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Was it a mistake?

Gee said on this thread, that it was like quicksand, which suggests a lot finer grade of sand was used, than specified, and would explain why the drains are getting blocked.

I recall Peter Blanchard came along, they introduced HCO3 testing, and he was gone as quickly as he came. Might be wrong?

Didn't the partnership of Roy and Barry Purdon used to dominate harness racing in much the same way back in the 70's and 80's?

I only put the pic up, because there was suggestion in some circles that it should have been declared a dead heat, when, if you zoom in, there is a clear margin to the inside horse. Even more of a margin than Weasel's pic, which was Rikki Tikki Tavi(inside) beating Memories Only at Ellerslie. I would imagine the judge would have far superior technology to our Photoshop cropping

Reminds me of that saying How do you make a small fortune blahblahblah.................start with a large one

Break My Stride, course stats showing 1 for 0 Yet has won at Te Rapa, so must to Te Aroha course stats

Course stats for Te Aroha not Te Rapa

Comics, what else

Form changed just not the comments

He still has a lot of overdue book fees from The Chief's library

When I did the calcs on another thread if u put 50mm on around an entire 1800m track, 12-18m out, that is 540 cubic meters or 800 tonne So about 50 truckloads

I've heard a quite different story but unless the source posts details I am not at liberty to divulge

Reminds me of a little occurence I had in the ANZ Kumeu a few months ago Was on a 10 min plus wait because the guy in front of me was abusing the hell out of a female teller because she wanted to charge a small fee for doing a money transfer for the guy. She tried to explain if he did it via internet banking it would not cost him a cent, no way, didn't have internet banking, the guy persevered. In the end she gave in, when he said, listen I have 3 million deposited in this bank. I guess he didn't get that rich by being magnanimous. The manager saw what was happening and came out to relieve the queue

They have clearly accepted your offer Meeting News Transfer of September Meetings in Northern Region Following on from the Pakuranga Hunt meeting moving to Te Aroha, the Auckland RC Premier Meeting on 9 September will now also be staged at that venue. This has necessitated the cancellation of the Te Aroha meeting on Sunday 2 September. NZTR will work with the Northern Programming Committee to add a race(s) where necessary during this period. In order that maintenance work can be carried out on the Te Rapa track two industry days later in September have also had venue changes: Wednesday September 19: This meeting will now be conducted by the Waipa RC at Te Awamutu Wednesday September 26: This meeting will now be conducted by the Matamata RC at Matamata Any minor distance changes required will be notified in the coming days.

Messara will have simply looked at the TAB's net betting revenue of 350 mil per annum and worked backwards from that Plenty of money around, just being used poorly

Agree, are they not all busy making money elsewhere Not just Rutherford to fall either, all those that run the club KFE and mob

As an aside I see the Rowley Mile is on today at Hawkesbury A 150k stake Make that 163k, that would put it in the top dozen stakewise in NZ

I think Strathayr offer a maintenance contract as part of the cost???? Being an Aus company, if they went with 3 Strathayr tracks in NZ, then Strathayr would have to set up a NZ company to produce and lay the tracks, such as Turfgrass Specialists, who have produced Readylawn in NZ for many years. Used to be at Ormiston Rd, now down at Mangatawhiri

Michael Guerin seems to think they have resurfaced the Ellerslie track https://www.nzherald.co.nz/racing/news/article.cfm?c_id=53&objectid=12111074

To be honest, I really don't think they know the difference, so all lumped into one, including Strathayr

Radio New Zealand POLITICS 7:25 am today Racing industry to get govt funding for multiple all-weather tracks 7:25 am today Jo Moir, Political Reporter @jo_moir jo.moir@radionz.co.nz New Zealand First's loyalty to the racing industry has galloped beyond tax breaks for good-looking race horses to include several all-weather race tracks for the industry. The case has been labelled the biggest scandal in Australian horse racing. Photo: Photosport Racing Minister Winston Peters secured a tax change in the Budget this year to allow new investors to claim deductions for the cost of horses based on the "virtue of its bloodlines, looks and racing potential''. It's now been revealed $30 million of contingency funding in the Provincial Growth Fund has been earmarked for the coalition government pet projects and the racing industry is set to benefit. Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones said the money set aside is at the upper limit of what he expects will be needed. The projects, which include a Dunedin centre of digital excellence, the Te Hiku Sports Hub in Kaitaia and several all-weather tracks for the horse racing industry, all came out of coalition talks between Labour and NZ First. Cabinet has effectively already approved them and while final costings are yet to be done, the provincial growth fund will stump up the cash. "These projects can be seen as a coalition dividend, the origins go back to the formation of the government. And now that they're moving through the machinery of government I can assure everyone that they'll be treated in a robust and thorough manner by the officials.'' At the Karaka sales in January Mr Peters confirmed plans for an all-weather track, which he said would save the industry from millions being lost in abandoned races. The whole governance structure of the industry is currently under review by Australian horse owner John Messara who will provide recommendations to the government on its future direction. Mr Jones said it's no state secret NZ First promotes improving racing infrastructure. And potential scraps over which part of the country would get a synthetic track appear to have been resolved with plans to build more than one. "On the question of the various race tracks - how, when, and the scope of the various several race tracks, we'll address that after the Aussie's delivered his report,'' he said. National's economic development spokesman Paul Goldsmith said his party supports the racing industry but the lines are blurred when a project gets the green light simply because a coalition partner likes the sound of it. "They should be able to make their case clear, and open and rigourous, and if it stacks up, it stacks up. "The problem that we've got here is that the whole system is opaque and murky so it's hard to disentangle the arguments, and in that area they're not even making an argument, they're just saying we're going to do it,'' Mr Goldsmith said. Mr Goldsmith described the provincial growth fund criteria as being "as loose and as billowing as the deep blue sea''. "Well what we've seen is that it's an all-purpose political slush fund and you can fit anything into it,'' he said. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing chief executive Bernard Saundry said the industry has lost nearly $3 million in the last year due to abandoned races. He said the economic flow-on to everyone in the industry is huge and synthetic tracks would go a long way to providing certainty for trainers and owners. "I don't see racing as a rich man's sport. It's a sport that employs directly and indirectly more than 50,000 people, it has an economic impact of $1.6 billion a year and it has a major reach right across the North and South Island - and the export opportunity not only for horses but for people to go and explore the world.'' Labour committed to funding the digital learning centre and Te Hiku Sports Hub during their campaigning last year. Mr Jones said it will be closer to the next election before any race track construction gets underway.

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