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Sensational effort by JWaddell and the filly to win like that from a horrow draw. She really is top class this filly, she doesn;t know she only cost $5000. If you were on track to watch and didn't get excited with that win then maybe racing horses aint for you?

Hot off the press, a precis of the abovenamed mare: J'Ardern, aged m Breeding by Chipontheshoulder out of Youcannotbeserious Trainer H Clarke, Mt Eden Racing- Several failures before finally winning a race under a punishing ride by WPeters 3 years ago. Has shown some promise since but continues to under achieve. Trainer reports a gear addition, hanging bit added to try and prevent severe hanging out to the left. Retirement is looming unless she shows more determination in races. Jockey Peters advised trainer that the mare seemed hesitant to come up under him at any stage of her races, failed to grab the bit. Peters adds that she seems pre occupied with trying to find mirrors etc to check herself out. Not conducive to good performances, Peters adds that he is contemplating giving up the ride, has suggested the horse is a bit of a 'cheat'.?

Muzza you started this yesterday...St Pats Day? Clearly, if you've drunk enough yoiu'll see the 10 fat little pissed leprechauns ( not jocks @ 2kg overweight!) hiding in the trees....?

No saussies out of the slush fund curious.... The slush fund is to cater for something else. The payments, that are ongoing, to various CEO stray rooters, incompetents like the' Senior 'Steward who got paid off after being caught stray rooting ( there's a theme here) the guy who somehow managed to get his exorbitant 'fee' paid in euro's instead of NZD...goes on and on.

Breaking news from RITA.....they have been instructed by their boss winnnie to come up with some good news...pronto! Therefore RITA has announced they are buying $1m worth of Lotto Power Ball tickets for Saturdays $50m draw. The $1m was going to be the stake for the NZ Derby on Saturday. Desperate times require desperate measures. If the punt is successful, the $50m will be split this way: RITA bonuses $10m Staff holidays , back pay $10m Winnie $10m ( and nz first ) Labour party $10m ( payoff for not opposing RITA ) Greens $ 1m ( nz first coalition deal payoff ) Miscellaneous expenses $ 8m ( i.e. slush fund ) Stakes for racing $ 1m what did you expect?? Total $50m Silly? yes, but not as silly as the shit going down in Wellington at present

Have you got any evidence that they didnt? You'll find out at the next election that a lot of people got sucked in by Peters-again-and will not vote for him, again. And finally NZ might be rid of the vile prick who has held the country to ransom too many times. Fuck off peters, and take your ' knighthood' with you. Aint gonna happen.

If bellicose means do I fart a lot..yes. my missus reckons I'm a dead ringer for the Worlds' best! But seriously. you say where on the list should racing be? Well W Peters got NZ first over the line on the strength of promises he made to the racing industry, don't have any doubts about that! And what has what has he delivered? Feck all, frankly. And things are about to get worse for Peters and Jones, accepting huge donations from racing and fisheries millionaires...and what do you think those people who donated all that dosh expected in return? Ardern is going to have to stop running away from the hard decisions very soon?

Yeah...looks like your besty Ardern has followed your lead and is doing a runner..again..when the going gets tough! Another overseas urgent commitment, Aussie, Fiji etc. When she should be staying in NZ and sorting out the festering mess that is her coalition deal with NZ First/Peters. I think our pal over on the other channel is right, she knows she has to jettison Peters, but is following her normal modus operandi and chickening out. Doesn not bode well for the NZ racing industry. I think we are going to see-soon-exactly what Peters' real priorities are, and unfortunately Racing is at the bottom of the list.

It's not a total ban Chief. Racing Australia have said that the ban will not apply to some fuckin tosser called Tommas from over there in NZ...whatever it takes to make the idjit shutthefuckup is what it is.?

Good on you then Fred! Still think that race yesterday was a real ripper and the time they ran on an off track sensational. Catalyst has a galloping action best suited to firm tracks, you'll see him at his best when he gets one over there.

The track record for 1200m at Flemington is 1.07.1 set by Iglesia in 2001. In a straight line. The track record for 1400m at Flemington is 1.20.6 set by Lovey in 1992. I would have thought the final 1200m yesterday in 1.08.5 on a slow track, and around a huge corner, was pretty dam good.! Guess there'll always be knockers eh? How many champs have you raced Fred?

Dear Tommosino and pastaman, could you please contact Peters since you clearly think he's doing a great job and is blameless in all of the accusations piling up? Ask him to keep up the good work. The polls are showing that the coalition of losers and handwringers are hurting, and it cannot be denied that Peters is causing angst among his chosen bedfellows. As was always going to happen. Leopards, or should we say hypocritical old egotistical fools, do not change their spots.?

Yep its all going to come out in the wash up of the SFO enquiry. NZ First, pay up your dough and get your wish. Only trouble is the shit has well and truly hit the fan for Peters and his clan of miscreants. Trouble is any relief the racing industry may have got will be well and truly pushed to the back of the queue....no wonder ardern is trying to protect Peters, she is crapping herself that there may be an early election and the news that she has gone into a coalition, and is being propped up by, someone like Peters is not going to go down well. And Peters? saying now that funding to politicial parties should be 'secret'? HaHaHa that really takes the cake. Have a look at how Shane Jones has been mincing around NZ and the Pacific handing out the billions from the so called 'provincial fund'...why wasn't some of that used to kick start the racing industry? Just wait for the name calling and silly childish attacks on Simon Bridges diction from people who can't find anything else to attack him on. You reap what you sow in this World.

