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Interesting, he's out to $2 on the NZTAB and into 3/5 there as some predicted.

Yeahh.. good we get it on ESPN and don't have to put up with a $5000 claimer from Golden Gate covering half the screen and no HD on Tside.

Looks pretty spot on this morning.

Weather perfect. Forecast fine dry 80 degrees.

And have they still not got the drains at Otaki to run uphill? I just got a message transferring the June 22 meeting to Hawera?

If you recheck your numbers barryb, I think you'll find it's more than 3 days but less than 7.

Bloody tough gig that Triple Crown ... and Baffert has been there.

Yes, all the ones you want to bet with but it keeps you logged in to all accounts.

Quite right Thommo. I leave it up to the trainers to apply the gear that will help the horse run to its best in the same way I leave it to them to decide what work to give it on Tuesday morning and what to add to the feed on Friday night. You'd probably want that info as well I imagine. Is the quotient better for blinkers on, or blinkers off in maiden races ?

For Thommo, the pen readings are even across the track this morning.

I think he's too busy trying to work out the pen readings on Saturdays and recovering from the effort on Sundays.

Yeahh, I'd stick with the SP bookie like Turny, wally. Can bet on credit too, so don't need EFTPOS. They seem to have made a come back.

I'm probably wasting my time trying to help you Thommo, but the fact is that when you punt you are basically competing with all the other punters out there. They all have the same information. Unless you somehow have access to info that most others don't, any additional info such as the stuff you keep going on about will also be available to all the competing punters so will give you no advantage when you assess a horse's chances against the available price. What part of this are you not getting? Since the pen readings you want are available in OZ, does that make your punting on Oz races more successful than on NZ races where they are not?

He'd probably simply like to know all the winners before the off.

Yes, that's a hell of a strike rate for first time Lasix. Might be just a bit of a precaution here though since it's legal. I like the horse but quite hard to assess. I thought he was well overs at 25/1 but wouldn't back him now at 12/1. I see the NZTAB has woken up and offered a market at a very generous 125%. 1 Justify 1.80 2 Free Drop Billy 34.00 3 Bravazo 9.00 4 Hofburg 5.50 5 Restoring Hope 34.00 6 Gronkowski 13.00 7 Tenfold 13.00 8 Vino Rosso 9.00 9 Noble Indy 34.00 10 Blended Citizen 21.00

I thought he relaxed pretty nicely into his work there for his first time on the track. Looks the part to me. Just a question of getting the right trip and getting the 1 1/2 miles I suppose.

de Lore also obviously needs to re-take his Year 3 maths class on percentages.

Yes, that's not even what the NZRB's own 2018 size and scope report says. GDP is not mentioned in relation to that dreamed up number, and much of that is from nothing to do with racing: In 2016/17, the New Zealand Racing industry generated total direct spending of $1,205.8 million. This expenditure was responsible for creating a direct value-added impact (in terms of wages, salaries and profits) of $611.0 million. However, the flow-on effects linked to this expenditure increase the size of the industry’s value-added contribution to over $1.6 billion. Direct expenditure is defined as expenditure associated with producing foals and pups (breeding & rearing), preparing racing horses and greyhounds (training), racing customer expenditure and expenditure by NZRB, the three codes of racing and racing clubs on operating the industry. Direct expenditure is counted at the point at which it leaves the racing industry and reaches the broader economy. 2 Value-added contribution is defined as the value of sales less the value of inputs used in production, i.e. it is equal to the income (wages, salaries and profits) generated in production 3 Household Income is defined as being wages and salaries (before tax) earned from employment generated by the racing industry

https://waikatostud.com/messara-report-will-mean-short-term-pain-for-long-term-gain/

So what? It's pretty simple I would have thought. Why would you bet on a track like that? I wouldn't.

What impact will this have on global wagering markets I wonder?

No, but someone told me I was half cut last night.

Gone a bit dull in the coat eh?