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So yet another joke of a start by Philips in the Trentham Flag start Chase yesterday... ...bizarrely he lines them up on the point of a turn...as per usual..when will he learn??... facing the stand...rather than parallel to the first fence.... ...so he drops his arm... obviously the inside horses are now at least 6L closer to the first fence than the outside horses....although the 'outside horse drew one!!..more on that hilarious stuff soon... ...imagine if you will...Starting the Derby on the point of a turn...rather than a normal straight run?? Doesn't happen anywhere in the World! So to the 'barrier' draw...shouldn't relly matter in a normal Chase... ...here it does though...weirdly, someone's thought we'll give the outside Barrier to the horse that's drawn 1....because the next turn is right handed due to the figure 8 course... That dubious honour went to OUR COUNTESS ...who started on the point of the turn way out from the rail...and many lengths from the nereast horse to the rail...and closest to the first fence Hahahaha...Tony Lee then had the audacity to say "even start...Oh although OUR COUNTESS dropped off already" Yea yea Tow Knee....the field Started off anything but parallel to the first fence... ...instead facing the stand...hence the inside horse...drawn the outer...Was closet to the fence...by at least 6 L... Work that out if you can...Its beyond Philips and the RIU...and they're geniuses ...so you've got no hope

What a great ride up on the rails....BLINKERS!! Then if he'd stayed there...gets the perfect split...but came out ruffling War of Wills already ruffled feathers.... ...which gave the commentators something to talk about..,after the Derby promotion made them all gun shy! Hilarious stuff... Talk about the omen bet...SIR WINSTON!!! Which will happen....hahahaha

Da trouble is shrew... you flash and Bazz wouldn't have a brain cell between you to comment on the various high quality threads I tie you up in... ...and you can't even work out even the most basic of functions...how to block Or is it the fact you and Bazz can't get enough of moi? You crave to be like moi is the truth... You see it takes years of industry involvement to comment....it's called... GRAVITAS....look it up shrew best

Wake up baz...TR is about az biased az a track can get.... I got hold of the pen. readings again....by devious means... It showed the rail was az hot az a Tron hot dog...with extra norovirus attached... You see the drain is very close to the rail....even the previous excellent track manager admitted it wasn't fair...hence leading is GOLD Of course you trot out the usual know it all.... .."but it's tempo related" b/s ...when an obvious bias hits you in the face...even Barts dog can work it outside

Get a load of this from farty Barty...more b/s....Grand Slam gold.... He didn't even bother telling us where the rail was last meet let alone how fair it was across the track...or the pen. rating.... Totes hopeless...even the dog was bored az...cute though

Actually the original Lady Godiva has remarkable similarities to Queen Jacinda's beautiful artwork... Its on display in Coventry...but Jacinda's on display permanently in moi's mind...

Haha..but get this..he said it was on a "sharp bend" If that's "sharp" then I'm an old Goat with big floppy pointy ears... ...but get this from Godbarrrr on the radio Wednesday "if it's a Flag start Punters should factor that in their investments....and seeing as the race is 2 Miles...it doesn't really matter" WTF? No wonder we're in the shit with our 'INTEGRITY' If a starter in the U.K. Grand National can bring 40 horses back, as he's done ccountless times over the years...for a restart ....our starter can pull back a handful...Shirley?

Great rort this...Smart az Uni Students with too much brains... “We had a great rort going at university – a company had a quiz line where you rang a 1900-phone number and if you answered five questions right you won $100,” Pike said. “Back in the day you had those old pay phones - you could hear whoever was talking but you didn’t actually need to put your money in until you wanted to talk back. “The quiz company hadn’t worked out that you could ring up, press buttons to answer all the questions and until you actually got them all right and won it, you didn’t need to put your money in. “The only time you needed to talk was to leave your name and address to send the $100 cheque to if you won. “If you got the questions wrong you would not say anything, just hang up, and you would go back and try again. “We sat there for about three or four weeks answering all these questions. “We did it that many times you pretty much knew all the answers off by heart by the end of it. “The problem was you could only win it five times in a month. “Bruce and I got it five times each and earned ourselves $500 for the month. “But then we got all our mates in the student village at university involved using their names and addresses, suddenly all these $500 cheques were turning up at the university and we were going halves with the uni lads. “We made about $17,000 in that month. “The company only figured it out when they came out to collect the money in the phone box, there was supposed to be like $67,000 because we had rung up that many times at $1.99 a minute. “But there was only about $50 in there. "They worked out it was us and told us we could keep the money because we had found a loophole – but they closed the loophole pretty quickly.”

