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  1. curious
    Exactly. So, why worry about it when the best horse wins anyway? Don't think the run had anything to do with it.
  2. curious
    Didn't seem to bother Opie just now.
  3. curious
    Is there necessarily something wrong with being 3 wide the trip?
  4. curious
    I thought 6 stone was 38kgs? 58kgs is 9 stone
  5. curious
    And what was the weight spread in handicaps then in Australasia?
  6. curious
    Maurice Campbell?
  7. curious
    The pics look like pretty solid proof to me.
  8. curious
    Yes. I saw some of those a while back. Any chance of that being reinstated SA?
  9. curious
    Yes, I've been there a number of times and agree that they are akin to trials. Professionally run with full published results and accurate times. They are also run over trial distances and on a course proper against the rail. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59a49f93c027d87e465dfb38/t/65d412dc3d836640baa6ab62/1708397277590/Results+20+Feb+2024.pdf
  10. curious
    The proposal to run trials around cones seems rather silly. Jump-outs sure, since they are primarily for gate practice and perhaps some conditioning purposes. Trials however are also to teach the learners to race in conditions akin to those of a race - on a rail.
  11. curious
    They are open to the public and the full results are published.
  12. curious
    Wouldn't grass grub amount to the same thing as diseased turf?
  13. curious

    Awapuni

    curious replied to Cyril's topic in Galloping Chat

    Might be a tune to some but it's pretty out of tune to me. I may have to get my hearing aids retested.
  14. curious
    Have you ever seen the stipes walking it, let alone with a going stick? Or just racing around in a car?
  15. curious
    I think it's worth pointing out that the total funding is stakes funding + contribution to costs of running the meeting. Obviously with many times the stakes funding, the latter will be a smaller percentage. Kumara put 100% of NZTR stakes funding to stakes.
  16. curious
    Generally there's not enough available room unless you get special permission which would be akin to jumpouts anyway and you still need gates and starting assistants.
  17. curious
    lol. Are they completely thick? Did manage to get 44 for Riccarton mind you.
  18. curious
    Yes. That was a typo. Should have been 22/23FY as you say.
  19. curious
    Now that post IS funny!
  20. curious
    The sanctimonious and disparaging comment about Freda that you make above suggests that you must be or have been a very successful trainer. Perhaps you would let us know some of your successes that establish your credibility to offer such critique? Or, are you just another of those that you refer to who claim to know everyone and everything but actually know very little? I'm leaning towards the latter conclusion to date.
  21. curious
    Here's the 20/23FY data on that. Two standouts with Kumara leading the field by a narrow margin from Wairarapa. Given that the Entain prize is aimed to encourage them to engage in activities that promote oncourse wagering, you'd think that would be a useful metric in considering the winner. On a turnover:stakes basis for the metro clubs Huey, you may want to adjust your market.
  22. curious
    I think it's pretty clear by now that it's not from NZRacing though they are keen to get as much from that as they can for as long as possible. NZTR at least, have little interest in generating it themselves either and haven't for the last 20 years, so its survival is now totally dependent on Entain generating sufficient revenue to sustain it. With a reasonably successful 5 years from Entain, I'm guessing NZ racing revenue may be 60-70% of current levels after 5 years.
  23. curious
    That should make for interesting racing.
  24. curious
    The award is for the club, not the track separately so ATR is the club. It's not an assessment of the Ellerslie course alone, though that effort presumably won't help.
  25. curious
    Did they even hold a meeting in 2023?
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