Murray Fish

personally, I have turned of notifications from blackbook... heading to the spelling paddock for winter... only watch a race if a mate has a ownership interest! like today!

https://www.girlsgetracing.co.nz/?utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=120225095399750710&utm_content=120225456563380710&utm_term=120225456563390710&utm_campaign=120225095399750710&fbclid=IwY2xjawKhsztleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqyB-vqkW1mJyaWQRMWlJTzRrVXdvMUJBanpnNUIBHqtkm-2TtfDDSijDIy8D2wJkraJF75EVSiZpLxD6kDBsaiWLmU7nRJkKEiWk_aem_p94PFTG4RXRLEbREbmPFgw

I was on course, It didn't take long for them to make their runs over where the official car were driven. I asked one trainer after they had a win how they would describe the track, Not sure they said! they are running slow times on it.

Any idea of the person who has been running it recently? My fb post resonated with many... "peace our brother" Jamie Searle I hope the lesson I shared with ya when you got your new camera were of help! : Jamie Seymour Searle passed away on Thursday 22 May. RIP

I know of one who did! and Did ride a winner! A free picture of the jockey to the first winner!

I have some interesting chats while on course the other day! Not big fans of Head Office as such, that M fella a strong NO! Will attempt to put some photos up, absolute crap as a track to take photos with strong low sun shining from the inside of the track, but what a History place! Great photos on the walls from the 1920's It be Freehold to I believe? What it be worth?

nope

How many at work at Riverton?

...the long historical drift to urbanisation, negating a relationship with the horse is one long term force at play. Economically, over the last 40 years, the disposable economics of more than 50% of nz'ers has Decreased! racing ability to captor its % has Shrunk on a massive scale.. its rather sickly if you graphed it! S.A, all that means, that for many at the coalface, it continues to be a ever grind...

Not sure, Ascot Park presented well the other day! One of the D bros was keen to tell me how they had gone and brought some land with profits from them previously sell some of their land off!

true story, I snapped a shot of the decaying "1st" which was above the winning return to scale slot! It had been slowly decaying... I discreetly slipped a cop of to a committee member, who did put in some effort to upgrade!

The historical background of racing, always very hierarchical. Trainers and Jockeys, they have always come to the table "cap in hand", still do! In the modern era, it's hard to be telling the owner positive things and then going public with 'doom and gloom'... I admire some of the young trainers in the South who are trying hard to make a living Training. It would make for interesting reading to see trainers tax returns, will NZ get like NSW and start asking for that sort of thing! Top of tree have been the rich owners (who mostly know the costs of playing with the Horses, just don't tell the Mrs...) along with the Leadership quorum in the Big Clubs! Often the same players! The secretary of those Clubs, counted the cash and then poured plenty into the 'members troughs' on any race day. I happened to catch the end of it at the once mighty Trentham! It was more about the size of the troughs! and who got to get their noses into them! that what was important, there were always horses to race on the track being presented! Jockey safety! slips, all part of racing. "let the tracks take care of themselves.." and they have!

Add in the reality of the % of disposable income available in the community that race get$! track that stat over the last 50 years! Don't mention the aging punter problem, the other day, I sat down with a senior racing person from there, showing him some people photos I took at a meeting of his club 10 years ago, I think there were 35 people shots, 23 now dead...

Winnie is just a lap dog to his financial backers... always has been, always will be!