Chief Stipe

Who knows given your past record on screen shots legs suddenly become fence posts! I asked WHO benefited from your alleged skulduggery? We know the 2 people who backed it got $16 a place.

Um...Clue? Is this YKGC#477?

LOL so you know exactly where the finish line crosses the track? Do you know that the video camera is exactly on the line? Either way it looks like you freeze framed before the line. Or have you upgraded your laptop and software to enable you to scroll frame by frame? Regardless, who gained from this piece of alleged skulduggery? We await Yankiwis Greyhound Conspiracy #476.

Have you changed your mind @Brodie ? I recall not long ago you were highly critical of a few aged geldings going round and round for long suffering owners. Is race 5 at Ashburton tomorrow a claimers race?

I look forward to seeing your petition to cancel the award.

I posted a research paper in the Jamie Kah thread that came to the conclusion that even punters when making wagering decisions have a bias against female jockeys I.e. when choosing between two even horses and one has a statistically better female jockey than the other which has a lesser male jockey the latter will be chosen. Which for the enlightened is great because they will get more value.

There are no rules stopping them but if you think there is zero institutional bias then you are wearing Murphy Blinds, Side Winkers, Ear plugs and a shadow roll. People's thoughts on BOAY are representative of a wide range of attitudes within the industry. I've seen enough sexist remarks on BOAY to confirm there is still widespread institutional bias in the industry at many levels. You doth protest too much.

But you can't say that with 100% certainty as the picture is the result of a photo finish malfunction. You don't even know if the dashed line is in the right place and it obviously didn't capture completely either dog.

Have you seen the Stewards footage?

Yes good on him. Nice to see a 10 and 9 yr still going round. The industry loses too many horses too early. Also good to see most are on a two day back up. Gives a good recent disclosed form guide for punters.

You are blinded by your bigotry. There is ample evidence of sexist bias in the industry. You can read it in the comments a few hardened old group make on BOAY. Didn't you see the sexist comments in the Morphettville Thread? Further evidence can be seen in the employment cases that have been taken in recent times. I see some irony in your mention of Jamie Kah - @Newmarket doesn't share your view as he sees her to be vastly inferior to her male counterparts. I don't see the award as condescending and I'm surprised @Freda agrees with you. Quite frankly by definition all awards are condescending.

It's sickle hocked and a half a hand too short.

Feeling threatened @All The Aces ? Start transitioning!

But not Lost in Space!

FFS - soils fckd!

@Newmarket J Kah has some nice rides at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Want to have a bet?

I'd take on Leo any day.

The Budget?

There are some past races this season (one at Grp 1 level) that I was very keen to see the Stewards vision for. Not loaded. The Grp 1 was at the new $55m track aka Ellerslie.

Sharrock is more disengaged from the reality of racing than any of his predecessors. At least they didn't have the money to spend that Sharrock has to burn.

More of a short story than an essay. Given the absence of fact maybe you are a journalist. Of course like Sharrock you dismiss Bellews concerns with platitudes, condescension and deflection. His concerns are valid. They are issues that face the entire industry. They may well be micro but lots of micro make macro that Sharrock supposedly worries about. Unfortunately Sharrock doesn't realise that you need to make micro changes (collectively) to change the macro direction. Of course Sharrock and his predecessors know full well that those micro changes can be negative and lead to negative change. He can't have it both ways.

They hired an external consultant IER to write the report. The motivation for that I'm not sure. The objectives for that I'm not sure. Can you enlighten us?

That's the point you can't because the judgement is poorly structured and open to far too much interpretation which is clearly apparent in your responses. If the Judgememt was clear then you would have no latitude to make the suppositions or assumptions that you have. I suspect you know that hence your reluctance.