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Everything posted by Chief Stipe
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@curious are you able to lost the extensive research showing the flank is significantly more sensitive than the rest of a horses body? Or is it all based on anecdotal observational reports from trainers?
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Geez @curious apart from the signage being in the way AND the running rail they don't actually drive alongside the leading horses!!! They can't. It's just a token attempt at appeasing who knows who.
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Then you or the Stipes wouldn't see where the whip struck.
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Really so you need to whip a horse to teach it that? So much for you being anti-whip and not wanting them at all. Rump or flank hard to tell from that photo even when you blow it up. Another reason the rule is unenforceable. I'm disappointed @curious you never struck me as one rule for some and one rule for others.
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But did you notice how much of it was blowing his own ego?
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Is that confirmed or are the gossip drums going full noise over trivia?
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It's unenforceable. The Jockey should have changed hands. Anyway is it any worse than being 8 lengths in front and whipping your horse? On the flank I might add. That being Pivotal Ten of course.
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Which begs the question why didn't any trainers or other owners raise objections earlier?
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My point is he goes off half-cocked which doesn't endear him to anyone. All he needed to do was do a Google search on the subject BEFORE he went online on Facebook and slandered the CEO. I note some comments were removed from that Topic. The fact he does that just weakens his credibility - considerably. When you point out he is wrong often he dive into name calling and conspiracies. With regard to name calling he is worse than @Pete Lane and @Scooby3051. Why did it take him so long? It was only a problem when it affected him and his horses. Has he followed up or got a couple of locals to do another survey?
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I doubt it. He doesn't do due diligence and accepts what he is told often by the first person he meets. For example his recent attack on the new CEO was based on information he picked up having a beer at the pub with a few mates. It was completely and utterly wrong. A two minute Google search would have given him the correct information. All fair points. But why not use that acumen to actually facilitate change rather than going off half cocked on social media? What say you @Transparency ?
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About what?
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A cage rattler and a disrupter. Wightman isn't either. He had a chance to take on many of those he now loudly criticises but threw the towel in when he threw his license back. The irony now of course is he is quite adept at breaking the rules when it suits him. His approach is doomed to failure and from what I've seen he isn't brave enough to talk to Racing Management directly but instead uses social media to espouse what are largely conspiracies. So much for his call for @Transparency !!
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Perhaps people should remind Wightman of his own.
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In my opinion the questions aren't fair in that most of the information is readily available but he is too lazy to look for it. Expects everyone else to do his bidding. Plus there is no need to caste aspersions on individuals in the way he does bordering on slander. You may find it amusing but I don't and it certainly isn't helpful especially when he goes off half cokcked without doing the research.
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I take it Wightman won't be going to Wellington with the horse. He's been trashing everything and anyone that has anything to do with the WRC.
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Hypothetically what would you do? It's probably only got one or two races left as a three year old. A few Listed races on its 3yr old CV is hardly maximising its value if it is as good as everyone says it is.
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What I don't get is if Pivotal Ten is as good as you are all saying why not put her on a plane to Auckland (or OZ) and try for some if the 3yr old filly Group races? In my opinion heading to Trentham is a risk not worth taking for what gain?
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20 length difference. Then they go build a new track that suits back em up and sprint.
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They can't drop it.
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Can anyone explain to me why the horse needed to win by more than 8 lengths and get hit with the whip?
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Any number of horses to choose from.
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I would think the Slot Holder would have a significant say in who would ride. The Slot Holder holds all the cards. Good luck negotiating with Wightman though.
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Won 15. Only left the South Island once.
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Yes unfortunately. But what other option is there? Fly to Auckland and then travel down? If you are coming from the south staying at Trentham wouldn't be much fun either.
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Powley had won the 1000 Guineas by now beating a useful filly called Glamour Bay.
