Chief Stipe

True but that has come with experience and a lot of rides. Yes it doesn't say much for those behind her in the CD. Part of the problem is there isn't the like of Kevin Grey and his wife mentoring young apprentices like they did. Geez did those two train some class jockeys!

Reminds me when I won the West Coast Secondary Schools 800m (and 1,500m) at Westport (one before lunch the other after!). Westland High had its best athletic team in decades and we all hatched a plan to get as many points as possible in our events and take the School Championship title. Even if it meant a bit of team driving. One of my mates was a distance runner and knew I had a good chance in the 800m and 1,500m but was a bit green having bloomed late. So the plan was he would lead and set a solid pace (he had no sprint) and I would slot in the trail. He said he would move out (a cart width) and give me the inside run just before they started sprinting for home. Half way down the back straight he moves out taking a couple out wider with him and yelling at me to "Go now, go now!" I thought shit I wasn't planning on going this early!

Yep - well deserved. A very hard worker who has done very well. Even she will admit that she isn't the most talented rider (she actually said that in an interview) but makes up for it with hard work. Although like fine wine has got better as she has aged. Nice hands, kind to a horse and great balance. I met her at Kevin Grays stable at Waverley when she was an apprentice. Bubbly and enthusiastic and well trained by Kevin and Kath. Should have dumped the woman I was seeing at the time!

The jury still is and that doesn't look like changing anytime soon. FFS you swallowed the Messara Report hook, line and sinker.

You are assuming that the Stipe's actually know which given your constant haranguing of them according to you they don't know. So we will now have the incompetent becoming Judge and Jury. Good luck with that.

Is that why you keep going on and on and on and on about it?

Which is going to get worse with the creation of a Mega-Judiciary arm probably under the control of Godber and the abolition of the JCA independence!

You miss the point - again I'm not surprised that you have. Using your logic we would have four days at New Plymouth with four races each day. The fact is there aren't enough horses around to sustain two days at the same location two days apart. In the CD there are 7 race meetings in 14 days. Running 6 or 7 races at one meeting costs the industry. Add to that poor quality fields and the industry receives a net loss. What's more it puts punters off even more. Congrats to Carey for doing a great marketing job at NP - but it isn't paying the industry bills! But that is what you get from this mob when they are driven by calendar dates and not key industry metrics like: number of horses in work, number of horses ready to race by rating, race field sizes relative to punting revenue generated and so on and so on. As Joe Bloggs says - "what can you expect from someone who thinks you gallop a horse EVERY day!"

Don't take up Thoroughbred Racing administration as a career. The point that was being made, which I realise escapes you, is why have two days at New Plymouth two days apart? 7 races each day. Especially when there aren't the horses available. Add to that the fact that revenue is generated off course with quality fields.

R1 - 4 The Big Bird R2 - 6 Riveered R3 - 7 Beyond Words R4 - 3 Rain Mist And Muscle R5 - 4 Bettor Twist R6 - 4 Kango R7 - 8 American Dealer R8 - 2 Sundees Son R9 - 4 Spankem R10 - 7 Cowboys And Bandits

Woops true! Same cut of the jib though! PS: First post was about poor fields at NP and why have two days two days apart. Anyway we all digress on BOAY!

As I said in reply in other thread Nelson will be a different kettle of fish. All Weather Track and fresh influx of Canterbury horses.

Actually I'd go as far as to say that a couple on the current NZRB/RITA/TAB NZ Board are damn right dodgy.

That's what I was eluding to!

Nelson will be different. Fresh influx of Canterbury horses and a roomy All Weather Track.

Are Harness recording this as rehoming?

What does "(hack)" mean in this context?

I think it was allowed in the 70's and early 80's.

Fill ya boots!

Let it go Mehe. It is a waste of energy and is obviously giving you ulcers. Don't you have anything better to post about? For example something on the Topic of this thread? Why don't you start a new one about this and I'll move these off topic posts there?

Mehe you are wasting your Anarchy time.

Why is that a problem? The Chief Stipe is the only person who has the power to approve membership, moderate and ban. Those privileges are used rarely and judiciously as the majority of BOAY'ERS will attest.

Incorrect. Read them you wrote them.

Incorrect.