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BY LINDA CLARKE

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Mid Canterbury laid claim to another All Black when Tim Perry was yesterday announced in the All Black squad to tour the northern hemisphere.

Perry is the son of former All Black Grant Perry, who farms at Rakaia. The 29-year-old went to St Andrew’s College but made a name for himself playing for Mid Canterbury in the 2010 Heartland championship.

He played in the Crusaders Super Rugby team this year and plays his provincial rugby for Tasman, who made the final of the NPC after a one-point win over Ranfurly Shield holder Taranaki on Saturday.

Grant and Brenda Perry listened to the All Blacks team announcement on the radio yesterday at 10.30am; their son was in the Tasman Makos training shed after a team run. He called them later yesterday to confirm the news.

Grant Perry said it was a great opportunity for the front-rower, who liked to spend time hunting pigs when he wasn’t

training for rugby. “Now he needs to play well and try and stay there.”

Perry senior was captain of the Mid Canterbury rugby team in his playing days and in 1980 was called into the All Blacks team to tour Fiji. He played one game.

“I was a replacement for the Fiji tour. I found out on the Greymouth golf course.

Mid Canterbury were touring around doing the Seddon Shield tour. Old Neville Buchanan, the manager at the time, came up and said ‘you’ve got to get your gear packed and get to Fiji’. That was probably a bit more relaxing than listening to it on the radio.”

He said he and Brenda would now be travelling to support the All Blacks, taking the opportunity to catch up with family living in that part of the world.

The All Blacks will kick off their Northern tour against the Barbarians in two weeks’ time, before playing a test against France a week later.

Tim Perry is one of four new faces in the team and coach Steve Hansen said

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“He’s a really good scrummager who has been around a long time and understands what is required up in that front row position. His core skills are pretty good, we’ve just got to develop the rest of his game.”

He said the tour would be an exciting opportunity for the new players. The team includes Ryan Crotty, who was in the New Zealand Schoolboys’ team alongside Perry in 2006.

The Perrys’ phone was ringing red hot yesterday with congratulations, the couple had just returned home after Grant competed in the World Jetboat Marathon, which included a leg on his home river, the Rakaia.

Yesterday’s good news was tempered though with the sad news of the death of rugby friend John (Bigsy) McLay on Saturday.

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■ POLITICS

■ DISTRICT COUNCIL

Trump sends ‘warm regards’ Big drive Incoming prime minister Jacinda Ardern has taken a call from United States President Donald Trump to congratulate her on her new job.

“The president was genuinely interested in our election, and spoke about the coverage it had received in Washington, DC,” Ms Ardern said yesterday.

The Labour Party released a photo of the 37-year-old taking a call from Mr Trump on her mobile phone.

“We are likely to meet at APEC, where I look forward to carrying on talks around our role in the Asia Pacific region, and our commitment to a strong relationship with the United States,” Ms

Ardern said.

“The president also asked that I pass on his warm regards to the people of New Zealand.”

Earlier in the Labour Day weekend, the US Department of State also congratulated Ms Ardern on her success in forming the next New Zealand government after she secured a deal with NZ First

and the Green Party last Thursday.

She is set to meet Mr Trump in Vietnam at the APEC summit in Vietnam in November.

Ms Ardern also had a “polite conversation” with UK prime minister Theresa May, a Labour spokesman says.

- NZME

Friends (from left) Leah Johnson, 12, Esme Heffernan, 12 and Georgie Poole, 11, sell squishies at Tinwald School on Saturday when the Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter held a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.

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■ MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER

Tea party boosts animal shelter funds

By Linda CLarke

Linda.c@theguardian.co.nz

It’s kitten season and the Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter is expecting a full house soon.

President Tracey Clark said the shelter was extending its cattery and looking for more volunteer foster carers as numbers grew.

The organisation boosted its funds, which help cover pet food costs and other work, with a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the weekend.

The event was held at Tinwald School with stalls and entertainment including a bouncy castle, face painting and a chocolate wheel.

“It was a great turnout,” Clark said.

“We haven’t had a fundraiser for four years and we are in the process of extending our cat enclosure, which is costing more than first thought.”

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“At the moment I have a mother with four kittens and also handrearing three kittens. We have five kittens in foster care. It is the start of the kitten season, which runs until late January or February – last season it never stopped though.”

Clark said pets were important family members, capable of mak-

ing people feel better, and the shelter was keen to help as many into homes as possible.

Animal shelter volunteers could also offer advice about desexing.

She said the group was always looking for more volunteers to be foster carers and donations of pet food.

If want to help, contact the shelter on 0211356969 or drop donations to Beaurepaires.

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Months of heavy rain has meant contractors have been stretched to capacity repairing potholes and washouts on the Ashburton District’s roads.

The damage done by the winter’s big wet has put the district’s road maintenance programme well behind schedule, but contractors are working long hours to get roads back in order, said Ashburton District Council service delivery committee chairman Stuart Wilson.

“This year’s weather has wreaked havoc on the condition of our roads but progress is now starting to show,” he said.

The Ashburton District has the country’s fourth longest roading network and that meant there was damage across a huge area, Wilson said.

“This kind of damage understandably takes time to get on top of. Whilst there is still a lot of work to do, it’s very pleasing to see what has been achieved so far.”

With the busy summer holiday season not too far off, the drive to have roads back in good order was even more important, he said.

Council’s contractors, Fulton Hogan, have begun digouts on Fitzgerald Road this week, laying a fresh foundation to replace the road surface. Digouts are also under way on Dorie School, Fords and Longbeach roads, while sealing on Frasers Road has been completed. Work also began this week rehabilitating a stretch of Maronan Road as part of council’s road rehabilitation programme.

A list of planned and completed road works is available on the council website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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■ SHOOTING

Arrested over death A man has been arrested over the shooting death of a woman in Greymouth.

Hayley Williams, 43, was killed at a house in Marsden Road on Sunday afternoon.

Inspector Mel Aitken, West Coast area commander, says the man was found at Arahura marae, north of Hokitika, just before 3pm on Monday.

“I want to reassure our community and Hayley’s family that police have and will continue to do everything that we can to hold to account those people responsible for Hayley’s death,” she said.

Insp Aitken thanked her investigation team and also members

of the public who helped locate the man.

She said police were examining the house and residents could expect a continued police presence there for at least the next couple of days.

Police had earlier said they were seeking a 45-year-old man over the shooting.

They said they had found a vehicle they believed was used to drive two people away from the scene and an associate of the alleged offender was helping them with their inquiries.

Insp Aitken said the shooting had upset many locals and police were supporting the family.

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Two-car crash in Mid Canty Emergency services were called to a two-car crash at the intersection of Methven Highway and Thompsons Track at 2.15pm yesterday.

Three people were taken to hospital by ambulance, but it was not attended by the police serious crash unit. Methven firefighters were called to assist.

Visitors from Park Street Day Care meeting Billie’s eight-week-old piglet Weber at Dorie and Chertsey schools’ pet day on Friday.

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Pets on parade at schools’ pet day

By Katie todd

Katie.t@theguardian.co.nz

A number of unlikely classmates accompanied Dorie and Chertsey students to school on Friday, including Abigail the lamb, Jinty the Labrador and Braid the pony.

The four-legged friends and their doting owners converged on the Dorie School field for the biennial combined schools’ pet day.

Pigs, ponies, sheep, pups, chickens, calves and more were on show – including many in costume. Judges awarded prizes to the best pet in each category, with prizes from sponsors ATS and ANZ. Deputy principal Annette Barns said the Year 5 and 6 students had also invited along guests from Park Street Day Centre, after

meeting them earlier in the year.

“I’m really impressed, it’s been so lovely,” she said.

The students had also been working on fruit and veggie creations, flower arrangements, miniature farmyards and other creations which were judged on the day. Students unable to bring a pet along could participate in the bicycle-decorating competition.

Wandering dogs put pressure on pound accommodation

By Sue NewmaN

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Wandering dogs are creating headaches for dog control contractors and have caused the fullhouse signs to be put up at the Ashburton dog pound on many occasions this year.

Ashburton District Council regulatory manager Rick Catchpowle said dogs on the loose were picked up virtually every day.

The problem was on-going and while there were peaks and troughs in numbers, it showed

no real sign of abating. “Recently we’ve had the pound full for over a month with dogs coming and going,” he said “We wanted a new pound to address the issues we had with the old set-up, but we still have a full pound because people are simply not being responsible for their dogs so it’s still an issue.”

The pound has a total of 14 pens but two of those are for quarantine purposes. At peak occupancy, eight of the external runs can house two dogs, one inside and

the second in the outdoor run, the maximum housed, however is 14 at any one time.

If a dog was microchipped its owners were contacted and reunited with their pet but if not, the dog remained at the pound until the owner noticed it was missing or seven days elapsed, Catchpowle said.

After seven days dogs legally become the council’s property and one of two courses of action are taken – rehoming or euthanasia.

Unclaimed dogs undergo be-

havioural and temperament testing to ascertain whether they were suitable for rehoming or not, he said.

The rehoming programme has significant success.

Rather than being escape artists most dogs picked up by dog control teams were those that owners had let out at night for a run, expecting them to return home in the morning, Catchpowle said.

Letting your dog roam is a costly exercise. The offence of failing to keep a dog confined within land

or premises carries an infringement fee of $200.

In addition if your dog is picked up and impounded another raft of fees kick in. If it is not registered the owner can be liable for a $300 fine and the same fine applies if it is not microchipped.

The first time your dog is impounded it will cost you $80 to have it released; the second time the fee rises to $200.

A daily food fee of $15 is added for every 24 hours the dog is in residence.

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■ HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL

Fair planning well under way

By Katie todd

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Hampstead School has leapt into preparations for a fun-filled school fair.

Five years on from their last successful fair, the school will host an array of stalls, activities and entertainment on November 11.

The school is eyeing up the fundraising goal of an in-ground trampoline, which would be installed in their school playground.

Hampstead School Principal Peter Melrose said the fair will feature “all the fun you’d expect” – pony rides, digger rides, zorbing, paintball, stalls, artwork and more.

Class stalls will sell hokey pokey, popcorn, kinetic sand and games like “toss the roll” while the school choir, kapa haka and Pasifika groups provide performing arts entertainment.

PTA president Kim Ross said big fair-goers would also have the unique opportunity to “bash a car”.

“Rosco’s have also kindly donated an old car ready for dismantling, and kids can have a go with a sledgehammer … it’s not often you get to treat a car like that.”

Classes were also putting their creative hats on to produce canvases for the art auction, along with painted rocks and plants.

Ross said the school were hoping to raise around $20,000 for the trampoline.

“In the past the PTA have fundraised for a scooter track and a bike track.

