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

Gotham Stakes (G3) winner Flood Zone will aim to take a circuitous route to this year's Kentucky Derby (G1) when he starts in the $1 million UAE Derby (G2) March 5 at Meydan in his final start ahead of the United States classics.View the full article

During an April 1 meeting of the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation's Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund Advisory Committee meeting, a Kentucky Downs advertising budget double the size it received in 2024 was approved for $974,000.View the full article

@rdytdy no one is doubting that the track played fair nor your observations.  What is being queried is the actual Track Ratings that were published.  The moisture meter reading was 32.5% and a Rating given at 6:27am of a Soft 5 (note there are two different times on the NZTR website).  After Race 1 it becomes a G4 - Why wasn't it upgraded BEFORE Race 1?  They break 1:07 for the 1200m in Race 2.  NO FURTHER UPGRADE!   You could argue that the chute was firmer than the rest of the track but it wasn't if you believe the sectionals - a one win horse runs 32.16 for the last 600m! The previous week the rating was a Soft 6 and the moisture reading 34.8%.  They run 1:07.7 in the last and run 1:09 in the R65 4th race (note the Stewards had faster times on the day as they weren't corrected until later).  In the fourth race the second horse runs home in 32.24.  THAT ISN'T A SOFT 6 EFFORT! Both days had the same weather conditions - a Northerly and temperatures between 22 and 24 degrees. The fact is as @Pam Robson has illuded to the system is being rorted to meet the policy.  There are NO penetrometer data published and the moisture readings bear no relationship to actual conditions.  Then the RIB are for some reason being hesitant to correct the ratings.

If you had listened to the Racing Show just after 8am on Saturday morning the curator had expected a track upgrade from a Soft 5 to Good later. That soft reading was taken very early on Saturday morning and with it being a very it hot day and a good breeze (tail wind down the straight) when I walked it half an hour before the first it was always going to be a good track.  The track played very fair and I think most punters would have been very happy. A number of favourites won including all three Group races won by Kiwi Skyhawk, Waitak and La Dorada with only one winner paying double figures on the day. If you refer to the Stewards report there is only one horse mentioned that was unsuited by the firm track I Park. Stephen Hunt from the TAB wrote yesterday " How the track played…  There were two leaders that won, with winners coming as far back as 6L (Kiwi Skyhawk) off the leader at the 600m mark.  Winners were in lanes 4,5,1,1,6,7,5,2,2.  The track raced perfect on Saturday, without a notable pattern.         

No. – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight 1 – OVERPASS – Bjorn Baker – Joshua Parr – 2 – 58.5kg 2 – JIMMYSSTAR – Ciaron Maher – Ethan Brown – 9 – 58.5kg 3 – JEDIBEEL – Brad Widdup – Craig Williams – 8 – 58.5kg 4 – HEADWALL – Matthew Smith – Zac Lloyd – 7 – 58.5kg 5 – BRIASA – Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes – Tyler Schiller – 3 – 58.5kg 6 – SUNSHINE IN PARIS – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Chad Schofield – 11 – 56.5kg 7 – JOLIESTAR – Chris Waller – Damian Lane – 4 – 56.5kg 8 – MAGIC TIME – Grahame Begg – Jordan Childs – 1 – 56.5kg 9 – I AM ME – Ciaron Maher – Tim Clark – 6 – 56.5kg 10 – KIMOCHI – Gary Portelli – Nash Rawiller – 13 – 56.5kg 11 – SWITZERLAND – Chris Waller – Ryan Moore – 5 – 56.5kg 12 – TRAFFIC WARDEN – James Cummings – Blake Shinn – 12 – 56.5kg 13 – SHEZANALISTER – Bjorn Baker – Rachel King – 10 – 56.5kg

Here is the field and barrier draw for the ATC Sires' Produce Stakes. State Visit for mine..from 1 and 2. No. – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight 1 – RIVELLINO – Kris Lees – Hugh Bowman – 6 – 56.5kg 2 – WODETON – Chris Waller – Ryan Moore – 9 – 56.5kg 3 – VINROCK – Matt Laurie – Mark Zahra – 1 56.5kg 4 – PRESTIGE FOREVER – David Brideoake & Matt Jenkins – Jamie Mott – 10 – 56.5kg 5 – STATE VISIT – Ciaron Maher – Jason Collett – 5 – 56.5kg 6 – BUFFALO – David Atkins – Zac Purton – 4 – 56.5kg 7 – NORDIC VIKING – John Sargent – Craig Williams – 3 – 56.5kg 8 – NAVY PILOT – Ciaron Maher – Zac Lloyd – 2 – 56.5kg 9 – FEDERALIST – Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes – Nash Rawiller – 8 – 56.5kg 10 – BELLAZAINE – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Tim Clark – 7 – 54.5kg

It's not fair at all, and doesn't just apply to Trentham. It is a given that many tracks are mis-reported, in either direction.     S.6, out to a H8.       S5, back to a Gd 3.  Which in some cases is a euphemism for a Gd 2 or just bloody hard. And as well, I gather some punters have already stopped 'buying our inferior product ' .

I thought it strange and unfair that Wilson House wasn't included in the Driver's Prem betting option As he wasn't listed I assumed that he would be at longer odds than those listed and thought he could be worth a punt if he was a $40 and Blair got injured. So I rang the TAB and got some foreign speaking dude who was going to ask his supervisor He got back to me saying that Wilson would be added to the list and he just had to check that he had the correct name  In the meantime I saw that Wilson had been added to the list so I hung up. Surprise surprise he is a hot 2nd favourite now - if he wasn't on the list why not? And if a late entry to the list why not the longest priced on the list? Such an amateurish outfit TAB BETCHA ENTAIN whichever you are     Two minutes later I get a call with a red alert "Scam Call" - 0061399570117 so I didn't answer it - they left a message that Wilson had been added. Two questions - Why is this number classed as a Scam alert?                             - Why is there not a "any other option" included in these types of bets? If not then surely it is a scam (a bit like taking future bets last year on the NZ cup with Swayzee not included) Matt Markham - surely you follow these threads to keep your nose to the grindstone (If you don't then you aren't doing your job finding out what punters want) - please explain why there isn't an "any other option" included in ALL these options - or are these just sucker options to alienate punters?

Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) winner Straight No Chaser faces off with defending champion and local star Tuz in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) on the Dubai World Cup program.View the full article