Te Akau secure South Island Trainers’ Premiership

[Chief Stipe]

Also the BS from @Scooby3051 about a SI trainer NEVER being able to win a SI Premiership flies in the face of his previous anti-Te Akau comments were he said they only send down their worst horses and have a shocking strike rate!  Which wasn't true either.

Anyway it looks like @Pitman has been feeding @Scooby3051 posts to post so he can avoid public scrutiny while still stirring the pot.  All @Pitman needed to do with his 429 starters was improve his strike rate from 10.73 to 9.23 and he would have bolted in.  Perhaps that is something a competitive trainer should aim for.

 

[curious]

1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

 It is still listed under the Riccarton stable but we all know that NZTR are notoriously slow at paperwork.  

Don't agree with that at all. In my experience NZTR are extremely prompt and efficient with this sort of thing. More likely busy trainers a bit delinquent with their change of stable paperwork if that is necessary here.

Edited Friday at 11:34 PM by curious

[Chief Stipe]

40 minutes ago, curious said:

Don't agree with that at all. In my experience NZTR are extremely prompt and efficient with this sort of thing. More likely busy trainers a bit delinquent with their change of stable paperwork if that is necessary here.

Perhaps it is their website that is slow to update.  Particularly changes of ownership.

But I guess the point is that Malmaison was domiciled at the Riccarton Stables for the first four months of the last season.  Now back in the North.  Who knows could still be heading back to Riccarton but would appear to be on a comeback from that last race at Trentham.

[Muzza]

1 hour ago, curious said:

Don't agree with that at all. In my experience NZTR are extremely prompt and efficient with this sort of thing. More likely busy trainers a bit delinquent with their change of stable paperwork if that is necessary here.

But don't hot shot stables employ office staff to do the paperwork.

[Chief Stipe]

31 minutes ago, Muzza said:

But don't hot shot stables employ office staff to do the paperwork.

Geez now we are down to worrying about paperwork.  Who knows perhaps Malmaison is heading back to Riccarton after his Taupo comeback trial.

[Huey]

On 2/08/2025 at 11:26 AM, Chief Stipe said:

Also the BS from @Scooby3051 about a SI trainer NEVER being able to win a SI Premiership flies in the face of his previous anti-Te Akau comments were he said they only send down their worst horses and have a shocking strike rate!  Which wasn't true either.

Anyway it looks like @Pitman has been feeding @Scooby3051 posts to post so he can avoid public scrutiny while still stirring the pot.  All @Pitman needed to do with his 429 starters was improve his strike rate from 10.73 to 9.23 and he would have bolted in.  Perhaps that is something a competitive trainer should aim for.

 

Good to see someone finally see the light, old scoobs is 100% right in this case it is a rort,  nothing unusual there when the chiefs favorites are involved. 

[Muzza]

3 minutes ago, Huey said:

Good to see someone finally see the light, old scoobs is 100% right in this case it is a rort,  nothing unusual there when the chiefs favorites are involved. 

Correct.