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Not enough room in the sauna for many of them and quite a few already get a pension and wouldn't need the extra money.

Doesn't count for anything in my mind. Easy to up turnover if you reduce margins. Your last hope is the question. Is GBR up and if so how much? That seems to have become a big secret, at least as far as gallops go.

Pardon? Isn't it May now?

They are all mentioned in the above article??

Wow! I wonder what would happen if that became the case here?

STRATEGIES Relationship Management & Partnering Owners’ Race-day Experience. Monitoring expenses associated with racehorse ownership Relationship Management Maintain an ongoing level of engagement with all thoroughbred owners; Then, as above, they resort to labelling and name-calling owners who offer criticism they don't like, then in Neil's case anyway, choose to do the opposite of the above declared strategy.

Yes. There primary object is "(a) To promote membership of the Federation to thoroughbred racehorse owners within New Zealand.", yet less than 5% of owners are members. Did you see the president's comments on track abandonments a month or so ago? First he says "let's address the root of the problem: Track Preparation and Funding." He got that bit right. Then he says "So please, less criticism and attacking of people, which is bordering on bullying and contempt, and let's work on more collaboration within our great industry. Isn't the first bit criticism? It seems there is criticism they like and criticism that they don't, however well founded, and they wonder why they have no members. Not to say that there are not a number of people doing a lot of good work there.

I'm just letting you all know that in conversation with Leigh today, we have agreed to settle our differences and "bury the hatchet" to use his terms. Onwards and upwards.

That's common in the US.

Where are they? Stewart Island?

Managed it not bad here.

I'd say they are mostly in the paddock or getting on with new careers.

Pride Of Jenni winning the Listed MRC Anniversary Vase (1600m) at Caulfield. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Pride Of Jenni produces another Caulfield clinic NZ Racing Desk 4 May 2025 Caulfield has been a happy hunting ground for Pride Of Jenni in recent weeks, and the reigning Australian Horse of the Year produced another spectacular front-running performance at that venue in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed Tile Importer Anniversary Vase (1600m). The Ciaron Maher-trained Pride Of Jenni has now had 38 starts for 10 wins, 12 placings and A$10.44 million in stakes. She was a triple Group One winner in last season’s Empire Rose Stakes (1600m), Champions Mile (1600m) and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). The daughter of Pride Of Dubai has had some ups and downs as a seven-year-old this season, but announced her return to form with a powerhouse performance in the Gr.2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on March 15. After another blip in the Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) two weeks later, she headed back to Caulfield on Saturday and again demonstrated her extraordinary front-running prowess. As expected, Pride Of Jenni was sent straight to the lead by jockey Craig Newitt and dominated the race from the front. The $2.70 favourite began to pour on the pressure approaching the home turn, and she kicked away at the top of the straight. None of her seven rivals were able to make much headway down the straight as Pride Of Jenni swept to victory by two and a quarter lengths. “She’s always fun to ride,” Newitt said. “She was good in the early part of the race, but I just wanted to get to the top of the hill at the 1300m, 1400m there before I let her roll. “She knows where she is – she was trained here originally – so she got to the top of the hill and she changed stride, and then she started to string them out. “I reckon the speed we were going at the 1000m mark was the same as the speed we were going at the winning post. She never quickened any more, but she never weakened either. She just maintained her gallop, which was good. Probably the last 200m was the most impressive, because her stamina kicked in and she just kept up that good gallop.” Owner Tony Ottobre is now keen to take Pride Of Jenni to the Queensland Winter Carnival. “She’s fantastic, isn’t she,” he said. “To see a horse do what she’s just done there, it’s incredible. I’m glad that she’s back. “She’s still got a bit more condition than we’d like, so there’s more to come for the Doomben Cup (Gr.1, 2000m). We’re looking forward to that race.” Pride Of Jenni was bred by Trelawney Stud and is out of the O’Reilly mare Sancerre, who was prepared by Cambridge trainer Tony Pike to win on four occasions for the stud. The star mare stems from a family fashioned over generations at the famed Kiwi nursery, which has been in the Taylor family’s ownership since 1993, having been established by Seton Otway in the 1930s. Group Two winner Real Success, the taproot of star Trelawney Stud graduates Vouvray, Loire, A Touch Of Ruby and Pride Of Jenni and many others around them, was one of the first families the Taylors bought into upon taking ownership of Trelawney. Pride Of Jenni was sold at the Sydney Classic Sale for A$100,000 through the Segenhoe Stud draft, where she was purchased by Tony and Lynn Ottobre’s Cape Schanck Stud. Sancerre has a two-year-old filly by Per Incanto which has been retained by the Taylors named Pouilly Fume. The mare foaled a filly by Hello Youmzain last spring, which unfortunately died, but she is back in foal to the young Cambridge Stud stallion who has made a promising start with his eldest just two.

I'd have been knocking about as a late teenager then. Didn't play for Linwood though.

I happen to race one of those which has won 3 of its last 5 starts. Saturday was the last grass staying race in the country for it until late October but it was shifted to the poly and shortened to a middle distance. Am I pissed? Yes, especially when there seemed to be no good reason from my inspection of the Riccarton grass on Friday other than it was very heavy and waterlogged.

I stand corrected on how he is doing, but he definitely is.

Except that it was programmed as a grass meeting likely to suit horses that can only run 5-10secs slower, then changed at the last minute to no longer suit the horses prepared for it.

I don't disagree with any of that.

“It’s dangerous,” Chalabi was known to say from time to time, “if you believe your own propaganda.”

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Yes. Seems so but at least the form is consistent. He is now going into Leggy's account and removing any emojis I post over there. scooby3051 Administrators 13,399 12,112 posts Report post Posted 4 hours ago Yes but he never once said who he was and he had joined to circumvent being under moderation...did he?? You 1

And certainly not for programmed grass racing when there are perfectly safe grass tracks available.

Oh yes. Sorry.