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@AlanCRowland Midwest @therealwhanlon #sorry

With these feature 2yo races it's common for punters to worry about a horse running a strong 1200m if unproven. While it is true you never know 100% until they've done it, it is also true very few horses find 1200m too far. For the simple reason horses are not bred for 1000m. Name me some open age/class horses that cannot run a strong 1200m. These 1000-1100m limited sprinters are quite rare.

@debbie_prest @allovertheform Well articulated by AI

@allovertheform Agree with everything. Very well articulated. This is why they believe the sport can survive without the grassroots.

Australia didn’t misplace its racing culture. It gutted it, put it through compliance, wrapped it in corporate branding and sold it back to the public as a gambling product. What stands today isn’t a proud racing nation. It’s a wagering economy with hooves. The horse is no longer the centrepiece. It’s the delivery mechanism. Scroll the apps of Sportsbet, Ladbrokes or TAB and tell me what jumps out first. Is it the story of a stable? The arc of a staying pedigree? The craft of a trainer building a horse for 3200 metres? No. It’s odds boosts, same race multis, cash back specials and a countdown clock designed to keep your thumb moving. That’s not sport. That’s churn engineering. Administrators will point to record turnover and say the industry is thriving. Racing Victoria and Racing New South Wales can publish all the wagering graphs they like. Liquidity is not culture. You can have billions bet and still have a hollow core. Go to a regular metropolitan meeting outside carnival week. Watch the crowd. Half of them are staring at a screen they could’ve used from their couch. The mounting yard is background noise to an algorithm that doesn’t care if the horse is sound, well placed, or bred to stay. The algorithm only cares that the next race jumps on time. We still put on theatre once a year. Melbourne Cup week arrives and the nation pretends it’s deeply invested in staying bloodlines. The Everest rolls out another marketing budget the size of a small country and calls it innovation. It’s not cultural depth. It’s a sugar hit wrapped in corporate hospitality. Here’s the brutal question no one wants to ask: If tomorrow wagering revenue dropped 40 percent, how many of today’s loudest “supporters” would still show up because they genuinely love the thoroughbred? How many could name the dam of the horse they just lost on? How many care whether the horse retires sound? How many would defend the sport if the betting margin disappeared? Silence. Because this is no longer tribal. It’s transactional. A racing culture argues about pedigrees in pubs, follows a stable for seasons, celebrates durability, and understands that the animal is the point. A betting culture doesn’t need any of that. It needs turnover velocity and emotional volatility. We have optimised for volatility. Australia hasn’t destroyed its ability to stage good races. The horses are still world class. The trainers are elite. The competition can be brilliant. But culturally? We have built a gambling machine that requires horses as fuel. And when the public mood shifts or regulation tightens, the same customers fuelling record turnover will pivot to the next frictionless dopamine product without blinking. Because they were never here for the horse. They were here for the hit. And an industry that forgets the difference is not strong. It’s exposed.

@Lee_C1996 @highkeyhateme @NFFCServices Well it’s not really a day early after the first month is it

@highkeyhateme @NFFCServices I get paid a day early with monzo

@ShaneFootballSG @BigManBakar ?? City don’t play wolves until late Jan

@BigManBakar Will foden be benched vs Wolves? We can't figure out Pep roulette

• Semenyo → Foden in one move? Do it ✅ • Enzo → Foden in one? Do it ✅ • Mbeumo → Foden? Yes, avoids an AFCON transfer later ✅ Biggest rule this week: don’t take hits ✅

@roccothfc11 @theJdog @cricketontnt @JaegerOscar 😂😂😂

@theJdog @cricketontnt Considering this happened almost a month before that I find that very hard to believe

An incredible start to the 2021/22 Ashes series as Mitchell Starc bowled out Rory Burns with the very first ball 💥

@scottie_bourne @ollycaffrey No, it’s really quite different

@ollycaffrey That’s up there with the ICC telling Adelaide Oval management to cover the signage on all TVs throughout the venue during the 2015 World Cup so it did not promote a rival company.

The ground to be known as Perth Stadium this week. All Optus signage getting taken down

@n2403197218 @StuartAkister @jamesaknight What’s the waitrose video

@StuartAkister @jamesaknight Send the aussies the waitrose video. Thats the level of degenerate they are embracing .🤣

Fair play to the Blogger - it seems Oz is much more welcoming of his content than UK&IRE and they acknowledge he appeals to people who "just want to party, drink and bet". My take would be that the racing establishment there doesn't take itself half as seriously as over here. More fool us...

