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Drinking light beer is like kissing your sister. It’s OK but you know it’s not going anywhere.

lol, I think we may have conversed before Hal. My first Sydney Easter Carnival would have been about 1971-72 ish. Anyway, I’m glad I breathed some life into the racing thread. Bed now. Got to get up in the morning and feed, groom, unrug, rug, water, help vets and farriers etc…36 mares, 18...

lol, I think we may have conversed before Hal. My first Sydney Easter Carnival would have been about 1971-72 ish. Anyway, I’m glad I breathed some life into the racing thread. Bed now. Got to get up in the morning and feed, groom, unrug, rug, water, help vets and farriers etc…36 mares, 18...

JT, Don Scott was one of my heroes and I agree with your kg x length. I’ve got every one of his books, even the really skinny first one. He wrote a play I’ve been unable to find 😡 Computers have caught up with his card system and although I’m not really a fan, race and sectional times have...

lol, I get it. A couple of interesting facts about HK racing. They have no breeding industry so almost all of their 600+ horses are geldings and a few stallions. Very few fillies or mares.. Staff at the racing stables are not employed by the various trainers, they are employed by the Hong...

Hal, I sort of like that rule. Particularly if you have seen her (these days apprentices are almost always a she) ride before. If she’s not scared of pushing through a gap and can rate a horse I’m happy. Lots of examples. My favourites…Meech, Melham (Kah), O’Hara, Olsen, King, Cropp etc (when...

Enlighten me AH? Hong Kong is one of the strictest racing jurisdictions in the world, but where there’s money…there’s trouble.

Anywhere from about 47kg to…saw a picnic winner last week that carried 75kg!!

AH, there is a reason bookies drive a Merc to the races and punters take the bus or train or tram 😀😀 Before high end computers came on the scene a punter could do OK. Now with the computer edge and bigger bookie/TAB takeouts it’s a lot harder. However, every now and then I hear a few things...

Hal, I thought max claim in metro was 3kg? Could be wrong? And thinking about it probably am…showing my age.

I’ll research that JT. Has some positives I think, as long as it’s drawn a barrier.

Not many racing fans here 😢 I mentioned on the forum somewhere in about June last year that I had bought a filly who was bred on the stud I work on. I fell in love with her and…shes a 2yo by Rich Enuff out of a mare called Tiger’s Girl (by Tiger Hill 😂👍). She’s had a couple of short preps but...

I haven’t been here for a while. Career change 👍 Great win and I thought the excellent kick chase was a big part of it.

Not named yet but I like Ninth Again 😀

Not sure if you missed this GNR4LIFE, but it’s a straightforward question?