nomates

Not another one , i'm still recovering from the one i gave myself for backing a tip i got given yesterday , i'm afraid my glass chin wouldn't take another .

To prove my point regarding the CD numbers , with Otaki gone and Waverley left open they still can't fill one field at Waverly to capacity , i would suggest numbers at both meetings might have been quite light . Time perhaps for one meeting per week in the CD , running more races . Tracks used less and have more time to recover .

It won't make a shred of difference , very few of the horses that were going to run at Otaki would run on the A/W . This is what the powers that be don't get , the Otaki runners need the wet track . Every year they run more and more A/W races the fewer wet track horses will be persevered with , which then becomes an ever decreasing pool of horses . The solution is and always has been fix the tracks up that we wanted to use the most in winter so they could handle winter racing . The 45mil spent on 3 A/W's is completely wasted in the battle to sort out NZ racing . If they had had a plan of track resurfacing over the past 10 even 20 years we would not be in this position , their whole long term solution to track maintenance has been patch and repair , all on a reactionary basis , as in when there is a slip in a race or surface flooding . There has been a complete lack of forward planning in NZ racing for decades , particularly regarding tracks but in all facets of our racing . As much as it pains me , centralisation of the majority of the important racing to the north is a forgone conclusion , timeframe is the only question . Whether it happens because of a covert plan by NZTR and the " consortium " is irrelevant , the attrition of owners and horses , especially in the CD and the quality of the majority of SI horses is making quality racing impossible in these jurisdictions . The money is north of Taupo as are the majority of quality horses , it makes sense . It's all too late to reverse this process . I would love someone to come on here and tell me that i am completely wrong and here is how it can be done , i'm not too proud to say i am wrong and they are right , happily say it .

The open stayers race also gone so now if you have a horse rated higher than 74 no race for you till Wanganui in 5 weeks . Shouldn't have been 5 weeks between Otaki and Wanganui anyway but some horses will be 7/8 weeks between races .

Otaki gone , Ryder Stakes to be run at Te Rapa on Saturday , no other CD track available . Turn the lights off , lock the door and don't look back . Actually don't bother locking the door , there is fuck all worth taking . How many CD black type races been moved north this season ? Can you hear that ,,,,, listen very hard , it's coming , closer , closer , can you hear it now , CETRALISATION !!!!!

The circle of life at NZTR , Otaki track being inspected this morning , Waverly nom's left open till lunchtime . That's great , so those 2yo's that miss an opportunity at black type can nom for a mdn instead .

Whilst it was tongue in cheek , i have said for a while that centralisation as in north of Taupo is the end game , that is racing of any real substance .

Just received this email myself and was going to post it so thanks saved me the trouble . So certain processes weren't followed , again , and now Rotorua is now unavailable as a racing venue till further notice . Keep going moth balling tracks like this and racing will be put on hold until Auckland has laid it's flash new track then racing twice a week there . And i don't really feel valued , haven't for decades .

I assume he left a job file when he left , all it would have in it would be the advice to check the bank acct regularly and smile because it's easy money .

Nothing to do with so many tracks not being utilized , never let the facts be part of the narrative .

Great post Joe , but the brick wall is still winning . Why did they not scrap the races on Saturday and ask for new noms and acceptances for a meeting today on the A/W , surely that is doable in 2 days .

Just press repeat , groundhog day , but just not as funny .

Which one ? Do you know something ? Who's been talking to you ?

Apparently he done everything wanted , long prep ahead , if he was mine i'd be rapt .

Yeah i know him too but the prick won't drop the name to me either . I watched Imperatriz win very impressively , looks like she could be taking over the MB/Avantage mantle .

I see Mark Walker has 50+ trialing at Cambridge today . Including some of his better horses .

THAT !!!!

And they wonder why people like myself and other nations supporters dislike them , they have always worn an air of superiority and arrogance that has made them easy to dislike . That arrogance is starting to wear thin .

Irrespective of whether they are treating one jurisdiction worse or better than another , the one consistent is that they are treating the punter poorly , with complete irreverence .

More like opting for I Pads and I Phones along with video games , one day there could be something along the lines of the " Obesity Cup " .

I was at the game last night and i have to say the AB's played the worst half of football i can recall , as much down to the Irish intensity in defence , but the handling and lack of cohesion was poor , i could feel it in the crowd , a lot of anxious fans 20 mins in . The poor sportsmanship was what amazed me the most , the booing at conversions and penalties says it all to me , it shows that the fans realised that the team was in trouble and were trying to ensure they didn't have more points to chase . It used to be an unwritten rule in rugby , show good sportmanship and allow the kick to be taken in silence . But this all goes back to the corporate takeover of sport , we have seen it in racing , and now rugby is feeling it , people who have no vested interest in the sport other than making it profitable , getting positions of power and a say in what happens , how many AB fans honestly thought that Foster should have got the job ahead of Robertson , how much of it was a corporate decision ahead of a rugby decision . Look at the Silver Lakes crap , NZRFU were prepared to sell their soul but many of the provinces were worried about it , but suddenly up the amount of booty to each province and suddenly they are all on board , go figure . How much of that will truly get to club land . AB fans should get used to this , the AB's not being the absolute unspoken champions of the world , money is lower the sporting ambition and elevating making money to the most important factor . Unfortunately for racing , whilst they have also lowered the standard of our " product " they also can't make money . Other than that a great night was had and the best "team " won , so funny to be watching AB fans leaving before the final whistle , a real supporter stays and gives them a clap for trying for them , even if poorly , but this is now the world we live in .

I would suggest that it's as much the horses not adapting to the grit track , horses go from travelling to nothing , some never looking comfortable , it's not a pretty watch , YAWN .

Why would they come out and say well in advance that they aren't going to split it , is it to scare people into running on the A/W in case they don't get a run at Oamaru . I thought that they were supposed to work with industry participants not intimidate them into running horses where it best suits the management .

I am dreading what the CD programming will be like .

Don't the locals do their own programming as in a Canterbury committee . Surely they have a handle on numbers , but as you say this is to force lower grade horses to run on the A/W , It just gives a false impression of the popularity of the A/W track , underhanded behaviour .