Joe Bloggs

It was because NZ demanded too big a take out of the commingling pool Mikey, so the Oz TABCORP told them to fuck off...... The legislation was a bit part, we can bet anywhere, NZ punters eg, ex pat Kiwi's that live here with old TAB accounts were shafted, dont going blaming AUS for that, it's a self inflicted injury.....

What did Baker and Marsh sense? Syd Brown was the first to go, I was meant to go to him in Sydney, but fate proved otherwise, however the good trainers that just up and left must have devastated the town, Jock Harris must have been the last name trainer to train there? you think?

When you think of the champions that came from that track the mind boggles, what a training centre it was, Daryl's Joy, Classic Mission, Triton, just to name a few,.... the town had something, sadly that something up and bolted, the disgrace that is, or was the Manawatu ditch/gorge was the catalyst I'm guessing. Woodville still has a magnificent surface looking at it from 3,000km away, even in winter, so whats going on?

Absolutely we can, in fact there is a movement by the owners/shareholders in Sportsbet re the unfair tax on Oz owned companies in comparison to the UK/European owned gambling behemoths.......

Between us Mikey, we can buy lotto tickets anywhere in the world.......except NZ!!! Last night the Italian lottery was worth 400 mil dollars.....not Lira........and we had tickets, but try and buy a ticket in the Kiwi version, good luck with that, something seriously wrong in Socialist Republic of Aotearoa........

No no no Mikey, far from it, it's NZ that invoked that rule, something to do with the take out, it was effecting the co-mingling, the fools in Petone invoked this, not the other way around.......

The trainer of the magnificent Temora Tornado, Paleface Adios, Colin Pike has died. Colin was a champion bloke who had a champion, winner of 108 races. I'm proud to say Colin allowed me to drive Paleface back to the stables one morning after he worked at Picken oval in Croydon Park, I had just ridden one of our hard pulling Gallopers on the track and had gone back to watch him work. Colin was one of the nicest men you'd ever hope to meet, he treated all his horses with absolute kindness, he lived to 90 so he carried those memories of Paleface for years. RIP Colin, the golden quinella now reunited.

You haven't been able to bet on NZ TAB here in Oz for years Peanut, the 800k ex pats are furious, mad as hell, so they bet on Oz races instead, funny that......

Roo is leaner than venison Shad, and IMO more tasty, in MEL when the AB's were gifted victory they dined on frogs legs and snails.......I'm thinking in AKL the Wallabies may have been served their pre game meal by a dodgy waitress from Browns Bay with an Africaans accent.

I was having a shit arvo, go for it, I needed a laugh........Distemper Dog's handler is going gangbusters, he's a half length in from at the mo but hanging badly, maybe a hit with the jigger shortly...

Fuck this is funny

I think you should be congratulated, you've obviously adopted a stray dog, a very stray dog, you do know he has a reputation for biting people tho?.......I hope you've had your shots, rabies, distemper, etc........and fleas, don't forget the fleas.

HJ, you're a legend, you should have your own section on here, ''Direct selling 2 U'.......Countdown, NW and Push and Shove need to watch out, you're a counterpuncher, the gouging by the big 3 is omnipresent so you're the hope of the side, looking forward to your catalogue HJ, bring it on......

That's why the All Blacks have become easy beats Shad, no one can afford to eat meat.

Lamb Loin chops here in Oz about 15-99 mostly, gotta go the cutlets though, no comparison.

You need to email New World John, Honest, you should..........If they are doing that in AKL, I would imagine NW pricing in Chch is pretty much the same? At least your meat was facing Mecca when it's throat was cut and not Petone!

Its a queen bed, so it's up to you.

