Brodie

I meant that hopefully our sales in ChCh is better! But going by Karaka doesn’t bode well unfortunately! Very strong catalogue though so hopefully!

Been watching the Standardbred Sales and it does appear that they are struggling quite a bit! Not a lot of people in the seating and same ones buying by the look of it! Yes he is there with his merry men! Bettors Delight who stands at 25k plus gst so effectively 30k have some struggling to make the service fee and they are from pretty good families. The odd one is going for reasonable money but there would not be a helluva lot of profit in it breeding them by the time you pay the service fee, rearing costs for 18months or so and sales fees etc. Hopefully this doesn’t bode well for the Christchurch sale over the next couple of days. The average may well hold up but you need to factor in the high service fees being paid by the vendors for the ones that dominate the numbers at the sales. There are going to be many vendors who are going to have to reconsider the value of breeding in the future!

The start was ridiculous for a STANDING start! The Starter was negligent in letting the horses be so far back from the tape! The drivers are obviously aware that the Starter is weak in this regard. The back horses should have been told to come up before letting the tape go, with the back horses In A full blown run up!! Not a standing start as advertised! Fine the Starter and driver as not fair on the punters!!!

The ones at the back deliberately were back so they could get the running start! Starter should’ve made them stand, as the conditions of the race was down as a standing start!!!! This happens too often down there and the drivers should be fined if they are repeated offenders, end of story. Our starters are not that flash nowadays as we know. Yes good that the horses went away but why should they have a running start where the front ones were STANDING?

Ok Ranga, This has definitely gone thru to the keeper! What the hell has Adore Me got to do with the crap standing start at Winton If you want to Adore Me, I can understand that but what are you really on about? Tony Abell will take offence if you are calling him gay, just as I would! Please explain to us all what the relevance is, if there is any???

What is that meant to mean. Are you The Riddler?

Correct Flag! Just seems like total misrepresentation as to the conditions of the race! Not sure what the starter is normally like seriously you could not call it a standing start!,, Nothing will be said in the Stipes report as per usual!

Yes I know it has been brought up before but FFS it is beyond the joke when horses are running at pace towards the starting tape!!! Have not been watching today but came home and watched race 7 at Winton which is down as being a 2400m STAND!!!! Watch the start and tell me that the back horses are not in a full blown run up!!! Wipe the stands totally if this is the crap that starters are allowing!!!! Why should the front line stand and the back ones be able to be in a full pace or trot????? Ridiculous!

The whole legal,system in Nz is pathetic. Is it any damn wonder our courts are overloaded? The people are charged with so-called race fixing and drug charges. Then they have to turn up to Court to hear charges, then they have to turn up again for what I do not know. Then they have to turn up several months later for the court case! Look, if the cops have got evidence of this race fixing, charge them and have the court case. The barristers are the only ones that win out of this, and the rest of it is just a blatant waste of time and money. If the charged are found not guilty, then who covers the legal bills? So many nowadays don’t respect the legal system nowadays, they turn up in socks and Jandals and even slippers. No,I was not at court being charged!!!

No, I have been in tears since I read it! Negativity is in the eye of the beholder! Of course I am not a yes man and I am not a no man either! Brodie just says it as it is, and as you know Globe is always on the money!!!

Globe, that is so hurtful! I am a team player that speaks his mind, if that doesn’t work then tough!

Not the way he has started though! Full blinds need to be taken off and notified!

Don’t believe everything you hear Watson!

Greg, what a simplistic thing to say! Until everyone is on the same playing field, nothing is going to change!

Joe Kidd, you are a very intelligent person, and I couldn’t have said it any better! The only ones in NZ that would think that this juggernaut that plunders all the big stakes in NZ Harness Racing is good for harness racing, are either coneected with the stable or lacking intelligence!

