Brodie

Harness in the North is pretty well stuffed and the junior rank no.s are minimal which means there are fewer and fewer young ones wanting to try and make a living out of harness racing! They would struggle to fill junior races if it wasn’t from former Southaisland Juniors now working up there e.g. Luke Whittaker, Craig Smith etc. Stakes are good up in Auckland but then the training costs are much higher. Hopefully it will be stimulated by the apartment sales but I wouldn’t be betting on it as the old owners and trainers move on and aren’t replaced by any new Blood! The plu dering o group races in Auckland is also a huge negative for anyvowner up there knowing they won’t get any return on their dollar! Negative but true facts!

Yes, I think it only fair that Mark and Nat move to North America as they have achieved everything in NZ! Nat wouldn’t be able to go just at the moment though! It is a given that if this juggernaught does stay in NZ then Harness Racing is going to continue to decrease in numbers! Purdon will need to move at some stage as there won’t be harness racing in 10 years time to any degree! No tall poppy syndrome but personally beleive that this total domination from this one stable is one Of the biggest problems we have in harness racing going forward! Owners and trainers have had a gutsful Of not being able to have a chance of picking up major stakes! Why on earth would Owners in the future bother paying out thousands to send their horses to Auckland just to try and complete with the AllStars in big races? The sale of horses overseas is going to continue unabated and breeding no.s will drop still! Love the harness racing game but am turned off by this domination on behalf of all the enthusiasts that throw a lot of their hard earned money into the sport and get buggerall return! Just on passing, Has the Darkside gone into recess for the holidays as there is absolutely no one posting anything over there. RIP!

Hope you feel better now Retarded Driver? Marcoola went massive and normally would have won with the effort it put in! Personally don’t think you should be calling Clint Ford retarded, as he is one of the nicest blokes you would possibly meet! The whole Ford/Tomlinson Family are lovely people and have done a helluva lot for harness racing! I am not totally sure but I think Ken ford started this racing thing, and possibly doesnt come from a racing background. I certainly have been wrapped with them winning 2 Dominion Trots in a row and I would much prefer them to win than the stable that totally dominates. Retarded Driver, I feel your pain if you backed Marcoola, but you will get that from time to time from backing hotpots! you will get over it and have a Happy New Year!

The Stipes consistently get it effing wrong! Drivers get done for trying and Tony Herlihy in Auckland Clearly cheated and yet gets to hold a race! The so called RIU is no such thing, and needs to change its name!

Great, if I can jinx one stable so that the stakes are spread around other stables, then my job is done! Maybe today’s racing is not too bad after all! Didnt go to Akaroa, go tomorrow as I am loving the racing!

Newmarket,, but they can not collect money off horses!! Why would Stevie bother to renew his license again? HRNZ need to review things majorly if they are going to have an industry in 5 years time!

Second day at Westport, last race, the Stipes nailed Stevie Goulding for using the whip excessively and fined him $300. Yep well done Stipes on picking up that he had used the whip 14 times rather than the permitted 10 times! He used back handers which seemed to be hard to decipher but you Stipes are far cleverer than that. Stevie Goulding was a joint winner of the junior drivers award with Robbie Close one year. He is now out of his Junior time and has barely driven the last year or so as he has found other employment. Stevie is a very likeable young bloke who had enough sense to not be reliant on being involved in harness racing as he has got the intelligence to realise that there is barely a living in the industry for young participants. The fact that these Stipes have to follow such a blatantly stupid rule aimed solely at taking money off our drivers to Full the coffers of HRNZ is so wrong!!! Stevie Goulding came out of harness racing semi retirement to try his best for the owners and trainer of the horse he was driving, and runs second with a very good drive and then is hammered by a fine of $300, which would be more than his driving fee!! Yes I know I wank on all the time about this excessive whip rule, but my reasoning is that if Brodie continues to wank on enough, then you may decide to review it!!! The bit about appeasing SAFE is just blatant BS!! HRNZ it is Xmas time, why don’t you refund Mr Goulding the $300 that you took off him, because he wanted to win a race for the punter, owner and trainer! What was he meant to do? Not drive his horse out????

Race Cafe R.I.P. The site used to be very good when I first started and there was great topics and debate? Then there were a few clowns that came on and just argued for the sheer hell of it! They were allowed to get away with it and it just deteriorated! I am not totally sure why I was given the heave ho? I think it might have been because the great inspirational leader didn’t like me calling myself “The Brodster”. Not sure how I even named myself that really lol?

Probably Akaroa and Duvauchelles! Get house sickness otherwise lol The excitement from watching Auckland might push me over the edge!

I think that Winton would be better for investing and watching! Auckland divs will be small and racing pretty predictable Might get out and about today. Good punting everyone and a great New Year to one and all!

That’s very cruel Hesi! A punishment worse than death!

TAB dont care one iota about losing punters, the more the better! They care more about shutting down winning punters so responsible gambling is not on the TABs agenda!

Happy, some of your very best work! You covered most of the important topics nicely! Wont comment at this stage as most people know the Brodsters opinion on most of your topics! Your posting of topics to BOAY since you have been on has been inspirational! The Darksides loss definitely, and they could do with you over there, before it folds! Happy New Year to everyone including the TAB who I give a lasting to from time to time, rightly deserved though!!!!

Happy, haven’t really been having much of a go this Xmas period unlike previous years! Odds too short really, but backed JJs Delight at overseas it had been going well. Problem is once backed they hammer the odds

You are right Happy, but they weren’t a great lot! I did get a collect though, but heavily restricted to what I wanted

Na. Don’t back gallopers Chief!

No jellybeans Ranga! Full Of sugar, and not good for you, so I am looking after you as I care!

Why would they be laughing Ranga? They would be making bugger all on these crap meetings overseas, and it will be costing them locally!

Golden Gate race 8 $107 in the win pool! How can they possibly be showing different win divs when some of the horses wouldn’t even have anything on them? Surely it is just fictitious divs, couldn’t be anything else?

When we got two Trackside channels they said that we would get an improved racing service. Yes we are very lucky to have Trackside, however it could be far better with some tweaking!!! Reality is that if a punter needs to be betting on Golden Flippen Gate Gallops and many of these other crap meetings then you seriously have a gambling problem!!!! You are betting blindly and for the share hell of it!!!! TAB sort out your crap and get rid of these meetings that aren’t worth betting into because there is never enough in the pools to enable you to have any decent amount of a wager!!!!

Do we nearly need to see Golden Gate Gallops? FFS Local meeting Reefton Trots and we get 1 minute lead in time! TAB has 2 channels and yet we get this crap!!!!

Ranga, can not be bothered anymore! Too Many unders and can not get sufficient on makes for a wasted effort! Odds slashed dramatically when you get some on as well so why bother?.... Thetvthink that they win but the news is that it affects them more than myself!,,

Why did they think that John Dunn was a odd choice? Stupid type of wagering anyway I would have thought! TAB still with their ridiculously low betting limits on account and TAB agencies not worth the effort!!!

Certainly has improved his Driving UDR considerably. Major turn around with his driving winners as previously hadn’t been doing a lot! Great that he is training and he may well pick up a few more horses with his Coast results, although he probably needs to produce Addington winners to be the real deal!!

Newmarket needs the money! Lol