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  1. Spatchcock
    They won't be afraid to force the issue with Belle Neige or Gus, I would say.
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    Big hoopla over The Laz Effect and Jumal this week but the same thing happened last week at Auckland when a Miracle Mile placegetter and New Zealand Cup placegetter were in the same field as a rating 50. It happens every week in the north - fields selected from top down and the middle grade gets cannibalised and the horses sold, rinse and repeat.
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    Brodie, Serious question... do you have any skin in the game?
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    Some of your best work, Broadster
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    It's frustrating, I agree. But you can't expect people to buy into yearlings if they are not going to have guaranteed races a year later. I don't know what the answer is....
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    Because Harness Racing Australia has applied a stallion tax which the studs just pass on to the breeders. Plus they implement a book limit of 150 mares.
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    Strong suspicion that most questions were actually answered by Mooney and Peden.
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    correct
  9. Spatchcock
    ... because it was by decree of the Racing Minister??
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    I had heard potentially Lily Sutherland was faced with hanging up the boots due to an issue with vertigo or balance or something to that effect. B
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    For the love of God, Brodster, give it a rest. You whinge worse than 10 children.
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    I accept this point, and it is fair, especially on hounds.
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    Brodie, if the syndicate has 300 members and the bet is $1000, that is, roughly a $3 bet per person (I know different people have different stakes). This isn't one person having a big bet, this is 100s of people, collectively having a little bet in unison.
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    Great show with a big profit for those who invested. Gets better and better every week.
  15. Spatchcock
    did you win Broadster or did Gasso get the better of you? I heard one team with a large total got DQ'd because they didn't bet on the last race.
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    Saturday at Riccarton is now THE day for the young crowd.
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    Cup Day numbers have fallen off a cliff the last few years. Gone are the heady days of 20,000+
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    Herlihy
  19. Spatchcock
    Another great night of entertainment. And all the more enjoyable because Brodie doesn't get it or understand it, and has to cry about it. Like EVERY. SINGLE. OTHER. THING.
  20. Spatchcock
    it's 100 shares (10% of the horse) for $150 apiece ($15,000). Perhaps you should apologise for your slander.
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    The starting pot from viewers has steadily increased from $8,000 to $17,000 across the course of the six or so weeks so clearly it is resonating with people. Old curmudgeons set in their ways will never, ever like something like this. But Betcha is not targetted at them, is it.
  23. Spatchcock
    few old grouches in here afraid of change. Newsflash: Thursday night harness turnover is garbage so next to no-one is watching/punting. So why not try something different? Pots both weeks have been over 10,000. One made 30% and the other took a minor loss (maybe 10%?).
  24. Spatchcock
    Those Aintree fences are a lot different to the Aussie ones. A horse like Captains Run would be good at Aintree.
  25. Spatchcock
    I am certain that would include trebles, doubles and quaddies.
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