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Highest tax system in the world! Sweden and Denmark, Norway however has the richest sovereign wealth funds in the world....oil/gas...and their brilliant investments.....it it wasn't so bloody cold, be there in a flash...you know blondes have more fun.

I'm watching Sky here in BNE, they are saying it's not track related, one came down, they had the jock on the track for yonks and need to airlift him by helicopter.....hence the delay and then the postponement

He was moving, sat up even, but pain, so it's a precaution......not the track though, I think one poor horse broke down and wammo.

Just read where Goodwin says they had held trials on the track???? WTF? I've been right through the trials and the jumpouts and can't find any scaric of info on that......can you just open your mouth and let the wind blow your tongue around...or what?....maybe the otaki clan galloped a few togther doing evens and gave it the thumbs up.

Spoken like a true farmer!

Why didn't they run a set of barrier trials there for Gods sake, New Zealand's only living brain donors, Petone!

Sorry, embargo.

I arrived in Oz from NZ in 1973, long before the embrago was enforced on Kiwi's arriving here and claiming benefits. There is a 1% medicare levy placed on all salaries, you can opt out, but then must carry private ins and prove it. Most use the public system. The national budget allocates to each state also, it's not perfect, but hells bells furlongs in front of NZ.....especially phama. The assistance given to cancer sufferers and the national bowel cancer programs are lifesavers....shame NZ shame.....all governments too, you see, Politicians have such lucrative benefits, and bloody pensions that they live in a another universe, until maybe the cancer bstards come calling.....

On that we agree!

There is no will GD!......the Governments are morally corupt, it would be magical to see all the women of NZ unite and withdraw their labour from the workforce, just imagine, the worldwide coverage that would bring? Key was a failure, why? he failed to provide the very best care for all in NZ......your story is a very familiar one GD, we all have wives, Mums, sisters and daughters, I would love to think Jacinda could empathise with the ladies of our world, but she's a failed poly, just like the rest......I wont see in my lifetime a wonderous and expansive NZ, my sister died at 69, my Mum at 70, by today's standards, that's bloody young, but when I walked the wards of our local hospice and saw young women, and I mean young women in the latter stages of their life it sickened me, it made me angry, not only at the failings of our Politicians, but the apathy amongst the general populice.......if the people revolt, it works, by Jesus it works, it worked in Italy in the 70's when the Signora''s went on strike, no cooking, no washing, no sex! until the general strike was ended....24 hours later, wammo, the nation returned to normal......girl power, if ever that analogy needed legs, wow, I would love to think the females in NZ could band together, stand united and bring the Gov screaming and yelling to the table, with Jacinda or without her......knowing the culture, I fear not, but as NZ women secured the right to vote before anyone else on this planet, why not a movement to ease their cancer pain? A few years back we lived very close to Glenn McGrath and his wife Jane, the passing of Jane bought our nation together and Glenn capitilised on the publicity by starting the wonderful McGrath Foundation, it's work is priceless, if only NZ could go the same way,,....if only GD.

