Huey

You'd have to be a fan boy like CS or super naive to think this was all legit.

Funny that , I would have thought at that price you'd pick up a weak looking under done type.

One of the problems is the domineering status of one particular stable on the 2yo scene in NZ , that's also reflected on the Karaka Million night which is a made to order event for them and thus creates a massive distortion in the calendar. Any stable who can spend $3.5m on 5 yearlings on the GC and bring them back to NZ to dominate the local scene with those speedy Aus types is hardly going to fail much. I think many stables just go what's the point in trying to get a 2yo when you're competing with that ! Of course you get fanboys like CS who sing the praises & who blame the administrators on this one ,but far from the case in the 2yo ranks. Point is you just can't compete with that sort of firepower in the 2yo ranks.

7 starters last year and the year before. Nobody cares, so long as the Karaka Millions night is the showcase of NZracing and is still a reliable way to get suckers to buy shares in overpriced yearlings.

All so predictable , such an incredible waste of $$$

A warm welcome to you TAB4eva , always good to hear from others with differing opinions right or wrong!

Those are the 18 that get through the system out of probably countless other well bred stock who don't even make it to the races. Surely you don't need it explained why he won't win the Premiership.

Surely he should be, he has the biggest owners, one of the best jockeys and some of the best bred horses in the country at his disposal, pretty bloody obvious.

Perhaps the TAB are making sure they don't miss out in the next Tom Woods.

Currently 11 ahead , unlikely to be a contest. Looks very likely to break into the top 3 , a pity a decent trainer like this hasn't got any hope of winning the premiership for obvious reasons.

Youre making things up now, not all of them have stable licences and most certainly haven't in the past or need to at this present time just because the governing body deems it so , its not a prerequisite for developing an interest in the sport.

My point exactly, they won't be doing that nowadays.

Is enough being made of the incredible performance of this trainer? 4 runners at Kumara for 3 winners, 6 runners for 4 winners at Otaki. Has anyone ever had such a hot run? and being done with average bred stock i.e. not CS Idols purchasing power.

If the organisation that captures the data used it appropriately then of course it would. In this case no chance of that.

Those places only have 1 race meeting no jumpouts, trials or horses worked on course when you developed your interest?

Rubbish they all start somewhere, same could be said for those attending race meetings.

and that correlates how?

Exactly

Well they are certainly diluting it , thats for sure.

That's back in the day when was some sort of pattern to it all, not the case now , not by a long shot. Kumara for the locals then 12 months for the next meeting , not even trial,jumpouts or trackwork there.

Stables experiences are more likely to get a young person involved, something I understand isn't possible at Kumara?

Understand the WRC doing it as its his last meeting, so of course that makes sense but every club across the CD seems like an overkill for mine.

Hardly. But the chances of that meeting having a significant impact upon a young person getting into the sport are less than negligible.

Agree most are nowadays.

You'd have to say he has been an outstanding commentator , but he is hanging up the mic and probably the right time. All beginnings have an end. And to that note, why were they celebrating him doing his last meeting at Hastings, whats the significance?