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Spatchcock

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  1. Harness Xpress today.
  2. Chief, where are you finding these documents... my humble google searches turn up nothing (looking for other clubs like the Central Districts ones plus Invercargill and Winton).
  3. This one is missing half the pages
  4. But it costs owners to send a horse to Manawatu....
  5. Well he will get whatever they can cram in to 40 hours a week. You would think that means up to 4 meetings a week?
  6. Let me paint a picture for you guys. Davey Mac was a contractor getting up to $1000 a meeting give or take. That’s for all Southland gallops, trots and greyhounds. How much do you think that costs a year? Would think probably at least $130,000. Evans is on salary of approx $70,000 to call an unlimited numbers of meetings within reason from South Canterbury to Otago. By letting Davey go they cut the wage bill from $200,000 to $70,000 plus lets say an extra $20,000 in incidental costs (motel rooms and travel/food subsidies). To someone with no feel for the fabric of the game, just numbers, that would make sense. It’s a damn shame but MacDonald was surely within a year or two of retiring anyway? As for Lichter, that info isn’t too hard to source - you just have to ring people within the company that are disenfranchised. Certainly wouldn’t be getting it from Guerin, they are what you might call the opposite of friends harking back to the Geoff Small controversy days.
  7. Krug Shes No Lady I See Fire La Reina Del Sur One Change Amazing Dream Cracker Hill Vacation Hill
  8. chief, Ricky subsequently confirmed what you called “rumour and supposition”.
  9. Twirl, Conquistare
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. LongOwner are you concerned for your trainer?
  13. 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.
  14. Wrong. 2011 at Alexandra Park, 2 rounds of 2 heats.
  15. Dave Anderson was doing property development and now possibly on the JCA?
  16. Wayne Ross was selling cars in Morrinsville as recently as 3 or 4 years ago?
  17. yes... I was just running with the ongoing joke... #calmdown
  18. That without San Carlo this would have devolved in to the poorest, most boring Cup in recent memory.
  19. Will you have an update on The Box Seat tomorrow night, Greg?
  20. He tweeted about that about five minutes later, to be fair...
  21. 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.
  22. Even Blind Freddie could see it, he was just NEVER going to do it in that stable.
  23. 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
  24. 60% of the time, he's right every time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG1qsnwEi_w
  25. 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
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