Nomates, A great summary.

Those differences give a great insight into why and for what reason you would breed . Tarzino at 20k with light SW% and horses that take time , against Ardrossan also at 20k with 25% SWs .  Now Ardrossan has got his results from relatively light books in all his first 3 seasons , all about 60/70 mare range , last 2 seasons he has covered over 120 mares . Tarzino has only dropped below 100 mares in a season once , admittedly a lot of those would have been GHs mares . Which one do you go to ? when you are wanting a quicker result and a bigger chance of Black Type , easy in my book . The problem is tho when you put a service fee of 20k on top of transport , vet bills , which can be big , and daily grazing rates , especially if you have a foal as well and your mare doesn't catch first time then these can become large also . Put those 3 extras on top and you might not be a long way off being double the service fee all up . But clearly the studs are getting good numbers , even if a large proportion are their own mares . But makes and has made it tough for smaller and part time breeders , hence the declining foal crops . Having 10k to drop on breeding a racehorse just doesn't cut it anymore , so may have stopped breeding and just try to pick up a cheap yearling , it's a no brainer . The next 5 years will interesting to see if they can find a way to stop the decline in foal crops , the studs in the long run might just have to carry the burden of ensuring that horse numbers at least stay static to ensure we have enough domestic product . Some would say certain chickens have come home to roost . 

Tarzino can get a decent one as Scooby says, and in-fact I think Willydoit for Shaun and Emma Clothworthy's is his next very good one.  His stats aren't the best, especially Black Type Winners - 4 SW from 95 winners  Now compare that to Ardrossan - 6 SW from 24 winners! Both stand for $20,000. Having said all of the above, I still think that there will be some good Tazino's come out of Book 2 at bargain prices $5000+ But don't stud fees make a mockery of the breeding game, when the farms dump their yearlings onto the market at whatever they can get. This year was great for the buyers if you wanted a Westbury bred horse.  I guess it is simply a follow-on from the Harvey Norman model 😂

Requires the patience that most owners aren't prepared to give , maybe another Redwood .

Friday and it’s off to Te Rapa for a well contested summer card and it’s a competitive enough card for the punters. As usual, I offer my selections to avoid in the way the Titanic failed to avoid the iceberg. 1.08: ST GILES 2.17: BANNEN 3.27: PUZZLE MASTER 3.59: MODELO

Still think they are obsessed with space and there is too much.  I get sick of scrolling through information when it could so easily be displayed in one page instead of two or three. This is ridiculous:  

His lone try on dirt inconclusive, Di Scola Boys Stable's grade 3 winner He's Not Joking will get another chance to prove himself over the main track in the $265,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.View the full article

The Robert. B. Lewis Stakes (G3) is a Southern California Kentucky Derby prep race that has been dominated in recent years by Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who has won the last six editions among his 12 victories in this Santa Anita Park race.View the full article

Myself I think his horses need alot of time, not a big fan sorry...but he can get a decent one.

And the same moron now blames the Helicopter - Jet crash on DEI and the Dems.  And WE look like dicks ? 

Interested in your views on Tarzino.

Single-handedly Gerry improved the clearance rate of Book 2. NZB are saying how thrilled they are with the clearance rates ‘substantial improvement’ over last year, praising the vendors but not a single mention of Westbury’s actions. To me it was a shame that Rogerson Bloodstock ended up with so many of the Tarzino’s rather than them being more spread around. I am picking that Gerry will still end up with a small share in most of them, and good on him. I hope that there’s a good horse or two amongst them, making for plenty of positive press in the future.       

Joe Saumarez Smith is stepping down as the British Horseracing Authority chair with immediate effect due to a deterioration in his health, British racing's governing body said Jan. 30.View the full article

It is time for Hinekaha to add a new weapon to her arsenal. View the full article

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Well have to admit $17 for Premiership for Mickey Mouse caught my eye so slapped a $ from the egg money on him and Wilson hopefully can take Jnr championship.  The Houses not in the "privileged " class like some ! But they are travelling well at the moment and would be great to see them both on top of the tables. Still it's a long way to go and anything can happen.  Actually 8888 has been very quiet re the beach team so far this year.  A long range prediction Dunn v Telfers.   Telfers all the way  to run second to House!  Maybe 8888 has " laid" Dunns this year?

And in more important news that everyone actually  cares about Meta has agreed to payout to the Don 25 million for his banned account Include the $15 million ABC pays the Don , $40 MILL without raising a sweat and even the moron Jim Acosta packs a sad  and quits CNN The guys a winner and the non supporters continue to look like dicks 🙊  And hoki keeps fighting  a losing battle - Dude nobody cares 75 million Americans proved that      

How many are you buying a share in with TA ?? Lots of options .

Exactly my point . But , in any G1 race run in NZ or any group race for that matter , with a very few exceptions the majority by far are trained north of Taupo . So their interest is going to be self interest . Which to a large degree I can fully understand , but , they can't just keep taking races from the CD and recondition them for the Northerners , at least without some consideration to those clubs in the CD and those that own and train there . As I said a more holistic approach needs to be taken in regards to the calendar and programming . 

After trawling though that lot, stick in a pin….. Lot 55 Lady Iveagh Lot 174 Orinda Lot 287 She’s Aloof Lot 446 Angelica Hall