Forum: General Industry Chat

Did anyone see Monkey Kings new race bike on Friday night, it had no inside forks ! Was it a Harmer bike ?

Now that I have started on this forum and now that I have a little time I thought I would ask you all how do you think that we could improve www.harnesslink.com in any possible way. All your ideas would be welcome and looked at because it is you...

Very sad news coming from Brisbane this morning. Watch www.harnesslink.com for the special news as it comes to hand. Will be posted shortly and will continue throughout the day.

I am looking for the story that contains the events which lead to Jack and Bob Ingam taking their money to the thoroughbreds, acouple of years ago Bob sold their farm and horses for 500million to Darley.

You own a top race horse and have to make a choice of where to send him to stud. The best location in North America, AU or Kiwi. The best stud farm for you horse. NA =Ontario sires stakes, TaraHills Stud have the clients, the down side could...

What is the cost to feed one horse per day? today, 1 empty mare not in the snow. Hay, hard feed, water, paddock, fencing, caretakers time. have I missed something? I want my mare to get good quality hay, some hard feed, be in a paddock with some...

Talk of drug use, types, effects. No reference is to be made to any person/s, stables or horses, break the rules and suffer the pain :p

The article is badly written IMO, a return is just as likely to be made in either sport.

http://www.trotphotos.com/skibb_11/race_5/index.php?n=19 For those who like the whip, :) Flashing Red

Long time horse transporter John Smith passed away. My condolences to his family, we have known him for many years and used him occasionally to move mares around. I told him once if he needed to water a horse or give them a feed that I had no...

Why do so many thoroughbreds windsuck? We've only had one standardbred ever do it, and not even much, and that's because she was 17+hh and the stable was too confining for her size. We kept her in a paddock and she never did it. (side note: she used...

Interested to hear of trainers who change nags into metro horses.

I was a stb groom a zillion years ago. I forgot some of how things are done and times have changed. Can you give me some possible examples of how and when a horse would be warmed up for a specific number race? Say, if you have one in the 7th...

Where do the horses who race at Freehold, the Meadowlands, & Yonkers board/train? I haven't been a groom for a very long time. I know some raceways have gotten rid of their stabling in more recent times & only have the horses ship in. :( Is...

I am interested in people's thoughts with regard to gelding young horses. We all understand some of the reasons for gelding can relate to difficult or colty young horses, making them easier to handle in a racing stable environment. Also where to...

Apologies if this has been asked or answered elsewhere I've tried to search but can't find anything. The Personal Property Securities Act came in this year and my accountant has advised it may be something I need to look into. I don't want to pay...

Just wondering if anyone has recieved a sale book for the RTR sale at Menangle and if they have could they please put the name's of the mare's on here please.

Racing stock has taken a major overhaul effective immediately, one could only hope that there is a major overhaul on the people advising him on his purchases from North America also.

What would your top 5 picks be from any of the sale's in Australia and N.Z over the next couple of month's.