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Great ride by Declan on Kettle Hill today at $19……for the Maher stable of course…..

Why the unnecessary extra long gap between races. Maybe someone from Entain explain why. Not much fun for trainers from the deep south and Canterbury.  Kaikoura last Sunday was brilliant 15 to 20 mins between races.

Wouldn't they study the monkey with the bananas to see why it was so clever/intelligent rather than what was wrong with it?

Not before the Scots were . As Frankie Boyle said "Three million pounds for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher ? For three million pounds you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel and we'd dig a hole so deep we could hand her over to Satan in person". 

They are involved with Bet N Win too, along with a whole heap of other part owners. Bet N Win looks sure to go close in the great Dominion Trot, as young trainers David and Stacey White been doing a fabulous job with him.  A win here would see them get plenty of offers to train more trotters i'm sure. (so hoping he pips Just Believe just quietly 😄)  JB winning far too much stuff 😅

I tell you what if Mo'unga steps quick , can stay and gives the lead to the right horse or even be 3 back on the fence he is a good chance , He has really shown he can foot it with these horses . I reckon the horses on the fence will dominate this race as not many others can work , so the peg horses will probably fill the placings 

Haha...so why so late I wonder??? Seems a bit weird.

I owned a horse once when I worked for Wally Francis PS but I could run quicker lol . I am glad the SI still has plenty of horses down there . Again disappointing for Alex Park with their fields only 6 runners in the last 3 races 

I want to acknowledge Kennards for spreading their horses around a few different stables particularly supporting the likes of Regan Todd. It’s important for the future of Harness Races that talented young trainers receive support from owners. 

Margaret Thatcher poleaxed by the Poll Tax!

some good points Charlie. Big investors get the biggest races. Mark had Millionaire owners nearly the whole time who spared no expense to get their horses the best prep there is (nearly on the planet going by the amazing results year after year). BarryP and Scott Phelan have 'taken off ' past couple of years with Multi millionaire Dean Shannon buying up big and putting 17 horses with them (including Merlin.)  The prizemoney is going up , with a lot put in by the slot holders too in the new Slots on Showday. that's a good thing. attracts interest from the Best horses around, the general public , and some great contests. Merlin winning the Grins Race this year at Cambridge. (to give Dean Money to buy some more at the yearlings sales lol 😅) Good for the breeding industry too. could be 5 years in a row the NZ Cup will fly out , as SelfAssured, Copy That , and Swayzee all Australian owned.  Think you need to buy a horse Charlie and try and stop the Nz Cups continually emigrating like that ?😆😉

The proposed tariffs may or may not effect us but the military might of the USA is moving closer to NZ and AU which may be very important for our future . The farming subsidies were funded by the tariffs that were charged , as I said zero effect on the farmers . Top export destinations of commodities from New Zealand in 2023: China with a share of 26% (11.3 billion US$) Australia with a share of 12.8% (5.42 billion US$) USA with a share of 12% (5.08 billion US$) Japan with a share of 5.51% (2.32 billion US$) Korea with a share of 3.46% (1.46 billion US$) Singapore with a share of 2.47% (1.04 billion US$) Indonesia with a share of 2.31% (974 million US$) Other Asia, nes with a share of 2.24% (947 million US$) United Kingdom with a share of 2.09% (883 million US$) Malaysia with a share of 1.86% (785 million US$) New Zealand's imports 2023 by country Top trading partners (import sources) of New Zealand in 2023: China with a share of 20% (10.4 billion US$) Australia with a share of 10.8% (5.45 billion US$) USA with a share of 9.74% (4.91 billion US$) Korea with a share of 7.51% (3.79 billion US$) Japan with a share of 6.81% (3.43 billion US$) Singapore with a share of 5.5% (2.77 billion US$) Germany with a share of 4.42% (2.23 billion US$) Malaysia with a share of 4.01% (2.02 billion US$) Thailand with a share of 3.66% (1.84 billion US$) United Kingdom with a share of 2.63% (1.33 billion US$)

Hokey said , There was nothing wrong with the economy, it was just the perception out there that it was bad…and ignorance of how global economies work. And there you have it we know best people are struggling to pay the bills but hey it's just a perception we dems are ok to hell with the rest .

Trump was right again wasn't he

Its all good they are putting up good prize money for some races , but that doesn't help the poor struggling trainers who don't have horses of that caliber . Mark has been around a long time and probably wants to enjoy life and lets face it not many want to own horses these days it's too expensive when you way up training fees to the stake money on offer  

https://www.mrkwatchesandjewellery.com.au/products/disney-original-mickey-mouse-watch-black-strap i lay buyed this for boris for xmas he will love it 🙏 $79 , and only 2 more part payments to go now n0? 🙂  

Those are harder to quantify. At present there is only anecdotal evidence but plenty of it. The same down here at Riccarton. I think clubs are supposed to be collecting reports of those though and the other way to measure it is the racing longevity of the horses either trained or raced on different surfaces. I doubt we have sufficient data from either yet to do any robust analysis though.

I think the lack of dominance of one stable is good for turnover & for me makes the day more exciting.  As excellent as Allstars were it got a bit tedious for me seeing one stable clean up almost everything.  Purdon racing is still a significant factor, have some fantastic horses in their stable and will be a very positive contributor to Cup Week.  

I have just spoken to the TAB and after 3 separate conversations was told that they would be put up tomorrow afternoon , I asked is that fields and odds and the reply was that they would be up tomorrow afternoon .  So I am not sure if that is both or just the odds , hopefully they put the fields up before they put the odds out . I know it seems that sometimes I bet blindly but that is taking it a step too far .