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  1. Special Agent
    No they aren't all regularly working on the Awapuni synthetic. So, what is more important? The health and safety of the horse and rider, or less cost and hassle for the owner? When horses travel from the Waikato for trials at Foxton, how does that argument stack up? Does that mean we only pick the bits we like from the synthetic report?
  2. Special Agent
    This jurisdiction is frustrating and unjust.
  3. Special Agent
    Looking at today's Awapuni results, and taking into account information from the synthetic track report regarding how many times a horse needs to perform on the surface to acclimatise the limbs, why is it not a requirement to trial on synthetic before racing on it?
  4. Special Agent
    Really? I thought in other countries there was almost no use of whip and is it France where you can only use a whip 4 or 5 times per race? "Rules Harmonisation Meeting". Goodness, the minutes from that meeting would be an interesting read. The wording from NZTR is magical, in someone's world anyway.
  5. Special Agent
    I think with a lot of situations, as it says in the article, it is forgotten the livelihoods of real people are at stake. I can understand the veteran trainer losing interest in racing. To have representation is important and, yes Chief I agree NZ authorities could learn from this case.
  6. Special Agent
    What a breath of fresh air to read an off the track article that's positive. Debbie and Terry must be so proud of Jaylah.
  7. Special Agent
    Bruno Queiroz's ride at Tauranga today is up there with those from Walters, Johnson, Matthews, Tunnell, Dee and Kuru.
  8. Special Agent
    Does anyone look at today's riders and horses in the same light as some of the greats of Warwick's era? I bumped into an aged retired jockey at the supermarket today. He remarked how we had both seen the best days of racing, never to return.
  9. Special Agent
    You seem to be like some of the jockeys legged up on raceday in that you can't follow instructions. Look at the rules as displayed and have a look at how, how often and to whom they are applied in reality.
  10. Special Agent
    Are they? How does the enforcement of the whip rule differ from any other?
  11. Special Agent
    I'd be here all day. There are quite a number. Peruse any page of the rule book and you'll see what I mean. In my opinion, which you don't share, there is no debate over the whip rules not being adhered to. Horses are being flanked continually but, these flaunts of the rules are ignored. Do you think authorities are worried there will be too many inexperienced and unfashionable jockeys left available on race day if all offenders are dealt with?
  12. Special Agent
    Was it Checkpoint reporting on the driver being dragged?
  13. Special Agent
    That might be why so many women are training to be stipes.
  14. Special Agent
    And please remove double standards from every facet of the racing industry.
  15. Special Agent
    It's right up there with the real problems in life, like the reported harness jockey incident at Alexandra Park.
  16. Special Agent
    Progressive would be a good descriptive word for the Riccarton Turf Club in their time. Those sort of clubs and people are sorely missed today. The Viv Jack ditty Freda relayed is so apt when applied to racing today, about not knowing what to do with all the bells and whistles. I think we should be more "back to the basics" and "grass roots".
  17. Special Agent
    The Riccarton Turf Club was one of those lost gems with the enthusiastic volunteers who knew how to run a good show and raise decent money. The first flexible running rail, would have been aluminium back then I think, at the CJC was courtesy of the Riccarton Turf Club.
  18. Special Agent
    Viv Jack would be turning in his grave.
  19. Special Agent
    Without knocking the high profile trainers who train large numbers and have all the stress associated with that, it seems the colour pieces on the small time trainers are the ones that capture the imagination of the reader or viewer. Nothing can capture intrigue like the underdog. The backbone of the industry should never be under estimated, nor what the backbone is.
  20. Special Agent
    I don't think NZTR could ever put a meeting off again using visibility as an excuse after letting Cambridge go ahead mid-week.
  21. Special Agent
    I don't know what the availability of any of their tracks are. I read on here recently how Riccarton horses went to Rangiora for grass gallops. Same goes for Awapuni to Foxton.
  22. Special Agent
    I find this little section interesting. Dressage action and speed is quite different to what we are talking about. Variety in training surfaces seems important but, I'm not sure what variety is regularly on offer at Awapuni and Riccarton apart from swimming.
  23. Special Agent
    Reads to me like 2-3 runs under a hold on the surface is enough to fit a horse's anatomy for racing on the surface. Are we to read a report as is, or are we supposed to read some other unknowns into the equation?
  24. Special Agent
    Without looking the rule up, I'm pretty sure the rules apply to trials, jumpouts and trackwork as well. These can be monitored by the same personnel who regulate rules on a raceday.
  25. Special Agent
    Do you think the questions and problems have been addressed?
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