Fred

We may be wrong to assume that the world will get over the virus=find a cure, etc. Racing as we have known it may now be a thing of the past.

Hard work has a future pay off -Laziness pays off now Geez, I'm bored

Is it not great how in racing a Christian name can be so easily recognised ? Colin, the AI advocate, the big punter who suffered no fools -who painted horses bums Then there are locals like Trevor, Patrick, Opie, James, Grenville, Thomas -others like Bart, Perc, Lester Frankie .....

Fit after a proper spell -say 70 days

Are these "ethics experts" lawyers with trainees working for them or perhaps university staff teaching students ? just asking Perhaps George was taught by the Sheriff.

Consenting adults is hardly a Doctor/Patient scenario

How sick is NZTR [and others] pleading for the horse industry to be declared an essential service. Quoting tosh like horses kept in stables need to be exercised and therefore training tracks must operate. Every horse at some stage is turned out of work and running free in a paddock -the only difference now is that they all will be paddocked at the same time. I see some large stables have 'bit the bullet' and sent all for a spell, good on them .

Surely no one would keep a horse in work now -so it would be a matter of the horses returning from spelling and getting fit enough to race .My ones always take two to three months work before racing.

With clearance given in a months time [optimistic] it would seem racing could resume around August.

Not much point in keeping a horse in training in the hope it may be able to race sometime -could be money down the gurgler [what's new?]

Evidently it costs around 800k per annum to run Avondale and the costs are covered by the market, sports fields and other rentals. So they are not a burden on the industry like some other metro tracks. Attempts to close them down would see a demonstration of Craddock proportions

It was there up to the fifth of November

Fair bit of splattered egg around -after the improved run last week I got on today.

yes, and give clubs the money they earn on their meetings so they can set their own stakes levels -and sink or swim because of their own efforts

It is an excellent track and well equipped to cater for the virus affected crowds.