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I emailed aussie TAB and they informed me- they now only provide betting on the first 3 or 4 races for trotting meetings run during the day on Saturdays. They said they normally cover both friday night meetings however last Friday chose to cover only the premier meeting at addington over Auckland. They say it is rare not to cover both friday meetings although this may happen if they are run late afternoon aussie time and clash with aussie gallops. They said they intend to continue to cover all other harness meetings run on other days, and they are shown on either sky1 or sky 2 dependent on how busy the time slot.

,although can ocI fully agree with you joe. And phone betting has gone to the pack as well. Do not believe the automated voice when it says "your bet has been accepted". It often lies. It happened again last night when I had a bet.You need to listen to the balance to work out whether the bet has gone on or not. It generally happens within the last 60 seconds, before the race starts,although can happen at any time. I have rung the TAB help line a couple of times this week to complain,but gave up both times after 20 minutes of no answer.

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It appeared to combine the best features of the merv hughes, burt Reynolds, tom Selleck and peter Plumley- walker mustaches. It was very well manicured. I did notice as he came back to the winners circle that there were many small pieces of grit embedded in the mo gathered during his winning drive. I understand over the next couple of weeks he will slowly remove these pieces of grit,and each time he does a huge smile will light up his face, as he relives his winning drive on Hes fast and furious.

These fellas certainly have had a very poor season by previous standards. Punters still seem to have faith going by tote prices.. I wonder when they will come back into the form to justify punters loyalty? Its interesting to compare boths udr compared with previous seasons.

Ive done that a few times myself. It does make you think about other betting agencies. Well it won and paid $22. Rather costly . That driver had a great mo No,it was on the tote. It was definitely there when i pushed accept,but somehow it only accepted the place bet,and the win bet disappeared.

Another farcical experience. Had a punt on hes fast and furious,entered the win amount,place amount, submitted both bets,hit accept. For some reason the place bet reappears. I check the pending bets,and the place bet seems to be on,yet no record of the win bet. Ive been caught a couple of times before rebacking the same bet because its not showing on the on pending bets,only for it to appear in the transaction search. So I searched again,decided to put half on again only for the website to decide not to load. ITs getting beyond the sad joke it is.

Majestic hurricane-warned previous start for barrier manners,breaks badly again last night (3rd time in a row)-no warning. Hard to follow some times.

The interesting thing is did the change in track conditions effect the results. 8 of the 10 winners raced handy on the fence,while the 2 that didn't came from 1 back and 2 back the outside in races where the leaders went 2 fast early.. The pattern was its hard to make any ground from the back,but would that have been the case anyway? Personally I think generally its more important to get handy early without over doing it,.

This is a major setback for nz harness is it not? I have not read anything about this on this side of the tasman,and you would have to wonder why that is. Whats the coverage like on the sky racing channels?

Your make good points old whiteman,but as far as enhance your calm goes,the video clearly shows the horse easing up with 120m to go with mark purdon seeming to have it under a hold,then it clearly stretches out again when purdon asks it to go. Part of the reason it looked like lotamuscle came that quick was because the horse in front eased up. Very unusual to see purdon get caught napping,but he did this time Credit to the winner for catching him by surprise.

Yes,and it no longer shows your balance. Still often will not show pending bets. Takes a long time to load,if it does at all.

The website certainly is still a nightmare at times .. Tonight being one of those. Even the phone betting is getting rather ridiculous. How many others have experienced the bet accepted voice only to find the bet was never put on. I know its not just my imagination,i have spoken to others who have had the same issue.

I do agree he got caught by surprise, and would have won had he given it a couple of taps a bit earlier. Having said that,the winner did come home very fast.

I understand where you are coming from. However I would say those competing at forbury tomorrow night would be trying just as hard to win as those running at addington on Saturday. I do enjoy watching good horses race, however I get just as much enjoyment out of watching a good keenly contested race,no matter who it is competing. I only factor in the money coming if it relates to north island races. For example if it is a runner from the green stable,where they have 2 runners,you can almost guarantee the one without the money on will underperform,.normally due to the driver. That's my opinion anyway. Pulling horses happened more in the past,than it does now days. If you've had a bet on one that has not been driven to win,you never forget and you do feel that you have been taken for a ride by those concerned. For me the biggest turn off from a punting perspective is having small fields dominated by the one or two stables,no matter what the quality.

I I don't factor in the stake money when having a bet.I do agree it should be on the tab website I work on the theory that everyone is trying. You may get let down sometimes,normally in the north island , which can be very annoying. I think the best value comes in races with full fields,and not dominated by one stable. Therefore I would much rather have a greater spend on a maiden at forbury or methven,than say the easter cup. And that is what I do,and it works for me.

Just watching American mainstream news and amongst the headlines was the reporting of the 23rd death of a thoroughbred at the track in just over 3 months. Horse racing apparently under siege from the anti racing brigade because of the unprecedented horse death numbers. The figures include those racing and those in training. Gives the sports detractors plenty of ammunition to fire.

The easy pickings ruling. Seemed the only logical decision given the rules. You need to check the rules out if your unsure why. The wendys jewel drive. I watched that last night and thought the driver felt it going into a gallop prior to it happening,starting easing the horse,then it galloped anyway slowing up quite quickly in the prcess. Maybe in hindsight he would have been better to just let it gallop but i think it was the horse at fault by over reacting,not so much the driver. I see they stood down one over dover to trial once.I just cant figure out why only the once. The horse gallops every start,always being a nuisance to others when it does and often causing interference. Its done it for years now. The only way it may not gallop is if they change the driver like they did at oamaru when it actually trotted all the way,however they never do that so I think it should be stood down to trial multiple times. Has there ever been a horse as bad in recent history?

Would connections have been paid the $550 starting fee if it had been declared a non starter? Would sam ottley have lost her driving fee if the horse was declared a non starter. Are they factors. Was peter lamb the 3rd gunman on the grassy Knoll in dallas when jfk was shot?

On the cards driven completely different from previous runs to suit its stablemate who won.Team driving is so common in the north island.

Who made the decision not to late scratch virgil. Certainly not peter lamb. How they did not come to a conclusion that virgil was denied a fair start is a mystery.

True.. He was drawn to need a bit of luck,but good luck did come his way, just he never used it. That's the way he has been driving for a while, possibly because he is not very often on the better chances. Just seems to have lost his mojo.He seems to drive like there is always next week. Look at his drive on accelare at Auckland the week before, as one of many recent examples. His son is a far better now days and deserves more opportunities than he gets.

Just drove his first winner since 1993,when getting Monaro maro home in front today.. Well done that man.

Well it certainly was an aggressive drive happy. The stipes report noted mr hunter was at a loss to explain the horses poor performance,that comment made me chuckle.

Gee ,how fast do they go down there. And you had peter hunter pulling off the trail to keep the pace on after going cut throat for the previous 1000m. No surprise to see it stagger home from the 400m. Drives like that are hard for a punter to factor in sometimes. I guess that's racing.