Chief Stipe

Come on Brodie don't tell me you are susceptible to the old Harness Rumour Mill?

I know Tim's father will be itching to become head stable boy!

Doesn't that caveat cover it?

I bet Khufu if not sore really felt that track. Strange prep if they had been serious about the Karaka Millions.

Those exact same things didn't stop Imperatriz!

I'm picking that that track at Ellerslie is rapidly heading towards a G2. Some horses are not handling it and Khufu didn't look like he did. Notice also how the jockey's are not going too wide on the track in the straight either. It will be as hard as concrete out there.

Exactly. Pontificating Professors sitting in University Ivory Tower's are somewhat divorced from reality. I have someone putting an expose together on this mob. So far it makes for interesting reading and there is heaps of controversy.

Interesting Khufu was talked up big time from the Waikato. Even Te Akau thought he was the horse to beat today and in the Karaka. Now he is unlikely to have enough $'s to even make the field. Maybe that AWT form isn't all that hot?

Did anyone else see the ad on Trackside imploring us to be bet with TAB NZ rather than with Offshore Agencies? Full marks I guess for promoting TAB NZ but I'm not sure who they are actually targeting. What are your views? If you are a new punter you may not even know that there are offshore options. If you are a big punter then you will punt with those that offer the best deal regardless of hometown loyalty. If you are a small to medium punter then you probably bet with TAB NZ anyway and maybe occasionally have a splash on something that the local TAB doesn't offer. In the advert it says we are losing $80m in revenue to offshore agencies. I thought Racefield's legislation was going to claw a chunk of that back. Is the advert an admission that things aren't going to plan? With regard to $80m "lost from the industry" at a takeout rate of 14% then that is over $500m (half a billion) that is punted offshore by NZ'ers. Of course that estimate would be greater if the quoted $80m was net profit. Is it really that much? I also see in the news section of the TAB NZ site that they are "pleased to announce the renewal of the commingling agreement with TABCORP Australia". I guess there must be some profit in that agreement.

Great interview on Trackside followed up with a great winning ride in the second at Ellerslie!

Said like a true socialist! Knock off the Tall Poppy and everyone else gets a bit more.

Maybe the populus is not thinking enough. A very small band of scientists (I use that description loosely) and health professionals numbering in total less than ten have driven Government pandemic management decisions. Now if you research each of those individuals you will find that they have been writing research and opinion pieces for years that have a particular political slant to them. For example Professor Michael Baker along with Wilson, Boyd and Osman Mansur, have published papers promoting the idea of New Zealand being an isolated island State for many years. The pandemic has given them an opportunity to test their hypotheses. I fall short of calling it an agenda. Now their approach to the Covid-19 pandemic may well prove to be the right one. Personally I don't think it is. Certainly I see no plan to extricate ourselves from the current situation even with a vaccine. Baker et al certainly have no plan as isolation is the end goal. So getting back to the populus - we live in a democracy yet this year many many draconian Government edicts have been put in place. They were put in place by the executive order of a very small group of politicians numbering 3. They remain in place and it looks like there will be more. These measures were not even presented to Parliament for debate but handed down by decree. That isn't how it is supposed to work in a Parliamentary Democracy. The debate needs to be held and held soon. Getting back to the essay above the writer quite correctly points out that those who will bear the highest cost of these changes are those least able to afford it. The changes are boing foisted upon us by an elite intelligentsia (I don't think they are that bright!) funded by the taxpayer. Baker just got another $1m to pursue his research!

Have you trained Greyhounds?

Yeah right!

Once was?

Central Districts?

I was just asking if you were previously involved in the Greyhound racing industry? Simple question.

Rule Number(s): 868(2)Following the running of Race 1, the Thank You-Jim & Susan Wakefield Trot, an Information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr V Munro against Open Driver, Mr A Clark, alleging a breach of Rule 868(2) in that he failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures between the 1400m to the 800m after ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Rule Number(s): 869(3)(b)Following the running of Race 4, the Rosedale Farm 2021 Yearling Draft Mobile Pace, an Information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr V Munro against Open Driver, Mrs A Lethaby, alleging a breach of Rule 869(3)(b) in that she shifted inwards when not clear of EMMA’S GIRL near the 1500m causing a check. ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Rule Number(s): 834(2)(a)Information number No A13628 was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr R Quirk, against Licensed Public Trainer Mr T Bagrie, alleging that as the trainer of STARVIN MARVIN, acceptor for Race 7, the Kohatu Flat Rock Café/Ron Crook Memorial Pace “was late scratching STARVIN MARVIN after the horse was sold”. ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Rule Number(s): NoneFollowing the running of race 1, an Information instigating a protest was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr R Quirk, against MENTALIST (L O’Reilly), placed 2nd by the judge, on the grounds that it “galloped in excess of 50 metres in the final 200 metres”. The Respondent Mr O’Reilly had signed the Information ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Mehe - you've got two days to contribute something positive. BTW were you involved in Greyhound racing?

Get over yourself - you speak for no one but yourself.

I tell you one thing and this is my personal opinion Lisa Mumby deserves an honour way more than that fraud Professor Michael Baker!

FFS Mehe can you get it into your head that no one on BOAY is "protected"! Except me of course but you can't expect me to ban myself. Mehe you can't pull the Royal We and talk for others. Who knows if people are sick of Brodie always talking about being restricted. But I'm sure people are sick of you moaning about it all the time. At the moment many of us are watching the Auckland Trots and imagining life without Mark and Natalie. With regard to that I think NZ Harness will be the poorer for their sabbatical.