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Video edited to only cover Sharrocks interview.....

Easy peasy.....just have 500 member syndicates!

Seriously, contrary to the popular view that some of the big stables are raking it in on fees they only make profits on stakes won and sales. A precarious position I might add but is reflective of how the entire industry is being run by cross subsidisation.

Simple Pam. Don't charge for you own time and have a primary source of income that isn't from training racehorses. Then your personal return from training will be the trainers % of the stakes your horses win. Oh and clip the ticket on sales.

Apparently interim High Court decision in Wigg's favour.

Well is what I posted the facts or incorrect? HRNZ have changed the universal birth date to 1 January and the two fillies were November foals. I await your erudite response.

I had a better time backing the Tavistock's. Queensland Derby plus 3 at Mildura. They come into their own at this time of year. Tavistock will be missed a lot longer than RdC.

NZMTC 27 May 2022 – R1 – Colin DeFilippi ID: RIB9215 Respondent(s): Colin DeFilippi - Driver Applicant: Mr Paul Williams, Stipendiary Steward Adjudicators: Dave Anderson Persons Present: Mr Williams, Mr DeFilippi Information Number: A16146 Decision Type: Adjudicative Decision Charge: Using whip with more than a wrist flicking motion. Rule(s): 869(2) Plea: Admitted Stewards Report Results Animal Name: WINEGUM Code: Harness Race Date: 27/05/2022 Race Club: NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc Race Location: Addington Raceway - 75 Jack Hinton Drive, Addington, Christchurch, 8024 Race Number: R1 Hearing Date: 27/05/2022 Hearing Location: Addington Raceway - 75 Jack Hinton Drive, Addington, Christchurch, 8024 Outcome: Proved Penalty: Driver, Colin DeFilippi suspended for 4 days Summary of Facts: Following the running of Race 1, the Respondent, Mr Colin DeFilippi admitted a breach of Whip Rule 869(2). The particulars of the charge are that “the whip was used with more than a wrist flicking motion in the home straight ”. Rule 869 provides that: (2) No driver shall during any race use a whip in a manner in contravention of the Use of the Whip Regulations made by the Board. Stipendiary Steward, Mr Paul Williams used available video footage to demonstrate the breach. He pointed to Mr DeFilippi using his whip in a complaint style early in the run home and then striking his horse 5 times which the Stewards believe were outside the Regulations before returning to an acceptable manner close to the winning post. In response, the Respondent advised the Adjudicative Committee he was in a tight finish and his horse was a “thinker”. He said if his actions constitute a breach of the Rules he would have to consider not carrying a whip. Decision: The charge is admitted and therefore proved. Submission For Penalty: Mr Williams produced the Respondent’s Mr DeFilippi’s record which indicated a warning and 2 low-range breaches in the last 6 months for which a $200 fine and a 3-day suspension were imposed. Mr Williams said that Stewards assessed the breach to be medium-level and submitted that it be dealt with by way of suspension in the 4 to 5 day range. The Respondent made no submissions on penalty. If a suspension is proposed a 6-day deferment is sought to enable confirmed driving engagements at the NZMTC meeting on 2 June to be met. Reasons For Penalty: After consideration of the evidence from all parties concerned and viewing the Race films of the concluding stages of the race the Adjudicative Committee assessed the breach at a medium level. A medium-level breach is defined as when a driver inadvertently reverts to the old style (freehand, loose reining, and/or more than a flicking motion) and continues to drive in this manner for some distance (50 metres) before taking corrective steps to return to a compliant style of driving. Aggravating factors are Mr DeFilippi is a repeat offender and has struck his drive 5 times which were well outside of the Whip and Rein Regulations. Mr Defilippi has admitted the breach and has shown genuine remorse for his actions which the Adjudicative Committee appreciated, but under the Guidelines holds no weight when considering Penalty. Having considered all factors, the Adjudicative Committee deemed a suspension to be an appropriate penalty. Conclusion: The Respondent is granted a deferment and is suspended for a period of 4 days commencing 3 June 2022 and concluding 17 June 2022.

