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Fair point The TAB got it right with their comment, but I listened to Trackside Radio this morning and they were tipping out Show the World to run into a place, which really surprised me, as the horse is well known to dislike anything but a good surface. The track was rated S7 at that time

The trouble with tracks like today, is that in most races only 2-3 horses handle it(have a look at how far back some of the stragglers came in). It becomes pretty clear 800m out who those horses are, so you know very early whether you have done your dough or not Art Deco is always a good bey in those conditions, though it is wiser not to bet, Lotto if you want a lottery With Highlad, the trainer had a concern that the horse would handle it, but it was clear 1000m out the horse was going to win

Horse racing owner Peter Mitchell dies aged 73 12 May, 2018 2:07pm 2 minutes to read Bonecrusher with rider Gary Stewart and owner Peter Mitchell after winning race 7 at Ellerslie 28 February 1988. Photo / NZ Herald staff NZ Herald Peter Mitchell, famous as the owner of champion galloper Bonecrusher, died suddenly overnight. The 73-year-old Aucklander was a regular sight at northern race meetings, and loved nothing more than a bet. "This is the biggest shock I've had in my life," said current racehorse owning partner, Auckland lawyer Grand Halse, currently holidaying in Vietnam. Bonecrusher made Peter Mitchell and trainer Frank Ritchie close to household names during the 1980s. Mitchell purchased Bonecrusher at the Waikato yearling sales for a budget $3250 and the lanky, athletic chestnut won 18 races from 44 raceday appearances for $674,225 here and A$1.67m in Australia. He won four Gr1s in New Zealand and six in Australia. The Bonecrusher - (Our) Waverley Star stirring battle in the 1986 Cox Plate, was won by Bonecrusher and it gave him legendary status in Australia. The same year he would have won the then world's richest race, the Japan Cup, but came down with a massive infection and did not race. He raced before the massive explosion of stakemoney. If he won the same races today it would be more than $10m. Bonecrusher was euthanised in June 2015 after contracting the terrible foot problem laminitis, which also claimed Sunline. He was buried at Ellerslie where the Mitchell family sponsor the Bonecrusher Stakes in his memory. Mitchell had a powerful personality and Frank Ritchie's son Shaune, who trained most of the Mitchell horses, including the talented Mitchell/Halse owned Excalibur in recent years, said he will be long remembered. "Peter was so strong minded, he could be awkward if you disagreed with his ideas, but he had enormous loyalty. I know for a fact he had any number of offers from trainers to transfer Bonecrusher to them, but he never did. He was very loyal to our family."

I can't believe also that people would still rely on hard copy for form analysis. If you expanded out the amount of form on Racenet, you would need a whole newspaper just to fit it all in. I guess still a lot of people around who are not au fait with using a computer let alone accessing the internet. I've tried to talk my neighbour, an old racing man, into using it, to no avail

Going to be very interesting to see what Messara comes up with. I'm not a cynic, so I believe Peters will take on board the report in it's entirety

If that is the case, then it shows just how far the industry has been mismanaged over the last 30 years, but most poignantly the lack of proactivity. Like him or lump(I don't like him), but Peters is at least showing proactivity on a major scale, and begs the question why previous leaders of of NZRB/TR did not implore the minister to do something similar. Politics I guess....or self preservation

The suggestion was Costs 205 mil Money paid to codes 143 mil Swap them around That's more than a few mil

That pic brings back memories of when I used to do a bit of public speaking Apparently there is a technique that I never got the hang of

Was wondering how long it would take for someone to put that spin on it

I think you'll find the site owner steered clear of any name with the word race in to avoid any possibility of legal action

http://www.nzracing.co.nz/OnHorseFiles/Downloads/Turnover Report to 29 Apr 2018.pdf

There are probably a lot of very wise, supposed pale, stale males in the Racing industry. New ideas and new young blood are great, but don't demean and denigrate the many that have come before, who by the very fact that they have built the industry over many years, must be old A nice blend of youth and experience is best

The vastly reduced need for a moderator, with a site that is professionally and correctly run. Sort of made yourself redundant Dougie, well at least as a moderator. Plenty of time then to market and promote BOAY

Out of respect for PJ, let's leave him to make that decision Clearly it will not be even a consideration until some time after the current comp finishes on Saturday Sorry Pete just read your post in context No that is not the hopeful earth shattering event I was referring to

Michael Pitman is advertising shares in 3 horses on this site

Johnny Lincoln squeezed badly, next start? http://www.nzracing.co.nz/Common/SystemTemplates/Modal/Video.aspx?v=http%3a%2f%2fwww.racingreplays.co.nz%2fmedia%2f201805%2f20180506WANG09_BB.mp4&i=%2fCommon%2fImage.ashx%3fw%3d720%26h%3d400%26a%3d1%26o%3d1%26bg%3deeeeee%26p%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fwww.racingreplays.co.nz%2fmedia%2f201805%2f20180506WANG09_BB.jpg&r=Race+9+-+RIVER+CITY+CABS+1600&s=http://www.nzracing.co.nz/Common/SystemTemplates/Modal/Video.aspx?v=http%3a%2f%2fwww.racingreplays.co.nz%2fmedia%2f201805%2f20180506WANG09_BB.mp4

Has to win the Preakness and Belmont to be called great Some of the horses in opposition may have been inconvenienced by the slushy track at Churchill Downs.

Probably concern in the camp that slowly but surely BOAY is gaining more and more each week, and there is not a lot they can do about it, because this site is superior in every feature, and unless they spend quite a bit of money on things other than comps, such as maintenance and marketing, that is not going to change. Scooby is even thanking people for entering into his comp, the numbers of which were well down yesterday. It is very hopeful that an earth shattering event will occur on BOAY this week, so watch this space

Watched it on Trackside and then switched to ESPN, and the picture definition was light years better. What was that all about?

Jumps at 10.42 this morning Mendelssohn, aiming to be the first overseas trained winner This video brings back visions of Secretariat's Belmont Stakes win