mikeynz

Anybody thinking of getting up to any monkey business, be wary, and look very close at what your getting in too. Monkey pox might catch you out and you may be exposed as a weirdo 🤠

I'm not 100% sure but I think its transferred from saturday,(the grass track), I stand to be corrected.

While the Crusaders are dominant in super rugby, the very nature of the old comp, where teams sometimes from South Africa had to travel half way around the world .to play knockout matches in the dead of winter,,(don't think any other competition would have as much travel) put the Crusaders at a distinct advantage, and the present super comp without the Africans has probably distorted the strength or the lack of our super teams, some of the teams from oz and some of our own were generally pretty average, maybe we are over estimating our player depth. The ABs at present don'tseem to have as many top players as we believe them to be, no Dan Carter, ,Richie Mccaw, or even a Ben Smith type player, it happens from time to time, not many AB forwards who look like they are going to be greats of the game, as for Robertson or anyone else for that matter, not being coach at the moment won't do them any harm, better to let the present lot self destruct or turn things around. On a slightly different note I see ZB won most of the awards for best radio shows, Marcus won even though he's a dork, Hosking as well,that Jim Sneddon guy on during the small hours seems quite good, Bruce Russell had a massive following, the audience radio still generates in our society indicates the place radio still plays in our lives, there is media works and also the National programme but it's hard to attract new listeners to some of these places. But radio is still the media for info, and live sport as we can't sit in front of a tv all the time (we all have to work sometimes) yet live racing has been almost demoted to the history channels, I was an avid listener of trackside radio, since it's gone I couldn't tell anyone most days where races are being run, except for our own product,(NZ) generally as habits change one just finds other things to attract our attention ,I don't really worry about it now, be nice to have a good Saturday race programme though but how many others feel the same way, I just hate the fact that everything has to be online, sometimes we need a balance in life, the nets a great thing but does everything have to be on our devices,? Even if trackside radio was every day now I'd only bother sometimes, most of the music stations are just that, and that's ok too but being informed and entertained is the key to producing good quality radio. I don't even have Sky these days, don't really miss it to be honest but getting the balance with what sport you pay to watch and what's free to air is about getting programming right, Wimbledon was on prime live, women's sport seems to get a fair deal, too , but playing the ABs matches next day seems a bit weird.. Spark sport having all the cricket online must have been a anti promotion of cricket, no reason why a half hour or something highlights on tv one at some time would benefit the game, not everyone can afford sky or spark, or the internets not up to scratch or some simply can't be bothered with technology or have the time. Anyway as it's a free for all forum there is one or three subjects to create some comment.

A weekly competition would add some interest to this place, weather its racing or sport or something.

Number 10, always the best place on a tight turning track lol You reckon cyclist are fitter than bowls players, chess and darts players?

Did everybody get the nice juicy odds on the Raiders at halftime, probably more likely the sun going out than the Warriors winning.

I'm a little disappointed with TAB, no top four betting on that race, oh well.

Maybe they are doing a survey to see how many would turn up😂 Why in situations like this dont they shift to monday, crowds are irrelevant mostly so what's the problem,?

Listening to ZB regarding the ABs, same old bullshit, been that way for years. Dont really believe we have the players at the moment. Coach probably isn't much chop but would anyone else want the job at present?

I'm surprised Warriors matches ain't the biggest punted events that the TAB run, on the other team to win😀

Not just the golf course.

While the polynesian players have done so much good for our national team, supposedly, lots of white kids have moved on to other sports, who wants to have to play against school kids who are probably as big as Colin Meads was in his prime, jonah was a prime example. Just like racing is heading rugby now is focused mostly around a few select places, super rugby bases, which also hold test matches, the NPC, has become what club rugby once was, club rugby has been demoted further, this years NPC is now a one pool of 14 teams, what benefit will unions like Southland ,Manawatu and the likes get by being celler dwellers season after season, the old NPC had promotion/relegation, every match had a point, picture Southland as a example.losing its first 6 matches in this new format this year, how does one engender any interest in games if they are pointless, The biggest shambles was the last lions tour, played the All Blacks and the Super sides, over a century of tradition gone by not playing in the regions, but as I said before the provinces have been decimated by the elites so once again pointless playing them under the present scenario The old NPC, Shield scenario was the best around look what they've done too it.