World’s greatest ever jockey Lester Piggott dies, aged 86 www.racenet.com.au Tributes are flowing from around the world for Lester Piggott, named by many as the greatest jockey ever after his passing aged 86. The legendary British rider rode for almost 50 years amassing 4493 winners and was crowned champion jockey 11 times. Piggott, who rode a record nine Derby winners died peacefully in the early hours of this morning in Switzerland where he lived the later part of his life. The winner of more than 300 Group 1 races around the world Piggott starting his career as a 10 year-old working for his father’s stable and rode his first winner aged 12 in 1948 on a horse called The Chase at Haydock Park. Piggott also rode a staggering 116 Royal Ascot winners and a record 30 English Classics with his nine Derby winners complemented by eight St Legers, six Oaks, five 2000 Guineas and two 1000 Guineas. Nicknamed ‘The Long Fellow” due to his height (173cm) Piggott struggled to keep his weight down below 54kg but this never stopped him becoming the third winningest jockey in British racing history behind Sir Gordon Richards (4870) and Pat Eddery (4633). Piggott retired in 1985 to become a trainer but that was short-lived when he was convicted of tax fraud and jailed, along with being stripped of his OBE. He was released from jail after serving 366 days in prison. Piggott then went back to the saddle in 1990 and incredibly won the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Belmont Park on Royal Academy only 10 days after returning to race riding. He rode his last winner in Britain in October 1994 with his last ride at ‘home’ in November the same year. Piggott then briefly rode selectively abroad into 1995 including winning the Black Opal Stakes at Canberra on Zadok in March that year. Some of the most Some of the most notable horses Piggott was associated with over his career included the last horse to win the English Triple Crown Nijinsky, Sir Ivor, Alleged, The Minstrel, Rodrigo de Triano, Never Say Die, Petite Etoile, St Paddy, Never Say Die, Teenoso, Empery, Shadeed and Royal Academy. Champion jockey Frankie Dettori told Racing TV: “Lester was very special and was one of my heroes. I was one of the lucky ones (to have ridden against him). I was in that race he won on Royal Academy (Breeders’ Cup) and I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. A month out of retirement and he did what he did, it proves what a legend he was.” William Haggas, son-in-law of Lester Piggott, is well known to Australian’s as the trainer of two-time Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Addeybb and he confirmed Lester had died peacefully in Switzerland. It was only last Friday Shane Dye wrote in his exclusive Racenet column that he rated Piggott as the greatest jockey he had ridden against. “Lester was so good with the stick, they responded to it. I rode against Lester in different countries towards the end of his career,” Dye recalled. “There has never been a jockey as strong as Lester in the finish. He had a long stick and he would turn around in the saddle, the whole stick would go behind the horse. “Lester rode very very short, all of his weight was above the wither and forward – he sat high in the saddle. “He was also very tough in a race and wouldn’t give you an inch – as an 18 year-old, he was suspended for six months for riding too tight and causing too much interference.” Read all of Shane Dye’s thoughts on Lester Piggott. Lester Piggott, aged 12, sitting on a fence at his fathers stables at Lambourn. The age at which he rode his first winner. pic.twitter.com/jAt8vvo1kN — Sporting Life Racing (@SportingLife) May 29, 2022 Legend. RIP Lester Piggott pic.twitter.com/DHmpnzi7Ol — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 29, 2022 Lester Piggott and Sir Henry Cecil – two greats of the game sadly no longer with us. pic.twitter.com/08BrEUyoad — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 29, 2022 9 Derby wins 8 St Legers 6 Oaks 5 2000 Guineas 2 1000 Guineas 1 icon. Lester Piggott pic.twitter.com/ip1332PdOt — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 29, 2022 Lester Piggott, the legendary rider, has passed away at the age of 86. We send our deepest condolences to all his family and friends at this sad time. pic.twitter.com/DAYsOKzSDr — Great British Racing (@GBRacing) May 29, 2022 Legendary. Vale Lester Piggott. pic.twitter.com/0XfO7YWZ58 — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) May 29, 2022

Well you keep backing them. As for the filly being 3 months off three. You obviously haven't caught up with the change in the universal birth date. It naturally won't be 3 until November (6 months away) and officially 3 until 1 January which is 7 months away.

