SLB2.0

It's clearly a ploy to avoid scratchings based on track conditions, right?

Definitely heavy - awaiting the inevitable downgrade.

A vet issue

Good trial. Never asked for anything and raced straight. Can't ask for more.

Slightly off topic, but why is there no racing at Ruakaka during these months? Did I miss the memo?

It's also tough to 'slip' on a bog Riverton track

They believe Moonee Valley isn't ready on Saturday either. Let's see how that plays.

What would a winner without a broodmare do? Sell the service I suppose?

Yeah - hasn't really hit yet. More just scattered showers, but I'm sure the downpours will come at some stage.

We've had more wind the rain at the moment, but I'm sure we'll get a strong downpour at some point in the next two days.

It was lost on protest, so nothing to do with the commentator.

What do you expect to happen? What a nonsense, braindead, and unemphatic comment.

15 regulated online casinos. Kiwis can still gamble at any online casino as it stands, and the popular ones (stake, roobet) are to be trusted. I wonder how many playing those casinos still shift to the regulated ones, providing they're not included in the 15.

Have you guys noticed how little they care about the punter now, though? It's more talking heads and we barely see a result shown, and as we all know, they don't even wait to show a photo finish for a big Australian race. Instead, they cut off and say "we'll update you on the result, but now we cross to *insert shit nz meeting here*" - and we never get the result.

Once again, I never suggested she shouldn't be there. I wasn't the OP. I only stated that non-racing folk don't know the biggest stars in the game, let alone a relatively new presenter.

I don't know. Beau... (see what I did there). I'd rather have ads than post on a site that's heavily moderated to suit the owners agenda.

Agreed - that was never in question.

I bet Scooby can't list one non-factual statement Canterbury Man has made in the Alabama thread. It's because there isn't one. Unsure why they're so offended by facts? Are these jerks all just gathered around in a circle?

Oh @Scooby3051 you want to talk about defamation? Do you really want to go there? I suggest you pipe down 🤡

Dark Beau, with all fairness, her riding career wasn't exactly headline stuff. You believe people outside the racing game know who Erin is??? People outside the racing game don't know who Craig Grylls is, who Michael McNab is, who Sam Spratt is, let alone a former jockey with 14 wins to her name.

I've tried to tell everyone that he's scum. No message is safe over there, no account is safe. He'll let anyone use your account to make posts under your name. He is a disgrace, and why anyone in the industry feels safe posting there is beyond me.

Yeeeeahh.... we pretty much disagreed on everything, and 80% of the time we still do. Then I left this site, and it's only recently that I've come back to call out the hypocrisy from Scooby. The difference is we don't call each other names when we disagree. We keep debating until a concession is made. I made a post about what I thought was a bad ride on Saturday. I got that wrong, and happy to admit it. You don't see that happening at the cesspit.

You know you've lost a debate when you start using clown emojis and resort to personal attacks. It's classic kindergarten debating style, and it's laughable. Provide evidence or discussion as to why you disagree with Chief, and then go about your day. You have Scooby saying Chief is negative, yet he posts negative information about tracks (that aren't Trentham or Ellerslie) and overrated jockeys, so isn't that pot kettle black stuff? And yeah, I'm not expecting a formulated reply, because your kind are not capable. Any toys left in that cot of yours?

You might want to take a look at yourself, Pete. I'm not defending Chief... I don't care what or where he posts. I call out hypocrisy (and I love doing it), and that's my only agenda. I also call out bad behaviour, and your friend Scooby is not a man of integrity when it comes to owning and operating an online forum. But, without Chief's posts over there, the site is just about dead anyway.

I'll ask you a question, Pete. Why can't Chief Stipe disagree or criticise something, but Scooby can do the same and have no pushback? He typically gets no pushback because he deletes anyone who disagrees with him, and he takes any disagreement as a personal attack. Nothing good has ever come from an echo chamber. And before you tell me I do the same with Chief Stipe, I don't even know his last name, I don't know him from a bar of soap, and we have disagreed on many things. But the difference between Scoobyshit and Chief Stipe is that Chief Stipe doesn't resort to personal attacks and lies, and manners maketh man is why I tend to enjoy the company of his type, not the lying, website forum-dictator class of Phillip Leigh McKenzie.