Garry’s Corner: News

14 July 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

I awoke in time to catch the the last 50 runs required by England to win the test at Headingly. I am not really a cricket watcher but any sporting contest where there was so much …

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14 July 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

Well, lo and behold, one of my ten has seen fit to critique a previous corner. Not that he was able to dispute the content; his point was that there are years when the TJ …

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11 July 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

I awoke in time to catch the the last 50 runs required by England to win the test at Headingly. I am not really a cricket watcher but any sporting contest where there was so much …

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28 June 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

Now you ten all know I have been breeding to sell for a long time. 1975 was my first sale of two yearlings at the Waikato Sale. I grossed $2200, not enough to retire on, …

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21 June 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

The only joy in being old is you are not dead, you yearn for the past when everything seemed so much easier. Well, it was. I happily rewarded my creditors with a monthly cheque, I …

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15 June 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

To the ten of you, my regular readers of my view of the racing world, I’ve got to confess it is difficult to maintain the relevance – the reason you would take your time to …

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7 June 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

Well, I attended the recent Entain presentation on their way forward. In essence, it is simply that they will do it better. Their technology, we are told, is the best, sad about the platform that …

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29 May 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

It would seem to be current that the Corner should dissect the announced deal on our behalf of the TAB with Entain. I will brush over the deal but can’t offer a lot more than …

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15 May 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

I read with great interest how we here in little NZ have 90 uber wealthy people who want to pay more tax. Don’t they realise if they buy an expensive yearling off me they will …

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5 May 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

It has been a difficult year, climatically I mean. Now I am not going to turn the Corner into a climate debate, I have been around long enough to present counter-examples of climate events over …

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27 April 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

As the ten of you know, I am not a journalist. No, just a commentator expressing my point of view. However, I feel duty-bound to express my sadness at the passing of Barry Humphries. On …

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21 April 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

I learnt a long time ago that in our game facts are more important than opinions. Over theyears the number of believers based on primarily opinions I have dealt with generallyoutweighs those whose decisions are …

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