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Harness driver Ricky May says he had no heartbeat after race collapse "The doctor in Dunedin Hospital told me later that I was gone," May told the New Zealand Herald. "I don't know how long for. They reckon it could have been 10 minutes. I don't remember anything." https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/racing/118697124/harness-driver-ricky-may-says-he-had-no-heartbeat-after-race-collapse

Well it’s pretty simple, by going in to the passing lane earlier than was permitted, he gained a momentum advantage that allowed him to get up and win by a nose. If he waited for the passing lane to open up, he would have been a stride or two slower getting going and not won the race. He did, in fact, gain a winning advantage by breaching the the rules. rule states (7B) Where any horse or its sulky wheel moves inside the track marker line and gains an advantage the horse shall be disqualified from that race except where it is established that the breach was caused by interference by another horse or driver. the Stewards and JCA were only applying the rules correctly to protect the interests of punters on Vintage Rose.

LongOwner are you concerned for your trainer?

You are living in the past. Yes, that race makes a mockery of the rule, but what should be changed is Nandolo gets disqualified, not a removal of the whip rule. This was a brilliant move from Edward Rennell and co with a view to front-footing a VERY serious issue in the public domain. Broadly speaking, your views on the use of whips are an unwelcome and unneeded regression.

Wrong. 2011 at Alexandra Park, 2 rounds of 2 heats.

Dave Anderson was doing property development and now possibly on the JCA?

Wayne Ross was selling cars in Morrinsville as recently as 3 or 4 years ago?

yes... I was just running with the ongoing joke... #calmdown

That without San Carlo this would have devolved in to the poorest, most boring Cup in recent memory.

Will you have an update on The Box Seat tomorrow night, Greg?

He tweeted about that about five minutes later, to be fair...

Because it was being offered for sale for a number of months and Craig was telling everyone he was going to sell his property and retire. Believe he has one horse left now.

Even Blind Freddie could see it, he was just NEVER going to do it in that stable.

He always promised to win two or three. He's done that now but won't go much further and unlikely he;ll be onsold to Aussie with this spreaders and penchant for galloping. Handy pickup from them, though

60% of the time, he's right every time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG1qsnwEi_w

Unlike Brodie, Knight is never wrong. You should know that by now. https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/116652897/commerce-commission-alleges-pricefixing-by-horse-transporters

NZ and track record is 2.39.7 by Star Galleria.

Gavin is suspended for whip use after a drive on Locksmith recently.

You have the wrong person.

Incorrect. Drove two winners overnight and has bookings for the next five days.

Story in The Informant about it this morning. Spelling until March.

oh god. 'entire' is a universally-accepted term for an ungelded older male horse. Why is this even a thread?

Bill Haley was been burning up the trials but has had a throat operation and an ongoing breathing issue. Proceed with caution.

This is all good and well, but if posts like the Mark Gill one start seeping through, this place will become a cesspit. Keep the standards high eh.

Don't disagree with your assessments of last night, but Blair has, imo, been making a lot of very good decisions in his driving this year. I guess they all have a bad one from time to time.