Won't HRNZ just take a little bit more off Rangiora and Winton to keep Auckland afloat? Possibly get Nelson to put on a fundraising meeting to help out Auck.

Heck no I aint punting on his tips.  Im very much on the record saying avoid tipsters, avoid the form blurbs, avoid the trackside hosts and commentators pre race tips.  They are there solely to generate revenue from you.  Its lazy.  Its not fun.  He could call himself an expert tipster, he could call himself god for all I care.  Most would accept he is neither and move on.  But we keep getting a weekly sooky session keeping this thread live for 17 months.  

If you are happy punting on his tips and you think he is a wonderful tipster I guess you must be making a fortune. Good for you. Reality if anyone was a good tipster they wouldn't be tipping to make money. They would keep it to themselves and preserve the price. Yes I know it is different nowadays with fixed odds. Personally I wouldn't listen to any tipsters. People are suckers paying for someone to tell them what to bet - these types of people read horoscopes and still believe in santa - but each to his own. My complaint is why is he employed when he brings almost nothing to the table except a conflict of interest, has no on screen personality or charisma, has a boring monotone voice, is unappealing to the eye, and wouldn't attract any new younger blood into the game. Can you list anything about him that is good for the future of the the industry? We already know YOU think people can make money of his wonderful tips - what else do you think he is good for in promoting the spending of younger peoples dollar (older people already know that paying for tips is a scam hehe)

The start is going to be crucial and lets hope it is a fair one (very doubtful these days when the drivers dictate when to go and not the starter. We all know that Swayzee is coming sooner or later for the lead and so there is going to be a mad rush in the first 600 metres to get to the front so as to get the sit behind him. If Blair beats Merlin to the front their is no way he will be handing to anyone except Swayzee. The same could be said for some of the other quick beginners. If they hand up to anyone except Swayzee they risk being shuffled back on the fence. However contrary to the above 3 or 4 back on the fence could be ok as I am sure if Swayzee gets to the front he will be taking no prisoners like last year and gaps will appear. There shouldn't be any unlucky runners. Whoever wins, at this stage there is only one glamour horse in the race - Swayzee - and a couple of maybe very good horses who have not really dominated so far. Reality is 80% of them are just filling up the numbers and are going to be getting in the way but I guess that is what brings a lot of luck into the equation. If there were only 10 horses in the field Swayzee would be paying $1.50 or less - the same as what Leap to Fame would have paid if he had started without Swayzee in the feild  

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A nasty incident but thankfully nobody (human or equine) hurt. Interesting comments from the jockeys interviewed after the voided race.

I don’t believe that NZ breeders do have access to him. I know there is a Walner racing in Aussie but don’t know how that came about.  He is the only one I know of In Australasia. 

+31% for those who bothered to follow the Whales tips through the course of the week ending 10 Nov, doing an each-way bet on each tip. These are based on tote results - I don't know what they were paying at the time of being picked.  One would guess a bit more than the final market. +11% last week +9% the week prior to that 17 months of moaning debunked within 17 minutes.  Happy to report the wins/losses each week for those interested in real facts, not feelings.

Nice put down of Jenny-May Clarkson.  Interesting what happens .

As H L Mencken said once : “When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of comprehending any save the most elemental - men whose whole thinking is done in terms of emotion, and whose dominant emotion is dread of what they cannot understand. So confronted, the candidate must either bark with the pack or be lost... All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre - the man who can most adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum... The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”  

In my opinion, that is what it was worth. 

Pretty sure I read that a few weeks later a  couple of the other owners bought that share for just over half what the reserve was.

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The GBR  to Turnover for this meeting was actually  30.7%, which gave a GBR of $541k from only $215k of funding, which included Stakes of $187k. This is by far the best GBR figure for the first 3 months of this season, the next best was  $292k by Timaru, a week earlier.

WATCH THIS . This must-watch interview shows exactly why we need to have this debate.  

He is a narcissist con man but they needed a change. Check out JD Vance. He will give Dems nightmares if or when he succeeds Trump. Super smart guy!

The compliance from Managers around retirement of horses is pathetic. I tried hard to get a paper from NZTR to tell Owners how the Data was being assembled and could only ger a 'swerve.'  I asked a sole owner of many horses over the years if she had filled in SR24s at their retirement. No she hadn't and nobody had been in touch with her about it. So we dont learn how - why - when a career ending injury occurs. . Nor can we breed a congenital problem out by dismissing a breeding partner out that is defective. Its been done in livestock for many years.    

As this subject is being asked about in another thread, I thought that I would bring it back to the top then everyone would have the facts regarding what price it got to, etc. 😁