Oh and then Trackside's Rodders Rodely.... ...decided to do an 'Allpress' ..her Jockey agent. ..took his brolly out for a poke of the track...to observe the best ground at HQ to the fawning Tan.... "gee Jase...that ground 4/5M from the outside...it just like they've watered it to stop horses racing out there or something...or just bad drainage??" So he's sown the thought in Punters heads that it could have been watered!! ..when all he needed to do was ask some f'er out there...like Jase Fulford the Track Manager....too obvious Rodders..wake up son

The question we should all be arksing... ...is wtf did Trade Me firstly block Cindy's breasts with a plank?? ...next they'll be planking the Statue of David's membership to the Uffitzi ...and then take the work of art and wonderment of Cindy... ...and dump it into the internet sphere of nothingness... Ffs..SACRILEGE!!

And Fwanky's in form as well....a masterclass of a ride on the Fwankle filly ANAPURNA in the Oaks last week ..totes spanked pretty face Ryan Moore's ass...

There's no doubt that fit horses WIN on our Winter bogs... Neddys who can back up and have the kahunas to take Racing are neddys you should be investing on Waterhouse and her daddy lived by it... ...and you'll often see Gai and Waller starting horses in trials midweek..harder than a workout...a semi race...then giving them a race start a few days later Muzza Baker did it just the other day in the 2yo Stakes Race...oh and Blinkers on as well waltzed home at 40's...Just get on!!