“The trampoline comes with a big price tag, but any fundraising is always a bonus.”

Molly, 8, and Madison, 9, of Hampstead Primary School Room 11 preparing tasty PHOTO SUPPLIED lolly jars for the upcoming school fair.

Protest rally planned Ashburton retailer Tony Todd is organising a rally for Mid Canterbury people to protest at the closure of Ashburton’s i-SITE. The rally will be on Thursday at 12.15pm, ahead of an Ashburton District Council meeting where the controversial closure of Ashburton’s i-SITE and restructuring of Methven’s i-SITE is expected to be discussed.

Todd said the rally, on the checkerboard beside Ashburton’s closed i-SITE will be a short, sharp message to council that people disagree with the closure.

He is urging people to share the rally details on social media and attend so council can see the support for maintaining i-SITES. Todd is also encouraging council to survey ratepayers on the issue and has suggested putting off the closure until July next year, so the community had time to absorb the changes and react.

He says council could use funds allocated for the now defunct Grow Mid Canterbury.

Mid Canterbury’s i-SITES are run by Experience Mid Canterbury and its general manager Bruce Moffat is due to report to council on Thursday.

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■ MS METHVEN CONTESTANT OF THE DAY

Ms Proseeds ready for competition Ten local lads will flaunt their inner females to raise money for Our Lady of the Snows School at the Ms Methven beauty pageant next week.

Each day until October 28, the Ashburton Guardian will introduce one contestant. Today we meet Ms Proseeds.

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Name: Simon O’Reilly.

Sponsorship name: Ms Proseeds.

Day job: Seed Processor.

Reason for applying: The bosses signed me up and I couldn’t say no.

Best asset: I can talk up a good yarn.

The biggest challenge I will face: Not laughing too much.

How I’m preparing for Ms Methven: I have just been blocking the whole thing from my mind.

Any previous experience as a lady: Not recently.

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Friends (from left) Claire Tomkinson, Ocean Waitokia and Amber Clark were offering food and refreshments.

Above – Libby Driscoll-Fear, 6, was helping with the barbecue.

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Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter held a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party as a fundraiser recently, with plenty of fun had by all.

Sylvie Hart, 8, with an assortment of goodies.

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Bailey Sinclair, 11 (left) and Deacon Stevens, 9, were enjoying the bouncy castle.

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Maisie Hancox, 7, was helping hang up clothing for sale.

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■ UNITED STATES

Nuclear bombers ‘on alert’ The United States Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers on 24-hour alert for the first time since the Cold War ended 26 years ago.

The department’s chief of staff General David Goldfein confirmed the plan in an interview with Defense One, as concerns grow that North Korea’s nuclear warpath could cause another world war.

The move would see nucleararmed B-52s parked on concrete pads the end of an 11,000-foot runway at Barksdale Air Force in Louisiana, according to the Daily Mail.

In a few months the pads will be piled high with weapons ready to take off with just a moment’s notice for the first time since 1991.

This comes after Donald Trump met with top military chiefs on October 6, and made a comment about “calm before the storm”.

Speaking to Defense One, General Goldfein emphasised that orders haven’t been given yet, but that they are preparing the bases in the event that it should happen.

“This yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,” General Goldfein explained.

“I look at it more as not planning for any specific event, but more for the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in and how we ensure we’re prepared going forward.”

Were things to escalate, the deci-

sion to fire would be made by General John Hyten, commander of Strategic Command, or General Lori Robinson, head of Northern Command.

Readying the B-52s is just one of many decisions facing the Air Force as North Korea continues to advance its nuclear arsenal.

Kim Jong-Un’s rhetoric has grown more confrontational by the day – following his first threat to wipe the United States off the earth in Early April.

So in addition to President Trump’s confrontational rebuttals and Russia’s increasingly capable armed forces, General Goldfein said it’s best to be prepared.

He has asked his force to think of new ways that nuclear weapons can be used for either deterrence or combat, he told Defense One. Specifically, he said, General Goldfein told airmen to think beyond Cold War uses for ICBMs, bombers and nuclear cruise missiles.

“The world is a dangerous place and we’ve got folks that are talking openly about use of nuclear weapons,” he said.

“It’s no longer a bipolar world where it’s just us and the Soviet Union. We’ve got other players out there who have nuclear capability. It’s never been more important to make sure that we get this mission right.”

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Gaga meets presidents Lady Gaga has shared a picture of herself posing with the five living former US presidents. Democrats Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and Republicans George H W Bush and George W Bush appeared together for the first time since 2013 at a concert to raise money for hurricane victims across America and the Caribbean. Gaga got to meet the group as she performed at the One America Appeal concert at the Reed Arena in Texas. She shared a picture of the meeting on social media.

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■ BRITAIN

Bowling alley hostage taker arrested A four-hour hostage situation at a bowling alley in England has ended in a flurry of blasts with police swooping to free two male employees from their shotgunwielding captor.

The armed siege began at around 2.30pm (local time) on Sunday when the bearded gunman walked into the MFA bowl at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, reportedly yelling: “Game Over” and carrying a sawn-off shotgun.

Terrified onlookers – including children – were ordered to run by the gunman, who then held a duty manager and a lane host hostage for several hours before police stormed the centre at around 6.30pm.

It’s understood there were 40 or 50 people inside the centre at the time.

Neither hostage was injured in the incident which is not being treated as a terror attack.

MFA Bowl chief executive officer Mehdi Afshar said he believed the gunman was middle-aged and may have been the expartner of a staff member.

Thomas Hitchens was celebrating his daughter’s birthday with 12 family members when he turned around and saw the gunman standing with a sawn-off double barrelled shotgun.

“He just shouted at us ‘get out – now’,” the 28-year-old said.

“He shouted ‘it’ll be fine – I won’t hurt the kids’.”

Another witness said the gunman walked in carrying the weapon above his head. “We were just having a game of bowling and a man who was also bowling ran across our lane and he was like ‘get out, get out’, shouting,” Alex Mulholland said .

“I was like ‘what’s going on?’ so I turn around and there was a white guy, greyish beard, weird-looking man, he’s got a gun up here, like this over his head.

“He was saying ‘game over, game over’, everyone shouting, screaming, panicking, trying to get out and I didn’t know what to make of it, really.”

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i-SITE a valuable asset for Mid Canty Linda Clarke

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irports are great places if you’re a people-watcher.

You can watch homecomings and departures, and make up back-stories about people while they wait for the automatic arrival doors to open and spill out loved ones.

Some people were arriving from the Gold Coast on Sunday with small bags and relaxed faces, others were arriving from China busy pulling on sweaters before venturing outside.

Either way there were a lot of people, many obviously visitors, coming into the country.

What would they see if they came to Mid Canterbury?

The district is looking great, with green grass and snowcapped mountains in the background.

If they’re on a tour bus, chances are they’ll be driving through to more well-known destinations like Tekapo but if they’re in a camper van or travelling in a family convoy then Mid Canterbury could easily capture their attention.

They might not need a bed, but they will need food and a break from driving.

Our Ashburton i-SITE was once a good source of information, but its doors are now shut because those who run it can use the money in more productive ways.

Tony Todd’s rally on Thursday will be a good litmus test. If all the angst on social media and in this paper is representative of how people disagree with closing the i-SITE, then the checkerboard will be busting at the seams on Thursday lunchtime.

Some retailers say they have already noticed a drop-off in casual custom and others are finding themselves minding bags or providing other information.

They, and many others, say the i-SITE should be run as a service and not a money-making or even break even venture. It’s hard to disagree with that.

In this increasingly digital world you can move money, book tickets and talk with your friends without leaving the couch. You can form opinions based on clueless Facebook comments.

The best way to really know a new place is to talk to the locals.

And knowing where to find them in an i-SITE is a help.

YOUR VIEW Ashburton i-SITE I thank Donna for her rather generic response to my letters.

However Donna you have failed to answer a number of questions I raised so I write (once again) regarding the closure of the Ashburton i-SITE. Can I say the following: We need to maintain cost effective, high standard i-SITES in Ashburton and Methven, not unmanned kiosks. As stated previously, it is part of the cost of doing business.

The impact on retailers in the area such as ours who have become de-facto information centres, with one being asked if it was okay to store their bags in the shop while they waited for a bus!

I fully understand this council has put Experience Mid Canterbury (EMC) in a difficult situation. Reading minutes from ADC, the directive has come from council via the Winder report. The mayor and council are hiding behind EMC. Donna you quote the Winder Report. Fact is, the Winder report also states “In comparison to other i-SITES, EMC i-SITEs perform reasonably well”.

Winder then states “most importantly when compared to the respective peer groups of the two i-SITEs their cost of public funds per visitor is quite low – $1.17 for Ashburton compared to its peer group of $4.95 and for Methven $1.15 compared to its peer group of $5.60”.

The combined surpluses from both i-SITEs from 2012-13 was $23,470, for year 2013-14 was

$8487, for 2014-15 was $510 and for 2015-16 was $18,561. The accounts for year 2016-17 are not known yet.

As stated previously, funding for EMC is $386,000 of which $144,000 funds the two i-SITEs. I am told that Oamaru (which would be a similar size to Ashburton) has funding of around $800,000.

In the meantime our council have agreed to decrease funding to EMC by $10,000 per year till 2025, ie by $100,000. Mr Scrooge is alive and well at the council!

Our council is setting EMC up to fail. This is not a reflection on the board of EMC. It is a sad indictment on the thinking of our council.

Tourism dollars spent in our district last year were $170 million. Council obviously see no

benefit in encouraging or developing this section of our economy. Just let the visitors pass through. We do not want your money.

Mayor Donna, you are reported in the paper of wanting or waiting for more information. A true leader does not wait for information, they go seek that information!

What more information do you need? At your council meeting this Thursday Donna, you will receive and maybe discuss the petition organised by Karen McIntyre of 1000 plus signatures, which was collected in a small amount of time.

Listen to the people Donna.

You will also have the GM of EMC Bruce Moffat giving you a report. Hopefully he will concur that EMC is grossly underfunded

and is having difficulty delivering on what council and the people of our district expect from this organisation.

So Donna can I offer you and council a solution?

Can I suggest any plans to close the Ashburton i-SITE (and eventually Methven) be delayed till July 1, 2018.

This would allow the community to absorb changes and council to hear from ratepayers regarding the service they believe i-SITEs play in the community.

Council crave for feedback on various issues, so do a ratepayer survey to gauge their thoughts.

Plus Donna, put in place appropriate funding for EMC to survive till July 1, 2018. You could use the funds you had allocated for the now defunct Grow Mid Canterbury.

Mayor Donna, so you can hear the voices of the people we are organising a rally to show support for maintaining our i-SITES. Where: On the checkerboard by the closed i-SITE. When: This Thursday, October 26 at 12.15pm.

