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Well anyone doing the form can see it.I would say about 5 lengths.Whatever all the reasons are for it,they are great trainers. That race just run. John dunn sacrificed any chance he had of placing by running the race at near record speed in an attempt to beat the all stars.It made for an exciting race,but i thought he would have been trying to help the horse he was driving,not its stablemate.

There is an obvious reason the All Stars have been paying great prices by their normal standards. And that is every horse they have had race so far today has shown significant improvement on their most racent performances.Punters have been assessing the form on the most recent runs. So there is your answer to why the prices have been so good.

Box seat. Who bothers to watch that anymore? Where are you getting the increased stakes up 27%.All sounds a bit of a nice but fake dream. Is that you mickey g?

Yes its very sad. But all the indicators are its going to get much worse. We are in november,yet the fields are so small and dominated by multiple runners from the same stable. You have the auckland club losing an absolute fortune on a housing development in times of unreal growth in the value of housing. My opinion is they need to see the writing on the wall and transfer their resources to another area and help north island racing become a more attractive and sustainable industry.Even blind freddy can see that. And why haven't those in the media been honest and why don't they discuss it?It was just a couple of years ago we had mick guerin peddling misinformation about how stakes were on the up and people should have confidence in investing in harness racing,so go out and but a yearling. People like that have big platforms.He has been shown to peddle a false narrative around this club in the past so why does anyone listen to him is a mystery to me. Can't we have someone in the media be honest about where the club is at. Josh dickie is a symptom of aucklands demise. Can't find a place to train a big team because where hes at is being sold, so he moves to Victoria. More numbers reduced.What happens once Lincoln farms,one of the handful of dominant stables numbers wise,sells its land as has been reported it will do? As i've pointed out for the last few years.The rising value of land/racing properties is a major factor in preventing participation everywhere. So they need to invest in setting up accessible training centres in the districts where future racing is to be held and they need to plan and take action now,or apart from the very big stables no one will have anywhere to train from. Shouldn't they be facing reality now and planning for the future now?

I watched the races tonight and racing at auckland isn't a good watch in my opinion. You have races like the main trot where it has all the runners from the same stable,which each week seems to have a different horse driven to win. You had the debacle of a start in the last race where an uncontrollable horse pre start already starting to veer out when they attempted to line up, yet the starter still let them go,wiping out 3 of the 7 chances. A messy old start was how the trackside people described it,as if they didn't want to say it was just a debacle.Maybe the starter had an appointment at the bar which he had to get to before it closed.Then you have the telfer stable with its dominant numbers in small fields. If aucklands the the show case for north island racing then the downhill slide is very evident. The poor betting pools reflect a lack of interest from punters.

May is still one of our best drivers,yet for unknown reasons has no nz cup drive. If you look at who's driving in the event ,there are 3 or 4 totally out of form drivers who you couldn't back even on a favorite. Yet a 7 time cup winning driver has no drive?

It should have read rangiora supports the vaccine and piss off from our racecourse if you haven't taken the jab and don't ever come back.They obviously can't have many wanting to sponsor races. 6 of the races have no sponsors.

So we accept that being fully vaccinated is the best form of protection from the virus,but then there needs to be a proper definition of fully vaccinated. The most obvious flaw of any government,media or NZTR type organisation who preach the message of division and hate ,is that due to significant waning of protection over time you need to have a third and eventually 4th and so on jab to really be fully vaccinated. So why are they saying having had 2 jabs of the pfizer vaccine in say the month of May makes you fully vaccinated,when the most recent studies show you only have around 50% protection after 6 months. Surely if there is to be any credibility, the definition of fully vaccinated must be going to change in the future,so as to include booster shots. Thats what many so called experts have been arguing for some time. Given the stance of the NZTR, we must expect and demand them to tell us why someone who has not had a booster shot by the recommended date, should be allowed onto a racecourse.Its only a matter of time. They have gone down this rabbit hole,so they must ride it to the end and be held accountable for the fallout and consequences to peoples lives that they will cause.Its not going to go away,it will be ever changing,but what we do know is they seem happy to reduce participation in their product and industry by 10%. You know i had a small business once. 50% of total revenue covered fixed costs. Therefore,if revenue from customers dropped 10%,effectively profit went down by 20%.Thats the direction the NZTR has made the decision to head in.

