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Rule Number(s): 869(3)(b)Following the running of Race 1, the Peak At Alabar Trot 2200m, an Information was filed by Senior Stipendiary, Steward Mr Mulcay alleging Open Driver, Mr J Wallace, breached Rule 869(3)(b) when he contacted the wheel of the sulky of MAJESTIC HANOVER causing his own his drive ANASTASIA ASHLEY to gallop ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Rule Number(s): 636(1)(d)Following the running of Race 3 (All Things Automotive Mdn 1300m), an Information was lodged by Mr J Oatham alleging a breach of Rule 636(1)(d) in that Temyia Taiaroa failed to ride her mount INDY FOX out fully to the finish when there was a reasonable chance of finishing in a higher placing. Mr Oatham ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Rule Number(s): 636(1)(d)Following the running of Race 2 (Rough Habits/Hub Catering Hurdles), an Information was lodged by Mr J Oatham alleging a breach of Rule 636(1)(d) in that H McNeill failed to ride his mount ZENTANGLE out to the end of the race when there was a reasonable chance of finishing in a higher placing. Following ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

I doubt they have the power to use that as the sole reason to stand him down. Has he failed another test? I would have thought that as long as he turns up sober within the limits then he'd be fine and the what he does outside riding is none of their business.

https://www.racing.com/form/2020-10-14/caulfield/race/4#/form

That's the latest I've heard about Rosie.

A Good 3 at Caulfield yesterday. 1200m Grp3 1:10.4 1200m Grp3 1:09.69 1400m Open LR 1:23.05 Compare those times to Riccarton last Saturday - a Good 3 - yeah na!

Bowman out again! Will miss Cox Plate. Hugh Bowman (King's Legacy) pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding under the provisions of AR131(a), the careless riding being that near the 1300 metres, he permitted his mount to shift in to the inside of Cambourne when insufficiently clear of Mo'Unga (NZ), thereby tightening that colt in onto National Choice which resulted in Mo'Unga (NZ) having to check and lose its rightful running. Hugh Bowman had his licence to ride in races suspended for a period to commence midnight 17 October 2020 to expire midnight 26 October 2020, a total of 10 race meetings (2 metropolitan, 8 provincial). In assessing penalty Stewards took into account his guilty plea, riding record, that the carelessness was in the mid‑range and it was a Group 1 race.

Well it was a Kiwi ownership trifecta. Mike Maroney has Chapada in next week's Caulfield Cup. Will Daniel Stackhouse make the weight?

Don't forget The Chosen One won this race the Herbert Power last year after a poor run in his previous start. Is it time for Platinum Invader? Kiwi owners in at least 3 other runners. Or "William Pike in the last"?

Lots of Kiwi interest in the last at Caulfield today.

Well he got pulled by the owners off Tagaloga in the Guineas and that didn't change their luck!

How tough is this filly Montefilia? Wins the Grp1 Flight Stakes and the Grp1 Spring Champion Stakes in one week. Had to dig deep to get up! Second career Grp1 for Collett. Can HE back up in the Everest next week on Gytrash?

Four wins including the Guineas at Caulfield so far today! Ole Kirk a close relative of Black Caviar. His dam being a full sister.

Don't say I didn't give you a tip!!

Have you not been following the debate? The question is not who OWN's the NZ TAB but how it is managed and run. Further what is the best structure to discourage - poor investment decisions, grossly overpaid executives, gross inefficiencies and poor returns to the industry. The goal of the recent reforms were to address those issues sadly, in my opinion, nothing has really changed. So would a better option be to remove the NZ TAB monopoly in NZ and allow alternative options. Many NZ punters in frustration have moved their custom to overseas providers anyway. Yes - it is now called the BIUC (Betting Information User Charges). According to the snippet of budget and revenue information we got from RITA (TAB NZ) for the month of August 2020 those fees will return $9.1m for the year. Hardly the windfall that was touted. BUT the gotcha is that NZ pays in the other direction i.e. we pay fees to allow bets on overseas races. I doubt when you balance the books on the fees received and the fees paid if their is a big profit! Also don't forget if it wasn't for OZ racing the TAB NZ would have received NO revenue during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Gary Woodham? https://nz.linkedin.com/in/gary-woodham-2814b75

Rule Number(s): 614(2)This charge arises following the running of Race 4, The Avondale Sunday Markets 1600 metres. The Informant, Senior Stipendiary Steward Mr M Williamson, alleged that Mr Reuelu left a towel off, when saddling SATRIANI which was subsequently disqualified from (1 kg light) 3rd place. Rule 614(2) provides ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Rule Number(s): 648(3) and 614(2)This Request for a Ruling was filed pursuant to Rule 648(3) and arises following the running of Race 4, The Avondale Sunday Markets 1600 metres. The Informant, Senior Stipendiary Steward Mr M Williamson, alleged that the rider of the 3rd placed SATRIANI (M Hashizume) weighed in approximately 1kg underweight. ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Professionalism. Are you led or do you lead? Lift the game!

