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Nice pics Murray

I see the usual tripe on red neck cafe with fuck knuckle and his low intellect, deadhead mates. The irony is that they are so deluded, they honestly believe someone like Matt Ballesty is actually going to engage them in public forum..........................duh? What did you do today Matt, well I got into this discussion with these characters called Fuck Knuckle, No Mates and We're Doomed about the future of racing in NZ.....yeah right. As clever as you has-beens think you are, which you aren't, it ain't going to happen

You might have to elaborate more on that. Most of the knockers are anonymous. It is pretty hard to engage with people who engage in what is the proliferation of innuendo and gossip, without any fact. A good example is the assertion that NZTR and the breeders are trying to centralise racing in Auckland/Waikato, an assertion that is purely based on circumstance. Anyone with half a brain can see that is a flawed strategy. For racing to flourish in NZ, it has to be strong across the entire country. Suggestions that NZTR was trying to shut down racing in the Hawkes Bay were just nonsense and have since proven to be the case

If you were Matt Ballesty, would you? There is a good reason why he or any of his leadership team will not go anywhere near these social media sites. For a start, why would any of them engage in dialogue with anonymous posters. You would have to have rocks in your head to do that

Be odds on that a significant number post regularly on social media, namely the Facebook site

None, I've been too busy out working, tosser

If you are disenfranchised with the industry you are in, get out of it, unless of course you are earning a living out of it, which all becomes a bit ironical anyway lol Either that or do something to change it. Don't keep on spewing your guts all over social media. That reflects on you as a person, not on the situation you are commenting on

I don't think you can read much into the results. 8% response rate and likely to be skewed by the non-response bias. In other words, most of the silent majority, who didn't reply because they are just getting on with it

RIB need to front foot this and terminate his employment and admit they were not in possession of all the data to make a correct decision on his employment. Botherway knew dam well he would not get the job if he disclosed this 'incident'. He has been deceptive and that disqualifies him from a role concerning other people's integrity. As I said before the porn is not the issue, as distasteful as it might be to some, who probably watch porn anyway

To be honest CS, racing administration has bought on a lot of the opprobrium it gets through the mismanagement of the projects it takes on. Delay in addressing Hastings, problems with the Awapuni track, the development at Alexandra Park that went belly up, even Ellerslie's new track in the early stages, and other issues to do with the allocation of spending and programming You could be well excused for coming to the conclusion that the people in charge are not very competent. I don't know the reasons why these things go wrong, social media is not reliable in giving you an accurate picture Anyway back to Mr Botherway. It's not like the running of racing in NZ has a whole heap of runs on the board, so they need to stop digging holes for themselves. Issuing this guy a trainers license for example may have not been to the liking of some, but he was offered a job as an adjudicator on integrity, which as I have said before is not appropriate because his own integrity is in question Racing admin needs to stop shooting itself in the foot if it wants to be respected by the industry it administers. You can't keep defending a regime that does not help itself, and that is what you are doing

Hahaha, and its name was Mickey

Never heard it called a lizard before, maybe a chameleon lol

Managing a brothel?

The indiscretion which was having porn on his computer that staff could see, but he has gone to great lengths to hide this to the RIB, by not raising it and continuing to try and get permanent name suppression. Now that is fine when it comes to many avenues of employment, but TOTALLY unacceptable for someone working judging others integrity. So not the indiscretion but that he tried to hide it, he never came clean Now apologies to anyone with a sensitive demeanour, but there are 3 somewhat clever but inappropriate puns in the post above lol

Got to look sideways at your comments CS. Regardless of what he has done, which is admitted, he has set out to deceive and be dishonest in covering up his indiscretion. Hardly the qualities expected of someone in a position passing judgment on other people's indiscretions. RIB has also been poor in not checking him out, although I presume he did not disclose this at any stage during the recruitment process. Of course he didn't, he was trying to get permanent name suppression. I'm sure any female jockey's knowing of his past would have felt very uncomfortable being interviewed by him had the occasion arisen.

Not a good look for Damian Botherway who was adjudicating at Ellerslie on Saturday, being a member of an 'integrity' board

I note former and very experienced jockey Bob Vance supports the theory it was the colour change that caused the horse to shy

Apologies changed my mind viewing the overhead she did start veering in 3-4 lengths before the rail changing colour

Agree totally

She has done extremely well against the best Aus has to offer (unlike Damask Rose), but a G1 win is the glittering prize. As you know, horses are unpredictable, look at Savaglee, a champion in waiting at 3, never came back at 4

Yes a big run and she is a quality, genuine G1 horse, but why are they not putting her over more ground, that is her forte and why they paid big money for her. Is there a lack of suitable races. They need to get a wriggle on and secure a G1 win for her breeding value, and except for Winx they only have a limited life at the top.

Another example of not trusting AI

Have a look at the video. The last 100m That's Gold was clearly stopping

That's Gold according to the rider failed to stay the distance. How many times does that happen, showing a brilliance over 2000m (Avondale Guineas) but then not seeing out the 2400m. Yulong made the wrong call there, or maybe not. On recent experiences (Willydoit and Leica Lucy) brilliant over 2400m, but only ever raced up to 1600m in Aus

If she can break 1.21 for 1400m, she is a sprinter