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It's a shame Jammie didn't put the Visor Blinkers on this week.... She would have seen Riddell coming out the corner of her eye and about to knock her sideways... Would've won by more...but Riddell still got the big 6 days suspension

As I said...Punters don't give a flying gig about how their track got to that state... FFS...just give Punters the readings...already taken... And let them decide where the best part of the track remains... Without having to go out with a stick like Allpress does...it's already been done.." ...with the New Going Stick How hard is it to give stake holders those figures FFS?

So Danny Frye had his neddy in the Fifth... He watched the first two races and decided it was a Goat Track on the rails... ...and has his neddy had drawn two...he wasn't having a bar of the goat track and asked to late scratch "Yea...na" said the Stupid Stipes..."very fast times...and no disadvantage we can see... Scratches anyway and receives a 3 Hundy fine plus the late scratching fee of 3 hundy 600 all up...to save his Mare losing points...and punters who backed her not knowing the rail was a... Piece of SHIT....saved their hard earned Thanks Danny and good on you for showing up this shit heap

Poor Jammie nearly started balling his red eyes out when asked by Rodley... "Boo hooooo...boooooo ho..those mean peeps in the media were dissing her to the end Aidey.....what's a poor boy to do but cry?" Rodders asked again..."but who Jammie...who were those mean peeps sending mean tweets were they?" "boooo whoooo...whooo boooo...it was...those mean az social media twits Rodders" Actually yea na...just a few who thought she may be over the top for this prep... Horse stakeholders become sooo defensive ffs Let it go Jammie

How good was that? Jim the "Maori Boy" as he puts it...slept in cars and under bridges...wins The Cup! HQ full of blue blooded ex Kings/Dio Breeding types...watching on as Jim and his beautiful strapper Wife do da business! With their very own breed...producing generation after generation of winners until...they spent a bit extra with their partner...and upgraded to Ocean Park... Its like marrying beyond your station in life...then surfing in on a perfect left break and enjoying the easy rider... And what did mainstream ONE NITWIT NEWS report...courtesy of their 'Racing Reporter' Gee Herveltoven? What Paddy f in shot at..Thats what...not even a zit...f them Who cares...Rotorua got the CUP!

And it's a sick joke... Bernie goes on endlessly about needing PUNTERS...yet he refuses to get involved when it comes to embarrassing TRACKMEN and their screwed up watering systems... Just show us the FIGURES Bernie.... Or get Matty Cross out there with the rest of the Jocks who take a personal going stick with them...let's us know the real feel Matty Oh and on Thursday Matty said... "should play fear across the width...of course it's tempo related" FFS...yea na... ..not when the rails had the shit watered out of it Matty..get a grip

3 rd start is hardly 'guessing' Mcduff Like Jammie...Muzza is a master class Blinker devotee...they must go to the same shocking Breaker?? Lets see...which Blinker wearer wins today? AVANTAGE or Da BELLE?

Onya ATA! You even got it right when you left out LINESMEN...They're Gonnnne!! What were the stats for MC....27 times without BO? Stink training if they've only wacked them on now! But cereally....if a neddy is running to standard class time...and we ALL know this is THE greatest gear change... Why wouldn't you factor in a VALUE component and activate that when a standard time runner is at...VALUE The only algorithm to work out is the VALUE And 40's is O for Oarsome value...after you'd taken due diligence Anything other weird thinking is counterintuitive isn't it?

No...my narrative is contact Andy to get the science confirmed that SFA means SFA performance enhancement... ...and then we can all get some sleep...as long as not too much Caffiene is imbibed... How many do have before elevenses?? 5/6 Flat Whites, a couple of Mochas with pink marsh mellows and a wee on the Lemon?

You ALMOST organised for the ACTUAL pen. Readings now 'Going stick' readings to be released didn't you? What happened? Was it the Trackman's cabal who were embarrassed by the thought of TRANSPARENCY due to their 'irrigation' systems spraying all over the place? Punters and other stake holders don't give a damn about red faces... Just the FACTS... If the RAILS OFF and over watered... JUST SHOW US THE FIGURES And then we'll invest...and save the Industry How easy is that?

