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High injury rates in relation to what? That is a completely bogus analysis. Why don't you compare the worst day to the whole season to date? Really ramp up your mis- and disinformation. If you continue to post anymore of this shyte you will be put on moderation. Your analysis is crap and isn't helping.

There were two more versions after that. However I think grammar checking is a minor issue.

Race 2 ENTAIN/NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES MAIDEN (1200m) VANDERDONK (R Mudhoo) - Slow to begin. Blundered passing the 300 metres dislodging rider R Mudhoo who was examined by the St John Ambulance personnel and cleared of any injury. Mr Mudhoo reported the gelding was having its first start in visor blinkers and had overreacted when in restricted room. Race 3 IDEAL RACING GYPSY DAY (1200m) STIMULANT (T Comignaghi) - Lost its footing passing the 700 metres. Following the race a number of riders expressed concern with a section of the track near the 700 metres, with one rider advising their mount had slipped which was verified by Steward’s films. A track inspection team of Stewards, riders and a club official inspected the area concerned. Riders conducted a meeting after which their representative advised Stewards it was a unanimous decision not to continue racing due to the unsafe nature of today’s track conditions. Accordingly, Stewards abandoned the remainder of the meeting. Report attached. Report 2024-12-22 Gore V3.pdf

Do you really consider that is the black type that anyone with a serious horse would choose to go after when there Grp race options elsewhere?

I don't see what you see. I think your obscure browser has a cache problem. Refresh.

And yesterday was Sunday.

The only positive of The Everest is every horse is eligible to race it even though the best are both selected due to Slot Holder bias. The Kiwi B eligibility rules and timing and the lack of black type eliminates the best horses from racing. Many of those have a big following.

Why?

In my opinion they should. In war terms Greyhounds are a bridgehead.

Did it fall?

Yes and as for the BS that there is a grudge and they don't talk to each other. Neither accusations have much foundation. Why would they have a need to talk to each other? Jamie Richards is trying to establish his career in Hong Kong in his own right. Not easy when you also have to create the support network and supply chain beneath you. David Ellis is overseeing 3 stables, a stud and 4,500 acres of land, cattle and sheep. Over 200 horses in work and $25m each year in buying yearlings. 130+ employees. I'm surprised he has time to talk to anyone. I did notice at last years sale that when David was told Jamie was the other bidder in an expensive yearling he stopped bidding.

What is more sad is that miserable old bustards have nothing better to do than post vitriolic jabs at those who are successful in the game. Ultimately it is that sort of negativity that will kill the game in NZ.

Yeah @Huey probably got out bid in the festival sale 2 decades ago and has never got over it.

What has been sewed? We await your erudite analysis.

Only 5 starters today in the time honoured Wakefield Challenge Stakes 2024. Some very good two year olds have won this race in the past. One of them probably our best in Our Maizcay. 1978 Tang 1980 Glamour Bay 1981 Bound To Honour 1982 Romantic Bay 1993 Silver Chalice 1995 Our Maizcay 1998 Happyanunoit 2001 Vinaka 2002 Danroad 2003 Maroofity 2004 Kapsdan 2005 Wahid 2010 Jimmy Choux

The reality is the NZ industry would be very poor without the Te Akau investment. Putting $25 million a year at risk each year is a very big play in NZ. Contrary to what some poppy slayers think there are no gaurantees that when Ellis purhcases a horse at the sale that they will all be sold. It has caught Bart Cummings and now Anthony Cummings out as well as a number of other high profile trainers and syndicators. What really appalls me though is the vitriol that is spewing out across social media channels.

