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  1. Freda
    And Riccarton on May 1st. Appalling conditions.
  2. Freda
    I believe it is done overseas with the AWT's too.
  3. Freda
    So we won't be holding our breath then?
  4. Freda
    No.
  5. Freda
    NZ trained?
  6. Freda
    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....
  7. Freda
    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!
  8. Freda
    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.
  9. Freda
    Really? I must have missed that part.
  10. Freda
    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
  11. Freda
    Yes, Jess, I fear you might be right. I just hope that the boy from Foxton hasn't completely forgotten his origin.
  12. Freda
    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?
  13. Freda
    Let it go.
  14. Freda
    Yep. At least then, he was.
  15. Freda
    Come on guys, this is really tedious
  16. Freda
    That's him. I had a horse for him once
  17. Freda
    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.
  18. Freda
    Yes.
  19. Freda
    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?
  20. Freda
    Agree with that.
  21. Freda
    Well, I don't have a degree in anything....and i certainly didn't get a satisfactory answer to your points 1 and 2.
  22. Freda
    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.
  23. Freda
    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.
  24. Freda
    That is a fairly fundamental error for a report of this importance.
  25. Freda
    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...
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