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I already told you he uses a brolly...dolly Fear not though grassi...this is one you've stated should be allowed... Read and clap Breeders’ Cup breakthrough for turf going assessment stick Press Release | OCTOBER 29, 2019 | 1 Comment SHARE The addition of the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita “further endorses the GoingStick as an international standard for the assessment of turf courses.” Photo: Emily Shields TurfTrax GoingStick readings will be available for Breeders’ Cup turf races for the first time this year in an innovative partnership with the specialist UK data provider. TurfTrax, the Cambridgeshire-based technology company that developed the GoingStick in conjunction with the British racing industry, will provide enhanced information for inclusion in official going reports ahead of the world championships at Santa Anita on Friday and Saturday. TurfTrax Managing Director Mike Maher said, “We are thrilled to be working with the team at Santa Anita and adding the prestigious Breeders’ Cup to the portfolio of major international racing festivals we support. “The global reach of the TurfTrax GoingStick now extends throughout America, Australasia, the South Pacific and Europe, further endorsing the GoingStick as an international standard for the assessment of turf courses.” The process of implementation begins with site mapping when a reference grid will be created, ensuring that data is collected at the same points on the track each time readings are taken. A total of three GoingStick readings are taken in every grid with each reading measuring penetration and shear, the two forces exerted by the horse’s hoof on the racing surface. Soil moisture measurements are also taken in each grid. Detailed data, which can assist with track preparation where necessary, is presented in the form of a map that can be distributed by email and published via weblinks and social media. It is regarded as an important element of the communications strategy employed by major racecourses worldwide.

Don't know him but I'm starting to be your believer koppa... Getting rid of these Wannabe Cloth Heads can't come soon enough under the new reality of cost cutting... Get ya hankies out though...here's Innes crying uncontrollably Mr Innes submitted that if he was suspended he would miss further Group 1 rides. He stated that he starts a careless riding suspension after racing on 6 November 2019. He believed it would be unfair to be suspended as the new Guidelines have only just come into effect. He added that the Guidelines are only that. In response to a question from Mr Oatham, Mr Innes said he would prefer a large fine over a suspension.

Poor Mick was close to tears on telly last night...just like Innes and Fwankie were post race Tuesday... Was it World Cry Baby Jockey day or something? Mick was upset at Twitter trolls giving him grief... Let me tell you Mick...and any other Racing Personality.... ..anyone who takes to social media expecting it to be all pats on backs and hugs n kisses needs their F IN HEAD READ The ones you want to take notice of are the ones who want to be your Groupies.... Which is what I do..that's why I'm perpetually smiling...

Seriously, is Batchelor life a bit boring today? When was the last time you took professional advice though? When your psychiatrist said you have a narcissistic personality disorder for instance... ...I'm guessing you told him you haven't got a personality... ...and that'd be the first and only time you were right

That why I said add WILLO to Allpress's "walking stick" wake up...hands off Jocks.. hands on sox

Ok Chef hold da phone!!...listen up wit da latest... My submissions to the Breeders Cup Committee came to a massive head... This Year they've supplied ALL Going Stick readings there as a guide for Punters/Stakeholders.. In simple terms...it's about TRANSPARENCY...instead of dear old Allpress getting out on the track with her walking stick and keeping the info to herself ...add to that list WILLO.... The entire racing community gets to see the exact readings...and where the taps have been leaking and not leaking... How good is that?

Sorry Happy I could have sworn you were the one who accused me of dismantling this Thoroughbred site by posting normal debatable stuff? ...when those who couldn't handle a debate...buggered off when hit midships with facts... If not my advice is to follow the Blue Print in any race...young legs, less convictions, 20% extra for Blinkers et el....best

No...as he said... Williams walked the track at Flemington three times before the race and was convinced the rail was the place to be.

It's a f in joke mate... Leafy starting bawling his eyes out that he'd miss another G1 ride so convinced the stupid JCA it was beyond his self control that he whacked her through a tight Gap to get the advantage.... ..when that happens ANY neddy is hard to run down once they get momentum up... He got a TOTAL UNFAIR advantage and unbelievably sold his sob story to avoid a suspension..l as RECOMMENDED by the Guidelines... ...wtf have Guidelines if they're going to be wet hankied by a sobbing Jockey ffs

Toot toot chuga chuga right back at ya Wees.... Happy doesn't care a toot for Thoroughbreds...so he got what was coming... As for Fwankie...he could ride you senseless while swinging a wabbit with one hand and chewing on a dried up old weasels pizzle You missed seeing Fwankie Star Jumping his way into overjoyment...but got WILLO thanking EVERYONE on Earth including his Dentist...

Let's face it the only way to sort these 'Whip em good' Jocks is to teach them a lesson DQ any riders who're over the 5 limit rule...6 they get fined... 2 over they're DQ'd... Guaranteed they won't be doing it again and forfeiting a prized Group Black Typer Both didn't give a monkeys on Tuesday and selfishly abused the system...

