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The weather forecast for Rotorua doesn't look cataclysmic. Why cancel?

MEETING NEWS Racing Rotorua Sunday 24 September - Cancelled NZTR and Racing Rotorua have decided to cancel the meeting scheduled for this Sunday. The early decision has been made after reviewing the weather forecast which is for severe rainfall in the region over the next few days. NZTR will look at options to add races to other meetings to provide opportunities for those that have missed a run at Rotorua.

Yeah well as you know Michael sometimes it's better to keep your mouth shut.

Someone who was being extremely provocative to the extent they had to be held by a security guard.

My understanding is you can't tube on course after a race let alone have the equipment in your possession. When you get off the course and down the road you can but I guess that wouldn't be a good look either. A lot of these rules are all about appearances rather than in the best interests of the horse.

There's an old saying Galah - "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink". Dehydration can happen very quickly and it also may have been preventative. Yes should have given it 24 hours prior to the race. No doubt the horses were swabbed and blood taken so any performance enhancing drugs will be picked up. So no quacking ducks there. It is actually one of the weaknesses in the 24 hour rule as you also can't apply such a treatment on course AFTER a race unless the horse is in considerable distress and requires vet treatment. With the hot summer on the horizon it is going to be hard work keeping in work horses hydrated. If it wasn't Hartmann's solution then it will be fairly obvious in testing. Full details of the solution can be found on this thread: https://bitofayarn.com/topic/102237-emma-stewart-statement-a-drench/

Yep it was a drench.

Hartmann's solution: Hartmann's Solution • LITFL • CCC litfl.com Hartmann’s Solution is one of the most commonly administered intravenous crystalloid solutions for perioperative care and circulatory resuscitation. The electrolyte composition of Hartmann’s solution (Alexis Frank Hartmann – 1932) is similar to Ringer’s solution (Sydney Ringer – 1882) first formulated to maintain cellular function. Hartmann’s solution has been adapted by adding sodium lactate to more closely resemble the ionic composition of plasma, creating a ‘balanced salt solution’ that reduces transmembrane ion and water shifts post-transfusion. Hartmann’s solution is also known as: Hartmann’s; Compound Sodium Lactate (CSL); sodium lactate solution; Ringer-Locke’s solution; Ringer-lactate; Lactated Ringer’s Solution (LRS). Ingredients Crystalloid solution containing Potassium chloride; Sodium chloride; Calcium chloride dihydrate; Sodium lactate in various concentrations. The exact make up is determined by country and manufacturer. In Australia the most common constituents for Compound Sodium Lactate includes sodium lactate (3.17g/L), sodium chloride (6.0g/L), potassium chloride (400 mg/L) and calcium chloride dihydrate (270mg/L) in water for injections. Contents mmol.L-1 0.9% NaCl UK/AUS Hartmann’s UK/AUS Plasmalyte Osmolality mOsm/kg 300 254 294 How does it work? Hartmann’s solution acts as a source of both glucose and alkalinising agent in the form of bicarbonate that is generated from lactate metabolism. Metabolism of the lactate in Hartmann’s solution is by either gluconeogenesis or oxidation. Gluconeogenesis (70%): Lactate undergoes gluconeogenesis, predominantly in the liver and to a lesser extent in the kidneys. Lactate is first converted to pyruvate (via pyruvate kinase), then oxaloacetate and phosphoenol pyruvate (via phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase). In normal healthy adults there is a transient increase in blood glucose which provokes an appropriate insulin response. Metabolism of lactate to form Glucose. Anaesthesia 1997 Oxidation (30%): Lactate undergoes oxidation predominantly in the hepatocytes, but also in the kidneys as well as cardiac and skeletal muscle under certain physiological conditions. H+ ions are consumed in lactate oxidation to CO2 and H2O Metabolism of lactate by oxidation. Anaesthesia 1997 Hydrogen ions are consumed in both gluconeogenesis and oxidation of lactate. Both reactions contribute to the alkalinising effect of Hartmann’s solution by producing a relative excess of bicarbonate ions (excess OH– combines with CO2 to form HCO3 ) In normal adults the production of both glucose and bicarbonate is gradual and produces small changes in their plasma concentrations, easily corrected by the usual homeostatic mechanisms. In patients with metabolic acidosis, there is a slow and steady production of bicarbonate which is of potential benefit. Bicarbonate produced has a half life of 10-15 minutes, with excess being excreted by the kidneys. Note: some critically ill patients are obligate excretors of acidic urine. The additional bicarbonate load cannot be excreted and may render the patient alkalotic with increased renal potassium loss… History of Hartmann’s solution or Ringer’s lactate Sydney Ringer (1835-1910) was a British clinician, physiologist and pharmacologist. He studied the effects of electrolytes on cardiac and involuntary muscles. In particular the actions of various inorganic salts on the behaviour of the heart. In 1882 discovered a solution of salts dissolved in water to create an isotonic solution relative to the body fluids of an animal. The discovery of Ringers solution was an accident. Ringer’s lab assistant mistakenly substituted tap water for distilled water, in experiments they were performing on frogs hearts. Ringer noticed that the experiments with tap water yielded different results from those with distilled water; he deduced this was due to the fact tap water contained inorganic substances. The ability of a small volume of Ringer solution to sustain an excised frog heart-nerve preparation enabled Otto Loewi and Sir Henry Hallett Dale to propose the chemical transmission of nerve impulses For this, Loewi and Dale received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Alexis Frank Hartmann (1898-1964) was an American pediatrician and clinical biochemist. His research work centred around treating acidosis in sick children. In the 1930’s there were several problems complicating the use of sodium bicarbonate to treat acidosis. The process of sterilisation was laborious; the solution was highly irritant and made administration difficult; and sodium bicarbonate administration often produced too rapid a correction of the acidosis potentially resulting in a profound alkalosis. An alternative to sodium bicarbonate was needed: References Original articles Ringer S. A further Contribution regarding the influence of the different Constituents of the Blood on the Contraction of the Heart. J Physiol. 1883 Jan; 4(1): 29–42 [Ringer’s solution] Hartmann AF. Chemical Changes Occurring in the Body as the Result of Certain Diseases. I. The Effects of Diarrhea, Vomiting, Dehydration and Oliguria on the Acid-Base Balance of the Plasma of Infants with Mastoiditis. Am J Dis Child. 1928;35(4):557-575 Hartmann AF, Senn MJE. Studies in the metabolism of sodium r-lactate. I. Response of normal human subjects to the intravenous injection of sodium r-lactate J. Clin. Invest. 1932: 11(2): 327-335 Eponymous terms Lee JA. Sydney Ringer (1834-1910) and Alexis Hartmann (1898-1964). Anaesthesia. 1981 Dec;36(12): 1115-21 White SA, Goldhill DR. Is Hartmann’s the solution? Anaesthesia. 1997 May;52(5):422-7. Barlow J. Intravenous Fluids. Part One

