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Hey Gamms, how you doing? Great day in QLD is it for you today? Karrots is still in lockdown level 4. At a wits end. Might go batty soon. Anyways talking about Aussie racing. And on another thread, it was pointed out about battlers by Crosscodes. I stated that Cambridge horses are just that Cambridge horse. Comparatively speaking in NZ. Also brought up on another thread how some Cambridge horses have been competitive at Menangle. In which you stated that miles there are for stayers. Last nite noted a horse called Shanlou, this horse wasn't part of the Lou group to win within its 1st 6 starts. It placed a bit then got the win maybe start 10 ish. Now this same horse has started 4 times at Meng. Won 3 & placed 3rd in 4 starts. Including winning in MR1.50.7 on Tues! This is a 3y-o filly. Unfortunately lay in a lil last nite & was demoted to 2nd due to that. So official record in OZ reads 4 starts 2 wins a 2nd & a 3rd. I am no way saying any cheating is going on as I do NOT believe it is in this case. Point being these CAMBRIDGE BATTLERS may seem like BATTLERS in NZ. BUT is the level at which they race over here at such a higher standard that it becomes so much harder to win. SO much harder infact as per this Shanlou. Iv noted others I could point out. Cambridge horses. Therefore is it unfair to be stating & pointing out the level in which peeps or trainers are NOT winning here, when we do an Oz level comparison?

Here is a question for you Brods, so just stay focused & if you could please just answer the question only. Brods is invited to go to a fashion parade. Brods goes. Brods has to sit outside for this fashion parade, in a stand. Its not bad, a lil old but a pass, just in this day 2021. Its a lil cold windy, hoping the rain doesn't come down. So Brods takes a raincoat. Brods friend who insisted Brods come along to check out this fashion show as Brods friends is a BIG FAN, suggests taking binoculars. Brods isn't sure exactly why. Brods sits down at event. Not much atmosphere as they are the only ones in the stand apart from 1 small group of others. Hardly excitement plus stuff. Brods awaits the 1st fashion show as the entrants parade nearby. Now the official parade has began, but WAIT the entrants are moving & the actual parade is being held 100 metres away. Too far away for Brods to see & Brods didn't bring binoculars, unlike his super fan friend. After JUST 2 minutes parade is over. Wasn't that great friend says. Brods thinks otherwise. Didn't see a thing & was over as quick as it began. Now we wait 25 minutes, just SIT HERE look at the sky Brods friends says with happiness. Brods isn't a drinker nor a better on which fashion outfit will win each parade so just sits & waits, while his friend goes & bets on which person/outfit will the next. This is rinsed & repeated until after the 5th parade were Brods just can't bear the boredom any longer. Itching to leave asks friend how much longer. Friend repeats with excitement another 5 more parades. Brods sighs thinking why did I come its getting cold now. Question - how does the story end? Does Brods vow to never go back again due to not wanting to sit thru such boredom again. Yes/No?

Hey Brods, Great reply & one that doesn't involve human faeces or going low apparently. Yeah dunno if any of my ideas would work, just wanted to start a brainstorm or list of ideas, as we (BOAYers) seem to be moaning just a lil bit lately lol including me & HRNZ said they have not had much feedback when opening up the floor to things. That must be disappointing. Wasn't meaning ALL meetings to charge. Just particular ones. That has worked e.g. the Jewels charged & peeps PAID. Infact some were paying as much as $300 ish. Alex is in currently in a somewhat great central location. This may not be 1 day, should it move to very South Auckland or North Waikato. Why don't that utilise this reach of general Auckland population while they can? Lets start a BOAY brainstorm list for ideas. Doesn't mean ideas have to be used but ideas can be moulded & bounced around. * UPT ENTERTAINMENT on offer BIG TIME * Get rid of wasted/ non used stand Alex. * Give out vouchers at BIG DAYS for peeps to have an incentive to return to a normal meeting e.g. Cup Week. * Charge on certain special days e.g. Jewels, maybe FAMILY DAY. Need more ideas BOAYers 😄

