Dark Beau

Agree with all your comments. Unfortunately the running the Karaka Million on a Saturday has forced the running to be one week earlier and the people are just not back in Wellington....well the difference between a great crowd and a good one. Actually (I was there) and I thought that it was a good crowd for these days. With regard to marketing, the wizard from Palmerston North isn’t a wizard if you get my drift.

Kozzi has to be the most talented jockey in NZ. I predict that within 5 months (not 5 minutes) he will be the Tony Pike stable jockey. (After yesterday.) I wonder how good friend, Innes will feel? I suppose “septic tank with arms” Castles will come to the rescue, and try and help Innes out now, that he is back in the Waikato. It’s all very interesting isn’t it? P.S. The quote of “septic tank with arms and legs” has to be attributed to Don Murray, for whatever reason.

What about Sir John Key ?

I know that a couple of you seem disagree with everything I post, especially negative Leggy. Anyway I believe that Trentham will again put up another perfect track on Saturday. Certainly the racing Gods have had their say by sprinkling 26 mm evenly across the track in the last 20 hours. By the way....did you hear Waddell’s comments after his first winning ride? I have never ever heard a more positive comment from a jockey. ? P.S. And I didn’t pay him off. ?

Sadly he was.

Yep, half a million is being given to Ellerslie in two weeks just to partly fund the two $1 million races plus of course all the other races are funded to to their normal level! Leggy, get stuck into that.

The truth is that not one cent of industry money (RIB or NZRB) has been spent on the racing service in the last 25 years. (Fact) It is true that the new NZRB about 22 years ago spent $1.5 doing up the or refurbishing the Members Stand. (Fact) Reefton, prove me wrong regarding paragraph one, or apologise and withdraw your untruth. I don’t disagree with much of what you say though regarding the treatment of small clubs.

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I have just been told that this quite attractive (passable) Asian lady is the perfect match for me! Where did they get that idea from, as she’s about 20 and I am 70+? I am using an iPhone 8 and from time to time I get locked into the add syndrome situation too Get rid of them (well most of them) and the site traffic will grow substantially. Half the time it sort of locks up, (with adds) so I just give up and go back to RC. ?

Reefton tell me what they did to the track to spend millions of dollars of industry money up against the wall getting it that way. In this instance I believe that you are all piss and wind and know nothing.

The jockey’s were raving about the racing surface today.

Now I could be wrong, but I think I heard that he was put down because of laminitis in his good hoof. (The un-injured one). That would be caused, because the good foot was taking all the pressure since the injury.

I just go along flashing my lights at the on coming traffic all of the time. It slows them all down! What is wrong with that??

Yes that was Waikato Stud one year. It was a disgrace. I don't know if that is who you are talking about, but they certainly did it.

All fair points.

You know as well as I do otherwise your worldliness is in question....?

Two things are pissing me off tonight. 1) A friend of my being charged for doing something on behalf of all decent living beings. 2) The adverts on this site, especially the unsolicited, undesirable type. ?

Saundry quite simply needs to move back (return ASAP) to Australia and relinquish his $250K salary. Bernard, please tell us why I am wrong or why you have something to offer and should stay! On the other side, talking about other highflier’s of the trans-Tasman variety I guess Sir Ron Brierley is also on a one way trip back across the Tasman, sooner or later. Just saying ?

Needs a change of rider. Elliot just doesn’t suit her. I would try one of the women jockeys.

I think that it’s a great start. Yes, I would change around a few little things like increasing the type size of the Race name, stake, class, distance etc. Also the breeding and the owners need a slight increase. I do like the large size of the horses names.

Further to my earlier posting, the TAB app on my own phone locked up this morning!!! I knew that it wasn’t the TAB’s fault as the app on my wife’s phone was working perfectly! To fix my one, I simply turned the phone off and back on. ?

iPhone perfectly ok.

You could argue that the way the Japanese horses are going in Melbourne that Australian Group One racing isn’t up to International standard either! Trying to grade Group racing to one standard is impossible. When they changed It was a mistake. Japan, HK, Turkey, France, Germany, England, Ireland, Canada, USA, NZ and Australia all have Group racing as we all know and all are different aren’t they?

I seem to recall Donna Beck commentating a race from the studio once.