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  1. curious
    If your French isn't too flash, here it is in English.
  2. curious
    ...and not see any soiled breeches?
  3. curious
    Watch the Breeders' Cup races the next couple of days. 6 strike per race max and disqualification from millions for excessive breaches. We are so far behind the rest of the world on this. It's embarrassing to say the least.
  4. curious
    Yeahh. I'd probably add hands on the reins between strikes and preferably 3 strides between to give the horse time to respond. Much simpler for jockeys to do and stewards to monitor. They told me that proposed new rules would ban strikes on the flank. No sign of those out for consultation yet though.
  5. curious
    I think the rule is crap and confusing and not consistent with international standards, aside from being hard to implement and monitor. Why not just simplify it to say 6 strikes for the whole race?
  6. curious
    Where did you see that?
  7. curious
    I thought those two words were synonymous in NZ racing?
  8. curious
    They commonly send them out for a race or two to determine whether the track is even safe for racing. What do you expect?
  9. curious
    Super ride too and it should have the desired effect of bringing her on for whichever Guineas race they go to.
  10. curious
    I think the idea is to lessen the feel of contact between the rump/flank areas and side of the gates which may upset some, though with the padded gates we have these days, I'm not sure they generally do much. The main benefit might be that with them on, they get to load last or late.
  11. curious
    I think his point was, it is illegal, as smacking horses should be, not that nobody breaks the law.
  12. curious
    I certainly wouldn't.
  13. curious
    Maybe he can't read, or needs a trip to specsavers?
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  15. curious
    Do you think there was any influence from those wanting a firm track for the Sarten on the track preparation that eventuated?
  16. curious
    Could do in the Guineas too. Who knows?
  17. curious
    We know he was on Sabrina in that race where he reported the track to be slippery. Did Leith say it slipped badly then?
  18. curious
    I didn't hear or see anything suggesting a horse slipped badly other than Ess Vee R after losing a shoe in the first losing its footing. Not sure where that came from.
  19. curious
    "There is a sad irony in the fact the Te Rapa track that has carried New Zealand racing through such a turbulent last two years finally had a major meeting of its own partially abandoned yesterday." Guerin is now really up with the play if he thinks the meeting was yesterday!
  20. curious
    You'd hope so. The primary stated purpose of that is to confirm the track rating though that is never reported to punters, trainers or owners, certainly not in the tracks' own reports via NZTR nor in the stipes' reports.
  21. curious
    Did they today at Te Rapa? Who rode them and did they confirm the G4 rating?
  22. curious
    Not stringent enough? Or, not flexible enough to let track managers do their job of preparing safe tracks first and foremost?
  23. curious
    And so the debacle from the lack of all those things continues today at huge costs to all participants and disrupted spring campaigns for a lot of horses.
  24. curious
    We've been exporting many of our best horses, trainers and riders for a long time. Unfortunately, we now seem to be exporting our best owners and punters at an alarming rate. Among other things, when it's cheaper to fly from Christchurch to Sydney and back than to Hamilton and back, it's little wonder.
  25. curious
    Well, when I walked it last Monday it was very firm out there and a forgiving G4 inside to centre. Was it the trainer or the caretaker that claimed the outside was very heavy?
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