Freda
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NZRB aka RITA - Big Funding Fail - What will be the spin from NZTR?
Freda replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
Considering that there are no reserves left and the flash website is underperforming bigtime, it staggers me that stakes are holding steady . Must have been some enlightened ' borrowing ' undertaken. -
Drainage..? Don't get me started on that. When I went to school water ran downhill.....but that's another story ..
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The boy was told to be wide the first day.
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I can remember certain riders taking amphetamines to control appetite/weight loss, and turning up to ride stoned....interesting conundrum one would think.
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I believe the actual concern was the stick use ' when out of contention '....which is splitting hairs, I know.
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Was gonna happen sooner or later, I guess....
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Bruce and Lisa have two children together, I believe, he is still living locally although the couple is estranged.
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Pretty well explained I should have thought.
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Yes, agree re. punter information - although using races as part of fitness training is such a common practice here that it barely attracts comment.
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It's no good highlighting stakes differences. NZ racing is broke, there's nothing in the bin. The sad thing to realise is that with one feature meeting in one part of the country, the industry has contracted to the extent that other meetings can become farcical. Good on Rogie for taking the course he did, however....cheaper and more productive for his owners to run for money ( even if not much ) rather than have to pay to trial.
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No, what gives?
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Yeah, very interesting indeed, thanks.
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Agree with this. The sooner a significant reduction in allowable use of the whip, the better.
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Oh...ffs....dont derail my query please Thommo. Think I'd better re phrase it...I just want to know what differentials exist in the WFA scale from country to country. It has stood the test of time as an arbiter of excellence world wide...I do remember, now that Fred jogged my memory, that the Aussies tinkered with the 3 y.o. section but wasn't aware that the girls had their portion altered as well. I'm not arguing about the need for a female allowance, just the size of it.
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Thanks Chief....I clearly didn't make that point very well.
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Hmm..not sure if I concur with that..however it does seem that the girls get a lesser allowance in the UK.
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Remember that, yes. What about the mares' concession...I know ours get a ridiculous 2 kg through set weight events but does it follow through to WFA too?
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A query for train-spotters....is the wfa scale standard world-wide? or are there differences from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. I
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Yes, they do...a terrible shame but not one out of the box. It may well be that the company insuring R.L insists upon him staying closer to home...but I can't really see how it might affect shuttlers overall. It's not as if he had been domiciled at Cambridge for weeks or months...he had barely gotten off the truck....maybe a problem could have/should have been picked up at the quarantine station..? That's a big call though.
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if that is in fact the case, it is an indictment that ' the industry' cannot/will not take note of carefully collated figures and plain common sense about many crucial matters.
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That was a piss take in itself....if racing implodes as it well could, there won't be any classics....or anything else for that matter. Castlepoint indeed.
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I'm not getting into a slanging match about Nth vs Sth....you have your opinions backed up by facts, fair enough..my comment however was that Cup week works, and the Guineas races complement the whole week beautifully. All the discussion abt the Guineas is deflecting the context of the thread and does absolutely nothing for the overall turnaround required in NZ racing. If things carry on as they currently are the 2000 and 1000 guineas may as well be run at Scone...or Launceston...
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Nice idea....think there are two separate jurisdictions in Japan but no sure of the details. And, of course, they have MONEY...
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The Te Akau mob were down here for ages though - preparing on good ground.
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I stand by what Reefton and I stated..however I take your point about costs. That could/can be easily dealt with - if there's the will - logistics not a problem with appropriate planning. However, that is all pie-in-the-sky if the ship sinks.
