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Unfortunately "momentum " goes both up and down , really don't feel like we are on an up at present .

Well if , big if , Castles is the next esteemed leader of NZ racing then we have definitely hit the bottom of the barrel and the industry is truly fucked .

Yeah well obviously once a horse has gone beyond it's grade on the A/W it has to revert heavy track racing to get its rating down , but not much money in that , only ever going to race for 10k , oops sorry 12k . Either that or retire it .

But hey NZ racing is surfing on a high wave of success at present , stakes are up , turnover eh ok not so great , horse numbers eh ok on the decline , but we do have a shinny new A/W . Flying .

And have a look at some of the players they have let go during his tenure that have turned into better than average players , Nichol Klostad for one , but happy to take Shaun Johnson back after saying they can't win a premiership with him , is this a sign that they have lowered their expectations and are just happy to play and collect salaries , as he is in his role with NZ racing .

Only 96 horses accepted with only 17 horses that haven't raced on the A/W surface previously , a bit surprised with the low number trying the A/W for the first time , would have thought there would be a continuous supply of new blood at this time of year , especially in the Waikato district . Sign of things to come ? The biggest worry is that there is 170k in stakes being put up , what are the chances that the industry is going to lose big on this meeting . I will be keeping an eye on the totes for each race . Going to be interesting .

I find it interesting that on Wednesday they have the biggest stake day for the Cambridge A/W since it's inception and they have only managed to get enough horses to run 7 races , surely they are expecting a decent crowd so why wouldn't they programme a couple of extra races . First meeting where they haven't had enough nom's to split a race or two , perhaps that was what they were expecting hence they only programmed 7 races .

Has anybody seen anything official on the distributions to the 3 codes , we were discussing it a few weeks ago when NZTR released proposed stakes increases for next season before they had confirmation of what their share might be . I haven't noticed anything official , so was wondering if i have just missed it or it was so underwhelming i have erased it from my mind .

The CEO adds the "E" to shite . The circle of thought and ideas just keeps decreasing .

They really know how to spread the net far and wide .

Another IT whiz kid trying to show some noddy he knows his stuff , unfortunately no one bothered to check with some punters whether it was of any real use . Some one is getting paid industry money to make this shit up .

There will come a time when someone will protest and the shit will hit the fan .

That's the best he's ever looked on TV .

The win tote at the close of races is pretty much what you see at any other midweek meeting , i have made a point of watching these figures .

You've got more money than me if your going again , there was nothing in that run to suggest improvement .

Said exactly the same to my wife when that race was run , a bad executive decision for sure .

Just had a look at the calendar and i wonder why they didn't look to run this meeting on Tuesday , would have been better for the industry and participants to run this meeting than lose it . The devil in me thinks they make more from not paying out stakes than the punting .

It's these kind of abandonments , late decisions and jumping races , that completely deflate the argument for A/W's . Can't see where the jumping races go , at least before the national meeting . Actually since the A/W's began being put in i can hardly recall an abandonment because of the dastardly weather . Possibly went off before nom's on them .

Trentham abandoned due to the weather conditions , a shame was looking forward to the days racing . But it raises a question , if the A/W had been installed at Palmy would this day have been saved for the industry and it's participants ? mmm i wonder .

Well just proves that we are becoming a tin pot outfit .

You would be amazed at the amount of people that think it is the job of the gates boys to teach horses to load properly at the jumpouts and trials , been watching it for years where horses have done nothing more than walk thru the barriers before going to a jumpout or trial . Done some work behind the gates years ago , it's an eye opener .

Doh ! you were talking about jockeys , the male jocks you named don't have fat reserves so therefor no fat guts , nor would J Kah have anything like the fat reserves that a woman would normally carry . Jesus stop looking in the mirror whilst talking about fat guts that are hanging so low as to hide any semblance of manhood you might have . Sometimes in life you just have to accept what you are , in this case your sexist . Give J Kah credit for just being a damn good jockey , irrelevant of sex , no need for it to be part of the discussion .

I bet she has less fat on her thighs than you have on your brain .

Your a fecking idiot , this is exactly why racing finds itself in the position it does , i'm wasting my time , all you can do is refer me to your IDOLS website . Your an ignorant and churlish little man who has little or no understanding of the wider problems this industry has , your solution " POSITIVITY " , your PROBABLY be right . Not !!! p.s. don't damage your painted fingernails typing a reply , i'm not wasting my intelligence on you anymore .

I will add Tesio , there was a time when we were big enough to sustain more than one super club , oh for those times again , but alas not or never to be again i fear , it saddens me all the same .