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Chief,he didn't dismount, he got dropped when she whipped around.I watched her going to the start and she was a hand fill, so fill credit to him. I can't understand why Harry has an issue with him,unless his behaviour has changed,as like you i thought he spoke very well and thanking the trainer who has and will continue to support him was well thought.

Do not know the reason,but a horse named JACK something comes to mind. Anyway he had a motor car accident, the result being he lost a leg. Now a funny side to that was one day he was leading a horse back to the stables and my wife was following him some 100m away when th horse took fright and knock him over,so my wife[god bless her} run up and asked if he was ok,he replied could you go over and pick my leg up.I believe this still affects her today and could well be the reason for some of her Blonde behaviour today. If there was if a Para Golf Tournament in NZ i would back him all day to win it,very handy at Golf

Can someone explain how Opie rode in r2 on Lady Koval, surely you would produce a negative prior to r1,does not add up to me, I do believe Ms Nicholas is and ok rider,but her ride on Row of Eights was worthy of a charge of not giving a horse every possible chance. M Williamson needs to be replaced or at least stood down for a period and yes I did have bet on Row Of Eights

It was i believe his 6 start in 6 weeks,but the price was overs on form and thanks very much

Who is the person that decides who gets the job of race calling? I have an idea that it was or still is Michelle Pickles. If it is her, what qualification's would she have to chose the best person for the job. The callers are asked to give information on a horse's chances in a race. I like to do my own risk assessment's on a horses chance, but do listen to what a caller has to say regarding their assessment on the field. The best 2 in my opinion are Bruce Sherwin and Jason Teaz, and yet one only gets the call on occasions and the other has been given the flick. Would it not be better for the TAB to do some analytical research to observe which caller has the best results, as when i go to a TAB and observe a punter who has listened to what has been spoken, they immediately go and place a bet,just my thoughts on this issue.

Jason,i sincerely believe you were a good talent with your calling, but the one aspect that i believe was your tipping, especially down South. This made harder by the quality of riders down there, I am embarrassed by the skill level. I had several bets, including a large one by my standards on a horse named The Good Shepperd. He was pushed into a horse on the inside of him after the start with the horse inside bending the running rail,the rider concerned got a suspension. The issue I have is that i see a lot of this, only to see a rider get a warning and this is unacceptable in my opinion and that is why riding is at an all time low in the SI I would love to do a post show and bag riders and Stewards when Bad/Dangerous RIDING GOES UNCHALLENGED. Anyway Jason your can hold your head high, as i believe you did a way better than an average job and i do remember you saying that you had to pay your own way to meetings, which just shows me how badly the Industry has treated you.

Shows the talent both Commentators have to call and memorise the colours at very short notice. In particular i believe Bruce is a great talent and under utilized by the Industry.

Chief can you give more information on the member of the Judiciary please. I had a phone call from Christchurch with some people in the Harness game last night and was advised that the judge had thrown out 10 charges in the Inca enquiry and was told that more will follow suit. The same source said that one of the main persons charged, has paid over 170k in legal expenses for his defence. Unbelievable really, when you consider they have found nothing.

The fine is way over the top. Look at the Lawyer,Rawnsley who was discharged without conviction and her partner Wills who was fined $750. This was a worse incident than in the Keegan case, as the country was in TOTAL Lockdown when this breach was done, but they lied and thought they could do what they liked and yet got off with a wet bus ticket fine,it wouldn't be a hour consolation fee for the Lawyer.

I watched a race at Timaru and was stunned by the ride on Madam Sequoia. This mare was favourite and rightly so, given her form ,but the ride was terrible. What is frustrating is with the Stewards that presided over the meeting.They did question her over the ride, which Stevie Wonder would have seen,but they did nothing, not even a warning,I just find this unexpectable. This is why NZ Racing is light years behind Australia. Punters there get protected when incompetence is shown by Riders. If you have a look at some of J MacDonald's charges he has had to defend and not always successfully for not giving a horse every possible chance and then have a look at Madam Sequoia ride, they are light years away in NZ on policing races. I do not enjoy bagging Jockeys, but this ride certainly needed a charge laid. This way the rider who admitted she got it wrong in the report may learn something and punters may get protected from incompetence from our Stewards. They did find B Murray for using the whip excessively , which may appease the animal rights group, but start looking at the real issues that affect the punting lifeblood of NZ racing like this example i have given.

