The Centaur

I'd be wary of backing Probabeel. Its trial seemed very ordinary.

What a huge coincidence they are in the same building. Have board members that are simultaneously on the both. Share a lot of the facilities. Constantly meet. You are right on one thing. The rubber stamp.

Ridiculous fine. $100 would have been fair. Wayback when I did stint as owner/trainer there was a seven day rule. 3 days before the race my vet applied some ointment on a slightly infected fetlock. Being an honest sort of guy I reported the treatment as per the 7 day rule. To my dismay on the morning of the race they scratched my horse and fined me $30. Apparently unbeknown to the vet and me the withholding period had changed. After that I learned the hard way it doesn't pay to be "honest".

Well finally the Channel X moderator has admitted the harmful, disgusting and vindictive posts made by Leo Molloy over the years by deleting them. You have to love the latest post replying to "Insider". Insider and Molloy go back long ways which must give rise to wonder what impairment substance he is on. Many nutcases get on the ballot for Mayor etc. This is another one.

Maybe the fact a few hours earlier JFK was assassinated pushed it off the headlines. Sorry wrong month (edit)

Good 2010 article by Mike Dillon. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/racing-greatest-thrill-was-passing-the-post-first-in-the-cox-plate/NNDP4TS3NSMKDDYVDKHL36Q6C4/ Didn't realize he won the Cox Plate.

TAB have admitted their error and are replenishing affected accounts. Also thankful for pointing out the error. However distinct possibility that same problem has been on going for sometime. One thing when Mike Dore was at the helm of interacting with punters these errors would immediately have been listened to. "Help" desk isn't much help at all.

Most racing type movies I find underwhelming. Patronizing and hardly realistic. However this 1952 black and white film is regarded as a classic. Excellent acting and tit bits within it very realistic. Its on youtube called Boots Malone. If you like it...... how about signing the Julian Assange petition. https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition

Thats a 1% chance. The dividends were correct when flashed across the screen soon after passing the post. They are also correct on the closing divs. But wrong on the payout. I guess I get a bit uptight when someone has tunnel vision like a judge or jury. Look at the case of Craig Murray (Scotland). The judge sentenced him because he could have breached a suppresion order. Your "mate" got off much lighter compared to the 8 months jail for Craig Murray.

So I rang the TAB. Asked to speak to operations. "no we can't do that" So I explained the problem. There after followed a series of exchanges bordering on abusive. The gist being I am stupid the TAB is always right. final word was "we are not going to take the word of one customer"

There is just far too much errors due to ignorance at the TAB. In the four place totes they obviously picked up the error because they changed back to 3 divs. But then not to realize the dividends needed changing is just beyond stupid. Or was it a policy decision thinking no one would notice?

Take a look at the images. pic1 is the official result. i.e. the result paid out. pic2 is the initial result. Seems they made an error thinking there were 4 dividends for a place. pic3 is the official closing prices.

If you don't know the chap or haven't had dealings with him how about listening to those that have.

NEUTRAL....What a joke. The person in question has irritated maybe hundreds with his postings and going on some revelations his business dealings. Most people get into racing to enjoy, participate and hopefully make a contribution. Without any provocation Molloy has responded with personal abuse often researching a persons past and twisting facts to smear that person. I daresay numerous poeple have given up racing as they don't want the hassle. I don't know how long you've been on these forums but I've been in on the long haul so I've seen the postings many under different names even when agreed legally he would not post. I suggest you shake off the Molloy abuse mentality and show some sense.

Yes every time I've tuned in the TAB is giving away something. So I ask how much is the TAB going to budget on spending with SENZ. Plus how much less advertising revenue do the clubs, trackside etc rake in due to SENZ grabbing it.

Molloy not only posted the name of the accused but a full blown photo. I recall somewhere on the other site him saying that doing community service was an "honour" and has often skited how much money he has. So I fail to see how he can possibly complain about the penalty which compared to other cases overseas was extremely light.

I don't have much sympathy for studmasters. Whats wrong with encouraging,training,rewarding New Zealanders.

Rather intriguing article. Anyone have experience? https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/447774/nzta-manual-change-causes-headaches-for-horse-truck-and-motorhome-owners

High salaries are self defeating. Lets say you or I have a good idea to advance racing. We approach a body say NZTR or TAB with the idea and it is considered good. Then because of the need by management to justify their high salaries the idea becomes their idea and the original instigator is left high and dry. So the net result is people with good ideas keep them to themselves.

I've an open mind on this. So could someone answer the following. What are the tertiary qualifications.? Does the person possess a MBA? What are his skills, qualifications and management experience within IT? I ask this question because predominantly the "operations" of racing revolves around expeditious use of IT. What legal qualifications are possessed?

My legal contact tells me August 2nd is the date for Molloys appeal hearing. Now I don't trust Auckland lawyers. If there is money floating around anything could happen. Even to a point the Police don't put up a good opposing counter argument.

Listened to a race at Forbury and inititially thought it was an Aussie race and commentator. Thought the call was excellent. Then blow me down it was Kevin Payne can't remember if his name was Kevin Pain. Clearly seems to have changed his style with less screaming. Something Justin Evans could take on board.

In the eighties going to Dargaville was bit of an adventure. First time i think I lost a hundred but thereafter never came off the course without a $5K profit. Even some of the locals I got to know wanted to know what I was betting on. Recall in the eighties there still wasn't a Trackside so seeing the videos of the trials in particular was a huge advantage per the tote. Plus the dates of Dargaville came at the height of seasonal trial form. I believe Dargaville racecourse is used for Northern Fieldays. There should be a formula whereby the racecourse is maintained for two meetings per year and turned into a real event and not just a for an "industry day".

Sounds like they are up and running now with a revolving promo. Not a mention about racing. Saundry or the Jockey Association must make the point that...... JOCKEYS ARE SPORTSMEN/WOMEN TOO. The level of fitness, training, expertise and competitiveness is much higher than most of the recognized "sports" on offer. The SENZ commercial clearly doesn't acknowledge this fact. Off to a poor start.

SENZ purchased the same number of frequencies in Australia for $7m. Here in NZ they paid below $1M and I daresay a few freebies thrown in. Now the SENZ people know more about radio that the TAB but fact is that any advertising revenue rather than coming back directly into racing goes to private concerns. On top of that NZ racing will no doubt be required to fork up and pay for promotion. I'd like to know what the deal was with the awards promotion. No doubt free air time for the naming rights. I see Saundry is all over SENZ and how great they are. Perhaps he could judge them after they have started. He didn't do much to save radio before.