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Thanks Chief , I just been notified I am now a MENTOR on here ! Well earned ,I might add , and about time ! Many thanks and I hope I can live up to my growing reputation ! Unable to post much of late but been out around the tracks 'participating with a lot of enthusiasm'. Promotion to MENTOR is a great honour !

My feedback from a couple of senior jockeys was that the track was 'shocking' and certainly turned some horses off completely. The times seemed slick for 1200m on a heavy track. The margins between the back half of field and front lot seemed further than usual. And leading seemed to be the place to be.......if it was a Northern track the critics on here would be claiming a 'leaders bias'.

On the subject of On course tellers there has been an upgrade of Equipment in the past few meetings in North , the new machines being much different for the tote-staff to operate and staff catching on at different speeds. .And the insertion of betting slips needing to be a bit more precise. At one Ellerslie meeting the operators instructed us bet-slip customers to read out all bets ,no cards wanted ,then last week they seemed more comfortable with the slips. And make a mistake on the slip ,which has changed a little ,and there can be more confusion to correct it.

The much maligned Northern Racing 'Group' could help out. Following on the initiatives in recent years around Ellerslie , Puke and the ATR and talk of the Waikato Greenfields proposal the Northern 'division ' could sort it . Sell Avondale and divert ALL the funds back to racing .........start on purpose built Waikato Greenfields [ and the current facilities sales in the plan ] and produce two purpose built International Racecourses with Training centres . This includes one in CD in a flood free area that can grow grass ! Make CD racing 'worthwhile' again ...it ain't in good shape ,lets face it !

Who IYO are the country clubs who could step up and enhance the industry , and would be keen to rollup their sleeves more than they do now ??

Final Orders won a double at Trentham one year. Shudup was out of Natter [ a Riccarton horse from Tutton barn ] who won the NZ Oaks. Of course Bill rode a lot of Syd's horses and Syd had some very good ones. Daryl's Joy was stand out and trail blazer , along with Weenell ,Woodcourt Inn etc etc as the article states. The lack of people in photo would suggest the ride had not been a successful one and a post mortem in progress. 3 x piece suit ,maybe not the heat of summer, but around the early sixties when several of those CD meetings like Marton raced on their own track . I'd m\lead to one of the 'lesser' CD tracks tho dividend board looks substantial.

Don't worry champs.....plenty of good stuff happening out there in the NZ Racing scene. I still got plenty of great stuff to share with you when the occasion arises ! I'll cheer you all up....please no despair .

Seen two movies this week....oh the lifestyle of a Jaffa ! The Promised Land [Denmark] and Il Postino [The Postman] ...Italian Film Festival. Enjoyed both ......The Postman been around over 40 years ,nearly as long as many NZ racecourse facilities !

It doesn't seem to matter to NZ Post ! I'm looking at March results....will give the quicksand mob something to chew on !

And quite easily too ! Despite Betting being up in all 3 codes in March , Sports Betting is dong a La Mer and in a couple of strides putting lengths on em ! Sports Betting up + 17 % to $89 mil. Gallops up 21% to $45 mil, Harness up 6% to $18mil and Dogs up 7% to <$10 ...Total $73 mil. MHouse says betting up 6% but race numbers up 11% ??? But look at the posssitivvvvity here , not other stuff. A step in the right direction , gottacount for something ! Hopefully the Margins up too !!

What will happen in March 2025 ??

The messages on the posters for sale are inspirational.....essential reading ! What I can Control ! Problem solving . Q. If you think I am so terrible why are you talking to me ?

If they ban social media for Under 16's this site will lose a lot of South Island posters ! But more Jafas will bring a bit of balance !

Great to see Temu ads on BOAY...especially the poster sale...$2.37 including shipping..... Brilliant to see the poster showing Things I Cannot Control , things one shouldn't focus any time and energy on. And they give a list things one should focus on......I Can Control. Obviously the advertiser saw a captured market here who could benefit from these lists to help with their postings ! Absolute Gold !

Well its historical now ,nearly 5 years ago and you two are the first to heap the praise on and credit NZTR for such a game-changing document. Odd that the NZ Industry couldn't pay its bills and was close to insolvency ,yet had the solution to their predicament all along. And hard to imagine a hard-nosed Aussie with a sound leadership reputation would allow himself to be used in this way.