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    I reckon a couple of feature saturday meetings at Washdyke instead of Riccarton would be better for both,that grass track at Riccarton does get a hammering,sometimes it looks like it too sometimes,the AWT probably does have a place but 15 million or whatever does seem a lot for 8 days or whatever,however it's done,spose the trainers training on it will be happy.
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    It would certainly be a different landscape if Oamaru and Timaru were to close,the problem here though in Timarus case is at present they have lost 3 days for next year yet they never have feature days like Oamaru have on sunday,they just seem to be getting a shit deal. A lot of southern horses lining up at Oamaru,if Oamaru and Timaru were gone would that kill off racing south of the Waitaki?
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    I read a article online yesty about Tyler,went to Southland a few years ago and are in the dairy industry,the horses come second so in that way he is fortunate all his eggs ain't in the one racing basket,sometimes one wonders why you would be at the furthest point racing wise but it is what it is,having said that the travel would be a pain,the lack of race days in winter in the south could be helped by the AWT,not hindered if the days at Ricarton are new days,not pinched off others.
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    Good nomination numbers but it seems a heavy 11 track again,starting to wonder if this Oamaru Timaru complex about better winter tracks is a misnomer but good stakes by nz standards and no where else to run probably has a bit to do with it too,these are noms only though,how many will front up,well that remains to be seen,
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    I see that the trackside simulcast on the computer,I pad etc is now gone and been replaced with the radio which is ok but you can watch ,listen to trackside on the app only it seems,I have a listen,it's ok but not a all day station for me, a fair bit of reruns too and the same old senz this senz that every ad break gets a bit monotonous,still have to wait and see what if any racings on,I know how I would do things but some people seem to think differently,as I say we will wait before passing judgement.
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    You will have to enlighten me on your subject,I havnt watched trackside for a few days.
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    You will have to enlighten me on your subject,I havnt watched trackside for a few days.
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    It says on website some places coming soon,Hamilton is one of them so dont panic it will arrive someday. Ian Smith comes from or lives in Hawkes Bay,i wonder where he is working from,sometimes they can work from home/
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    Senz starts monday morning,this time next week,first radio racing show,if its shit then the only way to get through is to tell them but let's just see first aye.
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    That was at Wyndham and the irony was it was on April 1
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    Never lose sight of the fact that Winnie let the snake out of the bag,people didnt forget,I have to say that despite labour supposedly being over 50% in the polls I dont know anyone who voted for them but I suspect a lot dont admit it.
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    Well they did let Winnie help out the TAB,dont think anybody else will.
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    I could say something funny on this subject but I might get in trouble so I wont say anything lol😂
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    Be nice to know,we never get to see what the gallops turnover is.Westport on Boxing Day does about 1.8million in turnover making them about the fourth or fifth biggest meeting on the calander ,I'm guessing that they ain't getting their full cut of the take,must be going to someone else,I wonder who that might be.
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    I see some of the harness racing hierarchy are going to be at Forbury tonight,never there normally in all probability,must be money floating around or something or are they just there to celebrate the closure of another course?
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    Jason Pine seems a pretty reasonable sort of guy and yet hes gone,strange indeed.
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    Not many fields are over 12 these days,maybe they have factored that in😀,smart thinkers.
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    Tuesday night trackside on senz sydney,dog racing from Gosford and Warragul,yet no harness from Menangle or Albion park or anywhere else for that matter. AWESOME,.......not.
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    I see one of senz new recruit has been sacked for a column he wrote on womens rugby and Jason Pine has resigned,hasn't even started yet and this,sadly I got my doubts about this lot,especially their idea of trackside radio.
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    I wonder what stakes the harness races are going to be.
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    I wonder when Jones will be back.
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    Like it or not the lack of easy access to radio coverage has probably turned off interest as well,since radio has gone I couldn't tell you what races are on in oz on any given day,I do know what's happening in NZ,we have all our flash devices bits it's not always convieniant,after a year or so now I dont really miss it now but it must have tainted a lot of interest. On another note I do think some of the scheduling can be made better,always tinkering from season to season and still not getting it right.
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    Probably find tomorrow will be the same here as today.
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    i think the southern area has enough meetings and probably in reality so does Canterbury. There was a spike in interest this time last year when racing resumed after coved, one wonders if a complete break for a few weeks would be a smart idea.
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