Chief Stipe

Profit.

They won't go quiet. Their objective is to end racing animals. My advice is don't give an inch.

Catalyst is top drawer - the best horse's don't need blinkers. Full credit to Clayton he has trained catalyst out of them. The best horse's eye ball their opponents.

Well you haven't been following the NZTR argument very closely. The Question is - who owns the IP or information?

I guess he mentored Nathan Tinkler.

Almost Bankrupt Allan's dark horse Neil ChenowethSenior writer May 28, 2019 — 6.10pm Save Share Albury’s favourite son Allan Endresz is bankrupt again . . . but not to worry, he’s got it on appeal (again). In the meantime he wants to tell you about a racehorse. Alligator Blood is a two-year-old with a rocket-like finish, and a clean leg action that might be modelled on Almost Bankrupt Allan’s own form when chased by pesky creditors. Now Allan Endresz, perpetually the victim of terrible misunderstandings, has discovered blockchain. It's a matter of trust. Fairfax Media And now he’s discovered blockchain. Allan, who is serving out a 14-year ban as a director, is still being pursued by ASIC and the government over a trail of $8.725 million in missing funds from 1998 that Endresz has always made clear he never knew had been embezzled. Criminal charges against him were dismissed. Yes, his company did end up with the money, but he was the victim here, which is why he spent years suing the government for $4.3 billion compensation. A couple of times in the 21-year pursuit it looked like ASIC and Treasury had finally bankrupted him, only for him to appeal or to open a new legal front that forced bankruptcy proceedings to be suspended. On March 15 this year Justice Geoffrey Flick made a sequestration order against Endresz for $18.6 million in the ACT Federal Court. Naturally he appealed on April 5, putting himself back in play. Almost all of his assets are subject to court freezing orders, but a man’s still got to live. The Paradise Papers showed that in a three-month period he spent more than $100,000 on betting and gaming venues, even while he doesn’t own anything. Everything he has is held on trust for a mysterious offshore beneficiary, while he himself, the poor bloke, has nothing. It’s easy to misunderstand these finer points. Documents from the Paradise Papers showed that he was telling the Capital Security Bank in Rarotonga that he had $50 million of assets in Australia, and he was the owner. He had an international money transfer business called Ezybonds that came to grief with some unhappy former clients saying some harsh things. The website is “currently offline for extended maintenance”, it says. See Allan Endresz's other Tweets But that’s in the past. Now, apart from spruiking the Ezy No. 1 horseracing syndicate that owns Alligator Blood, Allan is working on an exciting new application called Zukaz, with a payment system involving Zucoins, an “augmented reality backed cryptocurrency token”. Merchants just need to put their faith in an almost-bankrupt who is currently banned from directorships, using an opaque offshore structure, and who says he can’t be held responsible for any debt because it’s not his money. It’s a matter of trust. “It’s Bitcoin on steroids — without the problems,” he says. Maybe not for everyone. The picture of Allan on steroids is . . . troubling. Correction: An earlier version of this story described Mr Endresz as a former insider trader. In fact in 1993 Endresz was convicted of eight counts of price manipulation, market rigging and making a false statement to the ASX, over a $560,000 trade of 4 million Emu Hill Gold shares between two companies he controlled, which lifted the market price by 40 per cent. He was fined approximately $13,000.

