Chief Stipe

Why would it be average? Do you know they won't start? Why do you feel the need for the ad hominem attacks? Are you stating that all the horses that won the NZ Cup off the front (does second row count?) when it was a handicap were bunnies?

And what does that tell you?

Isn't it now a sand based free draining track? 👅 in cheek!

Unreal isn't it?! Lo and behold they have a vaccine developed in the USA and are proposing to vaccinate children!

I know heaps that have tested positive for it as well, and in 99.9% were at least double jabbed! I have a suspicion that the Rapid Antigen Tests bought by the Labour Government return a positive to Corona viruses in general I.e. not just Covid-19. Probably one of the reasons we don't have free access to using alternative suppliers of RAT kits.

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But you can bet on the Pakenham Synthetic meeting. Perhaps the TAB bookies could run odds on a meeting being abandoned.

At current yield average to earn $40,000 over $270,000 would have to be bet. However in order to cover costs the turnover would need to be at least double that I.e. $540,000. Hence we have back to back racing from every Timbuktu venue. To put that into perspective the top turnover race for May 2022 was the Group 3 Rotorua Cup with a turnover of $320,000.

Namely Riccarton, Te Rapa, Awapuni and Trentham.

Probably correct. Yes the meeting was transferred. @Joe Bloggs left this information out of his post. No doubt those that had nominated for the Turf meeting were looking for a soft winter track which is what you @curious have been arguing. Racing Queensland confirms that following the postponement of the @GCTurfClub race meeting today, the meeting has been rescheduled and transferred to the Polytrack at Corbould Park, home of @SCTurfClub on Monday, July 25.

You're not making sense. Why the large number of scratchings? I gather there are non-acceptance fees i.e. if you nominate and don't accept you pay a fee. However aren't there substantial scratching fees? Therefore those who scratched for the Sunshine Coast meeting would have incurred a minimum of $115 per horse. As for compliance with regard to NZ's AWT's from what I've seen the majority of Trainers meekly took Winston's $30m handout.

Is that the reason the Crusaders flew to Johannesburg and won the final half way round the world in 2017?

Where were the "rank and file" when the decisions were made? As silent and compliant as NZ's lot?

Then why did they nominate and accept with their horses? Are acceptance free in Queensland?

And track conditions. But Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel explained there was no alternative but to postpone the final nine races on the program after the downpour during the Randwick opener. “Most jockeys who rode in that race felt that there was significant kickback affecting their visibility,’’ Van Gestel said. “On top of that the ground is quite shifty. “We have had significant amounts of rainfall in Sydney the last few months and there is just nowhere for the water to run. “There was about 7mm of rainfall since 6am and the water is just sitting on the surface, there is nowhere for it to drain away. “The jockeys felt it wasn’t safe to continue and the stewards agree after having assessed what we have seen. “It was the only decision we could make in the interests of safety.’’ Randwick track manager Michael Wood said the course proper was safe for racing but visibility was an obvious concern for jockeys. “Walking the track this morning, the track was fine and safe to race. The stewards were there this morning, too,’’ Wood said. “But with big fields for the next two races and visibility an issue with more showers coming, the stewards had to make the call.’’ Wood said the unprecedented rainfall figures in Sydney this year are taking a toll on racetracks. “We have had 350mm-plus of rainfall for the month of July so far,’’ he said. “There has been more than 1900mm of rainfall at Randwick for the year to date and that is about 1000m over our average yearling rainfall. “I think the meeting would have been fine without a massive downpour and the visibility problems in the first.’’ Champion jockeys Tommy Berry and Kerrin McEvoy said visibility issues and the waterlogged track conditions meant that it was unanimous among riders not to continue with the Randwick meeting. Berry rode the winner, True Crime, in the only race run at Randwick on Saturday and despite the youngster’s comfortable victory margin his horse wasn’t comfortable in the conditions. “There is so much fill in the track and with all the having fallen already this year, the rain has nowhere to go,’’ Berry said. “The tracks are so waterlogged the rain that came was sitting on top of the track. “I have had a month off and would have loved to keep going but it’s very, very heavy and the rain made it impossible to keep going.’’ McEvoy, one of the most experienced and highly regarded riders in the Sydney jockeys room, said visibility was a major concern. “It’s just unfortunate we got those showers this morning,’’ McEvoy said. “The first three got through it but the others didn’t. It was really testing ground. Visibility is a problem and the track is saturated.’’

Isn't there a bigger issue of RIB consistency in their rulings?

I don't that has been the real problem. The issue has been the appointment of management with no skill or experience in wagering. Couple that with a lack of accountability and remuneration based on performance has lead to underwhelming results. Punters don't care as there are more competitive products on offer. Those that should care Trainers, Jockey's, Owners and other employees have never put aside their own self interest and worked together to make management accountable. From what I've seen and experienced most Trainers just meekly pitch up week after week and accept racing their horses on shyte tracks. They then moan and complain when Jockey's withdraw their labour because of the state of the track.

Not Guilty. I wonder if the National Party and Goodfellow will get off?

Shouldn't you? Aside from the Canterbury Jockey Club management, NZTR have the most direct impact on your horse training efforts. I would have thought that both organisations would be in your thoughts daily and you would be trying to coalesce support amongst your fellow stakeholders to elicit real change. Have you been given access to the new services offered by the NZTR new $2.4m+ computer system yet?

One drive was in a Juniors race. There aren't many quality junior drivers so maybe he was funded to travel along way.

The horse had been cheating all day. It threw the towel in and thought "there's the winning post I'm finished for the day". So it wasn't expecting a reminder about what it was there for.

What's more has had to fund his appeal/lawyer and is now up for appeal costs. Even though the appeal was successful in reducing his sentence. The only course open to him now is to take it through the court system at considerable cost. The new structure makes the RIB the police, judge and jury. It was supposed to streamline the process and reduce costs. Neither of those objectives have been achieved.

They are also inconsistent. I suspect they have a Stipe (most likely one of the newbies) sitting there in the remote bunker reviewing each race over and over looking for anything they can to lay a charge. That bears no reality to what the public sees be it on course or at home on Trackside. 99% of viewers are punters and people with an investment in a horse. Once a race is over they are looking to the next one that they have an interest in. All the RIB is doing is highlighting something that the average viewer doesn't see. I suspect many charges are more about revenue gathering than anything else. The RIB funding is under serious pressure.