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What did people think of Callsign Mav , blame the track or indicative of our G1 form , or a bit of both , but he was a long way off the winner . We have a G3 at Trentham today and the field suggests we are yet again throwing away black type , I can see a major shakeup in our black type races coming over the next 5 years .

You could be right but only had 4 runs in Aus and had a tough run in 3 of them , when she got decent run she brained them in the Sheraco , might not be genuine Aus G1 but she's not far away , it's tough beating those Aussies at their own game , sprinting .

I've been around the area for nearly 30 years and name doesn't ring a bell , not that that means anything can barely remember yesterday dinner , any other info might jog memory .

I think you are being very generous in saying that as many as 50% are mediocre/competent , I personally would put it around the 20% , if that . Of those left a large proportion wouldn't even be up to stacking shelves. Of course it's all subjective .

Sad indictment on our times unfortunately , I'm at the stage where my wife and i do what's right for us first and make sure we enjoy what ever time we get together .

Not only in racing Joe , when money is involved you see the real person , people change when they think they can get a buck .

Ran the last 600 off the front in 34.67 , suggests the front one's done they're work early , when she ran 3rd at her last start she came from 9th to be beaten by a cpl of lengths yet they ran 33.02 off the front which made her run huge , so ridden a bit more patiently ala Icebath things would have been different , but Icebath is a smart mare so maybe 2nd would have been her best .

Yeah yet they love to say how it's just another race , yeah right . I used to say back well it might be for you but it isn't for me so switch on . The crap I've heard jockeys say away from raceday about horses and trainers and owners , very disrespectful , a lot of them here don't appreciate the money and effort that goes into horses before they are ready to race . So maybe i mark them too harshly sometimes .

I'm not blind , I seen it more than once , seeing it again won't change my mind , happy to disagree . I'm a hard marker of jockeys , I put too much work into my horses just to see them slaughtered without so much as a half apology , and be told next time , it was ready this time you Feckwit . Very frustrating . As I said we all see things differently and from different angles .

That's why i said if they treat like any other race , because it is such a big race all the more reason not to treat it special , important to get it right , because much more than just the prize money at stake . How much more is Anamoe worth if he wins . It's like the NRL , generally ref the finals different to the rest of the season .

Don't know many horses that can do the work she did through the first 700 meters and kick on to win . But we all see things through different eyes .

I'm sure Waller said CP was her main aim this spring , I'm still not sure she is at 100% , didn't fight like only VE can .

Geezus Berry slaughtered Entriviere today , that was a horror story of a ride , 2mil up and he does that , i hope he has apologized bigtime to the connections , no idea why he felt he had to go forward , she has a huge sprint when patiently ridden , he obviously didn't bother doing his homework on her , fantastic effort to run 4th , I hope she gets her reward . I'm sure JMac will give Berry heaps when he gets a chance to .

IMO if that inquiry is treated as a mdn in the back of beyond Anamoe gets promoted , clearly had his momentum hindered and was coming back at the line , with a clear run i believe he wins , but it's the Cox so they look at it through rose colored glasses . As for VE , Lane has put in a few average rides this spring , but most do . Different result with JMac on . Again JMO .

With zaaki gone and the rain i think she's all over this .

Wonder if NZTab done the same , I'm sure they would have kept it low key if they have . Not ones to over hype themselves

That really does open it up.

Ah those were the days , I remember them well .

Unfortunately Joe NZTR has been living on the never never for far too long now , and I can tell you that i can't remember the last time it felt like xmas being part of NZ racing .

I mentioned Il Affare a couple of weeks ago and she went a cracker coming from last to run 4th , in the last at MV and up 1600 , 14s and i would expect improvement .

I see that Hawera which was listed for closure is now 1 of the 5 strategic CD jumping venues , like Freda says about Timaru being kept on at the moment it was always a no brainer , as you say Huey they need to tread carefully with the current situation , but then we all agreed they were way too rash initially , we could see that some of the discarded venues were going to be needed , hence maybe if there had been wider consultation with the racing fraternity they would have got a broader picture of what would work going forward . Too late now but the A/Ws are a bit like the square peg into the round hole scenario , they will use all the machinery possible to make them fit into NZ racing irrespective of the irrevocable fractures they will cause the wider industry .

Don't give the activists a fart to complain about , best way to stifle them . To be honest it's not a good look for even joe average now .

Stock, pretty sure he has taken over the family farm, used to see his old man doing fences and such, not sure he's hands on or not but he'd be a bit soft after all those years in parliament, got a great story about him from his days on the Levin district council, can't tell it on a public forum, maybe if we ever have a beer together , that will get you giggling.

I live not too far from NG , nearly ran him over and a couple of his staff a couple of weeks ago, just meandering along a country road that he probably thinks he owns, Do you think i have missed an opportunity???

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