Brodie Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Cambridge trots today are going to run at a big loss! Have a look at the tote pools and there is bigger all offloading. When their is only a few hundred in the win and place pools with under an hour to a race there is problems. No way can harness clubs survive when there is a lack of interest from punters unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagship uberalles Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 it really needed to be run on the grass at Thames, all the familys, marquees and holiday makers make it a great day, but of course the hierarchy that seem hell bent on destroying the sport have got rid of Thames (trots and gallops) and moved the date to te Aroha but the track there is deemed unstable or uneven, so it's moved again to the forbury park of the north ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Sunrise Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 20 minutes ago, Flagship uberalles said: so it's moved again to the forbury park of the north ! Cambridge is not that good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagship uberalles Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, Happy Sunrise said: Cambridge is not that good. Claudlands was the best track in the waikato.....so of course they got rid of it! ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Sunrise Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Flagship uberalles said: Claudlands was the best track in the waikato. You back your last winner there? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Happy Sunrise said: You back your last winner there? metal mickey or lord lenny hopefully not hands down Edited January 11, 2020 by Rangatira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagship uberalles Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 26 minutes ago, Rangatira said: hopefully not hands down he was a track specialist 1/1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagship uberalles Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 34 minutes ago, Happy Sunrise said: You back your last winner there? more like last placing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Sunrise Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 27 minutes ago, Flagship uberalles said: more like last placing! Tougher back then with no FF placings backed to 4th... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taku Umanga Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Used to love Claudelands - a few good wins there too 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagship uberalles Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Taku Umanga said: Used to love Claudelands - a few good wins there too certainly a unique little track, i really enjoyed going there. I think it's some sort of convention centre now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, Flagship uberalles said: certainly a unique little track, i really enjoyed going there. I think it's some sort of convention centre now more than can be said for victoria park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Just now, Rangatira said: more than can be said for victoria park Greymouth trots were brilliant! Big dividends and no AllStars racing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, Brodie said: Big dividends and no AllStars racing. mark sent horses to greymouth and won races i remember tim vince and neil pilcher owning one that won and bloss may have had a winner on that trip too don't recall him driving there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbles Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Taku Umanga said: Used to love Claudelands - a few good wins there too Attended Claudelands on a regular basis until its demise. Have only gone to Cambridge the once and have never returned. The Convention centre loses money hand over fist but its a great place to let your dog off and defecate everywhere. Edited January 11, 2020 by mumbles 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagship uberalles Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 15 minutes ago, Rangatira said: more than can be said for victoria park never went, but was always a place I wanted to go, was the last of the west coast $10,000 bonus back in the eighties so was part of harness history for me. i do remember ian chamber's calling the finish of a race there a lap early in the latest 80's. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Rangatira said: mark sent horses to greymouth and won races i remember tim vince and neil pilcher owning one that won and bloss may have had a winner on that trip too don't recall him driving there Was Mark Purdon training in Canterbury when Greymouth track was still open Ranga? If he was I don’t remember him winning races there at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Brodie said: If he was I don’t remember him winning races there at all! you are getting on a bit so i will make a small allowance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 58 minutes ago, Rangatira said: you are getting on a bit so i will make a small allowance Ranga, you obviously go back a lot further than I do! What years was he sending horses to Greymouth and can you possibly remember any of his winners. I don’t dwell on past winners, couldn’t even remember Cup winners years, prefer a maiden race any day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, Brodie said: Ranga, you obviously go back a lot further than I do! its just a memory thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 42 minutes ago, Rangatira said: its just a memory thing I have selective memory 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 14 hours ago, Brodie said: Was Mark Purdon training in Canterbury when Greymouth track was still open Ranga? yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 33 minutes ago, Rangatira said: yes Ok so what were these horses that you say he was winning with at Greymouth? He has certainly changed tack on what races he targets if he was taking horses to Greymouth. Personally can not remember him winning many if he was it was very very few!,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Brodie said: 18 hours ago, Brodie said: Greymouth trots were brilliant! Big dividends and no AllStars racing. Personally can not remember him winning many if he was it was very very few!,, that appears to be a goalpost shift pretty hot day for that too hot to go out to the garage and sort through boxes of racebooks but i will at some stage Edited January 12, 2020 by Rangatira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 45 minutes ago, Rangatira said: that appears to be a goalpost shift pretty hot day for that too hot to go out to the garage and sort through boxes of racebooks but i will at some stage Lol, you have kept box’s of race books going back over a decade of years? Ranga, you disappoint me, I thought you would be able to name all of these horses that Purdon took over to Greymouth and were winning? Must be a memory thing? I wouldn’t have thought that the Rest Home would have sufficient storage in the garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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