Huey

More nonsense from you , that many inconsistent surfaces across the country and youre just cherry picking a provincial venue. Ellerslie nearly had the KM night canned long ago due to something worse than inconsistency - safety was a major issue.

And yet @Chief Stipe thinks everything should be centralised to these venues .

Laughable nonsense from you @Chief Stipe plenty of tracks with holes in them , slips , rail out etc etc and youre worried about a helicopter drying a track and supposed leaders bias.

Fantastic for him , he throughly deserves it if he won it. 2 & 3yo racing in NZ is mostly dominated by expensive Aus breed stock , if it isn't why are they pay such huge sums of money for them? So they can win at Waipuk?

Oh yes it is , if its providing the safe and fair surfaces you speak of! Youre confusing flash decked out Flemington type facilities with what the industry really needs.

I agree entirely with that, so what is considered a focus on the horses first?

Not true! Every sport needs an entry point (localised, country racing etc) , why do you think it works so well in Australia?

Yeah cause he takes the expensive Aus breed stock to one of the weakest black type jurisdictions in the world to race ... it ain't rocket science like you try to make it out to be @Chief Stipe !

My paint brush is ready @Chief Stipe ! Rubbish , ignore this important demographic in racing will result in its ultimate demise. You can stick to your Grand Tours and your crowd of 20 on G1 days , ignoring the foundation of racing will result in a similar outcome to what rugby in this country is now experiencing.

No no thats not true , check the TA website and they can tell already where they are headed. One from the R2R sales is going to the Sire Produce already .

They've already tried it over and over again in racing and they have proved they can't manage it or make it work. What do you think they have been doing throwing all their eggs in the Awapuni basket , dreaming of Hastings and mooting the greenfields/dreamfields in Waikato or Riccarton and Wingatui , then a country meeting makes them all look silly! Ellerslie is starting to work or so Guerin says , its a tad boring to watch the racing from there for some reason the old Ellerslie was better but maybe I'm just too old to enjoy it.

You can't be winning much @Chief Stipe , otherwise they'd ban you.

That's exactly what it doesn't need! You get yourself on "Project Steal" @Chief Stipe sounds like you're silly enough to go along with it all.

You give me a yell when you get on a committee and I'll bring a paint brush.

I think you'll find he does.