Brodie

Probably don’t have to Whiplash! Andrew must be questioning his own abilities wouldn’t you think? What do you put the dramatic improvements down to? I have selective memory Whiplash, I remember the stuff worth remembering!!

I never once bagged the owner! I bagged the logic of racing a horse who could not run a place in 50 starts!!!!! Yes I probably bagged the trainer for having a horse in the stable that just was not good enough to be racing! You might say it has proven Brodie wrong in that it has nkw won 2 races!! However the horse that has won its last two starts is totally not the same racing horse that I commented on! This horse is racing like a totally different horse and something has changed clearly apart from just the location of training!

FFS Ranga. Give it a miss!!! Purdon did not campaign many horses at Greymouth at all!!!!!!

Ranga, the horse shouldve been retired when it was not good enough to run a place. The new owners are having fun but the owners who previously owned it lost a packet! Excuse the alzheimers but what us the twirl moment?

I feel for the previous owners who wouldve spent many tens of thousands and never got a win or close to it! Hoffman is obviously a very talented trainer!

Chief, no conspiracies, just amazed at how a professional trainer can not get close to a win with a horse in several seasons and now we have 2 in a row with a horse that wants to try!

Ranga, would appreciate it if you would put the word in with them! I am sure you have probably got a fair bit of clout?

Seriously, if there is not a look into how this Averos Spitfire can go from being a total dud to winning 2 in a row from a new stable, then things are not right! As I said before, Andrew Faulks must be wondering how on earth a horse that he had in his stable and was nil, could go to another stable and win 2 in a row? Has someone checked the freeze brand, as the horse that has wanted to win his last 2 starts, is not the same horse that couldnt in its previous few years of racing! You can not say it is the beach training as I believe The horse would’ve been on the beach with Andrew Faulks? Good on the new owners and it shows that perseverance can sometimes pay off, however this improvement in this horse does not seem right!!!!!!

Ranga, want to know what is in the water at Waikouaiti?

Another big nail in the coffin of harness racing in the North, sith Tim giving it away. Tim often had 4 or 5 in some races and without his participation many races would not have been run! Seriously, racing in the north is in dire straights, and hard to see now it can be resurrected. Do not know why Tim has chucked in his license, however he was known to have harness racing best interests at heart! Harness in the north can not afford to lose men of his calibre and there are next to none coming thru nowadays up north! T

Galah, where am I wrong? The rule that you have to prove that you wouldve unquestionably beaten the horse that checked you is blatantly dumb! The Stipes just can not ge bothered having enquiries because it holds up racing, never mind getting the right answer!

Just a blatant stupid rule that needs addressing!

Personally think that the NZ TAB actions is affecting me a helluva lot more than a few trainers not behaving!!!! I believe that many harness punters are losing interest in the sport! I have spoken to several enthusiasts recently, who just can not be bothered having a go like they used to. I am one of them, but that wont worry the TAB that much, but the others will be a worry, plus I dont see them attracting too many new punters with their pathetic actions! Race 8 with 3 minutes to go has got 4k in the tote win pool and $3k in the place pool. Diabolical low pools, harness racing is going to struggle to survive going forward.

It is not new news, just a rehash! Harness racing was promoted by The Press for such a long time Nowadays all they sant to do is castigate harness racing and its participants

Whoever Sam Sherwood is, he needs to pull his head in and not associate with Van Beynon! We know the bloody story, why are the plonkers continuing to make it headlines every week?

Unfortunately the truth of the matter is that far too many people or sheep are believing of the continuous BS that we get from Ardern and Bloomfield! If this highly contagious strain that Auckland has been put in level 3 for, is that contagious then where the EFF is all these new cases??? They have continually tried to control everyone and say we are a Bloody Team of 5 million. Well guess what, I do not want to be in her team of 5 million or even be a spectator. Saw on Sky News this morning that the mental health system in Victoria is so under pressure that they can not cope. Reality is that NZ is going to be the same if this absolute crap continues where we go into lockdown everytime there is a case. Covid19 is not a deadly disease, it is a very mild virus and we will have far worse ones to come in the years agead. God help us if this lot is still in power.

Lol, Richie I am not as thick as I may look! Have had 3 overseas accounts, 2 stopped me wagering and the other still have, but buggerall on! Havent given it away totally, but dont put much effort in nowadays, more money in investments at the mo! Loving the Labour Government!

Chief, Gary Woodham is a harness enthusiast, not the gallops! At least the articles arent being written by Van Beynon! Looks like he can’t tKe the heat and passed it on to someone Sam Sherwood!

Lol. So exactly 4 years later it wins its first race! Well worth paying out $100,000 to win a race!!

What year was that? Did it have 60 race starts and 60 trials after that before it won a race? It finished last and 7th or 8thwhen it qualified, did you think then that it was going to be a race winner?

You said it has always shown glimpses of being able to win a race! When in its first 50 odd starts did it show enough ability to win a race?

Noodlum, surely you jest? It could not run a place in over 50 starts and you think that it looked like winning a race? Seriously?

Was that a compliment?

When? What starts did it show that it could ever win a couple of races???

Congratulations to the owners and especially Amber Hoffman for the very dominating win by Averos Spifire! Either Amber Hoffman is the best trainer in NZ or Faulks is the worst? Seriously, the horse looked totally different to what it used to look, and raced totally the opposite to what it was several months ago! Has the freeze brand been checked by the Stewards, as that Averos Spitfire was a totally different horse to the one that raced for its first 59 starts!!!!!!!!!