Freda
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so, after giving up on the helpline, I emailed the help desk. Got a comfirmation email with a reference number and the helpline number. Was told not to reply to email.
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I'm hardly going to misspell my own name...repeatedly...! no, that doesn't work either, I'm still locked out.
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Tell me how I log in? entered original details but had my old password refused. tried again and had username refused. Took a deep breath and thought I should re-register. Nope. ' We know each other' was the answer. Tried to log in again and got locked out. Rang helpdesk but got bored after 20 minutes.
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Sorry, that was a reply to Newmarket.
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Same.
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...and I can't log in....
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Carrier pigeon?
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Wouldn't that be a novel idea.
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What would be wrong with running Waikouaiti at Dunedin and making a two-day Christmas meeting?
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yeah.....and close the excellent tracks at Timaru and Oamaru.....but hang on, there is a 'lovely view'.
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46 runners.
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I would have to agree.
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Yes, good on them for sure, I bet it was appreciated. Southern hospitality in spades.....but - when trainers/staff are expected to sit in trucks on Christmas day, why didn't the club step up? [ apologies if they did, maybe Steve was reimbursed ? ]
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...sigh...and remember when we had a Wellington Derby as well, and a St Leger that really was a classic to strive for....until the 'commercial' reality of a staying colt made that unattractive..
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..and on the Waikouaiti topic...I gather Kurow yesterday was a great day - as usual - with heaps of racegoers enjoying a day at a good track at a very picturesque spot which the M report wants to see gone...and at which, by the way, were several Canterbury racing people also enjoying a lovely day. The same lot who advised that Waikouaiti was the track to keep.
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Yes, it did. I bought into the notion being bandied around that 'we' needed slick, professional, up-to-date management and forward-thinking business types....naive of me, again....because it has been largely downhill all the way since. I'm not implying those pre-ninety officials were perfect, but certainly their replacements are much less so.
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There is little doubt that Messara didn't make his recommendations on his own research - on this and other tracks - which fact disappoints me greatly. I did have great hopes [ naively, obviously ] for his report. Advice on this particular travesty came from very close at hand.....the local administration - who felt that ' sitting on the hill overlooking the races ' was a valid reason for retaining a shithole of a track that attracts little patronage generally apart from one stable.
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Funnily enough, some years ago, former CJC President John Austin [who was certainly NOT considered innovative in any shape or form] thought that obtaining cheaper land out Halkett way - light, dry, free draining soil - and setting up purpose-built training facilities was the way to go.
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Ah....apparently there is a lovely view...
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....to all, safe and happy holidays and good fortune whether racing, punting or just relaxing - and goodwill to all, even Thommo.!
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Seems so...but our crooks are clearly of a better quality.. ! .I have to agree with Thommo here though, the integrity protocols are woeful.
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What a shame...I've never had the chance to visit...but family members used to live there ( a number of years ago now ) and were ever nostalgic about the beauty and quiet elegance of Adelaide and the surrounding country. That would seem to have a parallel with the ending of oil/ gas exploration in Taranaki - ideology ahead of technology.
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What's with the energy prices?
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Fields at Manawatu 22 December - Sure Sign Something is Wrong
Freda replied to Chief Stipe's topic in Galloping Chat
He's trained Grp 1 winners...I haven't. -
Think she must have with 2 wins. Good to see S.I lad Corey Campbell doing so well too....the only app. on the list.
