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    SouthernMann
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    Melbourne Cup tomorrow. Interesting field, especially as the best horse in the field Via Sistina was pulled and entered into the Champions Stakes on the weekend instead. Nothing is really jumping out at me. Instead I'm going on Sharp n Smart to continue my trend of wasting my hard earnt on him.

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    it is open as shit this year

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    @mariner4life said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    it is open as shit this year

    The only horse I can see winning paying under $10 is Onesmoothoperator. I reckon the winner will be a horse paying $20+.

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    I saw on social media something about NZ banning greyhound racing. Yep.

    This may rattle the equine industry. I assume the Rodeo guys will be on their toes, but Dressage and others have potential issues here as well.

    Dec 9, 2024  /  Politics

    Watch: Greyhound racing to be banned in New Zealand, Winston Peters announces

    Watch: Greyhound racing to be banned in New Zealand, Winston Peters announces

    Advocates says it's the "end of an era of exploitation" as Winston Peters announces the closure of the industry over "unacceptably high" injury rates.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536217/watch-greyhound-racing-to-be-banned-in-new-zealand-winston-peters-announces

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    @gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.

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    @booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.

    Really???

    Fuck knows what I've been punting on!

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    @JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.

    Really???

    Fuck knows what I've been punting on!

    Hmm... where did I get that from? Somewhere in my memory I thought they had banned it.

    Seems only ACT.

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    @booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.

    Really???

    Fuck knows what I've been punting on!

    Hmm... where did I get that from? Somewhere in my memory I thought they had banned it.

    Seems only ACT.

    NSW tried and it cost a premier his job…

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    @voodoo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.

    Really???

    Fuck knows what I've been punting on!

    Hmm... where did I get that from? Somewhere in my memory I thought they had banned it.

    Seems only ACT.

    NSW tried and it cost a premier his job…

    That's not quite true. It certainly dinted his approval ratings but it didn't cost him his job.

    The NSW Government announced out of the blue they were banning greyhound racing in about 2016. Followed on from a lot of media coverage on animal welfare issues in the industry. There was a lot of backlash, especially in regional areas where it does have plenty of supporters. Also a few major media players here came out against it, seen as being elitist and lacking in consultation.

    In the end they reversed the decision. The Premier (Mike Baird) resigned a year or so later, which he was probably always going to do.

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    The dumbest thing the Baird administration did was put a hard 12-month closure date on it. They soon realised there'd be circa 10k dogs needing to be rehomed (or relocated to other states) in an unachievable time frame.

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    @JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.

    Really???

    Fuck knows what I've been punting on!

    The answer is: anything and anyone that moves.

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    @barbarian said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @voodoo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

    @gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.

    Really???

    Fuck knows what I've been punting on!

    Hmm... where did I get that from? Somewhere in my memory I thought they had banned it.

    Seems only ACT.

    NSW tried and it cost a premier his job…

    That's not quite true. It certainly dinted his approval ratings but it didn't cost him his job.

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    Um, thanks, useful clarification

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    #2841

    Massive day at Ellerslie today, and it's getting the media coverage it deserves.

    NZB Kiwi is the centrepiece and while I can't go past Evaporate to win, there's 6-7 winning chances in there.

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