Chief Stipe

Major outage on Friday night and topped off with $10m given away. Although with the latter it may have been insured.

New Zealand punter wins $10 million in TAB competition on The Everest i.stuff.co.nz An astute New Zealand punter is $10 million richer after pulling off the remarkable feat of correctly predicting the finishing order of the 12 horses in The Everest race in Sydney on Saturday. A TAB promotion on the richest race in Australia gave customers the free opportunity to submit one entry on where all 12 horses would finish in the race at Randwick. New Zealand horse I Wish I Win finished second behind Think About It, which suited the punter from Auckland just fine – as did all the other selections he made, after discovering the competition when placing a bet on the Rugby World Cup. “I’m absolutely blown away,” the winner said. “I saw the promotion on the TAB site and thought I’d give it a crack. I didn’t put too much thought into my picks and just dropped the runners where I thought it could go. “I honestly could not believe I’d won it. I actually thought it was a hoax when they first rang me – I called the TAB back, and it took quite a lot of convincing before it sank in. “To have pulled it off, winning $10 million in a free-to-play competition, is truly incredible for my family and I.” The finishing order of The Everest: 1 – Think About It 2 – I Wish I Win 3 – Private Eye 4 – In Secret 5 - Cylinder 6 – Hawaii Five Oh 7 – Espiona 8 – Buenos Noches 9 – Shinzo 10 – Overpass 11 – Mazu 12 – Alcohol Free

So you want the Nats to screw things down more? For example slash Government employees?

What odds are you offering?

There's no social license (I hate using that term) for dog racing regardless of what is done for animal welfare. The politicians know where the polls sit on the matter and what's more there must be close to zero political contributions from greyhound stakeholders.

Just the timing was against the rules not what was being administered.

Recently I've had the opportunity to get a closer view of the protocols and treatments a major stable uses. The commitment to detail regarding nutrition, monitoring of the horses health and proactive measures have opened my eyes even more. None of it is illegal but it is easy to see how it gives an advantage.

The treatment substance wasn't illegal just the timing which was out by a few hours.

Looks like Rotorua is on the hit list too.

Why?

Coincidence?

MEETING NEWS Rotorua Abandoned After Race 4 Races 5-9 at Rotorua have been abandoned after a horse slipped in Race 4. More information in terms of any reschedules or replacement races will be provided in the next 24 hours.

Melham cops ban after G1 win www.racing.com Champion jockey Ben Melham told Racing Victoria stewards that, despite trying, he couldn't stop Griff from veering out over the closing stages of the Caulfield Guineas as the horse had spotted a guy on a ladder near the winning post which spooked him. RV stewards still suspended Melham for 10 meetings for causing interference over the final 100 metres when insufficiently clear of Veight, Steparty, King Colorado and Verdad. The suspension begins after next Saturday’s Caulfield Cup meeting on October 21 and ends at midnight on Monday, October 30, allowing him to be back for the Bendigo Cup. Melham pleaded not guilty and told the stewards that Griff was spooked and, despite his attempts to straighten him up, he didn’t react immediately. “I couldn’t do any more. I was steering left and he kept running out, so I tried to correct him with my left hand,” Melham said. “He ran out underneath me sharply and he continued to shift as I tried to straighten. Clearly the horse is spooked and that’s not careless, that’s a horse spooking and a rider doing his utmost to protect his other riders. I plead not guilty.” Melham said it was clear Griff had reacted to the person on the ladder and was spooked by it. "My first reaction was a couple of hits with the whip on the right-hand side, maybe to stop him from spooking further out and running out. That was my first resort, that didn’t work, and then I went to use my left hand down.” “He (Griff) just hasn’t listened to me one bit, I put the blame on him.” “As soon as I felt him shift, I took evasive action with my left-hand rein down; he had his head turned sideways and he still continued to run out.” RV chief steward Rob Montgomery told Melham he should have done more to straighten his mount and should have put the whip away in order to protect his fellow riders. Melham was also fined $1000 for two consecutive whip strikes prior to the 100 metres mark on Griff.

Is that a joke? Or is it only for high value customers like Brodie?

So all the Addington dividends were based on international commingled pools only. Can't have been any NZ tote money.

Doesn't help you constantly bringing up the past and dubious statistics.

Entain use it for Ladbrokes. I'm pretty sure Entain have an ownership stake.

Nor the $17m a year maintenance plan! Entain will sort it don't they own the software?

None of us can get on. It is down and out completely. I wouldn't be surprised if it has something to do with prepping for the World Betting Pool for tomorrow.

Can't even access the local pool tonight! TAB down and out.