Auckland Racing is a cot case!

[the galah]

55 minutes ago, Gammalite said:

Yes I just put the field on the 'We're Low on Cup horses ' thread just now and saw that ? 

It was appalling. I think Victoria is in Financial strife in harness racing and has slashed the prizemoney . The Dullard Cup for trotters used to be a biggy and was only 30k last week 🙄. winner Keayang Chucky a danger for Oscar B this-coming weekend in the Great Southern Star. He only got $17k first prize in a group Cup race last Sat 😫.

 

Tristan Larsen would of got a few Weeks off for Christmas mate. so glad he went home to see family. 

Tristan ran last in the Wedderburn Trotters Cup last Sunday,  but won another trot straight after with JOHN's BOY from Southland. You might know of it ? 2 out of 2 in Oz now,  for Tristan and Trainer Brent  and still owned by his kiwi owners it seems . Hope they go on and get plenty more !! 🏆👍 (it's NZ form very average last year but imagine it had to take on Bucketloads of Williamson's in trots All the time ? 🤣 )

 

Johns boy used to be trained by a southland trainer.L veint and from memory kirk larsen used to drive him in his early days.

K larsen recently has been driving a trotter,xerion for veint and its won a couple but it seems to have lost its confidence after jumping quickly in the ratings ,like they do over here if they win early in their career.

L veint about a decade ago had a really promising pacer,it looked very good,but from memory it had some unfortunate accident or illness and tragically died. 

Johns boy was a horse that i always followed and was always consistent,reliable and gave his best and his trainer always seemed to have him ready to race.i wondered where he got to. Unfortunately,he was one of those horses that had got too high in the ratings and was at a point where he had to be run for 3 months each week to get back in a grade where he could win again. Doing that to a horse like johns boy, who tries so hard was just going to break his will, and i think they have done a good thing by the horse to send him out of southland and to aussie.  Hopefully he can stay healthy and race for another few years and then they find him a nice home when he retires.

johns boy was by simon roydon,one of roy mckenzies bred stallions,and would have been the last by that sire to race in nz.

Edited January 28 by the galah

[Tonkatime!]

On 16/12/2023 at 9:38 AM, Brodie said:

 

Auckland harness is just plain boring and aint getting any better.

 

The punters are leaving, they got no new trainers and next to nonJuniors so no Junior races!

 

I think the north island has really missed a trick not appointing Peter Lamb as their starter. This single move would help with both the above issues Brodie mentions. 

Edited January 29 by Tonkatime!

[Ronaldo]

On 27/01/2025 at 9:56 PM, mikeynz said:

Trouble with TAB4EVER is he can't see beyond the Bombay hills, unfortunately like most living in Auckland they are actually looking from the wrong side lol

I'm no fan of Auckland, it is actually in many ways disconnected to what's happening in the rest of the country, with the population diversity creating into that place it's becoming further and further from the NZ that used to be, most of the population there don't give two hoots about Horse racing, Rugby and the likes, while rural NZ still maintain those traditions..

Auckland always strikes me as trying to keep up with other cities like Melbourne or Sydney but they can't even get their shit sorted out lol, it sees itself as the powerbase of NZ but in reality rural NZ is the backbone of NZ, John Key did say where Fonterra goes NZ goes, so true.

Ellerslie have this great big raceday but how many people actually attended? Stuff all for the size of the place.

Alexandra Park must be one he'll of a lonely place most nights, and despite the fact no one gives a shit no more Harness Racing NZ are obsessed with pouring good funds just to keep them going which are disproportionate to what they are earning, Auckland has a sense of entitlement that the country owes them, the rest of the country would be fine without them.

 

[Ronaldo]

1 minute ago, Ronaldo said:

 

 Fair enough about Auckland,   so you don't need them.   But God forbid there was ever another quake as by far the  outside city donating the most aid money was..... Auckland .In  all probability they don't need you anymore than you need them.  Can still remember the news reports of how many moved up to Auckland after the quake until things settled down again .  Guess Auckland was needed then.....