billy connolly

Gold is predicted to reach $8,000 NZD an ounce, more than double the price it was two years ago!

Yes, but they wouldn't use Zabeel because they reckoned he was too expensive (200k from memory) at the time. They tried the Star Kingdom line of sprinting stallions at a time when Zabeel was at his peak which weakened their breed somewhat in my view. Grosvenor was from the Sir Ivor/Sir Tristram sire line as was Zabeel but Zabeel had the prepotent maternal sire line of Northern Dancer/Nureyev. These bloodlines coupled with the fact that Zabeel wasn't over-raced would've further strengthened the Dennis breed IMO, but I'm no breeding buff.

Good eulogy from Bellew. Imagine if the Brothers had have crossed Zabeel with those good race mares, progeny could've been anything.

Nonsense, Muldoon would've laughed at them as he would've laughed at you preaching to the ignorant on feather duster whips. The world is full of idiots.

Wouldn't hold a candle to Pitman senior, not in the same street. Pitman senior should've been a CJC board member long ago, certainly before Jelly Williams. Mills is a top shelf buffoon.

Go to - https://beeswax.co.nz/product/oxalic-acid-25kg/ (they're the cheapest) and order 25kg of Oxalic Acid, mix the acid liberally with (preferably) boiling water and apply by stiff bristled brush, leave for 12 to 24 hours then water blast with a pressure washer, seal if you wish. Note, Oxalic Acid is an incredibly versatile aqueous solution that is safe to use.

No thanks, apart from having to pay to get out of the place, what are the main attractions other than second-rate horses, third-rate jockeys and fourth-rate facilities? Is it too big a job for you or your fellow members to water blast and seal that great bronze replica of Phar Lap at the front entrance? Note you've now even closed the front (Highway 1) entrance to all bar horse floats FFS. Regularly attended Timaru meetings in halcyon days, in fact made the Crown Hotel (which never closed) a base over Christmas New Year and when not attending race meetings frequented the side shows of Caroline Bay in the company of Sir Basil Arthur and scantly clad women... winning chocolates galore ! Don't know how turnover figures correlate to those of yesteryear but you're dreaming comparing crowds of today to those of the past.

Entry wasn't free December last. Timaru at Christmas once fizzed with atmosphere but is now not a shadow of its former self, even the mighty Phar Lap has fallen into a state of disrepair.

The start of races aren't adequately policed anywhere in the world in my view, which is preposterous as more races are won or lost at the start than at any other point in a race. Unless there is evidence to the contrary, a jockey indictment will be difficult to prove here.

Congratulations TAB, would you like a little clap to go with that hand job?

Can these awards be revoked if recipients misbehave? Lester Piggott had an OBE invalidated for non-disclosure of a Jewish piano !

The're all laughable, reminds me of a sideshow announcer at the Fair yodeling into a loudspeaker... "every player wins a prize" FFS ! Better suited to that Face/Arsebook where all the effusive backslappers can shag each other from their keyboards.

Take a pew trolls...

What would've been the official result if all runners had have followed DQ'd horse? Blind Stewards should've at least had a Clerk of Course positioned at that gap trap. The figure eight course is a mickey mouse setup anyway in my view. Travesty for DQ'd horse and connections as it would've won regardless.

Race 1 Trentham, winner DQ'd.