HRNZ programmers made to look silly

[the galah]

So,in the last fortnight hrnz have programmed and run 2 2year old races at addington.

So they cut the stake of the race 2 weeks ago due to such a small field. .

well,tonights race,had even less,only 3 starters and they left the stake the same..

essentially,the winner of the 3 horse race earned $2750 more than the winner of the 4 horse race.

why,because thats the way hrnz progrmmed it to be.they said the stake is based on the number of acceptors,not the number of starters.

and you see,that of course means any trainer could essentially accept with a horse that they have no intention of starting, to make sure HRNZ pay out the higher stake.you can't blame any trainer for simply being too clever for hrnz.Mind you that doesn't seem too hard the way they programmed it.

So what was going on with the stipes not giving the dalgety trained Roger That any stand down.

surely,for the sake of tranparency the stipes should have told people what the exceptional circumstances were which meant he got off with no penalty .

Don't they know that Dalgety,after roger that won 2 weeks ago,had reported on his website that roger that was not going to run tonight and was going out for a short break.

So whats going on there.Can't the stipes work out that people may ask questions why they decided roger that wasn't to get a scratching penalty?We can giess why,but maybe thats why they are saying.

Hrnz really don't seem too clever sometimes.

Edited yesterday at 10:19 AM by the galah

[the galah]

I've been thinking.

whats the point of scratching penalties.

Its the most inconsistently applied rule in nz harness racing.I've posted about it many times listing endless examples.

Hopefully someone looks into why the stipes gave roger that no stand down.

On the face of it,it appears that preferential treatment has been given,simply because the trainer is a big name and possibly Hrnz were complicit in the deception.

thats what it appears anyway.

Its a very,very poor look.

If not,simply state why.

Edited 20 hours ago by the galah

[Gammalite]

53 minutes ago, the galah said:

I've been thinking.

whats the point of scratching penalties.

Its the most inconsistently applied rule in nz harness racing.I've posted about it many times listing endless examples.

Hopefully someone looks into why the stipes gave roger that no stand down.

On the face of it,it appears that preferential treatment has been given,simply because the trainer is a big name and possibly Hrnz were complicit in the deception.

thats what it appears anyway.

Its a very,very poor look.

If not,simply state why.

Yes , I think mostly they don't penalise with a vets certificate. Vet only has to put in one or 2 words for a trainer as to why an Accepted runner has scratched. Vets a pretty loyal to their customers. Sometimes a trial needs to be run by said horse if stewards order it, but we have plenty of trials they run like workouts between our races Tuesdays and Thursdays.

A shame for the Handicapper trying to put on 2 year old races for you. They need to start now as is near the end of summer.

I said to Brodie about the 8 2 year olds that lined up at Pukekohe in 2 heats last Tuesday trials.  so hopefully a race or can put on for them March sometime.  

Our Albion 2 year-olds normally go a few weeks at the Tuesday day meetings,  where no one is betting much at all,  and they (the 2 year olds) can scramble around and learn their craft. I see one of these is on Next Tuesday Race 1 Albion for $9000 . a nice 7 horse field of first starters,  which is just right to avoid any tight racing on them.  so less likely to make errors.

[the galah]

2 hours ago, Gammalite said:

Yes , I think mostly they don't penalise with a vets certificate. Vet only has to put in one or 2 words for a trainer as to why an Accepted runner has scratched. Vets a pretty loyal to their customers. Sometimes a trial needs to be run by said horse if stewards order it, but we have plenty of trials they run like workouts between our races Tuesdays and Thursdays.

A shame for the Handicapper trying to put on 2 year old races for you. They need to start now as is near the end of summer.

I said to Brodie about the 8 2 year olds that lined up at Pukekohe in 2 heats last Tuesday trials.  so hopefully a race or can put on for them March sometime.  

Our Albion 2 year-olds normally go a few weeks at the Tuesday day meetings,  where no one is betting much at all,  and they (the 2 year olds) can scramble around and learn their craft. I see one of these is on Next Tuesday Race 1 Albion for $9000 . a nice 7 horse field of first starters,  which is just right to avoid any tight racing on them.  so less likely to make errors.

it says exceptional circumstances.

if it was a vet certificate supplied it would have said.(don't give them ideas gammalite as they may get one to cover their arse after the fact).LOL.

my guess is dalgety has been told by hrnz to put his horse in,even though hrnz would be aware he had no intention to start.

in other words,hrnz and dalgety were all part of a plan to ensure the race was run and they would get paid the higher stake. Thats my guess. Thats the way it works if you observe closely enough.

And the stipes have green lighted such behavior.

Its actually quite serious .But no one will care because of who it involves.

Edited 17 hours ago by the galah

[Taku Umanga]

On 19/02/2026 at 11:14 PM, the galah said:

Don't they know that Dalgety,after roger that won 2 weeks ago,had reported on his website that roger that was not going to run tonight and was going out for a short break.

Can't find that on their website - has it been removed?

[the galah]

1 hour ago, Taku Umanga said:

Can't find that on their website - has it been removed?

Well i read it before i posted it. It was definitly there a couple of days ago.The article was written after roger that had won a couple of weeks ago.

Edited 19 minutes ago by the galah