Few if any maidens that have appeared at the Rangiora Harness Racing Club have ever had such inherent pressure to succeed like Chicago Bear (Bettor’s Delight), the full brother to 62 race-winning double millionaire Chicago Bull. The Cran and Chrissie Dalgety trained pacer was one of the most expensive yearlings to ever go through a
club in partnership with the Canterbury Jockey Club. Doocey said he did not feel Taggart was the issue – it was a commercial operation that was entitled to make money. “I think the Rangiora Racecourse has been a bit cute about this when they say it’s Taggart s application,” he said. “The racecourse relies on us as customers . they have let the community down.”
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Taggart Earthmoving is proposing a quarry at Rangiora Racecourse. Doocey said he had stopped going to the races at Rangiora because of the quarry proposal. “At the end of the day, it’s Rangiora Racecourse land. They can stop this today if they withdraw their support for the application.”
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The Sonic brand electric scooter which was handed over for a pile of fake $50 notes in Christchurch. “I didn’t really think it was that odd at the time.” The teen helped a man and a woman load the Sonic-brand 600 watt scooter into a silver Holden sedan car, and the woman handed him a zip lock bag full of counterfeit $50 notes. “He made a mistake by not counting it, but even if he did, in the dark he wouldn t have seen they were all fake because they also feel quite real.” She said her son realised what had happened once he got back inside, but by then it was too late.
He contacted the TAB, which said the information would be passed to its investigations team. “They rang back later and said they had looked into it and there is not really a whole lot they can do about it,” Gasson said. He was told the only way the TAB would consider reimbursing him was if police ordered it to do so. “I am trying to be a good citizen by reporting this, and they treat you like that? I was really quite shocked and annoyed about it.” Gasson had no better luck with police. After reporting the counterfeit notes, officers visited his home and confirmed they were fake.