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  1. curious
    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?
  2. curious
    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,
  3. curious
    Hey take it easy bc. Some very good people have come out of Amberley!
  4. curious
    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.
  5. curious
    https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/49625/4/Race-Detail.aspx
  6. curious
    And yes, if that doesn't get him inducted into the Hall of Fame then something is badly wrong.
  7. curious
    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.
  8. curious
    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.
  9. curious
    No. It is seeking permission and has to be approved by a stipe, so it is a request.
  10. curious
    Could be either but Thommo is reporting that the Bureau had no gear change requested.
  11. curious
    Shouldn't the horse have been declared a non-runner or disqualified?
  12. curious
    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?
  13. curious
    Can you not switch between full cup, half-cup and visor blinkers provided blinkers are notified?
  14. curious
    That's an empirical assessment.
  15. curious
    Nope. Objective empirical assessments based on the data. Not subjective .25 second allowances depending whether the meeting is Wednesday or Saturday.
  16. curious
    Yip. Don't really care where they last ran. Just assess the performance there relative to expected performance.
  17. curious
    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.
  18. curious
    Why not? How else can you compare performances?
  19. curious
    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.
  20. curious
    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.
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  22. curious
    Yes. It just pisses me off to see fraudulent claims made about a myth that may mislead readers. So Thommo, please stop it.
  23. curious
    I didn't say there was no difference between classes. Can't you read? I said there was no difference between the same class, e.g., an R65, whether it's Wednesday or Saturday and 10k or 25k which you claimed there was.
  24. curious
    I don't give a stuff about your benchmark ratings and where did I ever say that there wasn't a difference between C3s and C4s in HK? So you have no data, analysis or evidence that a Prem R65 is any stronger than a 10k R65 in NZ? It's just your distorted opinion. Who knew?
  25. curious
    Ipso facto, of course they'd do that since it's no harder to win a 22k race on Saturday than a 10k one mid week.
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