billy connolly

Nonsense. no one except the complainant heard what was said. Pender should never have plead guilty .

I've tried to stop calling people a cunt but I cunt.

According to this website https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23100793 there were approx half a dozen million dollar Golden Kiwi draws in the late 80's and many of half a million or more. One $600,000 draw was won by the a 10 person syndicate of Canterbury racing enthusiasts including trainer Garth Jackson. A million in 1989 wouldn't have got you a house, it would've got you the whole street!

The DIA/Gambling Act wouldn't allow it to work, illegal under current legislation. Wasn't far off a million and 800k back then was serious money. Yes but jackpots were originally 10 cents per unit with minimal take-out.

But you wouldn't have a clue, I know a bloke who set himself up for life after winning a couple of six figure jackpots. It wasn't uncommon to see 20,000 or more patrons on course and queues stretching far and wide seeking jackpot forms in the early 70's. Lotto is for the pathologically naive.

Two adjudicators, two lawyers, one informant, one defendant, one relative of defendant and approx 10 pages and 33 paragraphs of tripe. The usual rigmarole to conduct a simple hearing whereby the defendant has already plead guilty.

Nonsense, horse was calling for the free air pump a long way out. Yet another example of how stupid the JCA/RIU currently are and Williamson should know better. The whole judicial system (from top to bottom) is farcical.

Of course it does but it's also an abuse of power when the incumbent chief Steward (Schreck) lifts the skirt of a jockey's wife. Regarding Stipendiary Stewards, I see there's a position - General Manager Stewards - occupied by one Nigel McIntyre. What exactly does a General Manager of Stewards do and what qualifications are required? This Nigel McIntyre rooster was a former stablehand in a Harness racing stable who couldn't make it in the game as a harness horseman yet is now the head Steward FFS ! Surely a General Manager of Stewards isn't required and even it was shouldn't it be Goodber's responsibility?

Isn't that manslaughter??? Haitana's brother Pat also rode, was associated with the iron horse Ahjay.

Schreck, wasn't that the bloke who was porking a well known jockey's wife... whilst enforcing the rules? Lest not forget our former chief Stipe tripping down from Wellington for a bit of debauchery with a harness owner/trainers missus. A standing prick has no conscience.

Can recall a well known hurdle jockey of the 1970's (Harry Green) copping a long lag for stopping one in a highweight event one day. Green stopped it by running it up their arses, he could have gone the cape route and not got caught but he looked after the horse and paid the price. H. Green won some good races on both sides of the Tasman including the 1973 Grand National Hurdles - https://australianjumpsracing.com/news/51626-this-day-in-jumps-racing-history

With regards to not running a horse on its merits, how hard would it be to hide a dead one here? Would the whip police get a sniff? Would they know the difference between hitting one and stopping one??? Is there a Hall of Shame for stopping horses like there is for whipping them?

I heard they're going to revoke Rule 636 (1) (a) A person shall not run a horse, or cause or permit a horse to be run, other than on its merits.

It's not Bosson's fault that the two imbeciles on his inside clicked up and took him on. Bosson made the decision to go forward after being parked wide which in hindsight was the wrong one. On a firm track the easiest and most proven way to get a horse beat is to take the wide lane, even very good horses are beaten this way. That's why the wide lane gets a start in an Olympic 400m final. I've seen thousands of horses finish full of running by saving ground but I've never seen a horse finish full of running posted wide!

Broke down.

I see one of the starters assistants (white overalls) started the last without even mounting the rostrum, what's the go there? Was Boof stood down? Did he stand himself down? Is the man in white overalls superior? How old would Boof be, must be getting close to a best before date? The connections of Linedanceking must have been feeling a bit sick seeing it win the race without the pilot.

Should know... but from the Stewards Report: - Linedanceking (A Balloo) got its head down attempting to escape under the barriers prior to the start with the rider dismounting. A short time afterwards the start was effected whilst Linedanceking was still riderless. Linedanceking was subsequently declared a non-starter by the Adjudicator with all bets to be refunded. I other words Boof let them go whilst the hoop was dismounted and standing on the side of the barriers !

Yes, five winners and a second from eight is a phenomenal achievement, well done. Full credit to the women jockeys, on a per capita basis they punch well above their weight and without them the game is in dire straits here. I see one B. Pelling occupying the starters rostrum, he's been around awhile?

You get half pregnant with your clothes half off. What about the Ben-Hur's running with their legs tied towing a sulky and driver, wouldn't that hurt? What about dogs chasing fake rabbits? Whips or no whips the bunny huggers won't stop thoroughbred racing, there's no better sight than a champion racehorse in full flight.

My hope is that the aggrieved jockeys take a 7-figure class action against NZTR for taking money under false pretense. The only way to outlaw whip use was to ban them but the Petone thieves condoned them and then went after jockey's who used them. If you exceed the speed limit in a car the authorities give you from 5 - 10k grace, if you hit a horse once too many with a feather duster you are hung, drawn and quartered.

Didn't hurt Levante. Jockeys rarely hurt horses with the whip, they hurt them by giving them a hard run in transit. Jockey incompetence is a far bigger issue in this country than feather duster whips, but the powers that be wouldn't know that because they're incompetent themselves.

Interesting sectionals, all but two broke 33 sec's for last 600 and second horse broke 32. Those times highlight how important barrier draws and an economical run in transit is... even down the Trentham chute. So if you factor in the suspension they've effectively relieved Elliot of his winning riding fee. The jockey's must band together and take action over these farcical whip rules, as it stands the only foolproof way of avoiding the Petone revenue collectors is to throw their (soft) whips away all together. Petone would be sued to the heavens if a relegation occurred over a couple of extra taps with a feather duster, not going to happen.

But you need the horsepower to get away with it in a Group 1 and Elliot's lucky he had the horse power ! She's as game as Flinders' Mable.

Fuck me, can't believe what I've just read. The imbeciles have taken over the asylum. https://youtu.be/eYRtU270yf4

The real problem is that it's mainly academics who're enforcing the rules. IMO the JCA personnel is manifestly wrong and the personnel appointing the JCA is also wrong, the two person judicial panel should be appointed by racing clubs and include practical people such as an ex jockey/trainer and an ex racing journalist. No lawyers, no social climbers, no big noter's. Any serious non race-day inquiries decided by an independent one person panel. It's a travesty that C. Johnson has convictions for excessive whip use, there wouldn't be a kinder rider who's graced the pigskin than Johnson and in theory he only backhands them anyway which is but half as forceful as the usual forehand whip action.