Chief Stipe

The Race Card was confirmed yesterday with some races having two ballots. How is that any different to some meetings in NZ? That said is it related to the World Pool constraints?

But what stops them from putting the fields up with just a SP option?

Still nothing. Has there been an upgrade to app? I notice an INTL option box which i hadn't seen before. Tick it and you get a plethora of race meetings from some obscure places. Many are abandoned probably because no one bets on them.

Italy is up but not Hong Kong. Typhoon?

No I've checked Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Nothing.

Ok that's reassuring. Not my eyesight nor approaching senility.

I realise my eyesight is failing but I can't seem to find any fields let alone odds for this weekends Hong Kong JC meeting. I guess it will be up before I post this topic.

I'm guessing NZTR are not interested in fixing that problem?

Misinformation is information that is published to deceive. I've seen you write many times about information published during the pandemic that was deceptive. All well and good however as the owner of a site that allows anyone to publish what they want I have an obligation to ensure that posts don't cross certain lines. More importantly I have taken it upon myself to provide a balance in views. Each racing code has a group whose intent is to trash everything. When was the last time you posted anything positive about Greyhound Racing? Are your trousers black? That's your opinion but arguably @Yankiwi 's and your stance is equally combatative. I'd argue I'm providing some balance to the argument. Sadly no one else is probably because they have been trying to make thing work and make a living out of the industry rather than bring it down. I'll state again he ISN'T BANNED. His posts are in a holding pen until I read them and release them. He crossed the line with the National Track Manager because his obsession and dare I say narcissism didn't allow him to consider that there were other people affected who probably didn't want the whole sordid affair debated on social media. That was the final straw for me and I've been pretty tolerant to date and made it really clear what the line is.

Of course you don't need help Pam. But I draw the line at certain things. I will explain in due course. Moderation is not banning from posting it is a method by which as owner of the site I have a chance to review content before it is posted. Some of those who are being moderated have written some pretty offensive material which I haven't released for public viewing. It hasn't been deleted just hidden. That isn't the line Charles has crossed although he has been close on a couple of occasions especially in regard to GRNZ officials. However either deliberately or not at times Charles aka @Yankiwi has posted analysis that is misinformation i.e. it deceives. That is the last thing the industry needs or perhaps needed. Ask yourself how many times has he posted anything positive about the industry and the people who work i it.

@Freda and @curious I get the impression that the no-problem stables just roll their eyes, deep sigh and look the other way? Would that be a fair assessment? I'm not saying that the big stables don't have a horse that causes an issue but then 1 in 40 is a bit different to 2 out of 3! I had a horse once that left the breakers was in work for a couple of weeks and developed a quirk - went straight back to the breakers under warranty. Fixed in a week. Chris Rutten and Jonno Benner fixed him.

From what I've seen often the serial offenders are from the same stable or stables. Is that your observation?

I don't remember seeing any late scratched for that reason. Generally the horses were well behaved - a few took a bit to load and they were relatively tolerant of that. A couple took an age to get round to the start and required assistance delaying proceedings. However they were quick to scratch a horse if it reared and struck the stalls.

I've never seen a rider break the whip rules at the trials. I've also noted that the riders will give each other room which is against racing rules. For example you could hear Jockeys yelling to be given room in the last 200m when stuck behind slower horses. Trials often have a real mix of talent and horses at different stages of development. In NZ trials are for many horses an educational experience. So you'd expect the competitive side of the rules to be relaxed. That said I've seen some hot head Jockeys have a rush of blood at times. However viewing the 30 trials at Matamata I didn't see many issues.

He is moderated because he generally posts misinformation. If you disagree then feel free to post why.

So if a rider at an official trial didn't ride up to standard why shouldn't they be called out for it?

The question that should be asked is who was the Steward on course.

Why shouldn't it have happened before?

Hardly. She didn't take a trail she was one out off the rail until she went to the front before the turn. Not that taking a trail behind the leader was an option. I just thought the trial might have a chance to trail her but on reflection she drew the inside so not much option but to lead all the way.

I had my doubts the moment James Macdonald talked her up as being better than Silent Achiever.

Well the cock up theory seems more implausible than the vandal theory. It would only take 15 litre back pack sprayer to do the damage in one go and even I could walk straight lines across the track.

More likely your bandwidth rather than the browser. I've noticed that the performance improves or degrades relative to the quality of the internet connection. Some browsers will compensate to avoid buffering. The other fly in the ointment is the CDN Cloudflare - it also compensates which can end up with a scrap going on. When you download the video you obviously avoid any network speed issues and the buffering scrap. Shame the networks don't actually deliver the bandwidth they promise without trying to fudge it. Spark is the worst.

Disappointing that NZTR can't provide better quality video. The times are pointless too without sectionals. I'm surprised they haven't tried to teach Alabama Lass to trail. From now on in her career it gets harder to lead all the way at the elite level.

Please no! @Thomass will still be "investigating" in 10 years time!

Are debating guilty of an offence or the penalty that was given? Moran is guilty of an offence under the harness racing rules. You seem to be suggesting he gets a slap with a soggy race book!