Alexy needs a lot of racing to get to peak fitness, I win every 35 starts is proof

Strange comments, dont think anywhere you'd find I'm putting anyone down, it's just interesting, not often one sees a team trained out of Riverton trekking that far, be even less often you would see someone trekking from Queensland to these shores, maybe someone might one day just to get away from the heat or the rain, not sure if the stakes in NZ would be a major attraction though lol

3 runners today, 2 in race 2 and another in race 4, Eagle Farm, none fancied, be interesting anyway.

Not a ot a lot of variety with basically 2 tracks, NZ, well the South Island has some variety, for how long, is anyone's guess, as you will know the cd area was almost wiped, the North has only 2 venues and it seems they want more tracks gone, I don't really believe the present Addington Friday Sunday concept is that popular.

Gammalite, I havnt looked through this thread for a while but I was actually looking through some Queensland racing sites, as one does, I notice there seems to be only a few harness tracks in Queensland, Albion Park, Redcliffe, and it seems Marburg and Kilcoy, that don't seem like many, are there any others active?

That racing.com site don't seem to update too flash but as it stands the record is 26 starts, 1 win, 75000 in stakes, i running tomorrow at Sunshine Coast, hasn't exactly set the world on fire, bit different from Wingatui and Ascot Park.

And the odds of Trentham racing?

That Martin Devlin was another fuckin idiot, I love humour, you would have noted that but his whole show on zb was just a bag of shit, Jason Pine seems a good guy , so is Ian Smith, but Lush likes trains, wouldn't be surprised if he still plays with them, was voted on the council in invers by a massive win over others, simply because people knew who he was. Just noted all NZ racing is on trackside 1, seems a bit congested with 3 meetings, one wonders if it effects turnover, elsewhere it was raised why Sunday racing in NZ ain't all on one channel, but in reality you can only cover 2 meetings properly on radio it's no problem, can almost have as many as you like.

Hey there, I havnt posted for a couple of days, gets tedious after a while discussing the same old horse racing issues, that's why a free for all forum adds variety, as I've stated elsewhere I don't do social media, just here and that other place where I'm not always popular due to my postings, not everyone shares my different outlook on things, even sometimes I can't be bothered either lol. Overnight I watched Wimbledon, that Nadal fella is some sportsmen, that sporting event is some sporting event, young fella playing against him, so close yet so far, always some great stories as the 34 year old mother playing in the semis would testify, may never get that close again but the payday for reaching the semis shows that perseverance pay off, and the other amazing sporting story is the transformation of the England cricket team, how long before we want Baza coaching the Black caps, would we have the money, would he want too?. Talk about repetitive , listening to ZB , that Hosking fella is a stuck record, about time he started focussing on the elections , next year, as a candidate, now and then at night tune in to that Lush fella, very nauseating to listen to, Marcus this and Marcus that, after about 2 minutes of that I'm done, hard to believe it's got some radio award, fuck him anyway. Warriers are losing another promising player, watch him flourish when he goes elsewhere, maybe it's time they got rid of some of the management, ain't that Cameron George one of the big wigs in NZTR, seems these sort of people seem to go from one overpaid job to another, if they fail somewhere then they just crop up somewhere else, strange but true. The war in Ukraine drags on, so much propaganda, hard to know what to believe, when will it end, will Putin survive? 2 good race meetings in the South Island today, for the punters, looks like the weathers gunna hold out , hopefully. Anyway I've floated one or two subjects, have a good day

Was just pointing out the nom numbers for Ashvegas, might get more than 6 races, no need for confusion.

Fairy Flash, everyones mate from next door?

Do the horses not have a say ?

Fairly good noms for Ashburton, better stakes too, re Oamaru.