This rally time will be just before council receives and (hopefully) discusses Karen McIntyre’s petition and Bruce Moffat gives his report.

This rally will be short and sharp but sending a clear message that we disagree totally with this closure.

So Ashburton/Methven, if you believe in the i-SITEs please share this rally and time with all your friends on social media etc.

We need your support on Thursday.

Tony Todd

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here’s no denying it was a great marketing ploy.

Actress Alicia Silverstone gets her kit off and declares “I’d rather go naked than wear wool” in a campaign promoted in New Zealand by an animal rights group.

But the whole promotion was skimpy on the facts, and most New Zealanders saw through it.

The vast majority of Kiwi farmers treat their woolly charges with care. After all, their living is indeed made “off the sheep’s back”.

And the point has already been well-made since the PETA ads first started appearing here a month ago, that failing to shear sheep is cruel because of fly strike, and the weight of fleece the animal would otherwise have to lug around.

There are other facts that are not as sexy for website clicks as Silverstone, that point loud and strong to wool’s very sound environmental and consumer credentials.

Pretty much everyone knows that wool is hard to beat for its warmth retention qualities – whether we’re talking wrapping humans in clothing or buildings in insulation.

But here are a few more lesser known facts about wool, sourced from the Wool Research Organisation New Zealand and the International Wool Textile

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Association: ■ Wool is fantastic for bedding products, including duvets, pillows and underlays, because it creates a microclimate which assists in regulating the temperature and humidity of the air around the body. The natural crimp of wool fibres causes air to be trapped so the temperature changes in bedding are much smaller and slower than any changes in the ambient temperature.

■ If the humidity of surrounding air rises, wool fibres absorb and store the moisture, thus maintaining low humidity at the skin surface.

The absorbed moisture in the fibres can also be diffused into the atmosphere, so wool bedding never feels damp or clammy.

■ Dust mites thrive in hot, humid environments. By reducing the temperature and humidity more effectively within bedding than synthetics, wool bedcovers can influence the prevalence of

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respiratory allergies in children.

Wool is a natural flame retardant. WRONZ tested wool, nylon and polypropylene carpets using the NBS Flooring Radiant Panel Test. The results showed that wool carpets had the lowest propensity for flame spread and produced 10-80 times less smoke.

Carpets have long been used in passenger aircraft, cinemas, offices, etc, because of their acoustical/noise reduction qualities. Wool carpets have particularly good acoustic properties because of their generally higher weight and pile density than carpets made from synthetic fibres.

Another study showed that three common gaseous indoor air pollutants with known adverse health effects on humans – nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and formaldehyde – are effectively absorbed by wool carpet.

These days we expect cradle-to-grave environmental stewardship. All products eventually get to the end of their useful life. Even then, wool out-performs synthetics in terms of biodegradability when dumped in landfills. Tests by The New Zealand Merino Company

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Ltd in 2011 showed that after nine months under soil, lightweight, woven wool fabric quickly degraded, with over 90 per cent mass loss after two months burial, and 100 per cent after nine months. A polyester knit fabric did not degrade at all during the nine month burial period. A 80:20 per cent wool/nylon carpet showed the greatest rate of degradation with approximately 43 per cent mass loss after nine months, compared to 27 per cent for a tufted wool carpet and no mass loss for a nylon carpet.

By all means, go naked Ms Silverstone. But for those environmentally-conscious folk seeking warmth, safety and natural vs oil industrybased/synthetic products, it’s hard to go past wool.

By Miles Anderson Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre Chairperson

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Lamb project wins The programme behind a new kind of premium lamb, which has sparked a sensation among chefs in New Zealand and Hong Kong, has won a prestigious innovation award.

The Omega Lamb Project, which has developed Te Mana Lamb, won the Innovation in Food and Beverage category at the New Zealand Innovation Awards, which recognises innovation among New Zealand individuals and businesses at the New Zealand Innovation Awards late last week.

Te Mana Lamb has higher levels of polyunsaturated (good) fats and omega-3 fatty acids, which results in an entirely new lamb taste experience with outstanding succulence, tenderness and flavour.

Now on the menu of a limited number of exclusive Hong Kong and New Zealand restaurants, it is already commanding a significant premium. It’s also available in the award-winning home delivery food service My Food Bag’s My Gourmet Bag range.

Peter Russell, Alliance Group general manager marketing, said the win was a rewarding validation for the project.

“This is an innovative product resulting from transformational thinking about the end-product, and driven by the vision, commitment and collective expertise of farmers, science and business, supported by Government.

“We see it as a reaffirmation of New Zealand as the home of the world’s best lamb. It is also attracting a whole new generation of foodies and entirely new consumer segments and markets that previously weren’t interested in lamb.”

The Omega Lamb Project, a Primary Growth Partnership programme involving Alliance, the Ministry for Primary Industries and a group of innovative farmers known as Headwaters, is the culmination of a decade’s research and development.

It found that the right combina-

tion of genetics, management and feeding can alter the fat profile of lamb and produce animals that are healthy, while delivering a healthier product for consumers.

The Omega Lamb Project was also a runner-up in the Innovation Excellence in Research category and a finalist in the Innovation in Agribusiness and Environment and Export Innovators of the Year categories.

Research to test consumer red meat preferences ing purchasing decisions.

Consumers are to be asked what Sam McIvor, chief executive of attributes in beef and lamb are B+LNZ, said the research reflected important to them in their purthe organisation’s commitment to chase decisions in a research supporting the red meat sector to project led by Beef+Lamb New capture greater market value. “AnZealand, Greenlea Premier ecdotal evidence suggests conMeats and Lincoln University’s sumers in many of New Zealand’s Agribusiness and Economics markets are willing to pay a preResearch Unit (AERU). mium for red meat produced The research, which will be fowith the attributes that cused on high market potenalign with their valtial states or cities in the ues and aspirations.

US and China, will test “However, if we consumers’ awareSam McIvor are asking farmers to ness of New Zealand make changes in rered meat and gain an sponse to what conunderstanding of the sumers are asking for, we need to be conattributes that are important to them.

The study also aims to understand the fident that those changes will be rewarded strength of consumer preferences for beef financially, that is, that any added costs and lamb that carry the attributes that on-farm are more than compensated for in the market. align with personal values and beliefs.

“The outcomes of this research will supAERU will uncover the channels consumers use to research and purchase their port the activation of the NZ red meat beef and lamb and understand the impor- story being developed by B+LNZ and the tance of certification for animal welfare commercial activities of this country’s and environmental responsibility in driv- meat companies.”

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Agri Optics welcomes new partner Norwood

Above – Te Mana Lamb with hangi potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

Left – Peter Russell.

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Leading tractor and farm machinery group CB Norwood Distributors have bought a stake in Methven-based company Agri Optics New Zealand.

It joins Mid Canterbury’s Mackenzie family and PGG Wrightson Seeds as equal shareholders in the precision agriculture specialist, which focuses on solutions rather than sales.

The deal was made with the future in mind.

PGG Wrightson Seeds group general manager John McKenzie said the new ownership will allow the company to bring into the fold another partner who understands the sector and will enable it to provide a better precision agriculture service on-farm.

“The collective knowledge of the three partners will help us put together a service offering that is seamless for farmers.”

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chief executive officer Tim Myers agreed.

“All partners bring their own area of expertise to the partnership and we are thrilled to be part of Agri Optics. We believe that the on-farm benefits associated with precision farming practices will become an increasingly valuable part of New Zealand’s farming future. It’s exciting to be taking a strong position in this growing market.”

Agri Optics director Craige Mackenzie was looking forward to the benefits CB Norwood would bring.

“In the last 12 months we have seen the benefit of having PGG Wrightson Seeds as a partner in Agri Optics, and we believe the investment of CB Norwood Distributors Limited will enable us to better understand the fast-growing precision agriculture needs of farmers throughout New Zealand.”

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lexander was born in 1890, son of William and Margaret of Ashburton, and later Te Kuiti. He entered Ashburton High School in 1902, won a board scholarship in 1903 and was Dux in 1905.

The school magazine said he was one of their most promising Old Boys. He served as a pupil teacher at Hampstead before attending courses at Christchurch Teachers’ Training College and Canterbury College. Upon graduation he took up a role as assistant master at Borough School and when he enlisted, in October 1915, he was headmaster at Lakeside School, Leeston. Alexander was a member of the Old Boys’ Football team. He was killed in action at Messines, June, 1917.

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S Ashburton High School Rugby team, 1910.

Heaven’s XV Part 3

By Kathleen Stringer Last week we commemorated the centennial of Passchendaele through a selection of World War One soldiers and rugby players.

Today we continue to meet the team, through Ashburton High School players who fell in

a variety of places. While as the war progressed, France on the Western Front was still the main focus of hostilities, a few of our fighting rugby players fell or were injured in the less-widely-known Palestine offensive.

Strangely, for such a poorly recognised campaign (which

saw the allies take on both the Germans and the entire Ottoman Empire) many wartime souvenirs in Ashburton Museum’s collection are from that part of the world. Popular gifts, for mothers in particular, were booklets of postcards, textiles, and even flowers from the Holy Lands.

amuel was born in Tinwald in 1884 to James and Annie. He entered Ashburton High School in 1897, where he excelled in football, athletics and cycling, in which he won a number of races.

He worked in an office, then for his father, a storekeeper, baker and butcher. Later he farmed in Dunsandel. In 1905 he married Mable Huston. The couple had three children. The youngest, Albert, was only three when Samuel enlisted in May 1916. Three months before he died Samuel undertook training as a bomb thrower. He died in June 1917 in Messines, which his death certificate places in ‘France or Belgium’. Samuel was twice convicted of being absent without leave. While in custody awaiting trial he escaped, but later handed himself in. For this his pay was docked, which must have been a double blow for poor Mabel.

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rank was born in 1887 in Winslow to George and Anna. The family moved to Tinwald, where Frank attended school before studying at Ashburton High School during 1901 where he took a prominent part in school athletics, later becoming a successful rugby player.

He took up farming in Winchmore, Oamaru, then the North Island, before enlisting in November, 1915. Frank was injured in August, 1916. Some records state that paraplegia was caused by a gunshot wound to the spine, while others call it a shrapnel explosion. Frank’s war record makes for sad reading. Sensation in his legs was initially taken as a good sign. Later, the pain was so great he could not sleep and he suffered from fevers, until dying in the last week of November. He is buried in Linwood cemetery, Christchurch.

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om was born in 1895 to Thomas and Sarah of Seafield, and later Chertsey. He attended both Seafield and Pendarves schools before enrolling at Ashburton High School in 1910.

