Trojan

Been to Trentham twice in the last year for big meetings both times the trains were cancelled for the day. Bet the same thing has happened today or people have given up. Surely the club can talk to whoever does the maintenance and get it deferred for about 6 Saturdays a year! As for frigging shute! Where else in the world is the only vision you can get for the first 600m of a Group Sprint is from an overhead drone!! Because the built houses and left piles of rubble that blocks the view!!! Not only for cameras but for Stewards and people on course!!! Are you there @Dark Beau ? Sort it NOW!!!

Of course he is going to say it is the best in the country after he just won the bloody race!! What did you expect him to say that it was a second rate Grp 1 run on a shyte track?! Oh year? So the houses and mounds of rubble that look an absolute mess for the "Champagne Turf" of NZ racing is deliberate? By the way no stipes side on view available down the chute because of it!! Oh and the ambulance and stipe services can't keep up unless they are in 4 wheel drive over the mounds of dirt or follow on the course proper! Did anyone tell Crocetti's trainer that the Track wasn't really a Soft 7 but a Good 4 or better especially in the chute?!

Yeah well the last two times I went to Trentham last year on big race days the trains weren't running. Replaced by buses!

Yeah well there were about a dozen senior riders at Ellerslie yesterday who could do with some tactical advice.

Great days out and introduces harness racing to the country and holiday makers. For them it isn't a bore fest. Lighten up or get out of your heady eliteness.

Isn't the main responsibility of the Stewards who take control raceday? They just need to get to the course earlier in their tracksuits and red bands and check the track rating and the camera. Then put on their frowns and raceday Italian suits.

Who knows what he meant!

Really since when have I labelled most of the successful in the industry as "troughers with gravy dripping from their chins" or called anyone who disagrees and "OBC apologist"? FFS why would I listen to Molloy or even let him affect my opinion? I form my own opinions based on my own experiences. I've read Wightmans written diarrhea for decades. He never follows through and spends most of his time tallking about himself!!! As for the Molloy and Wightman feud they're equal protagonists in that one! Who is brainless? Wightman is still doing it! Quite frankly the industry would be better without him.

What meeting is he talking about? He mentioned Otaki on the 19th.

"very close" - but didn't clip heels. That's coming from this lot who have probably never galloped a horse in anger in their life! N Goodwin, K Jillings (Trainee), R Greig (Trainee). I'm picking you haven't either!!

Or he was gutless and all talk. Instead he sits on the sidelines now sniping and bullying at all and sundry.

Bollocks. Sutherland is only mentioned about 3 times and it is regarding the performance of the horse!!!

Still claiming 1kg.

The difference is Te Akau have their own sites - Wightman pollutes everyone elses with his self-gratification.

Didn't he hand in his license so he couldn't be done?

On a horse worth many millions in the lead up to the Cox Plate.

Kevin Morton didn't hide. Wightman can't be that bright if he has to go on a Facebook forum to ask how does the Kiwi B Slot race work! Oh that's right that's just a segue to him talking about himself.

Really? Obviously you don't go to track work much anymore.

Dumb arse. They haven't wound up or brought out the best yet. Why would you when all the action doesn't start until 5 weeks time!!! Then goes on for another 8 weeks!!! What you are seeing at the moment are either the second tier or newbies. Some advice: don't take up training.

What positive? That's a big call.

Look "Pal" the fact is they arent running horrid. Get your envy glasses off and look at the facts. The big money isn't up yet and still they are leading the premiership by 30 wins and up with their average strike rate of 5.5. Feel free to keep laying them - suits me!!

You were I take it? Or is this hearsay? I'm sure other trainers were pleased that they ran the meeting 2 days later. Hell if Wightman had said it he'd be a hero! Don't you think he and Te Akau has earnt that right? You'd prefer Te Akau talked about their failures? It is the same business model as all the top stables in NZ and Australia. Get with the programme! Then what is? You don't get awards for failing!

Heaps online - the moment you ask him specifically he will start abusing you calling you an OBC apologist and trougher. To people he doesn't even know!!! FFS. Who? Plenty? Wightman isn't doing the industry any favours.

Whoopie doo! A survey!

FFS he has been ranting online for decades! He creates conspiracies where there are none and when asked to front up and debate and issue he runs for cover!