Ellerslie .....7th June 2025

[TAB For Ever]

Tracks a popular topic on here , so let's give credit where credit is due.

The track for the winter raceday on Saturday was IMO opinion , Fantastic !

Yes ,I'm only one voice but I heard it mentioned by dozens of regular participants including trainers and punters alike...100% used superlative words to describe it.

On Friday ,both day and night there had been significant rain and it was the 'suit all horses' fairness of it that drew the universal compliments !

[Chief Stipe]

Is that why they're not racing or trialling on it for 14 weeks?

5 hours ago, TAB For Ever said:

Yes ,I'm only one voice but I heard it mentioned by dozens of regular participants including trainers and punters alike...100% used superlative words to describe it.

Embellishment.

[Huey]

8 hours ago, TAB For Ever said:

Tracks a popular topic on here , so let's give credit where credit is due.

The track for the winter raceday on Saturday was IMO opinion , Fantastic !

Yes ,I'm only one voice but I heard it mentioned by dozens of regular participants including trainers and punters alike...100% used superlative words to describe it.

On Friday ,both day and night there had been significant rain and it was the 'suit all horses' fairness of it that drew the universal compliments !

Must be the best track in the world already TAB! Wow incredible amazing, shut down the rest of the country and just race there!! 

 

[Muzza]

1 hour ago, Huey said:

Must be the best track in the world already TAB! Wow incredible amazing, shut down the rest of the country and just race there!! 

 

That's what some want to do. 

[TAB For Ever]

5 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

Is that why they're not racing or trialling on it for 14 weeks?

Embellishment.

So sorry if you upset that someone else started a thread......but no intention of threatening your dominance ,and especially on track surfaces ,your EXPERT subject !

You will always be Number 1 Champ !!!!

[TAB For Ever]

3 hours ago, Huey said:

Must be the best track in the world already TAB! Wow incredible amazing, shut down the rest of the country and just race there!! 

 

Not entirely......but the Northern region looks well placed with ATR [ Ellerslie ,Pukekohe ] PLUS Ruakaka , Te Rapa , Matamata ,Te Aroha , Tauranga , Rotorua and Taupo PLUS Cambridge Synthetic giving the region and very versatile selection of tracks to suit all types of racing and all preferences.

But to really future proof the Industry the JEWEL would be the talked about Waikato Greenfields racing /complex.

It not crucial to the plans but if proceeds or part proceeds of Avondale sale went toward the Waikato dream then NZ racing would be in good shape with infrastructure , a big concern at mo.

I'm sure Ellerslie [ATR] would approve too and maybe flick some of their $200 mil equity toward the cause.

Yes, incredible amazing indeed  !

And Huey ,what Area are you in ?

Maybe you like me and lived in a few areas where the local community has just let Racing in the region fritter away or worse , just die !

[TAB For Ever]

2 hours ago, Muzza said:

That's what some want to do. 

Who wants this ?

Name em ?

[curious]

12 hours ago, TAB For Ever said:

Tracks a popular topic on here , so let's give credit where credit is due.

The track for the winter raceday on Saturday was IMO opinion , Fantastic !

Yes ,I'm only one voice but I heard it mentioned by dozens of regular participants including trainers and punters alike...100% used superlative words to describe it.

On Friday ,both day and night there had been significant rain and it was the 'suit all horses' fairness of it that drew the universal compliments !

Is that why they were mostly coming wide on the turn staying off the rail and generally wanting to get to the centre of the track?

[Gammalite]

9 minutes ago, TAB For Ever said:

Who wants this ?

Name em ?

Don't be too harsh on him TABman . A lot of washouts and 'horse slips' and that had caused a lot of worry about some of the tracks from time to time.  With Ellerslie getting all the work done on it , seems Wise to use it if State-of-the-art.

A lot of money and Time and experts spent a lot of time 'Fixing 'up Ellerslie so I reckon they should race there Every week . Mainly because that's where the population base is in Auckland to attend lol 😎

mind you I've only ever been to Ellerslie, Puk'e and Arawa Park (Rotorua )where drove on once.  think I threw up after lol.

We needed the Chief Stipe years ago in Tassie. (to fix the surface 😎) They still race at Elwick , the trotters used too, as well, was like a ploughed field so they put a lot of the drivers up on the horses back down there , rather than 'Bog-in to the surface lol. 🤣  so a few saddle pacers won ok. my dad said he won in the saddle his first race at age 13 as was light as a sparrow, during the war years.

here's grand-dad winning a race at Elwick in this amazing old photo.  ( Elwick,Hobart is the Tas equal of Ellerslie ) 

[Chief Stipe]

1 hour ago, TAB For Ever said:

So sorry if you upset that someone else started a thread......but no intention of threatening your dominance ,and especially on track surfaces ,your EXPERT subject !

You will always be Number 1 Champ !!!!

Well no need to get upset.  The ARC always had Pukekohe to butcher during the next 14 weeks.

I just thought if it was so good on Saturday they'd get at least a couple more meetings in.

I see though they will wring the last bit of life out of Avondale with a number of trail meetings scheduled there.

[Trojan]

1 hour ago, TAB For Ever said:

Who wants this ?

Name em ?

Aren't they on the new TAB Committee?