Didn't you concur/conclude with WILLO that the rail was az hot az?

It was...but Mary now needs to get off her office based ass and work the streets...So to speak... Avail herself to every media organisation and hunt down wherever the anti's are ...searching for a limp wristed sympathetic ear

Interesting the winner is usually a mid field and beyond runner... ...if he'd have drawn a closer marble would WILLO have ridden it as per the norm? Or still come to the conclusion the rail was the place to be...after walking the track? ...and who was to know there'd be no pace in the race...when the usual case in big fields is the opposite? So SB got back as per usual...on a average to slow pace...and had no chance from back there Maybe Prueker needs to revert to Type...use a jigger...again..to teach it to race handier with Blinkers on... ...or get the jockey to learn how to whistle??

Poor Berri has absolutely NO idea about INTEGRITY SLB... Its simply incredible some stakeholders out there are still supporting that grub Weir too... Clearly once these much talked about 'World Wide Rules' come into fruition... ...there needs to be agreement that 'serious racing offences' won't be tolerated and LIFE TIME bans enforced on Grubs...

It goes like this... WILLO got the starting gate guys...he thanked them...profusely... ...to drive him around the course...stopping at KPI's along the way... ...which gave him an entire synopsis of wtf the best ground was... ...drawing so wide...he knew he needed to be down on the rail...that being the quicker If ALL stakeholders had known this...WILLO wouldn't have had to thank everyone and send us all to sleep... savvy?

Here's the tip Happy... ...if Frankie had half blinds on...he wins

Mary Burgess to be exact....long time racing officianado and now NZTR's Media guru... Tells it like it is Melbourne Cup: the industry's frustration Mary Burgess11:05, Nov 05 2019 Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Play Video 58s The Melbourne Cup is paraded through the city ahead of the world famous race Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp, and VRC Chairman Amanda Elliott escorting the Melbourne Cup along Swanston St in the parade ahead of tomorrow's famous race. OPINION: There is a scene in the recently released movie Ride Like A Girl which make me chuckle. Michelle Payne, frustrated at her inability to articulate how many fingers the nurse is holding up as her rehabilitation from one of her many falls progresses, responds instinctively – and correctly - to her father's Melbourne Cup trivia questions. That trivia was stored for so long in my memory banks because for me, like so many others within the thoroughbred racing industry, the Melbourne Cup is still the holy grail. The race which all owners, once merely in Australasia, but now world-wide, want to win. I understand that horse racing is not for everyone. But while I am happy to let those with opposing beliefs have their say, when they enter the realm of fantasy and, in the words of an old horse trainer of my acquaintance, "tell the truth carelessly" it is time to step up and defend our industry. MICHAEL DODGE/GETTY Jockey Kerrin McEvoy riding Cross Counter wins ahead of Jockey Hugh Bowman riding Marmelo in the Melbourne Cup 2018. READ MORE: * Kiwi connection to 2019 race that stops two nations * Melbourne Cup footage marred by killings * Who's responsible for the slaughtered ex-racehorses, and what can be done? * Taylor Swift's late Melbourne Cup scratching causes a major headache * Melbourne Cup: Animal welfare advocates call for change following horse death Full disclosure - I have grown up in racing. Along with his four brothers, my grandfather was a jockey and later turned his hand to training horses winning an NZ Derby, a couple of Wellington Cup and assorted other major races. He also lined two horses up in the Centennial Melbourne Cup, the 1960 event celebrated for its thoroughly New Zealand trifecta. Hi Jinx, Howsie and Ilumquh, the trio trained at Awapuni and Woodville filled the placings for trainers Trevor Knowles, Percy Burgess and Eric Ropiha, the Kiwis had a clean sweep. ADVERTISEMENT Advertise with Stuff That Kiwi domination of the Melbourne Cup continued over the years – if we didn't train, own or ride the winners, invariably they were bred here and thus a love affair was born on this side of the Tasman. Another sport where we could outdo the Aussies on their own soil. Over the years though, things have changed. There has been a shift in the way the public perceives racing, and, in the era of social media, figures are distorted, and opinion presented as fact is swallowed by the wannabe woke. MICHAEL DODGE/GETTY Racegoers cheer competitors at the 2018 Melbourne Cup at Flemington. A piece which appeared on Stuff last week quoted fatality figures from the 2017-18 racing season, despite the most recent 2018-19 figures being available for nearly three months. Presumably, 17 race day fatalities giving New Zealand a rate of 0.63 deaths per 1000 starts and making us one of the safest racing jurisdictions in the world, did not have the required impact. The rate is actually 0.58 deaths per 1000 starts across past eight years of NZ flat races. The reality is that sometimes horses do suffer catastrophic injuries in races. Likewise, horses suffer catastrophic injuries in other pursuits, even out in the paddock. The difference is, that when a horse is injured on a race day he or she has immediate access to expert veterinary care. They will also have access, at most New Zealand racetracks, to a state-of-the-art horse ambulance designed and built in Dunedin. The Horse Ambulance Trust, thanks to generous support from industry stakeholders, is rolling a fleet of these high-tech vehicles out across the country. The argument promoted via the Stuff story that problems are caused by racing horses too young and the statement that "most two-year-olds are retired after their first year due to injury" is unsupported by fact. Share your news and views Share your stories, photos and videos. CONTRIBUTE A Massey University study published in 2013 retrospectively examined data from a population of 4683 horses to investigate the association between attaining training milestones as two-year-olds, the length of career and racing success. (Tanner JC, Rogers CW, Firth EC) The findings of this study concluded that horses which were in training or racing as two-year-olds had positive racing career outcomes and may have better musculoskeletal health throughout life than horses that are first in training or racing at a later age. It is one of many studies which have come to similar conclusions and is supported by our own data. A prime example is last season's Horse of the Year Melody Belle, who as a five-year-old won the Group One Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. The winner of four of her seven two-year-old starts, including the Karaka Million, Melody Belle has now won four of her five starts this season, to give her 15 wins from her 25 career starts. There is a level of frustration experienced by those of us who work with these magnificent creatures at having to constantly defend our industry against well-intentioned folk who have instant access to media. Yet, when we provide media with positive content about our industry it is ignored. Late last month, for example, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing released its Thoroughbred Welfare Guidelines, a document which has been two-years in creation, with input from world-renowned scientist Professor Emeritus David Mellor. The animal activist groups who claim concern for our horses were strangely silent when this document was available for public consultation and did not make a submission. The week prior to this we were at Equidays in Hamilton, a celebration of the horse, holding a seminar to bring people up to speed with the developments in the area of welfare. At the same event, which was attended by 17,000 people over three-days, we also supported the Dunstan Ex-Factor event held by Beyond the Barriers, which is restricted to former racehorses. Far easier to stand on the side-lines, flinging accusations based on historic experiences than perhaps speak with some of the 34,768 * participants in the thoroughbred industry and gauge the reality. Among that number are the vets, farriers, chiropractors, masseurs, feed merchants, stable staff and others whose every working moment is geared towards ensuring the horses in their care are happy and healthy. Our horses are bred to do what they do, just watch any group of foals in a paddock. They are also able to "tell" us when they don't want to race – witness the brilliant Australian sprinter Chautauqua who retired on his own terms. Rather than blindly swallowing the information provided by an Australian-based protest group, we would welcome those with a genuine interest in thoroughbreds and their welfare to come along to a New Zealand race meeting and witness first-hand how our horses are treated. We have nothing to hide. * Size & Scope of NZ Racing Industry, IER, 2018. 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So these big boys have now got a BIG toy for the BOYS... a 'Going Stick'....better than a PENETROMETER in that it gives us a Shear 'sideways' reading as well... ...mimicking the action of a Thoroughbred So... highly technical...these instruments can be synced into the Digital World...and to Joe Punter' s arms...at the touch up of a wee button... LETS DO THIS possums... Flick the switch and give us ALL the readings you've taken for each meeting So PUNTERS...who keep you alive....can stop the finger in the air guessing...wrt the... BEST going...and across the width of the straight thanks in advance