Leading harness trainer admits ‘mistake' after stable raid www.racenet.com.au Champion harness trainer Emma Stewart has broken her silence around the circumstances around Harness Racing Victoria stewards scratching two of her pacers, including Inter Dominion placegetter Act Now, from last Sunday's Maryborough Cup meeting. Stewart, who won five of the 12 Group 1 Vicbred finals at Melton last Saturday night, released a statement around the stable inspection by HRV stewards earlier that morning that led to pacers Act Now and Show Me Heaven being withdrawn from their respective Maryborough races. "Last Saturday morning (September 16), Harness Racing Victoria stewards inspected my stables and as a result two of my horses, Act Now and Show Me Heaven, were scratched from their engagements at Maryborough the following day," the statement read. "Act Now was being administered a ‘Hartman's' drip and Show Me Heaven was about to be administered one. I now know this was inside the permitted time frame before their scheduled races. "On the day and subsequently, I have co-operated fully with HRV stewards and will continue to do so. I willingly provided samples of the intravenous drips and treatment records for the horses. "There were no prohibited substances used and the inquiry will show this. "I accept I have breached the rules by administering the drip to Act Now and, intending to do the same with Show Me Heaven, inside one clear day of the horses racing. "This was a mistake, which I take responsibility for, and I will continue to co-operate fully with HRV stewards until the inquiry is concluded." A "Hartmann's" drip is described as: "a compound sodium lactate used to replace body fluid and mineral salts." Act Now was withdrawn by stewards from the Maryborough Cup meeting last Sunday. Industry speculation went into overdrive late last Saturday night when HRV's integrity unit issued a brief notification, explaining the scratchings of Act Now and Show Me Heaven. Stewart and partner, Clayton Tonkin, are Australia's dominant training force and recently won the world's richest pacing race, the inaugural $2.1m TAB Eureka at Menangle. Just hours after the drama unfolded at Stewart's Cardigan stables near Ballarat, they had 28 of the 94 runners across the eight Group 1 Vicbred finals they contested last Saturday night. Stewart has won the past eight Victorian trainers' premierships and holds a commanding lead again this season with 161 wins, 76 ahead of nearest rival Julie Douglas. Victoria acknowledges the interest generated by the recent stable inspection at the establishment of a highly successful trainer within our sport. "We understand the significance of this news and reassure that all relevant protocols and procedures are being followed with utmost professionalism and respect. "It is imperative that matters progress with due process, regardless of a stable's size or success, to ensure a fair hearing and protect the integrity of the sport, and so there will be no further comment relating to an active investigation." No date has yet been set for the inquiry.

