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By scooby3051 · Posted
I am working on trying to get some action taken on these...lets see if it goes anywhere...its a joke...just like the whip rules for over hitting...it is as bad. -
It continues. One from Saturday that blind Freddy could have seen. -
By scooby3051 · Posted
Vale Joe Yorke LOVERACING.NZ News Desk - Joshua Smith Joe Yorke being inducted into the Equestrian Sports New Zealand Hall of Fame on Friday night. Photo: ESNZ The racing industry has lost one of its more colourful characters with the passing of Joe Yorke on Sunday. The Manawatu horseman was a respected breaker and pre-trainer for a number of top Central Districts racing stables before becoming a bloodstock agent, but he is more known for his feats in the Equestrian world, having competed in showjumping at the 1976 Montreal Olympics with Big Red. The pair were inducted into the Equestrian Sports New Zealand Hall of Fame at their 75th Anniversary dinner on Friday night, alongside thoroughbred trainer and Olympian Harvey Wilson and his wife Ann. Wilson was sad to hear of Yorke’s passing just two days later, aged 77, and recalled their time together preparing to compete at the Montreal Olympics. “We rode a lot together in the early days,” Wilson said. “We went to England in a team in ‘76 to go to Montreal – Joe Yorke, myself and John Cottle. “John and my horses suffered a bit from travel sickness, so we didn’t get there, so Joe was the only representative when riding for New Zealand at Montreal.” Joe Yorke on Big Red clearing 6ft 6inches in Australia Photo: supplied While they failed to make the final, Yorke and Big Red proved to be a formidable pair in the lead-up, gaining their Olympic selection through numerous wins and placings, including Horse of the Year and the Pilmer Plate for puissance in 1974, and the Norwood Gold Cup in 1975. Such was their standing that the trophy awarded to New Zealand show jumping’s Young Rider of the Year is called The Big Red Cup, named in honour of Yorke’s chestnut. While Big Red was Yorke’s most popular horse, Wilson said he also had plenty of success with another mount. “He also had another very good horse that jumped for New Zealand called Challenge,” Wilson said. “Challenge was his first horse and Big Red was his second horse, and he was a very good horse. He did a very good job to have two horses compete for New Zealand, and that is not easy.” Following his Olympic endeavours, Yorke returned to New Zealand to concentrate more on thoroughbred racing and he established a successful breaking-in and pre-training business. “He retired after Montreal and he set-up his own business up where he used to break-in and pretrain, and he then became a bloodstock agent,” Wilson said. Yorke was a familiar face on Stuart Hale’s annual yearling sale tour, with his quick wit and expert eye a welcome addition to the high-anticipated gathering. While sad to hear of Yorke’s passing, Wilson was pleased his old friend was able to be honoured for his achievements in the saddle when inducted into the Hall of Fame last Friday. “It’s very sad, having been inducted into the Equestrian Federation Hall of Fame two days before,” Wilson said. “He was a great horseman.” -
By Alf Riston · Posted
They are using a $100 million dollar lubricant so don't worry Irish, you shouldn't feel a thing. -
Being a cynical little soul, as we can't see the competitor's odds, how do we know Entain aren't shafting us? Oh, that's right. They are. Silly me. -
By Alf Riston · Posted
From that, to this? RACING INDUSTRY AMENDMENT BILL First Reading Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Minister for Racing): I present a legislative statement on the Racing Industry Amendment Bill. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Teanau Tuiono): That legislative statement is published under the authority of the House and can be found on the Parliament website. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: I move, That the Racing Industry Amendment Bill be now read a first time. I nominate the Governance and Administration Committee to consider the bill. In this environment of cooperation, let's press on and get as much as can be done as fast as we can, bearing in mind that the industry that I inherited is what I'm trying to fix up. I'm not making any complaint about it, but this is what I did. We had Entain there, which I inherited, and you've got to make the most of it now. This Government moves that the committee consider the bill for a period of 19 weeks and report it back to the House on 30 April 2025, and that the committee have the authority to meet at any time while the House is sitting, except during oral questions, during any evening on a day on which there has been a sitting of the House, and on a Friday in a week in which there has been a sitting of the House, despite Standing Orders 193 and 196(1)(b) and (c). This Government is pleased to introduce an amendment to the Racing Industry Act 2020 that will protect the long-term financial sustainability of New Zealand's racing industry. The Act established TAB New Zealand and sets out legislative purposes, including to provide funding to the racing industry on which its products depend. As part of this revenue purpose, the Act sets out TAB NZ as the only authorised land-based sports and race betting operator, and today TAB NZ continues to provide over 90 percent of the three