Oh don't worry Tommaas I am going to enjoy watching Peters squirm now NZ First is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office....and also now that Simon Bridges ( whose star is definitely in the ascendency) has cast NZ First adrift into no mans land.. And anyway, who's counting...coming up 3 years that Peters has been racing minister and apart from a whole lotta jobs for the boys, nothing at all of any value to owners/trainers has occurred!

Who is gonna care about or know who this guy Dyke is in 50 years? But I can guarantee that Sir Tristram will still resonate. His name will appear in pedigrees for a very long time, accentuated by stallions like Zabeel, Savabeel, any sons of Savabeel who make it as stallions etc etc...thats assuming the pansies currently in govt don't get their way and ban breeding and racing before hand... I just think it would have been appropriate for Ellis to have continued to venerate Sir Tristrams name. The only reason not to would have been at the behest of Sir Patrick or his family and I can't see that being the case. The Ellis's clearly see themselves as bigger than a very large factor in NZ's racing and breeding history...guess who will get forgotten first ?

I find this post interesting ' ace'.....were you pissed when you did it? I have the utmost respect for those who sponsor races, especially in NZ where the industry has been constantly let down, rorted, defrauded even by those supposedly running it. I've no intention of adding to those propping up an industry which is in a terminal condition...however Mr & Mrs Ellis appear to me, and plenty of others by the look of it, to be using a race of long standing tradition to further their own self aggrandizement....without any recognition of the history of the race. I can't imagine Sir Patrick will be amused, however that seems to be the way of the world nowadays. All The Aces? .....' read em' and weep I'd say'!?

Including buying a race that was a Group2 ? What they've done is essentially creating a new race...so how come they've kept the Group 2 status? It just goes to show how corrupt and incestuous racing in NZ is..a club President can hijack a race, name it after herself and hubby and keep the Group status. No wonder nz racing is a joke to most countries in the world.

'Dave and Karyn Ellis Classic?? WTF? Whats happened to any reference to probably the greatest stallion NZ has ever seen? The flow on effect from Sir Tristram has been enormous...and so what do we get after the Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram Classic? Jeeze, self glory has plummeted to a new low. Is this the best they could do? What about poor old sir T, what about the Lindsays, have they all pulled out and left it to the egotists? Thanks Christ I'm in Aussie, and thats saying something!

'Simply bullshit' tommo. He and the rest of that board are political plants by peters. Ask a serious question...'when are the stakes going to double? Or..' when are stakes going to be reduced'?

I've been trying to find what Catalyst has been rated over here. Does anyone know, or do you know if their nz rating just gets transferred to Oz the same? Not that it matters with the races he's coming over for.

This horse has got some really knowledgable people talking here in Sydders...sectionals are the holy grail when racing experts are assessing how good horses are, Catalyst has run some staggering times and makes it look easy. There have been a few 'pretenders' cross the ditch over the last few years, he aint one of them. Can't wait.

She's the one alright. Also Known As....' The Assassin '....detested by all who know her.

Yes Coogee is wonderful at this time of the year tommo....could do without the smoke but its bearable... To get back to the topic, I'm hearing now that this RITA outfit that peters appointed...read it again...that peters appointed, is actually responsible for most of the proposed legislation giving the Minister at the time almost absolute power over the crucial parts of the racing industry. So this explains the appointment of one Kristal McDonald, QC. A supposed legal expert, but ingorant and apparently absolutely disinterested in racing. And she once was the Chair of the j.c.a., earning they say, $200k for doing almost zilch. Delegated all the work she was supposed to do to a c.e.o. including heaps of her own legal work. Anyone like to take a guess at what the industry is paying her for this RITA position?

NZ is the worst in the world because the drug cartels have identified NZ as a soft touch....too much money handed out to slackarses by a weak govt that doesn't expect any input from them...a govt handing out millions and millions, you could say billions after shane jones finishes, without a plan or any outcomes... just keep the gravy train going....I could go on but it's wasted on you pal, I'm off to the beach!

4 more years eh? Did she let slip something while you were 'tween the sheets tommo? Is this another one of her bullshit plans? p.s. The only way peters is going to be in Govt after the next election is to come out against decriminalising brain damaging substances before the election. Do you think he has the balls to do that? To make a stand against the loonies trying to push dangerous drugs onto children? Because thats what it is, notwithstanding the hand wringing from the loonies, nz has one of the worst drug problems in the world. Why make it worse? especially in racing...just chuck the rule books out the window, trackriders, jockeys,trainers, turn up to the tracks and races stoned..! who cares? I dont think peters will, because in his twisted bitter world its him as the grey knight saving the world and the nats as the baddies who dared to tell the truth about his pension overpayments. How feckin sad.