Horse racing: Inter-island flights for racehorses a boost for south Michael Guerin 20 Sep, 2023 07:40 AM3 mins to read Inter-island flights for racehorses look set to return. Regular inter-island flights for racehorses look set to return, with the first major beneficiary to be New Zealand Cup week in November. Negotiations are being completed that could confirm weekly flights between Auckland and Christchurch starting as early as the third week of October, giving the connections of horses heading to Canterbury’s Cup Week the option to fly them down. Just as importantly, if the new deal is struck, horses who head to Cup week, or any South Island race meeting, can fly back to Auckland. That could be a crucial deciding factor for some trainers who are reluctant to transport their horses from the north by road and then Cook Strait ferry to Christchurch for fear of it ruining their summer preparation. Some horses handle a road trip home from Riccarton to Cambridge or Matamata fine — Prowess and Legarto both did it last season and had stellar summers afterwards — but others don’t. They can find the rigours of travelling, racing at Group 1 level and then the long trip home too much and need a decent spell, which can shorten their summer campaigns. Those days may be gone if the regular scheduled flights that have been grounded for several years and weren’t help by Covid restrictions are set to return. “We are confident they will come back,” says Richard Cole, managing director of International Racehorse Transport. “While we’ve had charter services that have flown occasionally in recent years, we’re hoping and planning for a regular scheduled service each week down to Christchurch and back to Auckland. “That would be great for busy times of the year like Cup week and the lead-ins to that, but with southern racing getting stronger, we could see consistent demand. And once the horses are in Auckland, it’s a lot easier to fly them to Australia.” IRT and New Zealand Bloodstock Airfreight would use the inter-island service run by Tasman Cargo Airlines, a subsidiary of DHL. The freight-only plane could have room at peak horse-demand times for 11 pallets per flight, each pallet carrying three horses. The likelihood of regular scheduled flights returning can only be good news for Addington and perhaps even more so Riccarton, which holds the 1000 and 2000 Guineas. Both Group 1s were in danger of being moved north, and while regular flights won’t guarantee they stay in Christchurch, they would seem certain to boost the quality of the fields, an important factor in the ratings of the races at the end of each season. The best example is last season’s Karaka Million winner and brilliant last-start returnee Tokyo Tycoon. His co-trainer Mark Walker was initially not keen on a road trip to Christchurch with the slight gelding but did state after his last-start win in the El Roca Trophy that he could be more likely of making the trip if he could fly there and back. Walker believes that would put less pressure on his campaign towards his main aim for the summer, the $1.5 million Karaka Million Three-Year-Old on January 27.