He was prominent in both class work and athletics, was involved with fives and tennis, and was one of the school’s most prominent runners. As well as being a prefect, he was in the 1st XV and 1st XI. While at school he passed the junior civil service examination and left in 1912, to farm with his father on Cumbrae in Pendarves. Tom enrolled in October 1916 and died in December, 1917, of a combination of measles, bronchitis and pneumonia in France.

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Honouring the Fallen During the period of World War One, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return — almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 — the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot

Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men. The Ashburton Museum with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected in front of the Museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the museum. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: October 28: Thomas CLINTON

orn in Waterton in 1895 to John and Annie.

Warren attended Longbeach School before attending Ashburton High School in 19081909, where he displayed the family keenness for football.

After leaving school he farmed in Winchmore with his brother Hedley. Warren saw much action while overseas, including at Gallipoli, but was plagued by illness. After catching typhoid, he was invalided home in November 1915 for three months’ convalescence. He then returned to Egypt, before being transferred to France. He served in both the Somme and Messines, where he was slightly gassed. After a furlough he returned to France.

In October 1917, in Passchendaele, he was wounded in the left arm.

Unable to fully extend his arm he was sent home to Hanmer in March 1918, his fighting days over. However, he became ill and was transferred to Christchurch hospital where, after an operation, he died of peritonitis in July 1918.

His parents were convinced that Warren’s death was due to neglect by the medical staff. A rather public inquiry was held in which members of parliament, army and medical officials and locals all aired their views in the newspapers. Councillor Lill, for example said “it was bad enough for our boys to die at the front and not to bring them home to kill them”.

No culpability was attributed to anyone however. Warren was awarded a military funeral and is buried here in Ashburton.

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In brief Lomax in squad Is this the next great All Black prop? Rising frontrower Tyrel Lomax, who snubbed the Wallabies this year, is one of 10 new players in the New Zealand Maori side to tour Canada and France. The 21-year-old Lomax, who comes from a famous Kiwi league family, played for the Melbourne Rebels this year but quit Michael Cheika’s initial 48-man Wallaby squad to return to New Zealand. The 127-kg tighthead is contracted to the Highlanders and has been playing for Mitre 10 Cup finalists Tasman. His departure was a bitter blow to Australian rugby – he had been a key member of their under-20 side.

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New Zealand’s Tom Latham plays a shot during their first one-day international cricket match against India in Mumbai, India.

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A settled England line-up threatens to be Australia’s biggest obstacle in Friday’s Rugby League World Cup opener, according to Kangaroos star Matt Gillett.

Australia coach Mal Meninga will make at least six changes from the side that beat New Zealand in the mid-year Test, including the hotly-contested five-eighth spot.

In contrast, counterpart Wayne Bennett could today name 15 of the 17 players who crushed Samoa by 20 points in May. - NZN

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Black Caps cruise to victory

Test hopeful Jon Holland remains unavailable for Victoria’s opening Sheffield Shield match as the left-arm spinner recovers from knee surgery. Holland was forced out of last month’s one-day cup after undergoing a procedure to relieve swelling in his right knee.

He has been left out of a 12-man Bushrangers squad featuring Test batsmen Peter Handscomb and Glenn Maxwell that will take on Queensland with a pink ball at the Gabba starting on Thursday. - AAP

New Zealand have pulled off a remarkable chase to beat India by six wickets and take a 1-0 lead in their ODI series in sweltering Mumbai yesterday.

Having been set 281 to win, Ross Taylor and Tom Latham shared a fine 200-run stand for the fourth wicket enabling New Zealand to reach 284 for four with an over to spare. It is New Zealand’s best ODI stand for that wicket against any opponents.

Lefthander Latham, slipping into his new middle order role, scored an unbeaten 103 off 102 balls – having done 50 steamy overs of wicketkeeping first, while New Zealand’s senior batsman Taylor was out for 95 with the scores level.

Latham’s fourth ODI ton was

the second of the match, following an outstanding 121 from India’s captain Virat Kohli, his fourth against New Zealnd and 31st overall.

That seemed to have been enough to put India in the driving seat.

However New Zealand had other ideas in what captain Kane Williamson called a “brilliant” performance.

“That’s one of the best chases that I’ve seen, certainly in the time I’ve been a Black Cap,” he added.

Martin Guptill and Colin Munro put on 48 for the first wicket.

Captain Kane Williamson missed out and when Guptill departed for 32 at 80, the game was in the balance.

But Taylor and Latham swept well and worked the ball about effectively and got a terrific reward.

New Zealand managed to break a threatening stand between Kohli and Dinesh Karthik at 73 when Karthik misjudged a hook at Southee to be caught, after a juggle, by Munro.

MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya made handy contributions before both falling to Boult, the latter to a fine, running catch off a skier by Williamson.

Boult’s display, four for 35 off 10 overs in gruelling conditions, was top class; Santner, save his final over which cost 10, splendidly parsimonious. Southee took late punishment but finished with three wickets.

“We though 275 plus was good

on that wicket but New Zealand batted really well in the second half and Ross and Tom were outstanding,” an admiring Kohli said.

“They deserved to win. Their partnership was outstanding.

When you get a 200-run partnership in ODI cricket, more often than not you end up on the winning side.”

Williamson was elated.

“The way we set the tone with the new ball at the start of the day was outstanding from our front two bowlers (Boult and Southee) and we struck at it well throughout that innings,” he said.

“That 200-run stand was a special, special partnership.”

The second match in the threegame series is in Pune tomorrow night (NZT).

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Suns dump coach The Phoenix Suns have fired coach Earl Watson just three games in to the NBA season.

The Suns announced the firing after hours of meetings at the team’s headquarters. Assistant coach Jay Triano, a former head coach of the Toronto Raptors, was named interim coach. Triano was an assistant at Portland before coming to Phoenix last year.

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In brief Incorrect cricket score In a cricket story published on page 15 in Monday’s Guardian, it was stated that Coldstream defeated Tech. This was in fact incorrect, with the match being drawn. We apologise for any confusion caused.

Skipper jumps ship New Zealand sailor Brad Jackson has walked away from the AkzoNobel entry in the Volvo Ocean Race after Simeon Tienpont was reinstated as skipper before the first leg overnight. Just hours before the start of the 45,000 nautical mile round-the-world race, which got under way yesterday, confusion reigned over who would skipper the Dutch team after media reports out of the Netherlands suggested Tienpont won his arbitration hearing against AkzoNobel and was seeking to be reinstated to the team. AkzoNobel sent out a statement saying Tienpont had returned to lead the team.

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Ko claims second

The champions of the champions, Jordan Green (from left), Paddy Bradford and Kevin Smith.

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Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko has continued her strong form by claiming second place at the latest LPGA Tour event in Taiwan. Ko carded an excellent final round seven-under 65 to finish at 11-under for the tournament, a remarkable six shots behind runaway winner Eun-Hee Ji. Ji finished what was a dominant four days of golf by also shooting 65, for her third win on the LPGA Tour, and first since 2009. - NZME

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Best of the best in Aorangi

By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

When it comes to the best of the best, the Ashburton Golf Club have a pretty good claim to being up there.

Competing at the Champion of Champions men’s tournament for the Aorangi district, the team of Jordan Green (senior grade), Paddy Bradford (intermediate grade) and Kevin Smith (junior) took out

the overall teams competition.

The event, held in Fairlie, saw the club championships winner for each grade from all Aorangi clubs compete on an individual basis, as well as team scores being

totalled at the end.

Green took out the senior grade, while Bradford finished second equal. Smith finished third, and their combined success gave them the trophy.

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Hooper produces best sprint to the line A last gasp effort saw the back markers hit the front of the race inside the final 400 metres in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s 45km handicap event around the Dawsons Road block on Sunday.

Leading into the final lap of three it was anyone’s race, but the lure of riders in front, drove the scratch markers on as they slowly hauled in the leading

bunches. Having overtaken the leading group in the shadow of the finish line it was Alex Hooper who produced the best sprint to the line to claim the victor’s spoils. Co-markers Steve Hands and Tony Ward securing second and third places respectively.

Hooper’s riding time of 66.31 secured the fastest time honours.

Kim Marshall produced a strong ride to claim fourth place, with Kristine Marriott and Dave Knight in the thick of the finish to round out the top six.

The juniors and division 2 contested a 15km handicap event.

Bella Roulston made it a good day for the scratch markers, getting up late in the race to take the win and fastest time honours,

riding the course in 29.27.

Maddi Lowry continued her good form to take the second place spoils with little sister Emma Lowry battling on strongly to secure third place.

Hillary Singlewood took division 2 honours.

Next week the club will contest a 48km event around the Grahams Road block.

Repsol Honda star Marc Marquez has one hand on the 2017 MotoGP world championship trophy after he claimed a brilliant win at the Australian grand prix. The Spaniard took the lead at Phillip Island with seven laps to go and cleared out to score his sixth win of the season, opening up a 33-point gap on main rival, Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso, who finished 13th. - NZME

Horrendous start The Auckland cricket side have recovered slightly from a horrendous start to the Plunket Shield season, but are still all out for 62. The Aces slumped to 23 for eight after being sent into bat against Wellington. Wellington debutant Ollie Newton took three wickets from his first over in first class cricket leaving Auckland 3-2.

Things got worse as Hamish Bennett dismissed Michael Barry (5) and Craig Cachopa (0) in the fifth over. Jeet Raval then fell for three quickly followed by Ben Horne which left Auckland at 12 for seven. Matt McEwan only managed to make eight before he was dismissed by Logan van Beek.

Nethula and Sandhu were the only ones to get to double figures before getting all out for 62 in 23 overs.

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Ryan Chalmers, 10, looks to return the ball in the Ashburton Trust Junior Tennis Open.

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Seta Koroitamana looks to evade a would-be tackler.

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Weekend sports action Ashburton Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was out and about over the long weekend, capturing all the sporting action.

Marguaritte Rogers sends one rolling.

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Kathy Grant in action on the greens at the Waireka Croquet Club.

Mid Canterbury first-five Jarred Percival looks to put one between the goalposts in the Hammers’ 56-22 victory against Poverty Bay. 211017-RH-191

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Methven’s Matt Winter looks to pick up some quick runs in the Mid Canterbury Cricket T20 competition.

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

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In brief Cuts to ribbons The next step for impressive Ashburton winner Ultimate Machete will depend on flights.

The reigning three-year-old pacer of the year made light work of his intermediate grade resumption on Monday for co-trainer Natalie Rasmussen. It’s likely he will be seen one more time in New Zealand, but whether he’s a part of Cup Week or not is up in the air.

“Obviously he would fit nicely into a race like the junior Free-ForAll, but he may head straight to Perth instead on the Saturday – it just depends on the flight really.”

