educator Becks Nairn, who is not a qualified veterinarian, is underway at a facility in New Zealand known as the Equine Research and Learning Centre . On 2 October 2025 Esme Whinray wrote on her Equine Sports Therapy Facebook page (shared with the Equine Research and Learning Centre) that the facility will at some point play a part in the post-mortem research Becks is conducting. It is a dated confession of being involved in operations. Why This Matters The plant boasts of self-reliance and practically facilitates the anatomical activity of Becks Nairn The results of Becks Nairn are advanced as educational reality, unqualified, unreviewed, and uncontrolled. Her set up was previously reviewed by MPI and approved by them - but this is a new piece of evidence of escalation and institutional shielding. Today her work is taught to professionals in NZ, Scotland and Ireland, with the support of Equi-Ed, which funds the Christchurch-based centre and is a Rural Scheme affiliate. What started as amateur workshops has been advanced as professional training- uncontrolled. This allows dissection to be a business of amateurs and possibly to inspire others to do the same . WARNING The Arcano Diagnosis A Solemn Infringement. Becks Nairn publicly reported on a podcast with Duncan Garner that she had done an autopsy on an Arcano, a grey Standardbred, and alleged that he had been fridge gassed. She made at least three such diagnoses, twice on her Facebook page, and she said she had forwarded supporting evidence to the CEO of Standardbred Racing NZ. So far, no pathology or peer-reviewed evidence has been demonstrated. This is not anecdotal, it is a publicly claimed medical assertion, and repeated by someone lacking qualifications. Conducting autopsies and making diagnostic statements are a grave violation of the standards of veterinary care and regulation Laundering through Dr. Carol Shwetz. The post refers to the relationship of Becks with licensed veterinarian, Dr. Carol Shwetz, as instrumental in the development of her anatomy. Nairn is using Dr Shwetz to promote herself and give her credibility . she does not have . This is non-formal supervision, otherwise known as rhetorical laundering. No record exists that Dr. Shwetz manages, verifies, or legally controls the dissections held at the NZ facility This is a call for transparency, oversight, and accountability. Those Becks results you heard about--who sanctioned them, who checks them, what are their qualifications. I have the post, the time stamp and the inconsistencies. In case you have seen such shielding somewhere, raise your voice. This isn’t education. It is official collusion. And it’s happening here Please Note if this is not the right place to post this information please remove it

Indoor bowls night at the Retirement Village?

There's your Plan B @Huey. Surprised you didn't think of that alternative.

Meeting News Ōtaki-Māori Meeting Rescheduled (16 October) Please be advised that the Ōtaki-Māori meeting originally scheduled for Saturday 11 October, has been rescheduled to Thursday 16 October. This decision was made after considering weather forecasts, upcoming race programmes, and servicing requirements. This will be a new racemeeting, with the same programme as originally planned. Preference will be given to horses that had accepted for Saturday’s abandoned meeting. Key details: Entries close: Monday, 13 October at 12.00pm Weights declared: Tuesday, 9.00am Withdrawals: Tuesday, 10.00am Rider declarations: Tuesday, 1.00pm

Wet and the track is unsuitable to race on. Won't be any better tomorrow. Trentham is out because they are racing next weekend. AWT at Awapuni? Yeah na. CD Trainers are not that flexible. Woodville? I imagine it ain't that much better than Otaki. Hawera? They raced last Saturday. Waverley is still getting over the trashing it has had. New Plymouth? It will be 10 feet deeper than Otaki. Not forgetting of course that trainers would have scratched their horses in niumbers and the jockey's would have complained of surface water after the first. So Einstein what is YOUR Plan B?