The Centaur

Thats very sad news. He would have come into contact with so many in racing.

It will be interesting to know the true cost of receiving the Paddy Power fixed odds. THe more the options the more likely corruption. Not just in the field of play but a bookie employee sneaking through some inflated odds for some nondescript event.

According to the TAB they had massive requests for more bet options so I guess that makes "everybody" happy. Seems the $50m launch is Monday. The recipients of the $50M I am sure will be happy for you if not happy for themselves. On Monday we’ll be launching an exciting new TAB website and mobile app, along with tens of thousands of new fixed odds betting options. Between 7pm Sunday, 6 January and 12pm Monday, 7 January we’ll be turning off our existing website and app, and moving our customer data from the old system into the new. Races scheduled to take place during the outage will not be available for betting at any time on Sunday. We’ll do our very best to complete this work as quickly as we can and expect normal services to be back up and running by 12pm. FIND OUT MORE

She used to be my lawyer. Chief probably won't let me post anymore so I won't say anymore.

Beaten by draw. Not convinced good idea taking blinkers off. Last race looks competitive with Ripa Eagle, Parliament & Nicole Ashley, Birdie Blitz best prospects. But the biggest roughie Holy Loch could sneak into 3rd or 4th. Out of Joan's Best good mare for Westbury Stud. Good draw.

Barry. See if you can find out about the gear on Sockatash. Seems Cooksley must have told the trainer take the blinkers of. Not very tractable horse so interesting how its progressing without them.

Agree with you Barry. Got on Sockatash last night at 26:1 and 6:50 a place. But just hoping the draw is not the killer. Anyone interested check out its Cambridge trials win. The other trials were ok as well. Both runs have been in form maiden races but the big plus for me is that at Avondale I thought it was fat yet ran a mighty race.

Big comp just for a giggle. The prize is whatever you earn by way of a 3 leg $1 win multi tomorrow at Ellerslie The races are 1, 2 & 3 You pick one in each race, in the race order You write the number of the race, then the name of the horse If you get three from three multi up you get a credit to that fixed odds starting price value ( of the multi) at the Big House, but it must be used in one hit. Example: If three horses come in each at 100:1 thats $1million but you can't leave until you've drunk that much (chips are free). We'll let you park out front but you have to be a Big House patched member. Also no facebook users. We know who you are. Facebook reckoned our competitions were illegal so come on guys lets show them how low they can get. If you don't have your patch number then a useful tattoo will do. Something like "I'm a dumb follower like Scubbie"

Missed that. But hell how many threads started or sabotaged by Molloy have been deleted. The guy is a wrecking ball. What amazes me how he is trying to squirm his way into the National Party on the back of his sister. The guy has no credibility whatsoever. Its just the Hughes's and Allens who have no knowledge of racing supplement their ignorance with the likes of Molloy.

I am sure there was a thread headed up "thief Innes" on that other site. Could it be that has been taken down because the dumb poster dobbed in a jockey for "taking a bet" I have reservation about the TAB organizing boozeups at places near the waterfront where the cost probably high. Head Office is in Petone so why a boozup in Auckland. Perhaps its where the National party goes so Glenda and John in collusion .

Yes Barry I agree we tend to all have to believe Aussie does it better when clearly they don't. I find racing.com site the worst for form research yet it was part of the CV Saundry gave when he got his NZ job. Please don't anyone let Saundry interfere with the NZ racing site although I fear he has already.

How annoying can Australian TV be. Example race 6 at Ipswich. Bernie Cooper goes through the whole field in some detail probably about 3 minutes. All the time the camera focuses on just one horse the No1 horse Just Favulous. why I have no idea. Perhaps the camera man had shares in it. BUT THEN..... after Bernie has finished her good work she says " we missed the Number One horse it must have gone down early" UNBELIEVABLE

Excuse my ignorance but could someone explain what a BP bet means.

So what? The horse has only won a couple. Hardly a world beater. Perhaps you found some better news.

Lets hope it doesn't get worked up before the race. Interesting comment from Pam Gerrard that home track advantage not always translates to more relaxed horse although it worked with She's A Goddess at least to the start.

I know the Avondale committee is adamant on keeping Avondale but selling off bits and pieces is hardly a solution. It means a sort of inertia "who's worried about racing we'll just sell some more land" Avondale needs to locate a piece of land. Get an option then do all the sums and guage public opinion. Somewhere between Kumeu and Helensville also ideal with a rail stop nearby. Perhaps there is no suitable location but if Avondale doesn't go looking then thats an option for the future lost.

Hesi you need a compass. There has been an explosion of population North of central Auckland. Many lifestyle blocks for small time owner trainers. The logical solution is cash in on Avondale and setup a track between Kumeu ond Orewa. Actually there is an ideal spot in Dairy Flat.

I expected Hvar to go better at Avondale than he did but agree must have run good sectional.. Has always had big wraps. Maybe just growing pains but surely must do something soon. Possibly looked in need of one run at Avondale so lets hope overcomes the draw. Pris de Fer is a good sized horse just a bit sweated up at Avondale so should improve. Race 3. Mikes Mistake looked ok before the race at Avondale and held up early in the run home. Paying $15.00 thats good value.

More like the jockey busted his guts to win the last.

One of the biggest non jackpot collects in NZ racing was the multis at Ellerslie netting about $800,000. The word is the selections came from a jockey agent. One of the jockeys successfull that day got a sizeable 5 figure sling.

Happened in NZ as well. In the eighties. Current day prominent owner cleaned out illegal bookies around the country with a trotter race 1 Whangarei on Sunday when punters still waking up. Apparently several bookies couldn't pay.

Just to prove I practice what I preach. Well some thirty years ago the IRD bankrupted me unfairly I might add. Now I could have waited three years and walked away not paying creditors. Instead over the period i visited some 40 creditors with a sugar bag and paid them in cash. They all withdrew their claim and signed a fully settled form. The IRD much to their disgust had to pay me rather I pay them. So I say To Mr Molloy before crowing how smart you are go around and pay your creditors even though not legally required.

Not to mention the illegal beer drinking competitions. OK good punt getting in before the NZ won America's Cup but will he repay his creditors from bankruptcy days.??????

The story changes depending who you speak to. Another version is that its some connection problem. When asked if it was hardware or software problem they couldn't answer. Seems there is no chance of new system commissioned for at least 2 months.

Broke down again. Wanted to get on She'AllMine so went back to very old system (FastBet) somehow got the wrong number. Peeved off. Rang help. Apparently they are integrating or testing the "new" system/ Asked what advantages the system is going to have and they seemed very minor. e.g. cashback option, bank transfers (happens already). When asked for advantages for racing. Exact words were. Not much for racing mainly for sports betting.