billy connolly

Fuck me, I'd have thought a Good 2 in May would be like going from boiled lollies to Queen Anne chocolates. Until racing is returned to the control of its participants (like it once was) there is no hope.

Wasn't he a chariot man? He may have been an exception but every Ben-Hur starter I've seen has been diabolical.

I see old Millsey's looking for another starter, didn't Boof Pelling cut the mustard? Why doesn't old Millsey have a go himself? The last decent starter in NZ was the former Otago man, Allan Mckay.

Didn't L. Cropp win three premierships whilst on the rocket fuel ???

Yes, formerly NZ RACEFORM. An excellent must have publication for jockeys and serious form students back in the day when print media was king. Those guys were the real McCoy when it came to racing journalism, R.I.P Stuart McGrail.

Les Muirhead and Bruce Craik, both fair and reasonable men. Imbeciles at the wheelhouse of this game should be exposed and made an example of, jockeys (and most other license holders) don't deliberately break the rules. A good stipendiary steward should show discretion when peoples livelihoods are at stake, Veronica Algar has no idea.

Yes, heard that story. The stipendiary stewards of that era were fair men who would often turn a blind eye to minor rule breaches and they would never go after you multiple times per day they for the same offense. Half-baked twits like Miss Veronica Algar wouldn't be in the same street.

Probably knows how to whip cream, shouldn't be allowed within a bulls roar of the judicial room. I would refuse to front at any hearing Algar chaired and I've had a lot of experience in that room !

An example of the damage half-baked, self important pricks can inflict on professional jockeys when given the opportunity. The jockeys (collectively) should take action against this top-heavy judiciary and boycott a few race meetings. Since January Miss Veronica Algar appears multiple times as the applicant in whip arraignments on RIB's website, seems the majority of her time is spent reviewing video footage in search of whip violations. It's a travesty that Algar (a woman with limited practical experience) has the power to obliterate the livelihood of license holders at will. All license holders should have the opportunity to appeal to a higher authority, ie: a racing Ombudsman, IMO.

Double Century lost the AJC Derby on protest to Dulcify but won the Sydney Cup in a hand canter and ran second to Kingston Town the following year. A hell of a horse... Double Century.

Therefore the holy water (P-fizzzer) isn't working. I'm currently writing a book (titled CHAGS) about how I evaded covid, herpes, AIDS, gonorrhea and syphilis.

Isn't it ironic that the second most successful NZ jockey of all time (D. Walsh) has to scrape and bow to the former stable-hand and half-baked hack Stipendiary Steward, Veronica Algar. Yet another example of how preposterous the current judicial model is, Walsh should be in Algar's shoes FFS.

Certainly kicked some goals since the days of Thornton Park and Super Grey. Anyone who can make money out of horses has my respect, good luck to them.

Correct, Colgan used the favorite too much early and still ended up in the position he would've if he hadn't have bustled her. You ride good horses how they want to be ridden, not how you (or anyone else) thinks they should be ridden.

What about the other bloke (Lawrence) posing as an ICAN model FFS ??? https://www.icanmodels.com/models/dean-lawrence

Maybe old Millsey overinflated the tyre. Outside Warren Buffett, old Millsey must be the worlds longest serving active CEO. Surely he's had his time.

Totally irrelevant and nothing to do with your world, your pay packet, your job, your file, your superior, your employer, blah, blah, blah. This was a situation whereby an expensive racehorse that no doubt someone is paying good money to be trained/exercised yet a self important coont has prevented it from doing so. Horses and trainers work to a set routine, the coont in question was lucky Pender never flattened him.

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?