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When is a standing start - Not a standing start???


Brodie

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45 minutes ago, Brodie said:

Ranga, nothing to do with timing!

All we want is consistency with the standing starts!!

Why should some horses have to stand and others are allowed to be moving!

It is not a fair system and we require a starter that  is respected by the drivers and know how they work!

When you are calculating that a horse will probably be slow away, and then the starter allows the horse to be in a jog, it is not good enough!

What would happen if ALL the drivers chose to run up?

As an old school harness trainer if you can't teach a horse to stand still then get out of the game.

It's all about standards.

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50 minutes ago, Brodie said:

Ranga, nothing to do with timing!

All we want is consistency with the standing starts!!

Why should some horses have to stand and others are allowed to be moving!

It is not a fair system and we require a starter that  is respected by the drivers and know how they work!

When you are calculating that a horse will probably be slow away, and then the starter allows the horse to be in a jog, it is not good enough!

i know what the public can see

we are both on the money here

i am just wondering how one of those 4 officials can't see what we can

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5 minutes ago, Rangatira said:

i know what the public can see

we are both on the money here

i am just wondering how one of those 4 officials can't see what we can

They are slack.  They are not measured to a standard.  Subsequently standards aka quality declines.

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The Stipes and employees are not being held accountable for their actions.

There are many examples where extremely poor decisions and actions have been made by the Stipes and RIU, and yet as far as I am aware,  none of them have been questioned!!

The starter should be held to account for substandard starts

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3 hours ago, Brodie said:

The Stipes and employees are not being held accountable for their actions.

There are many examples where extremely poor decisions and actions have been made by the Stipes and RIU, and yet as far as I am aware,  none of them have been questioned!!

The starter should be held to account for substandard starts

the starter is a stipe they not going to fine one of there own

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