Nowornever

Why? It is obvious just by looking at the horses previous starts. On that basis every horse who has not placed in the last few starts who then wins should be asked the improvement question but I can tell you now that is not happening. In this case they are either: A) Targeting the trainer B) Just token asking because of the price and hoping to appease disgruntled punters getting off on conspiracy agendas. C) Just asking to make it look they are doing something. And what happens if the trainer can not explain the improvement in form.....NOTHING! It is a waste of time even asking!

RON MCKINLEY - when questioned regarding the improved performance trainer T Yesberg advised the gelding had been freshened since last racing and had trialled well in preparation for tonight's assignment. Are the stipes just questioning because of the price the horse paid. Do they not even take into consideration the horses previous performances before asking why the the horse has improved. The horse runs a cracking race to win first up at Addington and then breaks up in it's previous two races over stand starts on different courses and finishes well back. Tonight it starts again at Addington in a mobile and paces all the way without breaking and the stipes ask why it has improved. Even blind freddy can see why the horse has gone much better tonight behind the mobile.

Maybe there should be. The pools and number of horses attending would be a lot bigger.

Last two winners came down the middle of the track. The inside was the slow lane after the heavens opened as is often the case at Alex Park. Good for connections of Magic Four

It's going to be a totally different track on Sunday. Might even be called off. I am hoping for a heavy 10 and some $50 outsiders to roll home.

There could be 4000 cases of Omicron a day by sales time if it doubles every two days like they say so who knows what this Govt will do if that happens. Might be on or might not be who knows for sure.

Cox a good driver in front but terrible if he gets back in the running.

Think I have only been asked for a vaccine passport once in about 50 shops so it is actually just a waste of time!

Haha true that!

"Siouxsie Wiles says Omicron variant's incubation period could be longer".....FFS you would think they might like to know this before they start letting every man and his dog only do 7 days in MIQ. More proof Govt is flying blind and only playing whack-a-mole with Covid.

Yeh looked bad. Maybe it was just the five out of six horses I backed galloping over the crossing that put me off.

And there it is Brodie they have managed to restrict you even further now! From Monday, 13 December, if you are visiting TAB board venues (i.e. standalone TABs), you must be fully vaccinated to enter these premises, and will need to produce your My Vaccine Pass on arrival.

Never fear Brodie, I have heard of people getting into venues who are not vaccinated with copies of their friends passes and copies of their ID. May as well not even have them it is ridiculous.

No I have to say I am with Brodie on that one.

Never said I support it, I just said it was coming. Jacinda's mob will be all for it I am sure.

Lucky you don't live overseas but I believe it will come here soon too! "Under the measure, those who remain unvaccinated after February could face hefty fines of €7200 ($11,917)" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/covid-19-coronavirus-delta-outbreak-vaccine-mandates-spread-across-europe-and-beyond/LVAT5OXNXYNM2RZ4T64SDIDPI4/

Double vaxxed to get into TABs is coming sorry Brodie..... Head to Heads will be available on self service machines at TAB's

Head to heads available oncourse only and you have to be double vaxxed to get on course I heard!

Kudos. You are finally on the money.

Yeh I agree. Should be 6 months

Why not pull out when the run is available at the 400m? Why continue to sit behind a horse who had sat parked all the way and was under pressure and going backwards? There may be circumstances in which a driver’s manner of driving may amount to merely a permissible error of tactics but, when that error of tactics amounts to bad judgement, that results in a disadvantage to her horse, then such manner of driving falls within the terms of the Rule. When you sit in the best position in the race and don't take advantage of that run when it presents then you have not given the horse every opportunity and have opened yourself up to the type of accusation that NZ harness racing is trying to rid itself of.

Were you watching the same race? She never pulled the plugs until the 100m and was blocked at that stage. Shifted ground at least three times trying to get a run that never came and only 2.7L from the winner. That is about as unlucky as you get.

It was virtually identical to the Ross Cameron drive where he got a 3 months suspension Any breach of this Rule puts into question the integrity of Harness Racing. Races are run on the premise that that all horses are given every opportunity by their drivers to do the best they can do. It is not unreasonable to believe that a person watching the race – whether they had invested on Charlies Ace or not – would have been left wondering why Gemma Thornley did not shift out when she could but rather drive her horse into a position where she was clearly not going to have an uninterrupted run to the finish line.

She broke the same rule as Ross Cameron : a breach of Rule 868 (2) in that she failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure that her horse was given full opportunity to win the race or to obtain the best possible position and/or finishing place by displaying a serious lack of judgment in deciding not to shift out from behind the parked horse at the top of the straight when she had ample time and opportunity to do so.