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Geez Yankiwi - a different trainer more than 5 years ago? The defence lawyer also said He denied that Mr Freeman had been corrupt or fraudulent

I hope the tap measure is accurate down South. You wouldn't want that 2147m race to be rounded down or up. If rounded up to 2150m the extra 3 meters might turn it into a proper staying contest!

MEETING NEWS Riverton RC Thursday 6 May – Programme changes Please note there have been changes to the Riverton RC meeting Thursday 6 May. NZTR, in conjunction with the Club and Southern Programming Chairman have made the changes, in an attempt for this meeting to proceed with reasonable field sizes. Both Jumps races scheduled for this day have been deleted. The next jumps races in the South Island will be held at South Canterbury on Thursday 20th May. Note, the Amateur race at Riverton below accommodates a run for Jumps horses. The Amateur Riders race was previously on the R65 1600m, but has been moved to the R74 & Jmps 2147m race. The programme has been confirmed as follows: Open 1600 R74 & Jmps 2147 (Amateur Riders) R74 1400 R65 1600 R65 1200 Mdn 1600 Mdn 1400 Mdn 1200

Perhaps it isn't about horse numbers as the fields for Woodville and Fielding (Awapuni) this week are reasonably strong.

Shouldn't worry you Curious after all according to Bernie you gallop your horses everyday don't you? So what's another week or two of galloping everyday...... Seriously though there were 7 races programmed for Otaki on the 7th. They've only provided alternatives for 3 of them. What about the other 4? Is that a sign that there aren't enough horses in training? The CD had 4 meetings scheduled in a week - now there will be 3. 1 of the programmed races have been added to Hawkes Bay meeting a week earlier and the 1 added to the Woodville meeting 2 days later. The race conditions for a race at Woodville have been altered from being a 1400m just for 2 and 3 yr olds to 2yr olds and UP i.e. any age group. Surely that disadvantages both those who wanted to race at Otaki and those who were aiming for a maiden race with just 2 and 3 yr olds in it. Now they could be up against 4 and 5 yr old robust geldings! Not that we seem to have many of those around anymore. Perhaps they could have shifted the Otaki meeting to Foxton? The internet connection constraint has been proven to be BS.

How hard would it be to walk around with a Going Stick and produce firmness and sheer figures? All we get is the surface was "Synthetic"! I can see it now Pitty and Freda bitching about how the AWT played differently today than it did a week ago. Pitty wanting it rolled with a heavy roller and Freda wanting it fluffed up and groomed properly.

Do they still play cricket on the infield at Trentham during the summer? I have this lasting memory of watching my horse race at Trentham and seeing dozens of young cricketers in whites playing in the centre of the track.

My understanding is that the trainer concerned sought a test themselves and tested negative.

Agreed. If we really do have tiered racing (which we don't) then a Highway or Provincial Championship concept would be a great idea. However sadly we are getting to a situation where you would be lucky to get a full size field of horses trained on provincial/country race tracks.

Still only one of the major centres has talked about addressing their issue of a stuffed Turf track that they run their Premier races on. At the end of the day you can provide all the extra revenue earning facilities you want but then what's the point if you neglect your core business and core competency? I'm not sure many clubs are that competent when it comes to horse racing! Look closely at the Caulfield proposal and you will see that it is about community engagement supporting their core business - horse racing. For example the playing fields for sports teams in the Caulfield proposal aren't focused on revenue they are focused on community engagement. My memories of Reefton include my dad's horses racing there (both gallopers and harness) and my playing rugby in the winter and running on the athlete track for inter-school competitions in the centre of the same race course. Sure look at creating other revenue streams but don't neglect your core reason for being (horse racing) and focus on community engagement.

Surely you are not in favour of Strategic Business Plans now Reefton?

What's the fraud case?

And still engage and reach out to the wider community?

Long range weather forecast perhaps? Why didn't they just give a bit more detail about what is being done?

What the hell is a "Time Critical Track Renovation"? MEETING NEWS Otaki-Maori RC - Friday 7th May - Cancelled The Otaki-Maori Racing Club will not be holding their previously scheduled race meeting on Friday 7th May, as they are about to undertake a ‘time-critical’ track renovation. NZTR have discussed options with the Central Programming Chairman and NZTA representatives, and the decision has been made to add and alter programmes, rather than shift the whole race meeting to a different venue. The following alterations have been made to provide options: A MDN 3YO 1400m race will be added to the Hawke’s Bay RC programme on Saturday 1st May. A R74 1400m race will be added to the Woodville meeting on Sunday 9th May The 2&3YO MDN 1200 at Woodville on Sunday 9th May will now be a MDN 2YO&UP 1200 In addition to the above changes, NZTR will look to divide races where required.

It seems GRNZ have known this was going to happen for some time. If you want to see where this is going check out the detail on who is doing the review. https://www.mpi.govt.nz/animals/animal-welfare/national-animal-welfare-advisory-committee/ What is animal sentience? The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) understands animal sentience to mean that animals have emotions, feelings, perceptions, and experiences that matter to them. These can be negative (such as pain or boredom) as well as positive (such as pleasure or comfort).