And i've been thinking ... If the racing leadership truly believe they need to take this stance to ensure anyone associated with racing is vaccinated,then for consistency purposes surely they must ensure that anyone going into an agency and placing a bet should have a vaccine passport.No proof of vaccination,no betting on racing. And why aren't they insisting the TAB only allows betting via the internet by vaccinated,as of course those unvaccinated who bet from home do go out occasionally and circulate with others.Ban them,and that will encourage them to get vaccinated. Of course they won't,because they are just hypocrites. The don't want the ban to apply to the part that helps fund them.

Well i have just read this and the answer is simple. I will never spend another dollar on betting on thoroughbreds. To me this isn't a matter of whether people take the vaccine or not. Its about whether the industry shows respect to everyone.To alienate a portion of those that participate and help keep it going sometimes spend small fortunes on different areas that keep the sport going is idiotic. Why would anyone with any principals want to contribute to an industry that does that. And if harness take the same steps,then it will be the same there. No more breeding,paying trainers,grazers,farriers,no more spending most days on the computer pumping money through the TAB. Everyone should take this stand. Its not about vaccines,as i'm not anti the vaccine. You know,one of the local pubs, who has one of the handful of tabs in the area,recently barred non vaccinated. I used to go there and look at their patrons,some fat,overweight heavy smokers and drinkers.I watched countless people spending their days pumping money through the pokie machines. And now they tell unvaccinated people they can't go there because they care about peoples health and wellbeing. Its all a joke,just as are those who have made this decision to kill future participation by many.

You may have to open an account with the NSW TAB.They took all the races,always seem to have all nz trots apart from later part of a saturday harness meetings.I noticed the sky coverage was the same as other aussie meetings. I saw them switch an aussie race to sky 2 because it was running late and went to the addington pre race. The key for coverage on the main sky channel over there seems to be starting on time.

Well he never tried on yorokobi in the last race.It has gait speed,but only intent on racing 8 back the fence from front line draw. Actually a pretty good drive to get it in such a hopeless position.Obviously just a work out for cup day.I've noticed that stable seem to team drive as much as any other.

What was he to say?I had him rated on top,so he really just ran up to his form. The stipes are just trying to maintain transparency,but sometimes because a horses form doesn't look that good on paper,it just means things haven't gone their way in more recent races ,the strength of fields vary,and some improve a bit after a let up.So in this case Boyds answer was fair enough i thought.

I was just reading an article unrelated to this subject,but it made me think,i wonder where they are at in that huge USA racing doping scandel.It came to prominence last year involving the use and global distribution by 31 trainers,vets and drug distributors.A handful of galloping hall of famers and several leading harness trainers, all initially denied any knowledge. Well it turns out ,despite protesting his innocence, one of the key players,trainer Jorge Navarro,has plead guilty and copped to everything and agreed to pay over $25 million in restitution. You would have to wonder whether he could pay that,but he is due for sentence in december and is expected to get a lengthy prison sentence.

no idea what you are on about(as is often the case). But would you rather have a tomlinson or negus type drive,or say an A drake drive on ardens horizon at auckland in race 3 run earlier tonight.Tomlinson and negus gave their horse a chance whereas A Drake seemed to have no idea of pace and gave his horse no chance whatsoever when equal favorite. Reality is both type of drives are ok. All drivers were trying,just an A Drake type drive shows far less judgment than the other 2 being discussed.

I agree it highlights an inconsistency in their rulings,but i believe the decision made by yesterdays stipes was the correct one. Tomlinsons drive yesterday may have been rather aggressive,but she was attempting to drive to her horses strengths, and it just didn't work out. As i have said previously,surely that is better than watching drivers who show no aggression whatsoever tactically and don't give their horses a chance. Black ops,like dreaminsover have similar styles of racing,and require similar racing patterns to get their best results. So yesterday the stipes said its ok to drive to your horses strengths,but we will question you if the public may form the impression you over did it. Thats how it should work.

thats one aspect that does make you wonder. Its easy enough to understand someone arguing that the data so far shows if you've had the vaccine then your significantly less likely to have the same serious health issues as someone unvaccinated may be. Of course the length of time protection levels last after having the vaccine still seems to be being analysed. So to your question.From what i've read, until recently studies indicated the transmissibility of the virus by the vaccinated and unvaccinated was not much difference. But a couple of weeks ago i read a study involving over 139,000 people had concluded that the vaccines in use in the uk reduced virus transmission to 57%,but that after 3 months of having the 2nd vaccine,the transmissibility was back to that of an unvaccinated person at 67%.The same study showed the pfizer vaccine initially reduced transmissibility to 42 % and was 58% after 3 months,and one would assume back to similar to the unvaccinated a month or two later. So my conclusions from all that i have read is those people going on and on about the unvaccinated being a greater risk to them is not accurate. In fact it seems that due to protection waning after only limited months,the vaccinated pose just as much risk. Thats why in the USA they are currently talking about whether fully vaccinated should be defined to not include those who have 2 shots,but should in fact be defined as those who had the 3rd booster shot.

