Freda

Yeah.

The good news is that x-rays and scans have cleared Brandon May of serious pelvic injury, and Bridget Grylls of shoulder complications as well. Soft tissue mainly, concussion for Bridget and possibly broken wrist for Jack Taplin. Yogesh Atchamah has a sore hand but usable, and Brett Murray's timely flying dismount kept him free of trouble altogether. Richard Stomper has a fractured sinus and will undergo surgery.

It did in this case.

I read it exactly as written...he is annoyed at the downgrade and thinks it will damage the industry. The downgrade is the logical result of a regressive industry, not the cause of it. He's just pissed that there is one less Grp 1 to play with.

Can't argue with the thrust of the post, dont necessarily agree with all of it but good points made IMO.

Maybe the lack of numbers of horses trained in HB is the reason? I dont know, I have no knowledge of the area but it is odd. You'd think one or two were worth the trip. And if that is the case, then the grand plan to renovated the HB track and then charge ahead with a Greenfields option looks very silly indeed. Sad though.

He seems to have sorta missed the point.

Agree. And the Derby ( IMO) has also been made less relevant by the same factors.

The casual remark from Ballesty about ' jumpouts and trials ' should have alarmed the hardworking Levin and Foxton committees. Clearly the need for well-educated horses to attend racemeetings isn't high on his list. Of course, it could be part of a Cunning Plan to force novice horses to trial on the despised polytracks.

Looking at the state of some of them, 100mill is a shade on the light side, IMO.

I'd forgotten that....but why co-opt Chris Waller on to it if it is for TAB advisory purposes...?

Yes, had been wondering about that.

I would imagine Rangiora does, as it holds harness meetings.

Have some great memories too, love the Coast, nothing stays the same though.

Sad but true.