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February 16 2018 Albany. Stewards: C.Jasprizza B Scott P Webster RACE 5 – GREAT SOUTHERN STOCK FEEDS DISCRETIONARY PACE – 2643M General: As the start was effected MELTON EXPRESS stood flat footed and then commenced to run backwards and as a result …
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Everyone has their own stories to tell.....I also had dealings with her over some quite difficult issues. My experience was the polar opposite of what you describe. Not trying to be difficult, it was just my experience, extremely professional and re…
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Yankee Rhythm left Bill's stable never to return. He won the night of the "blue" (August Cup) and he won his next start as well...for Les Poyser. And kept winning. Very good horse Yankee Rhythm. The April 27th meeting......the naughty corner was ver…
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Unquestionably the case. A stewards panel consisting of Mr Thomas, Mr Murrihy and Barbara Scott would be the perfect combination.These are the rules, these are the penalties, they will be applied without exception. Collect your fishing rod on the wa…
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No prisoners taken in the 1973/1974 season. Any driver who broke the rules got given a fishing rod, no namby pamby "exercise more care" or "no driver found to be at fault" or "advised to modify whip action" or "warning issued to be in position by th…
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Bought 5 yearlings at the NZSB sale for about $300k.
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Correct on all 3 fronts with the mighty Kilrickle, all in a week. Ted became a "step uncle" to me when he married my Auntie Sylvia McNair after Uncle Lew died very young. He was great bloke Ted, few better, and a very good trainer. Was there on Rai…
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Jack Jones was captured at the same time on Crete, enoyed Bed and Breakfast courtesy of the 3rd Reich for 3 years. One morning they woke up in Stalag number whatever it was, not a guard in site, abandoned ship. The Germans wisely took to their scrap…
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In the last two months, there has been a noticeable muddying of the programing waters, races having to be redrawn after fields have been published, conditions altered post nomination as illustrated above, rhyme and reason have lost their way, RBD g…
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Hugh Jamieson was a prisoner of war, I am pretty sure. Tudor Mak.
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Hmm, I was there...Frank Treen from memory. Was a big day for youthful Jay Jay.....my head may well have been 45 degrees off centre, if not on course, certainly later that evening. Legal drinking age was 21 back then.....might have had to do a bit o…
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The same Richard Burt who floored me at a New Business Model/HWOE meeting with BOTRA and WASBA at Byford when he said "Barrier draws in harness racing are not a handicapping tool"? That Richard Burt? The silence was prolonged and deafening. It remai…
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Article remains uncorrected as at 8.30am this morning. No care, less responsibility.
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Westpac chopper up and about searching for the origins of this thread.
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It was a good race, stands tend to do that....but it doesn't mask the handicapping distortions.
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Umm ....Yep.
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Look, it is a rotten job..... but I think it is worth discussing. To have zero guidelines or parameters (conditions) to work in, and to just have "discretionary handicapping will apply" will always lead to problems, thoughts of too generous versus …
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Not for ages, certainly not in this millennium, Snr and Bond not "trainer drivers", nor Lewis or Jnr ...pretty much the same with Lindsay Harper not training a huge team. Last of the big actual trainer drivers were Warwick and Kersley. At a guess, …
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Plenty of past evidence to support your comments......for example, the "great redundancy clean out" when management gave the "clear your desks, here is a cab fare home" order to about 20 staff when I think Charlotte Mills was in charge. I think, not…
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"Geez you talk rubbish"....well don't we all. Not a very christian approach to just dump on the bloke, at least explain a bit why.
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Bad idea, I think Marko. I have been to "open forums" many times and I can't recall one that didn't turn into an abusive pie chucking session where the emotions of some get in the way of reasoned facts and argument and it descends into an often abus…
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The voices can only be heard if they speak up. Past history suggests that when these opportunities arise, people either don't read submissions or discussion papers, don't support their Industry Representative bodies, don't attend Industry Informatio…
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Strong and constant print and radio media support of thoroughbreds, Pinnacles Carnival, free to air 7 Plus TV, large contingent of quality interstate horses, large on course crowds, venue beautifully presented, ample free parking, post race concerts…
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Called "Pony Trots" in WA. Gloucester Park used to have as a regular event, now very adhoc perhaps once or twice a year. South West Pony Trots is very active....all meetings at Collie and Busselton feature two races per night. Pinjarra have their ow…
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Gordon Cox paid the $34,653 purchase price for Village Kid from owner Brian Notman (plus expenses involved to get him to Perth, airfare, floating, clearance fees etc). Notman had paid $500 to breeder Irvin Behrns for him as a weanling when Behrns de…
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More like 4 years ago and the RWWA contribution of $24.7 million was only a "part contribution" for racing infrastructure type things...stalls, maybe LED lighting etc (from memory). The whole project of demolition of stands, replacement grandstand, …
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Oh yes, a great contest alright, I thought Kingman had hi a 100m out but Leap To Fame never gives in, great champion. Marko, I'll chuck another fantastic Cranbourne Cup into the mix...the night Christen me and Terror To Love went to war around 2013 …
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There is no single "Harness Racing Director" or "Top Dog" as such. The structure of RWWA which controls all three codes and the TAB is a Board of Directors arrangement. There is a board of 8...Chair plus 4 Executive Directors with various business s…
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Methylphrenidate (ritalin) tends to work for 3-4 hours and has a short half-life. Half-life is the time it takes for half of a substance to move through your system, and it is quite short at just 2-3 hours. A standard dose for an ADHD child is about…
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Pray tell Dear Marko, the questions do get asked, the articles and stories do get written, I have seen forward proofs on a regular basis......but sports editors at media organisations, print and visual, are under strict control from Editors and in a…