Brodie

Why was The Box Seat canned does anyone know? was it due to the cost of production or because most of the content was a yawnfest, or did the AllStars pull their sponsorship of the show? Trackside promised a better service when they started to charge and yes we are lucky nowadays to have 2 channels dedicated to racing! However, Trackside could be run a helluva lot better than it currently is and has been since being charged for it! To retain the current punters Trackside needs to put all the crap meetings with no turnover from overseas on the one channel or even dispose of it as it is not required.

Basically no trainers there nowadays. It does make sense to race at Addington. Will save the TAB some money I would say without having to pay some staff however I would be surprised if people are going to be offloading their hard earned on horses with many of them on very suspect incomes over the next month or two. Not much else on so watching the harness might be quite popular though. Let is all hope that this nasty virus gets sorted very soon as it will not end well for the racing industry if it isn’t.

Hand sanitizer does very little in respect of stopping the transferring of the virus. What it does is puts a barrier on your hands but the bugs will sit on top of the barrier and then you touch your mouth with the virus so despite you thinking you are helping, it doesn’t really do anything! Not saying don’t do it as the experts say to but think about it?

The discretionary punting dollar is going to be effected hugely if they don’t find the cure shortly. Scientists on the GC say that both the HIV and Malaria medication seems to be able to kill the virus must be on animals so far and trial on humans about to start on the ones that have the virus. NZ has not got many cases identified yet but the govt. is making decisions now that will shut down Racing in the future! Who can afford or want to have a horse in work without the opportunity to race ?? Many owners and punters with money in equities will also have had their wealth eroded significantly and will be wondering whether they can afford to have a horse or two In Work if their income is dwindling or non existent! Yes Racing is going to suffer unfortunately and so many are reliant on it for a living! We all just need to hang in there and keep safe and Hopefully getting thru the other side is not that far away.

Might be the virus! This corona virus is going to continue to wreak havoc on business and people’s finances. Will be very surprised if racing in NZ is going to be happening in 4 weeks, and if it is, there probably won’t be any punters allowed on course! Currently overseas and that means that once back we will have to go into self isolation! I sort of already have even over the past few months anyway! How long can NZ racing afford not to have racing being held I wonder? How long will owners want to be paying trainers without the opportunity to race their horses?? Interesting times ahead for one and all!!

Very good question Rusty.

They should put up or shut up! This is full blown BS! The 2 that initially it was about are the leading drivers in NZ and United States and they are both still driving! If there was anything concrete then let us see the concrete evidence rather than just wanking on about further charges being laid when no one is currently stood down or has been fined for anything! Why should the charged have mounting legal expenses going to overpaid barristers when most of them are on the bones of their arses???

This so called Operation Inca is just dragging on and on! It has cost many in the industry a lot both financially and to their reputations. If it was an open and shut case, then why have they not been tried by now and if they were guilty of these charges then why on earth are they still allowed to be applying their trade a couple of years down the track??? Yes there have been a few drugs charges but seriously did it require headlines about properties being raided as if it was the crime of the century!! Personally think that it is totally over the top and it does not reflect very well on the Racing Integrity Unit when they are allowing the NZ Police and legal system to allow this to affect the people that are actually giving them a living!!!! The defendants are somehow shelling out mega bucks to lawyers to defend charges that should not have been made or should’ve been handled by the RIU but apparently that appears to be beyond them!!! Nothing personal at all with any that work for the RIU but there have been many decisions made in recent years that have just been just plain detrimental to an industry that is bleeding badly at the moment!

There are 9 on the management team! I am sure they are all raking in big salaries for doing two fifths, and what they are doing is not working! Does anyone know what the current situation is in regards to the apartments and whether the Banks are knocking on the door yet, and if everyone is going to be able to settle on them, once they are finished. Seriously, how on earth such a shambolic effort has been able to achieved is very hard to fathom, when making big money in the Auckland property market over the past decade has been a formality???

Yes I read about that online before. Never heard of him or his mates but that is because I don’t give a rats about American racing. Geez isn’t it interesting that they were using Viagra is able to cover up performance enhancing drugs! Apart from having horny horses racing in NZ, you would wonder if any NZ trainers have ever used Viagra to cover up performance enhancing drugs? Would be a pretty cheap way of doing it I would suggest, not that I have ever needed them or even know what the cost of Viagra is!

Yeah, it how long will there be racing there for? They can not afford to keep providing good stakes without enough horses to race. Stakes drop and the small group of owners will start dropping off and further endanger the prospect of racing in the North Island continuing!

Currently overseas so didn’t watch any races from Palmerston North today. However, on the face of it, would seem to have been an extremely poor racing day for the Michael House stable with only one win out of the 8 races, and dominated by the CD horses! Wonder why they didn’t perform as well as normal? Would not be profitable for owners without winning up there, but they will probably bounce back second day and clean up!!

Who on earth are most of them apart from the odd one that is known slightly. Seriously, if this was being run correctly as a business it would be put into voluntary liquidation! Does anyone at all see any light at the end of the very dark tunnel?

You have to be kidding that Auckland can only card a 5 race meeting!!!!!! Auckland trotting is totally stuffed,! Must still be a bunch of imbeciles in charge and making stupid decisions! Why has it got to be so bad when there is so much money in Auckland? They have quite good stakes but not many want to race horses up there any more! There are several reasons that we know, but FFS who is the dickhead that still thinks that racing over a mile is WORTHWHILE! Whoever is doing the programming needs his head read, as mile racing is just plain boring and is not conducive to punting on!!!! No more mile racing ever anywhere!!

I can’t before lunchtime NZ time, as now on Oz time!

Cp, fair enough but as soon as a horse is in another stable, the realistic thing is that it should be notified to the punters!

CP, 6 weeks would on the face of it be rather too long to still be in a trainers name if he has not been gearing the horse up! A different trainer can make a helluva difference to a horse in a week or two, by change of feed and training methods. High time this anomaly was changed.

Saw that as well! Was showing as scratched in my iPad, but on Trackside it was a starter and was showing the divs! Just an absolute shocker and what should the TAB do about it, as you couldn’t back it at all!

It’s in the blood!

The last 20 minutes is far better than the first 40 minutes. What I don’t understand is why Greg and Michael go over races that have already run????? Does anyone apart from the AllStars fans give a rats as the divs have already been declared and no money to be made! It is just a Blue and Silver sponsored show and most are over it!

The thing is this sort of thing happens quite often! If Mark Gill hasn’t got the horse in his care then he is not the trainer! With respect, there would be a helluva difference in training ability between Mark Gill and ken Ford and the punters should be advised as soon as the horse is being trained by someone else! Often horses go to another trainer and the horse performs a lot better and then we hear that it is being trained by someone else, and too late to offload!!!! Caretaker trainer my arse! Punters should be advised straight away and not weeks later!!

Probably not! Driver still waiting for first win after 151 starts!! Field appears to be far better than it has been racing as well recently. Is following out a reasonable horse but you would be a brave punter to be taking offloading too much. Lightweight drivers tend to be the ones to back on the grass especially over 2600m Dont let me put anyone off if they think it has a chance though!

He has been with Ken Ford for several weeks now. Had several starts, has been in horse movements and you can tell by the turquoise breastplate in his races

Whiplash, have you been on the drink again, Greg is hardly a female name?

Haha! Greg seem you know it all, what was Whiplash on about, that was BS???