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  1. Alf, Your still looking at a couple of million for the architect even for this.
  2. By the time they build a new grandstand, put in lights etc I’m not convinced there would be a lot left over from the sale of Alexandra Park. They would probably spend a few million on architects & council consents before any construction got underway.
  3. When Idolmite posted about this I thought it would potentially be a life saver for the club but reading the article it appears that they got the money for this 3 years ago. Imagine where the club would be now if they had just sold their land to developers instead of trying to do the development themselves. No $100m loss & potentially total land sales approaching $100m. It would make you cry. The old stand hasn’t been used for years so at least it’s good to see it being demolished.
  4. Thanks Idolmite. Unfortunately I can’t read the whole article as I think you need to be a subscriber to read it. It would be interesting to know how much they got for the land or what deal they have done . Hopefully it gets them into the black.
  5. Drivers & Jockey challenges tie up money all day & futures betting can tie up money for weeks on end. So it’s not like the TAB are against all bets that tie up money. I think a jackpot type bet would bring in money we are missing out on now. Perhaps not from non racing people but definitely from casual small punters.
  6. You are absolutely right CeeMeNow. So frustrating that those in power refuse to look at a jackpot type bet. As you say, the bigger the pools the more people get involved. We are constantly told we have to increase betting revenue & here is one solution staring us in the face & nobody in power will even discuss it.
  7. Is this just for Harness or has it gone for thoroughbreds as well?. Hopefully they will replace it with a pick 9 but I’m not hopeful
  8. That’s a good point. Perhaps mares that win over $150k in a 3 year period could forgo their bonus credits as they have won enough money to pay for a few stud fees and their progeny are going to be reasonably sort after. That would leave more money for the mares that have more moderate earnings.
  9. Cheaper fees would definitely encourage breeders especially if the top tier stallions were less expensive. On the flip side of that is that Bettors Delight was always expensive but served full books.
  10. In the short term they either need to attract significant numbers of horses from the South Island or limit meetings to one per week in the Auckland Cambridge area.
  11. Very true. Ideally that would be great but the problem is there may not be enough horses going around to make up those fields. Perhaps a better solution as you suggest is to apply the credit to all races. It would probably mean lowering the credit in each race but would involve a greater number of mares gaining credits which is what needs to happen.
  12. You make a lot of valid points Nelli but I’m not sure for me that $500 subsidy would encourage me to breed a mare. If I collect say $3k over a few years that would definitely incentivise me to get involved. Maybe HRNZ should look at making all trotting races eligible, I get that they have less F&M racers than the pacers.
  13. Just after the horses crossed the finishing line he deliberately forced Chilcott into the outside fence. Apparently annoyed that in the run home she didn’t shift ground to let his horse out of a pocket
  14. He did go down in my estimation after the Chilcott incident. That was a very bad look.