Chief Stipe

Update from NZTR. No Tauherenikau this week - investigating a replacement meeting.....

Have they started building it yet?

The announcement heading says the meeting has been Postponed.

The announcement says the meeting has been postponed.

Hawera is stuffed at the moment. Harness abandoned there today.

Is the team leader working on a reprogramming plan?

The next Gallops meeting at Hawera is not until 27th April 2022. If they had bothered to irrigate Hawera over the summer to keep the grass growing they wouldn't have had a problem. But irrigation costs.

Stewards Vision.

Hawera Abandoned due to Heavy Rain.....bad luck to those who saved their horses on the first day! 😉

Congrats @Unhinged

I remember about 27 years ago in a bar in Christchurch talking to a pretty young woman (I was a handsome young man then) who said her new job was working for the Met Club and HRNZ as a Marketing person. So having an interest in Harness Racing I promptly took the opportunity to give her some ideas. Always good when chatting a bird up to focus on their job and passion. So you could say I was knocking two birds off with one idea. Anyway my suggestion was that Addington should have a series where there were races that were just over one lap in distance aimed at lower class horses. 3 heats on the night 20 mins apart with a final the last race. First 3 horses from each heat going to the final. A bit harder then to organise the TAB but today it is so much easier. Benefits: Kicks a nights racing off with a kick fire punting splurge - so attracts interest; Provides an opportunity for horses in the lower grades that are never going to make it at the top but those that can sprint over a shorter distance. Keep horses racing longer and owners with a chance to get some coin back; Provides a lot of new novel betting opportunities - e.g. pick the first 3 winners and the final (before it is declared); Maintains interest throughout the programme.

Here's a serious question for you @the galah - the only PED publicly identified being supplied by Fishman has been mislabelled Clenbuterol. Why haven't any other drugs been identified and why no positives?

No it isn't my take on it - it has been your common theme. You are obsessed with the idea that the top stables in NZ are cheating. So obsessed that you trawl through a list of over 2,200 names looking for a New Zealand connection. A list that for all we know could be just a marketing list. Typical Galah twist. YOU posted the connection not I. All the inference, innuendo and supposition is coming from you. What serious questions? Go on Galah list YOUR serious questions?

What if it is the same person? One of over 2,200 on that list. Your guilt by association is starting to get tedious.

Big call Galah calling John Curtin a cheat. Do you have evidence?