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By RacingJackReacher · Posted
This part will be a challenge, the lucky applicant will be an orphan in this outfit. Not when it comes to wasting money however: The Empire welcomes you. -
Let's be honest - the days of 200,000 turning up, all wearing hats in the monochrome universe, to any race meeting are over and they aren't coming back. I could find similar pictures of Derby Day at Epsom when there were reportedly 500,000 present - now, it's more like 28,000 at best. "Where Have All the People Gone?" - well, society and the world has changed. The options for spending or not spending your pound, dollar or euro are now many and varied and racing has to scrap with those. There's a lot of talk up here about "The Raceday Experience" and it isn't a pint of warm beer for 1d and 3d for a meat pie the size of a small house. Again, the world has moved on and the Experience won't be the same for Mr Smith and his six mates as it will be for Mr & Mrs Smith and their four sprogs. That means racing and racecourses doing different things for different demographics and remembering people have limited funds and time. Charging £58 for six races and a Tom Jones concert might be fine for those who like racing and Delilah but if you aren't a fan of the Welsh crooner, would you bother? Midweek betting shop fodder attracts only the needy and the greedy but the weekend cards (and the evening meetings) are where courses make their money. Racing is also, let's be blunt, weather dependent. I've stood in a snowstorm watching a Class 6 Seller on the synthetic but I'm mad - this wonderful long hot summer has been manna from heaven for the tracks who have been attracting big crowds. Yet it varies enormously - for June, we had 232 at a midweek Ffos Las meeting and 71,000 at Ascot on the final day of the Royal meeting. -
By scooby3051 · Posted
Here we go again. At a time when the industry is being told to cut costs and tighten its belt, NZTR is adding yet another administrative role.Organising staff events and celebrations, producing newsletters, arranging travel, coordinating meetings, onboarding staff and looking after “employee experience and culture.” How does any of this cut costs? How does it improve stakes, tracks, clubs or help the people actually keeping this industry going?You cannot keep demanding that the grassroots make sacrifices while continuing to add costs at headquarters WTF.If NZTR is serious about cutting costs, the cutting needs to start at the top not at the industry participation level take a look at yourselves in the mirror.
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