Michael Walker has always been happy to do it his way. Picture: AAP JOCKEYS Honest truth: Walker won’t tell porky pies Article Author Ben Dorries 11:53AM08 October 2020 0 Comments Michael Walker says he refuses to tell porky pies and believes that has often been his downfall throughout his colourful riding career. But the enigmatic hoop wouldn’t have it any other way. He says his brutal honesty with owners and trainers is motivated by his cherished grandmother who raised him through a tumultuous childhood in New Zealand. Walker has been sacked from probably more horses than he can remember for calling a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel. He refuses to sugar-coat things to owners, always spelling it out for them in black and white if he thinks their horses aren’t much chop. It often hasn’t endeared him to trainers and it’s why his rides in big races are generally not in the fancied market picks. Michael Walker always speaks his mind. Picture: Getty Images On the three-year anniversary of his famous Caulfield Guineas win on $101 shot Mighty Boss, Walker is certain he can win Saturday’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas on $14 pop Odeum for his biggest supporter, the equally straight-shooting Mick Price and co-trainer Michael Kent Jr. Walker has opened up about how he has no regrets about speaking his mind, even if it has cost him opportunities to win many more than his seven Aussie Group 1s. Walker’s father was 14 when he was born and his mother just 15 but he always treasured his Nan for bringing him up the right way and helping to mould him into the man he says he is today. There are no regrets. “I hate lying. My nan (grandmother) brought me up and she used to hate lies,” Walker said. “When I was a little kid I used to lie and I used to get a hiding for it. “I always tell the truth to owners and that’s been a downfall of my career a bit because sometimes trainers don’t like that. “But if a horse is no good, it’s no good. “There is no point saying a horse goes good if it doesn’t. “I might lose rides because of it, but if I tell the truth I am happy with myself and I can’t get into any trouble. Michael Walker won the Blue Diamond Stakes on Tagaloa, but he won’t be in the saddle on the colt in the Caulfield Guineas. Picture: Getty Images “But that often meant I don’t get the luxury of having the odds-on pops in big races like Mark Zahra, Craig Williams and Damien Oliver. “I’ve got to try and win with what I’m given – once in a while I’m going to get a roughie up as most of my rides are $15 and over.” Until recently, Walker had the ride on Blue Diamond winner Tagaloa, which is a highly-rated $6 chance to win Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas. Walker has revealed what led to him being unseated for the prized ride by Craig Williams, with Walker feeling Yulong’s principal Yuesheng Zhang was behind the decision. “I rode Tagaloa the way I was told to both runs this time in, he was still running good and showing his champion qualities but he was drawing bad gates,” Walker said. “I rode him as well as possible but we just had no luck. “I think Mr Zhang and Yulong were the ones who made the decision to replace me. “I have ridden in Asia a lot – they either view you as a lucky jockey or an unlucky jockey. “Apparently I was an unlucky jockey on this occasion. “But Tagaloa is a champion colt and I wish them all the best and I’m sure he is capable of winning the race.” While Walker often hasn’t been the one calling the shots as to what he rides, he was in the case of this year’s Melbourne Cup where he made the decision to jump off fan favourite Prince Of Arran to ride import Dashing Willoughby. Michael Walker will chase another Group 1 win on Saturday with Odeum in the Thousand Guineas. Picture: Racing Photos Prince Of Arran has placed in the last two Melbourne Cups for Walker, but the jockey insists he didn’t deserve the criticism he received for instead choosing import Dashing Willoughby for this year’s Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. “I actually copped a bit of flak about it and people were saying I wasn’t loyal and faithful – but it came to a decision where Prince of Arran runs and then goes home where Dashing Willoughby stays here and Sir Owen Glenn has been a huge supporter of mine,” Walker said. “I actually was being loyal to him (Glenn) and making a decision for the long term, not just the short term. With our weight-for-age stocks in Australia I think he could be a top weight-for-age horse going forward after the Cups.” So can Walker conjure another Guineas day Group 1 with Thousand Guineas contender Odeum? Walker has never been lacking confidence but he insists it isn’t false confidence to suggest the filly is way over the odds. Odeum has won two from three, including blowing away her rivals last-start at Caulfield, and Walker suggests she should be undefeated. “She should be three from three. She should have beaten (stablemate) Night Raid at the Valley, but Night Raid knocked me down and Mark Zahra got suspended,” Walker said. “If that hadn’t happened she would be first or second favourite for the Guineas. “She is peaking for the right race which they have aimed at the whole way through. “You will be ringing me on Sunday after she wins.”

They'd tell you that. But either a G2 or F1 is my bet.