Brodie

Methven do it on the grass once a year! Crazy stuff and not beneficial for anyone Mikey! The U.S. luv the miles but even those dont have standing starts! Seriously, whoever made this decisions to run miles at Nelson should be in the U.S. Leave the punters out of this craziness. You draw the second line or miss away slightly over the mile and you might as well pull your horse up! Yes there will be punters that bet into them, but anyone that is serious wont be touching them with a barge pole, expecially with Mr RIIIIIGHTTTTT at the helm!

To be fair Galah, Hayden did leave Cambridge and left the training to the stablehands Mark and Nat! Long way from home and must be a helluva lot of pressure MENTORING! FFS, Hayden Cullen has been in harness racing a long time and was in partnership with a top trainer Brent Mangos! Now I am wondering what possibly Hayden Cullen could be taught that Brent Mangos doesnt know about??

Be a better vet than a starter!

I was under the impression that Nelson Trotting Club has a few financial problems? If so, why on earth would they be programming races over 1609metre STANDING STARTS? Miss away at Nelson from a stand over a mile and you have no show whatsoever as they will run time? To run miles from the mobile is bad enough, but from a flipping stand with P Lamb as the starter???? The trainers must have just wanted a holiday to have gone to Nelson to race from a stand over the mile! Ridiculous really, and you would have to be crazy to be betting into that SHITE!!!

Good win for Copy That tonight, well deserved! As I say hopefully the worm has turned and the big stake money is going to be shared around! I wouldnt guarantee it though, until the mentor and co. Are no longer involved!

I think that Hayden shouldve stayed up at Cambridge so that he could mentor his stable drivers! Poor drive on Italian Lad, gave punters no chance whatsoever and stinking hot favourite! Has the stable come back to the field, lets hope so!

Purdon is clearly still pulling the strings! Not a new stable at all! Mentoring, any after hour mentoring going to happen?

Basil, for FS!!!!! You wrote that to SAFE, and that was their response!!!!! You are a clown if you think they were going to write anything else, than that! They also dont like people standing on snails, or catching mice, or over feeding seagulls!!!! Show us the literature or paraphanalia that showed that SAFE had a problem with the harness whip!!!! You can not because there isnt any, is there BASIL, you are the porkie teller!!,,

Hayden Cullen must have the confidence in the stablehands, Mark Purdon and Nat Rasmussen, that they can look after the horses at Cambridge well enough!

Big boots Hayden Cullen is going to have to fill, those of Nat and Mark. He is going to have to up the wages to Tim and co. As he just will not be able to cope with the pressure. His current big spending owners are going to want the continuation of big results! While Mark and Nat are around the results you would think would be the same, providing the special training techniques are employed!

Purdon/Rasmussen are still training, just wanted their names off the horses! . Why are they still up there driving when they wanted a break? Pretty bit fishy isnt it??

MarkyMark, when the stupid policy re the 10 hits came in, they interviewed someone from SAFE that said that anything to protect animal welfare was good!!! That same person said that they had no issues with the harness whip as it was not on their agenda!!!!!! They had other agendas they were working on like, chickens and pigs etc! But yes, Rennell panicked and thought they would bring in this blatantly dumb rule without any consensus from the people that it affected!!!!! Why bring anything to SAFE’s attention as if it was a major issue?? I can tell you now, NZ has a helluva lot bigger issues than pandering to SAFE or like!

We are all still waiting for Basil to produce something from SAFE saying that they were concerned with the harness whip use on horses!! Basil wont produce it because there isnt anything Basil, is there?? Yes, if the harness whip is banned then most of the serious punters will give it away big time! As I keep saying, SAFE is an organisation that should be mlre concerned with their fellow human beings rather than animals! Greyhounds for a start wont get to live at all, as they wont be bred if there was no racing for them! Basil are you a SAFE supporter??

Basil, maybe the stewards will grow a pair and admit that there was nothing wrong with the original rule? Where is your paraphernalia that says that SAFE were concerned about the harness whip use? Still waiting!

Basil is a believer that there doesnt need to be a whip! He is one of the very few in harness racing that doesnt think there should be whips! Oz hasnt banished wips quite the opposite, they are even more aggressive and vigorous than NZ! Basil clearly doesnt eat meat as he feels for all animals!

Gammalite, there was absolutely nothing wrong with the rule of Stipes looking into it if they thought that a driver was too vigorous with the whip! Then Rennell expressed his own opinion that he didnt like the whip and brought in without thought, the stupid 10 hit whip rule, which was a shocking rule. Then they realised that they had been dumb in rushing that in, and changed it to what it currently is, which is better but still stupid! HRNZ panicked when there was no need to as SAFE have no agenda on harness whip use, they are more worried about Greyhounds, pigs, chickens, rodeos etc. They would be far better off put their energies into human issues like babies being mistreated by their parents who should have a license to have kids!!!!!

Have a look at them Ranga! Many could do with a jolly good shower and haircut and a pair of shoes rather than sandels and socks!

Basil, Happy New Year to you and your Greeny mates. The fact that there have been so many infringements is clearly showing that the rules being brought in are not being accepted by our best horse people. Can you kindly show us what you have from SAFE that shows that they have an issue with the harness whip!!!! Why should harness have to answer to a group called SAFE who are generally a bunch of under achievers who are on welfare in NZ?

No comment!

Can not see them training in partnership in Canterbury again! More money for them racing in Oz, and Nat prob wants to be back in Oz, safer!

You can take Ashley Locaz off that list, as according to Nathan Purdon he is off to Victoria. Wouldnt think that 50% of that list will be there in the next 12 months! Sold, different stable, broken down or needing some supplements!

L for Loser Party or Lefty?

Brodster, has no problem with the original rule and SAFE has no problem with it either. The Dickheads that are protesting about a few greyhounds being put down and Rodeo’s need to pull their heads in! They would be better spending their time protesting about human issues!!

Possibly with the TAB logo and the letters RP underneath? Restricted Punter!

White with a wheel in the middle, and blood spinning around it?