Chief Stipe

The reason I got on was because Freda explained on BOAY what happened at Celines last start after a good win. "My little mare got a warning through no fault of her own" says Freda. So when I saw her at those odds well - karma really. Fuck the RIU fuck the bookies. Thanks very much see you!

Now that I'm flush I must remember not to give it all back to the TAB Bookies.

Well done team girls! I got on at $19! Someone got plenty though. Hope it was you Freda!

If you bet on his horses you are always there or thereabouts. What prompted me to post this topic was the comment from George Simon that the Tiley/Jones combination at Avondale were aiming for a particular section of the track at Avondale today. May have been hyperbole but I suspect it is true. About 14 years ago I walked the track at Ellerslie early in the morning before my horse raced. I was shocked at its condition. As soon as my trainer was up and about I dragged him out to walk it too. When we walked it Nigel and his jockey were doing the same thing. Not just the straight but the whole circuit. My trainer wished he hadn't walked it because if we hadn't travelled from the CD he would have scratched. Nigel scratched his horse from a Group race.

I see (hear) Aidan is in the Te Rapa broadcast centre soundshell.

You have to laugh though. Pukekohe @ Avondale! All the money the industry has wasted on the Counties swamp (Awapuni?) and they end up racing at the unwanted track Avondale! Which from what I've seen so far is racing damn well today for a winter track. But WTF is this rap music during the replays?

cool. About time we saw dogs race over a mile.

Self raking as well.

Actually it will be interesting to see how these Waikato trainers, that used to get their horses ready in Ruakaka for the Spring, do in the future. Good grass track and an excellent sand one with a natural salt water walker.

High salinity for infection reduction?

Don't the gallop on the beach down there anymore?

Eh? All three? So the jockey was slosh slosh. The horse was thud thud and the whip clip clop?

Yes unfortunately and at a huge cost. Another folly by Winnie. They'll suck resources from the industry for years to come. It will cost them millions at Awapuni in developing the means to control the water table! I guess you could have a floating AWT!

Was it a slosh slosh, a thud thud or a sharp clip clop?

That isn't Foxton's fault. Ask Curious they are all ready and waiting with some nice new facilities. The track is as good as ever if not better from the lack of racing.

Meanwhile Ruakaka which used to have several race meetings at this time of the year lies idle. A racetrack I might add that had a regular turnout in locals oncourse. Whom are now pretty pissed off! Which reminds me of the article I read recently about Tony Pike having a big team ready to go to Australia. Is that a sign of things to come Pikie? Get them up and ready on the All Weather Track and then over to Australia. Will the big bird be flying directly to Hamilton?

What about Foxton? Better than all of the ones you mentioned. You know what the difference is of course - those tracks don't have the new fandangled High Definition Broadcasting Network connection. Stuff what's good for punters, trainers, owners! Actually that only leaves those sitting in the studio doesn't it?

Na we need to hear from Mr Spin himself - Mackenzie and the RITA Board. No doubt JJ Flash will gives us an update from the horses mouth.

I hear the RIU are bugging Blair and Grim has been wrapped in his sleeping bag under the gorse hedge. They've heard the money is on.

Don't you want the beads and blankets they are handing out?

The people that I've met that are supposedly WOKE are asleep.

I think mofo is slang for motherfucker. Once again Whiplash displays his impeccable pedigree.

There may not be any crowds at the Carnival but it is easy to isolate the venues as has been proven to date and it is a low contact sport.

Yes the level of hospitalisations is well down. It annoys me the focus on the number of people infected. It is apparent in the science that lockdowns in the situation that Victoria is experiencing now can have an adverse affect on outcomes. For example mass testing only serves to bring infected people together with uninfected people and locking people down in apartment buildings only serves to spread it within those buildings. Control is quite simple - wear a mask, wash your hands frequently and socially distance. Plus protect those that are vulnerable - it is also very clear that those who experience extreme adverse medical events are those with comorbidities and in an older age bracket e.g. over 75. At the moment it is being reported that there are only 42 people in a critical or serious condition across the whole of Australia.

Maybe the TAB will offer the bet: Number of All Stars that finish in front of Dunn Team or in other words Closest to winner?