Chief Stipe

A rendition of New York New York and we get a haka. I can't get over how close the public can get to the horses. Mind you if you got kicked you could sue for millions.

They seem to have their irrigation worked out...

I hope Trackside Management and Presenters are watching the ESPN show. Great mix of human interest and great visuals alongside some great presenters. Our race commentators are better though. Love the sound of the horses galloping as well in the race audio.

Mind you Saratoga seems to have 6 very large John Deere tractors doing the work.

Stewards Report on Velocious. I think she is a horse that loses the plot when under pressure. Sam Spratt had a good affinity with her and was able to settle her most of the time. VELOCIOUS – Raced wide for the majority of the event. Commenced to weaken in the home straight. When asked to comment on the performance, Jockey E. Brown stated the filly did not feel comfortable in the going. A post-race veterinary examination revealed no apparent abnormalities.

I see they groom the track between races. I've always wondered why they don't do that with our AWT's. Harness do it.

Interesting that two races have been abandoned on the NZTAB at Saratoga. I assume due to lack of money in the pools. An hour to go to the Belmont Stakes and $7 in the win pool on the tote!

nup. I see another Super Seth won. Surprised Sought After wasn't there...

Well Velocious travelled well enough but when asked had nothing. Didn't like the track? Not good enough? Or a wind problem again?

I take it @Larsent you are not here to comment on horse racing? I assume if you did it would be as relevant as @JJ Flash 's posts.

Right so you moderate two forums which you part ownership now?

Of course website design is a digital extension of techniques used in print publishing which I learnt a lot about in the 80's when publishing a national broadsheet. But you'd probably call that fake news as well @Larsent.

FFS @nomates and @Comic Dog you can make out it is rocket science if you wish but I've been developing websites for 25 years. Actually @nomates it probably is beyond you. Don't forget @Comic Dog if it wasn't for me your coven cesspit wouldn't exist.

Well you can understand why - in those days the welfare net wasn't all encompassing and I imagine he and his societies ended up picking up the slack.

Which don't negate by any stretch the good that he did.

Hayley Hassman rides Te Akau past the $9m seasons stakes milestone in NZ.

Second win for the day and takes Te Akau past the $9m in stakes in NZ for the season!

Come in @SLB2.0

BTW @nomates I'm still waiting for the legal action threatened. A bit like last time from

Not from what I've been told. But does that post make you a rude prick? Then again you probably find that a badge of honour!

Actually @Comic Dog I know quite a bit about colours on the internet. The hex system of classifying colours is only one of 4 (there are more). They are Hex, RGB, HSL and HSV. So if we look at YOUR yellow and compare it with Karitane Yellow we see they are not too different your's just has a little bit more Chicken Madras in it to make it pastel. As you yourself state there are numerous yellow shades associated with Karitane Yellow. It was a colloquial term coined from the relationship to the Otago town of Karitane where Dr Truby King created one of his first childrens homes under the auspices of the Karitane Society which was a precursor to Plunket Society. Wags started to associate the yellow with colour of baby poo which as anyone who has nursed children knows can have a variety of colours but during the intial breastfed milk phase is often varying shades of yellow. Racecafe. A type of Karitane Yellow

Picked up $23,000 in the first at Ellerslie taking the total to: $8,998,695 Another $1,305 to go to break the $9m in a season for Te Akau.

Yeah you're right. I think it happened around 2005 as well.