ODDS AND ENDS - not worth a thread but worth a post

[Messenger]

I've read a bit on here about the poor tv cover of Harness Racing especially in Victoria.
Can it be that Channel 7 used these same people today to do the camera and production work for the Melbourne Cup.
We were provided with coverage of Channel 7 efforts today on NZ Tab TV.
IMO it was the worst piece of sporting television I think I have ever witnessed. The first 100 metres of aerial coverage was not bad.
The last 250 metres from the main camera allowed one to finally see where there runner was positioned. The rest, taken from a ground level moving object positioned some 50 metres in front of and to the inside of the field provided absolutely no comparative perspective of where each horse was positioned. It was genuinely pathetic.

We are used to the inside of the field camera Tony and when they use it for close-up panning it is not too bad, what was particularly bad this year was that long distance shot employed after the first 100m of aerial all the way until the back straight - dreadful and resembled a promo for tourists type production

[aussiebreno]

I'd like to see Christen Me driven more aggressively this year from the exact draw he had last year. The mare looks like she should secure a beaut trip. Race on!

Didn't think the draw had been done yet. Can't find anything on HRNZ website. Have you got draw?
If you were going off what the flyer Trish posted that's only the field in Alphabetical Order.

[trish]

Didn't think the draw had been done yet. Can't find anything on HRNZ website. Have you got draw?
If you were going off what the flyer Trish posted that's only the field in Alphabetical Order.

Opps, no not yet should be out soon....lunch time NZ say

[Race For Fun]

Is this the field?

http://infohorse.hrnz.co.nz/datahr/f...fd.htm#Race-10

[trish]

Thanks Toni.

[brent_L]

Didn't think the draw had been done yet. Can't find anything on HRNZ website. Have you got draw?
If you were going off what the flyer Trish posted that's only the field in Alphabetical Order.

More fool me.....just glad I didn't jump into the $4- after looking at what I thought the draw was. Stupid is as stupid does!!

[Richard prior]

Is this the field?

http://infohorse.hrnz.co.nz/datahr/f...fd.htm#Race-10

Yes that's it!!!

[Messenger]

Rita Burnett Quinellaed the first at Yarra Glen yesterday - I reckon it would have been the stables first quinella for quite some time
http://www.harness.org.au/meeting-re...ic#YGC06111409

[Race For Fun]

http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=24874

There is no doubt that Terror To Love is one of the best horses to come out of NZ. It's just a shame that he has never really fired in Australia. To have won this race three times and as good a chance to win this years as any other horse in the race is proof of his tallent. If he wins will he get an invite to the MM (is it one of the invite races)?

Big ask of For A Reason first start in a stand and it's in a group 1 race with all those seasoned stand horses. Trials when they step with about six other horses are a big difference to $700,000 races.

[Messenger]

If we needed any reminding that the Gallops industry has 1000 times the clout that we do - just look at all the positive stories in The Age today and I have seen a promo for a positive story on 7 news tonight (after the drama of the Cup). As Ray Chaplin (Equineexcellence) has pointed out in the past - we really do need to attract that top end customers (to have any clout)