FeelTheFear

It's a joke: J. Laking, rider of Director gets suspended for 10 days next race after pushing 3 horses onto Devil's Staircase. The level of riding is atrocious. The Stipes Report for race 2 I thought I was reading the field nominations. 10 of the 13 runners cited for hampered, crowded, over-raced, careless riding etc. Geez... Race 3: S Jamie (FIRE LILY) – Admitted a breach of careless riding after permitting FIRE LILY to shift outwards near the 800 metres striking the hindquarters of DIRECTOR which was severely hampered. After hearing submissions the Judicial Committee suspended S Jamie’s licence to ride in races from the conclusion of racing on 12 October up to and including 27 October 2018, 12 national riding days. S Jamie is to receive intense training from Apprentice Jockey mentor D Walsh and her employer L Robinson. DIRECTOR (J Laking) – Severely hampered near the 800 metres when galloped on before being eased down by its rider. DIRECTOR was quickly attended to by the on-course veterinarian and humanely euthanised after suffering a severed flexor tendon of the left hind limb as a result of being galloped on. Race 4: J Laking (OUR FLYING ACE) - Admitted a breach of careless riding in that he allowed OUR FLYING ACE to shift inwards near the 1350 metres when insufficiently clear, crowding SABRAGE, EMILY MARGARET and MISS CURIOUS onto DEVIL’S STAIRCASE which was checked losing ground. After hearing submissions the Judicial Committee suspended J Laking’s licence to ride in races from the conclusion of racing on 12 October up to and including 25 October, 10 national riding days. Think I will take up betting on stock car racing

No I am talking about final race times. NZTR give adjusted final times to all runners. As for mistakes, they make them all the time.

It doesn't surprise me. NZTR often have the times wrong on the CSV files for each meeting. They have added final race times for each horse and many cannot be correct. A horse that finishes 1.5 lengths behind the winner cannot have a slower time than one 1.8 lengths behind. I think they just guess. I adjust with my own time adjustment. These guys couldn't consistently get anything accurate. Thanks for the time anyway curious.

Anyone know the official time for the first race at Riccarion yesterday? NZR have the 800m race winner Puysegur clocking 32.69. I know they run fast at Riccarton but bloody hell!!

Won her first 3 in a row before 3rd over 1600m, jockey said had not seen out distance. Bit confused about that as I would expect her to get a good mile, being out of top racemare The Jewel. Once again, the 2b female line The Dimple/The Pixie to the fore, bred by the Dennis brothers. I reckon she is still improving.

Never take any notice of their comments. If a horse is fresh up and has won before fresh up and has had a recent trial (unplaced or not) then I expect a good run.

Daniel O'Sullivan‏ @TRBHorseRacing FollowFollow @TRBHorseRacing More To put some context around the speed shape in The Turnbull... Winx ran first 800m in 50.82s / last 800m in 43.98s. That's a 41 length difference! Her last 600m 32.21s and last 200m an unbelievable 10.87s. Lack of speed and her position made it impossible for her to be dominant.

Perfectly ridden I thought. There isn't a horse in that race against her that can accelerate that fast. Waited for the gap, all over

Has ability Hedley and won 2 trials before that first up effort.

It's understandable, Hesi is short for Hessian I believe. A warrior class...or woven cloth bag. ?

Boys, please. It's not right to pick on the afflicted or indeed the conflicted or perhaps the affected.

You need three bucks?

spelling how they wrongly pronounce it. Major race, shouldn't happen

Never mind wally, to normal, sane people it is black and white but to Mr T it's all a pigment of his imagination.

she felt deflated I hear...puncture repair kit to the rescue

no badgering Hesi

No and I'm not in hell yet either.

I'm glad we don't have daylight saving where I am, I couldn't stand another hour of heat.

Fictitious 2nd $1.80. Thrillseekers still waiting for Kool Connection. ?

Waipukurau race 7 #7 Fictitious fresh up but had a trial to ready. Ran 2.8 lengths 9th when unlucky in the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes 2 starts ago. Unknown in wet conditions and will improve with race but perhaps place chance. Same race #11 Kool Connection is another fresh up runner who will improve with run. Currently at $20. Underwent surgery to fix a breathing problem last season and returned with 2 OK runs. One for the thrillseekers.

2.0 lengths from winner. MASTER PAINTON (T Newman) - Began awkwardly losing ground, raced in restricted room over the concluding stages when ARROGANT lay out away from DAWN PATROL.

Nice $4.80 Bet Easy FO

That run was in a Listed race too and never got decent run, add 20%. Agree has ability

Matamata race 8 #9 Scarfi. Has ability and recent 2nd at trials to prepare for fresh up effort. Expect big run. Currently $9 but a $3 shot.