Rasmussen could not have been more impressed with the Sires’ Stakes winner’s effort though and declared him a more mature and better version of his three-year-old self. “A few of those little things he had going on last season seem to have gone; he’s really matured I think and is now a very serious racehorse.” Ultimate Machete rated 2:56.9 for the 2400 metre stand, winning by one and a quarter lengths from Alta Orlando.

NZ record smashed

Gavin Smith and Great Things Happen jog home with the Ashburton Trotters’ Flying Mile.

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Great Things actually Happen

By Matt MarkhaM

Matt.M@theguardian.co.nz

Gavin Smith wanted to make a statement in yesterday’s Ashburton Trotters’ Flying Mile with his star trotter Great Things Happen and he can consider it a case of mission accomplished.

The North Canterbury horseman threw caution to the wind with his star trotter, booming out of the gate to find the lead and, from there, never looking back before running away to win the Group Three $30,000 event with consummate ease.

“Ahead of Cup Week, I just felt we needed to assert some au-

thority and show them that we are serious,” Smith said.

“He’s always had good gate speed, but he developed an issue in Auckland last campaign that gave him some problems which made me a little hesitant to push him early but in the end he felt really comfortable and did it quite easily.”

Having just his 28th start yesterday, Great Things Happen has been patiently handled by Smith and allowed to develop and mature into his big frame.

He never pushed him as a young horse, despite his apparent talent and sent him for a

campaign in Australia to mentally toughen up.

“That was a lot of the making of him, he came back from there a really serious racehorse.”

After crossing to the front yesterday, Smith was able to get a relatively easy time of it in front and when he asked for an effort at the top of the straight, his charge found plenty.

“That first quarter was probably the toughest for him because he really had to sprint, he did the rest quite nicely. And I think he will definitely improve of it.”

Smith will now look toward

both of the Cup Week trotting features; The New Zealand Trotting Free-For-All and the Dominion Handicap after initially only really focussing on the Dominion.

“After that I think we have to go on the Tuesday too.

“The quick back up won’t worry him at all and with that gate speed we should be able to put ourselves into the race for sure.”

It’s unlikely the big trotter will be seen again before Cup Week with a potential trial the only time he may step out before the big show.

The Dorchester smashed the New Zealand all-comers record for a mile-and-a-half with a 2.52.5 effort at Ashburton today, lowering Nek Time’s record by half a second.

His driver, Matt Anderson, was as surprised as anyone when he found out the time. “He didn’t really feel like he was going that quickly. “But the track was in pretty good order today and the horse was ready.” The Dorchester had to work hard to find the lead with a lap to go and was then worked over through the middle stages by Quite Ideal.

“Circumstances meant that we ended up going quicker than we probably wanted to due to various different reasons,” said Anderson.

Anderson, who now works for The Dorchester’s trainer Mitch Kerr, has a fair idea of what a good threeyear-old feels like, having come from the Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen barn. With Mark and Natalie’s horses, they just keep improving every time they step out.

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Wide gate no barrier to Sarten success at Te Rapa Dismay at an outside draw turned to delight at Te Rapa where Sumstreetsumwhere emerged as a genuine chance to defend his stable’s classic crown.

The son of Highly Recommended downed a competitive field of three-year-olds in yesterday’s Gr.2 Sarten Memorial (1400m) to send him on his way to Christchurch for the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m).

Stephen Marsh won both races last year with Ugo Foscolo and Sumstreetsumwhere has now claimed the opening leg of the double and his trainer is confident the best is still to come.

“When we drew 15 of 15 I couldn’t believe it, but when the rain came it negated it,” the Cambridge horseman said.

“He’s a horse on the way up and he’s still got a lot to learn.

As long as he comes through the

Sumstreetsumwhere, the son of Highly Recommended, downed a competitive field of three-year-olds in yesterday’s Gr.2 Sarten Memorial (1400m). race well, we’ll head to Riccarton.”

A debut third behind the 2000 Guineas favourite Te Akau Shark, Sumstreetsumwhere then won at

Te Rapa where he was a pick-up ride for Jason Waddell after Troy Harris was unable to make the weight.

Waddell, who dedicated the

win to his mother who is battling illness, retained the mount in the Sarten and drew praise from Marsh for his performance.

“It was a 10 out of 10 ride, midfield and one off the fence,” Marsh said. “He’s ridden him perfectly both times.”

Sumstreetsumwhere finished resolutely to have a neck on the maiden As You Will, who closed well from the tail of the field, with the last-start Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) winner Hard Merchandize a sound third.

“He loves getting his toe in the ground,” Waddell said. “We didn’t really have a game plan and he jumped beautifully to get a spot and full credit to the horse, he knuckled down right to the line.”

Owner Ben Foote isn’t complaining about his co-owner Sam Beatson’s memory lapse that resulted in them retaining the smart three-year-old.

The Cambridge horseman bred Sumstreetsumwhere with his good mate, South Island harness identity Andrew Stuart and along with Beatson they race the gelding.

“I do a heap of Ready to Run horses every year with Sam and he rang me up one day and said he’d forgotten to enter him in the sale,” Foote said. “I guess it doesn’t matter now though.”

That was the second time Sumstreetsumwhere was to have been sold, the first after the horse had won a trial when in Foote’s care.

“He got vetted and he had a little spur on his knee and Hong Kong are quite strict about those things, but it doesn’t worry him,” Foote said.

Sumstreetsumwhere was subsequently transferred to Marsh’s Cambridge stable to begin his racing career. - NZ Racing Desk

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

ASHBURTON RESULTS The weather was fine and the track fast for the Ashburton Harness at Ashburton yesterday.

RACE 1 MORRISONS SADDLERY/ ZILCO MOBILE PACE, $10000, 2400m 1-1 Anthem (2) N Rasmussen 1 2-2 Funatthebeach (4) M Purdon 2 3-5 Henry Hubert (5) J Dunn 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 4-4 Ohanzee, 7-7 Motu Bettor Be Quick, 6-6 Mahksman, 5-3 Ready To Bloom, 8-8 Capital Plan.

Lg nk, Hd, Hd. Time: 2:58.60. MR: 1:59.70.

Last 800m: 54.41. Win: $2.30. Places: $1.10, $1.40, $2.00. Quinella: $2.50. Trifecta: $26.10 (2,4,5). First4: $50.00 (2,4,5,1).

Sub: Anthem (2).

Trainer: Purdon/Rasmussen, Rolleston.

Breeding: 3 c Bettor’s Delight-La Soiree.

RACE 2 EA NETWORKS TROT, $12000, 2400m 6-6 Honeys Son (2) S Tomlinson 1 8-7 Solar Storm (14) C DeFilippi 2 5-4 No Fears (15) G O’Reilly 3 Scratched: Chivasion, Jean Sebastien, Lundqvist, Caribbean Fizz.

Also (in finishing order): 3-3 We’ll Meet Again, 4-5 Anna Kate, 9-11 Time For Diamonds, 11-10 Eden Creek, 14-14 Flyinova, 16-16 Merlot, 15-13 Young Stranger, 1-1 Davey Mac, 13-15 Highland Star, 7-8 Woodstone, 10-9 Spurred By Success, 2-2

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 24 Oct 2017 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 2.54pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 35828 Hatfield 17.53 ............................R Blackburn 2 32153 Wait For Us nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 3 47616 Epic Boom nwtd ............................R Adcock 4 56586 Kablitz 17.62 ................................ K Cassidy 5 33267 Greet The Judge 17.27 H & ................Taylor 6 48738 Mamma Rose nwtd .........................R Casey 7 x8588 Behind The Mask nwtd...........J T McInerney 8 77555 Hell’s A Coming 17.65.............. A Botherway 9 26668 Opawa Al nwtd S & .........................B Evans 10 868x6 Homebush Carca nwtd ..........J T McInerney 2 3.10pm KOLORFUL KANVAS DASH C1, 295m 1 T3177 Replica Casino 17.80..........B Pringle 2 68674 No Biffo nwtd ...............................D Kingston 3 74353 Ready Teddy 17.64 M & ...................... Smith 4 63372 Goldstar Bryton nwtd S &................B Evans 5 77457 What’s Wong 17.84 .....................B Freeman 6 68445 Catlin Blueblood 17.45 ...........J T McInerney 7 531 Know Approval 17.46 .....................G Cleeve 8 83462 Jealous Affair 18.13 ..................... L Waretini 9 47848 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 10 56687 Ghisella 17.56 S & ..........................B Evans 3 3.33pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN C1, 520m 1 6124 Know Conclusion nwtd...................G Cleeve 2 23623 Graeburn nwtd .......................... A Bradshaw 3 67631 Opawa Vegan 30.53 ........................R Wales 4 8x572 Poetik 30.78 S & .............................B Evans 5 21243 Culvie Yogi nwtd H & ...........................Taylor 6 F1577 Jon Snow Lives 30.40 ..................C Roberts 7 4325x Kelly’s My Name nwtd .................... H Cairns 8 46532 Opawa Mine 30.72 ..........................R Wales 9 56754 Goldstar Po 30.18 S & ....................B Evans 10 26766 Waimac 30.57 ........................J T McInerney

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Agatha Tyron, 12-12 Castleton Tui. 1/2L, 2-1/2L, 1/2 nk. Time: 3:03.60. MR: 2:03.10. Last 800m: 57.92. Win: $13.80.

Places: $4.10, $4.60, $3.20. Quinella: $111.90. Trifecta: $1459.10 (2,14,15). First4: $1731.30 (2,14,15,6). Double: $23.10 (2+/2), $15.20 (2+/14). Sub: Davey Mac (17).

Trainer: Ken Ford, West Melton. Breeding: 3 g Majestic Son-Honey Beatt.

RACE 3 ASHBURTON MSA LIQUOR CENTRE HANDICAP PAC, $14000, 2400m 1-1 Ultimate Machete (6) N Rasmussen 1 4-3 Alta Orlando (7) J Dunn 2 2-2 Forgotten Highway (2) M Anderson 3 Scratched: Mongolian Hero.

Also (in finishing order): 5-5 Mighty Flying Major, 6-6 Donegal Carrickfin, 3-4 Alpha Rock (Failed to finish).

1-1/4L, 1/2L, 8L. Time: 2:56.60. MR: 1:58.40.

Last 800m: n/a. Win: $1.40. Places: $1.20, $2.70. Quinella: $4.70. Trifecta: $14.00 (6,7,2). First4: $42.70 (6,7,2,5). Treble: $51.30 (2+/2/6+).

Sub: Ultimate Machete (6).

Trainer: Purdon/Rasmussen, Rolleston.

Breeding: 4 h Bettor’s Delight-Reality Check.

RACE 4 ASHBURTON GUARDIAN HANDICAP PACE, $12000, 2400m 3-2 Late Mail (7) B Orange 1 1-1 Red Moon Rising (10) G Smith 2

5-5 Julia Lady (3) R May 3 Scratched: Major Hippie.