The trainer of the favorite meetmeinsorrento,rogerson/ferguson,were fined $100 because the hopples that broke weren't of an acceptable standard. That fine seems too small given having proper quality gear seems a no brainer. And ohoka achilles. Looks like you can drive aggressively into non existent gaps and not expect any questions from auckland stipes.It sure looked like he ran into the back and contacted the 2 sulkies of a couple of horses.At least it looked like the horse was quick on its feet. Maybe its used to that type of driving?

He certainly said it. Its on the box seat show at about the 58th minute. He obviously believes in freedom of choice to express an opinion, and that should be his right,but in doing that he has shown he doesn't believe in freedom of choice by individuals when it comes to making decisions as regards their health.His deliberate divisive comments are not something that people will forget.People don't watch racing shows to get insulted. Peter moody made reference to his staff after winning the Caufield cup with incentivise last saturday.Part of his comments referred to the win being a team effort from all of his staff,and he made reference to having just lost 3 employees due to their decision not to get the mandatory for attendance,vaccination. He commented he supported their decision to do what they believed was best,and said he was sure they would be watching and cheering the win as loud as anyone at home. He showed respect for others views. Guerin showed none. But as others have said. Not watching shows that he appears on is the best way to avoid getting a condescending guerin lecture.

Well i watched the box seat,and at that end i get to see mick guerin lecture everyone on how bad the unvaccinated are. According to guerin the unvaccinated don't get to have an opinion,people are sick of them,and as far as the races go,should not get to go to the races ever again if they want to remain unvaccinated. This bloke just comes across as a smug,pompous prat. Why he feels he has the right to condemn others without knowing their circumstances or reasons is beyond me. I will tell you this though. I am not against vaccinations or getting a covid vaccine,but i would rather end any participation in the racing industry, than have to continue to listen to racing people like guerin lecture and discriminate against others based solely on whether they had taken a vaccine.

Well we got to look at part of the head on,on the box seat,with the key word being part of. No ones arguing south coast arden didn't move out 1-1 1/2 horse widths at one point,but they are arguing that self assured ducked in prior to the incident and that contributed to the incident. Now showing the head on from the point AFTER self assured ducked in is not addressing the argument that self assured moved in. You can only be left with the one take from that, and that is the footage shown on the box seat has been edited to fit the official narrative they wanted to portray. Now mick guerin goes on about the punters being important,but here we had the driver of the horse first past the post giving evidence that supported her horse being relegated in what was a marginal call. Is that what punters of a $1.30 win shot in the main race of the night should expect. And again i would say,we all know if the exact same thing happened in the nz cup and it wasn't her stablemate that ran 2nd,she would not have given the same evidence. Relegation,or no relegation.Punters should expect the drivers of those they back to argue a case that would make arguments in their favour,not against.And punters should have been shown the full straight coverage,not edited portions thereof.

I read this,and just think its a joke. Natalie rasmussen effectively giving evidence that her horse should be relegated.Would she have said the same thing if it wasn't her training partner. Of course not . Just a joke really.

You would assume the trainer would point out the poor decisions he made in that race and hopefully he drives better next time.If he can retain the drive he should be getting his first winner soon.Maybe he is feeling the pressure or lacking confidence in himself. Who knows. Drivers like that should just focus on moving forward at the right time in races instead of trying to drive too clever. You see experienced drivers making similar mistakes. I referred to one in the first race at winton on thursday. It happens.

The key to john dunns success in my opinion is firstly,hes always trying to drive tactically so as to give each drive its best chance,and then he is able to judge pace so well no matter what horse he drives,and he is a driver who is able to keep the horse in its comfort zone even while improving.

The bublitz driven horse looks to have some promise,but someone needs to tell him that having an inexperienced trotters head on an angle as you come off the back of a horse, and pulling the ear plugs at the same time is likely to cause your own horse to break. And of course that is what happened. His tactics in the first part of the race looked like he wasn't trying as well. Having said that he looks like once he finally gets his first win,that he may get a few more a bit quicker.