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'Seems' to be!No evidence was produced.When I see TA represented I see grey hair everywhere...Alice,Karen,Mark,Opie. You appear to suffer from...'brown nose' syndrome.

This one-' One thing Te Akau seem to pride themselves in is facilitating the involvement and progression of youth. They need to be commended on that front.-'----comprehension dear boy,comprehension.😜

Athiest..here. People are welcome to have opinions afaic....best to base them on ..substance imo.

This is your comment...'I'm not sure of Ben's age but, don't see any grey hairs so suspecting under 40. One thing Te Akau seem to pride themselves in is facilitating the involvement and progression of youth. They need to be commended on that front.- On the basis that you don't see Ben with grey hair ,you over reach to commend TA . If I tell you that trainer X has a foreman in his 20's and employs apprentice jockeys,does that mean they should be commended for facilitating the involvement and progression of...youth too?🙄 Btw ,how do you define...'youth'..is grey hair ..your criteria?🤪

It's irrelevant ,as far as making your...case.

His comment is pure ASSUMPTION....comprenez!!🙄

Direct me to the debate .I assume you are excluding pacing races.

You join all the unconnected dots...and suggest everytime someone states an opinion not supported by facts,that rebuttal relies on stating the..obvious.

Yes I do believe barrier draws have a bearing on races.

Oh dear! I do hope your reflexes are as fast as your...horses...you seem so determined to continually punch yourself in...the face!😀

I haven't formulated the terms and conds...yet.I merely floated an idea that I think has some merit. Racing is full of variables....barrier draws are a 'raffle'...are they..not?

Comprehension -Some sort of ballot for owners of maidens and lower grade races''

He has presented no evidence to back his opinion. In fact his comment smacks of spruiking a stable that puts alot of resources into it's imaging.

There are obvious rewards for winning.If you won $55,000 instead of $50,000 it is not really material. If you were paying the costs of racing a horse(you still need numbers to makeup fields)and received a random windfall of $5000 it would be significant.

Contrary to someone's random observation about grey hair!😄 'I'm not sure of Ben's age but, don't see any grey hairs so suspecting under 40. One thing Te Akau seem to pride themselves in is facilitating the involvement and progression of youth. They need to be commended on that front.-Why you have presented no real evidence.

Your approach is to funnel even more money to the top tiny %.Bit like your politics...lets make the few even wealthier at the expense of...the many.

You need to present more compelling evidence than that.

No good being fast...for 800m!🙃

Supposedly the same costs to race a fast horse as a slow horse.More happy owners,the better.

No lets help the battlers ,paying big money to race a ...horse.

I think a 'bonus' system for losing owners would make more sense. Some sort of ballot for owners of maidens and lower grade races that have not received a cheque in 7/8 starts.🏇

Jumping races have the same chance of surviving as....a 3 legged ..horse.

I said it is a numbers game and ...it..is. I said SR was more important AFAIC....and it ..is. On Tesio's figures of earnings,TA have gone backwards compared to their previous year.

He's comparing seasons results.You have stated black type and earnings as a measure,he has presented his evidence. You know the drill,pick yourself up,wipe that egg off your face....and try.....😀

The big factor you didn't mention is the HORSE! The likes of Takeover Target , Veandercross and many more whose trainers were novices still had great success.