Opening the Books | NZCPR Site www.nzcpr.com Posted on September 18, 2023 By Dr Muriel Newman Back in 2017, when New Zealand’s economy was being described as a “rock star”, the opposition Labour Party railed against the role being played by immigration. Figures at the time showed that under National, annual net migration had grown from just 5,000 in 2008, when they first took office, to 72,000, with Treasury forecasting the numbers would stabilise at around 50,000 a year. Labour was highly critical of growth generated on the back of high immigration rates, and their 2017 election pledge was to reduce net migration by 20,000, to 30,000 a year. It was therefore a surprise, to find in last week’s Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) – the set of Government accounts released by Treasury ahead of every general election – that Labour has opened the floodgates to migration: “In the September 2023 quarter annual net migration is forecast to peak close to 100,000, about 33,000 higher than forecast in the Budget Update.” No doubt it was the economic activity generated by tens of thousands of new migrants that have helped Labour claim the economy has turned a corner and that they are great economic managers. As Prime Minister Chris Hipkins stated, “Economic growth is returning, the government’s books are heading back into surplus and we’re winning the battle against inflation. The forecasts are showing that unemployment will remain low and there is real reason for optimism about the future of the New Zealand economy and I think the pre election fiscal update shows that. I said when I became prime minister that I wanted to refocus the government on getting back to basics, that we were going to focus on issues like the cost of living, the inflation coming down shows that we’re starting to win that battle.” But that’s not the whole story. Treasury secretary Dr Caralee McLiesh noted in the PREFU that the “surge in migration” will make it harder for the Reserve Bank to reduce inflation because of the additional demand it is adding to the economy. As a result, interest rates will need to stay higher for longer – until at least December 2024 – and they may even need to rise further. The PREFU spells it out: “Slow economic growth is forecast to continue over the next eighteen months as high inflation necessitates high interest rates. Domestic inflationary pressure has remained persistent, and with ongoing domestic demand pressure, interest rates are expected to remain at their current level over the next year in order to reduce inflation. High interest rates are expected to constrain economic growth to a quarterly average of 0.4% over the next year, and the unemployment rate is expected to rise to 5.4% while wage growth eases from a relatively high 6.9% in June 2023 to 3.7% in June 2027.” In other words, by increasing pressure on inflation, the record rate of migration is ensuring interest rates remain higher for longer. This is expected to lead to business closures and rising unemployment, all of which flies in the face of the Prime Minister’s claims that Labour is managing the economy well. The record levels of migration caught many people by surprise. Jarrod Kerr, chief economist at Kiwibank, expected net migration to be running at around 40,000, not 100,000: “It’s much greater than anticipated.” He estimated another 40,000 or 50,000 homes will be needed: “we simply don’t have enough…we’re going to find ourselves with an even greater shortage in a year’s time. That’s something that worries me.” Westpac’s chief economist Kelly Eckhold explained that as a result of the increased population growth, “Our forecast is for house prices to go up a shade under 8% in the next year.” Clearly, the effect of record migration on house prices will be yet another challenge to confront the incoming government. The July 2023 international migration data from Stats NZ provides some insight into what’s going on. It explains that present net migration levels are the highest on record and it identifies citizens of India, the Philippines, China, South Africa, and Fiji as driving this record immigration influx. They also explain that this year’s migration gain is more than double the long term pre-Covid July year average. And when it comes to Kiwis leaving the country, they note there’s been an almost two-year exodus: “There have been 21 consecutive months of net migration losses of New Zealand citizens to July 2023, amounting to 55,600.” What’s quite bizarre about all of this, is the fact while the Labour had approved the highest number of immigrants ever to enter the country, virtually no-one seemed to be aware of what was going on. While the Minister of Finance was glowing about the state of the books, Auckland University’s Economics Professor Robert MacCulloch had questions: “I can’t make sense of the Finance Minister’s statements… He claims the country is in better shape than expected and that the ’forecasts showed New Zealand would avoid recession, with wages keeping ahead of inflation’. “So here’s my question – GDP growth up to June 2024 is forecast to be just over 1%. On the other hand, it is also stated immigration is now running at 100,000 a year, corresponding to an increase in 2% of our entire population. But if total GDP is only growing at a bit over 1% and the population is growing at 2%, then GDP per capita must be declining, since GDP per capita equals total GDP over population size. “In other words, from an individual perspective, we are entering a deep recession. But the Finance Minister says Kiwis are getting better off since our inflation-adjusted incomes are rising, so everything is hunky dory. Have I missed something? It doesn’t add up… No one feels they are getting better off. I reckon the Finance Minister is telling a porker.” As Professor MacCulloch points out, in spite of the Finance Minister’s own PREFU numbers showing GDP per capita is collapsing – from a 2.1 percentage increase in the year to July 2023, to negative 0.7 