Tritton stable going horrible so far tonight.
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Tritton stable going horrible so far tonight.
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Originally Posted by aussiebreno
They did, not one winner for the night, can't remember that last time that happened.
Lauren drives, how Lauren drives, perhaps Shane and the owners needed to see where they are at with the big sprints coming up leading into the MM and all the various heats with $50k finals on MM day.
Hope I don't offend anyone by mentioning The Cup but you have to have sympathy for the horse that died. Also the horse that kicked the fence and broke it's leg.
Fully understand if you delete this post Tony.
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.
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Originally Posted by teecee
Lots of complaints over here too teecee. You couldn't hear the call nor see where horses were positioned down straight first time. Only option to watch live was Channel 7. Two minute delay on racing channels (Sky & TVN) that did their normal camera position coverage.
A complete balls up!! On the big stage!!
I've watched the Cup every year from 1970 onwards, I missed today's live coverage but just watched the replay and have to agree Tony, That's was the worst I've seen in 40 odd years, Absolutley atrocious.
Usually you can't compare the coverage, It's fantastic but Jesus, What were they thinking today??? How good would the split screen that the NZ trots have looked??? At least you could have seen your horse in the run. Todays coverage by 7 was like having tunnel vision.
I found it perplexing.....glad I wasn't alone
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
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 productionQuote:
Originally Posted by teecee
Didn't think the draw had been done yet. Can't find anything on HRNZ website. Have you got draw?Quote:
Originally Posted by brent_L
If you were going off what the flyer Trish posted that's only the field in Alphabetical Order.
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Originally Posted by aussiebreno
Opps, no not yet should be out soon....lunch time NZ say
Is this the field?
http://infohorse.hrnz.co.nz/datahr/f...fd.htm#Race-10
Thanks Toni.
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!!Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiebreno
Yes that's it!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Race For Fun
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
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.
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)
When we raced at Moonee Valley we would invite 20/30 clients 2 or 3 times a year to dinner and a night of harness racing. Some of these people would then race horses with us for fun and a social night out. We have never invited anyone to Melton. It is our premier harness racing venue but because of location and lack of corporate facilities it fails to attract ' top end customers ' HRV 's focus is on the punter but IMO the punter is not tomorrows owner. It is a serious concern for breeders as ownership requires not only a passion for the sport but the spending money to sustain that passion.
We attended an ownership group meeting a few weeks ago . When I looked around the table I realised that all attendees were business people who had an income outside of harness racing . The AFL have realised that there is a higher expectation for better facilities , comfort ,dining, and public transport access and have rationalised and improved their grounds to cater for this ( no more standing room at the Footy ).
Until we lift our game at our premier facility I cannot see top end customers wanting to drive all the way to Melton for a night out.
Spot on Anne. I am only an enthusiast who has drifted to and from harness for 45yrs and was in my 'cycling period' when Melton happened (not that I would have had any say) but it just astounds me that HRV adopted this "we will just create our own little pond" mentality
ps The 7 racing coverage just had a story about how failed racehorses are retrained - all these stories are no coincidence, they are the gallops industry showing how it can respond to adverse publicity.
http://www.harnesslink.com/Internati...f-Swab-Samples
This has to help.
Two points from Junee meeting on Saturday night.
Race 5. First quarter is up a hill and round a tight bend. Panella absolutely rushes out her metropolitan drives to go low 26s at Menangle. I'm not convinced they went 25.8 at Junee.
Race 6. Can anybody point me in the right direction on the non runners and Gina Gina. To be declared a non runner my understanding is you must have been denied a fair start. To me Gina Gina clearly gallops before the point of no return, impacting the three non runners. So to me, this is the correct ruling that they were declared non runners. But isn't it also true Gina Gina didn't get a fair crack at the start (albeit it was it's own fault)? So why is that horse declared a runner. Stewards comments say Broke After Start. While I am of the opinion it broke before the start, if it was in fact after the start then obviously the other three got impacted after the start and were then therefore deemed to be given a fair start and should be runners? Where am I going wrong?
Totally agree Breno, Gina Gina should have been declared a non runner as well and the horse 3 in from the outside has clearly struck the gate before they were released, Surely you would flip the red light on and restart the race.
Google "M F Hollywood" and check out the positive stories on a standardbred outside of the racetrack.Also "james the first abc landline" although showing the darkside of racing in the begining it tells of the remarkable story of horse and rider.
Position vacant.
http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=24870
Is Reid leaving?
Don't think so, not by the add.Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
Please send resume and cover letter to rsanders@hrnsw.com.au
For further information please call Reid Sanders (02) 97226600
If you need a reference let me know. :D:D:D
I thought Reid was the Chairman (but I am a Vic)
Some reference that would be!
Came as Integrity Officer then when Bill Cable who was Chairman left, Mr Sanders was wearing both hats.Quote:
Originally Posted by Messenger
http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=24916
If you go to link on that page and go down a little way, you will see this..
“ . . . for no matter what other enticements, what will lure you here, more than once. . . here . . . under the stars . . . is the intrigue, the charm, the tragedy, the triumph, and the bravery born of innocence, of this, the most unique of all animals, called the horse.” John Hunt farewell speech excerpt; Gloucester Park, December 12th, 2008.
Amen to that!!
Harness racing in SA is being given a clean up, good on you Barbara! Not just the horses!
http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=24929
Race 1 @ Redcliffe today....possibly the worst race of all time formwise.http://www.harness.org.au/fields.cfm?mc=RE131114
True, but as you know there will be a winner!.......they all have to start somewhere!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mister JayKO
I see Gaita trained a winner tonight - is she training on appeal still or did she have her appeal upheld?
What is going on here I thought, The Age has got today's Trots fields in it - then I realized that through blurry eyes I had picked up the wrong paper at the newsagent this morning LOL
Don't tell me you've switched over to the other side Kev? They just put the price up on the Sun again too!
Not often you can lead around the turn at Globe Derby and run second last but it happened last night
http://www.harness.org.au/video-repl...de=GDM15111410
Good thing replay doesn't have Cheltenham odds on display like they did last night on Sky during the home straight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amlin