Yes they do think that as do many of those amongst the elite of NZ Thoroughbred Racing. They believe that Thoroughbreds and Thoroughbreds only created the NZ TAB and infrastructure (which there are no facts to back that belief up) and that leads to believing that they don't need the other codes. They even believe that any revenue gained from betting should all go t them. What they forget and forget at their peril is that Dogs and Harness are low cost delivery options that pay a substantial portion of the fixed and operation costs of the TAB operation. If Harness and Dogs go from NZ then there will be no option but to outsource the NZ TAB to an Ozzier provider.

Seems NZTR are not ready for racing yet on the AWT's. This is the information we get on the surface from yesterday at Cambridge:

So the transition from each of these conditions is black and white i.e. there is no graduated movement between them? The AWT surface is no different to a natural surface it is subject to mechanical intervention and weather. Either of which can change the firmness of the surface. Why not use a penetrometer or going stick to measure the surface - at the very least you will have a comparison between what is the expected parameters from a properly maintained surface and/or the a comparison to the same measurements on a turf track. There is ample evidence that the quality and amount of grooming can make a significant difference to how the AWT surface presents. Surely having a measurement taken is a form of quality control that makes it fair for all Trainers and also provides valuable information to punters. Wouldn't a trainer like to know if a Fast AWT was the equivalent of a G3 or a G2?

Rule Number(s): 869(3)(b)At the conclusion of Race 10 the Earl Drake Builder Mobile Pace, an Information was lodged by Stipendiary Steward Mr V Munro alleging that Open Driver Mr W Low struck the wheel of Lynryd Skynryd ( K Tomlinson) whilst attempting to improve passing the 600 metres. Mr Low admitted the charge and confirmed ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

GRNZ and Glenda Hughes appear to have not made any public comment regarding the Government review. Has she given up or thinks it will just go away?

Yet a licensed trainer with a known gambling problem can turnover more just because they are losing. Go figure!

In this case the RIU didn't "catch up" with anything. They wouldn't have had a clue unless they had been told. Certainly they weren't monitoring the licensee gambling. The first step would be to actually keep records and make them freely available online to owners to check. The HRNZ after all are the central repository for these records and charge high fees for them collating them and maintaining them!

They would have to act deceptively in other areas. What I'm proposing is not restrictive it is enforcing proactively the rules that exist now and putting in places systems and processes that close loopholes in the system. Isn't that what HRNZ and the RIU are tasked to do? Yes I do have issues with the way the industry is run. The RIU and HRNZ together cost $16 million to run. You agree that the systems I proposed above should be in place. If they had been then three significant areas for deception would have been closed off. Yes that may not have stopped Kerr from doing something else to fund his addiction. HRNZ charge horrendously for ownership registration, transfers and license fees and deliver what in return? HRNZ Transaction Fees Branding Fee (charged if foal un-registered at 1st August) $145.00 Change of name $110.00 Colours Registration - new $125.00 Colours Registration - 3 yearly renewal or Transfer $80.00 Export Clearance Fee $500.00 Foal Registration - Current season born $195.00 Foal Registration - Previous seasons Fee Scale Import Clearance Fee $500.00 Imported Horse Registration $60.00 Leases - Breeding and Racing $80.00 Service Certificates $35.00 Service Certificates (if on HRNZ Stud Management Programme) $30.00 Stallion Registrations 0-25 mares $70.00 Stallion Registrations 26-50 mares $110.00 Stallion Registrations 51+ mares and Non Resident Stallion $215.00 Syndicates - Annual Renewal $30.00 Syndicates - New Free Transfer of Ownership $80.00 Company Registration $165.00 Family Trust Registration $165.00 HRNZ Licence Fees HORSEMAN LICENCES ONLY Open Horseman $175.00 Graduation Horseman $135.00 Advanced Amateur Horseman $135.00 Junior Horseman $125.00 Trials Horseman $105.00 Trials Horseman (If licensed as an Advanced Amateur Horseman) $0.00 LICENCE TO TRAIN $145.00 Licence To Train and Open Horseman $270.00 Licence To Train and Graduation Horseman $230.00 Licence To Train and Junior Horseman $220.00 Licence To Train and Trials Horseman $200.00 Licence To Train and Trials Horseman (If licensed as an Advanced Amateur Horseman) $145.00 PUBLIC TRAINER $175.00 Public Trainer and Open Horseman $300.00 Public Trainer and Graduation Horseman $260.00 Public Trainer and Junior Horseman $250.00 Public Trainer and Trials Horseman $230.00 Public Trainer and Trials Horseman (If licensed as an Advanced Amateur Horseman) $175.00 OTHER Judges and Starters (Open) $70.00 Judges and Starters (Trials Only) $35.00 Stablehand $35.00 Sulky Fund Premium $85.00 Sulky Replacement Registration Plate $11.50 It is a BIG "part of the picture". Other racing jurisdictions do it and as I have posted elsewhere on BOAY more jurisdictions are moving in that direction. You are quick to hammer, draw, quarter and admonish those who are caught AFTER the fact yet don't show anywhere near the energy to seek improvements from those who are charged with administering and maintaining the integrity of the sport.

Without. However I miscalculated as I included the Golfing Range but I see that that is owned by Ngai Tahu. I also included the Retirement Village parcel - LOL that will provide some entertainment to the oldies as it is alongside ALL of the 1200m chute from the start to about the 500m mark. That was also bought of Nghai Tahu by Ryman. When did Ngai Tahu get their hands on those parcels? That aside it still leaves 85 hectares in the Riccarton Trust.