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However the horse you are tipping Kallos hasn't won past 1100m. Full marks for inconsistency.

I didn't say that. I said he has been the equal of Anamoe. I based that on the outcomes of the races they both competed in.

Just pointing out the similarities between the way you pick horses. I guess you are one of his subscribers. I also question his "extensive knowledge" being all that current based on his constant repetitive posting of shyte that happened two decades ago.

FFS only based on his last two starts which In The Congo didn't compete in. He's won at 1100m and 1400m so does an average work for you?

Geez remind me not to sign up to your tipping service. Are you sure you aren't @Thomass out of drag? He was narrowly beaten by Anamoe in the Grp2 Run To The Rose at......wait for it....1200m. Then beat Anamoe over 1400m in The Golden Rose Grp1.

FFS has been the equal of Anamoe and not likely to cover any extra ground in a straight six at Flemington!

You can't knock In The Congo but apparently he didn't put in at his last trial. Tough field and Flemington is a different track altogether from Rosehill or Randwick. The Clock Tower is a fair way from the winning post!

I didn't notice that. Surely that can't be right?

I must have a following. AUD$17's.

Damn. Got no show now! Flemington hosts the VRC Derby, Empire Rose Stakes and the Hotham Handicap where a win would elevate them into the Melbourne Cup. Amarelinha(Race 5, No 9) 9. Amarelinha (4) J: James McDonald (56.5kg) Flucs:$16, $17.97, $14.5 $17 AMARELINHA (Race 5 No 9) There will be no room for the faint hearted at the finish of this race. This Kiwi mare has form over further having won the Sunline Vase at 2100m and the NZ Oaks over 2400m at Trentham – she may have had enough when fourth in the Australian Oaks. Her two runs this time in have been fair, I did like the last start when she carried 59kg giving at least 3kg to all her rivals and was three wide yet battled on well to go down two lengths to Mirra Vision, a horse she meets 5.5kg better. She has form going the Melbourne way having won at Te Rapa and Trentham, she is one for one third-up and James McDonald rides from a soft draw. I will be including Hungry Heart in exotics. BET: EACH-WAY

Then ultimately it either needs to be trained to have another trick who it won't fulfill its ability.

Would be a poor drive if it did!

Does this sound like an IT expert to you? Jobs for the boys (girls)?

You only have to visit Racing Australia's website to get an idea how fucking good this system will be! https://www.racingaustralia.horse/FreeFields/Calendar.aspx?State=VIC

Bloody Cameron George approved this. More than $2m being spent on it. To do what or improve what no one knows. Certainly no business case published. Same old same old.

This approach has killed Thoroughbred Racing. I guess Bernie Saundry is consulting to HRNZ now. Of course all reliant on TAB NZ hitting budget!