They've got him and his equal GRUB McClean on video... ...and guess what...it's not DEEP FAKE... ...dinky die dirty cheating grubs...stop the 'alleged' nonsense already

Tell moi Chef....as ive been away in da MALDIVES having a quicky hol before the big day tomorrow....and ain't caught up Was she up to the class as I said...or not...as you said?? thanks

He ain't young koppa..into his 30's... Such a shame because he's the REAL DEAL....another from the Sth African App system obviously.... ...a God fearing Man who crosses himself every time he wins.... a shame nobody told him God is a myth....who didn't help him in this instance... Speedy recovery hoping it knitts properly

This 'oufit' has been advertising the absolute shithouse down....high rotate on HHOSKINGS is costing a fortune..... ....and then to get a bit of free publicity.... ...they invited ALL families connected to the Sky Shitty Firefighters...for a free knees up.... ...that's marketing 101....so big ups to the marketing geezer who thought that free gem up....while not really meaning anyone to turn up...

If this neddy gets up tomorrow the ENTIRE Arstralian Thoroughbred Industry should hang its head in shame HTF was 'Trainer' Prueker allowed back in the game...and his squeeze Holly...after they were caught red handed jigging horses for profit?? ..and the way this Baby's going and its rise from a nobody...bought on Gavel...with huge psychological problems...dumbfounding the previous owners... ...is HIGHLY suspicious Just prey it runs last...or the Media will get hold of the past and jigg it for all it's worth These cheating low life's like Prueker and Weir need to be BANNED for life and told to go find another hobby...like Drug dealing and boot legging to make money

Another thread NOTHING to do with 4 legs koppa....wtf gives? Suffice to say.....you should have a giant pick of Winn on your wall...ala Mickey Savage...and pash it every night...or something... lift ya game as well ffs.....both you and Wees go into the bin