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Have to agree scalp wise she has knocked off Giga Kick which is massive, but the rest are probably the 2nd rate types who are running in G1s because the Everest horses are keeping their powder dry. That's taking nothing away from her , her performances & times have been seriously impressive, but the Everest is dictating the quality of those G1 races now.

I don't know what HGTV is , but the ad is sh*te!

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Yes set up like that , but give them a couple of race days to keep them seriously interested. Unlikely Jumpouts & trials will achieve the prolonged enthusiasm required to keep a volunteer base going. Racing in NZ continues to cut its nose off to spite their face , the best way forward for this industry is to utilise what it already has available & stop all the "In Club" fiasco that's gone on for a number of years. I've said it for years the powers that be in this country are blind to the fact that the industry needs a grassroots for it prosper neigh on survive into the future.

Yep the issue was never too many tracks, it was always and still is the criminal under utilisation of these assets. The more it goes on , the more it looks like the AWT tracks were bought in merely to convince everyone that the sale of assets was never going to be an issue.

The problem being the buck E/W crowd are usually the heart & soul of the sport , they consistently follow it give it a bit of character etc. Imho ignore them at the peril of the sport, we've seen many sports suffer through their lack of empathy/attention to the base of their sport. This can be seen by the lack of media attention racing gets outside of its own propaganda, interest in the sport has to be at an all time low amongst sports fans & sinking faster than the Titanic in that area. Having said that racing has kicked that lot when they were down for the last decade or more & they are probably not returning free to air or not.

She'd make more at the Everest than she would put of all her progeny you'd have to think, still think they are just placing her right, agree a good move to avoid it. Not sure a mare has ever won the Everest has it?

I'm guessing it has a lot to do with their KPIs which might include meeting abandonments?

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More than 200mm over the weekend and Monday its probably a fair call to make.

Yep, you're spouting facts right there, they are in a special club of clubs that NZTR would do anything to be rid of!

How does the Taranaki 2yo race retain its status, same goes for the Wanganui Guineas & Wairarapa Breeders?

Having seen how some of the younger crowd behave at race days I'm not sure why we fall over ourselves to get them to the races , apart from the obvious & that's getting boozed up and I've always thought that's a dead end street. How outside of bar sales does it really contribute to the industry, any thoughts?

Agree , yet another needless flop for the industry. They just branded the partying and boozing ... whip de do!

I was thinking of others actually , but youre right they could come into it.

I'm sure you picked up I'm being facetious, we all know who they'll be.

Gee I wonder who the trainers will be .... 🙄

I'm not for rewarding it , but what I am saying is it happens all the time , it's only amplified due to it being a superstar horse. I feel as much for them as they would me.

Youre right the industry needs a lot more like him. Stood the more than handy Sire His Royal Highness from memory?

I actually think its the right move for her to not go, you'd have to think the field she will be up against won't be much given whose off to the Everest.

Wow Cry babies much, didn't he win them an Everest last year ?

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Agree , a real eye opener & what a turn of foot she showed.

I can't remember it winning a G1 surely the Sires winner or Diamond winner shd be 2yo of year