barryb Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) Are they good or bad for racing?. I must admit I struggle to back or cheer for one of their horses, they have dominated Waikato Racing club for the last few yrs and honestly I am not sure its really been of any benefit for the club. The sport is shagged anyway and has 5-10 yrs left so who cares I guess, I wont be buying another horse because of the dreadful state of affairs & besides WTF are they doing shifting the average job bloggs purchasing day to friday from Sunday, they can get f--ked doing that. Having bought horses for the last 10 yrs at the festival sale, I wont be even be going this yr or any yr into the future. Edited January 25, 2020 by barryb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 😴 What a f--king dreadful race that was, honestly the concept is a fing disaster. Thats our showcase race? really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesi Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Can't be our showcase race, as a lot of the top 3 year olds were not in the race, like Dragon Leap, Catalyst, Sherwood Forest and Travelling Light. Are Te Akau good for NZ racing?, the only thing Te Akau are good for, is Te Akau, I suppose that is the idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown fox Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Felt sorry for Harlech.Always expected to do the impossible🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesi Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 42 minutes ago, brown fox said: Felt sorry for Harlech.Always expected to do the impossible🙄 Apparently out for a short spell, then being aimed at the Randwick Guineas, but still 5th equal favourite for the NZ Derby! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globederby19 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Hesi said: Apparently out for a short spell, then being aimed at the Randwick Guineas, but still 5th equal favourite for the NZ Derby! Tibetan right on Harlechs flanks and still coming for 5th with daylight back to the rest headed by Pimlico. Aimed at the Derby is Tibetan and Andy will.be pleased with that run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 8 hours ago, barryb said: 😴 What a f--king dreadful race that was, honestly the concept is a fing disaster. Thats our showcase race? really. Dont agree that the concept is a disaster, by all accounts the day and the atmosphere was great - helped in no small way by the BGP team. Its a party, before anything else, nothing wrong with a party, and if people have it marked on their calendar as a must-do, nothing wrong with that either. But the bit that sticks in my craw is the perception that it showcases the best horses in Nz and a few from Aus. Its a sales series day, thats all, plenty of them around internationally and a great marketing tool....but well outside the pattern race system which SHOULD be the arbiter of the best we have. Catalyst and Kiwi Ida excluded, the fields were ordinary IMO . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Don’t have any issue with that Freda as you say it’s a worldwide concept. The issue I have is that they are our 2 highest price money races and 75% of horses in NZ are ineligible to partake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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