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Someone close to me has had first hand experience of the degradation of primary health care. Moving to a new region and requiring a new GP and Dentist they found the recommended best local practitioners were not taking on any new patients so they had to find whoever they could. They end up with recent immigrants. Now why would a qualified excellent practitioner come to a country where the pay is less and the relative cost of living is higher? Bit like horse trainers - if you are good you go to Australia.

You can't abandon if you didn't start.

Matamata Races Today Abandoned MEETING NEWS Matamata Races Today Abandoned After further rain in the last 24 hours the decision has been made to abandon the Matamata races today. Senior riders galloped horses at 6am this morning and after consultation with club officials and stewards, there were concerns about completing the days racing safely due to the particularly heavy nature of the track.

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You don't need to read about it in NZ - we all experience it. Just look at the road outside for a start.

That's generalising a bit. Recently child vaccinations have dropped because of access and cost of primary medical care. That access was further restricted by Covid mandates.

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The tax debate this Labour Government is leading is not about equity but about creating envy. Supposedly that will aid their re-election chances. It's also about the Government collecting not less tax but more tax. To do what? Create more bureaucracy and more central control which have proven to be grossly inefficient and very poor at delivering.

I can. Bosson is a very very good jockey. Geez given the way NZ racing is he'd win Speedway races or dodgems.

Have you driven a horse?

Well there you go you will get what you have been wishing for.

The stupid thing is no one would have noticed unless the RIB reviewed the film in the bunker. Which it appears they have done because I'm sure it wasn't reported on the night.

It is very unnerving driving a horse with the one behind doing that. Dangerous in fact. All of these social do gooders have no idea what it's like to drive a horse. I've told the story many times where I was driving a horse and had one on a lead. The horse on the lead was a real bitch and come up and bit me in the back. The next time it tried it got an elbow in the gob and full force. Never did it again.

What "errors"? Are you saying since Cullen moved from Purdon's stable to the Telfers they started making "errors"?

BD Joe has a habit of doing that though doesn't he. Puts in a cracker then runs like a mug the next week.

They may have said that they intended to increase the numbers in training but that takes time as well. If Cullen learnt anything at the Purdons he would be culling anything that was slow. So I imagine there has been a clean out as well. Either way I don't get your point. Or indeed any inference you may be intending.

Has Opie retired?

Star-studded 10 inducted into New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame NZ Racing Desk 9 May 2023 Six people and four horses were inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame on Sunday night in a gala dinner in Hamilton. They included champion racehorses Verry Elleegant, Melody Belle and Beau Vite, leading trainers Paul O’Sullivan, Michael Moroney and George Price and outstanding jockeys Opie Bosson and Keith Voitre. Also inducted was breeder, auctioneer and administrator Ken Austin along with long-serving Wrightson Managing Director Michael Floyd. Since the inaugural New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame dinner in 2006, 41 horses from racehorses to stallions and broodmares, and 53 people – including trainers, jockeys, owners, breeders and administrators – have been inducted to the elite list that honours New Zealand’s highest achievers in the thoroughbred sphere. Champion jockey Opie Bosson said it had been a long-standing ambition to one day be inducted alongside those he admired so much. “It means the world to me,” Bosson said. “It’s good just to be recognised for my achievements. It is really, really cool. “Lance O’Sullivan was my idol as a kid and he was inducted in the inaugural Hall Of Fame and I thought it was something I really wanted to achieve. “It has been hard over the years, particularly with the wasting, but it is rewarding when you get a winner, no matter what type of winner it is.” With 91 Group One wins to his name Bosson is keen to hit the century within the next few years, while he is also closing in on 2000 career victories, currently sitting on 1959. “I’m 42 now so hopefully I can get it by the time I am 45 and then we’ll see what happens after that,” he said. Also on-hand for the awards was Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney, who said it was an honour and he was pleased his late father Denny, who passed away last year aged 93, was aware of the then impending induction. “It means a lot,” Moroney said. “We lost Dad 10 months ago and he was a big part of it. Luckily, I was told on the quiet that it was happening and I could let Dad know. “He knew it was happening and I know he would be very proud of me and the whole family, because it has been a family thing.” Moroney, who has 55 Group One wins to his name said the win of Brew in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) was a highlight of his career, while the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) is the most coveted race that he has yet to win. “The Melbourne Cup was a life-changing event,” Moroney said. “It wasn’t until I won it that I realised what it was like. I had been living in Victoria where I wasn’t that well known, even though I had trained a Victoria Derby (Gr.1, 2500m) winner. “I was well known in New Zealand but certainly not over there (Australia) and when I won the Melbourne Cup it all changed and no matter where I went in the world it changed. It was quite mind-boggling as to what it actually means.” It was fitting that Moroney and recently retired trainer Paul O’Sullivan were inducted on the same night, with the pair having trained in partnership early in their careers along with Paul’s Hall of Fame father Dave. “It’s great. We both got our trainers’ licence the same day,” Moroney said. “I’d like to find a copy of it, but Paul and I knew it all when we were young and we actually wrote a book between us as to how to train a racehorse. “I’d love to read it now and see what we wrote but I can’t find a copy of it. “Paul was the best man at my wedding and we’ve been close mates all the way through despite heading in different paths.”

JUST MICHAEL - began awkwardly and shifted outwards at the start. When questioned regarding the performance driver J Cox reported the gelding had hung inwards from the 800m causing him difficulty and he would be recommending a change of bit prior to the horse resuming. Mr Cox defended a charge under Rule 869(3)(f) alleging he drove improperly passing the 1500m when striking the trailing KIWI HERO on several occasions with his fist with the Adjudicative Committee electing to defer the hearing to a date and time to be fixed.

I don't think either of you in your analysis have accounted for the official change in season HRNZ racing calendar. Where the season was changed from a 1 August to 31 July year to a Calendar year starting 1 January.

Yet the Telfer Stable UDR is better this year than 2020 and 2021. So the performance argument doesn't hold up does it. So whatever it is inferred they are using isn't as good as any number of other trainers.

Well we get what we deserve.

@Basil is at it again.

Has anyone got ANY information about this Entain deal? Seems everyone is fiddling whole Rome burns and a hostile takeover is being prepared.