Re: [racebase] Fw: Ellerslie - final day weather report

[Gilbert Dymock]

Dave   Your religious education is obviously lacking . . . "here endeth the lesson" is the time-honoured way for a minister of religion to end a sermon. Or it is in the Presbyterian faith. Maybe you're a Catholic and are used to a Latin phrase. I'm sorry, I can only go with what I know.   As to the "refresher course", you're welcome.   Most importantly though, there's no possibility that my post was in any way, shape or form justifying today's racing administration. How can that be if I contend that putting on three 3200m all-aged handicaps per season results in three ordinary races . . . for a total in stakemoney of somewhere around $800,000? Plain stupidity in my book.   Incidentally, when I came into racing there were three Derbies each season . . . the New Zealand Derby at the NZ Cup meeting, the Great Northern Derby at the Auckland Cup meeting and the Wellington Derby at Wellington's Cup meeting. The NZ Derby was won by some good horses (Dalray was one) . . . but usually by ten or a dozen lengths as there'd be one good animal and eight to ten ordinary ones. The Great Northern Derby was a good race each year; the Wellington Derby generally a consolation prize for the second-tier three-year-olds.   I doubt if there's one person in racing today who'd want to return to the system of three Derbies. Put on one 3200m Cup and within a year the reaction to that would be the same.   One day the administrators will wake up.   I've been lucky enough to have the Friday Flash as a vessel through which to make my views known. What kicked off as a punting column evolved into a commentary on what I saw as maladministration . . . especially as it affected punters. In my time I managed to get up the noses of plenty of industry leaders; including, on one semi-famous occasion, Sir Patrick Hogan, who failed to fully comprehend what I'd written, thought I was having a dig at breeders and their betting habits, and opened his wallet for a punt on his Auckland Cup winner. It was all good fun while it lasted.   Finally, I don't use a thesaurus . . . don't need to (apart from solving crosswords).   Gil       ----- Original Message ----- From: rrupnz To: racebase@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [racebase] Fw: Ellerslie - final day weather report What lesson  ????? Just your point of view And we are all entitled to that------right ???? As for "Background Info", well I don't think I need that, ( smiling ), but thanks for the refresher course. Looking forward to Chapter 2 of your novel on "How To Justify Today's Racing Administration" Peace Gil----throw away the thesaurus and lets get on with enjoying the best sport of all, HORSE RACING.   Dave Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/racebase/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.