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  1. Freda
    Can we not just agree that this industry that we all profess to love, is dogged by management inadequacies from starting practices, integrity matters, to jockey/trainer tuition, track preparation, programming, funding, etc, etc....and maybe find an INTERESTING topic to debate?
  2. Freda
    Oh, absolutely..!
  3. Freda
    Oi....Fred, not me.
  4. Freda
    Which, if I put the brain in gear and think about it, that's kinda what Mardi has been saying about our situation in reverse....
  5. Freda
    Can someone explain to me what the reason would be? Knowing the efficiency with which the Japanese organise just about everything, I'm sure there is a good one....but I can't think of it.
  6. Freda

    Wingatui

    Freda replied to Ludwig's topic in Galloping Chat

    Usually a great day, ' Champions Day ' , good fields and very competitive racing.
  7. Freda
    Chances are you've never impressed him either.
  8. Freda
    I thought it was Hickman who donated the money to Catwalk....he was the vendor, wasnt he?
  9. Freda
    Anyone heard any feedback from the most recent one?
  10. Freda
    ...and enjoying the contribution from 'our' money...
  11. Freda
    Not at all.. and Troy reckoned plenty improvement still..!
  12. Freda
    Think he went faster, Chief.
  13. Freda
    Well, we should 'get our house in order..' IMO.....we've been spoon fed and just keep wanting more.
  14. Freda
    Notwithstanding the above - which I don't disagree with entirely - the industry is funded by public money...so public perception does matter.
  15. Freda
    You might like to re-read......' to lead those who protest most loudly to an acceptance of a gradual phasing out ' ......nowhere have I indicated that I think a bashing is ok....but I also know that there will be howls of protest from many.
  16. Freda
    Just thinking with my morning cuppa...while I agree in principle with a whip ban, I can imagine the howls of protest if such should happen. I think that a reduction in allowable strikes - seven, or five say - overall should be brought in pretty soon, for the purpose of leading those who protest most loudly to the acceptance of a gradual phasing-out.
  17. Freda
    Agree...with some qualifications. Should be allowed to be carried for safety and guidance I think.
  18. Freda
    Sigh.....that's when we had them...
  19. Freda
    Eight on the trot.
  20. Freda
    I guess you meant 3 out of 3..?
  21. Freda
    Two out of two.
  22. Freda
    Seems to have some pretty good contacts already. And planes haven't stopped flying north, have they? Now Australia, that's a different matter.
  23. Freda
    Why ?
  24. Freda
    I'm not aware that it is the mandate of a government to prop up a failing business with taxpayers' money....other than charitable organisations. Successive govts have said ' racing, get your house in order. ...and it hasn't. There is a saying ' be careful what you wish for, you might get it ' .....and we might at that.
  25. Freda
    A former racing club exec., and a very experienced administrator, reckons the scope and intent of that Bill is frightening. He said exactly the same as Kopia - have you actually read what it says ? he asked me. It's a backward step in his opinion. As for the political landscape, what is more scary is that most of NZ , incl parliamentarians too, know fk all about racing - and care less. If the Nats do get in, their shadow minister doesn't seem to have a handle on things at all. He could possibly be educated - but by whom?
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