I do hope Chief sees his way clear and allows me licence to express my sadness toward New Zealand's attitude to women and breast cancer. NZ is so far behind Australia, and most OECD nations with cancer drugs. This mornings NZ Herald is running anothet story of a Kiwi woman who has been able to prolong her life by using drugs sourced overseas, those same drugs are available here in Oz for 40 bucks a month, but oh no, not in NZ......this vibrant 56 years old lady from Mt Maunganui had to take out a personal loan to fund the 8-10K per month she needs to stay alive, plus the 2800K needed to travel to Malaysia for treatment and the drug. How abslutely sad, how offensive is that to women and their families, John Key wasted how much on the flag referendum? Jacinda, a staunch socilaist, nada, invisible woman, why? not every Kiwi woman has the means to fund overseas trips to source these drugs......everyday a plane arrives here in Oz with Kiwi's chasing the dream, no, not a dream of riches and wealth, but a dream of new hope, a dream of spending just a few more years with their loved ones before the dirty bastard called cancer claims them. Of course during those precious few years there is always the chance a new drug will be found, research being what it is, an evolving science, it is more probable than possible, so hope springs eternal. The Governments of previous tenure hang your heads in shame, current Government also, how NZ ever thinks it can walk the walk of a first world nation is an aberration, a pipe dream, until it shows compassion toward it's populice, the social welfare system in NZ is that of a failed one, we know a safety net is needed, and in many countries it's never implimented, however NZ should know better, and it doesn't. The greatest legacy a Government could leave would be the reputation it earned from being a social justice warrior, bringing quality life to the thousands of women who face an agonising future as they battle the cancer war, simply with a stroke of the pen. Give a litle pages are wonderful, they are the angels with wings, but they also bring shame on the incumbent Governments who sit on their hands and watch women die, needlessly, so, if any of you feel stirred enough to write to your local MP, please do, cancer doesn't discriminate, we are all cantidates, contenders, so hug the one you're with, and get on with it, send that email and become a warrior too, it will make you feel better, and by kori, it just might work. Rowley Mile.

Yep, and that didn't happen very often, I think Manikato won 5 William Reid's.......and won up to a mile.....he was a super star.

The mighty Manikato is buried at the main entrance to Moonee Valley, it's lovely to remember him each time we visit, he was a true champ,he bashed up the best, year after year. To remember our lost heros is a nice human trait, like to think we'll keep doing that.

Hell, there are so many wonderful horses being forgotten here, what about Ill Tempo? Piko? Panzer Chief?Black Rod? Topsy? Magnifique, Silver Kight, Fury's Order and of course the magnificent Game.....how bloody good was he?

Anyone who invites self harm is sick Tom, real sick, no one I think who is a reasonable human being condones that......I didn't read the offending past, but all I can add is you are witty and knowledgable, you don't need to 'fire up' imbiciles Tom, just get your point across, as I for one like a laugh and like to learn.....IMO......and good luck to you.

Well read and weep, this lot is in total denial, they are crowing re Messara not criticising them? that's their crowning glory? Ok, we [the mrs and I] agree, can't close and acquire racecourses willy nilly, we acknowledge that, but this reply is sheer madness of the enth degree.......I've had enough, so has my Mrs, this mob have circled the wagons, well so have we......our next step = undecided, but we won't cop this shit anymore.

Oh and Robalan.....no hopples, what a gun.

Garcon Roux, Royal Ascot Superspan......Aint I a fossil

Breaking news? Pig's will fly first, what about the fella on trackside announcing a positive= nada.......why not legal action from the trainer? there's no cred, nada.......what a joke......who's policing the police?.....now there's a question.

Hallelujah Bro!

You're the man for this, ''I rode in race against the mighty Triton, I followed him into the straight, he won by 8 lengths, was it Foxton or Levin? the rider I think was B Brown.

Was the Levin Cup run at Otaki then Hesi?

Ah, great read, here's one to contemplate, similar maybe? Australian Cup morning, Better Loosen Up was being rolled after a leg stretch canter at Flemington, at the time I was training for a former rails bookie and a leviathan punter, so, BLU came out of the roll lame as a cat, we watched thinking no way he will run, whoa, he ran alright, in the meantime I called our owner and told him to lay the horse all day.....he won running a track record......think about it.......it cost us plenty, and to this day the question goes unanswered......strike me dead.

Both!....I was referring to La Mer, and yes, you may well be right.....the 70's were a blur to me...London, Carnaby St, INXS.....Split Enz.....the 60's/70's full of great horses, Triton/Darryl's Joy/Classic Mission we could be here all day, but La Mer was as good as those in every way IMO.

At Otaki one day, 1974 sometime I think, Pauline Deacon strapped her for Malcolm, they were besties, can you imagine that nowadays? She was just one word......special.