Mint Julips have their place...but you simply can't beat the complexity of a good Breeze... ...now the official tipple of the Belmont Stakes..on this Sunday morning...semi-live on Trackside..in between redic. Interruptions.... Anyway let's get right into it with a preview of the New York masterpiece ..but before that let's get sloshed first Ingredients 1 1/2 ounces bourbon whiskey (or rye whiskey) 1/2 ounce sherry (medium dry) 1/2 ounce lemon juice (fresh) 1/2 ounce simple syrup Splash orange juice Splash cranberry juice 5 mint leaves Garnish: mint sprig Garnish: orange peel or slice Steps to Make It Gather the ingredients. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, pour the whiskey, sherry, lemon juice, simple syrup, orange juice, cranberry juice, and mint leaves. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass or a highball glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a fresh mint sprig and orange peel or slice. Serve and enjoy! A TANGIBLE sense of expectation surrounds Belmont Park when the Triple Crown is on the line in the venerable New York venue’s signature contest. A capacity crowd is guaranteed on such occasions, though attendance figures will never again approach the record 120,000-plus who witnessed Smarty Jones’s eclipse in 2004 as the gate is now capped at 90,000 owing to overcrowding. Speaking as one who has joined the throng on the Long Island Rail Road from Manhattan’s Penn Station out to the track – or, more pertinently, tried to get home afterwards by the same mode of transport – that was probably a wise move. Even Belmont’s cavernous main stand, an ivy-clad behemoth, generally felt as if it was bursting at the seams as the crowd regularly hit six figures for America’s oldest Classic during that notorious Triple Crown drought between Affirmed in 1978 and American Pharoah four years ago when a plethora of horses tried and failed to land the holy grail of American racing. Such fevered anticipation levels, however, carry an inherent downside for the event’s profile, for what happens when there is no Triple Crown up for grabs in the Belmont Stakes? Doesn’t the so-called ‘Test of the Champion’ lose its raison d’etre when there is no obvious ‘champion’ there to be tested at the ‘Big Sandy’? Well, yes and no. Which is where we come to this year’s 151st edition of the America’s oldest Classic, dating back to 1867 and its inaugural running at Jerome Park in the Bronx. There’s no Kentucky Derby winner on show this time around, whichever one you care to choose, as both first-past-the-post Maximum Security and promoted victor Country House are ducking the issue. In their absence, there is something appropriate about Preakness winner War Of Will, the horse who suffered most in the infamous Churchill Downs barging match, claiming the status of likely Belmont favourite. Moreover, while it would be idle to suggest this field looks the most compelling in a rich history, it isn’t without its notables, such as Kentucky Derby third Tacitus – representing Country House’s trainer Bill Mott – and Master Fencer, who has legitimate chances of becoming the second overseas horse to win the race. The first? Go And Go, trained by that renowned international pioneer Dermot Weld and ridden by Mick Kinane to a famous victory in 1990. They will be bidding to add their name to a roll of honour that rivals that of any race in America, the Belmont being the only Triple Crown event to have been won by the sport’s ultimate triumvirate of US equine greats in Man o’War, Citation and Secretariat. Man o’War won by 20 lengths in 1920; you may well not need reminding that Secretariat did even better in 1973, embossing his legend with a never-to-be-forgotten 31-length victory, a performance that has gone down in the annals as arguably the greatest ever seen anywhere. The Belmont, though, is almost equally well known for the failure of any number of Triple Crown hopefuls – Spectacular Bid, Alysheba, Sunday Silence and California Chrome among them – who bit the dust before the Bob Baffert pair American Pharoah and Justify made the whole thing look ridiculously easy in the last few years. That said, often the Belmont has offered redemption for horses who were deemed to be at the head of the crop at the beginning of the three-race sweep: A.P. Indy, for instance, was lame on Kentucky Derby morning but won the Belmont by 5 ½ lengths, while Easy Goer finally beat Sunday Silence in 1989 and Empire Maker, who floored Funny Cide in a mudbath in 2003, had been hampered by a bruised foot at Churchill Downs. This is also the race in which Julie Krone became the only female to land a Triple Crown contest on Colonial Affair in 1993, while trainer Woody Stephens carved out a scarcely conceivable slice of racing history by winning five in a row between 1982 and 1986. While the Triple Crown casts a long shadow over the Belmont Stakes in the modern era, the concept is less than a century old in the States. Indeed, the term ‘Triple Crown’ was not used until Gallant Fox became the second horse to complete the sweep in 1930, and it wasn’t in widespread currency until Omaha in 1935. Before 1931, when a permanent schedule evolved, the Belmont was run before the Preakness 11 times; on a couple of occasions, a Triple Crown would have been impossible, as the Derby and Preakness were actually run on the same day in 1917 and 1922; the Belmont was also cancelled in 1911 and 1912 when gambling was outlawed in New York. As such, the $1.5 million contest has always been a hugely prestigious race in its own right – albeit an anomalous one, given that its 12-furlong distance, just a single lap of America’s widest dirt oval, is regarded as a marathon in US racing, a trip over which none of Saturday’s contenders are ever likely to compete again. Named after August Belmont Sr., who financed the building of its original home Jerome Park, the Belmont Stakes has its own set of traditions, rather like the other two jewels of the Triple Crown. You guessed it: flowers, booze and singing are involved. The Belmont is the ‘Run for the Carnations’ (owing to the post-race blanket of white carnations), the ‘Belmont Breeze’ is the official cocktail and they play a rendition of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, belting out the ‘Theme from New York, New York’ before the main event. It wasn’t always thus: the post-parade song used to be ‘The Sidewalks of New York’, and Jay-Z’s ‘Empire State of Mind’ has also made an appearance. What is more, the Belmont is no longer anything like a one-shot deal, since five years ago the New York Racing Association have rebuilt their foremost racecard into the focal point of a three-day festival culminating in a stakes-laden Saturday card featuring no fewer than nine Graded stakes, seven of them carrying Grade 1 status. The Met Mile, featuring dual Dubai World Cup winner Thunder Snow, might well outshine the ostensible feature; among those involved elsewhere on the card are Serengeti Empress and Bricks And Mortar, respective winners of the Kentucky Oaks and Pegasus World Cup Turf. With over $7m on offer in prize-money altogether, the Belmont Stakes card is now regarded by many as the best in America away from the Breeders’ Cup. And that’s even when there’s no Triple Crown on the line. BELMONT STAKES: SIX MEMORABLE EDITIONS 1973 Secretariat “He’s moving like a tremendous machine,” cried incredulous racecaller Chic Anderson as he witnessed probably the greatest performance in US racing history with a 31-length victory and a record time of 2min24sec (12 seconds a furlong) that still stands today. 1978 Affirmed An epic rivalry is given its clearest expression as Affirmed and Alydar produce a blockbuster, going head to head for the last seven furlongs until the former completes his Triple Crown by a head. 1990 Go And Go The only European-trained horse ever to win a Triple Crown race, with noted internationalist Dermot Weld at the controls and Mick Kinane doing the steering. The magnitude of the achievement only grows as it recedes further into history with no sign of anybody repeating the dose. 1998 Victory Gallop How does Real Quiet lose this? Four lengths ahead with a furlong to go, he gets touched off by a nose at the wire – and this 12 months after trainer Bob Baffert had suffered similar agonies with Silver Charm. 2007 Rags To Riches An amazing battle of the sexes as the gallant Rags To Riches outdoes Preakness winner Curlin to become only the third filly ever to win the Belmont and the first since 1905. 2015 American Pharoah The wait is finally over, for American racing as a whole and Bob Baffert especially, as American Pharoah enters the history books with a comfortable victory to end a 37-year Triple Crown drought.

