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Freda, I certainly don’t want racing to return to Foxton. It is a real asset as a trial track. My horses have trialed there probably 20 times this year (I have 6 in training at Awapuni) Were else would they trial in the CD. I would be another stupid decision to stuff racing. See, sometimes one should follow the loudest people like the owner of this site and his main cohort. Just saying 😉

Chief Stipe, get down to NZTR and sort them out as you know it all so it seems. You could take Leggy too as he well refer to this report or that report and be able to support you.

I was on Facebook a few hours ago and a lady on there has a very different opinion of Trentham to you. The fact is, she was there and you weren’t so do do you know anything?

Nor Ellerslie. What’s your point?

Obviously you can’t count.

After 20mm plus of rain overnight, finishing mid to late morning I thought that the Trentham track played super well, unbelievable in fact, especially after the amount of racing, it’s had to carry this year because of the closure of Awapuni and HB. I saw an interview with their Racing Manager, Brad Taylor who said that the Rail was out 6 metres and he thought that they would scout out even further, which they did, so with the rail in the true position for the next two days it would leave virgin ground and should make for more fantastic racing. Oh Chief Stipe in case you didn’t know it’s been confirmed by Lance O’Sullivan via the Sunday morning show (name escape's me) that the Telegraph being WFA, has to now be the No 1 Sprint race in the country. I concur as ever horse gets a chance on the big roomy expanses of the track. Just another thought. The time was unbelievable. Maybe it’s to do with wind protection from all the housing and mounds of dirt creating a protected environment. God only knows what time they would have run without the rain. I guess the next complaint about the Shute will be that it’s downhill. It has to be because the river that runs though the valley runs in the same direction so it has to be! The next question is; how much time should one knock off because of it? God it’s now confusing with you saying half the 1200 (Shute) is faster than the other, me saying that its protected by the houses and mounds of dirt from the wind and now I am throwing in the downhill aspect, then Lance cones on and says that it has to now be rated the best Sprint in the country. Amazing. Dream over, time to go back to sleep 😴 at 3:00am in the morning.

It’s now a shit track full stop. Bet on it at your peril.

Agree 100% with your comment regarding the problematic bends at Ellerslie.

Thanks Huey, I found it on the app, so I am on too. If it wins their liability will be phenomenal and if it looses it will take them a long time to get their money back. The only way that I can see this promotion working for them is if the fixed odds money is somehow commingled with their Aust lot, but I don't know if that is possible. For the record I looked up the Tabcorp site in Australia to see what I Wish I Win was paying there and found that they have him at $5.50 so in addition we are in fact getting a bonus price as well. I guess the tote will tell us the "correct" price at the jump.

I for one wont be betting on at Ellerslie until I have confidence pn/in how the bloody track plays, especially the corner into the straight.

I don't think that they have offered me that. I must be a successful punter like that blowhard BarryB on the tiny channel in the middle.

He's originally and definitely an Ellerslie man so expect no difference.

Simply Avondale wants a fair suck of the Sav AND why shouldn't there be a 2nd track in Auckland City? It's traditionally a great surface with crap facilities but who needs facilities now days anyway unless Boys Get Paid get paid to turn up?

Darin Balcombe is my pick for some stability and get things done sensibly.

Otaki created a new one. It is perfect, with a long run down the back straight. Then so f#ck whits took their Gr1 off them and gave it to the Avondale haters to race on their new [still questionable] round course with the faulty corner into the home straight.

Why not?

On a salary of $250k too! Forking unbelievable!

Chief, most fillies (but not all) get roasted in the Derby. Yes it’s a lot of money but risky for fillies as the results point out. Having said that, she is a beauty and obviously not for sale.

Gee whiz you and I are in complete agreement. That hasn’t happened for quite a while. Seriously, she is the real deal and could take Australia by storm if they can get her over there. If not she will (as always) be under rated in the ratings. Come in Australian Bloodstock and buy 50% of her and I will be in!

That's an even better conspiracy theory than any Covid one and that's saying something! "Pushed sideways" really?

Mo'unga [if he goes to the right stud farm] will beat them both.

Absolutely

I always thought that Show Gate won her first start at Oamaru.

Good God man, where do you think Saundry, Cameron George, & Purcell etc have come from? They are half our problem!

I disagree entirely. Winston has done 100 times more good for our failing industry [that I love] than the leech from Australia. Just my opinion.