Thought these were too good not to share. This is excellent 2021 stuff. Well done to the Millennials in the North J Stevens, L Whittaker & D Ferguson for bring this new technology alight here & what delight it is to see 😄 Posted up on Track Chat NZ Facebook page run by J Stevens. Fantastic job she is doing! Keep up the great work. Might post each weeks for the next couple of weeks on this thread. Here is the latest which is L Whittaker all mic/ed up with no dirt on camera. Very Cool! https://www.facebook.com/trackchatnz/videos/4667538426629683/?hc_ref=ART_840lVNOhW7bSHOScUtZp6Ysp2EAxrhwKJkuPt2EnaiwpztsO6kYiAvlCcjxMQdo&fref=nf&__xts__[0]=68.ARCLd7siEHZZRKJXXJREa25cVKGBjE4sMNSWX1n4OpSmN1zyGCNdBvRacJALvlJQQWzz3SOmrJPrP48BUbGTP61GgY6b15B2vDBgC_8zYZ4PhVgQJ6-TomBS_bsWicAI56YnqkX2PWcd2fY_t3vTwh3C8KxdHLGF3L50ltdhI_FyKQ448ypOMBPuryg3u1sAGo_1UVKwNlKpLGY4ZBmKTPCFDISFrPaYnEcRygLeg-Mc4F7drB1tFSSkrLxoOMpjGcgg26S8FRK56zG4XKbb8GZJ1vqbfArX3HRkkX_o-lA&__tn__=kC-R Below is previous last week, both happen to be winning drives too! Driver here is D - Ferguson. https://www.facebook.com/trackchatnz/videos/397013442047492/?__cft__[0]=AZUZ68YydBI_uRtc_fvu-fK6_yFKOt58UvYrV7HKjyKqqBLRy65pME65V_JQD_EmypkDhHbU-5vAcodds1IQtyMfL1QW-6xlh3PTkBhWqmfUXrb_M10uYXy4hlMxzPrrTzhWgPOJ-biOInOBBBZmlYNPVbfpkIGwHuKsaHm4Pvhq4GV3-WjUYu1UudXXnkTKnwB_mxDdxV5jFwu-3IUJP3Nb6zHUgWH2PgCX5uwZa5YznQ&__tn__=%2B%3FFH-y-R

There is like that old dirty looking grandstand that literally NO-ONE uses. (1 closest to the new apartment complex). What purpose does it serve nowadays other than being an eye sore & taking up space & blocking views. Why do they have that still up? If it was bulldozed down it would create space for a nice entertainment area. Cambridge also has in summer, face painting, puzzles & so forth for kids & also a DJ in the designated DJ area. Wonder what plans they have for that area at Alex ... ? Is it just going to continue to just sit there ... ? Drags the look of the place down too. Especially with the nice apartment complex next door.

Do not understand there your post Kods and no that is not an idea. Maybe you do NOT realise that Cambridge the Jewels this year had a similar promotion re entry fee e.g. $20 within that entry fee was a $5 free bet! This $5 fee bet contributed to THEM having the HIGHEST turnover EVER in HISTORY of JEWELS. Its nearly 2022. Doesn’t ness have to be a Saturday, actually could be a Sunday. Family Day at Races. Grass track meeting have some form of entertainment. Bouncy castle, pony rides etc. Cambridge has a kids area, Jenga & so forth. Clearly YOU DO NOT GET IT & are stuck Living in the Past.

Got to get Saturdays back. During the day. Target families for general admin. BUT need to focus on Entertainment. (Can also still have those indoor drink/dine packages going too simultaneously). Auckland has the numbers re population. Could start charging again e.g. $10-$15 or even $20 per adult, kids under 18 free. Any child coming unaccompanied aged between say 15-17 pays $5-$10 entry. All adults 18 + get a $5 free bet. This free bet can be used only for a race of any type of bet at course Alex that day Harness. Therefore every adult there will be having a minimum of a $5 bet which will help increase turnover (main goal). IT MUST BE A FAMILY DAY. Bring out the Entertainment between races or having running continuously. THIS IS A MUST. It could become a once a month, e.g. every 1st Saturday of the month is the Alex Park family entertainment day at the races. The remaining charge that comes from the entry fee goes towards costs for entertainment. Haven’t thought yet what entertainment. But this is something that will get peeps back on-course. Any other ideas post on this thread. Think Dougie had an idea to help increase on-course participation, which was on Cup Day to give out vouchers or something for other meetings in year. GREAT IDEA!

Thanks Forbs for sharing your positive memory too 👍 After 3 days open, positive memory lane is officially closed. What a wonderful 2 pages of stories/experiences too. The best Iv seen in a while or probably on here. While speaking of memories not quite so positive, & due to every time atm come on here are reminded of someone. That someone got a slap in the face by HRNZ too not that long ago. 1-2 years ish ago. Remember it was a quiet time. Not much news or communication from HRNZ, so 2 blokes come up with an idea to do their own reporting & put on social media. Good stuff it was too. The passion, transparency, enthusiasm & so forth was there. The potential reach it could of had, the new participants, new age demographic it might have gained. THEN wait for it. Bam - Slap. Told to STOP this. So they did. Now please feel free to correct me if Im wrong Fitzgerald. Also not long ago Karrots was forced into exile for approx 1 month, due to thinking a new HRNZ rule had come in, Slapping Karrots in face. When mostly its positive & enthusiasm that bellows out from this voice. And of course someone else mentioned on another thread with the same attributes got slapped in the face recently. Im starting to see a pattern here. Very interesting. AND its wrong in my opinion. Imagine if that slap in face had of driven Fitzgerald out of industry. Look at what he is doing now re ownership. Of course now he is flavour of the month at HRNZ. Whereas Karrots & someone else are in the dog box. Haha not writing any Karrots topics anymore in HRNZ news. Dogbox for us. Why don't they see what Karrots see. That Fitzgerald free to social media show should NEVER have been allowed to have been terminated. Someones selections should have not been terminated & free speech within the laws of the land should be allowed.