Also (in finishing order): 2-4 Pradas Ideal Dahling, 4-3 Laytons Lass, 10-10 Hestia Franco, 11-11 Graceandtemika, 6-9 Gucci Cavallo, 8-6 Nearis Green, 7-7 Clive, 9-8 Junkyard Mase.

1-1/4L, Lg hd, Lg nk. Time: 2:58.40. MR: 1:59.60. Last 800m: 58.30. Win: $7.10.

Places: $1.90, $1.30, $3.00. Quinella: $6.20. Trifecta: $127.70 (7,10,3). First4: $716.30 (7,10,3,12). Double: $5.90 (6+/7), $1.00 (6+/10+).

Sub: Red Moon Rising (10).

Trainer: Chris McDowell, Weedons. Breeding: 5 g Bettor’s Delight-Lendusaquid.

RACE 5 HANLEY FORMULA MOBILE PACE, $13000, 2400m 2-2 The Dorchester (7) M Anderson 1 5-5 Mighty Santana (5) J Hay 2 3-3 Shineonucrazydiamond (8) D Dunn 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 6-7 Art I Am, 7-6 All About Henry, 1-1 Beachbabebeauty, 8-8 Boomer Bailey, 4-4 Alta Shelby, 9-9 Quite Ideal.

7-1/4L, Nse, 2L. Time: 2:52.50. MR: 1:55.70.

Last 800m: 55.82. Win: $4.70. Places: $1.50, $3.00, $2.10. Quinella: $36.20. Trifecta: $258.80 (7,5,8). First4: $1052.80 (7,5,8,1). Quaddie: $592.10 (2/6+/7/7).

Sub: Beachbabebeauty (4).

Trainer: Mitchell Kerr, Rangiora Raceway.

Breeding: 3 c Mach Three-Meet Me In Mayfair.

RACE 6 THE TRUST ASHBURTON FLYING STAKES PACE, $50000, 2400m 1-1 Lazarus (4) M Purdon 1 4-3 Dream About Me (5) T Williams 2 2-2 Heaven Rocks (8) N Rasmussen 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 7-7 Piccadilly Princess, 5-5 No Doctor Needed, 3-4 Have Faith In Me, 8-8 Robbie Burns, 6-6 Waikiki Beach.

1/2 nk, 2-1/4L, 1/2L. Time: 2:56.20. MR: 1:58.10. Last 800m: 53.68. Win: $1.30.

Places: $1.00, $2.20, $1.60. Quinella: $6.00. Trifecta: $23.70 (4,5,8). First4: $149.20 (4,5,8,3). Double: $5.90 (7/4+), $20.50 (7/5). Treble: $48.40 (7/7/4+).

Sub: Lazarus (4).

Trainer: Purdon/Rasmussen, Rolleston.

Breeding: 5 h Bettor’s Delight-Bethany.

RACE 7 MAINLAND WOOL HANDICAP TROT, $13000, 2400m 4-4 Jen Jaccka (12) N Williamson 1 1-1 The Dominator (6) S McNally 2 6-8 Arran Chief (11) D Dunn 3 Scratched: Hey Yo. Also (in finishing order): 2-2 Izmok, 1010 Soney Beatt, 7-5 Kingdom Come, 11-11 Zachary Binx, 8-7 Redwood Invasion, 3-3 Foreverman, 5-9 Red Hot Poker, 13-13 Feather Boyz, 9-6 Momentous, 12-12 Mon

Richie.

1-1/4L, 3/4L, Nk. Time: 3:03.30. MR: 2:03.00. Last 800m: 58.75. Win: $6.90.

Places: $2.50, $1.90, $4.10. Quinella: $24.10. Trifecta: $636.10 (12,6,11). First4: $1301.60 (12,6,11,10).

Sub: Izmok (10).

Trainer: Brett Gray, Ryal Bush. Breeding: 6 m CR Commando-Janine Jaccka.

RACE 8 THE PRESS ASHBURTON TROTTERS FLYING MILE , $30000, 1609m 1-1 Great Things Happen (7) G Smith 1 3-2 Habibti Ivy (15) B Orange 2 7-9 Everybody Knows (10) R May 3 Scratched: Arya, Jen Jaccka, Harriet Of Mot. Also (in finishing order): 4-6 Marcoola, 5-4 Stent, 10-10 Hey Yo, 13-13 One Over Da Moon, 8-8 Yagunnakissmeornot, 9-7 Poppymalda, 6-5 Prince Fearless, 2-3 Wilma’s Mate, 11-11 Belles Son, 12-12 Amaretto Sun (Pulled up).

3/4L, 1-1/4L, 3/4L. Time: 1:55.40. MR: 1:55.40. Last 800m: 57.34. Win: $4.10.

Places: $1.70, $2.20, $5.80. Quinella: $10.30. Trifecta: $341.80 (7,15,10). First4: $1062.70 (7,15,10,6). Double: $26.40 (12/7+), $9.00 (12/15).

Sub: Great Things Happen (7).

Trainer: Gavin Smith, Rangiora. Breeding: 6 g Love You-Calamity Gal.

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3.50pm TRACKSIDE DINING 16 NOVEMBER (03) 3 26488 Elora 17.37................................R Blackburn 4 47685 Adrenalin Kick 17.42 ..............J T McInerney 3386145 SPR C1, 295m 5 65726 Zulu Mako 17.82 .............................J Tanner 1 38177 Treville 17.70 .............................R Blackburn 6 58163 Smash Damage 17.54 .................... M Grant 2 86734 Goldstar Lottie 17.87 S & ................B Evans 7 62365 Billy Frost 17.69 .....................M K Dempsey 3 65841 Mac Wagger 17.87 .................M K Dempsey 8 47327 Terra Bindi 17.45 .............................R Casey 4 37818 Distinctive Miss 17.60 ......................A Joyce 9 26668 Opawa Al nwtd S & .........................B Evans 5 85488 Belfast Delanie 17.59 H & ...................Taylor 6 35x56 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant 10 57885 Fear Failure nwtd H & .........................Taylor 7 35188 Venetia 17.53 ............................... K Cassidy 8 5.06pm CHRIS & LISA EARL STAKES C1, 520m 8 F6345 Homebush Hazel 17.71..........J T McInerney 1 53558 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 9 85886 Another Charm 17.46 M & ................Jopson 2 55347 Arcane Sabre 30.35 M &...................Jopson 10 8x677 Opawa Val nwtd ..............................R Wales 3 34358 Goldstar Jagger 31.16 S &..............B Evans 5 4.11 HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAM HURD DASH C1, 295m 4 44454 Botany Whisper nwtd .............J T McInerney 5 66x82 Opawa Minstrel 30.39 .....................R Wales 1 71535 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 6 21661 Promise To Keep 30.67 .......................A Lee 2 27881 Lavarno 17.72 S & ..........................B Evans 7 14265 Take By Storm 31.05.................A Bradshaw 3 38742 Smash Calling nwtd ........................ M Grant 8 45377 Granny Magnet 30.72 .......................J Dunn 4 21365 Fired Up Jed nwtd ............................ B Dann 9 56754 Goldstar Po 30.18 S & ....................B Evans 5 6567x Pep’s Terra 17.61 ............................R Casey 6 38765 Know Darling nwtd .........................G Cleeve 10 777x7 Oak Spur 30.86 .................................P Scott 7 18787 Lonely Baxter 17.61 ...............J T McInerney 9 5.24pm ISLINGTON TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 8 11214 Captain Chilly 17.45 ...........................C Weir 1 47874 Adjudicator 17.23 S & .....................B Evans 9 47848 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 2 73886 Royal Bash 17.32 ............................. B Dann 10 57885 Fear Failure nwtd H & .........................Taylor 3 1 Platinum Marshal 17.31 ...............C Roberts 4 82666 Whose He 17.44 ..............................A Joyce 6 4.26pm LITTLE BROWN JUG SPRINT C1, 295m 5 22123 Hilton Forabet 17.44.................. A Bradshaw 1 51 Elodea 17.81 .............................R Blackburn 6 47448 Dragon Queen 17.85 M & .................Jopson 2 16773 Sozin’s Angel 17.67 ...............J T McInerney 7 82635 Trip To Florida 17.62...............J T McInerney 3 88762 We Rocking 17.52 H & ........................Taylor 8 56255 Scissor Clip nwtd ........................B Freeman 4 62787 Homebush Indi 17.55 .............J T McInerney 9 47848 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 5 36533 Lisa’s Boy 17.59 ..............................R Casey 6 22514 Vasterbottenost 17.53 .........................A Lee 10 68767 Token Ace 17.26 ............................... J Rush 7 78673 Goldstar Renee nwtd S & ...............B Evans 10 5.41pm CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO C1, 520m 8 15485 Opawa Jumper nwtd .......................R Wales 1 55624 Fab Action 30.62 S & ......................B Evans Emergencies: 2 25416 Replica Rango 30.84 .....................B Pringle 9 85886 Another Charm 17.46 M & ................Jopson 3 52573 Crystal Flame 30.59 ........................ M Grant 10 56687 Ghisella 17.56 S & ..........................B Evans 4 72252 Amy Amy 31.42 ...............................R Wales 5 31466 Gorm The Great nwtd .................D Kingston 7 4.45pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES DASH C1, 295m 6 24227 Goldstar Scooby 31.09 S &.............B Evans 1 55753 Black Tori nwtd ..........................A Bradshaw 7 51568 Homebush Shea nwtd............J T McInerney 2 21786 Epic Style 17.65 M &.........................Jopson