Sooooo annnnoying.... The Dog Show's still on and the THOROUGHBRED Review show has lonnnng gone... meanwhile the Dog Panelists are laughing in our faces...

Crikey...how apoplectic will the Shark's owners be??...Davo

Yes but you olde codgers know the breed has becomes az weak az an Arstralian piss'n'fart sprinter due to the filthy 2yo lucre on offer.... Studs like Foxbridge and Head Hunter at least put some starch into the breed in those days

Hardly Normal? My fav outlet nod... Oh Prof Twinky Allens wee girl Cath? Sat through many of Twink's lectures and good to see his genes are carrying on...even if it's through a Jockey!

How good is this guy?? Oh for a NZ Jockey with personality...maybe Sammy Spratt comes closest enjoy

...if NZTR introduced this new rule of Racing NSW....and Bill Saunders and all of those olde world Trainers definitely would have been... Its about H&S these days.... Racing NSW has introduced new rules restricting the frequency a horse can participate in a New South Wales thoroughbred race. Three rules have been implanted on Tuesday and will be enforced from July 1. HORSES are allowed to race no more than five times during a 30-day period; HORSES are permitted to contest two races that are two clear days or less apart just once within a 30-day period; and HORSES aged two years aren't allowed to race on consecutive days. Racing NSW have added a further clause which allows them discretionary powers to reject any nomination or entry when a horse has a frequency of starts which, in their opinion, is considered detrimental to the welfare of the horse.

Well that's the excuse from Mark Davidson.... ....and he's by far the best Stipe down there imho... Its pretty clear both horses had negotiated the corner and were on a gradual turn rather than sharp... ...at the very least riders should have been interviewed and their opinions aired in the report... ...or riders cautioned about the sharp turn...before the race... if that's what the Stipe thinks occurred..."rider error"...given the high number of relatively new jumps Jocks down there? ..and nothing to do with 'Puddle alley' yea na

That's very unkind flag.... While Cindy is anatomically correct that horse looks in need of chiropractic manipulation... ...it's az stiff az a board...who wouldn't be though I guess?

Oh cmon, if I was a cross dresser that's what I'd be wearing...it's simply gee orgious "She wore a free-flowing grey and yellow calf-length dress for the occasion, while Mr Morrison sported a navy suit." Thats factually incorrect...it's definitely Achilles heal length...

Did someone mention Jacinda?? How good would she look on top of a neddy...as natural as the day she was born...enjoy

This is pure unadulterated LURVE....ready...Awwwwwww https://mobile.twitter.com/ottb2oldenburg/status/1135700859260682240

So Puddle Alley is also the name of the back Road! But Basil was definitely intimating the area was 'puddling' wasn't he? And I see they got funding to fix that area from the dodgy Pokie 'transfer of funds' malarkey! But even if there was no dangerous piddling puddles....and it was Jockey error in going around that bend too fast....although one was a good way past that bend to be fear... ...the corner could be far too sharp...and you can't have horses slipping on the flat and calling it Jockey error every time...Shirley?