Ellis honoured by Hall of Fame induction December 19, 2024 More than four decades after his first experience as a winning owner, David Ellis has been recognised with induction to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. Since that first success with the Sovereign Edition filly Magnum at Paeroa in 1978, Ellis has been involved at all levels of racing as an administrator, breeder, buyer and his major footprint, as the founder of New Zealand’s most successful racehorse syndication model, Te Akau. “I was in my early twenties when I won that race at Paeroa all those years ago, and I thought it was the biggest thrill you could have in life,” Ellis said this week as he reflected on his life in racing. “My trainer Bill Ford came with me into the winner’s room, but he had another horse in the next race that he had to saddle up and I ended up celebrating my first ever win by myself. “That made me think there’s got to be a better way to do this, I realised that I’d rather celebrate together with other people, and that was the beginning of my idea to syndicate horses, bringing people together to enjoy the thrill of winning.” Ellis was still racing horses in his singular name when he won his first Group One race, the 1986 Easter Handicap, with the Ford-trained Cosmetique, by when his colours were becoming increasingly familiar. “Early on Bill advised me that I should register colours that stood out, that everyone could see, so I thought a good strong colour would be tangerine. I couldn’t get the single colour so I added the blue stars for contrast. “As the years have gone by, I think it would be fair to say the tangerine and blue have definitely become well recognised!” Brand recognition for Ellis has come about by setting goals and surrounding himself with the right people – and horses – to achieve them. Mark Walker has been integral to that success, from the time he was employed by Ellis as an 18-year-old, to setting new benchmarks from his original platform at Te Akau’s Matamata training operation, adding further premierships in Singapore and having prepared an unprecedented 203 New Zealand winners in the 2022-23 season, now at the helm of a tri-stable operation that has expanded to Riccarton and a major Australian foothold at Cranbourne. Another vital team member is Ellis’s wife Karyn, whose key role is managing day-to-day business matters and in particular bringing together the many layers that make up Te Akau’s syndication model. “There are so many people who without them, I couldn’t have achieved all this,” says the man in the middle. “Karyn runs the business now, which frees me up to run the farm and buy the horses. Mark and have worked together over a long period of time, it’s been a fantastic relationship and he now heads a massive team, from his training partner Sam Bergerson, our assistant trainers Ben Gleeson, Nicole Shailer and Hunter Durrant and our racing manager Reece Trumper, right through to all our staff, our vets and farriers, everybody who works so hard to achieve our goals. “It’s quite incredible to think that when Captured By Love won the New Zealand 1000 Guineas at Riccarton last month, that was the 98th Group One winner by horses that I’ve either bought, bred or managed under the Te Akau umbrella.” As well as enjoying such a raft of success, Ellis has also immersed himself in racing industry administration, beginning as a steward with the Waikato Racing Club and covering the full spectrum through to the national body. “I started at the Waikato Racing as a steward when Ken Brown was chairman and I went up to the committee under Herbie Dyke, eventually becoming chairman myself. During that time I was also chairman of the Waikato District Committee and served on the board of the New Zealand Racing Conference, then NZ Thoroughbred Racing, and NZ Thoroughbred Marketing.” Various accolades acknowledging his input include the 2017 NZTR Outstanding Contribution to Racing Excellence and he was awarded the CNZM (Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit) on the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Royal Honours list for services to the thoroughbred industry. Since being advised of his pending induction to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame, which will become official at the induction dinner in May, Ellis has had cause to reflect on his latest accolade. “Any award, whether you’re recognised by your peers or by a higher body, is very humbling and this is certainly no different,” he said. “It’s an absolute honour to think that I’m being acknowledged alongside people who I have admired massively over the years – people like my great late friend Colin Jillings, other hugely successful trainers like Dave O’Sullivan and Jim Gibbs, and industry icons such as Sir Patrick Hogan and Sir Peter Vela. “As I keep reminding myself, what I’ve achieved, the recognition I’ve been accorded, none of that would have been possible without those people I’ve already mentioned and so many others – they’ve all made their own contribution. “I just want to say a massive thankyou to them all, whether they’ve worked for Te Akau over the years, or owners who have invested in our horses, those breeders who have produced so many wonderful performers and everyone who has been part of our success.” Sourcing his next crop of potential stars is never far from the Ellis mindset, and right now that means scanning catalogues and inspecting drafts for the upcoming summer sales round. “Along with my own team, I’ve also been very lucky to be able to seek the advice of people like Joe Walls and Marcus Corban as we do our inspections and sale selections. It’s always exciting, I love going round the farms then to the sales and bringing a new crop of young horses into our system.” As some measure of that level of investment, in the past year Ellis has signed for 76 young horses at a total value in the region of $25 million. “It takes a lot of courage to put your hand up and commit to that level, but it’s what we do, bring in long-standing owners as well as new ones and then set to work making their dreams come true. “I’m so lucky to do for a living what is also my hobby and to have so many wonderful people supporting me. I’ve always set out to raise the bar and will continue to. By next year we’ll have 70 horses in training at our Cranbourne stable as well as maintaining our numbers in New Zealand. “It’s incredible to think there are now 105 races worth $1 million or more in Australia – that’s an average of two per week – and it’s fantastic to see the advances we’ve made in New Zealand with the involvement of Entain. “Stakes have virtually doubled in the past 18 months and with so many new races like the NZB Kiwi, Champions Day in March, major stakes increases across the board, right down to going to a midweek meeting and racing for $25,000 – all that was unheard of not that long ago. “Now it’s important that NZTR, Entain and the TAB work together along with every member of the industry make the most of the opportunity that we now have. That’s what I’ll be doing and so will everyone else I’m associated with – it’s what I’ve always done and will continue to for the good of racing.” - Dennis Ryan David Ellis will be inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame at the next Induction Dinner to be held at SkyCity, Hamilton on Sunday, 11 May, 2025.

Yes it is. Sadly many of the industry malcontents who are largely minor achievers in the sport are only helping that small group.