Oh Gamms, anyway never fear Karrots here. Tell you a neat story think you might like. Remember when someone had a crack at you for drinking & posting. Then acting like all goodie, goodie. Said to you they didn’t drink, acting all innocent. Guess what, that same poster was for a fact sending 2 peeps including myself crude unwanted PMs. Plus apparently they were also sending other females on here crude messages too! They gone AWOL now. Bet they sent poor Basil a crude message. Poor Basil. Go figure hey. Acting all innocent. What a front. (Probably drinking & sending).

Gamms think you may have too many Champagnes BUT that ok, no problemo. You have BOAY Hall Pass tonight. Say anything & no moderation for you 😄 How cute were the 2 cuties winning again 😄 Sugar Me & O'Reilly Wonder how far he is off the other top dogs his age. Obviously not the same level as Krug currently. But he improving all the time.

Nah, Karrots looked at that 1 reviewed a few of its recent races (remember still learning South horses). Was paying good place money, good driver, great drive, but thought nah it maybe a bit weak, well not weak, but - well put it this way, wasn't surprised when it weaken how it did at very end & was lucky to hold 4th. Good Top 4 place tho for those that got on.

Nice for some. Sounds bliss. Re Brods - no-shows. Suspect due to 'always being on the money - in his mind'. Cant openly tip the big place punt on here, due to fact if possibly get it wrong, would never hear the end of it lol. Forbs is back. Hello Forbs. You not in Karrots freezer. Might be in others tho lol.

Missed this ouch Chief, sic burn. Yip a couple of posters Karrots has put in the freezer. 1 previously & 1 just very recently. Bet Gamms knows who lol. Was just looking, still not ready to do my place punting yet. See a couple but 1 isn't paying enough & other not keen on the driver. So won't punish myself. Oh you drinking Gamms. Wont mind 1 either, but have to wait in a long line, with mask & all, too much trouble to bother atm.

Sorry @Chief Stipe have to break it to you, but it was Dougie here back on Wednesday who broke the news.

Its been confirmed on HRNZ site now.

Unhinged will know if he is around & allowed to say. Earth calling Unhinged, come in Unhinged.

No wriggling out now Poster M 😁 Otherwise you just doing what Brods does, with REPEAT, repeat, the same thing 😬 Yay Poster M memory time Karrots awaits 😄

Oh Poster M, you are BACK! Now that are you are back you can post on the Vivid memories 😄 No running away now 😄

Its funny how peeps read/interpret things different. I read Galahs post as more so than not, a compliment to Chilcott oppose an attack on her. And Codes post more of a put down. There are a few trainers doing ok in Waikato region, Donnelley, hobby trainer Chin, among others. Thing is Cambridge horses are exactly that, Cambridge horses. Only 1 horse goes home the winner per race. Plus most horses sit at the bottom of the pyramid R40-60. There is just no way around that. Like humans not all Olympic level. Someones got to train them.

Funnily enough don’t mind Putin, when he isn’t allegedly doing nasty stuff to opposition. Nah its gotta be cause on this thread Iv mentioned word horse multiple times - patt horse etc Also mentioned Im an owner on site multiple times. Others on this thread mention word horse & owner too. Must be picking 2 words horse, owner. Cause its truely everywhere now, home page & all. Its Off n Stalking Karrots lol.

LOL, Now this ad keeps following me, now on another thread too, when I went back to find the Williams thread. It came with me. Took a screen shot this time. Wonder why.

Was just thinking about this post, Didn't age too badly. Reason thought about it, was noted M Purdon drove at the trials this week. Didn't think that was part of the holiday sabbatical thing. But whatevas peeps entitled to change mind. Got me thinking that the sabbatical starting to draw to a close. Went to M Purdons & N Rass combined profile & no trainer license up, went to each individual & M Purdon ONLY has a trainers license. Recall them stating most likely Purdon will return after 1 year, but on a lot smaller scale. So my next thought is many horses/owners will that take off Cullen ... This change up for Williams re Telfer move, I can foresee this being a good result for him, oppose staying on. But I guess we wait & see what transpires.

Thanks for sharing. This reminded me of (Dude Wheres My Car) comedy A Kutcher & Scott. They go up to window at a Chinese takeout joint & are meet with a voice box, yelling AND THEN, & then & then & then - so they kept adding to their order lol. It was funny if you have seen it. Hopefully level 3 next week so Karrots can go on a drive-thru mission & do the same thing when ordering saying, and then, and then, and then 😄

Haha it's random hey. Then I clicked on Dog Chat which hardly ever do but did for a look today, Nek Minnit poff a Dog Food ad appears. Chunky bites maybe lol. But yeah cool for Fitzgerald, think it's a Google ad.

As Memory Lane starts to draw to a close just wanted to say Thank You to those that shared theirs today. Makes for pleasant reading 🥰