On the subject of local commentators, John Hunt, who has been through more than any human being should be asked to endure in recent times, was at Cheltenham on Friday and did the Gold Cup commentary for Radio 5 Live. ‘We’re united in our compassion towards John Hunt - his Gold Cup commentary speaks volumes of the man’ | Racing Post Some are calling form him to be knighted or honoured for his bravery - I don't know the man though did say hello to him some years ago. I hope he can find some peace.

Never had a chance but his last 200 would have been supersonic

Yep thought the same thing. Whopp de do .. lols

It's called integrity. If you know someone is a crook, you just don't trust him. You and your wacko mates embrace the fool, and he can do no wrong in your eyes. Also, you are happy to spin heaps of bullshit to support him.    

How often do we listen to Cheltenham commentators? Generally not a lot wrong with local guys. Familiarity breeds contempt.

Horses can defy all sorts of human logic but how were her splits for one thing and next time will probably be a step up and if she gets something sitting just behind her, what then? Can't deny her this one though. Clearly superior.

These guys HAVE a monopoly !

The fact that no one is considered better than him says it all IMHO. The 2 in HKG go ok

Todays Sunday Surge a $4 chance boosted to $7.  Fair enough, but a maximum bet of $10.  What is this 1975?  And these guys want a monopoly.

Max is reserving his judgment on POJ's win yetserday...small, moderate quality field ...the real test comes when she takes on the best again. Glad the horse is thriving on racing and work, but the risk will always be there for something unpleasant to occur on raceday ...and prehaps a tad more likely to happen given her history.

thanks for posting that. Good work by all involved.

The D. Wayne Lukas entry in the March 15 Virginia Derby, American Promise, delivered a career-best effort to finish 7 3/4 lengths ahead of Render Judgment and set a track record for 1 1/8 miles on the dirt at Colonial Downs.View the full article

HRNZ has misunderstood scientific data in their push for increased 2yo racing, and all the incentives in the world will not make huge difference in numbers, especially with fewer horses being bred. Firstly, while it is true that early maturing horses that can race young have more lifetime starts, every decent trainer will tell owners most 2yos are not physically and mentally robust enough to race and it is in the horse's best interests to wait. Secondly, when talking about bone and muscle development we must be careful interpreting northern hemisphere data where horses spend a lot of of their life in stables. Our race horses are paddock reared and even though they may not race at two, will have had multiple periods of training while young. However, HRNZ is right in promoting harness racing/ownership in the North Island where 76% of the population lives,  32% alone in Auckland. It would be hard to increase ownership numbers in Canterbury which I acknowledge is the heart of our industry. But getting a small percentage of the 28,000+ millionaires living in Auckland interested could make a big difference to our whole industry, especially the viability of breeding quality foals. 

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He said in 2008, a helicopter he was riding in was “forced down” near Osama bin Laden’s lair in Afghanistan. Actually, it was just waiting out a sandstorm, wrote former Washington Examiner reporter Alana Goodman, now with the Washington Free Beacon. He has falsely claimed to be a coal miner and from a family of coal miners, a claim pulled from Kinnock, according to Slate. In 2007, he said he was “shot at” while in Iraq. The truth is that he was in the green zone when a mortar landed several hundred yards away, reported the Hill. Biden said in 1993 that he called Slobodan Milosevic a “damn war criminal” to his face during the siege of Sarajevo. Three out of four aides in the meeting wouldn’t corroborate. Biden has said he was a civil rights leader, participating in sit-ins. Never happened. Biden said he criticized former President George W. Bush in several long meetings. A Bush aide said he couldn’t remember Biden in any meetings and added that the former president “would never sit through two hours of Joe Biden.” The president recently retold how his Delaware house caught fire, almost killing his wife, dog, and cat and melting his Corvette. Fox and the Associated Press reported that it was just a small kitchen fire. And then there is his million miles flown story told to Amtrak conductor Angelo Negri. Biden claims that Negri congratulated him during a train trip to visit his dying mother. CNN tore that story apart, writing, “Biden’s story is false in two ways. First, he could not possibly have had this exchange with Negri: He did not reach the million-miles-flown mark as vice president until September 2015, according to his own past comments, but Negri had died more than a year earlier, in May 2014. Second, Biden’s mother was not dying at the time he reached the million-miles-flown mark. In fact, she had died more than five years prior.” These might jog your memory Bloke and there are hundreds more and sorry you don't like him he is a decent bloke.

Hadid a fitting first winner for Brown Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk 16 March 2025 Northern apprentice jockey Sienna Brown earned a fitting first victory in the saddle aboard Hadid at Tauranga on Saturday. The 19-year-old had ridden the daughter of Charm Spirit on four previous occasions, including at the trials in the early stages of becoming an apprentice. Prepared by Hanna Orting, Hadid is owned by Brown’s parents Tony and Nikki, who were on course to witness a very special moment in the Larissa Reid Bayleys Whakatane Commercial (1600m). Having observed the pattern of the day, Brown took initiative from the jump, utilising her lightweight to press forward and put the pressure on her rivals. At the 800m, she extended the margin and had an eight-length buffer on Monday Melody, and turning for home, she had the winning break, holding off the late closing favourite to score by 2 – ¼ lengths. Brown was delighted with the result, particularly on a horse that means so much to her family. “They had all been coming off the front and on the rail, so from that gate on this track, everything was really set out for her,” she said. “It is really special, especially because this horse has been with me since the start. She was my first trial winner and I helped name her as well.” Coming from an equestrian background, making a career out of the horse industry appealed to Brown and racing was the obvious choice, with her parents also breeding a number of quality horses, including recent $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) contender Hankee Alpha. “I did a bit of show jumping and dressage, and I thought it would be cool to be able to make money out of riding,” Brown said. “Racing came naturally with Mum and Dad and I’m really enjoying it. “I’m apprenticed to Shaun and Emma Clotworthy, Maryanne and George Simon recommended them to us and I went and gave it a go, and they’ve been very good to me. My riding has really improved since I’ve been with them. “I’ve had so many opinions from other jockeys and they’ve been really helpful in helping me improve, giving me tips and things like that. “I’m going to try to travel around as much as I can and get as many rides as I can."

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Dont you mean what a drive😋

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