JOE RAMSDEN

RACING GURU Wrote:

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> just to add in the 90's...when south africans were
> buying expensive horses from oversseas....the
> likes of TRACEY'S ELEMENT,ETC ETC...1 of the long
> term sights was that is was gonna improve our gene
> pool....and that it did...it was not by chance
> that our horses...(soft falling rain ..etc)are
> world class...because the ground work was done...

Not only is your 1st example technically incorrect as yes this was exported back to Ozz where she is a foundation of a familiy of above average horses. SFR may also be an export never to return as it is he will have a value beyond our local breeding bucks. His sire and dam are both outight imports. The dam now will be a possible blue hen mare in producing a multiple black type earner. Her future projeny will if as good as SFR go for ridiculous sums of money. Last year the half brother by freshman sire Sail to Seattle fetched ZAR1bar the day after SFR had won his 1st Gr1. I think that this horse may have been exported too.

So we are a nation of breeders that imports our bloodstock only to have them foaled locally and re-exported.....so where is the genetic enrichment you speak of.....:S

its also the ONLY profession/business in the world where MORE expensive is best

umlilo Wrote:

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> @teamwildracing:
>
> '
>
> I find it laughable that suddenly some of my
> submissions, opinions and views shared at the
> competition commission are now shared by some of
> the "team" that strongly denied the same! '
>
> Agree, the hypocrisy from within?
>
> How can Ramsden address Rob with such disrespect,
> sarcasm and contempt (P & GC fund you....)
>
> The canker in The Rose?
>
> Seems the rot is definitely setting in!
>
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Umlilo,was this a Freudian slip........Rob does not (in theory) work for P &/or GC...........he works for an independent body of regulators called the NHA............or does he ???!!!

Personally I find it interesting that Joey clearly has as much respect for the efficacy of our regulation as I do. :

@Rob Faux:

'was this a Freudian slip........'


Reverse the roles of the players and interpolate; the answer is not ON TOP, it is WITHIN!

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