mikeynz

High sports turnover may not help racing but maybe it may make the overall state of affairs better.

What run them into the dirt?

The form line as a rule is pretty crap.

Read the form comment for Shout The Bar race 5 Flemington,interesting.

Many people in many positions are hamstrung in jobs,tell me about it.

Some of these people who are in their suit wearing jobs just go from one job to another,could you really imagine them milking cows,crutching sheep,driving a tractor or truck,not flipping likely.

Pete's Dash,5th again,just cant get any closer whoever's drives him.

When one thinks about it,there are many drives or drivers who could be charged for the same offence,the guys who loop the field then sit parked and then fade,there was one in Invercargill in winter that was a standout for that,maybe the fact that O Connell is not a full time driver is the reason for the 6 months,yes it wasn't a good drive but I do remember a horse at nelson going about 35 wide on the turn and nothing done on that occasion.maybe a warning about ones failings might have been better,Pete's Dash seems to be no different with any other driver,sometimes we can stuff things up and can learn going forward.

Still the same stables despite the main stars not there,there must be room for a upset.

The can tabs in recent years have spent a lot of time in Southland,lean pickings for the locals.

Does he still have his southern operation or was that just temporary,

Not one comment for what is a major day southern racing wise,has it just slipped by without hardly raising a ripple,is that reflective of all those southern Thursday meetings.

The big guns not there but a good field really,U May Collect is turning up,should actually be a good race without the dominators.

Prime😊

Prince of Arran,got it in one.

Wonder if Wyndham and Gore get their dates back.

Fof the last few years the Waikouaiti new years day meeting has been struggling for numbers,very few southerners went anyway and to Omakau 2 days later either so in reality this will be their first meeting since boxing day,will be interesting to see how it goes,Waikouaiti still race but 2 weeks later at Wingatui,should have better numbers so that will be interesting as well.

I will add that a lot of prominent people are named but why the secresey for others?

The restrictions come off Melbourne tonight,for how long? I reckon it should be stated to people that as from now all those testing positive be named.

I just noticed the Riverton Jan 1st day is all 15000 races,that might stimulate a bit more interest,time will tell.

I'd say this one has t been updated for sometime,accuracy is good,in the harness site it tells us if a horse is just staying somewhere temporarily,John Phillip's has 26 in training yet only has one at the races for yonks,looking through the southern trainers over the years they just keep chipping away and building up a handy tally,it just makes interesting research

It's not really that brilliant in the North at all,Auckland and Cambridge is pretty monotonous and with no grass racing all in all not much to get excited about.

How accurate are the trainers stats as in numbers in training,it says John Phillip's,Winton has 26 in training yet The Tyler's have 23,the Tyler's always turn up with a few each day,Phillip's has only one,where are the other 25?

Races seemed to go off ok,I just wonder if there is room for a few monday meetings in the south,sometimes those 2 meetings in six weeks seems a bit sparse in race date terms.

At least Forbury get the numbers,its funny how hrnz are supposed to be promoting racing and then removing it from a large chunk of the country,im getting mixed messages.