mikeynz

Maybe they should schedule one or two race days for Oamaru through the summer to help the farmers through the summer.

Oamaru was having a drought until yesterday when 35 mills of rain, always seems to happen at raceday time.

Wasn't watching today but sometimes you wonder if NZ should basically shut down for winter, sometimes a break can rejuvenate interest too.

Those adds on TV are fucking stupid.

Maybe it's racing in wrong code.

I might be running off in a slightly different direction but a article I read in the Timaru Herald recently regarding Timaru, basically wanting more dates, but the President wanting to get some jumps meetings again, jumps racing is basically dead south of Cook Strait, one wonders how much longer Riccarton keep the National jumps races.

It's kind of weird that there is a Sunday free next month that would be fine to try and race again, sometimes one thinks they jump too quick and dont look at alternative dates, strange ìrony is that July was normally Waimates time anyway.

There weren't many Southeners there, lucky for those who didn't go but what a waste of time all round. Oamaru next ,Thursday week, next year Oamaru moves forward to a Sunday, seems odd two grass meetings in 3 days.

Did that guy who commentates the trials at Winton go into a frenzy over it ?

Probably find he wont get one in the trifecta

I will add is moving many of the Southern harness to Thursdays better or worse, if it's to increase turnover that theory is contradicted by cramming up Sundays with more meetings, so many mixed messages since Entain came to town. One wonders though if Ascot Park would be interested in becoming the third club on Saturdays by racing twilight meetings through some of the summer months, seems two Saturday gallops meet in NZ seems to be the norm during the day but why not another later in the day? Or maybe punters have had their fix by six o clock.

I often wonder if the Southland Racing club has a commitee of only one as Sean Bellew is the only one we hear from or about. I don't think Southern clubs get too bad a deal, they do have limited numbers and only 3 tracks, the tracks don't get the shit beaten out of them by racing constantly all year round, its ok having a few feature days to attract people and true they have few good days but nterestingly all the harness run of the mill days have moved or are being moved from Saturdays to those shit days as he calls it, why would that be?

It's a bit tough on some with no maiden races on Sunday, one trainer suggested they could run twelve races, nice idea but that's a gamble in itself. Strangely last year the same Wingatui meeting, (May 26) had only 6 races and about 40 runners, this year numbers seem to be plentiful, one wonders why the odd mini meeting at Ascot Park or Gore would be a step forward instead of being compelled to travel north or just pull the pin, remember when racing after covid resumed,Ascot Park raced on July 17, surely some areas need some flexibility. Mini meetings may be run of the mill in Northern Harness soon, if at all, so why not the Southern gallops? Weather at this time is a bit of a gamble but that' applies to everywhere in NZ.

If the rider was 20 kgs overweight then I'd like to know how hard to get rid of that much in a short time

One wonders when they will run Auckland Cup next season, and if changed which race will be shifted and to where.

For what's its worth watching Just Believe in the Rowe Cup was as interesting as watching an average workout, to that horse it was.

I wouldn't be surprised if all the Australians barr NZ customers from betting sites, they have some funny ideas, more stringent fhan in NZ.

That's about the best Bonnie's Chance ever went at Auckland.

Probably not that easy , even harder when one draws 4, the other 12🤔

While numbers are limited maybe these races might just be a week or two later than they could be,

Personally I'd love greyhounds racing if it keeps going is have them running round and round until last one standing.

You talk about winning life changing amounts as in lotto, racing don't really have anything, it's not the seventies anymore, that $100 double just wont go far anymore and quantity over quality, I think the extension of the race days in harness racing next year is a rather naive idea but in every sport we seem to think the more the merrier. Interestingly I hear the IPL Cricket is going into the finals stange, strangely while many were disappointed it wasn't on Sky as such we have all survived without it, no different to racing, Entain can have 60 meetings every day but most of it one don't bother with anyway. Anyway I will go check Wingatui nominations, starting to get into winter in earnest now.

I would be hoping that in the event of dog racing being closed that all the opponents will be happy to take the retired dogs and home them, I personally would be getting a contract signed by SAFE and similar organisation's to take on their wellbeing, that is the main gripe as what happens after they finish racing is probably the biggest issue. Maybe the best thing to phase out is stop breeding any more, but I've often thought that society as a rule would be better if people stopped breeding and that's probably not going to happen either.

You want to go on facebook, Spelling is appalling, and these ain't typing errors, we all make them mow and then but not like that.