https://www.facebook.com/reel/962811591640732 David Icke 1994

Bring back Jason T . Watched your trotter again btw at Alex Park . Frustrating for you and the owners he isn't stepping 😪

https://loveracing.nz/News/47428/PearlersaleforPrimaPark.aspx Prima Park principal Kelly Van Dyk.   Photo: Trish Dunell Pearler sale for Prima Park Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk 25 November 2024 Prima Park has accrued an enviable record with their New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduates, and farm principal Kelly Van Dyk is hoping they can add another to that list from their 2024 draft.  2019 Hong Kong Champion Sprinter Beat The Clock, 2016 Singapore Horse of the Year Debt Collector, and Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) hero Warmonger sit atop their honour roll of Ready to Run Sale graduates, and Van Dyk believes plenty of quality is set to come out of their draft from last week’s sale, where they had a 100 percent clearance rate.  “The most important thing is they go on and win races, so hopefully there is another one in there,” she said.  “We sold 100 percent of our draft and that was our goal. We are really happy to clear the decks and everything found a really good home.  “We had some really good pinhooks. The Exceed and Excel colt (lot 333) made $370,000 and is going to Hong Kong, we were really happy with that result.   “He is a beautiful colt who breezed up really well. Everyone commented on how good his action looked. He is going to Cody Mo (trainer) in Hong Kong, who is training in his second season there. It is nice to see him go to an up-and-coming trainer there.”  Van Dyk was also pleased with the six-figure sales of several others in her draft.  “The Toronado (gelding, lot 280) made $260,000 and was bought by Go Racing, and he is going to be trained by Chris Waller,” she said.  “We had the two fillies that sold well. The Contributer (lot 116) was a $10,000 purchase for a client and made $100,000, while his other filly (Proisir, lot 157) he paid $40,000 for and she sold last week for $280,000.  “We are really happy to get them into good stables where they are going to get every opportunity as we want to see them go on and win races.”  While pleased with her sale results, Van Dyk said there won’t be much time to celebrate, with the farm already in full swing with yearling sale preparation, on top of their pre-training and training commitments.  “We are prepping yearlings at the moment. We have only got six for Book 1 (at Karaka), but six really nice horses,” she said.  “Our pre-training and training operation continues but come January we will be looking for the next lot of horses to go to the ready to runs. We try and get around to most of the sales and pick up a few. We will be going back to Australia and Karaka, and then go through the process of breaking them in and preparing them for the sale.”  While the sales are a large portion of Prima Park’s business, Van Dyk also runs a boutique training arm, and is looking forward to lining up one of her team at Te Aroha on Wednesday.  Three-year-old filly Reggae Queen will have her third start in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1400m), and Van Dyk is confident of a bold showing from the daughter of Exceedance.  “Her last run (fourth over 1200m at Pukekohe) was super,” she said. “We rode her back, but didn’t intend on getting that far back. The way that she was coming home was really encouraging.   “The step up to 1400m should be ideal and her work has been very good since that race, she came through it super.  “I am expecting her to run really well, I think she is a really nice filly in the making. We had a few little niggles to iron out with her, but I think we are on the right track now.”

Im not suggesting he or anyone is good value for money.  But then again, nor were you in your original dig which was about something completely different. What I will say is, if you pay peanuts you probably get Blake Stotharts.  Coincidentally everyone moans about him too.  Like I said, can't win.  

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Terrific runs from the first two home. Yet another hyped O’Brien horse gets found out….

Common sense prevails

News in the Aus media is that NZ jumps racing to continue 

So thats money well spent is it?? Just because other channels do the same doesnt make it a good option. Heres an idea - let the pictures tell the story inbetween the analysts speaking. Why pay someone 100K plus just to provide white noise?? Spend that money on a jockey cam or something...far better use of the cash. Get smarter and not be sheep Trackside.

On then to the two day Punchestown meeting which functions for the Irish much as the November meeting at Cheltenham does for the English. The opening day saw the Grade 1 Morgiana Hurdle over 3250m and with LOSSIEMOUTH a late withdrawal, STATE MAN, the champion hurdler, looked to have an obvious chance with the main opponent looking to be the mare BRIGHTERDAYSAHEAD. That didn't quite go according to plan and those who played on STATE MAN at  4/9 got their fingers badly burnt but this was no fluke. BRIGHTERDAYSAHEAD, despite some errant jumping at time, took full advantage of her match fitness and stayed on too well for STATE MAN who for me just got a bit tired from the last but he will come on a lot for the run. BRIGHTERDAYSAHEAD won't go down the Champion Hurdle route but will be kept for the Mares over 4000m and that looks a shrewd move, STATE MAN will doubtless be aimed at Leopardstown over Christmas. On the undercard, BALLYBURN made short work of second or even third raters on his novice chase debut winning by thirteen lengths at 2/11. He jumped pretty well as you'd expect and is clearly a very exciting prospect. He's being aimed at the Arkle which I find surprising as I think he's crying out for 4800m but with the Turners no longer on the agenda (the race has been downgraded from a Grade 1 to a handicap after a succession of small fields), the choice is either the Arkle for the speedy novices or the Brown Advisory for the stayers. I think it's a no-brainer and I think Willie Mullins has got this wrong (I'm ready for a faceful of omelette come March). Sunday saw the Grade 1 John Durkan Memorial over 4200m which saw the seasonal re-appearance of Gold Cup winner GALOPIN DES CHAMPS, his Punchestown nemesis FASTORSLOW and some interesting second season chasers including FACT OR FILE who had been the top staying novice last season ending up winning the Brown Advisory at Cheltenham. A wonderful race - possibly the best of the season so far - and a hint of a changing of the guard among the Irish staying chasers as the established stars, GALOPIN DES CHAMPS and FASTORSLOW, were eclipsed by the two top staying novices of last season. I think I called this pretty well as there was only a head between FACT TO FILE (must get the name right) and SPILLANE'S TOWER and the latter, available at 20s with the English bookies, was the standout each way bet but that's me after timing I'm afraid. The first two now occupy first and third places in the 2025 Gold Cup ante post betting with FACT TO FILE 11/4 and SPILLANE'S TOWER 8s and between them GALOPIN DES CHAMPS at 7/2.  I'm sure GALOPIN DES CHAMPS will come on a lot for this run and I look forward to the rematch between the first three which could be in the Savils at Leopardstown over Christmas and you'd be a brave soul to be dogmatic about the outcome of such a rematch. FASTORSLOW was a shade disappointing in fourth vut I suspect next time the big chasers gather at Punchestown (next April) we could see FASTORSLOW as a much more competitive type. There is of course a lot of water to flow under a lot of bridges before than but FACT TO FILE looks a genuinely exciting prospect but don't discount SPILLANE'S TOWER. Gordon Elliott had the better of the exchanges with arch rival Willie Mullins on the second day of the Punchestown meeting. TOUCH ME NOT beat FARREN GLORY in the Craddockstown and looks a very good chasing prospect while for those with even longer term vision KALYPSO'CHANCE won the closing bumper by 15 lengths with Elliott's charge defeating the Willie Mullins runner SOIR DE GARDE who is a half to none other than STATE MAN.  