Any chance of you disclosing your identity? I didn't have a bet in that race , but if i did RTP would not be the horse of my choice and i will be happy to have a side bet with you, as along as it gets a rider of your choice. Now do not hide like you do with your identity

I did not have Pavlova, I do not wear glasses, i do not have diabetes.so not surprisingly you are wrong on these 3 and also add another one to your talley, your bagging of the ride I do have 20 plus years of riding experience and in my opinion the horse was not traveling and hence the reason it could not push Sheriff out,it he was traveling he would have been along side Sheriff not a neck back. The one issue i have and this can only happen with better Stewardship, is to charge riders when they continue riding there horse when it is laying in or out, the reins are there for a reason, but with the Stewards we have at the moment, I can not see anything changing.

You may well have, tell me your name and i will advise if you did, but you will continue to hide, I am picking

Not saying A Rodley is a good tipster, but he didn't want a bar of him, even though he started favourite, so he got it right

What a load of rubbish, the horse was never traveling like a winner, If you are going to blame the rider , then next start i will have a bet with either or both of you, if he doesn't ride it. Let me know if you will back your judgement.

He got off Showgate to ride Zarnia,the reason was he was taking L Pratts daughter out at the time,Showgate broke Zarnia's heart in that race and from memory she never won another race Does anyone think the McKees would have put Sunline in a 3200m race? There are so many stories about the champion mare,one i remember well was Glyn Tucker had a show called Turf Talk and he compared Show Gate v La Mer, he went for La Mer as he believe she was better sprinter. Anyway he went on to say that she was turned out in the lush paddocks in Otago. Well we were going to the races a short time later and were early, so went around to see her. No answer at the door so walked down to the stables and found her in a box and i will not tell you the condition of the stable . but we did fill her water bucket, It was enough to bring a tear to your eye.

Food for thought, the only horse i know of the Gorgie sacked was Gates Ajar who had lost all form. Stan McKay took him over and good success with him,not sure of the number of wins he had , but it was several. Anyway, I will still stand by my opinion, Show Gate was the best horse i have seen and will take a some horse to change my mind.

Chief,can you do some research and look for me,as you are better than i. Can you find were Gordon Thomson was fined for the way Show Gate was presented in the birdcage,i am nearly sure it was the Jackson Stakes,where she beat Count Kerau Spelling, from memory she had the scours and it was all down her hind legs. On Grey Way and Copper Belt battles, Grey Way a loyal strapper named George McKay and after one of there battles, which Copper Belt won, Mrs Pauline Deacon gave George a message along the lines of Bad Luck today, which the loyal strapper could not handle, so they were in the wash bay and he turned around and sprayed Mrs Deacon with the hose and anyone who knows her, also knows she was always well groomed, but after the wash down her well permed hair wasn't looking that flash.True story

Chief, I cannot agree with you when you say how Show Gate was treated is Irrelevant. Have a look at say Winx,she would have had a blood test taken once a week,any horse vitamins/supplements, she had her own masseur to manipulate her muscle, had access to a pool, treadmill and any other aid available to a horses well being. Now i will tell you a couple of stories regarding Show Gate, I asked Gordon if he used Veterinary services on his Bonny mare,his reply was she saw a vet twice in her life,the day she broke down at Trentham and the day she got pregnancy tested. The Kurow president asked him if he would bring her to their meeting to show the public ,He asked if they had an open sprint,this was after having a week off, he said yes,so put her in carried top weight and won in a canter.A leading female equestrian rider who is now married to a leading owner who lived in Ashburton knew where GB kept his horses over Cup Week and seen SG and looked in her feed bin and replied that her pony would get a better feed.Dusty chaff and scoop of oats Anyway both Winx and Show Gate in my opinion were champions, but i do wonder if the trainers were swapped, if we would be still call both them champions, I would not think so for one of them.

Brodie and any other posters that have little on today,Goggle a site called Rumble and search Dr Michael Yeadon and Dr Ryan Cole,in my view it makes compulsory reading regarding covid. The site rumble was created due to You Tube and alot of other sites TAKING DOWN ANY OF THERE OPINIONS.

What i will say on this matter is,I never had a fall at Reefton,but did have several at Rangoria in the 25 years i rode. I rode in a race when Paul Goslin was killed at Greymouth, but this had nothing to do with the track, a horse ahead of him broke down and came back on to him, both the horse and rider did several somersaults ending in a tragic accident. Holitika was a hard track to ride, as it was the only track that went the reverse way and had some tricky start points, I remember one day when the late Ray Hewison ended up on a car bonnet going out of the straight, when the horse he was riding failed to take the turn out of the straight. The old couple who's car it was ,never even moved, must have been real Coasters

Yes i agree,re Kevin Payne,the guy is passionate about racing. I may be wrong but was it Broomhall that gave him the push?

The members of the JCA who made this manifestly incorrect decision, should be SACKED,this is just a wrong decision and clearly shows how incompetent both RIU and JCA are

But they were, so who is at wrong? The punters who did the form under the false readings given by race control

Sorry it was at Ashburton