billy connolly

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.

Over half (23) unraced, if they'd shown any precociousness they'd have appeared well before now. Paying six figure sums for yearlings is preposterous when one can acquire proven age group stock (without the bloodlines) at around the same money. 65.5 mil down the dunny, whereas 65.5 mil invested in gold bullion two years ago would be worth close to 100 mil today !

Swapping the whip is the least and last thing apprentice jockeys should be concerned about and in my view it's questionable whether it should be permitted at all. Ironical that the majority of the slow bastards you've been associated with are the very ones who are in need of the whip the most, flank or no flank.

Jackie Jamieson's looking good. She could've been the best of them if the roll of the dice had have gone her way.

Legalize won the last race on card at the Riccarton Turf Club's on-course only meeting in February 1983 paying $332 to win and $43 for a place, Quinella paid $3494. Not bad money in 83 when you could've bought a house and land for less than 50k. On-course turnover for that meeting was $125,000. From https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19830219.2.104.5 Legalize was the third highest dividend on-course, biggest winning dividend was Grand Boy's £383 ($860) in April 1952 followed by Meandering's £373 ($837) in August 1963 Of note, a pound each way on Meandering would've yielded more than the winning stake for the race !

Bill Skelton's wife kept a meticulous record of her husbands career and would've known those colours but died last year. May not have raced again after winning the four in succession but did sire a few handy gallopers including Shudup who won 12 including the Champagne Stakes, Great Easter and Canterbury Challenge Stakes.

You've been nominated for the filthiest blogger of the year and are odds-on to get the prize.

Graeme Robertson at left (cap and shades) bred and raced the 1995 filly of year and NZ Oaks winner Tartan Tights.

More nonsense from you, the correct decision was made to race on the Poly. As T. Pike alluded, the two best horses ran first and second in the listed race yet on a bottomless bog grass/turf track they might not have fared as well. Heavy grass/turf brings the quality horses back to the opposition, nothing (not even weight) will take the speed out of a horses legs more than heavy ground will and the race times would've been 5/10 seconds slower on heavy grass/turf. IMO Poly track form is more credible than heavy 10+ grass/turf form.