mikeynz

I reckon the West Indies have finished early today so they can take in Out the Gate and Manawatu Trots 😁

I'm going to sound like a stuck record but I reckon Blenhiem should be back on the calandar but not running your average run of the mill meeting but a feature meeting, which is a Wednesday Saturday, in summer, perfect place for a Canterbury v Central Districts meeting, if the likes of Michael House travels regurley across the straight for the Palmy trots whats wrong with the gallops guys doing it, eases the load of one or two tracks too, if Harness can do it with Kaikoura with big crowds why can't racing?

You sure?

Wouldn't guarantee Leap To Fame will win FFA either, might be a replica of the Cup with two hotshots canceling each other out, setting things up nicely for the likes of Merlin, we will see in time.

Not sure if anything Mick says is gospel regarding punting, still enjoyed his chat with Mark Purdon.

Be interesting to wind the clock back 10 years on these forums and know how many have expired, racing is the domain it seems the older generation......similar to callers on ZB, you just never know what's happened to them if they ain't been heard for sometime.

Tasman Man, was he from Tasman, just curious?

Looks like they all lucky to have a good job, be lean times if they were fulltime punters lol.

The Herald reports around 15000, what to believe? Irrespective of that for the size of Christchurch and factoring in the influx of visitors in town for Cup day in reality it's probably only a splash in the bucket, people wise, the A and P Show is a different case completely, having said that they are still doing better than Ellerslie for it's big days.

Maybe the reason so many finished so far behind is because the best ones are 100% on their game today, the cup is one example, some just ain't as good as others, sometimes with the ratings system as it is many just have a bye run a few times to get a lower rating, not today though. TV 1 news tonight said crowd of 10000, looked way down on other years, is Cup Day losing its impetus?

Guess I wasn't far off, with my vision, never had a bet all day, somedays just don't bother but I can just enjoy the racing as it is, same for lots of Sport, not sure Entain would be so happy if everyone followed suit lol.

Galah there must be a box seat special or a cup preview programme online somewhere from yesterday with Guerins and the others 100 dollar spend for the day somewhere, always interesting looking at things in hindsight.

Place looks half empty, remember the days it was packed.

Scandinavia race all year round, the gallops don't have those luxuries, not much they can do about that, no driver from Norway this time.

My thoughts on the Cup 5 or 6 win unless, 5 or 6 cancel each other out and a swooper downs both, its possible but more likely to not happen than likely 🤠