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the galah

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  1. Race 1 they had no lead in whatsoever,crossing over as they lined up? Are those who run trackside aware they have a meeting being run. I've always said some of those employed at trackside couldn't care less whether they cover harness racing. Race 1 just more proof of that.
  2. Fair enough. He can be rather one dimensional when driving pacers though. He drives for luck over the last 600m on 90 % of the Hope trained pacers. Thats why he can be a frustrating driver for punters sometimes. And to me he drives the pacers too much stop/start,whereas he rates the trotters at a more consistent speed,like the good drivers do. No ones perfect,but punters just want the driver of the horse they have their money on, to drive them like blair orange or john dunn would everytime.
  3. I should say i recognise that the horse is a sit/sprinter and thats why he drives it for luck all the time. Ben hope driving doesn't put me off backing a horse,but i do think he drives trotters better,and is a bit too one dimensional with his tactics when driving the pacers. Thats just my opinion.
  4. I think this topic a bit stupid. I've backed homebush Lad about its last 7 or 8 starts.Did so again today because its got relief in the handicap due to its rating dropping, because it seems to be forever getting the wrong run. You've picked the wrong horse to highlight if you go back through its recent races. Well done to ben hope today,he had luck go his way,but you can't be serious to call it a brilliant drive where he ends up 6 back the fence and only gets a run because the others got tired because of the pace of the race.
  5. I agree with your assessment.I think mark purdon was right to think Ricky May would be better off taking a trail and therefore would,and in the end ricky mays tactics worked against both horses. Made for an exciting race given it was a 5 horse field. The Dolan trained Watch me now,who beat amazing dream last time was a major flop,finishing a distant last. The dolan stable has been underperforming in the last few weeks,so that was no real surprise. May need to go back to The ellis/barclay stable if it is to produce the odd exceptional performance again.
  6. It always seems like he is talking through his pocket,and lets that cloud his judgment. Its easy enough to do. I'm not supporting his opinion on this occasion. Just getting inside his head,although thats probably not the best place to be sometimes. He may benefit from a bit of time on the couch occasionally , but unfortunately when he needs it,he can't afford it because he has done his dough because of the all stars. Always the way,not just for forbs.
  7. No team driving in that race,but the problem is,and always will be,is they have team driven many times in the past. So when Have A Go posts something like this,i can understand why he has a pre conceived perception that team driven happens.
  8. the galah

    Waimate

    I was referring to the port at timaru which is partially blamed for its poor air quality. You can get a wallaby pie in waimate.
  9. the galah

    Waimate

    You get the summer breezes during the hot summer days. Land heats up quicker than water,over summer the warm air over the land rises,and the cool air from the ocean comes in and replaces the warm rising air. At least thats how i think it works. Besides you hardly get much of a sea breeze at night,and night time is when people heat their houses especially in winter. Port activity can be a factor in air quality,and of course so are industrialised areas.
  10. the galah

    Waimate

    Love the humour
  11. the galah

    Waimate

    Rotorua used to be one of the worst in nz for air quality,not sure what its like now days. Washdyke in timaru probably the worst in nz if you go by days over a certain high risk level. Waimate had very close to the worst air yesterday in nz,but it varies a bit depending on the weather..Apparently experts say they see many more paitients % wise with lung cancer from the places with poor air quality. You refer to the "cool crisp air" of the south island,but air quality over winter is normally worse in the cooler places with population bases. The floods over in aussie look rather devastating for those effected.
  12. the galah

