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Anyone don't get what I mean have a look at the profile of the winner on the RC Jewels comp Talk about dance of the desperates

At least we are not digging up old bodies from 2006, somehow breathing new life into them, too much life in fact, as they are winning comps

Stipes report says it will win next start JOHNNY LINCOLN (R Hannam) – When questioned into performance rider could offer no excuse. A subsequent veterinary inspection revealed no obvious abnormality.

Right, let's see who is prepared to put their money where their mouth is R7 TAURUS Good course stats, will handle a sticky track, and no lightweights in this field. R8 JOHNNY LINCOLN Remember this horse 2 starts back on a S9 on the same course, badly hampered when they all headed for the outside rail coming into the straight

In view of the law professions current image problems, I thought this guy would be at home https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12062219

Good on you Thomas, not that I know you, but sounds like you are a legend in your own lunchtime You've got a bit of competition here also for starting threads

RC? With master debater Ted.

For many years, we had a wonderful crop of Winter gallopers, particularly at Trentham and then the Winter Cup, even Te Rapa when it used to be a bog in Winter, dare I say it, even Ellerslie, that we looked forward to. The Cornwall, Taumarunui Cup, Parliamentary and Whyte were iconic races Those days probably ended about 10 years ago

What actually went wrong at Eagle Farm, reading up about it, seems like an unmitigated disaster? Was it a Strathayr track?

http://www.racingqueensland.com.au/racing-and-results/video-replays/player/thoroughbred/doom/20180526/race/1

Actually it is a very good analogy, when was the last time we saw a top level rugby match played with the players covered in mud

The main reason I posted, was that people are referring to 'synthetic' tracks, when both Strathayr and Motz can hardly be described as synthetic. Still looks like good old turf, with the positive additions as you describe. As an aside and I realise it is not related, but brings back memories of Dick Motz, that great NZ cricketer

With Counties off due to too much rain, perhaps time to start the debate on all weather tracks. Remember places like Hong Kong have all weather tracks, get many times more rainfall than most places in NZ, yet rarely abandon Some call them synthetic tracks, but the only thing synthetic about Strathayr, is the little squares of plastic mesh incorporated into the top turf layer. This article is well worth a read for anyone wanting to get up to speed. http://ua-rtip.org/sites/ua-rtip.org/files/casimaty.pdf

No rain of any real note tomorrow, so H11 it's gonna be, maybe a touchy sticky like a good, self saucing spongy pud

Friday AfternoonWeather: FineTrack: Heavy 11Rail: Out 5m | 1.3mm Rain OvernightWeather and Track Updated at 3.15pm Friday 25 MayFriday MorningWeather: OvercastTrack: Heavy 11Rail: Out 5m | 1.3mm Rain OvernightWeather and Track Updated at 7.48am Friday 25 MayThursday MorningWeather: CloudyTrack: Heavy 11Rail: Out 5m | 2mm Rain OvernightWeather and Track Updated at 8.07am Thursday 24 MayWithdrawal MorningWeather: OvercastTrack: Heavy 11Rail: Out 5m | 25mm Rain Last NightWeather and Track Updated at 7.50am Wednesday 23 MayNomination MorningWeather: CloudyTrack: Heavy 11Rail: Out 5mWeather and Track Updated at 7.45am Tuesday 22 May

Mk2 Zephyr is an Avondale stalwart, so he will probably be there, and can provide an update during the day

Race DayWeather: ShoweryTrack: Heavy 11Rail: Out 6m | 5.5mm Rain Last 24 HoursWeather and Track updated 6.50am Wednesday 23 May Tuesday AfternoonWeather: CloudyTrack: Heavy 10Rail: Out 6m | 15.5mm of rain in 24/hr, 40mm in the past 7 daysWeather and Track updated 3:23pm Tuesday 22 May

I've mentioned this before, but maybe 4-5 years ago, NZTR or NZRB(can't remember), did some U&A consumer market research on Racing . The only thing that came out positive, was that a Day at the Races was still very well perceived, so the Xmas at the Races, is a step in the right direction, just needs to be expanded about 100 times I hope this is something Messara hits on, you can't grow a business without a substantial marketing and promotion platform/budget

Say that again The air flow controller went on my Nissan a few years ago, I didn't even know I had one You'll be right, sort off, in a nuclear explosion, no electronics for the electromagnetic pulse to knock out

Not a car nut Rees, but know enough about cars to get by. My old man said if I averaged 80% in School Certificate(remember that), he would but me a car. I did and he did, a 1938 Austin 10 which cost him $20. I went out and bought a 1936 A10 for $15 abd we spent the next couple of years putting one decent car together. We got most things right, the old man was an electrical engineer so knew his stuff, except, as it turns out, we didn't hone the cylinder walls so the rings could bed in. You would drive a few miles and oil would get pushed from the sump through the crank case into the gear box bell housing and drip out onto the ground. We never figured out what the problem was for quite a while, so every couple of weeks had to pull the gearbox out, take out the clutch plate and clean the oil off it to stop it slipping. Learnt the technique of double declutching in that car. Good on you though, I presume you do all the work yourself. Have to smile as you drive around Auckland, wall to wall 4X4's, mostly driven by the fairer sex. I reckon 99.9% of them could not change a wheel if they got a puncture

Use No1, most obvious

I see Mrs Chief Stipe logging on to tell us what really happened

Nah, writing a book, 101 uses for a dead mouse

My Mrs has got so many mouse traps around the house, she forgets where they all are, until the smell of a week old mouse corpse starts to pervade the house. Unfortunately it is me who has to retrieve and dump the maggot infested remains. Apologies if I spoiilt anyone's dinner

Prince Charles, the great gormless twit that he is. I loved the gracious way he looked after Meghan Markle's mother, must have been daunting for her.