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He was disqualified on previous charges, but this hearing is on new charges stemming from the video evidence that since surfaced, which means he will be disqualified 2 years for those. He should be disqualified for life in my view.

He hasn't served any disqualification time yet, which he well deserves in my opinion.

And he's made a few comebacks in his time, all successful in the end. So, I'm sure he's quite capable of making good decisions about if, when and how on this one.

https://loveracing.nz/News/33528/NZTR-calls-for-Acknowledged-Retrainer-applicants.aspx

He's 60 actually. Did you miss his birthday?

He might be featured in the exhibition?

@Newmarket what are you confused about?

It's the AWT. They did the same previously.

I suppose we can be thankful that we experienced it from golden to sunset. Might be the theme of your Exhibition MF.

If that's the case, and the money came from NZTR, not the club, then why do two races in the country get the benefit?

Meeting News Stakes Increases WTR @ Cambridge 10 July The R75 1300 and the R65 1550 at the WTR Cambridge meeting on 10 July will now each be run for a stake of $27K

RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM It is understood that on occasions, situations for trainers can be frustrating and it is easy to vent and possibly take it out on someone who is really not responsible. We would suggest that in these circumstances, take a breath and maintain your professionalism. Wherever possible, please be respectful to those who may be on the other end of the phone, recipient of an e-mail, or at the races or the track. Many thanks to most of you who do show restraint under pressure!

It does not apply to offshore gambling operators to the extent that they provide wagering options for ‘sports and racing’ to New Zealand residents. The profits generated from such services will continue to be subject to ‘point of consumption charges’ of 10% (which are payable in addition to GST and product fees). So, essentially no difference as far as race betting with off shore operators is concerned.

Same way the IRD does for GST. It's old news. https://www.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz/-/media/project/ir/tp/publications/2024/2024-sp-offshore-gambling-duty/special-report---offshore-gambling-duty.pdf?modified=20240403222415&modified=20240403222415

Update from the CWJ fb page: Nicci Johnson Admin Top contributor I can update that got another 3 months acc. Is having odd ride weekly to gauge how leg is. Fitness improving and movement much better. Hopefully September/October we may see him on track.

Saturday August 10 if they can get enough horses down to run it. No early market because noms are only that week. Unless they decide to frame a pre-nom market.

Northern Programming Changes | 27th June 2024 Following the meeting at Racing Te Aroha today, it has been decided that the Te Aroha track would benefit from some further work to enhance the functionality of the profile. Given the importance of the venue for the remainder of the winter, it is imperative this work takes place while there is an appropriate weather window. As a result of the maintenance work at Te Aroha, the Sunday 7th July race meeting will not take place at the venue. The following changes will take place: WTR at Te Rapa Saturday 6th July will add two jumps races: 0-1 Win 2800m Hurdle $30,000 0-1 Win 3900m Steeplechase $30,000 *Note, these races will not be divided

They can do that from their own juridictions can't they?

A worry for who?

They get full books and obviously think the travel time and costs are worth it when they'd otherwise be sitting at home.

Entain will no doubt stay but whether or not they can generate enough profit to sustain funding for racing in 4 more years at even half current levels is another question.

I agree. There's no reason.

Scandinavia is a small corner of the racing world – yet when it comes to the farcical whip debate once more dominating headlines in Britain, perhaps it is worth looking to the Nordic region to find a meaningful example. Back in 1986, when I was publishing Scanform, a form book covering all races in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, a ban on the use of the whip was introduced in one of these jurisdictions (Norway). It was a political decision, made by the Ministry of Agriculture – and it was irreversible. Like the majority of racing professionals, I was convinced the change would cause problems and be detrimental to the sport. How wrong I was. The change actually helped save the sport in a country where it has been up against it on several snowy fronts for more than a century. Without any question, the prevailing feeling at the time was that races staged without use of the whip would lead to fluky, less formful results with horses underperforming and showing little consistency. As the ban came into force in Norway, the whip was still allowed in Sweden and Denmark. Thus we so-called experts also thought that horses would show improved form when shipped from Norway to compete in the neighbouring countries – and others might be reluctant to put in a good effort at the finish when returning to whipless events at home. We were assuming these things – and we had a lot of support, particularly from riders, though the whip ban had come to stay, both in Thoroughbred racing and on the much bigger harness racing circuit. However, a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. Slowly but surely we had to admit that we were badly mistaken. We had made assumptions based on theories, not facts, nor on any tests. As the seasons went by the new rules were put to the test. Horses showed the same consistency as in the past, favourites were winning at about a 30% clip, like they had always done – and what about those shippers we thought would run so much better when being whipped? Well, in short, hardly any of them did. Yes, there were a few examples of horses running better in Sweden than they did in Norway – but so few that we had to confess; we were probably dead wrong on this point as well. That a handful of horses did better at Täby Galopp, a flat US-style oval, than around the undulating Øvrevoll, could easily have more to do with the track configurations than with the whip. Handicap figures showed that the form was just as reliable in races without the whip. There was absolutely no evidence supporting the theory that jockeys need to use whips to make horses run as fast as they can.

Didn't hurt turnover in Norway. Or Sweden. Or France or Germany where there is a 5 strike per race limit. Did you not read the article I posted above?

Couldn't be further from the truth.