Special Agent Posted Monday at 03:02 AM Share Posted Monday at 03:02 AM If you owned one of those entrants would you be happy to pay northern training fees and float fares to trial in central? Why would you not send your horse to a central trainer and gallop on a grass whenever you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Fish Posted Monday at 05:08 AM Share Posted Monday at 05:08 AM 2 hours ago, Special Agent said: Why would you not send your horse to a central trainer and gallop on a grass whenever you want? balanced off by: greater odds of your horse turning up to a meeting in CD and it gets abandoned!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted Monday at 05:44 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:44 PM 14 hours ago, curious said: Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Matamata, Te Aroha. I think there's more from the Waikato than there are from Foxton. Insane state of affairs but its either that or a quiet run in an unsuitable race if there even is one of those. Yes. There are likely many now having 'quiet' runs at the races. Same situation as when 'free' starts were introduced and trials fees were hiked to encourage ( force ) horses to the races to increase betting turnover. The likelihood of horses having training or educational runs and therefore being unsuitable betting propositions clearly escaped management. As an aside, it hasn't escaped notice how well North Canterbury and Timaru trainers are performing, given relative numbers in training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted Monday at 06:20 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:20 PM 34 minutes ago, Freda said: As an aside, it hasn't escaped notice how well North Canterbury and Timaru trainers are performing, given relative numbers in training. Are you suggesting that might be because they have access to a course proper grass gallop most of the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted Monday at 07:16 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:16 PM 53 minutes ago, curious said: Are you suggesting that might be because they have access to a course proper grass gallop most of the time? I think that is very likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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