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Mer De Glace and Damian Lane win the 2019 Caulfield Cup. Photo: Racenet. MELBOURNE CUP Shock news: Japan bars betting on Melbourne and Caulfield Cups Article Author Ben Dorries 10:41AM30 January 2020 1 Comments Japanese horses enjoyed a freakishly successful Melbourne spring carnival last year but Japan has now sensationally barred the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup from being eligible from betting on in their home country. The shock move has been described as “disappointing” by Melbourne Racing Club executive racing manager Jake Norton who expects MRC revenue from international media rights to be slashed by about five percent as a result. But perhaps more of a concern could be the negative public impact and perception that Japanese punters not being able to bet on the Melbourne Cup and the Caulfield Cup in their home country could generate. “There is certainly a pure racing impact because we love to see international participation in our top flight races ... this decision I guess demonstrates their position (about the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups) on an international stage,” Norton told Racenet. “It’s disappointing given we have got a reigning Japanese winner of the Caulfield Cup (Mer De Glace) and two of the last six winners are from Japan. “Just on that score it’s disappointing because we thought the Caulfield Cup was growing in renown in Japan. “In pure commercial terms it’s not am immaterial amount of money but it would be a fraction in terms of our international media rights as a whole. “The (media rights) payment is based on what is turned over in that jurisdiction.” Racing Victoria confirmed the news when contacted by Racenet but indicated it was a matter for the race clubs to comment further on, given it was the clubs that received the direct financial benefit from the Japanese. RV pointed out the Cox Plate, which was last year won by Japanese superstar Lys Gracieux, remained on the list known as the simulcast list which meant it was still eligible for betting on in Japan as long as a runner from Japan participates. The Group I pair of the Doncaster Mile and the George Ryder Stakes in NSW are also on the list of races that the Japanese Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (which oversees racing in Japan) has now deleted from being eligible from betting on in Japan. It is a body blow to Australian racing as a whole, but particularly the Melbourne spring carnival with the strong Japanese presence in recent years. And in 2006 there was a Japanese quinella in the Melbourne Cup when Delta Blues and Pop Rock finished first and second. As recently as December, there were even stronger ties thought to be forged between Australian and Japanese racing jurisdictions when Damian Lane rode the race of his life to win The Arima Kinen at Nakayama on Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux. But the news that Japan was withdrawing its permission to bet on the big spring Cups in Victoria came out of the blue. However Norton doesn’t expect it to impact on the relationship with Japanese officials or Japanese horses coming to Australia for major races. “Our preference would be for what has happened not to be the case but we have a strong relationship with the JRA and we expect that to continue and we will still try to recruit horses from Japan for our carnival,” he said. Victoria Racing Club racing manager Leigh Jordon said the news would not impact on Japanese horses coming to Australia for the spring or relationships with Japanese trainers, officials or owners. Jordon indicated he believed Japanese had withdrawn from betting on the Cups due to the fact they are Handicaps. “These races can still be shown on television in Japan and we understand the (betting) situation will be reviewed after three years,” Jordon said. “It certainly won’t impact on Japanese horses coming to race here.” Although the Melbourne and Caulfield Cups are now not on the list for betting in Japan, the Japanese Department of Agriculture and Fisheries can add races to the list at any point and they have done it before.

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I thought that WAS the X, Y, Z Generation?! You a trying to have a quid each way. On the one hand you are suggesting that the whip made a difference hence the "illegal win" and then you suggest it doesn't. As I said be careful what you wish for. The numerous "protesters" which seem to be very quiet in NZ want to ban racing COMPLETELY regardless of whips. Making the latter illegal will do nothing to change that. Stop feeding them Thomaas and Beau.

Won without it. 1:08 on a D4. Ran home in 32. Not a bad effort. Where did you hear that from? How can you not press a button correctly? As I said after his win at Ruakaka Catalyst has the turn of foot to get out of trouble which bodes well for OZ.

That hasn't been the pattern of his last few races. HB Guineas showed Catalyst has not bad "tactical speed." I take it you didn't watch the last three races with the Blinkers On. Didn't jump that well. What was it you said ÷ "without the Blinkers he'd running like a drunken sailor down the straight at HQ"? The only bit you got right was "straight"!

Where's Thomaas? ?

Exactly promote the positives! FFS apparently it's wrong to drink milk!

Please explain.

He DROPPED his whip? The bigger point is there isn't a huge number of people who care. So why the hell try and kowtow to them? Where does it stop? Did you know they put nails! in racehorses feet! God forbid!

