Chief Stipe

I find a lot of negative types have unsubstantiated views based on rumour, innuendo and inference. Nothing more. They are destructive. For example I had one small trainer tell me a story about the big trainer who gets this secret courier parcel every week inferring that it was something dodgy. I immediately said bollocks and pointed out that I know big trainers regularly get their horses bloods analysed particularly leading up to big races and they supplement feed or deliver intraveneously to correct any anomalies. They also deliver therapeutic drugs that may or may not have witholding periods for specific horses. Part of the delivery process is making sure that the supply chain is tracked in detail. That's part of ensuring that nothing is interfered. Standard GMP processes. Nothing sinster just good management practice. I think we should all call out anyone who makes unsubstantiated allegations and do so strongly. The fact is modern testing regimes can find anything you want to look for. This particular woman is untrained and clueless. It's only a "HUGE" issue because a minority make it so. I have no problem with people looking after their horses from the cradle to the grave. That's their choice. But don't try and make your approach an animal welfare issue and higher cost for me.

If there is no known therapeutic use in humans then how the hell is it going to have a use in horses?! There has been some therapeutic experimentation with wound treatment and stomach ulcers but I doubt that it has any "go fast" properties. Another one of these stables rumours that many stupid people in the industry are prone to give air to fir no other reason than it helps explain their on lack of performance.

Then she throws in proceedings totally unrelated to horse welfare. I imagine even Teaz admits he overstepped the mark by calling the handicappers "corrupt"!!

It's bullshit @curious unsubstantiated bollocks.

So now she's sidestepped and gone from banging on about the expensive and hard to obtain Xenon to banging on about Argon which is more readily available from your local panel beater. She's clueless as are anyone who thinks she has a point.

She's talking crap and I'm surprised that the likes of @curious and @Freda supoort this BS.

Does it matter when we are just trying to get you past security?

Avantaggia trial Te Awamutu 26 August 2025 The third horse looks OK too.

Actually @muzenza365 the next time I'm in town I'll bring along a good looking lady and an empty pram and wheel you in.

I just looked important, reached down and shook the hand of the little guy in the colourful clothes (clown suit?) and walked on in. Not as easy as Cowboys in the past I might add.

True but he had three horses inside him and would have had to hook the horse back. I think it was literally a split second he got wrong. They all do it. I've seen Jmac ride some real stickers.

Been there about three times in 8 years.

I'd have given him a 4 or 5. He needed to make a split second decision when he missed the start to go to the inside but I'm sure he had the Trainers instructions still at the forefront of his mind which was to get handy from the wide draw. He hesitated and three horses got inside him. No real option after that but to go wide in clear air or wait for a gap up the middle. It's a bit like hitting the Headquarters bar with a plan then hesitating when you see the gorgeous blonde on her own. You spend the rest of the night looking for gaps.

This is really a post for the Harness Forum.

She trials again today at Te Awamutu as do a number of up and coming three year olds. https://loveracing.nz/raceinfo/55097/meeting-overview.aspx

Well whatever they are doing must be working because Antartic Ice is increasing as is the Great Barrier coral.

Doubt it would have bottomed him. He had two lead up trials before Saturday and in OZ their trials are usually quite strong.

What?! Are you saying my new laptop backpack is NOT made out of 20 recycled plastic drink bottles? LOL the other crack up about drink bottles is people don't sterilise them between use. Classic environment for breeding pathogens! Miltons is a good solution of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) and sodium chloride (NaCl) for sterilisation. You can also use the sodium hypochlorite to clean your deck of mould but don't tell Becks Nairn.

But still harder against 15 world class Jockeys in a race at Randwick.

Even though when used at the appropriate levels to make water safe to drink it is recommended by the WHO and the CDC? Only to improve the taste AFTER it has done its work. The irony of course is people don't change their filters often enough and risk disease the risk of which is magnified by cowboy installations of filtering equipiment.

Honestly I can't believe you are giving this woman any credence at all. So I guess you are referring to yourself. Just bizarre the people who have yet to break out of the pandemic malaise and recognise all the good things that are happening rather than focussing on negativity. I can only assume that all these old and pale types feel disenfranchised in the twilight of their racing careers.

This is what he actually said. I can relate to what he says. I've walked a few tracks before horses I've had an interest in raced on them. I remember vividly one particular case at Ellerslie around 2007 where early in the morning several of us walked the track with the Trainer. His words were "well if we hadn't travelled all this way and it wasn't a Grp race I would be scratching" due to the state of the track.

So she is such a keen supporter of racing that she didn't correct him?

Well it isn't easy in those big Group races on the OZ metro tracks. A bit tougher than trying to get one up on Leo Molloy at Washdyke. I saw the Jockey interviews for a race (not sure which one it was) but J Mac had had a really shyte ride and only gave a three word reply.