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@Reefton you're an accountant - how did they suddenly find another $30m (presumable outside of the Entain one-off windfall) when literally weeks earlier they were talking stakes cuts?

The first gallop of the morning was held while the Jockey's were meeting to decide if conditions were safe enough to ride. They ran their last half in 65 with a maiden 10 year old by Zed showing a great turn of foot albeit on the better going along the top of the rail. One to black book for the upcoming Riverton meeting.

Did you miss the announcement on the remedial work?

Perhaps de Lore was right they had squirreled some reserves.

NZTR Supports TAB NZ Funding Announcement New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing is thrilled that TAB NZ has today announced further funding to New Zealand’s racing codes over the 2023-24 season. We would like to thank Chairman Mark Stewart, his Board, and management for making this decision. In essence, the additional funding comes in two forms; both have at this stage a one-year horizon. $15 million has been introduced into code annual funding, taking the total for the 2023-24 season now to $185 million. Further, TAB NZ has announced that for next year, the Racing Integrity Board will not be funded out of Class 4 Gaming, but instead from TAB NZ revenue and reserves. In doing so, they have created a $15 million contestable fund for applications under TAB NZ’s Racing Authorised Purpose. You will recall that in December 2022, following the announcement by TAB NZ to reduce funding by $15 million, NZTR Board and management agreed to use accumulated reserves to maintain stakes funding for the remainder of the 2022-23 season. Today’s announcement allows NZTR Board and management to conduct an ongoing review of its current funding commitment for industry initiatives during the 2023-24 racing season. NZTR’s recent announcement with regards to stakes, Club funding and other Initiatives for the 2023-2024 season demonstrates a confident and committed mindset from the Board and Management to inspire and grow the industry in a planned and sustainable manner for generations to enjoy. Yours in racing, Cameron George Chairman New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Bruce Sharrock Chief Executive Officer New Zealand Thoroughbred

@Reefton you'll be writing the application right now for a chunk pf the contrstable fund!!!! Surely Reefton is sustainable.

So is it $15m or $30m? Who funds the RIB? I thought Pokie money stopped. Beats me how they suddenly found all this extra dosh.

As for High Chaparral Dad and Joe Hill had a lot of fun setting him up for the punt. Big win at Ashburton one day which I remember well. Again we had stayed at Ted Lowe's and I got to see Wag - once held the NZ mile record. I was a young lad and cut a lock of hair off Wags tail and tied it to High Chaparrals hopples at the races. He won well. After that every now and then old Ted would send an envelope in the post with a lock of Wags tail. I also remember vividly that day because what I had done was written up in the Ashburton paper. Not to forget that I was left to walk the horse around in the rain after the race. Dad and Joe forgot about me while they drank whiskey and counted the cash in the oncourse bar. I was too scared to put the horse in the stalls on my own because it was really busy and noisy with horses kicking everywhere.

No unfortunately his debut race was a pipe opener penalty bearing race at Waterlea on the Saturday prior to Kaikoura on the Tuesday. He hit the front and Brian Hill the driver was leaning out of the cart trying not to win. Won by a head. Got penalised 30m for Kaikoura last going into the final turn 8 or 9 wide on straightening and broke. Pipped by Nostradamus in the Orari Challenge Stakes - by no more than the thickness of a credit card. Won the Timaru Challenge Stakes. Stayed the night at Ted Lowes in Hinds on the way there and back. Ted took him for a jog down on his track - ran a furlong in 12 which Ted said was the fastest any horse had gone. Ran a great race in Might Me's Derby. Not a good drive as Brian took on Georgie Shand on Borana for the lead. Georgie didn't hand up for anyone. Great times in the Hill stable - a team of top 2 and three year old pacers. As well as Macshane.

High Chaparral was his first decent one. Another was Dunhill.

I think he shared top junior driver with Tony Herlihy one season. 25 wins.

Ted didn’t have children. His brother was Hughie Lowe. Alistair is either a nephew or great nephew of Ted from the Hughie sire line.

I really like Extreme Choice as a sire. I see his fee is $275,000!

I don't know the stats but it seems we didn't send as many.

Nice price TAB NZ FO $14. Won his last four races.

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Pinn chalks up milestone | RACING.COM www.racing.com Wiremu Pinn put the fiasco of the incorrect weight saga behind him when he rode his first Flemington and Australian stakes winner, taking out the Final of the Taj Rossi Series (1600m, 2yo) on filly Dolphin Skin. Pinn said he felt proud to have had success at Flemington, especially in a non-claiming race, “It’s pretty special,” Pinn said. “There’s no claiming races today and I’m glad they’ve kept me on as they could have put a good jockey on someone like ‘Shinny’ (Blake Shinn) on but they stuck with me.” “It’s a very proud moment. I haven’t had much luck here, especially as it’s a stakes race. I probably should have won a couple of races by now.” It was Pinn’s 14th ride at the track. As for the controversy which has surrounded him with his claim allocation, he said he felt sorry for the trainers and owners who it had affected. “It is what it is, and I’m just looking forward to it and I’ll put that behind me,” he said. WATCH: Pinn's winning ride on Dolphin Skin Co-trainer of Dolphin Skin, Troy Corstens, who arrived back in Melbourne at 12.30am after going to Royal Ascot to supervise The Astrologist, said the filly had a nice future as a stayer. Corstens paid $13,000 for the daughter of Street Cry stallion Telperion at a Ready To Run sale in New Zealand. “I’m hoping she can get out over more ground. She’s a beautiful filly,” Corstens said. He said Dolphin Skin, a two-year-old filly, would run in the Byerley Handicap (1800m) on July 15 at Flemington which carries a golden ticket into VRC Oaks for a filly and for a colt and gelding into the Victoria Derby.

No prize taken back and those promoted are to be topped up.

Why bother with Matauranga.

Why reinvent the wheel? Is Matauranga "Maori knowledge" just a process of renaming science theories supported by evidence based research? If so why do it?

What is mātauranga Māori? Giving a definitive translation of mātauranga Māori is challenging, as it covers a wide expanse of knowledge and understanding. At its simplest, mātauranga Māori might be described as ‘Māori knowledge’. Within this body of knowledge originating from Māori ancestors are Māori world views, values and perspectives, Māori creativity, and cultural practices and recognition of the inter-related connectedness between all life forces, both those seen and unseen with the human eye.

Are you suggesting "western science" is wrong? Do we abandon physics and focus on the earth mothers forces?