Rule Number(s): Rule 869(2)This charge follows the running of race 3 at Rotorua on 26 January 2020. Mr Mr Mulcay lodged an Information alleging that Junior Driver Mr N Delany 'when driving JACKHAMMER JOE' in breach of the Use of The Whip Regulations used his whip on more occasions than permitted over the final 400 metres'. Mr ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Rule Number(s): Rule 869 (7A)(a)(b)This charge follows the running of Race 8 at Rotorua. Initially the Stipendiary Stewards initiated a Protest following this race, however eventually decided not to persevere with this course of action. Mr Mulcay alleged that Mr Whittaker was in breach of the Rule 'when he shifted COWGIRLS N ANGELS inside ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

Rule Number(s): Rule 870(3), Breaking horses RegulationsThis protest followed the running of Race 6 at Rotorua. Mr Mulcay alleged that GERSHWIN 'broke in excess of 150 metres during the running'. Mr Paynter, representing the horse's connections, noted on the Information that: (a) He did not contest the protest, and (b) He did not wish to be present. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

True. Which is a query in itself.......surely just being a Savabeel doesn't gain you entry into K1 or are they so selective that they only accept K1 broodmares to breed to him?

Mount Fuji apparently misbehaved badly before the race, pulled himself into the ground during the race and ran accordingly. Not the first time a horse has performed badly on debut and bounced back next start e.g. Catalyst. I had one who didn't perform to expectations at all first start and then won the second on his ear by 7 lengths! That $900k is still a sizeable hunk of dosh. FROM THE STEWARDS – MOUNT FUJIIt didn’t auger well for backers of Mount Fuji even before the horse entered the barriers. The $2.8m colt worked hard in its preliminary and took some time to pull up after arriving at the gates. He then raced keenly and didn’t settle throughout the event wanting to hang after straightening. The colt also displayed poor post-race recovery and markedly increased respiratory effort. I think we best forget he even turned up on the day. Rulership reigns supreme as $2.8 million stablemate fails to fire Rulership coasts clear on debut at Randwick. Photo: Steve Hart. Article Author Mitch Cohen3:10PM25 January 2020 34 Comments The highly anticipated debut of $2.8 million colt Mount Fuji was a disaster but stablemate Rulership gave Peter and Paul Snowden plenty to be pleased about at Randwick on Saturday. Mount Fuji charged around to the gates and pulled his head off before beating just one runner home and was more than 13 lengths off his impressive stablemate on debut in the $2m Inglis Millennium In 14 Days Handicap (1000m). The high-priced duo cost a combined $3.7 million at the sales but it was $900,000 Magic Millions purchase Rulership that made the right impression at his first start. Rulership ($2.90 fav) coasted to a 2-1/4 length victory over Gerald Ryan’s Mission River ($7) with the Richard and Michael Freedman-trained Ticket To Ride ($8) in third. 17 people are talking about this “It was probably the difference between a horse that was savvy and knows what he is doing but I am a little bit disappointed by the way (Mount Fuji) handled himself,” Paul Snowden said. “He just pulled himself into the ground the whole way and that’s what you see when they aren’t relaxing well enough to finish off. “It’s the total opposite to what he is doing in the trial. “This bloke is the ultimate professional with everything he does and he remains on target for a Blue Diamond preparation." Nash Rawiller got the ride on raceday after jockey Hugh Bowman chose to forgo his rides on the card due to personal reasons. Rulership jumped well and was the ultimate professional for Rawiller, who took the I Am Invincible colt straight to the front and the classy two-year-old did the rest from there. “He feels very adaptable and I haven’t ridden a colt with an attitude like him for a long time,” Rawiller said. “You don’t want to get carried away but he gives you the feel of something pretty special.” Rulership is an $11 third favourite with TAB.com.au for the Blue Diamond and will be held at Caulfield on February 22. ‘He won’t go down to the week of the prelude,” Snowden said. “We will keep him up and then send him down to take his place.”

But those figures are based on his entire crop - are they not? Wouldn't one expect that the K1 draft performs better than the rest i.e. has higher averages? Are there figures for winner ratio's per book? e.g. K1 vs K2?

Rule Number(s): 869(3)(b)Mr Munro alleged that Mr Larsen (THE WHITE RABBIT) drove carelessly in the opening stages of race 3 in that he allowed his runner to make contact with the sulky wheel of COOLHAND EASTON which was pulled up. Mr Munro demonstrated on the films and, in particular, the close-up shot, that the near-foreleg ... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

So Boys Get Paid are not part of the X, Y or Z generation? Get rid of the rule or the whip. Simple really. However are you suggesting that Trudi wouldn't have won without the whip?