Joe Bloggs Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Well knock me down with a feather, apparently NZTR [and many contributors on the other site] are thrilled by the announcement leading South African jockeys are fleeing the Rainbow Nation for NZ and the wonderful opportunities NZ provides. Hello, Hello, calling all you saddle sitters from Joburg to the Cape, oh and Durbs, did you not do your homework boys? They believed the propaganda expelled by a few Northern types, did they not bother to do some research? They better have some good medical insurance, and not venture out at night in the Dorkland suburbs, very dangerous practice that, almost as dangerous as riding the Cambridge AWT....... A huge boost to the riding ranks they said, NZTR that is, oh, and last time I looked, there was 10 rand to the Kiwi $........have you guys had a bo peep at the house prices around where you might be staying? Maybe the new ''Academy'' will have luxurious accommodations? Wow, who needs Hong Kong, Singapore, Oz etc when you can have that bastion of excellence, NZ Racing???? Who's going to tell them about the recently released turnover figures? the creative accounting and even better story telling that puts Hans Christian Anderson to shame, the NZ TAB having to rely on the Socialist Government to bail them out while kids are eating food from dumpsters......the Saffies will be used to that though, there is a breakout of financial refugee camps in ZA, inhabited by White South Africans, unheard of a few years back, but prolific now, so NZ might appear to be the Holy Grail.......... Will the RIB show leniency to the new arrivals as they learn the ropes? If I might add a suggestion, I think an extra ambulance might be in order, there is no Turffontein , or Greyville's in NZ, nowhere to hide boys, those AWT are awaiting, and when Awapuni opens, dodgem derbies will be served up en-masse........there is no doubting the bravery of these Japie jocks, most are Okes, lekker guys, I just doubt they have done their homework, more like a 'working holiday with danger'.........Tina C down at Riccarton can give as good as she gets, but she's a cheat, she is really a 'Gaucho' in drag......been riding the Pampas since she was a Nina.......maybe Tina should be flown up to Blowfly Park where they are ensconced, as the riding master, that'll work. I wish the newbies good luck, young Weatherly will back soon enough and free to give lessons on civility, humanity and how to ride for a relative when you're under pressure......should need be. NZ Racing, the place to be, or not, depending on your level of desperateness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Eloquent as always, J.B.! My interest is sparked by the immigration situation..namely how, in the midst of a visa processing system that seems to be almost comical in its ineptitude, these folk can arrive quickly without too many problems. Good luck to them. I remember Brandon Morgenrood, a quality rider at best and a likeable,personable guy, but with a history of corrupt riding and heavy drug use. Deported now, after conspiring to kill Tina C. in a race at Riccarton, luckily the girls in the jockey's room blew the whistle because the judiciary don't seem to be gifted with twenty-twenty vision. He told me his involvement with Russian mafia was to blame for his personal woes...Oatham was quite sure he ' wouldn't transgress again'...NZTR sure did its homework ...lucky Tina is made of tough stuff. I think these lads will be more than able to deal with what they find here, whether societal or in the riding ranks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) If they make it & can get rides here, they'll be a welcome addition to our ranks. Quality staff riders in short supply, as Freda said I think NZ will be a piece of cake for them socially, many SAFERS integrate well. Edited October 11, 2022 by Huey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Huey said: If they make it & can get rides here, they'll be a welcome addition to our ranks. Quality staff riders in short supply, as Freda said I think NZ will be a piece of cake for them socially, many SAFERS integrate well. There are dozens of Japes here too Huey, I know quite a few personally having lived and run a business in ZA.......they are quite open with their advice as to how they got to AUS. Go to NZ first, tough it out and get your residency and/or Nationality.....then off to the first choice......Oztrailia, always was, but they used to be really tough on the Safers entrance criteria here, still are with the poor bloody farmers who's wives and daughters are being raped and shot dead on the Velt. Believe me, that's happening, and it's getting worse, seems if you can sit on a racehorse at speed, and reckon you can negotiate your way around an oval, you're a shoe-in...so to speak.......FFS. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy connolly Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 14 hours ago, Joe Bloggs said: Well knock me down with a feather, apparently NZTR are thrilled by the announcement leading South African jockeys are fleeing the Rainbow Nation for NZ and the wonderful opportunities NZ provides. On Googling these two roosters I note one has a bald head and the other is covered in tattooed ink ! Doubt Bosson, Grylls et al will be worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 Billy, isn't that the right fit for taking up residence south of the Bombay's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 In stead of knocking the scheme we should be thanking Daniel for yet another inititive He is a bright bugger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 5 hours ago, Joe Bloggs said: Billy, isn't that the right fit for taking up residence south of the Bombay's? Or Queensland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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