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Check out the win of Martys Party at Globe Derby, trained and DRIVEN by 89 year old John Lee. Not a typo, 89 years old. How fantastic for the old fellow to still be involved and driving, was a bit of a gun way back at Wayville in the 1960's. And as …
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Harvest time down here but no "King Edwards", only Royal Blue and Prince of Orange. Interestingly, the Manji Speedway hosted an Australian Title for Sedans last weekend. Every driver (from all over Australia) took home a big bag of spuds. Reminded m…
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Didn't see any SOUP today at Pinjarra, that $100 fine must be a greater deterrent than I thought. Also, great to see every single driver complying with the "wrist only flicking" action with the whip and no engagement of the shoulder or elbow....Pff…
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Already done it...see "Return On Investment Thread".Good thing I don't know what GAGF means but there you go.....
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People simply can’t afford to punt big anymore or punt at all.Not the case at all. Both the Annual Report To Parliament , a glossy "keep the pollies happy" load of spin and old tosh, and the far more factual Industry Status report show otherwise. To…
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Already done it...see "Return On Investment Thread".
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Some interesting facts on turnover: In 1974 at the WA Pacing Cup Meeting, the combined on and off course turnover was $471,000. Bookmakers holdings are not included. Perth's population was 804,000 people. The venue was packed. There were 7 races. Th…
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Corrupt wrong word....should have said "corrupted" ...in the sense that changes were made to suit pressure groups and the original concept got "corrupted"as such from it's original incarnation via the conditioned system that overtook it......along …
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No, not even close.... but the frightening thing is that the disastrous and some say corrupt HWOE system was about 20 times worse, heartily endorsed by the Gordon Geckos and their RBD Giftshop. At the very most basic level, at least we have PBD in N…
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Fines warnings and reprimands, either mild or severe, achieve nothing. Doesn't matter what it is..... speeding, drink driving, seatbelts, unacceptable whip use, allow more care, not on the gate, not correcting the shift out under pressure, mobile ph…
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Maybe the Harness Gods didn't want the handicapper to be beaten. :D Horse is going very well.
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Mitchell got fined $100 in race 10 for shifting ground to advantage another runner but I agree, it happens an awful lot with little consequence.
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Good to see he got it right in Race 10, got most of the names correct.
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Good work GTC reproducing your original proposal back from 1987. The general premise that Juvenile age Racing MUST carry a lifetime penalty is clearly articulated (even though there were some concessions made for 2 and 3 year olds). But your sentenc…
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He may still be the Director...The RWWA Website doesn't list a Harness Director after the retirement of Bob Fowler last July. Rumours suggest in may be Chariots Jnr who got the gig but how would you know. No one even seems to know the process as to…
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The geckos will keep chipping away, exerting their influence and power, turning what we now have around to their advantage just as they did with M/C/R and HWOE, maintaining status quo (advantage them), sidelining the intended purpose of RWWA to actu…
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In latest Racing news, star 3 year old Machine Gun Gracie, winner of the Natasha, the Oaks and The Derby, has been transferred to Ben, Will and JD Hayes in Victoria. They will be starting her campaign in a maiden at Benalla.
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Field sizes at "Turnover Central" up, turnover up, SP of favourites up, average winning price up number of odds on favourites down....all coming off a very very low base achieved under the RBD heavy HWOE/Conditioned stakes racing. Still nowhere near…
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Link: https://www.clubmenangle.com.au/mile-racing-to-dominate-the-2026-tab-carnival-of-miracles/
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Saab, the Derby winner in 1997, had his first start as a 4 year old in 1998 in an M1, so he still incurred the "penalty" as soft as it was. And I say "soft" with the greatest of respect for the horse. But in his 2 and 3 year old season, he won 3 "or…
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Bell ringer miscounted the laps hopefully..... and a long straight.
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The metro penalty for winning the Derby disappeared before 2013. I think the handicapper of the day introduced the concession but when it was I cannot recall.
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TRUE Be interested to know that 259 trainers left the percentage over 65 would be, Just did a quick tally of trainers in the last fortnight who started a horse.In that group 63 trainers are coming down the straight with 1 lap to go and are over 6…
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Warning, warning......advanced gas lighters about to enter the building. The answer is undeniably evident. The 2.28 model was the last time we had a system that would qualify as a true, 100% handicapping system, free of drop backs, freekicks and han…
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HRA decision for starters, fundamentally a strong supporter of NR and never ever had an 80 start maiden but there you go.
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If talking about Bealawyer, 185 starts, 9 wins. Only twice has it got a GS L1 (gate speed, lead and win) assignation next to its name....June 6th 2022 and April 23rd 2024.
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Penalty free races for 3 year olds or part penalties undermines the very basis of handicapping, just as it has done to every system that the geckos have gotten hold of. Anna's Ann was in "fast class" as a 3 year old, running in Free For Alls (2.13 …
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It is claimed elsewhere that "Good training" doesn't occur in the stables, it comes in the post. https://bestequinemeds.com/shop/other/buy-sgf-5000-online-super-growth-factor/ Very popular line.
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GTC's original concept was, in my opinion, like just about every other handicapping system ever proposed, hijacked almost before it got going. Going right back, before it got transformed in a "conditioned handicap system", it had problems such as ba…
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None....according to the Industry's own facts and figures as presented in reports to Parliament, Status reports and HRA Statistics.....there are certainly entitled individuals that have flourished, some only briefly, but from an Industry perspective…