I'm saying her sectionals must have been very good for a 2yr old.

I agree. I think they are gone within a year. Harness is the next on the target list for the anti-everything mob. Then.....

The devil is in the detail on that "promise". It ain't what it seems when you look closer. Anyway what does it have to do with the Queensland Derby?

I'd say she is a special horse. Another All Star All Star in the making! Not bad times considering she would have run the fastest sectionals on the wettest part of the track. Mile Rate: 1-58.9 Last 800m: 56.6 Last 400m: 29.1

What move?

The bromance continues.

Which is?

I don't see what the problem is. Tiff's Little Sister was foaled 30-11-2019. So it is 2 years 6 months old. Millwood Nike a couple of weeks older. There have always been two yr olds tried late in the season against older horses. Also it isn't the toughest bunch of mares to race against!! Millwood Nike's last trial was very good. She's built like a brick shit house.

Didn't know he still rode horses.

He had a positive plan from the start and stuck to it. He made his luck. I hate hearing Jockey's and Trainers when they get a carpark draw say "they'll need a lot of luck from out there". The the horse is ridden "for luck"! Only way to ride against those top Jocks in OZ is to take it to them. In contrast I felt Opie gave Entriviere no chance yesterday. With Opie getting close to retirement as well the NZ Jockey ranks are looking very very thin.

Racing: Kiwi jockey Leith Innes retires after brilliant $1 million Queensland Derby win on Pinarello www.nzherald.co.nz Kiwi jockey Leith Innes produced the greatest ride of his career to win the A$1 million Queensland Derby on Pinarello yesterday, then immediately retired. "I am done. That was one of my best ever rides and I want to go out on a high," said the 44-year-old Aucklander. "I considered it last year and I can't think of a better way to do it than winning this race like that. I won't be changing my mind in the morning. It is time for me and I am calling it quits. "To do it winning a huge race for [owners] Brendan and Jo Lindsay who have been such big supporters of mine is the right way to go out. "I know this horse is special enough he might go on to be a Cox Plate horse but I can't worry about that. "The time is right for me. I guess I will have to get a job." Innes is going out on a stunning high as he expertly guided Pinarello to overcome barrier 17 by gambling on going forward on the three-year-old to overcome the Eagle Farm track that suited leaders racing on the inside 7m of new ground. Having gone running on the track on Thursday, Innes made the late decision to be aggressive on Pinarello early to get as handy as possible, risking being trapped three wide. He executed his plan to perfection and 300m after the start was one off ahead of midfield in a perfect spot, but then doubled down on his confidence by taking off three wide well before the home bend to clear traffic and give Pinarello a winning break. Innes somehow achieved all of that and when the challengers came at the 200m the leggy gelding would not be denied. Innes' genius final ride wasn't the only stunning display of New Zealand horsemanship in the victory as trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood pulled off their own masterstroke to get Pinarello to the race ready to win. The son of the late Tavistock overcame an interrupted preparation that saw him missing his logical lead-up race two weeks ago, so Pinarello hadn't started since bolting away with the Championship Stakes at Pukekohe on April 23. After missing the Rough Habit Plate two weeks ago because of the heavy track James, who has trained five NZ Derby winners, had to get Pinarello fit enough to win the Derby over the punishing 2400m without flattening him in training on the soaked Queensland tracks. This win at just his seventh start and against such odds suggests Pinarello is a serious Group 1 contender at either weight-for-age or in the Cups when he fully matures. He also provides the Lindsays, who own Cambridge Stud, with their second A$1 million Group 1 winner in Australia this season, after Probabeel won the Might And Power in October. Like Innes, Probabeel is now retired, but in Pinarello the Lindsays and Cambridge Stud have a new star. But whatever jockey partners him in the future will need a miracle to ride him as perfectly as Innes did in his last ride.

Innes has announced his retirement from all race riding. Would be hard to do better than he did today.