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Sad to see Jack leave us, he was a real gentleman. Many top drivers never win a nz cup, but he did with globe bay many years ago. Glen Moiria was a good mare also in the 80s.

ITS NEARLY HERE!!!! So come on, who’s got a few outsiders worth including come Sat. It’s looking like a day for fav punters, but who knows. We need a few longshots for the exotics!

I think RS put Rod on spot about a book he wrote many years ago. Rod left site shortly afta. Some on here will confirm, might have been curious & kak involved.

Good to see him giving it a go.

Yes, hi Thomas. Welcome

Old Thomas is here. Where’s Rod Hill, he might be writing another book.

Riccarton a bit the same. Still a bog at times, but many a horse still win on the inside. I remember a few years back, everyone headed for select strip out wide, not so much now.

Partyon doubtfull starter, as are a couple of others.

Thought maybe habibti inti could knock off einheign. Most races favs look home, but I bet we have a few big div placing. Good luck Globe, and all other connections with horses racing on Sat, it’s a big effort to even get a horse to start on the day.

Yes he is driving well, he deserves winning driving champs.

It’s a tough life globe being an owner or punter!

That explains a few rides lately! Now I know what the race callers quote means , 3 back on inner smoking a pipe! ??

Bussitin/ young have 2 horses out tonight, both good bets. Tapanui, extra distance & better track will help, dramatist other one. Get on

If you look at many studies on humans on various sports, seems a performance increase of between 3% & 17% with caffeine in certain doses. So a battling horse maybe not worth the coffee, but the best chance in a race surely worth a latte, just to make sure of the result. If those tested never won that day, it probably wouldn’t be such a huge deal. But the more you look at it, the more it worries.

So a trainer goes to a low key meeting with a few good chances, nothing like a boost before you offload on the hot favs on the tote.

I don’t care for all the bullshit stories, fact is it’s a banned substance.

No doubt The Doctor will be chipping away at the Dunn’s, giving plenty of advice. Funny , that even with The Doctors courtlike speech, they still pleaded guilty? ?

Apparently crowd went crazy, mud wresting, fights , drinking games. That’s what’s missing in nz racing

Nasty reply to Reefton? You need to chill a bit, you are now on the premier racing site, so no need to put people down.

Xmas At The Races. When this first started, I thought it would be a flop, I’ve changed my mind bigtime. I know many people who have had Xmas work functions, family or groups just meeting up, I have not heard anything negative from anybody. Would be great to see a jackpot run on it, just like the old days. If nobody picked it on the day, it would roll over to next Xmas meeting. I suppose the only thing holding something like this back, is the ageing jetbet system. If the nz tab offered an option that overseas agencies couldn’t, this would be a way of luring back punters on course. Start off with $100k, that would see a bit of interest, what do you think?

Barry & Hesi need to team up & get a mouse circus going. Big money if they can train a few to do tricks?

If the main tracks in nz were 100%, maybe closing down some of the country tracks may make sense. But some country tracks have far better racing conditions/ surfaces than main centres. It may make sense to an accountant to close some country tracks, but I think it will be a big mistake if it happens. I love the country tracks, main thing I look forward to over Xmas.

Most of the blokes had boring suits on, but I suppose with royal protocol, they had too. Im no fashion guru, but I told family last night that I could make that gown easily on our old Bernina! Amazing what a bit of grog does to ones state.

Pretty impressive cat bringing in 2 mice, if only the horses I back tried as hard. ?