@lockie_jd @TMS_Cashy 😂 fair play

I love Bloggsy. But the UK way of doing odds, has never and will never make sense to me

@Racing_Previews @Nic_Ashman

Barrier stats when talking about feature races could be the most irrelevant stat of them all. You’re telling me a horse is less likely to win because x barrier hasn’t won x race in 20 years - what about their new barrier Saturday morning when there’s 3 scratchings? Grow up ppl…

@neeeeighthan @OKThenOlivia Protectionist

@OKThenOlivia Have we seen any horses with German form compete in Oz before? I seem to recall a Freedman import running quite well in a Caulfield Cup?

The more one hears on Flatten The Curve, the more one likes. Unbeaten on turf since joining his new stable, Thore Hammer Hansen rode at Werribee this morning. “He’s just so relaxed. You can bounce him out the gates and sit wherever. He’s won us races from the front, and coming from last. He’s very versatile, he switches off nicely, he’s got a great turn of foot for a horse that can go 2, 2 and a half miles and I think he’s pretty unique in that sense.” @Racing

@RandSRacing @NoverreMan @SDinopoulos @bradbishop12 @TrentC_Racing @garycrispe @CoxPlate @AlexSteedmanRS @JAltieriMedia @Wayne1609 @JaegerOscar how good was Anamoe’s win back in 2002

Our favourite Cox Plates - from the Racing and Sports team as we farewell the great amphitheatre where legends were made 🏇 Gary Crispe - Might And Power (1998) Adam Blencowe - Saintly (1996) Simon Dinopoulos - Winx (2016) Brad Bishop - Bonecrusher (1986, below left) Trent Crebbin - Anamoe (2002) Craig Brennan - Kingston Town (1982) Jaike Altieri - State Of Rest (2021) Karina Wilson - Makybe Diva (2005) Danny Matthews - Sunline (2000) Simon Thomas - Dane Ripper (1997) Wayne Bristow - Super Impose (1992) Alex Steedman - Sunline (2000)

@DamienRactliffe @JezAgainAgain Why would they give up a 1st round pick for a free agent?

@JezAgainAgain Hawks’ future 1st for De Goey? Makes sense because means Pies can use it next year for one of the big free agents

Jordan De Goey to Hawthorn for Pick 9. Who says no?

@Timthwaites1 They should

The platform doesn't understand the context of this #IYKYK

@pasta_carbonaro @OKThenOlivia @racingblogger Well said Benny

@OKThenOlivia Couldn't agree more Olivia, the comments made by him show a lack of knowledge and awareness of Australian racing. Hopefully having @racingblogger here for the Cox Plate, Geelong Cup and Melbourne Cup will give those overseas an insight in just how good our racing is.

Isn’t that the problem, when people aren’t willing to look elsewhere & learn? Aussie racing is a fantastic product with incredible people & horses - racing in general is a massive part of life here & the Cup stops the nation - probably worth watching & taking note.

@jdonohoe12 I’m far from a daicos or Collingwood fan but do you realise he’s 22 years old? Unbelievable call from you to say he’s going to be a Bont and never win a Charles

This is amazing! Matt Rowell will be a worthy winner if he holds on here, and this is history making but wow, some of games he’s polled in is absolutely crazy! 18 of a possible 24 votes is crazy. His to lose from here.

@premierleague Shit

Describe your team's start to the season in one word ⬇️

@RacingTV wtf?

Aidan O'Brien and the St Leger: ▪️ Milan (2001) ▪️ Brian Boru (2003) ▪️ Scorpion (2005) ▪️ Leading Light (2013) ▪️ Capri (2017) ▪️ Kew Gardens (2018) ▪️ Continuous (2003) ▪️ Jan Brueghel (2004) ▪️ Scandinavia (2005)

@ZBrownCEO You don’t deserve Oscar

P2 & P3 in Monza! Great teamwork and respect from Lando & Oscar secures another double podium and valuable points. We keep pushing as a team, focus now on Baku.

@RacingPost No. Just not good enough

Is Rosallion the most unlucky horse this season? 🤔 🥉 2.5 lengths behind Lead Artist 🥈 nose beaten by Docklands 🥈 neck beaten by Qirat 4️⃣ 1 length behind Never So Brave 🥈 short-head beaten by Sahlan