How good is this organisation investing in the future? Subscribe Featured article 3 of 23 School of the saddle at Lindsay Park Written by Jessica Owers Edition Article 7 min read Lindsay Park Racing is ahead of the eight ball with the creation of its in-house riding school, which aims to tackle internally the industry-wide shortage of track riders. Cover image courtesy of Lindsay Park Racing For a few months now, Australian racing has been having a conversation about track riders. There’s a shortage, something that is blamed on absurdly early mornings and poor pay. In 2020, a Skills Impact Survey flagged trackwork riders as the greatest occupational shortage in the industry, a problem made infinitely worse by the onset of COVID-19. In Victoria, Lindsay Park Racing had 180 horses and a dearth of exercise riders. It wasn’t a new issue, but it was becoming a significant one. To counter it, in January the organisation kicked off an in-house trackwork education program, teaching existing employees the skills required to become competent Lindsay Park track riders. Last week, the program’s first four students graduated. It was an idea born out of necessity, and put in place by the team at Lindsay Park with program directors Matt Pumpa, a former jockey and apprentice coach in Victoria and Singapore, and farm manager and former trainer Richard Nettleton. Matt Pumpa with the G1 Oakleigh Plate in 2004 “I ran into Tom Dabernig in Singapore just before Covid hit,” Pumpa said. “We sat down and had a discussion about things, and because I’d done the last two years of my riding apprenticeship with Lindsay Park, I’d always stayed close with them. When Covid set in, I made a phone call to Tom, and the management team at Lindsay Park had come up with an idea. They offered me a position to train up their best existing staff for a track rider program.” It was some time before Pumpa was able to return from Singapore and, when he finally did in December last year, he worked closely with the brilliant Nettleton, designing a program that would teach Lindsay Park staff the skills to exercise racehorses. Pumpa had five years of experience coaching apprentice riders in Victoria, and a further two of the same in Singapore. School of the saddle The program invited expressions of interest from Lindsay Park staff, with the first four students kicking off the inaugural course on January 11. Across two months, they learned the balance and safety skills of riding horses in work. “Most of our students had some experience in riding pony club, or riding of some sort,” Pumpa said. “But trackwork requires a very different seat position and balance, and that can take some getting used to. This has been a very different experience for me, because the apprentices I worked with in Singapore and Victoria could already ride. But we’re teaching here without the pressure of raceday, so it’s been really enjoyable.” The program occurs over three days each week on the extensive grounds of Lindsay Park, with riders exposed to long, uphill gallops on the Pro-Ride, or sharper bursts over the sand track. “You form a bond with these riders over the eight weeks,” Pumpa said. “You go for a ride and you have a chat, and you become quite close.” 1/3 Gallery: Images courtesy of Sam Gibbons Horses for courses Lindsay Park isn’t short of racehorses, and the program is blessed with some very good retired gallopers to assist with the schooling of students. Among them is 5-year-old gelding Ocean Knight (NZ) (Ocean Park {NZ}), nine-time winner Faatinah (Nicconi), $1.4 million earner Fast ‘N’ Rocking (Fastnet Rock) and three-time winner Snitzson (Snitzel). “We give a lot of the retired racehorses jobs to do around the farm,” Pumpa said. “Some are nannies and some are ponies that ride out in the morning, and we had a list of horses that we could use for this program. Obviously they had to be safe, so both Richard and myself test-rode them to make sure they were suitable for the job.” Pumpa has a soft spot for Faatinah, a wildly talented sprinter that won the G2 McEwen S. in 2019 and had two winning campaigns in Dubai. The horse pocketed over $1.3 million during his 42-race career, and Pumpa said he admired how settled the gelding is. “You’d think a Group 1 sprinter like him, who’s been around the world a couple of times, wouldn’t take to this job too easily,” he said. “But he settled right in, and he’s just a lovely horse to ride.” The class of 2021 Lindsay Park Racing’s first trackwork students graduated from the program a fortnight ago, two women and two men, among them 30-year-old English ex-pat Sam Gibbons. Gibbons arrived in Australia on a working holiday visa in March 2019, and found his way to Lindsay Park for the mandatory three-month farm spell required of his visa. The experience was so good that he never left. While Gibbons knew how to ride, he had never before ridden trackwork, and the riding school program was the perfect opportunity to learn. Sam and his best mate Viadana, race name Exceed Tycoon “I was over the moon when they told us someone was coming in to teach trackwork,” Gibbons said. “I went straight to the office and signed up. And I learned so many skills, like how to have the right hold (on the reins) and the different types of work you might do in the morning. It was a bit confusing at the start, because I was used to riding quarter horses, and my mum has two Arabs, but my confidence has really improved and I absolutely love the riding aspect of my job now.” Gibbons said the practical skills he learned were vital, like how to bridge the reins and beware of shying horses. However, one of the important off-shoots of this program is the new lease on life it has given the riders at Lindsay Park. “I’ve always enjoyed riding, but being able to do it as a job has changed everything,” Gibbons said. “I don’t actually class it as work now because, even though it is work, to ride each day is unbelievable.” 1/3 Gallery: Images courtesy of Sam Gibbons A new approach The program generated significant interest from staff across Lindsay Park, with another four riders already into week two of the course and a third group in the wings. It’s a case of a good idea being so good, why wasn’t it done before? “A lot of people have been talking about this for a long time, and everyone thinks it’s a good idea,” Pumpa said, “but you need the facilities, the horses and the right people to deliver it. Racing Victoria has been out to have a look, and I got a call from South Australia, so it has definitely created a lot of interest.” Prue Hayes, who is important in the day-to-day operations of Lindsay Park, said the shortage of industry riders had been an issue for a long time. "We decided to take the matter into our own hands," she said. "We hope this program is one that will continue to develop over time to ensure our employees are skilled, happy and safe. Our best asset is our staff, and many had never been afforded the opportunity to learn to ride a thoroughbred racehorse." In the wake of Covid, a National Industry Insight Report recently flagged changes that needed to occur to solve the Australia-wide shortage of riders. It stated that the industry needed to explore changes to existing skill sets for trackwork riders, to assist those who may not wish to be jockeys but pursue a career in riding work. In this respect, Lindsay Park was ahead of the curve. Lindsay Park Matt Pumpa Richard Nettleton riding school track work riders

