Brodie

They nave taken the photo down Happy. They had a photo of someone who wasnt Jill Smolenski, the horsewoman. Why Van Beynon wants to crucify harness racing continuously, is puzzling! I am wondering if he is a losing punter??

No I dont blame the RIU! However I beleive he has been more than punished for the error of gis ways, that so many are doing!! They nave come down hard on him because they can!

Pass, Jack is the only one that can answer that one! Happy, do you not think that he is up to it?

Supplementing income should never be frowned upon. The thing is that no one is being forced to buy a recreational drug!! I appreciate that it is illegal, however Matt Anderson has been more than punished by the tarnish to his name and massive legal bills! Now he has had his livelihood taken off him by an incompetent Racing Integrity Unit!! Personally believe that the RIU should change their name as they do not act with the integrity that the name states it should

Normal transmission has resumed! 2 races with AllStars horses in and they have filled the first 3 places in both races. This does not bode well for owners who are racing for peanuts already and not getting much of the peanuts!

Dont want drugging of horses, no!! There has always been drugs in racing over the past 40 years anyway. Has any harness driver caused a smash and then been tested and found positive? Not that I am aware! Personally believe that some need some stimulus in their system to wake them up!

Never get a grand on even if I wanted to Hunter

Quite the opposite! Back Spitfire, you got nothing!

Wont be this week whiplash! He is having a well deserved Week off by the look of It, or maybe he has been sold?

Put the overseas shit on Trackside 2 including the Ozzie gallops and the NZ greyhounds Have the decent Gallops and all NZ harness on Trackside 1. We dont really need to be seeing the greyhounds walking to the boxes as no one is betting on a dog by the way it walks, efore a race. We also dont need to see any unfit security guard walking alongside greyhounds after the race!! I have asked before but still unsure why on earth the Greyhounds in Wanganui need to be chaperoned by a huge security guard??

No,I dont think should legalise any drug that isnt already legal. My point is our government is having a referendum on legalising a drug!!!!

Whiplash, seriously, the way you have been behaving today seems to be showing that you are on something pretty strong! There is no need to to bring your gutter talk to the discussions at all, very unbecoming! If you have something of importance to say, then do it without all the low class language. What I do know of Matt Anderson is that he is a very approachable, hardworking, successful, well spoken, talented horseman. What I also know is that we need many more of these young people to be retained in harness racing! What I also know is that they can be easily lost to the racing industry, as to still be working training and driving is a hard way to make a living! Yes he may well have broken the law by having possession of a banned drug, however I would suggest Whiplash, that you would be well aware of people who are equally as guilty as Matt Anderson! Personally wish Matt Anderson all the best for his future, whether it be harness or otherwise.

So marijuana isnt a drug Mehe??

For the compulsive gamblers in NZ, with money still, we probably need more meetings to offload on. Had a count up today and there are only races from 40 different courses! Must be easy to follow form from all around the globe with meetings from everywhere! FFS 40 different courses and just as many tomorrow by the look of it! Of course the TAB want the smaller punter to continue to wager on them, even though they have no idea what they are backing!!!! The NZ punter has only so much money to be Offloaded each week, and I would think that this saturation of non beneficial racing is just going to drive the punters away!

Isnt this socalled government having a referendum shortly asking us whether we want drug taking legalised? Pretty baffling then isnt it?

Ranga, I am snowed under with railway sleepers at the moment! Also scared to go out, as there is this killer virus out there!

Young very promising trainer/driver that harness certainly can not afford to lose! Hardly the crime of the century and yet it gets all this bad publicity? Whatever drug Matt Anderson has taken has hardly been detrimental to his driving! Where are these supposed race fixing charges got to?

Dougie, you hit the nail on the head! Dick Caskey’s horses did run places and win despite the way they looked and paced or trotted. Torle was one of his best, you never knew if it was pacing or galloping. Averos Spitfire never has and even if somehow it did win, there wouldnt Be another one!!! What thrill would owners really get from watching their horse finish down the track every start? then receive the training bill for thousands, knowing that there was no way of recouping any of it?

Whiplash, I would guarantee that Noodlum or not too many others have ever bothered racing a horse for 46 starts and is still racing as a near 7 year old without ever paying a dividend. I have no problem with you wantIng to defend a 7 year old gelding that has never paid a dividend after 46 starts! Did I ever say it had no right to be racing if the owner wanted it to? I posted the question as to why someone would want to still be racing the horse? Is there a story behind this or what? Why would an owner want to pay bills and watch the horse never go a good race???? Anyway no point debating it with you anymore as you clearly have the need to support a horse that shouldve been retired 3 years ago!

So the owners feel that Averos Spitfire is worth persevering with still? I am prepared to back myself, and say that this wont be their 3rd group 1 winner! As for being in the Black, wouldnt think so?

So on the basis that you dont think it is sensible, why on earth was I not allowed to question the logicality of it?

Whiplash, if anyone is being personal, it is you! There was never any intention whatsoever of offending anyone, whether it be Mr Faulks or the owners!

You what? Vegan my buttocks!!! Whiplash, so you are saying that you feel that it is sensible for someone to race a 46 start 7 year old gelding that has never run a dividend bearing placing?????

Whiplash, think you need to have a sleep and then consider what you are asking! If I had taken $100k off someone and returned them Zilch for their efforts, then I would call myself more than a thief without any second thoughts!!! If I was a trainer of a horse that had performed so poorly for so long, there would be no way whatsoever I would still be training that horse, and collecting training fees! There are so many more horses out there that would deserve to be geared up than a horse that has had 46 starts for next to no return!!!!

FFS, if it has upset them both, then I am indeed unbelievably apologetic. If people have got such thin skin, then that would be a major concern! I never called anyone mental?