billy connolly

Correct, yet we have pepole like FREDA (who'd have never ridden a horse at speed) espousing ill-informed crap on whip use. Far more harm is caused to a horse by trainers lining up half-fit or tired horses or by racing horses out of their class than is ever caused by a soft whip. The whip (used correctly) is an aid just as blinkers/winkers etc. are.

So the powers-to-be are pressing for fines in lieu of suspensions FFS. Why would a battling jockey prefer a preposterous fine than a suspension Mr. Saundry ??? The underlying problem with the RIU / JCA is they get carried away with their own self importance and lose the common touch. I recall when the likes of Ching (a current JCA member and chair) was a battling mediocre jockey, now this very same prick doesn't hesitate to put the boot into jockeys at every opportunity. Saundry is right with one thing though, the jockeys room of today more resembles a Thai prison !

So the powers-to-be are pressing for fines in lieu of suspensions FFS. Why would a battling jockey prefer a suspension than a preposterous fine Mr. Saundry??? The underlying problem with the RIU / JCA is they get carried away with their own self importance and lose the common touch. I recall when the likes of Ching (a current JCA member and chair) was a battling mediocre jockey, now this very same prick doesn't hesitate to put the boot into jockeys at every opportunity. Saundry is right with one thing though, the jockeys room of today more resembles a Thai prison !

Nonsense, the most proven way to get a horse beat is to stay more than two horse widths from the inside rail without a trail or cover. Even very good horses are beaten this way, this is why barrier draws are so important. Lonhro was also given a good run in transit by Beadman who knew how good Lonhro was and who knew how to ride Flemington. An Australian punter wagered 1 million to win 1.6 million off Lonhro that day. More nonsense, the best way to lose the respect of your fellow jockeys is to let them do and go where they want, when they want, how they want. A bumping duel affects the bumper more than it does the bumpee.

That list is nearly as long as the RIU / JCA empolyment roster. It's a cruel world when half-baked over-paid NZTR employees can decimate the livelihoods of licensees at will.

Those hurdle victories epitomized Johnson as a gifted rider with great balance and hands, few (if any) of our best flat riders in history had that versatility.

Phenomenal achievement for a South Island based jockey, even more phenomenal to do it from Amberley ! In his heyday he had no peer, king of the pigskin ... by far. Is 2542 victories eligible for the Hall of Fame or did Johnson not go to the right school ???

Cromwell Stipendiary Stewards Report - Friday 27th November 2020 Stewards: M. Davidson (Chairman), J. Oatham, R. Haley JCA Committee: P. Knowles (chair) Suspensions: - Race 3.) T. Jonker (Quella Regazza) [Rule 638 (1) (d)] - Shifting ground - Suspended to 8 December (4 days) Race 5.) M. Gestain (Riverfalls) [Rule 638 (1) (d)] - Shifting ground - Suspended to 10 December (5 days) Race 3.) C. Johnson (Hombre) [Rule 638 (1) (d)] - Shifting ground - Suspended to 12 December (6 days) According to below link the sole JCA Committee member Paul Knowles was sacked by the board of Forbury Park Trotting Club and was also a former RIU stipendiary steward ! There is absolutely NO way should one man (Knowles) be at liberty to wipe out the livelihood of licence holders, IMO the old (voluntary) club committee judicial system worked far better than today's model. https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/racing/racing-forbury-park-chief-sacked

That's the irony, an ordinary jockey (Ching) adjudicating against a class jockey (Johnson) ! I know Ching, I've never rated him but he does have experience as a stipendiary steward, J.C.A. member and jockey, he's chaired many J.C.A. hearings.

Another aspect of our judicial system I find disturbing is having former R.I.U. stewards appointed to the J.C.A. Both Ching and McCutcheon are former R.I.U. stipendiary stewards, this is not only manifestly wrong it defeats the sole purpose of having an independent Judicial Control Authority. You don't see former Police prosecutors appointed as District and High Court judges !

Reading the J.C.A. dictation below makes me want to reach for the bucket, although Johnson did plead guilty which he should never have done. If this indictment had have been brought under the old judicial system it would have been thrown out, Oatham and Davidson should be kicked to Kingdom Come. http://www.jca.org.nz/race-days/canterbury-jc-thoroughbred-racing-14-11-2020/canterbury-jc-14-november-2020-r7-chair-mr-r-mckenzie/

These R.I.U / J.C.A imbeciles who are currently putting the boot into Johnson wouldn't be in the same road/street when it comes to life achievements. Barring misfortune he's going to become the greatest winning jockey ever in New Zealand and although he's not as good as he once was, we'll never see the likes of him again.

Fuck me, wasn't even hit behind the saddle ! The J.C.A are imbeciles as well.

What a dead loss this R.I.U outfit is, where can one find a replay of below race please ? Fines: - Race 7.) C. Johnson - Baby Menaka - $1000 [Rule 638 (3) (b) (ii)] Excessive use of whip https://loveracing.nz/SystemTemplates/RaceInfo/StewardsReport.ashx?DayID=49598&FileName=14nov2020canterbury2.pdf

It just goes to show how inept and stupid the R.I.U currently are. If you want a correct opinion on Johnson's talent / flaws / weaknesses give Mr. Bruce Craik a call, he was the head stipendiary steward for the Canterbury region during the 80's, 90's (Johnson's heyday.) I can recall Craik saying he hadn't seen a better rider than Johnson and Craik was also a former jockey. There would've been absolutely no chance of Craik (or any stipe worth their salt) putting the boot into Johnson when on the verge of an all-time winning record.

Live Drama, race 7. Cleared to start by the half-baked officiating (female) Veterinary surgeon after going off in barrier stalls pre race. This is an automatic late scratching anywhere else in the world, how did this woman score the top Vet job at Riccarton ???

Has there been no worse transgressions of the rules of racing than a non licensee (owner) calling a half-baked detective a coont ???

What about the licensed trainers who've perilously abused officials/stewards over the years ? I have vivid memories of the late Ted Winsloe regularly abusing Southland officials, they would never take him on though as there wouldn't have been a race meeting without Winsloe !

The cost/benefit gains are tantamount to paying puppets like Allen for far too long. It's a travesty our half-baked, half-witted administrators have taken this long to action an all-weather surface. Three or four all-weathers could have been installed ten years ago for the cost of one today.

I've read and digested it, thank you Mr. Messara, 82 pages of fact done at NO cost. And so are your dictations, the days of travelling 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 hours to an outback race meeting are gone, Fish.

An aberration and an indictment on the fools who signed off Rangiora's jewels to the CJC - regretfully, some of the same personnel responsible are now/were incumbent CJC committee members. Rangiora's land value has sky-rocketed in recent times.

Many on that forfeit list had valid reasons for being there, ie: non return of stake money after disqualification, minor convictions, preposterous fines etc. Maybe a few former (Jewish piano playing) administrators should be on that list.

Paradoxically speaking, flu related viruses claim approx 600,000 deaths per year, the preposterous notion of locking people up won't make one iota of difference, except maybe reduce road deaths ! Compared to a polluted nation like China, we live in paradise here. Muldoon, Kirk et al will be turning in their graves.

Phenomenal galloper, there's no greater sight on a racecourse than a bold front runner braking the oppositions hearts. Poetry in motion.

The full effects won't be seen here until winter, what LEVEL will we be at then ??? Apart from approx fifty Australians (nearly all over 70 years) and two New Zealanders, how many of the Southern Hemisphere's 800,000,000 (eight hundred million) inhabitants have succumbed thus far please ?