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A well thought out and realistic strategy has paid dividends. When you think of all the horses that have crossed the Tasman in recent times and not run well at metro meetings, perhaps more should consider it..........come in Te Akau

Worth a thread of its own

If the new trainer has a better strike rate, would you not factor that in?

Well the Bonecrusher Stakes has been such a good, educational thread, with the good grace of the various contributors, can we try it again next Sat with the above 2 races, should be more exposed form being WFA and open handicap Still getting ny ahead around the subtle difference between picking value as opposed to winners

Gazzac posted a day or so ago, that he is a part owner of Akela Belle

Thanks Docker, and welcome to Bit of a Yarn Gee there is a lot of expertise lurking behind many of these people posting

Alright then, you guys have done an awesome job of rating the Bonecrusher Stakes field, but a bit more meat on the bone, how are you assessing horses in the first place? There is a an interesting race at Waipukurau today, R3. 2 horses Not Santa - ran second on debut, to a horse Lodhi, that ran a close second yesterday in a strong field at Trentham Scorch - last start 6th to a horse that ran second in the Bonecrusher Stakes, also ran second last in the Karaka million How do you rate the comparative performances of those 2 horses, and what other starters can you rate as a chance

What's your recommendation and why?

The other aspect to this, is that the Minister has commissioned a report that recommends NZRB and NZTR be replaced by Wagering NZ and Racing NZ, with significant associated reform, that will supposedly double stake money The Minister has also very publicly made clear his disdain for the NZRB. The DIA are currently reviewing 160 submissions on the report. I'm not defending anyone, but you can see what the retort would be, if there were murmurings of a strike

Messara report recommendation

Yeah, STOP IT Hedley, you're destroying reputations

So 30 mil on 3 synthetic tracks, are really just to improve training tracks at Riccarton, Awapuni and Cambridge, where there are no facilities for racing anyway

Hoi polloi?? Strathayr is meant to be robust, not like one of your manicured fescue/brown top lawns in Shaky city

Isn't most of the training and trials done on grass tracks, the rationale for a synthetic at Cambridge being to allow horses to be prepared for racing and sale in Aus, and not be hindered by boggy winter grass tracks. If that is the case??, then why can't a Strathayr be considered as a training track, it is after all just a very superior grass track

I invited you to post ur assessment of the Bonecrusher Stakes, 90% of ur post related to ur lewd fantasies Now either learn some decorum, there are women on here that don't want to be hijacked by that shit or men with more respect to mention it, or fuck off to RC I hear Scoobs is a changed man and desperate for posters so u shud be right And don't pass it off as humour becos it's not

Bullshit, you're warbling on about your fantasies with some woman Everyone else manages to take responsibility for a reasonable modicum of forum etiquette and decorum If you can't, then just fuck off from this site and give the Chief one less headache

Just give him a holiday will ya Chief before he turns the site into a circus Been warned about corrupting threads Some never learn

??? WTF has this got to do with the Bonecrusher Stakes

Test cricket is a yawn for many, so they got a bit creative and came up with ODI, and then 20/20 and all the associated add ons. Racing has exactly the same format it had 50 years ago. I don't know what they could be for racing, but where there is a will there is a way

This was the reply from Frank Casimaty He has ceased posting on the Strathayr thread, a response on the Kensington track would have been good Frank Casimaty Members 19 3 posts Report post Posted September 14 This is Frank Casimaty Managing Director StrathAyr. Bill is retired. I will try and answer your questions as asked. 1. Is there any reason to suggest Strathayr would not work in NZ StrathAyr Tracks will definitely work in NZ. We have tracks working well in all climates from the tropical climates of Hong Kong and Singapore all the way down to Moonee Valley and Moe in Victoria and Launceston in Tasmania. The only difference is the grass species on top which is selected to best meet the local climate

Thanks

Well it's in the Messara report, so a Xmas present for you Freda Riccarton Park – Venue with 23 race meetings in 2017/18. One of the three best racecourse venues in New Zealand. Excellent location in Christchurch. Major training centre. Requires reconstruction of course proper, a synthetic track and some general facility improvements. Racecourse Reserve. Bearing in mind the so many negative comments we have heard about synthetic tracks, it is hard to comprehend why Messara has placed so much emphasis on them. Strathayr has stood the test of time(refer comments in the Strathayr thread from their CEO). Why waste money on synthetic tracks at Cambridge, Awapuni and Riccarton, better to spend the money on Strathayr tracks at the new Greenfields Waikato site(wherever that is), Riccarton, Awapuni, and throw in Ellerslie and Trentham for good measure. I presume a properly constructed Strathayr track can be used for training. After reading the so many problems associated with synthetic tracks(yes I do read the other site from time to time), they will end up being the biggest white elephant in NZ racing, a repeat of the betting platform issues

Yes, great you have put this thread Mardigras, thanks, in retrospect, probably should've gone for the Captain Cook Stakes with the more exposed form. But what the hell I'm just sitting back and taking it all in. Much to the disgust of you pro's, I'm a $200 all up place, 3-4 legs, all faves. 1.40, 1.50, 1.60, 1.70, divvies in that region give me a $1000 to $1800 collect every so often. Just a bit of fun, and it gets fairly exciting going into the last leg with a grand on a 1.40 place shot. But who knows

What's wrong with poa?