Now I know most of you aren't responsible for the housekeeping duties in your humble abodes, however bear with me if you will while I point out some alarming discrepancies tween Oz and NZ, and then, hopefully, you learned people will give me a lesson in domestic economics...... Did the weekly shop yesty, and was overjoyed to pay; $7-99kg for beef sausages from the deli, $10-99 for chicken breast fillets, $19-99kg for prime porterhouse steak, $11-99kg for middle bacon, [Aus] $22-00kg for T-bone steak and $13-99kg for some of the tangiest bitey cheddar cheese ever, and as a splurge, $16-00 for a kg of AUS cooked large tiger prawns, and Lamb Cutlets, cut from the rack $23kg........ I wont bore you with the grocery items, but great value.......then filled the car E10 @ $1-47, chuffed. Then got home and decided to pay my Oz trainer, $80+10%gst a day, country based but 1 hour from the Gold Coast, racing generally for about 25K.......13 to the winner, but entered midweek for 35K.......if she goes ok, [won 2 starts back] she'll go to Sat for 75K or down to Randwick for a highway, where they pay 1K for 10th, benchmarks are 2700 for 10th? Farrier was $170, [cash cheaper] transport costs subsidised by trainer, [cheap]......commercial rates, reasonable. no pay up, jockey paid by clubs, starters incentive about $470 for lowest stake races. Our NZ trainer is base rate 70 +++.......good trainer, nice person..... farrier, $190...., poor value, transport, astronomical, shocking value, racing for bags of spuds, starters incentive, laughable....... Salaries at HQ? if there were KPI'S involved, most at senior level would be dismissed, here, except for QLD and SA, are more than acceptable based on KPI's..... What's my point?.....my mate that lives in Devonport shopped at his local New World and sent me the docket......????....FFS......how the fuck do you people live? How has NZ become such a basket case, my mate has a good job, but 60 bucks for Lamb Cutlets and being asked to pay 15 bucks a kg for beef FLAVOURED pre-cooked sausages, WTF?.......there were so many items on his docket that were just unbelievable, a working man/woman in NZ must be stretched to breaking point, so, how the hell is racing going to be sustainable? It just can't be, if ever the Asian garden of eden dries up, so nowhere to flog the great NZ racehorse, it's a tits up industry, Petone is a fools paradise....or is it? maybe we don't give them the credit they deserve, maybe they identified it as a sunset industry a while back and just decided to get out of it what they could......not all, but the imports sure knew where their bread is/was buttered. Our last horse, is still in NZ, a baby, will do her education there and any ability at all will be airlifted out quick smart.......if there was a viable alternative we would gladly take it, but it's not looking good for NZ and you don't need me to tell you that. I would guess there is about 20% of industry participants doing ok in NZ, 30/40% scratching a living and the rest, well, below the poverty line? and we all know what happens to livestock if the principal is doing it tough....... Figures generally don't lie, unless the've been manipulated, we've all seen the creative accounting from past reports, NZ TAB is a perfect example, but looking at the general, mainstream costs and charges across all boards, trouble is brewing......... So, get in, strap yourselves down, hold on tight and get ready for a bumpy ride.......there's always AIR NZ or Jetstar/Qantas, and there's always a spare bed at Joe's place! =

And yet you can bet in running on most portals here, up to the 500m mark in some cases, sport? it makes no sense Mikey, it's an archaic way to bet.......

If I was a bookie, I'd lay odds you suspect correct Mikey, I'd say, lots more than lots, could be heaps, or bazillions, even gazillions......vote with your feet. I'll tell you what I'll do Mikey, if they do that, I'll give you poor buggers my cell no, no, not that cell, my mobile, and you can bet with me, I'll do that for the thousands of disenfranchised Kiwi's done over by a quasi Nazi outfit, driven by stupidity and desperation...there you go....how's that for transparency and commitment?.....#bloggsbet

Then somethings crook in Talarook, if we had that attitude here in Oz the industry would be Donald Ducked, public hols are mana from heaven in the gambling industry, NZ needs root and branch reform, although I fear it's too late, the Kiwi dollar has gone from the ''Swissiwi' of years gone, to Monopoly money, 1-15 now, how do you fix it? with so many talented NZ horse people now ensconced in Oz, you've got dregs left at HQ, like Sharrock, at least Saundry bolted, so thats a start, but the broom would need to be wider than the AKL harbour bridge........ The talent thats left at grassroots level have given up, cant be bothered or accept the inevitable, sad as that may be.....

They'd be organic sausage rolls though wouldn't they?

Nah, Blackie, if you had racings heartland forefront, then you'd ''just do it'' and cop the accolade .........it's beyond them, everything that's exciting and innovative is beyond them sadly, they thrive on misery and mediocrity.......have for a decade at least......

Now for the those not quite up to speed with code, S4B = Shit For Brains............I thought it tasteless to add a Titular with such punch, however, is it not a public holiday in good old NZ today? I realise you must all be outside at the BBQ, prawns, lamb cutlets, salmon steaks, etc, but wouldn't you rather be at a thriving, pumping excitement plus race meeting? Why on earth didn't the rocket scientists at the Taj Mahal on Jackson St schedule a race meet for Gods sake? When someone breaks free of the outdoor oven could you post an answer? I'm thunderstruck to learn why, or why not rather......

By a country mile, one JF Harris, then Noel, then Des......Herbie R could ride a bit too,