Freda
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There isn't any way to get on the Awt apart from the trackwork crossing. So they have to go via the turf course proper.
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I queried Wendy Cooper of NZTA about this matter, apparently it is 'in the hands of the lawyers'.
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$66,000....a tad better than he would be doing here with one win and placings.
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A nice piece about Diego on the LoveRacing site. Arrived in 2018, spent time at Te Akau, trackworking before shifting to Taranaki [ Wheeler ] then Christchurch. That'll be why he hasn't been on the radar much until recently. He is very well regarded here, make no mistake about that.
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Yep.
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The crossing keeper does have first-aid training ....but nothing else for a seriously injured person. Not his fault at all, he did the best he could given the circumstances. But the ambulances and their time-frames have been widely criticized in the general sense, and i don't think it is their fault either. Chronic underfunding as well as bludgers using the service as a cheap ride to hospital for a sore leg or toothache.
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Not exactly a racing topic, although I think relevant in this case..shift it if you wish, Chief. Yesterday a young woman had an accident during trackwork, resulting in a dislocated elbow, and compound fractures of her lower arm. An hour and a half lying on a very cold track until the ambulance arrived. You might say, why didn't she walk back and get a lift in someone's car? { I wasn't at the scene btw ] But she was in a lot of pain, and not coping at all. Seemingly getting up and walking was not an option for her, at that time. But, hell, just as well she wasn't bleeding to death.
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Had a bit of a whip issue in the beginning, and spent a lot of time on the sidelines as a result.
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Conditions are SW & P .for the 2 yr olds.
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Delightful young man...they sure can make riders in Argentina.
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We try.
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You don't feel it's a Cunning Plan to make Oamaru look irrelevant so as to justify it's closure?
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The eloquence and reasoning put forward in support was a joy to behold.
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Just watch Ascot and dream, JB. Yes, good old blighty has provincial tracks, poor stakes, and battling trainers too, and the odd fk-up as well, like the blindfold left on....but when they present the best, it is just - well, the best.
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i was actually going to point that out...the sub-forums, that is. Never mind, some interesting dialogue.
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Not as I am aware.
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It is a great surface for training. Absolutely. No one is saying that they are not valuable for training, or for giving horses which prefer firmer going somewhere to run during the winter months. But, the point that you and many miss, is that in these straitened times, does the investment of [public] funds and the closure of provincial tracks look likely to grow interest in racing? increase revenue? I won't say turnover, so many waffle on about turnover being the metric, but even a mathematical idiot like me can realise that turnover and profit are not synonymous.
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Not sure. Shares in at least two, but may be more.
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No point complaining. Won't alter anything.
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Seems pretty self-explanatory to me. Or 'where there's muck there's brass '
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You're quite right. However, the incidents that have been highlighted in the Melbourne Cup specifically are generally, sadly, horses going amiss. I enquired of trainer Lance Robinson yesterday as to the wellbeing of his fallen runner, she seems ok so far, he said, just ran out of room. That, IMO, indicates a jockey issue. Someone clearly failed to steer. And that happens far too much.
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I'm no punter...but perception is everything. West Coast tracks are commonly believed to be 'front runners tracks' and everyone goes hell for leather as a result. Horses can and do come from behind and win for that reason. No walk-and-sprint over there.
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Not as far as I am aware, so far anyway. But we were told ( at the beginning) that overall costs would be reduced as there were fewer tracks to maintain 🤔
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I imagine it's what THEY mean.
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I heard [ anecdotally ] that the consulting company, Sapere, had recommended that Riccarton numbers be increased to at least 600 to put the training operation back in the black. I know that HRNZ did commission a report by said company, with advice forthcoming as to which tracks to close; but I can't find any reference to the galloping side. Anyone have any information further to this?