David Seymour is hyped up; crowing on about the influence he and his party has in the current  Govt. Mr Luxon disagrees and likely a few others do also. 'Pride comes before the fall,' David.

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Well said.

Not sure why its been so hard for some to understand that Guy is employed to run a TV presentation, not provide analysis.  That's why you rarely (if ever) see him on course.  No different to a news show who hire specialist presenters, and specialist reporters.  There are not many in the Trackside staff ranks who can do both roles effectively.  Guerin might be the closest thing to a hybrid presenter/analyst and even he cops it from the industry folk, so they can't win really

I'll split the review of the weekend just gone into two and cover the two days of the Punchestown meeting in my next. This one will cover Saturday's action in the UK and with the onset of some serious autumn rain and snow the ground softened appreciably at Ascot though less so at Ascot. By the time the field gathered for the Grade 1 Betfair Chase over 5050m, the rain had been falling for hours and the ground was Soft - both HEWICK and THE REAL WHACKER, my two fancies, were late withdrawals. The money came for the 2023 winner ROYALE PAGAILLE, all of whose form is on Soft ground but he hadn't run since taking a heavy fall at Cheltenham in January. He faced the up and coming novice GREY DAWNING, the Turners winner, who had always promised to be better at 4800m and beyond.  An attritional slog, especially over the last three fences, with ROYALE PAGAILLE and GREY DAWNING both having the initiative. At the last, I thought the latter was getting the upper hand but ROYALE PAGAILLE has won at up to 5600m and in the final 300m just had too much stamina and in the end won by a couple of lengths. ROYALE PAGAILLE isn't the most exuberant jumper of a fence you'll ever see but that's no bad thing in those conditions and "popping away" (as it is known up here) is a more efficient use of energy than strying to stand off every obstacle. You'd always want to be on ROYALE PAGAILLE in a slog in the mid but on quicker ground he doesn't have the tactical speed and he was found out in both the 2022 and 2023 Gold Cups though he ran creditably in both. GREY DAWNING went down all guns blazing - I'm sure better ground would help - he won the 4200m Graduation Chase on this card last year but this was a very different test in open company. I suspect the King George at Kempton, where he's likely to get much better ground, would be the target and he's widely regarded as Britain's beat hope against the Irish battallions (of which more in my next). BRAVEMANSGAME had the blinkers on but he's not the horse he was and was well held in third. GOLDEN TWEET, the French raider, ran well but he's been well held by the likes of IL EST FRANCAIS and the current top of the French tree, GRAN DIOSE, who won the Grand Steeplechase de Paris in the summer. AHOY SENOR and CAPODANNO both pulled up. Earlier in the afternoon, the Grade 2 Newton Novices Hurdle saw ROADLESSTRAVELLED make every yard and hold off COUNTRY MILE, who raced in second, came to challenge at the second last but just ran out of energy. The winner is unbeaten in three and could be anything but obviously you'd be inclined to think the winners of the big novice hurdles at Cheltenham are ptrobably trained in Ireland. At Ascot, the weather was much kinder and the gorund just on the slow side of Good. PIC D'ORHY went off 4/9 to follow up in the 1965 Chase and duly obliged though not without an anxious moment at the second last as DASHEL DRASHER looked a real threat but this is PIC D'ORHY's optimum trip, track and ground and he doesn't often lose going right handed. I imagine he'll be seen over Christmas at Kempton and Paul Nicholls has suggested he might try the King George over 4800m which would be interesting. The Grade 2 Ascot Hurdle saw LUCKY PLACE turn over BLUEKING D'OROUX, the Irish raider COLONEL MUSTARD and GOLDEN ACE in as race where all four had a chance at the last and were split by just two lengths at the post. Given COLONEL MUSTARD was eleven lengths behind STATE MAN at Cheltenham and twenty two lengths behind at Punchestown, I suspect we're a couple of notches at least below Grade 1 with these but all are decent types who will find race sover 4000m if not perhaps further.  

Those increasingly small fields in Southland must be a bit of a worry. Do they have too many dates?