mikeynz

Rangiora on Wednesday,Oamaru on Saturday,Banks Peninsula Sunday,lots of racing,then next week its Orari and Addington the day after,then the week after that its Timaru on Saturday then Akaroa on the Sunday then The week after that 2 Addington meetings and Methven on the Sunday,do we need this amount of racing and is it not a contributing reason with Forbury getting midweek meetings in between that is to that clubs detriment, having said that a positive way is looking at the fact that so many meetings on then in the eyes of the suits they must be doing ok,if they weren't they wouldn't have the number of days.............flip side on the other side of the coin ,southern gallops had 2meetings in 6 weeks earlier on and now Canterbury have no gallops I think for 3 weeks,so in reality is there a bit of unbalanced calandar between the codes?

Now they will all be able to stay hope and watch Coranation Street like a lot of others.

You see Noodlum no conspiracy what's so ever.

Maybe after Manawatu is disbanded 😀

No racing in Canterbury for 3 weeks,it dont happen often.

Maybe they dont like each other no more,it does happen in life.

Not from me man, just a casual comment.No conspiracy.

Maybe they think they've done all they can do or some other reason we've have yet to learn about.

I may have been talking the southerners up too much,wait till Ascot Park,that will get the ship back on course again aye😉

A lot that go for the pissup probably dont bet anyway.they ain't a permanent fix for the industry.

John Phillips has 2nominated for Ascot Park next week so he is still around anyway they have only 7 races for Wednesday but surely they can run xtra races,limits of only 12 of the sprint races,that's seems a bit small field size wise.

He's interviewing the loser?😳

Should use starting stalls,just need to be careful they don't rip the wheels off on the way out,would be entertaining no doubt.

Just watched it,looked like Copy That wasn't fully on the job but still wasn't a even start.

Just like commentators and the guy doing the after race interviews sometimes it's not good,they are only human but it would a good deed though if the Tab refunded all the punters after every race that a horse had a bad start or got a bad run lol

I haven't seen the start of the race but have seen a lot of standing starts that are not that flash,so will someone do any better than this Lamb guy remains to be seen,I'm not into personal criticism of someone as such but maybe someone newer with a fresher appetite for the job is worth a go,how manyyears has lamb been the starter?

Did he get one in the cup?

4 in the cup on saturday.

Been reading the odd old story about John Phillip's,used to train up to 15 or so horses but recently just the odd one or two nowadays,so why listed as 26 seems a bit unprofessional of website,would be good to know if it's still trained out of southland or somewhere else.

The real southern horses from Southland had a good day and in someways validates the strength of southern racing as a rule,I think they are underrated,and always pay good divs at Riccarton.

Personally I think harness racing is getting a bit mundane to be honest,the better gallops from oz are a top product,the trots at present just repeat after repeat but it is what it is.

Maybe it would be better to do an interview after all the paperwork after the race is over,you do catch them in the heat of the moment and sometimes the interview is a bit gibberish,maybe Cookson will learn and do better next time,Greg O Connor was not too bad at that

John Phillips mIght be back at Winton training those 25 others it says in love racing.........in all seriousness though it states its trained in Winton but has done all its racing in Canterbury since lockdown,maybe as it has won some story might crop up sometime soon.

Maybe it was pre arranged.

They would be a lot slower now.