Freda

No.

NZ trained?

Don't profess to be an expert here, and as always happy to be corrected. But i would be very doubtful that 3 workouts would sufficiently impact changes in bone density and/or tensile strength. Better than nothing i guess....

You miss the point...and I wasn't being derogatory towards Craig at all. Bet there are plenty who wish they could live the same dream!

Yes...and illustrates that Chris Waller still retains an appreciation for a battler. Which gives me some small hope that his presence on this committee that has surfaced might stem the elitist stance that must inevitably come from the others.

Really? I must have missed that part.

Did you ask the jockey where he/ she left them? I had a rigmarole with a set of mine early this year...seems they found their way around numerous places, I was astounded that some bright spark hadn't thought, gosh, they're not mine....they eventually arrived but weeks later

Yes, Jess, I fear you might be right. I just hope that the boy from Foxton hasn't completely forgotten his origin.

Have to agree. And although Chris Waller would be the only one who has any idea about the issues trainers face, I just wonder whether he has been away from the coalface a bit long from a grass roots perspective. I have enormous respect for what he has achieved, hopefully he can still have some valid input. As for the others....not doubting their motives, or generosity in giving their time pro-bono...but more breeding influence? Really?

Let it go.

Yep. At least then, he was.

Come on guys, this is really tedious

That's him. I had a horse for him once

Yes. There are well-known variations in track conditions from track to track..e.g. a 4 at Riverton bears little resemblance to a 4 at Riccarton. Stats alone can be very misleading.

Yes.

Preparation to a softer measurement seems to be tossed out the window when the surface is 'tightened' for raceday. That has to increase the injury risk factor, one would think, if horses are adapted to a specific depth then face a significant difference at racing speed?

Agree with that.

Well, I don't have a degree in anything....and i certainly didn't get a satisfactory answer to your points 1 and 2.

Most probably. Fall off your motorbike on the road and you slide. Fall off on a polytrack and you don't. You hit the ground like a piledriver.

Certainly, the 'Aus' factor can sharpen up some of these imports, most recently Vauban worthy of notice. But this horse is already under an Australian regime. More time to adjust may be helpful? Like Curious, I love this type of horse but hard to place I'd imagine. Impossible here, just as well he isn't over this side. The bastion of the staying and classic horse doesn't want them any more.

That is a fairly fundamental error for a report of this importance.

Yeah...I didn't take any notice either, a sobering thought! Was the weather bad leading up to the day? or did the rain come later? If the latter, then of course, the right decision. But if the former, why on earth take chances...

Whatever.

Agree with most the above - however, your observation that you don't blame NZTR or Clubs, I can't really comprehend. If we on here, and elsewhere, can understand that bad advice is being given, how can the above-mentioned NOT work that out?

Whether or not one subscribes to Catholicism, Christianity generally, or in fact any religious affiliation, the Pope has an influence on millions, so hopefully that influence is of some worth.