Shad

40$ to get in, put a few people off, as for a family need to tack it on the mortgage to afford.

Are the entry numbers limited to both harness and thoroughbred cup, are they both sold out or not. Just wondering what the rules are for both events, if or any.

Impressive winner, against the usual pattern of racing up there.

Yes Madam du soir going around for him, won the other week at ashburton, I had given up on her after taking her many times, reason being she is by raise the flag, hasn't left to many good ones in nz, but the aussie like them, ablaze, etah James flying agent, just to name a few.

Nice win by the 7yr old mare special kay having her first start.

Went to riverton cup 2yrs ago quite a good day out, had a good look around including closed tracks Wyndham, Winton, shame to be fair, had a look at gore, and invercargill, nice area down there and certainly enjoyed the brief stay, interesting their January date, I would think it will be well patronized.

Racing looked good down there, only collect I got was on choice de jeu in the last, was a little short changed on the fixed odds at 8.50 v over 10s the tote, was well beaten but put up a gutsy run, when looking beaten.

Checkout the track work section if your looking for a winner, maybe the trainers section has not been updated for sometime.

The old story thats been happening for sometime, never a level playing field,and the battlers will always get the rough end of the pineapple, just worry that comes the time where these guys, will say buggar it, have my license, have my horses and go jam it, did the horse in question carry alot of betting money at the time, I must go back and have another look, seen two jockeys smacked over the hand yesterday for relaxing rides at the finish, some years ago would have been automatic suspension, now just a word in the ear.Show these fellas leniency or axe these races and send these battling horses to another fate very much worse, maybe .At the end of the day we all know what these races are about, and have a choice whether we want to have a bet in them.

Let's just hope he keeps in the game, battler that certainly provides horse numbers for the southern circuit, and to be fair keeps these battlers competitive, where they outcome for some of these horses could be much different, great to see him get a winner yesterday, I'm a battler when it comes to punting, but every dog has its day, was lucky to get Clifton jessie yesterday at the fixed price of 126s and 21s, thought it was well overs at that, with a tidy draw and a average field, keep the account ticking along, those ones don't come up very often, but I'm always looking.

Certainly can be hit and miss, sometimes more miss, seems to go through stages where it doesn't work.

It's true alright, some things you just don't forget, would have been correct if it was referring to the harness game, just goes to show the lack of knowledge of these people, who have probably never spent a cracker on a horse in their life.

Yeah when he was asked about a all weather track, his reply was, dont they have one of those at addington.

1200 someone will have a blast.

Talking about the wind, spent 3 hours on the river this morning, chasing the elusive whitebait, bitter wind off the snowy hills, couldn't feel my hands, colder than a frog's tit, I swear spring weather is much more cold than winter itself, glad my small scale lambing was over a month ago.

Watched this last night, very sad and just highlights the struggle that some of these young racing folk face, lets hope many also watch this, and reach out to those around them for help, I also didn't personally know Cody, but knew the name in the jockey ranks.

Can't beat the grass

Oh thought he must of been injured, when they said breaking news.

Be interesting to see how many owners and trainers will support the all weather tracks.

Heard someone broke into our local dog pound and released all the dogs, police are following a number of leads.

Break away may do him some good, come back fresh.

Got one maybe going to semi retirement, till find out if any jumps in the south

Any word on jumping races for the south island next season

Great to be back on the grass, addington does get boring week in and out.

Bought a budgie once, it was going cheap