8 54433 Know Other 31.21 ..........................G Cleeve 9 14458 Eyrewell Tango 31.15 ..................... H Cairns 10 76768 Opawa Sledge 30.96.......................R Wales 11 5.56pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA GRANT C1, 295m 1 53243 Black Eye Bill 17.68 ...............M K Dempsey 2 38687 Minalinka nwtd S & .........................B Evans 3 83678 Epic Fantasy 17.41 .......................R Adcock 4 68885 Opawa Spirit nwtd ...........................R Wales 5 45635 Jinja Billy 17.47 ............................ L Waretini 6 12672 Bing Bong 17.84 .......................A Bradshaw 7 64134 Little Lottie 17.66 M & ......................... Smith 8 63357 Mrs Phyliss 17.44 ...................J T McInerney 9 85886 Another Charm 17.46 M & ................Jopson 10 44888 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.50 S & ..............B Evans 12 6.16pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C1, 520m 1 32782 Know Leave nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 2 16154 Inter Oblivion 30.46 S & ..................B Evans 3 61 Martha Magic 30.69 H & .....................Taylor 4 66282 Goldstar Dodge 30.72 S & ..............B Evans 5 2x456 Opawa Pam nwtd ............................R Wales 6 F5455 Dead Wong 30.98 M & ......................Jopson 7 54524 Rockin’ Robyn nwtd......................... M Grant 8 1 Opawa Lyon 31.16 ..........................R Wales 9 14458 Eyrewell Tango 31.15 ..................... H Cairns 10 56776 Ghost 30.63 .................................C Roberts 13 6.36 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 32431 Know Bias 17.75 ............................G Cleeve 2 F1644 Andolas 17.66 ...........................R Blackburn 3 24x42 Cawbourne Leaha 17.61..............C Roberts 4 76537 Zabambi 17.62 .................................A Joyce 5 34128 Fired Up Jasper 17.33 ..................... B Dann 6 26576 Verbena 17.52 .............................. K Cassidy 7 46476 Chop Shop nwtd ....................J T McInerney 8 38853 Goldstar Scout 17.50 S & ...............B Evans 9 85886 Another Charm 17.46 M & ................Jopson 10 8x677 Opawa Val nwtd ..............................R Wales 14 6.51pm A2B ASPHALT CANTERBURY C1, 295m 1 14646 Not Shackley nwtd ..........................R Wales

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218x6 Butterface 17.73 ..............................J Tanner 84563 Ohoka Pheobe nwtd .................... L Waretini 72854 Falconhurst 17.68 ............................A Joyce 31748 Lots More Cheers 17.73 ........M K Dempsey 31785 Fiery Jen 17.61 ................................ B Dann 57574 Aurora nwtd .....................................R Casey 71564 Pacific Vibe nwtd ....................J T McInerney 26668 Opawa Al nwtd S & .........................B Evans 68767 Token Ace 17.26 ............................... J Rush 15 7.11pm LIVAMOL DASH C1, 295m 1 21215 Know Panic 17.36 ..........................G Cleeve 2 66526 Royal Action 17.29 S & ...................B Evans 3 43884 Cosmoholic 17.53 ........................A Waretini 4 61245 Brad Baxter 17.51 ..................J T McInerney 5 15547 Kingman 17.39 ................................ M Grant 6 58446 White Not Wong 17.74 M &...............Jopson 7 77677 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 8 87535 Jinja Loch 17.30 ................. N C W Wanhalla 9 47848 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 10 868x6 Homebush Carca nwtd ..........J T McInerney SELECTIONS

Race 1: Wait For Us, Hatfield, Hell’s A Coming, Greet The Judge Race 2: Know Approval, Ready Teddy, Jealous Affair, No Biffo Race 3: Opawa Vegan, Graeburn, Jon Snow Lives, Know Conclusion Race 4: Distinctive Miss, Treville, Mac Wagger, Zorba The Greek Race 5: Captain Chilly, Smash Calling, Dapper Danny, Lonely Baxter Race 6: Elodea, We Rocking, Sozin’s Angel, Lisa’s Boy Race 7: Elora, Adrenalin Kick, Black Tori, Epic Style Race 8: Promise To Keep, Granny Magnet, Goldstar Jagger Race 9: Hilton Forabet, Royal Bash, Adjudicator, Trip To Florida Race 10: Amy Amy, Crystal Flame, Know Other, Fab Action Race 11: Epic Fantasy, Bing Bong, Black Eye Bill, Little Lottie Race 12: Inter Oblivion, Know Leave, Opawa Lyon, Opawa Pam Race 13: Andolas, Cawbourne Leaha, Know Bias, Goldstar Scout Race 14: Fiery Jen, Butterface, Not Shackley, Lots More Cheers Race 15: Know Panic, Cosmoholic, Brad Baxter, Kingman LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) In- 6 15145 Frisky Gambler 21.71 ..................A Turnwald 9 6F848 Kirkham Jasper 21.53 J & ...................D Bell corporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 7 54252 Cawbourne Jarrod 21.53 J & ..............D Bell 10 16554 Billy Marlow 21.49 .............................M Flipp 24 Oct 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 8 86484 It’s The Lovely 21.54 ................ K Gommans 7 2.22 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C1, 457m 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 9 88837 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.50 ..............B Goldsack 1 64184 Bigtime Allgood 26.79 G &Sandra Fredrickso 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 10 26776 Bigtime Rise nwtd ..............................L Cole 2 27355 Bigtime Rosie 26.49 G &. Sandra Fredrickso 12; 13, 14 and 15 4 1.29 USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C3/4 C3/4, 375m 3 53248 Molly O’Shea 26.35.....................B Hodgson 1 12.28pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS C0 C0, 375m 1 35563 Bigtime Sugar 21.38 ..........................L Cole 4 87847 Cawbourne Barcia 26.01 J & ..............D Bell 1 46x55 Whippy Bale nwtd ........................M Roberts 2 87213 Breeze Attack 21.66 .........................S Lozell 5 48634 Cawbourne Bryce 26.37 J & ...............D Bell 2 43524 Idol Alan nwtd ...................................M Flipp 3 53678 Hu Xian 21.60 G R & ...................... S Voyce 6 71167 Bigtime Wild nwtd...............................L Cole 3 8 Eight Oh Three nwtd .........................M Flipp 4 47617 Bigtime OnFire 21.98 .........................L Cole 7 44563 Bigtime Redo nwtd .............................L Cole 4 1 Bigtime Kate nwtd ..............................L Cole 5 27844 Bear Inda Square 21.31 .....................L Cole 8 28478 Dyna Hadvar nwtd....................... P C Morris 5 32845 Naharis nwtd .....................................D Edlin 6 46354 Hard Merch 21.50 G & .... Sandra Fredrickso 9 58587 You Got Rivered nwtd .................A Turnwald 6 3 Bigtime Conrad nwtd..........................L Cole 7 75532 Bigtime Trev nwtd ...............................L Cole 10 86676 Cawbourne Bluey nwtd J & .................D Bell 7 1 Tobermory nwtd ..........................A Turnwald 8 43127 Butterball 21.84 .............................M Gowan 8 2.42 STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C1/2, 457m 8 7x264 Bigtime Forecast nwtd....................... I Howe 9 88837 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.50 ..............B Goldsack 1 34188 Soft Gambler nwtd ......................A Turnwald 9 55x7 Dyna Linus nwtd ..........................M Roberts 10 26776 Bigtime Rise nwtd ..............................L Cole 2 41334 Ace Bale 26.25.............................C J Morris 10 64771 Cawbourne Johno nwtd J & ................D Bell 5 1.47 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C2d, 660m 3 56474 Mark’s Boy 25.84 ...............................L Cole 2 12.48pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C2 C2, 375m 1 77787 Autumn Lights nwtd.....................A Turnwald 4 66267 Thrilling Stan nwtd ............................D Edlin 1 31224 Culvie Den 21.81 ................................ L Bell 2 63788 Mister Ebby nwtd.........................A Turnwald 5 16887 Bigtime Coffee 25.89 G & Sandra Fredrickso 2 34478 Nero 21.28 ..................................B Hodgson 3 Box Vacant ................................... Scratched 6 17122 Bigtime Brucie nwtd ...........................L Cole 3 55532 Pat Patterson 21.65 ..........................M Flipp 4 35876 Cawbourne Buckle nwtd ..............M Roberts 7 76243 Gentleman Tim nwtd ...................A Turnwald 4 41316 Fear The Beard 21.90 .......................M Flipp 5 65543 Cawbourne Kai nwtd ....................M Roberts 8 52211 Bigtime Jonty 26.58 ...........................L Cole 5 23138 Bigtime Ottey 21.59 ...........................L Cole 6 Box Vacant ................................... Scratched 9 58x87 Cawbourne Serina nwtd............... T Downey 6 32357 Cawbourne Toddy nwtd................M Roberts 7 41343 Bradam Begins 39.11 .................A Turnwald 10 67766 Cawbourne Bettsy nwtd J & ................D Bell 7 35737 Steel The Gold nwtd.................... P C Morris 8 34317 Pacific Sunrise 40.86 ........................M Flipp 9 3.02 OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1/2, 457m 8 27516 Bigtime Taylor 21.51 G & Sandra Fredrickso 6 2.05pm TAB FIXED ODDS C2 C2, 375m 1 88764 Watch My Back nwtd..................B Goldsack 9 88516 Crazy Sunday 21.81...............J T McInerney 1 62131 Hotdog Shannon nwtd ................ P C Morris 2 32111 Jinja Loren 26.42 G R &.................. S Voyce 10 56736 Cawbourne Sandy 21.91 J & ..............D Bell 2 45511 Bigtime Pink 21.91 .............................L Cole 3 36355 Bigtime Sam 26.08 G & .. Sandra Fredrickso 3 1.10pm J P PRINT, PETONE C3 C3, 375m 3 35288 Uno Nathan 21.85 .............................M Flipp 4 24621 Extrapolate 26.61 ...............................L Cole 1 37131 Bigtime Mark nwtd .............................L Cole 4 34265 Allegro Beaty nwtd .............................L Cole 5 53133 Tranquil Blossom nwtd ................A Turnwald 2 27585 Allegro Beau 21.94 G & .. Sandra Fredrickso 5 64125 Botany Dianne nwtd ...............J T McInerney 6 38482 Thrilling Rocky nwtd ......................M Gowan 3 31375 Ngakawau 21.94 ....................J T McInerney 6 34123 Opawa Shay nwtd .............................M Flipp 7 41121 Bigtime Talker 26.43...........................L Cole 4 53167 Minder 21.99 ..........................J T McInerney 7 44726 Cawbourne Stick 21.47 J &.................D Bell 8 17877 Danlee Night Out 26.46 .....................L Cole 5 12741 Cawbourne Nath 21.68 ................M Roberts 8 65465 Downgrade King 21.86 G R & ......... S Voyce 9 58587 You Got Rivered nwtd .................A Turnwald

