Chief Stipe

They went close to the track record. Elephant looked ready for 2,000m - the Jockey stopped riding him fairly quickly.

Agreed - she'll be fitter now too. JMac's form of late is really up and down.

They poured more money into stands and neglected looking after their very reason for being.

A day for upsets at Caulfield. I couldn't believe the price Sneaky Five paid.

That's exactly the wrong reason for selecting which tracks to retain. The prime reason and only reason is those tracks that provide a safe good consistent surface for horses to gallop on. The problem with that criteria is that Ellerslie, Te Rapa, Awapuni, Trentham and Riccarton would be well down the list.

All guts to win that race!

Your stable doing alright?

The Stewards elected not to proceed with the charge.

WANNA PLAY WITH ME - Stewards questioned driver T Williams regarding his lack of vigour in the early and middle stages of the run home and after doing so issued a charge under Rule 868(2) alleging he had failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure the filly was given full opportunity to win the race. Mr Williams explained that his horse had raced keenly through the back straight on the final occasion and in his opinion peaked on its run soon after reaching the front in the early stages of the run home. Mr Williams said the horse had failed to respond to his encouragement when tried with the reins and then with the whip inside 60 metres and had conceded ground on the winner in this period. He said tonight's run had been significantly harder than her first up effort and against a better calibre of horse. A post-race veterinary examination revealed the horse to have a very high heart rate which remained at an elevated level for a considerable period. Trainer R Todd advised that he would be having blood tests taken in the morning which Stewards will follow up with. In light of this result Stewards elected not to proceed with a charge against Mr Williams but spoke with him regarding the expectation upon him to adequately pressure his runner when fighting out a finish.

Coming home to roost very quickly! Record business closures in the last month.

What needs to change with the protocol? Mistakes happen whatever the protocol. The fact is the protocols in place AND the work environment facilitated the discovery of the mistake and the employee not being afraid to put their hand up. What would have been interesting would have been what would have happened if the mistake hadn't been found. Hell if you get a $650 fine for identifying the mistake, notifying the authorities and scratching BEFORE the race early on raceday you can imagine what the penalty would have been of they hadn't. Let alone the conspiracy theories that would have been fueled. I feel sorry for the horse that didn't get its treatment!

Just start another Topic and stop hijacking threads.

I agree. I can't fathom why you have declared your hand for this weekend so early nor clarified if Fixed Odds is the go.

Thinking about this a bit more I'm not so sure that the clearing house doesn't charge fees on debit cards. I use a Debit Card to pay my Vodafone account onlime and they charge a 2% "convenience charge".

Your point?

Ok I'll correct that to Prominent South Island Trainers.

This was reported yesterday. However, he said there had been a 13 percent rise in company credit defaults, with a high number of business closures, while company registrations were down 11 percent. "Unsurprisingly, we see higher rates of credit defaults in rental and property services, accommodation, food services and transport, as closed borders and restricted movement impact business cashflow," McLaughlin said, adding the number of defaults was trending higher. "And when you couple that with a number of businesses that closed during the month of September, there's a record 13,400 businesses closed in September. It's really quite frightening." He said most of the defaults and closures were in Auckland. McLaughlin said there was unlikely to be a turnaround in the number of defaults given the uncertainty around when businesses would be able to reopen and begin generating revenue to pay their bills.

Heard it on the radio last night. It was reported in March this year that between September and November 2020 over 16,000 businesses closed. Up 130% on the previous year. I can't see it having improved. Although I can't find anything published in the last few days the following was reported in June: A new report looking into the state of the retail sector reveals a grim outlook. Approximately 6700 retail businesses are at risk of closure during the rest of the year, but even more shockingly, 17,100 could shut up shop for good as a result of Covid-19. Of the some-27,000 retail businesses in New Zealand, just 10,000 are understood to be in a stable financial position.

Parsons said one of the major benefits should be getting an improved surface on the main turf track by reducing the foot-traffic. “The course proper at Riccarton is stuffed, but the synthetic gives another option. They just overused the course proper and it is a bog after that Winter Cup meeting, but now we have somewhere to run,” she said.

Mmm another trainer agrees.

Mmm some interesting comments in that press release. I heard whispers that not all trainers were so glowing in their praise for the track. Comments like: "Too firm" "The top didn't have the cushion that Cambridge has" "Lots of kick back" Etc. Those issues could be fixed by grooming, watering and polymer/wax ratio adjustment.