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Are you becoming a yes man?

Yes. I'm wondering if a bit more leeway on trial days? But those that don't load relatively quickly maybe need to go back to jump outs or practice gates?

Were there any late scratched there for not loading within 90 seconds? Reportedly several at Ashburton. I can see the case for it but it seems a bit tough at trials when they are there to learn.

They seem to be tightening up on this too. J Fawcett RESPOND Easing the pace 1000 metres [Rule 638(4)] N Parmar MANORBIER Easing the pace 1000 metres [Rule 638(4)]

Especially when it was dangerous.

No results since heat 4 qt 11.45 and one video posted?

Will the new legislation mean that they can't lay off with overseas providers? Or will they be exempted from that?

They are having a few issues with their clock lately at NZTR.

To the Cambridge synthetic?

Meeting News Te Rapa Track Update | Thursday 15 January Due to very dry weather in the past week, punishing winds and a mains water line burst the track is drier than might ordinarily be the case. There has been 16mm of irrigation applied in the last 24 hours and it is out to a Good4 this afternoon. Given the forecast of a fine, hot day tomorrow it is expected to be a Good3 for racing. The racing strip was vertidrained last Tuesday/Wednesday which will help in providing some cushion.

Anyone ever consider that might be just how good she is or not?

Why would it work fine on race videos and other streaming apps though? Download speed tests run at about 150-200 mb/s here during business hours, faster at night.

Bourbon Empress impressive in that though now they have the video up.

They'd have to have intentionally sprayed just that section wouldn't they? It's hard to believe that vandals with a hand sprayer would have made a neat job of just that section. Unless they put the roundup in the spray tank, perhaps knowing the club were about to use it?

Or reporting his conclusions?

I made an interesting discovery yesterday. This was the stewards vision which is also awful quality for me, almost unwatchable. I downloaded it a replayed it and it was miles better. Is that maybe something to do with my browser CS? Though race replays themselves are fine.

Interesting. It was Roundup and they haven't ruled out it being an error rather than vandalism. The neatness of the damaged area is consistent with that. Asked whether there is a correlation between the machinery used by the Gold Coast Turf Club and the size of the damaged area, Superintendent Jackson said there were some consistencies. "There is a correlation in the fact that the dimensions of the turf that was affected is 16 metres wide and a spray boom (used at the Turf Club) is around eight metres," he said. "So there is somewhat of a correlation, yes."

Thanks for the reports and pics. Engaging stuff.

Bigger crowd than Ellerslie Sunday too!

Pony scurry Kids from the Pony Club Champs preparing for the first heat of the scurries! By Foxton Racing Club_2025 01 14_17 49 58_1_110.mp4 Heat 2 of the scurry! The second heat of the scurries! By Foxton Racing Club_2025 01 14_17 50 44_1_787.mp4

Yep. https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCGOA_SCF_5B1E49CE-798C-4466-E6FF-08DD18052784/racing-industry-amendment-bill Public submissions are now being called for the Racing Industry Amendment Bill The closing date for submissions is Wednesday, 22 January 2025 This bill would amend the Racing Industry Act 2020. It would extend TAB New Zealand’s monopoly for racing and sports betting to include online-provided gambling. It would make TAB New Zealand the sole legal domestic operator of online racing and sports betting. The bill would also strengthen the governance and oversight of TAB New Zealand. It would expand the harm prevention and minimisation regulation-making powers in the Racing Industry Act to include TAB New Zealand’s online operations.

Within these criteria, it is then entirely up to the Slot Holder on which horse they select for their slot. Horses can be trained in any location (including internationally) and it will be the responsibility of the Slot Holder/connections of the horse to arrange transportation for the race. So they surely do not have to take a horse nominated for this race, nor run a horse at all in their slot in the event of a scratching?

What I'm curious about here is where it leaves the slot holders. If a slot holder has their chosen horse scratched, does that mean they have to take a horse to fill that slot determined by NZTR and on terms set by NZTR? That wasn't the deal under which they bought the slot was it?

Not quite the esteemed fields of Matamata but Foxton also getting ready for trials today.

One week left for submissions if you want to have a say. https://www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitteeSubmission/54SCGOA_SCF_5B1E49CE-798C-4466-E6FF-08DD18052784/CreateSubmission