Release of new Racing Calendar 28 October 2021 , News Harness Racing NZ is pleased to release the new racing calendar for 2022, and it’s being billed as a “gamechanger”. Beginning in April eight “architects” were charged with re-shaping what the racing calendar should look like. They included HRNZ employees, as well as high profile trainer Michael House, and respected industry figures, Bruce Barlass, Martin Pierson, Cam Bray and Tony Abell. “There have been weekly meetings, consultation and discussion with industry participants right around the country, as well as focus groups and two separate rounds of consultation to get where we are now,” says Harness Racing Chief Executive Gary Woodham. “It’s been a massive project, it’s a blueprint for the future, and it changes the game.” “The key to the project,” says HRNZ General Manager – Racing, Catherine McDonald, “is that we are trying to give every horse the opportunity to realise its potential, whether it’s a gun juvenile or a nine-year-old battler.” “We have the challenge of limited horse numbers in some areas so we have programmed races so that horses from around the country race together …it’s about maximising opportunities.” Among the features of the new calendar will be the new Autumn and Spring Carnivals. The first feature meeting of the new season will be the NZB Harness Million at Alexandra Park in February, a day before the NZB Yearling Sales, with six Features. “The Race” kickstarts the Autumn Carnival. It will be an annual feature for the pacers at Cambridge, with a stake of $500,000. It is non-industry funded, similar to The Everest race in Sydney. “We are still working through some of the finer details but the idea of racing for half a million dollars is exciting,” says McDonald. Over six weeks, in Auckland and Cambridge, elite pacers and trotters will race for stakes of over $1.5m, culminating with the Auckland Cup and Rowe Cup at Alexandra Park on May 27. “The Carnival will be like a mini-Inter Dominion,” says McDonald, “we want to attract the best Australian horses here which is why it’s straight after the Miracle Mile in Sydney, and before Brisbane’s big carnival.” On October 14 Addington will host a bumper meeting, including the Harness Million for the two-year-olds (Colts and Geldings, Fillies and Trotters), as well as the Vero Flying Stakes and the Canterbury Park Trotting Cup. The Spring/Summer Carnival will include a Harness Jewels-type meeting, at Addington in early December. The day will feature eight Group Ones, including the Oaks and Derby for the pacers, and the New Zealand Trotting Free-For-All which moves from its usual slot on New Zealand Cup day. A Group Three stand for the trotters will replace the Cup Day Free-For-All. The Dominion remains on Show Day. Cup Day will also feature the Sires’ Stakes 2YO Colts and Geldings Final and the Nevele R 3YO Fillies Final while the Sires’ Stakes 2YO Fillies and 2YO Trotters Finals will be on Show Day. The Spring/Summer Carnival will finish on December 17 with the $100,000 Invercargill Cup. The Country Cups programme has also been given a major boost, with all races getting a stakes increase. A $100,000 Country Cups final will be held at Addington on Easter Saturday. This race will essentially replace the Easter Cup. “In the lead up to the finals there will be Country Cup races right around the country, there are more than 30 in all,” says McDonald, “and horses have to have raced in at least three of the lead up races to qualify for the final.” There will also be six $30,000 Ratings Finals for horses that are 4YO and older on Easter Saturday at Addington. In additional there will be seven Regional Ratings Days for the lower to intermediate graded horses, with an estimated stake of between $14,000 - $20,000. They will be held between February and July next year. The new Calendar will come into effect on January 1, 2022. “I’m confident the team of architects has got it right,” says Woodham, “and they have put countless hours of work into this. This is year one of a three-year process and the calendar will continue to evolve. “There will be some who disagree with some aspects of it but I would just urge anyone who loves our sport to go into this with an open mind.” Over the next few days HRNZ will get into more detail about the biggest changes to the Racing Calendar, including the Spring/Summer and Autumn Carnivals, the increased opportunities for trotters, and how it impacts those with intermediate and lower grade horses. Please see below for all supporting documents: Group Racing Draft Schedule 2022 Group Racing Draft Schedule 2022 - Age Groups Proposed - Country Championship Qualifying Races Country Championship (Easter Cup) - information Regional Ratings Days - visual chart Country Championship - visual chart Rated At The Time Of Series (RATTOS) – concept document

Geez used to be the other way round in your day @Gammalite!! So much for displaying some optimism that HRNZ can turn the current state of affairs around!

Harness New Zealand turns back on Inter Dominion New Zealand have announced their plans to walk away from the Inter Dominion Picture: Ashlea Brennan By Adam Hamilton 04:07pm • 28 October 2021 Comments THE future of harness racing’s iconic Inter Dominion looks very different with New Zealand turning its back on the event. This year’s Inter Dominion starts in NSW on November 27, but NZ was scheduled to host it next in 2023. In a coup for Australia, but disappointment for the Trans-Tasman theme of the event, Queensland will replace NZ as the 2023 host. Victoria will slot in between as next year’s host. Inter Dominion Event Committee Chairman Ken Spicer, who is also a former Harness Racing NZ board member, confirmed NZ’s exit, citing financial uncertainty and a lack of open-class horses in the country as the main reasons. “It is disappointing to withdraw from the time-honoured event after one rotation,” he said. “But with Racing Queensland expressing their interest to join the rotation at the first opportunity, it provided a reprieve to exchange positions for 2023. “We are indebted to the team in Queensland for their enthusiasm and support for such a smooth transition, which also provides an opportunity for HRNZ to re-join the hosting roster post-2025, should the circumstances improve.” Racing Queensland CEO Brendan Parnell said it was a huge thrill for Queensland to return to hosting the Inter Dominion. “The Inter Dominion is one of the world’s great harness racing events and boasts a long and storied history with Queensland,” he said. “Having hosted our first Championship in 1972, the Inter Dominion’s standing as the industry’s pinnacle event has continued to solidify on both sides of the Tasman – and further abroad – and provides the perfect platform to showcase the code. “The legendary feats of Blacks A Fake remain synonymous with the Inter Dominion and continue to be a source of great pride for everyone involved in the Queensland harness racing industry.”