    Waimate

    He just has some differing opinions and ways of expressing them to most,and cops a bit of flak for that. I'm not sure what happens on social media platforms,but people do seem to like mocking him for some reason,which is often over the top. A few years ago I thought about moving to Waimate. It is a nice wee town of about 8000 people. On the negative side it is a town that often has poor air quality and higher nitrate levels in the water.Just up the road Timaru used to have the worst air quality in oceania and it still has poor air quality. I once lived in oamaru and there was always a lot of waimate jokes. Can't repeat most of them but generally you were told to come home before they locked the gates at night and not to drink the water.
  13. Ok,didn't get that originally. Finally we agree on something.
  14. Well leonne jones was formally in partnership with peter jones as trainers. Husband and wife. Cam jones is her son. Cam jones uses peter jones colours. 2 plus 2 =4 to me. Whats it to you.
  15. Media have reported he's the son of leonne jones,married to peter jones.
  16. Well it looked quite simple. Archman suffered interference which caused it to break,and Lamb got it wrong by not calling a false start.
  17. One of the biggest draw backs for many is accessibility to affordable training facilities. The back bone of the industry in places like canterbury and southland has traditionally been the small time trainer,and it has often been through the small time trainer that the path to greater participation has been fostered for so many owners/ trainers or employees,all to the benefit of the industry as a whole. In places like auckland accessiblilty to training facilities must be even worse. Land used to be more reasonably affordable, but dairying has killed affordability for horse trainers,even for non irrigated land. For example. If you want to set up a training facility and buy 10 hectares of bare land,anywhere in canterbury will cost a minimum of $400,000,with some land in areas closer to population bases costing much more. Then by the time you put in a track,build a dozen stables with gear shed,power,water troughs,fencing etc you are looking probably all up about $600,000. Now who in their right mind is going to think that is a realistic goal,unless they have a wealthy family benefactor. There are so many variables to such an investment that makes viability near to impossible. Banks aren't going to lend money for that either. So what is the industry leadership doing. Well nothing. Its like they know its there,but its in the too hard basket. As i have said earlier,there isn't even a registry to link people looking for training facilities to use,with those that have them which are no longer used. This issue obviously needs addressed. It will only get worse without action.But no one seems to do anything.
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  19. We see things differently. I have total faith in my judgment. But to use the UDR and win numbers. 2016 131 wins udr .5063 2017 110 .4493 2018 122 .4762 2019 115 .4828 2020 81 .4540 2021 53 .4067 Hayden cullen 2021 12 .4004 2020 win numbers were lower because of covid. So there has been a reduction in the udr and win numbers. It will interesting to see the end of season figures.
  20. Somehow i don't think you would be much good as a punter. If you haven't been able to notice the difference in the performance of the all star horses,then your not much of a judge of race replays.
  21. you pulling my leg? How happy you feel after visiting the hairdresser depends which hairdresser you use i suppose.
  22. Has he even had 3 occasions? Is hunter getting him mixed up with kevin townley?
  23. Well i think it is fair to say someone is feeding them information. Maybe also a lot of what they know comes from attending court. How are those court cases going? Has anyone been caught up in further charges unrelated to race fixing,as a result of information uncovered in inca. If so,do they currently have suppression orders the press know about. Harness racing followers need to take their focus away from how the message is being delivered,and focus on the actual message. So many people have been deceived by those who have been written about. Don't we all want that to stop. I'm not just talking about punters. heres one example. Whats the aussie who bought Smokin By from m kerr thinking. He bought a 7 win horse from 23 starts,that was good enough to start in the nz cup. He pays good money for it,takes it to aussie,only to find it immediately is not competitive, even when it drops back in grades. So he sells it cheap. Now that fella must feel totally ripped off when he learns about what is being said about the kerr stable. And here"s another thing i will say. We have people like M geurin criticising the mainstream media,yet he feeds us misinformation. I trust the press reporters over what he has to say when he starts talking about certain personalities.
  24. Well i will tell you what i think Brodie. I think the press reporters know there is more to come and they are keeping this subject on the boil. They ,and those who decide what they print deem it news worthy. Isn't it about time you started filling in the dots.How about lets look at it from a horse performance point of view,which the press have not really touched on so far. Well those who have been the subject of the stories are. Matt anderson. Now i'm sure brodie you started a thread on the horse Noble mistress after matt anderson took over the training of this struggling non win trotter after it won by 10 lengths at addington in a very fast time. You questioned how could that happen. Who's a close associate, mitchell kerr. Anderson was Mitchell kerrs regular driver.Anderson also drove for jesse alford. Mitchell Kerr. This stable has long been the subject of innuendo relating to horse performances. The one off turnaround in form by arcano at addington was the subject of a bit of a yarn topic. Well who did Kerr also help out. steve dolan. Steve dolan. The amazing win by the horse tall poppy at timaru. that day it jogged 2000m in 2.25 horse,winning by 12 lengths and looked like it could have just kept running at the finish. When stewards received information that Dolan had in fact given the horse to kerr to train for a few days,and failed to notify authorities,dolan was fined. Remember dolan got that 10 start non win pacer form southland last year, and won by about 18 lengths at addington. I have previously started a thread on a the performance of his horses. Jesse alford. Well M Anderson was a driver he often used. The win by the Alford horse at ashburton in 2.55 by a big space was a jaw dropping improvement on its previous runs before joining his stable.Now hes been caught. So why is cam jones now the focus of the articles. I don't know. What i do know is M kerr and matt anderson were the drivers of the cam jones horse no nuke skipper,who provided jones with most of this seasons wins. Who is have the press said is lobbying to get matt anderson back into harness racing. Peter jones and ken spicer. Peter jones related to cam jones.Ken spicer former boss at hrnz. Who has been Nigel Mcraths main supporter. Ken Spicer. There you go. I have filled in some of the dots for you Brodie. I'm not even privy to what the press know. What i have just written is common knowledge. And as i have just said earlier. They no doubt have far more to write,its just whether it sees the light of day. Brodie,you and others can keep telling everyone its all a witch hunt,i don't think so.
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