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    Auckland must survive,then thrive forHarness Racing to have longevity -like any business recovery though, it’s not a flick of the switch. Start from the other end -perhaps the racing year 2028 - then join the dots as regards what are the steps/milestones required, to get this venue at where it it needs to be. Believe in Auckland as a harness venue, not now, more so in the racing seasons to come.
  2. Others on here will know Trevor far better, however a doff of the cap to a man who always took a punt. Alamosa arguably his best, however an owner in plenty of good winners - was the South Island’s largest investor at yearling sales for a number of years. A punter from day one. He took a massive hunch on VHS videotapes over Betamax in the really early days of digital. When the market in this sector was 50/50 re the technology path, he invested more than he had on VHS cassettes and connected his punt for the blank VHS tapes with a fledgling NZ retail format called The Warehouse. Ka-Ching moment! Raced many good ones over 30 years with Peter McKay.and other top trainers. His car number plate was 164 no - a top cricketer to boot! One of a kind - a top man.
  3. Recall backing Vanadium when it had its maiden victory on the grass at Ashburton. On the Saturday of Queen’s Birthday weekend it ran 2nd in a division race held over two miles - 20 starters in each division. Backed up on the Monday, again in a division race, and cleared out to win by 8 lengths - the track was rated as soft however it was a bog. Having a bet in a division race back then felt like a 2 for 1 bet as it was often a profitable get out of jail option! Bracketmates we’re both the same trainers and/or owners as was seen in the 1971 Derby. New Law winning for Felix Newfield was bracketed with Royal Ascot, a Colin McLaughlin runner. Colin McLaughlin at times having Royal Ascot, Manawaru and Manaroa in the same race and giving you 3 bites of the cherry. At times you’d need two of them to place otherwise you’d get less than $1 back!
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    ups and downs CeeMeNow - take a perspective based on where Harness needs to be 3 years from now and the steps needed in order to get there. Any/all hand clubs under trade, if broken down to a per race meeting outcome. Currently there are Clubs from Southland to the North that have meetings where favorites roll home and their GBR $ returned is shite/negative. Opportunities are that Auckland = 25% of NZ's population yet under 8% is their representation as regards wagering on harness, Put on a pair of spectacles that has a 3 year lens and then "own the business" yourself to say how do we get wagering close to that 25% outcome. Without vision, the world stays flat.
  5. and thus it ends..... All allegedly stemming from a disgruntled employee who lost his case against his employer in the Employment Court. What an absolute tragedy for those dragged through this for so long. Article c/- N Z Herald M Guerin Operation Inca: Charges dropped after 17-month investigation into harness racing industry A significant police investigation into alleged race fixing in the harness racing industry has ended with the final charges being dropped, leaving those accused looking for answers and compensation. Operation Inca was a 17-month investigation involving phone taps, bugged cars and hotel rooms, and police officers following harness racing drivers to race meetings. It became public when 11 racing industry participants were arrested in September 2018, most charged with involvement in fixing the outcome of races. But after Judge Michael Crosbie ruled the last two charges should be stayed, effectively dropped, in the Christchurch District Court on November 10, no race fixing or corruption has been proven. Other similar or related charges were also dropped last year after lengthy delays. Most of the 11 people charged have interim name suppression and are applying for that to become permanent. The fizzling-out of the cases is a far cry from the blaze of publicity when arrests were made around Canterbury in September 2018, citing widespread corruption in the harness racing code. Harness racing, known by many as trotting, is the smaller of the two horse racing codes in New Zealand and mainly run separately from the larger thoroughbred code. Some of harness racing’s most successful horsepeople were among those arrested, while many others were questioned by police - but none have been found guilty of race fixing or any form of corruption involving racing. There were admissions of recreational drug use after evidence of that was also scooped up in the Operation Inca net but that resulted in guilty pleas and, being of a minor nature, diversion was granted. Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) bosses are awaiting Judge Crosbie’s written findings, scheduled for February. “HRNZ is still waiting for official confirmation that Operation Inca has come to an end and that charges have been dropped. We are currently seeking that information and confirmation,” says HRNZ chief operating officer Mauro Barsi. “This has been a challenging time for the industry and once we know more, we may well look to see how these events unfolded and what next steps are needed to support our participants and our integrity.” A Christchurch lawyer who acted for three of those charged, James Rapley KC, says while the cases are now over, the damage to his clients and the others charged remains. “There were accusations of corruption and race fixing and the arrests were very public, but after five years it has come to nothing,” Rapley told the Herald. “This investigation and the hearings have caused divorce, depression and have had real human consequences.” One of the accused has spent over $400,000 on legal bills and Rapley says his clients will be seeking costs but he says a “woefully outdated act dating back to 1967″ makes it near impossible for defendants cleared of any wrongdoing to get adequate compensation. After the initial shock at the arrests, many in the industry learned to live with it as the court proceedings dragged on, but now they are over, questions will be asked as to how the investigation got so big when, in one example of alleged match fixing, the race in question involved a bet of a mere $200 by one of the winning horse’s owners for a $280 profit. Horse race or match fixing is an unusual charge in New Zealand because the prosecution must prove that an act was done with intent to influence a betting outcome by manipulating the race result, and in doing so, the accused obtained an advantage or caused loss to another. To that end, the racing industry’s own investigators, the Racing Integrity Unit (which now operates as the Racing Integrity Board or RIB) was called in by police for expert help. With the police cases now dropped, the Herald understands the RIB will not seek to launch any new investigation or issue any charges under the Rules of Racing
  6. What odds a knighthood in the 2026 New Years honours after he passes the baton as deputy pm?
  7. Spark identified as the culprit -a spike in CPU that their cloud platform couldn't handle leading to the outage - still doesn't identify the root cause for the spike. T's and C's within the TAB's SLA will be intriguing - a good contract would provide substantial monetary remedy. In the interim a heap of extra grunt, before Entain move to their own platform in 2024, would be the no. 1 priority
  8. Major outage…. Hopefully the root cause can be diagnosed and fixed without a repeat occurring.
  9. An interesting situation as it unfolds. under The Racing Act 2020 Entain now in a 25 year agreement until 2048. The Minister requesting quarterly updates ongoing as to how it’s all progressing. Hopefully this reporting becomes transparent. The TAB now performing two functions with a new Chair and a staff of 12 only 1- distributing Entain’s guaranteed payments over the next 5 years to the codes and 2- playing God as regards the distribution of the $15m or so that flows in from the pokies with 20% of this guaranteed to go to sport The Minister for Racing portfolio likely to go to a low level non-caucus MP would be my call - very statutory at best.
  10. prob worth a shout lamour with $14.8m now at stake as land values increase. You'd say that it was a nose decision being sold to a property developer the day before Royal Assent was enacted on the change to the Racing Act. I'd go upstairs for a review! (Not all of Forbury land involved in this hooha.0.5ha was transferred to the Crown to be used as more playing fields for St Clair School.)
  11. Where is that remaining 29%….. $3m or so? money for HRNZ to have that they didn’t have last year -= yes therefore more staff to improve everything = yes and as a punt let’s try a few things we haven’t tried before = yes oh, and perhaps there needs to be a differentiated 2023/24 funding model between Metro1 and Metro 2 venues - pardon?
  12. 1981 G1 NZ Free For All ( Benson&Hedges the sponsor) Superior Chance running 3rd to Armalight and Bonnie’s Chance at $10’s
  13. This approved change appeases the likes of Ellerslie, Te Rapa (and others) to be that this amendment to the Act , shall apply only to the ‘picinc’ locations holding less then 4 meetings a year. Still leaves many picnic like venues, holding 4 or more dates a year, that are between a rock and a hard place.as regards this 2023 amendment to the Sale and Supply of Liquor Act. Commonsense hopefully prevails for what is deemed a picnic venue…… Wh
  14. Where are the headlines? A successful legislative change that had Labour and National support. Rare