mikeynz

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.

Who would want to be the starter,interviewer,driver of a non all stars horse?the magic of cup day 2020.🙂

That wasn't a good interview after the cup,however might just be out of his depth.

As a race,very average.

I'm not watching but as educated guess that doesn't sound like good interviewing to me.

Having said that the ideas being floated around up north are pretty positive and ambitious,its best when the clubs do it off their own bat.

Otago and Southland,what do you think they will get?Cant see a big building boom in Wyndham looming.

Be fair to assume many ain't even giving a shit about racing,make a nuisance on cup day,never seen again until next cup day

Gee calling me a tipster,I'm overcome with emotion, If one only knew about my tipping abilities lol

Is it free to air?

Does it make sense Riccarton building another stand that mostly is unemployed,a lot of racing now is for the tv product,the watch from homes.

Gee I'm gunna get a bit technical here,it would be nice if someone other than All Stars win but I think Spankem is well drawn for the type of race he goes best,sitting back and running on strong,if Self Assured don't waste ground he will probably burn them all off,Copy That at one,sometimes the one draw can be a nuisance,getting shuffled back as others goes forward,Classie Brigade is the opposite of Copy That with the poorest draw being used up more,as for the others they do have a chance as they are in the race but realistically none will win unless something untoward happens and in racing anything can happen,I can't see a 38000 first four but if anything untoward happened and the top four don't get there the sky's the limit,hard to know if anyone would even be braver enough to bet against a favs top four.

Forecast 13 degrees on tuesday.

Simple fact is the gallop crowd cant handle their piss,useless amatuers lol Probably the under 18s who aren't allowed in can lol

But there have been consultants and study's done heaps of times over the years,and many times what's changed,f all.change is probably a good thing if it's for the better,I still believe the real changes will come when the clubs decide change is neccessary as in if the people, volunteers stop bothering as it seems harder and harder to find younger ones who want to carry on the courses,then they decide,Waikouiti, Winton,Wyndham,Omakau,Hokitika,course like that are gone but for Timaru,Oamaru,Gore and Riverton,I still believe they will be there,if Southland only wanted one track Ascot Park is not the one,Gore with it's slightly more central locality and Riverton with it's big roomy track are ahead of Ascot Park,as for Oamaru Timaru and Ashburton mostly because of the traditional drier climates winter racing is perfect,having said that if they get rid of a lot if not all those tracks and say move to say just Riccarton and maybe Wingatui then its lights out,its happening to harness south of Cambridge,another way of looking at things is do you want people in charge of making racing a good long term product or some lot wanting to destroy it,maybe that's where the problem lies,bad administrators,do you rid of the tracks or do you get rid of the administrators,same as in our government's,who decides,them or us?

Alexy now up to 292 starts,inching closer to the triple ton.

I dont believe tracks will close,if you want centralization you have Timaru as main winter track,Riccarton grass for a lot of main meetings,I think people are getting worked up over nought.