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I remember going to Flemington with a friend back in 1986. It was a midweek meeting, and present was the trainer of my friends horse Bevan Laming, and a young apprentice in Chris Johnson. Chris was to ride the horse, and it was his first ride in Australia. It was a staying race, about 2000 mtrs from memory. My friend was confident the horse could win, so we were all armed with cash to hit the bookies at the same time. Chris rode a top race, giving the horse every chance, but alas 3rd was its lot. Luckily my friend place bet it with the bookies and actually came out with a profit, paid $2.75 on the tote from memory. This I am sure was Chris Johnsons first ride in Australia. I think he will give Savvy Coup every chance if good enough. Being a small field means it will be a race of tactics, balance, and judgment which Chris possess in spades. Good luck to the Savvy Coup team.

Poor ride on Botti at Moe last thursday. Good thing beaten.

Houseman for me, with Best Solution and Kings will Dream to run the trifecta.

And a dash of elephant juice.

Nothing wrong with that, fun day out for all involved. Just highlights for me the stupidity of the idiots that design the rules for greyhound racing, and how weak they are. Came back from a walk the other night with my greyhound, and as I am want to do, I let her off the lead once home, and what did she do, came up with a live kill on the front lawn. Trots up to me proudly with a big bunny in her mouth. What a good girl she is. Know's I am flat out shooting them, so decided to help. Using road kills, or shot rabbits, possums, etc to use with the training of greyhounds should be encouraged. I do not condone stage managed live kills, in fact I would encourage people guilty of this barbaric practice be given life, no place for them in my world, but mixing them up with people using dead animals or skins is just stupidity.

I think you will find Sean Hannan is a failed lawyer like his other useless mate Mario Barsi.

You really are a wally Wally. Although I don't agree with the new rule, road kills are no different to live kills under the rules. They carry the same penalties.

You really are a clown Johnathon. You are so obvious. I realise you are sticking up for your family, but really, killing 5 dogs on the ferry under those circumstances is indefensible.

Antics?. Do you mean doing a Miss Manning.

I just couldn't help myself Legend. ??.

Sorry/ mathematical skills.

Lady connected to Shorty was Wendy, and operated New Brighton TAB for some years.

There is nothing new here, race fixing in the trotting code has happened since harness began. I remember reading a book by a well known identity in the code, name eludes me, came from the Waikato area about taking harness racing to England in the 50's 60's. They managed to establish it in Wales. Just about every race was fixed, and that is what sunk it there.

Off course he does not rehome them, they go down the offal pit. They are farmers, not lovers of dogs. Look at the trained staff, [Ray Armstrong]. Comes off the Ferry at Picton, and does not stop once for water and empty out. Isn't even aware that most of the dogs in the van are dead. Only after arriving at Darfield is it apparent that most have died. These are the same people that line up 13 month baby Greyhounds at the races. Greed and cunning are their motivation. Always have been. Thats not to mention their serial drugging offences that this feral mob have inflicted on the industry. They are so selfish, they couldn't care less about the damage they have done, and continue to do so to the perception of Greyhound racing. They and their slimy counterpart up north will kill Greyhound racing quicker than any economic disaster that is looming over the entire NZ racing industry.

An Australian operator taking over the NZ TAB would be the best thing for the most important people in racing, THE PUNTER. The first thing that would happen is, the takeout rate would fall into line with Australian TAB's, and the return to the punter would be greater. Can't wait.

And I thought this site was for adults.

The horse had no welt marks on him.

The bigger the event, the bigger the penalty. Why, because jockeys are more inclined to transgress the rules because more money and prestige is involved, therefor a bigger deterrent is needed. Example Golden Slipper, Melbourne Cup, penalties reflect the status of the race because Jockeys are more inclined to do desperate things. As for the analogy of the corner dairy and Harvey Norman I disagree. Try robbing a Bank as against the corner dairy and see if the sentences are the same. I remember the Great Train robbery in England. The robbers held up a train and made of with millions of pounds, nobody killed although some violence dished out to the train driver. Aggravated robbery causing injury and they got like 30 years. Now i'm sure if it had been a corner dairy instead of a train with millions of pounds the sentence would be nothing like 30years if the same paralle's applied. Nothing is equal in life when it comes to money.

Its a show case event, watched by a larger audience, especially non racing people. Therefor its significance needs to be a factor when determining penalty. Just my thoughts on above question.

That fella with the funny name has a habit of shutting down conversation. Really sad.

By No1 site, I presume you are referring to that once great place called RaceCafe. I emphasize the word once, as when Angie ran it, it was a great site, and without doubt No1. But alas Leo came along and brought it, and then the rot started, and downhill it headed, until he ended up in Court because of his big mouth, and coughed up a big fine which sort of told him I need to find a mug and offload RaceCafe whilst still solvent. The story had a happy ending for Leo, as a mug was found in the form of a dwarf that went by the funny name of Scooby. Problem was, this Scooby suffered from small man syndrome, and found that he could take out all his frustrations in cyber space with gay abandon. It was the perfect place for Scooby, he had finally found his niche, whereas all his life he had been picked on because of his small stature, he now found he could be 10 feet tall in cyber space. So he set about terrorising, bulling, and banning people to the point that RaceCafe is but a shadow of what it once was. Quiet sad really. But hey, there is a silver lining, out of the old, a new site has arisen called Bitofayarn, and it will continue to grow as RaceCafe disappears into oblivion. RIP.

Sure do.

Yeah, thanks for the site, its refreshing after the other one started going downhill with the departure of the original owners. Given time, it will become the number one site for racing enthusiasts and participants. Your format is superior and matches what it once was, and the colour green is much kinder on the eyes and mind than red. All power to your site.

Cannot get excited about Wheeler dogs plundering NZ stake money Jason. They will all be distant memory's in a years time. Meantime all the money goes offshore on a one way trip.

You took the words from my mouth CrossCodes, the amazing yawn. What a waste of industry funds for some glorified trials on behalf of Australian interests. The only good thing to come out of it was, the sole kiwi dog bred by Brent Johnson won it. Congratulations Brent Johnson.