No but I bet you and Bob have been mates after a few drinks who was the pitcher and who was the catcher?

LOL!! How would you drive DSD. Three our four wide parked outside the leader...

Sorry, forgot to answer; 50% share of Gross Profit (GBR) with Minimum Guarantee for first 5 years Entain responsible for all marketing and operating expenses,   partnership commenced  on 1st June 2023 At the time of the agreement, Racing codes had 81% share, and Sports 19% of GBR.

Not sure patience will be a virtue in THE RACE BY BETCHA. It's sure gunna be interesting. 

Don't know about bonus bets, but at the end of January, which is of course 6 months into the 24/25 season, prior to the inclusion of Betcha totals, Turnover was up a paltry 0.6%, after inclusion T/O was up 5.3%  $74,670,859, compared to 2024 @ $70,918,176 Likewise GBR was up 0.7%, after Betcha up 5.3%,  $13,572,550 compared to 2024 @ $12,887,233 We are of course losing ground when you consider that the number of races is up 8%, HRNZ funded Stakes up 25.8%, and the % of GBR to Stakes is down 16.3% 

If you can travel to Romantic Warrior's home turf and nearly knock him off on good ground over 2000m you must be a good horse. To me that makes him proven in "our" conditions too, and probably isn't a bad point if you wanted to sell his stock into HK as Derby types either. I don't think it's wildly out of line to say that Kiwi-breds can't compete with Australian-bred 2yos, and Kiwi-bred 2000m+ 4yo+ types struggle to match the European imports. IMO we're a better chance of competing with the latter if we bring in some European blood, and our real niche should be in breeding middle-distance 3yos to dominate the Derbies. Luxembourg to me seems perfect for both; he was up and running at 2, he's not an out-and-out stayer (the VRC Derby in particular is usually won by the best middle-distance spring 3yo and not the best 2500m horse; many of them later prove to be 2000m horses who won the Derby on class), and he adds a bit of class to compete with the imports later on. He's from a sireline (Camelot/Montjeu) that has worked down here too. Camelot got 3 SW from 77 foals in his only Australian crop, and his NH (Northern Hemisphere) son Sir Dragonet won a Cox Plate. 3rd in that Cox Plate was Russian Camelot, who was also NH-bred but mature/good enough to win a South Australian Derby against the local 3yos.

$1.50 now  🙂

K Gath drove DSD perfectly….. C Ferguson one for one…. Hard to argue….

How good to see Timaru back on the grass. Real racing non of the bullshit that has taken over this great sport e.g. slots etc etc. The only worrying thing I think this makes me older than "Charlie" as I had a runner in a race last time they raced on grass there 😳 😀 😉 and boy did we get crowds in those days!!

Is that mate Bob Sacamano?  

Now what's due up tonight. Is it increased tariffs, annexing Greenland; sending innocent fathers to prison in El Salvador; defunding Universities, the plunging stock market; Hesgeth and Vance bagging former friends Europe on Signal and sending it to a News Reporter .. or what? It's not easy for those of us suffering TDS.

Maybe. But there are certainly many instances where the numbers just do not at up when such stats/data should always add up. 

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An amended Florida Senate bill 408 passed the state's Regulated Industries Committee April 1 despite nearly two hours of testimony from those opposed to the legislation that would decouple Thoroughbred racing from gaming in the state. View the full article

Total BS . I remember vaguely years ago , they had an option on any other runner or something so you could bet on that in case someone was added . But they should just leave them out same with a horse doing a late entry 

I might be wrong but the latest download of the Stewards Report doesn't have a further upgrade last Saturday.  Just the one from S5 to G4.  I swear I read in an earlier report that they upgraded to G3 later.

I think it was broken as far back as the 2022 Telegraph when Levante ran an unofficial (because it was hand timed) word record of an astounding 1.06.18!

George Carlin 20 years ago……more relevant now than ever, particularly that ending…..👏    

After winning the Florida Derby (G1) last week with the Brad Cox-trained Tappan Street, owners WinStar Farm and CHC have an opportunity at another top-level stakes victory April 5 when River Thames competes in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1).View the full article