percent in the current financial year, before recovering to 0.6 percent increase in 2025, and stabilising at a 2 percent increase in 2026 – he’s telling 5 million Kiwis they are all better off! This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator, Dr Bryce Wilkinson, a Senior Fellow at the New Zealand Initiative and a former Director of Treasury, explains the PREFU raises serious concerns about Labour’s management of the economy: “Treasury’s pre-election forecasts confirmed that Government spending exceeds revenue by more than what was forecast in the May 2023 Budget. “Far too many commentators are concluding the increase is not too bad. “Do not be fooled. The forecasts are not realistic. They are too optimistic.” Dr Wilkinson points out that while Treasury must accept the advice given by the Minister of Finance that they have cut back on new spending through to 2027, he reminds us that Labour has a track record of seriously blowing their budgets: “Labour’s Fiscal Plan in 2017 proposed to increase core Crown operating spending by just $11.7 billion. Two years later Treasury put the increase at $27.7b. That increase made a mockery of Labour’s fiscal plan. “The subsequent spending response to Covid-19 took the increase to $77.4b. That additional blow-out would have been understandable were it temporary. “It is neither temporary nor the full story. Spending in the year ended June 2024 was forecast to be $116b. This week, the forecast spending is $139b.” Over the six years that Labour has been in office, Core Crown expenditure has blown out from just over 27 percent of GDP in 2018, to almost 34 percent in this current financial year. The debt story is eye watering. From net core Crown debt of $57.5 billion when Labour took office, it is expected to be $181.6 billion by the end of this financial year, rising to an astonishing $195 billion by 2027. Now that we better understand just how appalling Labour’s economic management really is, it’s worth remembering an important lesson from history. Following the Second World War both Germany and Britain found themselves mired in economic crisis. In 1948, West Germany’s Economics Minister Ludwig Erhardt introduced sweeping reforms. Virtually overnight, the bureaucracy was curtailed, taxes were flattened, and the country was transformed into a free market economy. To encourage hard work, tax on earnings from hours worked over 40 hours a week was abolished, and to incentivise exports, taxes on all profits earned through exports, were eliminated. Released from the shackles of an overbearing bureaucracy and excessive taxation, innovation flourished, productivity soared, and exports skyrocketed. The country prospered, and Germany, the vanquished, overtook the victorious UK to become one of the world’s strongest economies. Meanwhile, in the years after the War, the British state assumed more power and virtually ran the country into the ground. Racked by stagflation and labour strife, when Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in 1979, she promised to restore a culture of entrepreneurship: “I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society – from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.” Her reforms, which embraced the virtues of freedom, lower taxes, and less regulation, reinvigorated the British economy. History is clear. The best way to grow an economy is for the Government to get out of the way and let businesses do what they do best: create jobs and wealth. New Zealand’s future should harness the entrepreneurialism, energy, and expertise of Kiwis wanting to build a good future for themselves and their families. With that in mind, Dr Wilkinson warns against detractors who claim the PREFU shows lower taxes are not possible: “Some commentators argue that the forecasts mean tax cuts are off the table. That assumes all existing spending is sacrosanct. That assumption is absurd.” And absurd it is. Thanks to Labour the bloated Public Service is awash with taxpayers’ cash. Spending blowouts are everywhere – like the plan by the Ministry of Disabled Peoples to hold a two-day staff meeting at a cost of $88,000! Or the Ministry for Pacific Peoples, not only wasting $40,000 on a farewell party for their Chief Executive, but also spending $52,000 promoting Labour MPs at post-budget breakfasts. And how much money will Labour have wasted on propaganda? The revelation that last year they paid $500,000 for climate propaganda to be reported as news is undoubtedly just the tip of a very large iceberg. What about the $1 billion Greens Jobs for Nature scheme, or the $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund, or the $50 million spent on consultants for a bike bridge that was never built. Then there’s the $100 million Labour spent over the last six years on consultants for Auckland’s light rail – a project originally costed at $4 billion, that Treasury has now estimated at $30 billion, that hasn’t even been started! Or what about the billions of dollars that have been spent implementing the divisive race-based objectives of He Puapua. That, of course, includes Three Waters, which has already suffered a billion-dollar blowout in establishment costs – a figure that could end up being many times higher by the time this senseless policy is reversed by a new government. With Dr Wilkinson reminding us that core Crown spending is averaging $1 billion every three days and that the Auditor-General has expressed grave concerns over a lack of accountability for spending by Labour, there will be no end of wasteful projects that can be curtailed by a new government to make tax cuts affordable. Finally, it is indeed ironic that in the days following the release of the PREFU, instead of the mainstream media holding the Government to account for the economic catastrophe they have created, their main focus appeared to be on helping Labour attack National’s tax policies. Whether voters are still bothering to listen to such spin, will no doubt be revealed on October 14!

