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By Harry Newshound · Posted
Romantic Warrior leads Hong Kong forces as they win three of the four group 1 races on International Races day at Sha Tin.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
SVREL which organized the Dec. 7 Mouttet Mile in Kingston, Jamaica, wants to revitalize the sport in the country. View the full article -
1 1 ROMANTIC WARRIOR (E486) J McDonald Sent for sampling post-race. This was the HK stipes report after the Hong Kong Cup where JMac stood up in the stirrups before the finishing post looked around and queried where the opposition were. No penalty Yet here if a driver even lifts his/her whip up in a celebratory manner they are either fined or warned. Do the stipes here not understand the elation when something exciting happens in life - I probably answered my question there - nothing exciting happening in their lives
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JJ mate, thanks for postin that, all I can say is 'here we go again'..... Cheers Iraklis
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By Pure Steel · Posted
Just rediculous. Where does the brave ATC expect all these horses and trainers to go ? when training numbers are small already. That's a big chunk of the racing horses and trainers that race at Auckland. Wellington and New Plymouth trainers disappeared once their tracks did. And if they sold it they would still not get enough to cover the 100mill debt anyway. So what's the point. Sell Alexandra Park for 150mill to 170mill and clear the debt , and re-establish the ATC and North Island trotting' on state of the Art , correct direction track and facilities at another location . problem solved. -
Bit more info: TAB NZ on the brink of $100 million exclusivity windfall Thought the quote about growing competition from offshore betting operators posing a significant threat to the TAB model was interesting. They needed to look at why they were uncompetitive, rather than stifling competition to force it. I hope it works for the sake of getting more cash returned to sport and racing, but can't see how a monopoly does anything for the punter.
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By scooby3051 · Posted
Congrats Say no more all the work you do for me here its good to see you win something...and thanks Chris for putting on the comp unexpected but appreciated...and what a Champ Romantic Warrior is a very special horse for sure....a great days racing all round -
Auckland Trotting Club keeps $10m buyer deposit after $100m Pukekohe sale fails By Anne Gibson Property Editor·NZ Herald· 9 Dec, 2024 05:00 AM3 mins to read Gift article Save Share Franklin Park at Pukekohe was to sell for $100m but the deal never went ahead. Source / Franklin Park Training Centre It’s what you might call a winner: a $100 million Pukekohe horse training property sale deal struck but the vendor keeping the $10m deposit when that didn’t settle. Auckland Trotting Club president Jamie Mackinnon said it had tried to sell its 38ha Pukekohe training centre. When the settlement date occurred last month and the full $100m was due, it was not paid so the club kept the downpayment. “It’s nice to have but it would have been nicer to have the deal done,” Mackinnon said. The club has now updated members of the failed sale to Mount Hope, which the Companies Office says is directed by Wei Li of Remue Advertisement “Mount Hope had missed the settlement date of November 8 and was provided with 12 business days to remedy this. Unfortunately, this did not happen and on Monday, December 2, we issued them with a cancellation notice which officially terminates the sale and purchase agreement,” members were told. “Under the terms of the agreement, we keep the $10 million paid as a deposit and the property is now back on the market. While this is disappointing, it is not all bad news with already plenty of interest shown from four different parties looking to acquire this valuable block of land,” the club said. The club now has a consented plan change and with further potential to considerably improve the value of this land which “supports the club’s belief that we can achieve a sale price to meet with our expectations”. Meetings with interested parties had begun. “The first looks promising with one of Auckland’s largest developers of residential land,” the club told members. Alexandra Park apartments in Epsom next to Alexandra Park Raceway in March this year. Photo / Jason Dorday Mackinnon told the Herald after the update to members was issued that people had been kept informed about the planned sale as well as the deposit. The club had “shared” the cost of the application for the plan change with the potential buyer, Mount Hope, he said. That meant the land could be developed into housing and the Auckland Trotting Club is still keen to sell. It wants to hear from parties interested in buying the land. The club says the land was bought by the Franklin Trotting Club in 1948 as a harness training centre. It is: Track 1: Looks similar to Alexandra Park and is used for fast work; Track 2: Inside the main No 1 track and is a fines surface used for cantering, galloping and jogging; Track 3: Beside the main Track 1, has a sand surface, used for jogging. More than 220 horses are worked on the tracks, the club says. The property also has seven horse barns with accompanying paddocks for about 100 horses. About 11 trainers rent the barns. The club was left owing close to $100m after major issues building apartments at Alexandra Park, the Herald’s Michael Guerin has reported. The issues were fixed and the apartments sold and most of the retail space leased but the club faced enormous debts that threatened its survival, which could have ended harness racing in Auckland. A court case against one of the original contractors resulted in a successful judgment for the club, taking further legal action to recoup some of their losses from that contractor. Anne Gibson has been the Herald’s property editor for 24
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By Harry Newshound · Posted
We could have our best jockey back for the summer, as Bosson chases a career milestone.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Jamie Mackinnon: 'It's nice to have but it would have been nicer to have the deal done.'View the full article -
Would love to see the same stats run for Lisa Cole at Whanganui 😂
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Actually there were six live going into the last, but two were DQ'd for the same three selections as SNM. You weren't alone. Nerula only put the horse numbers with no names, so l missed him first time through. His 1, 2, 1 was correct, but SNM got in first. They say there's only the quick and the dead, and SNM was too quick for the rest of us 🤣
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JMac was looking back for us close to the line, but didn't have his binoculars with him 🤣
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By say no more · Posted
Thank you, very generous of you. Kind of a case of first up, best dressed with those three short priced favourites. I’ll donate some of the prize to my favourite charity and think of a way to give back to RC with the rest. Thanks again! -
Well done say no more! Pretty painless watch in the end. Email me your bank account name and account number and I’ll deposit you the $$ now. christopherbellthomson@gmail.com Thanks for playing everyone! Have good Xmas and happy new year! Cheers 😎
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So how much has James McDonald earned over the past few days?
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Well done SNM. Your Three selections made me look elsewhere, and whilst second, "best of the rest" doesn't pay out 🤣
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Yes, Gruff-meister twas a touch on Hot Line Bling ..I missed the hop and only caught the race when he was clearly last on settling. Made a decent amount of ground and I;ll stick with him for one or two more. Rosetown Princess disappointing, too, on face value ..t rucked wide and whacked into (or was whacked by) the horse on her outside turning for home, but I expected better from her. Mebbe looking for 1800-2000m now?
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