curious

I was responding to your query about SLB's post. I assume that's the point he is making.

50k race. 4 previous winners of 17 runners?

How did they leave that off? The generous side of me thinks it is a mistake, a clerical error, or something. Or, do they simply not realise that people, I mean punters, owners and trainers are reluctant to participate in NZ racing because of the lack of integrity and robust anti-cruelty measures? This is what the NZTR guidelines say by way of comparison, though I'd say striking a horse on the flank might be covered under vii. Either way, not much use if not policed. Notwithstanding the above, it will also be deemed to be unacceptable where a rider uses the drawn whip: i(i) when a horse is out of contention. ii(ii) when a horse is showing no response. iii(iii) when a horse has no reasonable prospect of improving or losing its position. iv(iv) when a horse is clearly winning. v(v) after passing the winning post. vi(vi) using the whip with the arm above shoulder height. vii(vii) causing injury to the horse.

And Christmas dinner!

Hmmm. Was vetted the start before. No abnormalities. Appeared to dip a couple of times at the top of the straight at Ashburton (not handling footing?) and then was squeezed out of her run?

Visor blinkers have a slit in the side of them to allow more side vision than regular blinkers. A hood I think is a generic term for blinkers,

Hey take it easy bc. Some very good people have come out of Amberley!

Not just in the SI: Race 8 BRAMCO GRANITE AND MARBLE MANAWATU CUP (Group 3) (2300 Metres) B Lammas - Issued with a warning after failing to apply the notified nasal strip to AWESOME AL.

https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/49625/4/Race-Detail.aspx

And yes, if that doesn't get him inducted into the Hall of Fame then something is badly wrong.

And another 7 rides at Gore tomorrow. How many is that in 4 consecutive days? And that after a crash at Cromwell. Pure talent, hard work and persistence.

2)A Trainer shall not start or attempt to start a horse in a Race in an item or items of Notifiable Gear unless permission has been obtained from a Stipendiary Steward before the horse is accepted or is deemed to be accepted for that Race.

No. It is seeking permission and has to be approved by a stipe, so it is a request.

Could be either but Thommo is reporting that the Bureau had no gear change requested.

Shouldn't the horse have been declared a non-runner or disqualified?

Well from the video, it looks like Nopele clearly raced in visors so as you say the notified gear of blinkers is incorrect and Thommo is right isn't he?

Can you not switch between full cup, half-cup and visor blinkers provided blinkers are notified?

That's an empirical assessment.

Nope. Objective empirical assessments based on the data. Not subjective .25 second allowances depending whether the meeting is Wednesday or Saturday.

Yip. Don't really care where they last ran. Just assess the performance there relative to expected performance.

Because I can assess the expected times the horses would run and then assess the variance from that. Different tracks are no different than different track conditions to me. I pay no attention to penetrometer readings in that assessment. They are pretty much useless except as one indicator of what is likely.

Why not? How else can you compare performances?

Might be nice if NZTR could impose a condition on all overseas sales that such transactions must contain some sort of guarantee that they will result in the horses being subject to the same duty of care for retiring and rehoming that they would be subject to should they stay in NZ. Otherwise selling overseas becomes tantamount to evasion of the NZ rules.

Where is the data supporting the .25 second differential? That's all I'm asking. So since you haven't provided it and I can't find it, I assume it's not there. Just a wrong assumption of yours.