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Wrong. @Trojan has been a member in her own right for a very long time. Wrong. I've never picked apples in my life. I did run the then largest apple packhouse in the Southern Hemisphere for a time. Everything is above board from my perspective however not so with some others players in the market so to speak. BTW try posting your comment under your other alias on the Comic Dog site. I'm not so paranoid or as thin skinned as other so called administrators - actually I might post some of the email correspondence at some stage. Do fill ya boots @Dark Beau

Nope.

Last week everyone was complaining about transport costs i.e. Otaki vs Hawera. Either way the Owner pays.

Well @mikeynz I'm sure you would like a day out at the race. But Owners would have to subsidise your enjoyment by paying the extra transport fees.

Didn't look to be going good enough when it needed to improve.

Why reinstate Blenheim when you have Rangiora or Motukarrara?

I haven't seen penetrometer readings published for NZ Tracks for a long time. Are they still taken? If so why aren't they published? I noticed for the first time yesterday that ENTAIN is publishing penetrometer readings for OZ tracks on the TAB when they are available. Probably been doing it for a while but only just noticed. LOL so used to not seeing them.

I can't fathom any reason why they wouldn't fix the issue both the distance measurement AND the electronic timing if they were serious about being a professional racing organisation. Unless... Do they have no funds? Is there a major redevelopment of the track scheduled? Or have they decided to close Trentham down as uneconomic to renovate and move to Awapuni? Or do false times make the track look better than it is?

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Opie had a smaller one than that basically they are just something to attach the stirrups to. I wonder if they are harder or easier to slip?

Official - hand timed.

How frigging hard is it to get one of those wheelie thingis and measure the distance? It's not as if the move the rail in the shute.

If the times are incorrect and are adjusted later off the video why bother posting them in the first place? At least they've worked out how to not broadcast the drone shot for the first 600m. Must make it easier for the commentator as well as the Trackside viewer.

The whole case was a bit of a stitch up was it not? 8 dogs out of hundreds over how many years? Incurring a $10k fine. The irony being that the hearing was heard the same month as Winston Peters told the Greyhiund industry that they were out of buskness The reality is there are a lot of good racing dogs that are going to be down and or a lot of money being paid to people to take the dogs and picked up by not scrupulous people. In light of the circumstances one section of the decision is particularly amusing given the so called "social license" has already been crossed out legislatively. 34. Mr Dow emphasises that breaches of this nature threaten the greyhound racing industry’s social licence and sustainability, requiring penalties that deter similar conduct and uphold public confidence.

But it isn't ENTAIN that declare the official results it is the raceday stewards and the judge. ENTAIN is doing a service by paying out immediately when they see clear placings. I suspect the delay is between the Judge and the system that supplies the full results to ENTAIN.

I think you miss my point. Tartan Tights was trained in Southland. Raced and won between Gore and Auckland in an era where it was a damn sight harder to get around. EA Winsloe. Nothing to do with money but a willingness to travel with a decent horse.

Won a bit of money off Tartan Tights when she flew home under a Chris Johnson well timed(?) ride to win the 1994 1000 Guineas. In those days horses didn't mind travelling all over the country...well their trainers and owners didn't mind!

I can't work out where they are getting their form from. But definitely misleading. I didn't realise it was so bad until I did a cross check today on Karman Line. A mare I've followed a bit. I couldn't remember her winning on Heavy track let alone starting twice on one.

Definitely hand timed.

The NZ TAB form has Karman Line racing twice on a Heavy track and winning once. It has never raced on a Heavy track. The TAB form doesn't include track upgrades for one thing. Karmin Line finished 4th on a S7 at Pukekohe in March. The meeting started as a Heavy 8 but was upgraded after Race 1.

Big variation between the shute and the straight. Good to see the green grass ALL over and no drone shot!

Meeting News Rotorua Track – Saturday Update A further inspection of the Rotorua track early Saturday morning has shown it fit for racing. Heavy rain eased around 9pm Friday and despite being a Heavy10 the track is good order for racing after not being used on raceday for over four months.

Well for a start Cloudflare has nothing to do with BOAY. The other channel is using Cloudflare as is the TAB. What's the privacy report for the TAB website? I gave up on Apple 20 years ago.