48736 Homebush Clint nwtd .............J T McInerney 24135 Paris Global nwtd ...................J T McInerney 57583 Nippa Eel nwtd .......................J T McInerney 1 27466 Bigtime George nwtd .........................L Cole 56466 Baduzzi 21.75 ........................J T McInerney 2 35227 Frappucino 25.99 ...............................L Cole 64865 Celestial Action nwtd................ K Gommans 3 13542 Bigtime Welldone 26.01 .....................L Cole 37336 Jinja Coll nwtd G R & ...................... S Voyce 4 54735 Bigtime Dazzler 26.10 ........................L Cole 16877 Cawbourne Jazzy 21.83 J & ...............D Bell 5 22362 Bigtime Caleb 26.54...........................L Cole 32321 Mitsuta 21.83 ....................................D Edlin 6 24112 Bigtime Liam 26.10 ............................L Cole 17855 Homebush Flutey nwtd ..........J T McInerney 7 54463 Thrilling Wilson 26.13 ......................... N Udy 36775 Jandel Man nwtd ...................... K Gommans 8 75734 Bigtime Eve 25.93 ..............................L Cole 9 86884 Vince Fawn nwtd .........................A Turnwald 14 4.37pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 375m 1 43867 Avedon Film nwtd..............................M Flipp 10 58548 Cawbourne Trixy 26.17 ................M Roberts 11 3.41pm ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK CON- 2 58282 Cawbourne Muzza nwtd J & ...............D Bell 3 51454 Stole Me Keys nwtd ................. K Gommans SULTANT C3/4 C3/4, 457m 4 63325 Lip It Up nwtd .........................J T McInerney 1 21777 Bigtime Mia 26.09 ..............................L Cole 5 44782 Sozin’s Galaxy nwtd ...............J T McInerney 2 16588 Bigtime Monty 26.40 ..........................L Cole 6 73183 Lil Diva 21.87 .........................J T McInerney 3 84882 Bigtime JayJay 26.05 .........................L Cole 7 67454 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 4 74573 Nitehawk Rose 26.08 ..................B Hodgson 8 16345 Nippa Joy nwtd.......................J T McInerney 5 56541 Map My Run 26.04.............................L Cole 9 77458 Barn Door Billy nwtd ................ K Gommans 6 21221 Bigtime Levi 25.89..............................L Cole 10 64876 Rally Sarious nwtd .................J T McInerney 7 72424 Spare Some Time 25.95 ....................L Cole 8 37566 Bigtime Fred 26.04 .............................L Cole 15 4.55 TAB SUPPORTS GREYHOUNDS C1, 410m 1 72453 Bark Knopfler 23.78 ...........................L Cole 9 86884 Vince Fawn nwtd .........................A Turnwald 2 36742 Eye Kno nwtd .................................... I Howe 10 26776 Bigtime Rise 26.12 .............................L Cole 12 4.05pm M&M MASTER BUTCHERS C5 C5, 457m 3 62655 Homebush Skip 23.78............J T McInerney 4 32333 Ear’s Boris nwtd ................................M Flipp 1 24385 Bigtime Blue nwtd ..............................L Cole 5 85376 Lucky Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 2 35248 Bigtime Flyer 26.04 ............................L Cole 6 84334 Opawa Harry nwtd ............................M Flipp 3 21816 See Eye Be nwtd ...............................L Cole 7 55743 Harkonen Bale nwtd.................... P C Morris 4 18148 Allegro Gun 25.82 ..............................L Cole 8 46782 Worboys nwtd G R &....................... S Voyce 5 31635 Bigtime MacDaddy 25.67 ...................L Cole 9 86473 Thrilling Cassie nwtd ................ K Gommans 6 73482 Cawbourne Kaz nwtd ...................M Roberts 10 66758 Homebush Myra nwtd ............J T McInerney 7 14116 Spring Allegro 25.88 ..........................L Cole 8 23112 Bigtime Doug 25.93 ...........................L Cole LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 13 4.20pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 375m 10 58x87 Cawbourne Serina nwtd............... T Downey

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Brilliant 13th for Hartley Kiwi Brendon Hartley has finished 13th on Formula 1 debut while championship leader Lewis Hamilton cruised to victory at the US Grand Prix.

Starting on the back row Hartley showed good speed, particularly late in the race, and rewarded the Toro Rosso team with a good performance given his lack of time at this level.

Meanwhile Hamilton was beaten off the line by Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel but recovered to ease to victory and all but assure himself of the world championship – something he can secure at next weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix.

Vettel took second ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who climbed through the field to finish third after starting 16th.

The Dutchman passed the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen on the final lap but he was ruled to have made an advantage from leaving the track as he passed the Finn and

Brendon Hartley was handed a five second penalty.

It dropped Verstappen to fourth and promoted Raikkonen to the podium.

Valtteri Bottas finished fifth and that was enough to secure Mercedes the constructors’ title with three rounds remaining.

Hartley made a conservative start from 19th and went through

the first corner in 20th place but he managed to jump Sauber’s Pascal Werhlein on the opening lap and took advantage of Kevin Magnussen running wide in his Haas to be 18th by lap two.

He made an early pit stop and committed to the two-stop strategy which might not have been the better call by his team. The 27-year-old backed up what we saw in practice by impressing on long runs and managing his tyres well.

He went by Magnussen again late in the race after the Dane had clashed with Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson. Hartley then managed to sneak by the Swede and Haas driver Romain Grosjean before the end of the race as well to secure an impressive 13th.

His Russian teammate Daniil Kvyat had a good day as well. He finished in 10th place to give his chances of keeping his seat a massive boost.

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Innovation is not everyone’s first inclination. A lot of people would rather try small improvements first. It will benefit you to stay open-minded about all possible paths, conventional and unconventional alike.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve a good plan, but life will throw a wrench in it anyway. Consider that a cosmic gift. Because what could be duller than a plan that goes off without a hitch?

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Your usual effervescence may be temporarily muted by a few borrowed troubles. No worries. All you have to do is return those troubles like a library book, and don’t check them out again.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Advertising is a part of life.

You’re selling you. You compose the “ad” in the way you dress, talk and position yourself: It’s all part of your pitch. Have fun with this today.

You’re the creative team and the product.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Many will vie for your attention.

Some genuinely need you. Even so, cater to your own needs first. This will put you in the position to deliver the best you can.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You change environments by being in them. Complete strangers will notice your influence. Your presence is, in a sense, a responsibility, because wherever you go, you want it to be better because you were there.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): With all the changes going on in your part of the sky, you may be uncharacteristically sensitive. So protect yourself. Put up a layer of emotional padding, or, at least, emotional sunscreen.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): When you can make someone laugh, it makes you feel smart, even if you’re playing the fool doing it. It’s good to know you can reach people in that nuanced human place call humour.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You don’t have to point out everything false. As your sign mate Mark Twain said, “Don’t part with your illusions.

When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You have good intentions and no plan. That’s fine for today. It’s one of those rare times when your purpose is your plan. You’re here to improve things, and that’s exactly what you’ll do.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It’s fun to be the new person in the group, and you’ll make an impression by being there, even if you never go back and become part of it. Your presence will add a certain vigour to the proceedings.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): As ethereal as you are, you’re still grounded, in the sense you can’t imagine believing in your own superiority.

Unfortunately, you’ll have to tolerate those who really do think they’re better.

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Sport What now for Savea?

Just over two years ago Julian Savea was the hero of the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, smashing through French defenders with ease to score a hat-trick in the All Blacks’ 62-13 win. It would have seemed unthinkable then he’d be omitted from a 37-man All Blacks squad a couple of years down the track, but the giant winger will have a rare November off this year after Steve Hansen didn’t call out his name yesterday. Hansen instead has gone with six outside backs in his squad who together can’t match the 54 tests played from Savea since his debut in 2012.

Lazarus returns at the head of the field after yesterday’s Ashburton Flying Stakes.

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Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen may have stolen most of the show at the Ashburton Trotting Club’s annual Labour Day meeting yesterday, but there was enough excitement from other quarters too.

The All Stars stable claimed the feature event of the day with the New Zealand Trotting Cup favourite, Lazarus as well as winning support races with Anthem, Ultimate Machete and Gentle Giant but a New Zealand record and a dominant performance from the favourite for next month’s Dominion Handi-

cap also captured the attention.

The effort of Lazarus to win back-to-back editions of the Flying Stakes was best summed up by Purdon, who handled the now $1.70 favourite for the New Zealand Trotting Cup. “He’s just a champion,” he enthused.

The five-year-old sat off the speed and stormed home down centre track to win comfortably in a slick two minutes and 56 seconds with blistering closing sectionals of 53.7 for the 800 metres and 26.2 for the 400 metres.

“He’s just improving with each run,” Purdon said.

“I would say that he’s feeling as good as he did this time last year but I think we can get even more improvement out of him yet.”

Dream About Me continued her improvement with a bold run for second while the enigmatic Heaven Rocks boomed home for third.

Earlier in the day the talented Ultimate Machete kicked off his four-year-old campaign with an impressive win.

Last season’s Sires’ Stakes winner is being aimed at the rich Inter Dominion Series in Perth next month and looked every bit on track for Natalie Rasmussen.

“He’s come back this season great, I was really happy with that,” Rasmussen said.

The Ashburton Trotting Club had plenty to be happy about yesterday with a decent crowd on track to enjoy the harness action and strong betting figures with more than $1 million invested on the day across all forms of betting.

The club has two meetings remaining for 2017 with their annual Cup Week meeting just around the corner and then the new Christmas Eve meeting which will be held for the first time in place of the now defunct, Boxing Day meeting.

Four new players named in All Blacks squad Four new players have been named in the All Blacks the endof-year tour squad.

Wellington hooker Asafo Aumua, North Harbour outside back Matt Duffie, Tasman prop and former Mid Canterbury player Tim Perry and Northland midfield back Jack Goodhue have all been named in the 37man touring party.

Several players weren’t considered for selection for the tour

due to long-term injury and other reasons, including hooker Liam Coltman, props Owen Franks and Joe Moody, lock Brodie Retallick, and outside backs Jordie Barrett, Israel Dagg, Nehe Milner-Skudder and Ben Smith.

There is no room for experienced All Blacks winger Julian Savea.

The All Blacks will kick off their Northern tour against the Barbarians in two weeks’ time,

before playing a test against France a week later.

All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen said: “The selectors would firstly like to congratulate all players selected for the Vista 2017 All Blacks Northern Tour, especially Asafo, Tim, Matt and Jack who are named in an All Blacks squad for the first time.

“We have a talented squad made up of experienced players and a large group of newer

All Blacks and this tour will be another exciting opportunity for them.

“Adding the four new players to our squad will again allow us to expose more young talent to the highest level, where, history tells us, players grow and get better. So this tour will complete a season of building depth and experience, which in the long run, will only benefit the team.

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Whincup takes title lead New Zealander Scott McLaughlin won the race at the Gold Coast 600 but title rival Jamie Whincup took control of the Supercars Championship.

McLaughlin and co-driver Alex Premat stormed through the field after qualifying 13th to claim a vital win as the title race heated up in dry conditions on the holiday strip.

The Ford driver opted to under-cut Whincup at the final pit stop and the move proved crucial as the Holden came out just behind the Kiwi after his stop.

High hopes for cup Shaun Johnson has high hopes for the Rugby League World Cup – adamant that the Kiwis can deliver in terms of style and substance.

The New Zealand team have been written off in some quarters before the tournament, as they have lost a ton of front liners though injury, suspension and the high profile defections to the Tongan team.

It’s left a very different looking Kiwis squad, still with plenty of names, but also a lot to prove.

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