Brodie

There are heaps of horses in NZ that could run 1.50 formthe mike at Menangle but will not get the chance! That mare of Jason and Megan Teaz went sub 1.50 over there and was one of the quickest horses to have raced over there! It grew a other leg when it went there, obviously the big track and awful mile racing suited it! The Teaz’s probably do not have the elite type horses to train But do a good job and yet a horse can go so much quicker over in Oz! There are non winners in NZ that could go very quick miles on that track so thank god we dont have many mile races! I do note that stupid Auckland club have got all mile races at Alexandra Park tomorrow night, and there will be mug punters that wager on them! Thank goodness Addington mile point is where it is!

Laurel Hubbard appeared as though she haunt prepared for the games at all! You can not tell me that someone in that had been male and now supposedly female could turn up in that condition and be rated as one of the best weightlifters in the world female!!! The arms looked like an old woman’s arms that hadnt lifted anything for years! Got no problem at all with what gender he or she wants to identify as, but seriously to represent NZ at the Olympic Games and can not lift a successful lift well under her personal best is disgraceful! Then to say she choked when she has had years to prepare and wouldve had taxpayers money is an absolute load of BS unfortunately. Needs to hang up her bra or jockstrap and retire!

NZ has always been good at events that involved sitting on our butts!

Heaps of people who nave nad the so called vaccine are testing positive to the mild virus! Think they called it Breakthrough and it has been stated that there are heaps with it due to being jabbed with a poison! If this vaccine is so effective shy do they still want you to wear masks?? The other day they said there was an even worse strain coming out of Peru I think called the Lambda strain! It is all about keeping the masses scared, the sheep need to wake up to what is happening! And yes Ardern will be crook from the jab if in fact she actually had it, as it is going to cause more issues down the track that the mainstream media havent broadcast.

Pathetic effort from someone who has been to other big games events! NZ spent big money sending Him/Her to Tokyo for a holiday and did not take it seriously at all! To not be able to even lift one of three lifts correctly is a disgrace and nothing to do with choking as it is insulting to NZ! Seriously you only had to look at the arms to see that she should never have been there!!!!!

Personally think they should be checking out the sex of the Bronze medalist!

Yes, successful in Kerrytown but in Auckland did not really shine at all!

God help everyone if the Greens get back in again! Surely not?

All weather tracks are going to be a burden on racing Ranga! As for KINDNESS? Kindness to motel owners who are being paid millions every week to house the homeless, that has increased 500% in 4 years of Labour!!! What damn kindness has she shown to the average New Zealander? She has caused a helluva lot more damage with her and Tubbies stupid policies! Where are the stats for the increased number of Mental Health people, the people who have lost their business and the no.s of marriage breakups due to her???? That’s right we will not get them as the media is indebted to the government by way of all the money she has given them!

Why are people in the world nowadays listening to the BS that js coming from many parties? We all need to grow so e and stand up for what is right and not just being led by people who are light weights!!!!! Why would anyone be scared of HRNZ, what can they possibly do? Even this hate speech crap from the incompetent so called government is just not on this planet!! It may well be that even the looney lefties are finally seeing that the halo from Arderns head is finally starting to lose its glow! Reality is that it is only this Covid Crap that has masked over just how out of their depths the whole lot of them are! What have they achieved in 4 years beneficial to NZ? Absolutely nothing, just left a helluva big mess for the generations to come, but that is not on my head!

Yeah Duane Ranger has been over in Oz for awhile now!

You are correct Galah, the taking of the knee is just blatant BS and so wrong!, The Maori language and pandering by the left is puke material but is tife throughout the world unfortunately? They sill never ever get “The Brodster”!

Nina, we should always defend our kids, it is what life is about! Not sure why someone wants to nail Ben and I am sure he just takes it on the chin. He has always been very good in front of the camera and expressed his opinion on horses. It is very easy to drive from the grandstand or from the lounge suite. Sometimes youthful exhuberance may come into play with Ben as he is obviously competitive and has driven a lot of races against the senior drivers rather than just the Junior races! Never let keyboard warriors get to you and always be very proud of your son who is out on the track each and every week competing successfully in a very hard industry. Harness Racing is battling at the moment and we need hard working enthusiastic participants to keep the industry going!

Nina, of course you are going to defend Ben. You shouldnt have to as personally think he has come a long way and tries hard in all his drives. If some people do not rate him as a driver, then I wouldnt be too concerned, as believe it or not, I have some detractors! That is life and what you should be very proud of is that Ben is very grounded, enthusiast and likeable young bloke and will have a big future in the industry and this is what the industry needs.

There would be wins in Alexy in Oz if he was placed well. One of O’Connells past their used bY date in NZ when he first went over looked like a champ, not sure whether it is still winning?

Na I dont, but I am sure someone will be able to come up with it Ranga! Very interesting to see the horses that have gone offshore now! Years ago The qualifying trials used to have good size bumbers in the fields, nowadays often there are only 2 or 3 in a field,sign of the times unfortunately! Will be interesting to see what the new stake money is going to be in the new season

Just looked through the exported Horses list on HRNZ, and there was approx. 50 horses exported mainly to Oz last month. This seems like a lot of horse i. One month but maybe it is fairly typical? Obviously owners do not see the point of racing horses here nowadays for $8k? Something has to be done to increase turnover so that stakes can be increased and worthwhile for owners! Suggestion would be for the NZ TAB to encourage more wagering, or is that too radical?

Another nail in the coffin for North Island racing! Josh Dickie is a talented horseman and clearly a big loss for the N.I. Think there will be other young ones that will follow him over and with some of the elder trainers giving it away, it is very very hard to see how harness racing in Auckland being viable in the next few years!!!

Ranga, needs to be opened! Races need to be run truly, running quarters slowly without anyone moving is farcical.

Totally agree Davis. Whatever but on Addington they shouldn’t be allowed to run 34 quarters over any distance

Over recent months there have been many races run at Addington where there are quarters being run in pedestrian times!!!! When you invest on races you are wagering that the race js going to be run at a reasonable speed for the class of horses involved! When you have quarters being run in over 33 seconds and halves in over 65 secs it changes the whole dynamics of the race and you might as well throw the form book out the window!!!! In Oz they fined drivers for going too slow, bot sure whether they still do this Maybe we need to introduce this in NZ as it becomes an absolute farce when they go slow! You could say that it is good driving by the lead driver and parked horse, but absolutely stupid when the horses out the back just sit there and expect to win from so far back with a short sprint home! From a punters point of view, there needs to be more action to make a fair race and to ensure I can get a collect!!!

Yeah they arent as hot as they look in the photos Chief! Geez I shouldnt have said that, not worth the money!! Harder than getting a decent punt on!

Chief is David Butcher, Aaron Ill tell you that!

Good to have you back Karrots! I am not just anyone though, and that is why I obviously didnt know that! Why is Alicia known as Bubbles? Sounds a bit kinky?

Harness might get the greyhounds disbursement before the end of the next season. In the paper today there was mention of 9 dogs no longer due to racing on the Wanganui, sorry WHHHHHanganui track! Ammo for our lovely caring Greenie unrealistic Chloe Swarbrick! Not good racing Greyhounds but fine to walk about STONED eh Chloe?