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II don't think she was deliberately setting it up for anyone,just drove a dumb race. She would have known baileys diamond only has a very short sprint and she was driving it upside down,so thats why the drive was a surprise.It does seem one of those horses that seems plagued by bad draws which never helps tactically when your driving a sit sprinter.

So what are you advocating? Sounds like you don't have a problem with any trainer tubing,drenching or injecting their horse on raceday.Theres no other way to take what you are saying. No harm done you say,as long as they don't give them anything that is picked up. And you use the wigg case as proof what you say is whtat the rule should be.Because shes a trainer who has been giving her horses pre race treatments,knowing her pre race treatment was of no benefit to her horses performance. You see thats what switched on trainers do....give them drenches that don't help.

I can't work out why you would say that. It seems an extremely ignorant thing to say. So you've got several people on here supporting wigg,saying she should be able to syringe her horses substances on the day of the race. Some who are supporting wigg have double standards,as they have previously suggested there should be a focus on the all star type stables. Wheres the consistency in that type of thinking.It should always be the same rule for everyone.You can't say its ok for someone,and then moan about the more high profile stables. This thread just shows for some its about personalities. And lets just be honest about what everyone with the aforementioned approach is condoning. The JCA report states the paste in the syringes had raised PH levels,so as to be an alkalising agent.The vet said it couldn't be explained by the tumeric.,and didn't know what else had caused the increased PH level in the paste. Wigg came up with the explanation that her bore water may have caused that. Now i'm no expert,but wasn't that paste designed to help the horses stamina.Don't PH levels have something to do with countering things like lactic acid which happen when horses race. Hasn't anyone read the jca report and picke.d that up. Anyway,personally i think its all rather unfortunate that wigg has put herself in the position she did. Shes has an outstanding record as an amateur driver,and the public will miss seeing her drive. One thing i think we can all agree on is we will all look forward to her return to race driving.

Last report i read was a couple of months ago saying it was closed indefinitely. Just another in a long list of examples of Jacinda's mandates snuffing out its ability to operate.

Don't you think defending the administration of any substance on raceday is a dumb stance,,when everyone knows its against the rules. So what we appear to have here is someone knowingly breaking the rules and running the risk of being disqualified for several years,for no apparent gain. You realise how stupid that sounds. Of course the other possibility is she felt she would gain an advantage by doing that,and thought the risk of breaking the rules was worth taking. Either way,its not the end of the world,but if people do get caught they just have to deal with the consequences of their own actions.

At least the stipes picked it up i suppose. Take a look at the start of race 2 at cambridge last night. It never gets a mention,but the horse mackali was supposed to start off 15m,yet started in front of all the horses off the unruly off the front,and about 5 lengths in front of the other 15m horse. Thats how it ended up in the trail after 50m. Then there was the start of race 8 at oamaru on sunday. Watch the starters assistant let the 10m tape go over his shoulder while running. The tape on that occasion hindered the inside runner. That didn't get a mention either. Strange but true.

looked like dean taylor put the wrong numbers on each horse,the drivers nor the stipes nor the starting crew picked it up.So they just lined up in the positions the numbers were. The drivers were driving the right horses,just had the wrong numbers on.Quite funny in some ways.Shouldn't have happened but one big mix up by all concerned.

It will be interesting to see what the data says in 12 months time.Maybe the trend you talk about will get more coverage. Maybe they will be talking about getting 4th and 5th shots to keep the the protection of the vaccines going.Maybe people will wake up and realise they bought into a concept that wasn't everything it was said to be.

When you read the data they put out each week.Its still saying the same thing. Vaccines do help with the severity of the infection,hospitalisations,etc......BUT the effectiveness rapidly wanes over just months. So for example,if you had your 3rd bosster in nz when they rolled them out in november,and then you get exposed to the the virus say in early january,they are going to be a big help. But if you don't get the virus until say june,even having had all 3 shots,your protection is bugger all in the big scheme of things.Then of course you have to factor in omicron being far less serious.

Yes i read that,but when they supposedly clarified the figure,they were still claiming that means only 985 of the 482890 haven't been jabbed. If they aren't accurate,which i agree they won't be,then why claim they are? But i suppose its just par for the course. i only have a small circle of contacts,but just yesterday spoke to only one of them and she was telling me shes refused to take the 3rd jab even though its required for her employment to continue,because she was sick and had a bad reaction from the first 2 jabs. Her husband had just had the 3rd jab but did take the following day off work because he was feeling sick. She also told me one of the 6 ladies she works with had got myocarditis from the vaccine jabs.I have to admit,even though i haven't had the vaccine,even i have been surprised at how it has effected some .

3 days ago the ministry of health was claiming that in canterbury,of the 482,890 people aged 12 and over,only 985 had not received a vaccine shot. So the question is if thats the case,how come several of those who contribute to Bit of a yarn haven't had any shots? Doesn't sound anywhere near the 99.8 % from what you read on here. Maybe chief should be seeking some paying advertisements from the ministry of health,as apparently several on here haven't got the message yet. Or maybe its just yet another claim that doesn't truly reflect reality.