Read the ENTIRE CHEATING thread...then get back to me... Take note of the 'swapping pee with Bwucie'...'trying it on with Stipe Williamson' who said "deliberate attempt to deceive"....and the 10 strike before the 100m Whip thrashing back in November at Tauranga...where he threw the baby out and went for gold without a care in the World for the rules... ....and the numerous Whip incident cheating in Black Type racing

Fair suk boys...PECKERS UP Some OUSTANDING betting races there...not to mention the Belle/Avantage clash! Sometimes you can talk yourself into a deep depressive state... Especially after reading a Chef rant Take a walk through the sand dunes of your local and feel the black sand between your twinklies...then DANCE your worries away

Au Contrare... In a highly regulated sport such as Thoroughbred Racing, where BIG money's involved, there needs to ABSOLUTE adherence to maintain... INTEGRITY It starts and ends there... Allowing cheats like Opee to gain advantages in now two Black Type races, within a few months, shows there's NO INTEGRITY in the result of those 2 races, when others have followed the Racing Rules....ok? Of course Punters got screwed as well... Actually...come to think of it you maybe right for once! PUNTERS are THE most important cog in racing's wheel... ...or else Big Dave would be Racing for ribbons to tie in cheating Opee's hair..

With your 'Industry contacts' I'm surprised you haven't got a direct line or speed dial arranged with Andy G. already... Why not give him a tingle...tell him you have a direct line to KFE...not KFC...and that you want him to play a game of chicken "How many shots of morphine does it take for a chook to cross the road while showing zero signs of flight...taken as read the fact some chook minder has already clipped its wings" Yea that...see what he says

So to BONECRUSHER... wtf did they leave a Jock off..then leave a saddle and bridle on... It looks as if he's just escaped from the Starters clutches and heading for Concert Halls somersault fence...in a blind panic ffs

Gummy, I'd be heading back to your Thieves on Wheels site if I was you... Clueless is praising you... A horse not keeping a straight line and gaining a winning advantage IS relegated.... EXACTLY the same as Cheating Opee gaining an advantage by dishing out 23 thrashing welts If he can't count to 5 by getting 8 he deserves a Dunces cap..and CHEAT tatted across his noggin...Just as he cheated in the Puke Cup

WTF?? Of course it wasn't within the Rules...ok? Thats why he got suspended for chuck stakes... Simply bizarre last statement too...you say A was going slower the last 100M Imagine if Opee stops thrashing her... It loses!

No problems...of course it's IMO...everything pretty much is I was merely pointing to the pro form analyst whose algorithms indicated a 3L advantage the more a Whip was in use

First of all who knew the W/C stable had a positive swab wayyyy back in October?? Oh that's right...the Hopeless RIU don't reveal that until the whole saga's over now! F me...transparency is alive and dead Jason Belltree...not to be confused to Jason Winters and his bags of caffeine...was unlucky enough to have a dirty stable lad piss in the same corner of his box every morning! FFS...is nothing sacred anymore? Who knew there were so many 'Jasons' roaming about Cooky's stable for a start...was it a 'Jason' who took a piss I wonder? http://www.jca.org.nz/non-race-day-hearings/non-raceday-inquiry-riu-v-b-wallace-and-g-cooksley-decision-dated-8-march-2021-chair-mr-a-harper

So rhetorical question....who has the best Bronze meme? Crusher may have had a chance if the sculpter had a jock up... But Winx is OUTSTANDING

When I showed Lester around the farm on his visit all those years ago.... I asked him to show me the length of the longer weapon he was allowed to use...

At least cheating Opee didn't do a 'Lester'

Well it certainly helped...especially the illegal consecutive strike momentum gain just before the 100m...while Opee was winding into a final thrashing Grylls was obeying the rules... ...without the 3 extra that's still 20 v 12...Grylls may have thought his mount was giving her best while maintaining better balance in the softer rail footing? And remembering Aus form analyst Dan O'Sullivan calculates Whip races v non Whip to gain 3L inside the final straight and obviously more within the last 100 where its unrestricted NZTR should hide their head in shame for pissing around with this matter for so long...when the rest of the modern racing World's moved on... 5/8 Max strikes Europe v Opee's 23 And the Whip doyens like Chef here say it's "only the noise of the Whip that makes them faster...an encouragement...padded whips don't leave marks" Take a look at the welts that Opee left