racing codes' revenue—now two racing codes, very shortly after 1 October 2026. The Act also provides for revenue gathering from international providers of wagering who offer odds to New Zealand punters and on New Zealand events. These offshore charges were designed to offset the revenue lost to betting operators who do not otherwise pay profits to the sporting and the racing industries of New Zealand. The scale of offshore operations has grown since the last time I held the racing portfolio and brought the Racing Industry Act to this House. Despite entering into a partnership with a global betting operator as part of the efforts to develop a competitive edge, the tide of money from New Zealand punters has steadily turned. Offshore operators are consolidating a significant market share of New Zealand betting, and the revenue which New Zealand's racing industry relies on is certainly not guaranteed. This Government is introducing legislation today that will stem that tide. Once enforced, it will prohibit any operator other than TAB NZ from offering sports and race betting to a person in New Zealand. In effect, this Government is extending the existing sole authority of TAB NZ to include online wagering. This Government is not just betting on the success of the racing industry; this Government is in the pole position and creating the odds for success. To use racing phraseology. "Success for who?", you might ask. As this Minister says, it's for all who are willing to place a bet. While this bill seeks to persuade the tides, it does, effectively, reduce the market to one sports and race betting operator, and this Government knows that Kiwi punters want a desirable Kiwi-run option that puts New Zealand and its economy first. The bill introduces regulation-making powers that will allow us to set the conditions on which TAB New Zealand may exclude or limit Kiwi punters, ensuring that New Zealand's eager punters have a reliable and trustworthy operator to stake their bets with. This bill secures more than one good success—a real daily double, one might even say. TAB NZ—I get it; somebody who's got a sense of humour wrote this. TAB NZ's agreement with Entain includes a one-time payment of $100 million if TAB New Zealand's monopoly is expanded to online wagering in New Zealand. This bill secures that payment for TAB NZ and, by extension, the racing industry. This prohibition is a very good thing for the racing industry and for New Zealand. The Act provides for revenue recovery from bets placed by people in New Zealand with providers other than TAB NZ. This point of consumption charge is known as the POCC. However, as this Government is amending the bill to prohibit such operators from participating in New Zealand's market, this change will no longer be necessary. Therefore, the bill removes the POCC from the legislation after 24 months. This period is to ensure that the POCC can still be recovered in the period following enactment while operators still have bets pending on future events. -
By Alf Riston · Posted
Winston Peters says the TAB/Entain deal appears ‘too good to be true’ Whakaata Māori 1 Jun, 2023 06:49 AM2 mins to read TAB deal with UK betting company Entain doesn't add up for Winston Peters. Photo / Whakaata Māori New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the TAB deal with UK betting company Entain doesn’t stack up. The 25-year partnership will reverse falling revenues for racing and deliver at least $900 million in guaranteed funding for the industry over the next five years – at no cost to the taxpayer. But the former racing minister is not convinced. “What you’ve got is the statements being made that it’s all great and all good but we are losing control of a critical part of the industry, namely the TAB, and we will do for 25 years,” Peters says. “The real question is: has this company lost all its mojo? Why can’t we do these things ourselves like we used to do in so many other areas and used to do here as well?” New Zealand First leader Winston Peters adds his view on the sale of the TAB to a UK company. Photo / Alex Burton Aside from the funding, $10 million will go towards in sponsorship for racing carnivals, a TAB rebrand, updated facilities, and two-year employment guarantees for all workers. It comes as a 2018 review recommended the need for a strategic partnership or the TAB would fall over within three years, according to the Government. Yet Peters says it’s “too good to be true”. “There’s a lot of questions here which, on a blackboard, there are people sitting down who don’t know what they’re talking about, needs to be analysed out before we come to a conclusion. That’s what’s not to like.” -
By Alan Williams · Posted
But he elected to give up his license because he stated he could not afford to pay the fine. I have no doubt his kennels would be well built and up to code. -
Interesting, I have often wondered what the figures were, of course you have to take into account that the NI has 77% of the population, so if they are only contributing 49% of turnover then they are significantly under performing given the HRNZ funding directed North. -
By Rules For Some · Posted
Thats never been the rules. In the past, I have stayed in places with people that dont have registered properties to race greyhounds on. I do know Fergusons kennels are well built so I doubt thered be any issues here.
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