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Geez as long as it's not the other way around , iv'e already booked my accommodation .

The Boa is constricting .

Well they had 8.5mil of our money to play with .

The issue will be that the horses we require to be racing in our better races to make them competitive and keep the ratings up will be racing in Australia . And i fully understand the reasoning . The problems really begin when even the younger progressive horses start getting shipped there also .

We should get ready for the avalanche to start , we have all been saying for a while that an exodus of trainers to Aus would happen . Forsman is getting in early . After the rest of this season , where stakes are being artificially propped up due to the 8.5mil shortfall in TAB funding , that shortfall could become 15mil for the 23/24 season if the TAB can do nothing to halt the slide . That equates to 329k per week in loss of stakes funding for the galloping code , what sort of stakes are we going to be racing for if that number is realized . Any decent young trainer with some real ability and some connections and conviction has to make the jump , even someone like TA have to look seriously look at getting set up over there , NZ for development of young horses then shipped to Australia to race for money . 329k a week , the figure is staggering , the industry is staggering if this figure come to fruition .

The Irish left because they said there was no food when the potato famine hit , but there was a paddock of cabbages next door that they wouldn't look at , too focused on their misery . NZTR are like the Irish , if only they looked to either side they might find a solution to the industries plights .

It is the old Thames date , tough to get Thames locals to sponsor a race run at Matamata , also be interesting to know how many Thames locals went to see their town cup being run , handful at best i suggest . Used to love the Thames races around that little circuit , the reverse West coast .

I think he has just become more relaxed as he's got older and settles in his races better , i don't think that some of the jockeys in years gone by had much say in how he would be ridden , all Camino Rocoso .

I agree , i don't know why Rotorua or Timaru couldn't have raced tomorrow , competing against each other for the limited dollars . Maybe they want to give their staff a day off .

Hopefully i get to meet him on Millions night , sounds like a top bloke .

Your pushing the envelope mate , if your lucky i'll have rejuvenated the Northern Star and you can have the 1st class room , actually you can have the Captains room as you will be sailing it over yourself , how does the other half go as an engineer . The ride is getting a bit wild , pun intended .

Definitely Dunhill that carved them up , even my 84yo MIL picked it and she knows nothing .

Mate race riding is a rodeo act in the SI , very rarely bet down there for that reason .

Shudn't that be " faseshus " . Was at the skool i been at . .

" Kent of course " , the accident was personal and he had to change his blue daks .

I know nothink !!

Your in the know , what do you know ?

Sorry got this wrong , meant to say , Drink shit loads , eat sparingly , and talk to your bank manager to find out your overdraft balance before going nuts betting .

And back at you Joe and your better half , and as you say to all those that have lost loved ones this year , especially the families of the young jockeys we have lost recently . Eat plenty , drink moderately , and win heaps on the punt .

Never , but it is just a matter of time , and then the next will be a horse losing a G1 for over use of the whip . Many will say that the whip doesn't make a difference , so why use them in a finish , it's a big debate , had many times on many forums . But rules are rules .

I could read an under tone of violence , you fool no one .

Seems a lot of stupid remarks going about .

I can tell you one thing Joe , those guys that do the carbon dating would have a field day with some of the old fossils on here .

I told you , you were my best ever student , the other 2 were shite .

Looks like Joe on a good day , most can't handle the truth .