Chestnut, I wouldn’t mind what you are on!! You are entitled to you opinion, but to post that is quite astonishing! Of course it is great to post the positive things in harness racing, however there are also many many things that are going on that is detrimental to the medium term co tinuation of harness racing! Pointless writing to HRNZ pointing out the errors of their ways as they are a law unto theirselves. Not going to book on about the many things that are currently wrong as everyone knows what Brodie thinks. If you are one of those that think that the AllStars are great for harness racing In NZ then you need to get your head out of the sand! I personally know not a single person involved in harness racing outside of the AllStars Stable that would suggest that the domination by the one stable of the major races is good for the industry! Would be great if HRNZ would take on board suggestions from people but they don’t tend to! We post our ideas on this site in the hope that they will at least consider our sjggestions and as you will know Brodie is always on the money! Great to have your contribution however.

Look reality is that The AllStars stables perform unbelievably well! Reality is that all other stables in NZ have very little chance of being able to win the races with the bigger stake money, if their are AllStar horses engaged and Mark and Nat are in the country, we all know that! Reality is that owners and trainers have got the stitch trying to beat the AllStars and that is gospel! Reality is that group racing is not what it used to be and is very boring as a spectacle nowadays and Cup Day is only good for the socialising rather than the racing! Reality is that punters are being turned off punting due to the domination! Reality is that owners outside that stable are dreaming if they think that they can make money racing anything but a very good horse in NZ, that is why they are getting sold Reality is that new owners are not coming into the industry and our Junior ranks would be very thin if it wasn’t for the females that are working in stables! Reality is that I love harness racing, but it is fact that most owners, trainers and punters would prefer that The AllStars stable was not dominating harness in NZ! Reality is that if it continues, harness racing is going to continue to deteriorate! I don’t knock the performance of that stable, just state the reality of fact!!!!

Brilliant, on The Box Seat tonight we are told that Natalie Rasmussen had stated that both of the horses, Elle MAC and Dream About Me had a virus prior to their last start and their red cell,count was out a bit! If this was the case then why wasn’t the punters told this prior to the horses racing and why were they lined up? They have worked at their best this week and should race at their best again!!!!!! Very interesting isn’t it that the horses had this virus while the mainstays are out of the country and then back in The country all is rosey again! Just saying lol!!!!!!

Would be 4550 if he was working at the AllStars stable

Reality is that Michael House does not perform outstandingly in Canterbury. The main reason that Michael House performs so well at Palmy is that the standard of horse racing up there is less than average! Any reasonable trainer in Canterbury that sends up an average horse to race up there, would also do very well! Yes we know there a few ardent supporters of the AllStars stable and we have to admire his dedication to his craft, hard work, selecting horses at sales, pillaging the best horses in work from other trainers etc. The biggest fan of the AllStars stable on the Darkside does not contribute a brass razoo to harness racing as he doesn’t own or punt etc. Yes Harness Racing will be dominated each and every year by the Allstars stable in NZ while they have horses racing here. It is not that they win plenty of races at all, it is the fact that they plunder the stakes of all the big stakes races and leaves a pittance to the rest of the owners and trainers in NZ! Will owners continue to want to breed, buy at sales or buy existing horses, paying big money to have horses trained for them in the hope that they get one good enough to hopefully pay for itself? No they won’t and the industry is going to continue to suffer! The TAB are aware that harness is struggling and not profitable for them, that is why they are wanting Sports betting to be their priority as it is profit making for them!

Guarantee there will be some big bets on the 2 horses coming out of the stable! How could anyone punt either of them on their last start runs? We all know why don’t we? Think both horses would be better placed racing in Oz!

NZ Harness Racing is looking up! If true it has made my Sunday!

The very few young trainers that are coming through are all doing a great job. They are clearly dedicated and keen to do well! We need a lot more to replace the oldies who don’t train forever. The young ones need support from owners to keep going and probably doing a good job due to their keenness. It must be hard for the oldies to get out of bed early 7 days a week in all weathers and do the same thing everyday for not a helluva lot to show for it! Dedication!!

Certainly doesn’t need your Fish and Chips, Ranga!

Ranga, don’t really believe that is how our legal system works in Nz!