Chief Stipe

Saving whose arse? What don't you stop talking through yours. Then why post it?

FFS @curious don't you have anything better to do? I doubt you saw how it played unless you were there. Which I gather you weren't.

FFS @curious the same bid watcher had both of them in his sight. So I'd say no extra bids were taken. The camera shots don't show you where the current bid is. But whatever turns you and @Thomass aka @bono on.

So it's not just Ellerslie!! Running 13.5's!!! The commentators just as bad as the Jockeys..."you need to be in the first 4..." Really? Not because there is a track bias but a Jockey bias.

Really? Aren't you and @Thomass aka @bono getting ready to sit down for the afternoon and count whip strikes? As you have so ably highlighted in this Topic @Thomass quite often gets it wrong.

You're taking the piss surely?

Who hasn't?

Who cares? They'll talk in unbelievable cliches anyway. I'd rather see more pre-race vision of the horses.

Case closed.

Bullshit @Thomass I've hidden numerous posts of yours and I have no intention of unhiding them. Some of them were the disgustingly sexist and worse.

I get the first part of that sentence but not the money part. Are you not really saying what you think or am I over thinking about it?

Perhaps they don't think it is having a negative impact. They are far better to use social media for the positive aspects of racing.

It hasn't - far from it. I would say the opposite. However your theories do support my hypothesis regarding the turning of conspiracy into what people believe to be the truth without any real evidence.

They haven't actually. As @Gammalite will attest they are actuallt running quicker. 2 win horses breaking 1:49 for a mile in the last month. So it would appear the "overseas connections" make no difference.

I was just asking why so you think it was "well named"?

Why?

@the galah you now hold the 2026 Tautological Trophy! Tell me this do you think that your PED use in Harness Racing conspiracies are actually true?

Another erudite wlll thought out post from @Huey - NOT! As always your bias clouds you ability to see the point let alone debate it.

You have enough air time as it is @Thomass

Probably the most pertinent statement in your post.

There is a lot wrong with it. Because it is pervasive doesn't mean that it is good. Slavery was OK once. I would suggest that if someone uses gossip for anything more than it is then they lack intelligence. I've seen people's lives damn near ruined through unfounded gossip. It is too easy with readily accessible social media to turn a piece of gossip not based on fact into a narrative that becomes the "truth". Unless you are financially loaded it is near impossible to turn that around. If the weight of individuals supporting the narrative is great enough then you can't change it. So when I hear someone saying I know someone who said such and such about so and so and then others feed into it and fuel it I come down hard on it. Where are the FACTS?! Support what you assert don't just repeat what you heard or wanted to hear. That's another reason why I think AI the way it is being used at the moment is a crock of shyte and dangerous to boot. AI is based on algorithms that classify "truth" based on the number of times something is repeated on the internet weighted by the assessed reputation of the person and or entity that said it. Not to mention the delivery of these facts in Google linguistic style and grammar - whatever happened to literary creativity? From my experience to date it is so much harder now to find accurate information - my days as a Google IT Engineer are over.

What if most of your criticism is considered unfounded and crosses the line wouldn't you like to have a formal stage to prove your assertions? Or do you prefer to hide behind a pseudonyum on social media and bang away?

If he HAD crossed the line he would probably have been found GUILTY.

Really? Dig deeper my friend. Their sponsorship deals have been a real mess of late and their corporate decision making has been appalling. 2024 delivered the third annual loss in a row of $19m. Yes they have a strong balance sheet but it is bleeding. Even the All Black brand is losing appeal. We think the coach replacement was about on field performance but was it? Not to mention the direct corollary with NZ Racing where the only Provincial Union making a profit is Auckland by virtue of it being the preferred Test venue. 25 of 26 Unions are essentially insolvent.

Morty I didn't say you were close to being guilty. What I said was you were close to crossing the line. As you know there was another protagonist behind the scenes hence the scurrying to delete stuff. What I've seen recently posted by a group of individuals has crossed the line you didn't cross. However they seem more empowered by your judicial outcome and an extreme interpretation of what consitutes Free Speech. If I recall correctly your crusade started with calling out the Stipes and NZTR about the safety of the bend at Awapuni. In then migrated to questioning the personal ntegrity of those called out. In my opinion the 90 horses was an irrelevant sideshow. But it did distract Purcell. In all that you didn't defame or seriously abuse anyone which is what I've seen a lot of recently.