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  1. Chief Stipe
    Exactly. That's where my interest started. Attending the local meetings at Westland and Kumara.
  2. Chief Stipe
    ...and that correlates how?
  3. Chief Stipe
    Why? They all had their own individual relationship with Lee and they're all making their own decision are they not?
  4. Chief Stipe
    When were there ever regular trials, jump outs or trackwork on any of the West Coast tracks? I don't recall going to any.
  5. Chief Stipe
    You're closer to the horses than any track in NZ.
  6. Chief Stipe
    I wish they'd bring back the tote bells, the semaphore board and the balloon.
  7. Chief Stipe
    The Clubs have been doing that all over the CD and it will happen at the Wellington Cup meeting. A sign of appreciation for a job well done over a number of decades. A novel concept in today's world.
  8. Chief Stipe
    With that sort of attitude you could get a well paid job at NZTR. Well as a lad growing up on the West Coast that meeting and the one at Westland got me interested in the game. I must say a lot of my mates as well.
  9. Chief Stipe
    It was $20 if you pitched up at the gate. $15 if you pre-booked online. Yep wouldn't be many small Clubs that would thumb their noses at $30k.
  10. Chief Stipe
    So you're just Anti-racing fullstop? Given you appear to not consider Kumara yesterday to have been a success.
  11. Chief Stipe
    Most but not all. If they were wouldn't programming be better than it is?
  12. Chief Stipe
    Well if it isn't it should be!
  13. Chief Stipe
    Even more reason to have internet access available oncourse!
  14. Chief Stipe
    Which would make it even more important for a Club like Motukarara to have WiFi access oncourse! (A discussion ongoing on the Harness Forum).
  15. Chief Stipe
    I wasn't including gate takings as part of oncourse turnover. With regard to the 8% that does that include bets made oncourse through the mobile app?
  16. Chief Stipe
    Yes well unfortunately most trainers aren't up to speed with computers and are slow with their stable returns and manually notify their nominations.
  17. Chief Stipe
    Even Without A Fight and Soulcombes runs in the last Melbourne Cup!
  18. Chief Stipe
    Really? What about handicapping?
  19. Chief Stipe
    But those front runners all had high cruising speeds - makes it tough to come from behind regardless of the track. Sunline was the classic high cruise speed front runner. She could string fast furlongs together one after the other.
  20. Chief Stipe
    I disagree. Sometimes back runner Jockeys will leave their run too late but with the camber and the Strathayr there isn't a bias stopping you from coming wide...early! That's the surface.
  21. Chief Stipe
    That's Gai Waterhouse's approach. Distort what view? I think everyone who has something positive to say about Kumara is just applauding what looked like a great day out with a crowd that Trentham, Awapuni, Riccarton and Te Rapa would have been happy with. Many seeds of future racing interest sown yesterday.
  22. Chief Stipe
    Then make sure they walk the talk in the future. Who is the "in crowd"?
  23. Chief Stipe
    Your point? If you have a horse good enough and with the lead up form you'll have no trouble paying those nom fees.
  24. Chief Stipe
    The nomination fees are normally for Grp races - mostly there are no fees. One thing about nomination fees for the big races is it eliminates the inexperienced tyre kickers.
  25. Chief Stipe
    You find it hard to find a connection to what? Profitability?
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