But he had no one outside of him trying to direct him down to the pylons. I think the thing about the crawford case was the rules say ferguson is entitled to ease crawford onto the pylons,but in reality because the advantage ferguson had over crawford was so small ,crawford probably thought he was entitled to stay where he was. The rule in my view needs updating so as to make it clear the outside driver needs a greater advantage than what is currently being deemed as acceptable. The other point i think people are making once they have viewed the video, is when you push a horse in,especially a trotter,in a way that ferguson did,then its often going to cause the inside horse to break,irrespective of whether the driver concedes his position.

They have this strange rule where they say if a horse tries to push in early in a race then you just have to surrender and go on the fence.I think they say the outside horse only has to have a slight advantage to do that,but when you see it happen in the circumstances you have highlighted,it all looks rather messy. In this case you had D ferguson doing the pushing in,and hes one of those drivers that loves to push and shove,even if he has only a slight advantage.Its no wonder the inside horse broke as its been known to break for no reason sometimes.

I also remember working at a place where there were about 200 people in the lunch area where trackside used to play when people were having there lunches,and i remember a time when whenever we had a horse racing all the aunties and uncles and cousins in their various households would tune in and watch the horses race,and how many would go and place a bet.When they took away free to air racing they took away so many peoples access to the product. It was a short term business decision made that always was going to cost them long term. And of course have you ever tried to get a motel that has trackside. Its not that easy in some places.

I fully agree. If you do the stats the advantage of draws is of more significance. If you look at the racing,they are mostly non competitive,follow the horse in front of you type races,with very few making mid race moves .You know after 200m whether the horse your fancy can run a place or not.If the driver has gone back,throw your tickets away. I always think the most boring racing in australasia is the mile races at menagle. Its so boring. No one ever moves up. The grass tracks have gone to sprint racing as well which i can't work out why. And is NZ racing ever going to get free to air tv coverage again? That had to be one of the dumbest decisions ever made by nz racing to limit exposure of the sport. In australia they have brought back free to air racing coverage in many of the states.I remember when the first took it off the nz free to air channel,in my job i had about 6 people say to me how they missed it,as even though they didn't bet very often,they and their partners enjoyed watching it. Those people and their famalies no longer are exposed to the sport.They will no longer have or develop a racing interest.

Today 8 of the 9 horses that won were in front with 1400m to go,and the other one was the 2400 stand where the winner was 2nd,in the trail with 1400m to go. The horses that ran third in the first 7 races all raced 3 back the fence,and followed the first 2 home.. Only 2 horses in the entire meeting managed to place from further back than 3rd with a round to go.

Looks like the whale has found some form with a couple of winners.One backed in from $10 into $4.20. Theres been 6 races,and only a couple of drivers have bothered to make a mid race move,and in every race the first 2 home have been the leader and horse behind the leader with 1200m to go,,and every race the 3rd horse has followed them through from 3 back the fence.

It will be interesting to see what official censure,if any,occurs as a result of the tactics of Tim Williams and Brad Williamson in this race. Now my opinion is they shouldn't receive a penalty,but given how C Negus was suspended for 4 months and fined for something far,far,far more insignificant,there appears little option for officialdom. If Williams and Williamson aren't charged,and given lengthy suspensions,then it will be the most obvious case seen in recent times of one rule for the high profile,and another for the small players. I said at the time of charging and finding Negus guilty ,that they had made a mistake to charge her,as they had set a precedent that would require the consistent application of the rules.

well i do my form,but thought the $13 that it opened at was accurate,and the $5 it closed at as a bit ridiculous. I rate myself better than the whale. The point was people back anything the whale tips even if they are paying almost 1/3 of what they should be. Just an observation.

The whale lovers again plunging a horse in the last tonight from $13 into $5. No apparent reason for it i could see based on its form. I know he is knowledgeable, but I just can't work out why punters back his tips whether the price is realistic or not. Thats about 4 meetings in a row where you would have come out behind if you had a $1 e/w on his selections for each meeting.Maybe hes due a change of luck soon and will get back into form?

Personally i think if they should have asked the question. Punters deserve to be informed when a horse has a complete turn around in form.. The previous start it paced awful the whole way and broke for no apparent reason with 250m to go. It had trialed poorly prior to that run. O.K. it had gone ok at a recent trial,but the more information the punter has the better.

I know its not harness racing, but Meikayla moore,nz all white womans player has also achieved international fame. In 36 minutes in the game between the usa and nz,moore scored 3 very clever goals,but only problem was they were against her own team.Its well worth a look on the video. They used to make an add with that type of theme,minties moments,everyone used to enjoy that type of thing,but not so much these days.I wonder if it made the news on tv?

I had the same thought and checked that as well,but maybe they just haven't updated it.Its a possible explanation as to why the horse happy place was scratched by the stewards last week,but who knows. The lack of transparency is poor. Are they trying to hide something? It just fuels speculation.

Looks like the media will soon start pushing the government line of the protest being a super spreader event.Just watch. The government are desperate for that narrative.

Sounds like a lack of transparency. So people are left to guess why the stipes ordered the withdrawal of her horse the other night. Maybe you've explained why,but no clarification from authorities.