Well @Archie Butterfly got that wrong!

To be honest Luxon surprised me as well. This could be a rout.

The horses could have been dehydrated.

What a load of bollocks. Every one of those figures is wrong. Presumably you are referring to net debt. The figure for Labour is actually double the one you quote and no adjustment as been made for the 2017 figures for NZSF or Crown Assets. Yet again you are ignoring the shifting off the Government books of debt held by SOE's and Quangos. Obviously you've been to Borrow and Hope Robertson's school of economics.

Aren't they just doing a Boys Get Paid?

I assume you are inferring Te Akau. In my opinion it would be a mistake to align with this venture. Their current model works just fine and pitches to a segment of the market that is distanced from the one this promotion is aimed at. I'd be keeping a distance between them in the early stages. Lots of fluff so far reliant initially on a money feed from Entain HQ and their Capital Investors. Interesting reading this morning where their Poland takeover capital is being financed from. A company built on Arab money and Russian contacts.

Winx's first foal could threaten $5m record at Inglis Easter Sale The first foal of Winx, by Pierro, will be sold at the 2024 Easter Yearling Sale. Picture: Inglis By Ray Thomas 08:25pm • 17 September 2023 3 Comments Winx's little filly could be the most expensive yearling sold anywhere in the world next year. The owners of all-time great racehorse Winx have made the surprising decision to sell the mare's first foal at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale on April 7-8. Breeding experts have estimated Winx's daughter, who is by champion sire Pierro, could break the Australian yearling record price of $5 million set a decade ago for a half-brother to the mighty Black Caviar that was also sold at the Easter auction. Winx's ownership group including Debbie Kepitis and Peter Tighe said they grappled for months whether to retain their filly to race or sell her. "It was a very hard decision,'' Mrs Kepitis said. "The whole ownership group found this a difficult thing to work through but we just feel this is the best way to move forward with this gorgeous little filly. "It is heartbreaking and my stomach is still in knots – I don't know how I will cope in April.'' The Pierro x Winx filly will be offered for sale at Easter. Picture: Inglis Most assumed that Winx's ownership group would retain the mare's Pierro filly to race but Mr Tighe said the decision to sell gives the "opportunity for someone else to manage the next racing chapter of what has been a great story.'' "By selling this filly other people can be involved in the Winx phenomenon,'' he said. Mr Tighe said the ownership group have had the "highs and lows" with Winx since the mare was retired to stud. "We had the first foal stillborn, then we have had this filly, so it's been a rollercoaster with breeding from Winx,'' he said. "But it is not as if we can't breed from her anymore, either. She will be going to Snitzel in the next week or two so that is another chapter. "Hopefully, we can have a nice colt or filly from Winx next year.'' The Chris Waller-trained Winx won 37 of 43 starts including 33 races in succession to close out her celebrated race career, earning more than $26.4 million prizemoney. She won a world record 25 Group 1 races including four Cox Plates, four George Ryder Stakes, four Chipping Norton Stakes, three Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the Doncaster Mile and Epsom Handicap. Winx defeated 78 individual Group 1 winners during her career and earned a peak Timeform rating of 134 which was equal to the likes of Japanese superstar Deep Impact and Europe's mighty mare Enable, and better than champion mares Makybe Diva, Sunline, Atlantic Jewel, More Joyous, Japan's Almond Eye and Gentildonna, and America's Zenyatta. The Winx filly will be included in the Easter Yearling Sale draft of Coolmore Stud, the farm were the great mare was raised, and is scheduled to go through the Inglis Riverside complex sale-ring at Warwick Farm on Day Two of Easter next year. Winx winning her fourth Cox Plate in 2018. Picture: Michael Dodge – Getty Images Inglis Bloodstock chief executive Sebastian Hutch was humbled by the decision of Winx's owners to choose the Easter Yearling Sale to offer their filly. "This is the rarest of opportunities and the greatest of honours to be afforded the chance to showcase this unique filly to a global audience,'' Hutch said. "I have been lucky enough to see the filly on a number of occasions and I think the biggest compliment that I can pay her is that independent of her illustrious mother, she is a special filly in her own right. "The Inglis Easter Yearling Sale has long been known as the ‘Best of the Best', but to have the daughter of Winx, one of the greatest racehorses of all time, as part of the catalogue is a truly special opportunity, not just in the context of the Australian market, but the international bloodstock market as a whole.''

You've just clocked into work? I see the city of Wellington is bankrupt. Actually it doesn't matter what you and the Red Team says from here on in to the election. They're heading for one of their biggest electoral defeats and no one is listening to them anymore.

So please explain.....is Entain buying yearlings to race and syndicate? Is there a press release or details somewhere? I guess @Freda will be first in line as a trainer.

Exaggeration. You could get a job in MSM.

Who is this idiot? Vision NZ candidate Karl Mokaraka’s disruptions lasted around 10 minutes

Yep don't heckle old women! Not sure anyone at Newshub could be called a Journalist. One cameraman from Newshub was hit in the face by an older woman and another visual journalist was struck by ACT signs. A Newshub spokesperson confirmed the incident and said their cameraman was not injured. It followed the disruption of the launch by a persistent heckler, who was eventually escorted out.

What Stewards Report? Where from?