@Yankiwi and his acolytes have been a big part of the problem. @Yankiwi is the exemplar of wahg not to do and what has brought your industry down. By his own admission after 14 months involvement he ran for the hills except he didn't. What he did was give oxygen to the anti-racing brigade and with his misinformation poured petrol on the fires they lit. He character assassinated administrators, trainers and owners alike. All from the sidelines because he refused to have any more real skin in the game. He refused opportunities to speak directly with administrators instead maintained his keyboard attacks. At the end of the day he achieved nothing except help bring down an industry he says he supports. He achieved nothing positive. All three racing codes have @Yankiwi 's many driven only by envy or at best one single issue which they are obsessed with. Often something that happened years ago. It is a bit like if I couldn't win no one else is. I could name the individuals from each code, many have passed through BOAY and many other forms of social media. They've all achieved nothing or changed anything but continue to repeat the same actions over and over and over. Didn't Einstein define that as insanity?

Good luck to her and enough said on this topic.

Well she worked quite a few horses this morning at Matamata. I'm glad you approve of her Whip Style. Perhaps you should look at race 3 on the Hawke’s Bay Abandoned Guineas day. She rode with a lot of vigour as did Ace Lawson-Caroll. Not sure either wanted the day abandoned.

Magic Millions blow for J-Mac after causing Hong Kong fall www.racenet.com.au Superstar jockey James McDonald will miss the Magic Millions on the Gold Coast next month after copping a lengthy suspension from Hong Kong stewards when they found him guilty of causing a fall at Sha Tin on Sunday night. The world's best jockey will miss almost a month of racing from December 26 when his short-term riding contract in Hong Kong finishes after being slapped with the seven-meeting ban by chief steward Marc van Gestel. Stewards found McDonald was responsible for fellow jockey Lyle Hewitson coming down in a fall aboard Joyful Hunter in the ninth race. The South African hoop was was taken to hospital for treatment and believed to have suffered no serious injuries. "J McDonald was suspended from riding in races for a period to commence on Thursday, 26 December 2024 and to expire on Thursday, 16 January 2025 on which day he may resume race riding," the stewards report reads. "In addition, Jockey McDonald was fined $60,000. In assessing penalty, the Stewards determined the carelessness grade 3 and the consequences grade 5 and also considered his very good race riding record." With the $3m Magic Millions 2YO Classic on January 11 next year, McDonald will also miss the $3m The Sunlight slot race on the Gold Coast on January 4 as part of his suspension. McDonald has enjoyed one of the most successful short-term riding contracts in Hong Kong racing history after winning both the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup and Mile only a week ago. He sits a clear second on total prize money won for the season, trailing only the legendary Zac Purton, despite only having 64 rides to his 219 for the year. McDonald won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic in 2022 aboard flying filly Coolangatta. The suspension puts in jeopardy McDonald's chances of becoming only the second rider to win seven successive Sydney premierships as his rival riders continue to edge closer to the jockey premiership. McDonald had a sensational start to the 2024-25 season riding 45 Sydney winners and was 25 wins clear of his nearest rival before he took up a short-term Hong Kong riding contract in early November. The champion jockey was virtually unbackable odds to win another Sydney premiership when he left for Hong Kong but his title defence is no longer a foregone conclusion. James McDonald won the Magic Million 2YO Classic aboard Coolangatta in 2022. He will miss next month's meeting because of suspension. Picture: Grant Peters/Trackside Photography The in-form Tim Clark is putting himself into position to challenge for the premiership after taking his season's tally to 34 wins with a double at Canterbury last Friday night followed by his success on Robusto in the Group 2 The Ingham at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Jason Collett (27 wins), Nash Rawiller (26), Zac Lloyd (25) and Tommy Berry (24) are also within striking distance of the premiership lead. McDonald has dominated Sydney racing in recent years winning six premierships in a row despite riding frequently interstate and overseas. McDonald, who won't appeal his Hong Kong riding ban, hasn't ridden in Sydney since a midweek Rosehill meeting on November 13. It is likely McDonald will make his Sydney racing comeback at the Canterbury night meeting on January 17 then back up at Rosehill Gardens the following day. But McDonald is expected to ride frequently interstate at major Melbourne and Brisbane race days during autumn and winter next year, and there is also the likelihood he will travel overseas to ride Hong Kong champion Romantic Warrior in the Saudi Cup (February 22) and Dubai World Cup (April 5). – additional reporting by Ray Thomas

Then why make an issue out it? Your data is crap and your analysis not much better. That's a fact.

I don't care and rats arse what you you know that you think I don't know. I just asked you to post what you do know instead of using the personal message system. You give the impression you know who the candidates are and who the favoured two are. Easy to infer harder to actually post something instead of inference, innuendo and supposition.

Yes well Professoe P. D. McGreevy has a history with regard to these subjects. Tell me why bother being involved in race horses for decades if you have such strong opinions against many aspects of it?