IndustryJockeys Kah waits on Supreme Court ruling in bid to clear name Jamie Kah would be free to resume riding from November 26 if successful in her Supreme Court appeal. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images By Gilbert Gardiner 03:23pm • 28 October 2021 Banned jockey Jamie Kah’s quest to clear her name — and beat a further two-month suspension — for giving Racing Victoria stewards false and/or misleading evidence hangs in the balance. Supreme Court of Victoria Justice Niall QC on Thursday adjourned the matter for consideration, after hearing “concise but helpful submissions” made on behalf of Kah and RV stewards. “The proceeding raises some issues of both importance and difficulty, so I propose to consider my decision,” Justice Niall QC said. “I‘m conscious the suspension that was imposed by the tribunal (ends) on the 25th of November and I’ll do my best to ensure that the judgment of the court is delivered as expeditiously as possible.” Kah received a three-month ban for her part in the Mornington Airbnb gathering back in late August. She would go on to cop a further eight-week sanction, to be served cumulatively, for the additional charge of giving false and/or misleading evidence to stewards. The South Australian-raised jockey is fighting only the secondary charge and suspension, adamant her answers to all questions asked by stewards about the August 25 gathering were truthful. It is a position shared by stewards. However, the false and/or misleading charge stems from Kah’s omission to name fellow jockey Mark Zahra as an attendee of the gathering when asked by stewards “who ended up there”. Jamie Kah was banned an extra two months for giving false and/or misleading evidence to stewards. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images Kah has long argued her answer, naming jockeys Ben Melham and Ethan Brown, along with two others (unlicensed persons), was linked to who was at the Airbnb when police attended the property. In a third interview, when asked directly about Zahra, Kah confirmed he was at the gathering for a short time early on. Kah’s barrister Damian Sheales on Thursday in submissions maintained the Victorian Racing Tribunal erred finding the star jockey guilty based on the question asked. “If the questioner was interested in licensed persons he (chairman of stewards) should’ve asked about them,” Sheales said. “The reality is … they asked the questions they chose to ask, they don’t suggest any (of her) answers are untrue, and now they want to convict her for answers not given to questions not asked.” Barrister Raelene Sharp, acting for stewards, said Kah was trying to “explain away a decision she made not to name Mr Zahra” by linking the “who ended up being there” question to when police attended. Should Kah be unsuccessful in her appeal the two-month ban will see her rubbed out until late January. Alternatively, Kah would be free to resume race riding from November 26.

Cup Week Rankings - 26 October 27 October 2021 After his fourth in the Ashburton Flying Stakes Laver is now a real chance of making the IRT New Zealand Cup at Addington on Tuesday, November 9. The four-year-old son of Art Major has climbed five places to 12th in the latest IRT New Zealand Cup rankings, after finishing behind Self Assured, Classie Brigade and Pembrook Playboy at Ashburton on Monday. The top 15 make the field and while Laver is an under-rated type he has won six from 42 and was third behind South Coast Arden and Bad To The Bone in the 4YO Emerald at the Harness Jewels in June. He is trained by the father-son combo of Geoff and James Dunn. The rest of the rankings remain relatively static, while in the rankings for the Renwick Farms Dominon Trot, Muscle Mountain moves up two places from fifth to third following his impressive win in the Group Three Ashburton Sprint on Monday. Southerner Andy Hall also climbs two places to 13th following his win at Ashburton in Race 10, the DBC "The Farmers Choice” Handicap trot.

Leaky Auckland again seeding the rest of the country! Seems a deliberate policy now! I guess the good news is that the Government is less prone to lockdown. Although you can't make any sense of their logic anymore.

Is that the JMac factor?