Shaun Ritchie about Tuxedo........ ''felt he didn’t need another run on a hard track at Ellerslie". Since when has there been a hard track at Ellerslie ? The race times don't tell you that irrespective of the sit/sprint they have had recently.
So I think some horses just have an aversion to that racing surface.
Agree so money does not make the fields any better...programming does...its a shambles at the moment...races cannibalising each other all over the country.
Reality strikes , Gruff have a read .
Longtime vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr has urged people to get the measles jab after a deadly outbreak in Texas – having initially downplayed the rapid spread of the infectious disease.
Writing in a Fox News op-ed Sunday, the freshly-confirmed Department of Health and Human Service secretary championed the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, touting its efficacy against the deadly virus.
“Measles outbreak is call to action for all of us,” reads the title, with the standfirst stating: “MMR vaccine is crucial to avoiding potentially deadly disease.” In the article’s opening line, RFK Jr stated he is “deeply concerned about the recent measles outbreak.”
He reflected on the days before the first measles vaccine was licensed for public use in the U.S. in 1963.
“Prior to the introduction of the (MMR) vaccine in the 1960s, virtually every child in the United States contracted measles,” RFK Jr citing that from 1953 to 1962, there were an average of 530,217 confirmed cases and 440 deaths – a one in 1,205 cases fatality rate.
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Things must surely be coming to a head soon. Its either an agreed deal between the 2 parties or NZTR invokes section 34.
If the AJC decided to take matters further and challenges via the courts, which is always a possibility then there obviously exists the option of Winnie stepping in via further legislation. JMO
Read these and weep….
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/03/investing/us-stocks-tariffs-loom/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/03/economy/tariff-choas-threatens-risky-economy/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/trump-funding-cuts-usaid-nih-north-carolina-invs/index.html
They got rid of the NZ Bred scheme which would have worked, I would be racing a horse and my mates would join up. Then perhaps their mates would too. They have gone top heavy which won't work if that's your point
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