NZB Kiwi 2026

[Chief Stipe]

Meanwhile....the KiwiB?

[Huey]

Isn't it sad we are talking about the slot race & not the Oaks or Derby.

Is the Oaks on same day as slot race?

[Murray Fish]

1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

Meanwhile....the KiwiB?

tickets are on sale now...  

[Freda]

8 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

A bridge too far and is a case in point.  It must have been in work since June and raced every month until the following March.  10 months!!  Most trainers work on two 6 race start cycles with a spell in between.  In OZ they have the horses at near peak for those 6 starts.

Yeah, in most cases that's spot on.

However, they don't have to dodge around unsuitable programming that can mean too long between races, or else races all on top of each other. 

There are reasons other than stakemoney that lead to horses being sent over the ditch, a factor you have alluded to on more than one occasion. 

In the case of P.T., I don't think that particular race was ever factored in, in the beginning.  It would have taken a very strong-minded trainer indeed to have said, no, she's going to the paddock!

[curious]

14 minutes ago, Freda said:

Yeah, in most cases that's spot on.

However, they don't have to dodge around unsuitable programming that can mean too long between races, or else races all on top of each other. 

There are reasons other than stakemoney that lead to horses being sent over the ditch, a factor you have alluded to on more than one occasion. 

In the case of P.T., I don't think that particular race was ever factored in, in the beginning.  It would have taken a very strong-minded trainer indeed to have said, no, she's going to the paddock!

Anyone know what's happened to her? Off the scene for 4 months now.

[Freda]

1 minute ago, curious said:

Anyone know what's happened to her? Off the scene for 4 months now.

Spoke to Sam, she thinks she had been injured but she isn't sure to what extent. 

Also thought they weren't interested in breeding from her as she wasn't good enough!

[hesi]

6 hours ago, Murray Fish said:

looks like CS is hard marking today!

sigh, I be to lazy to go upstairs and look up who rode J in that NI Chal race? for some reason BP Thompson?

Correct but no P

[hesi]

1 hour ago, Huey said:

Isn't it sad we are talking about the slot race & not the Oaks or Derby.

Is the Oaks on same day as slot race?

It was moved to be 3 weeks earlier with some weird logic that fillies could then run in the Oaks and the Derby

[hesi]

Here is a question or two for the experts then

Would horses like Wahid, Jimmy Choux and Silent Achiever, who had shown good form in the months leading up to the Derby in 1600m races, and who were then aimed at the Derby with runs in typical lead up races like the Waikato and Avondale Guines, would they have gone on to run in the Derby or NZB Kiwi if it had of existed on the same day as the Derby.

Would Excellent have run in the Derby or Kiwi under the same scenario.

I see, he who never had an original thought, getting ideas for threads from this site.

I note Chief Stipe, that there is hope for you yet lol, with the thread on this site getting more views and a lot more replies.  Admittedly 12 out of 18 have been mine