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It was called a racecourse reserve in the messara report. No idea what that means. I think Riccarton is the same. Ironically the freehold tracks that would generate the most income if sold tend to be the favoured tracks that the industry wants to pour all the money into.
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I did think the same myself. Always looks good when a Rough Habit or Legarto ride comes off, but sometimes it is best to take chance out of the equation.
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I know it's a boring subject, but it certainly looked like a great day's racing at Timaru yesterday. Full fields, 10 races, perfect track and lots of close finishes. The "Cup" attracted a good field with an extra $5,000 put in by the club and a brave nose victory. A bit disappointing to see only 7 races at Riccarton this week: possibly only 6 as a couple of races have only 6 noms with double acceptors included in that number. Just imagine if the NI had a track like Timaru: meetings would be getting transferred there all the time. Any responsible organisation would probably be big enough to admit they made a big cock up over Timaru, but I don't expect that in Racing. In fact I fully expect them to pour even more money into the AWTs to justify their existence.
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I haven't seen anyone mention Solidify's run in the J.J.Atkins. He did look very unlucky. Seemed to be full of running. "All dressed up with nowhere to go" as a famous commentator might have said. Impossible to know how he would have gone with a clear run, but he would certainly have been much closer than 11th.
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The whole thing seems fairly straightforward. Someone made a cock-up, almost certainly accidental. The horse lost a group 1 win and any chance of being 2yo of the year. The connections lost the stake money, the breeder lost some residual value. The trainer admitted responsibility, got fined $7,000. Surely nothing to get too excited about. One might question how much the judgement cost the RIB. Typists hours alone probably massive. I suppose it helps to justify their existence. You could question why a gelding was in the colts barn in the first place and the wisdom of calling horses by quite different names to their racing names, but I imagine that happens all the time.
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Racing Victoria cuts Stakes despite POCT increase.
Doomed replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
Sounds like a responsible approach to me. A bit ironic that NZTR may be able to increase group stakes. -
A bit harsh on clowns.
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You can't call Mikey that.
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Certainly interesting. The jockey made no effort at all to put it into the race. Looked to be a bit of a gap if he wanted to push out. However the placegetters all swooped down the outside so it may have been swamped even if it had got out.
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Mike Tod TAB CEO Resigns. Who is Nick Roberts?
Doomed replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
Part of the sinking lid policy. The machines won't go to anyone else. -
Mike Tod TAB CEO Resigns. Who is Nick Roberts?
Doomed replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
That was obviously a crucial part of the deal, they made a big thing of relinquishing the gaming machines in the announcement. No mention of where the money was to come from to replace the missing income. Obviously it will come out of the Ladbrokes contribution, so a little less for stakes and infrastructure. Also $5m odd for problem gamblers; take that bit off stakes as well. Might as well just give the problem gamblers $50,000 each if they stop betting. I'm half expecting a call myself as I seem to have a problem with my gambling most weeks. And it didn't sound to me like Todd resigned, sounded like he was told to not come Monday. -
I thought I would check in on the HB races since the fields looked pretty good. Abandoned after one race. Looked like a stunning day and track looked good. Only a short paragraph as I'm speechless...
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Sadly, she only ever left four foals despite 13 attempts.
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I was there as well, and despite all of us being much younger I imagine the average age of attendees on Cup Day back then was probably older than in recent times.
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Not on the AWT...yet. Perhaps next year.
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Poor old Michael Pitman is in for a bit of a shock. I see him quoted on loveracing saying: "Michael Pitman said he expected to have a number of runners on the surface, with decent prizemoney races regularly programmed at the track. " In fact after today there is only one more feature meeting on the AWT for the rest of winter, that being the middle day of National week, which I assume will be a feature meeting, there are no stakes listed so far. And there are four maidens on that day with no rating 75s. So if a rating 65 wins today it has to wait 13 weeks and race in an open race if it discovers a liking for AWTs. They did originally programme a feature meeting for a couple of weeks time but subsequently changed their mind.
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Opie Bosson Makes Hall Of Fame While Still Riding.....is CWJ there?
Doomed replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
I did see his dodgems race where he knocked over 3 or 4 other jockeys. Was it Awapuni? -
Opie Bosson Makes Hall Of Fame While Still Riding.....is CWJ there?
Doomed replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
I agree. I always just assumed CWJ would be inducted once he retired, so I was quite surprised to see a currently active jockey inducted out of the blue. I'm probably biased as I can recall numerous brilliant CWJ rides, but I can't really remember any Bossom rides that I would call outstanding, but that is just me, I don't watch as many races live as I used to. -
Opie Bosson Makes Hall Of Fame While Still Riding.....is CWJ there?
Doomed replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
There is no way he cannot be inducted at some stage. I am sure he would be the "people's" choice. -
I see the programme is up on the loveracing site. Plenty of jumps races, in fact virtually an identical programme to the last 50 years. The CJC don't like to change anything over-night. The only stake listed is the winter cup at $85,000, a drop of $15,000 on the previous year. Although they may be waiting to see how much money flows through, and how quickly, from the TAB takeover.
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Opie Bosson Makes Hall Of Fame While Still Riding.....is CWJ there?
Doomed replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
I did think that strange myself. Perhaps they are waiting until CWJ retires before doing something very special for him. -
We're Racing on the Awapuni AWT.....well maybe not.
Doomed replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
I am sure no one would deny that the AWTs are great training options. The trouble is we have spent $50m - $60m on 3 training facilities while the rest of the industry is struggling. We already had quite a few decent training facilities scattered all over the country, but we have very few premium racing surfaces. -
It is probably much the same as the women's soccer. FIFA is complaining broadcasters don't want to pay as much for the rights as men's soccer. Perhaps bookmakers don't value NZ Racing as highly as Victorian Racing.
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Perhaps it might be time for NZ to become part of Australia, even even more radically, perhaps the NI could become part of NSW and the SI part of Victoria. Interesting that the public announcement is all about providing jobs etc state wide. In NZ it is about providing jobs in ChCh, Auck and the Waikato. Previously I would have included Wgtn as well, but I think most racing employment there is heading to Cambridge. Quite a different approach to things in the two countries. The Aussie approach does seem to be working slightly better at the moment.