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The majority of the black type they won here i.e. G1's won't be around shortly , all the G1's are on warnings and if you look at the average ratings for those races this season they are lower than the previous seasons , it's a downward spiral . We can call them G1's if we want but internationally they won't be recognised . All Black types below G1's are even worse .
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Don't hold your breath on a large portion of black type holding onto it's status , every black type race in this country from G1 down to listed runs well below it's required ratings average . In a few years our current G1 races will be struggling to hold on to a G3 status , because they are currently hardly holding onto that G3 level of rating . It's all well saying this race and that race can be black type but overseas they aren't stupid , they know when it's coming out of a cornflakes packet , they will hold no weight at all .
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Yet only 1 horse rated over 84 , Jodelin Gal on 89 , the only horse in the field that has true black type ability that i can see . But we need to get used to it , as i keep posting the numbers of fillies being sold out of NZ now is an avalanche . And how long till Jodelin Gal joins her 1/2 brother bankers Choice in the Waller stable . She's racing for 60k today but can race for 140k every Saturday in Sydney . The whole industry is shrinking , and it's shrinking northwards .
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Did you guys see the pictures coming out of Otaki , they would be talking to themselves , there was nobody on course bar owners , trainers and jockeys . Perhaps all the jockeys could have worn traditional dress in the races ? Purely for the TV audience .
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I would think helping pay RACE debt off . We are all part of one big happy family aren't we .
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I have just seen another stakes filly that has left our shores , Unusual Culture , 3yo filly out of the Auret stable , 3 starts , 1 win 2 stakes placings , first up out of the Maher/Eustace stable in the 1st at Caufield tomorrow . It's all good , we'll be able to watch mdns fill groups races shortly , especially fillies .
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Yeah but every dog can have it's day .
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Is he better than the norm for the SI or was it merely right horses , right day ? Hasn't really stood out to me previous to today .
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Ignorance, Arrogance, Stupidity, Incompetence? It's a very fine line.
nomates replied to Doomed's topic in Galloping Chat
Mate your going to do your head in trying to fathom their rationale , they could all be half of what they are and still attract the same fields , because if someone says my horse could win more in Aus they would go anyway , there is only a handful of horses each season out of NZ that are competitive in any group level race , even most of our G1 racehorses struggle to win city Saturday races . But hey minimum is up to 14k , so really who are we plebs to look to the promised land of group racing and complain , be bloody grateful i say .- 1 reply
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Wash your mouth out , catering for 2yo's and 3yo's in the SI , waste of bloody time to them , it's a discussion that's been going on here for a while and they still haven't picked it up .
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You'd be surprised at the number of owners are nieve to things such as this , or a syndicate where the trainer just does as they want , big stables in particular need numbers in work to keep things ticking over financially . I can tell you the syndicates i am in with my small percentage as are many others , it becomes too cumbersome to ask everyone so trainer and syndicate manager decide , i just have to live with it , but i knew going in . Also some owners can't wait , hardest lesson in racing , patience , everybody has made the error .
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Drug Testing Conducted At Cambridge JC by the RIB.
nomates replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
Then there would be nobody left to tell the drug testers where and when they need to drug test . -
As Freda says most try to plan but it always amazes me how many times i see a horse that clearly doesn't like wet tracks kicking off a campaign in April/May .
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Their not that smart you wouldn't give them that much credit to be that cunning , just the usual bullshit planning , been happening for decades .
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It's not weird they are 2 different grades of race meeting , Oamaru mostly mdns and horses that might not have made the Riccarton fields or connections felt they were more competitive at Oamaru , and as much as i would like to put it down to NZTR incompetence even they wouldn't have been expecting a G4 at Oamaru .
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Most of the horses racing at Riccarton will want the wet track , and to be fair i have seen plenty of heavy tracks at Oamaru , just having a dry spell .
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The A/W's were supposed to save the industry a small fortune in lost revenue from abandonments and postponements , well that only works if those days lost were actually making money in the first place , which we know is highly dubious , if anything the industry made more from stakes saved , so were the A/W's really needed or were all those in favor of them merely magpies .
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You obviously are not employed by the TAB .
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Yeah to the team they wanted to do it .
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C'mon Gamma , stop trying to put some Aussie DNA in the best jock in the world , 😅 .
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Don't piss on the man's parade D . It was everybody's big selling point , well those that were getting something out of them .
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I sat in disbelief Joe , what has happened to our once great sport . It can't all be about the dollar .
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NS was superb , a class above .
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I am absolutely disgusted that TV coverage went to music immediately after crossing the line , i am sure it was our decision because there is no way the Aussies would have , our racing and coverage of it has become completely soulless . I am emailing the Tab and NZTR to register my disgust and would ask that everyone else does the same , it's totally unacceptable .
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Mate , look at the state of the industry , does it look like they have ever accepted they got something wrong , they just double down . Plus we would have to be a well run industry first , we have run on the fringes of insolvency for years .
