Murray Fish

Back in the early 70's had a bit to do with MH son Paul, he really didn't have much of a interest with racing! later got a PhD, struggle with poor eyesight if I recall correctly?

The Brown Nose Pollyanna Award: @TAB For Ever

Of course you are just a classic shallow petit bourgeois, often seen hanging around the actual bourgeoise! easy to spot via having a deep dark brown nose, sniff on that racings Mr Pollyanna

I have.... in the Huey awards! otherwise I still actually waiting for the season to finish, to see how a couple of young trainers be finishing off their seasons! ps, front up in person! I pride myself on fronting up in person! Just ask anyone that knows me personally!

Robbie Patterson

Ken & Bev Kelso

doh, I see that this sort of info is now found at the Racing Hub..

NZTR acknowledges the resignation of Rodney Schick from its Board of Directors effective immediately. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing | July 04, 2025 Rodney Schick steps down effective immediately. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) acknowledges the resignation of Rodney Schick from its Board of Directors effective immediately. Schick has served as a valued member of the Board since March 2024, playing a key role in the governance and strategic direction of NZTR. During his tenure, he provided oversight on a number of significant initiatives that have helped shape the future of Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand. NZTR Chair Russell Warwick expressed his appreciation for Schick’s contributions. “On behalf of the NZTR Board and management, I’d like to sincerely thank Rodney for his service to the industry.” “His professionalism and extensive racing and breeding knowledge have helped guide NZTR through a period of meaningful progress. “We are grateful for the time and energy he has dedicated to our sport,” Warwick said. NZTR Chief Executive Officer Matt Ballesty added, “Having someone of Rodney’s calibre around the board table has been a real asset.” “His deep understanding of the industry, particularly from a breeding and commercial perspective through his leadership of Windsor Park Stud alongside his wife, Gina, has brought valuable perspective to our discussions. “We thank him for his contribution and we fully respect his decision to step back at this time while extending our heartfelt support to him and his family,” Ballesty said. NZTR will advise in due course regarding the process to fill the vacant position on the Board.

Like as in Wanker of the Year! ps, you have started to post like those Tight Five you refer to!

Good to have him back , another reason for Chief TA cheer squad to get excited! sigh, he simple deserves serious respect for the effort needed to just be able to turn up on any race day! nothing to do with TA. At least he gets well rewarded for his talent and effort! many risk life and limb for a lot less, then for that the effort they put in! they then get to suffer later in life for the tragic eating styles that the need to be a jockey does to them!

Policy developed by Pinocchio and Co!

tick, very much why I 'chose' not to bet..

correct me if I am wrong? Doesn't overseas betting on races now be larger now? I presume that it would be the same for sports betting as well!

the ever problem of each Trainer having to massage their owners that the investment is worth it! especially to the big spenders, who of course have the back stop of being able to right off x loses via being breeders or buying to get a $talion!

In the modern world capitalist economy is that a actual true gauge of how well they are doing?

I could suggest that it is the shrinking disposable income that the NZ working class has! that has been falling since mid 80's. It rather mirrors the decline of the Industry here in NZ!

anyone know of any? (as mentioned) Look at MLB, every game the public picks the player of the game.. and mass import into who picks the players for the All Star game, similar for NFL....

(for those that don't have a fb account eorge Simon: Going the early crow catches me out again George Simon • June 30th, 2025 3:08 PM The field in action in the Norm Bevan Memorial Maiden Steeplechase at Trentham on Saturday. Credit: Race Images What's going on with these maiden steeplechase races? Two weeks ago, we saw a calamitous race at Te Rapa where just two of the original seven starters completed the race. At Trentham on Saturday, we saw another fiasco in the opening race of the day. After jumping the second to last fence, race leader Smug, ridden by Michael Roustoby, appeared to have the measure of his chasing rivals. I was at Ruakaka watching the race on Trackside with Chris Wood, who trained Smug. Forgetting all about "going the early crow" I confidently told Wood Smug was going to win. "You're home Woodsy" I asserted. Sign Up Offer We'll match your first deposit upto $50 in Bonus Cash when you join TAB. Bonus Cash is a product, not actual cash. Max bonus $50. New customers only. T&C's apply. Join Now Shouldn't have bothered....and should've known better. Just as I was starting to congratulate Wood, (with all of 600m to go and one last fence to jump), the inevitable happened. After clearing the second to last fence, Smug suddenly appeared to veer out and looked as if it had run off. A couple of others followed suit, veering out sharply as well through a narrow gap in the outside rail. However, three other rivals stayed on the "right" course and made their way towards the last fence. It was a "believe it or not" scenario as two groups of three horses split apart leaving everyone as confused as the other. I looked at Wood and I think we both simultaneously realised what had happened. "My horse has taken the wrong course and he'll have to be disqualified," said Wood. Normally, in circumstances like this, I fully expected Wood to vent his frustration. Not only for himself as trainer, but also for his owners and the betting public. Everyone had missed out, through no fault of their own. Kudos to Chris Wood here. As a former successful jumps jockey himself, he obviously had a greater appreciation of the nuances of riding in a jumps race, and what could go wrong. I was impressed with the levelheaded reaction, which masked his obvious disappointment. No histrionics, just a resigned awareness of what would happen. And he was right of course. Smug continued to "race", jumped the last fence safely and was in front at the finish post. If you get the chance to watch the replay, have a look at Roustoby's reaction after crossing the line. He knew he had erred, and the disappointment was obvious. The siren immediately sounded and after the judicial enquiry there was the inevitable change of placings. Eventually, Hey Hey Hey was declared the winner with Smug, Fabulous Nancy and Catch and Release all being disqualified for not taking the right course. The three riders of the disqualified horses each copped a three-week suspension for their misdemeanours. I'm not going to get into a blame game here. You could question why there was a gap in the rail which gave the three horses the opportunity to pass through the gap in the first instance. Nevertheless, it was pilot error, and those three riders made a momentary lapse of judgement and have paid the consequences. If there's any justice in the racing game, I hope Smug wins its next start. Chris Wood and his owners deserve that.

Interesting to see that Trackside NZ on there facebook page put this article out as a Sponsored post! (which means the pay so that it can be seen by more people) https://trackside.co.nz/article/george-simon-going-the-early-crow-catches-me-out-again?fbclid=IwY2xjawLUIbNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE0UUlPTHVUR25FSnk1RVRyAR7KPe5ZttkCdL1mOqQ-4TgnrUQzS8jmvV6Bxzynw1HDQ-0cCDq6vDu0NKls8A_aem_E5NIY-OjhhjXyanDvJ55oQ

i see that they have now corrected who won what stake money, the D'sq horses are now down as Nil. the pulled up and the fallen horse both got $520

a interview where heh (to my eye) smirked his way through the whole way! as if? it was rather practiced.. guess we just have to wait to see how the punters bet! or not!

is that in itself actually a problem? I used to love the work of the late great Mr Noel Eales... I could add a big fan of some other Stables as well! and nothing to wrong with that sort of thing!

Really? Do you want social media to vote on ANYTHING? Really? Do you want social media to vote on ANYTHING? My comment was based that there don't seem to be that many 'racing awards' that people can vote on, via social media.. can you name some? re the awards that this thread is about, I don't really care... for what its worth! I hopefully can find the energy to produce my own awards for down this! a few woman in the game down this way have had very good seasons! another for what it's worth! about 50% of my bets this season were on Team Orange horses! personally, I have found having a negative cognitive bias around certain trainer or owners or jockeys just makes punting even harder!

sigh, the have a grip tighter than a ducks bum! way to scared to go to social media! sadly so!