mikeynz

That was a suggestion he made for ascot park,as for who,good question.

So if the codes are in charge then why is harness racing selling itself short here.

It would rude if Forbury was sold and the assets went to the galloping code,that would prove that the harness guys have been taken for a ride.Idoubt that would happen.

I will say that change is good if it's for the better,but some of the ideas floated are simply not.

I think Mr Mesara stated that Ascot Park need to build a new grandstand.Maybe they can move the one from Rugby Park there,its never much use these days,a lot of ideas and decisions being made by people that it has no effect on,as long as I'm alright who cares,that's the attatude.

Is there one?

Personally I wouldn't even worry about these arseholes if they think that the dates are set as they set them,easy enough to change if push comes to shove.

So you see if all the harness guys in southland shift to winton and wyndham what are they gunna do? Show some fucking balls I'd say.

If all the harness guys are on board what can they do ,you know the saying United we stand.

In the early eighties the trot club raced at Winton as a dispute with gallop club over fees ,nothing stopping them doing it again.The gallop track has a long history of problems,add that the home straight is only 200 meters gee greyhounds home straight almost beats that.

Maybe that's why they want all the races at ascot park,give all the funds to gallop club,the harness guys can pull the pin from invers if they want,they've done it before in the past.

Nothing makes sense.it seems the heads of hrnz need to be cut,they ain't working for harness racing,why race at gallop track in town and give all money to another code,in the invercargill setup.

After reading the draft what changes would you like,what changes if any do u think will happen.

I will stress that they ain't getting nought from me at present either,I still watch the odd race but for now it's a betting no no.

The way they threw one or two leading commentators on the scrapheap was very poor.

I'm not watching it much either,I can tolerate aussie racing,and the trots from there as well as New Zealand stuff we should patronize our own stuff,even if the gallops aren't in the same league as oz,but as for that greyhound shit being poked in every gap,that's shit.

Saturday night around 8 o clock.im not sure who the presenter is by name ,he's a regular ,pretty hard going really sitting through all the wall to wall stuff,not hard to see why O Connor lost interest,it must be hard after being on course to be housed in a studio,sad but true.

In reality you should do what you think is right,comments are only comments

If he goes well fresh then after 7 years he should win by the length of the straight.

The strangest thing of all is the TAB was probably its strongest when the days were only one meeting a day,no sports betting,just proves though more is not always best,we even get far too much sport these days but yes you have choice to switch off tv or turn off whatever,we can only absorb so much of anything.

Once upon a time I read a article about pathological gamblers,it claimed when people start betting on events they have no interest in,like races from some obscure place they never heard then that's when people are going AWOL,, it's true really,and with wall to wall racing from lots of obscure places the leaders of the tab are exploiting the situation,same in sport,some sport we can accept but a lot is just exploiting,I've done my share of fluffing around on sites too,betting sites are about cold hard facts and figures.

I reckon let's say if forbury wasn't wiped completely is to look at how many times there is say invercargill thursday ,addington friday sunday,there is no reason why those meetings once a month are scrubbed and forbury race friday ,main meeting,sunday low key meeting and have all the focus on them ,its no wonder that they have fallen with poor dates producing poor fields,once when they use to race pretty much as the main focus they were doing ok ,racing wise anyway,the difference with forbury is it adds variety being in the middle of canterbury and southland,under the new thinking it's just repeat after repeat,that gets uninteresting for lots of us over time.

Gee those otago trainers are gunna need to travel,as for stakes reverting to normal,will they ever?

He was on radio but that's gone so lucky he has job at all.

We have discussed the draft,some don't seem to make sense,Southland is one that baffles me.