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Yeah I notice Mr V'Landys talks about the young crowds being there, which is good for that day, but what's being done to maintain their interest outside of Everest day? Compare it with say rugby union here, it's strength isn't the people that turn up to have a drink and watch the world cup final, it's the week in week out fans who go to all the games, pay for year round tv subscriptions, buy the merchandise etc that keep the sport going. -
The word from Werribee about TRUE SELF should be needed after what Mer De Glacé did last Sat. -
I’m not sure what you want? They all seemed to be out the front or in the Stand watching the racing. Would you rather 30,000 under 35yo’s didn’t go? How the hell can you grow the attendance? It’s not going to come from over 50’s ffs!
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Research. You should try it! Actually, it was on a racing show and came from Racing NSW.
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Gold Mount retired suspensory , staying in OZ at owners stud in retirement . Red Verdon some cuts to legs in the barging match up straight . Avilius got to gallop tomorrow as some blood in nostril after work the other day . Might have done the reserves a favour not getting in Saturday , doubt any the three would have beaten winner and avoided the bundle up straight . Only 11 in at Geelong Wednesday . -
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By We're Doomed · Posted
I'm not sure that 30,000 youngsters heading along to a piss up with a band afterwards could be described has having "revived" racing in NSW. Riccarton virtually sells out on Cup Day with thousands of youngsters going along to a piss up, but I have never seen anyone describe that as having revived racing in Canterbury. I went along to my first Cup Day at Riccarton as an 18yo and everyone there in those days was there for the racing itself. I suspect quite a few of those people have stayed in the game. It will be interesting to see what retention rate we have with youngsters attracted by today"s methods. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with a big crowd at the races, but best not to get over excited by it. It could also be interpreted that only 30% of the attendance were actually there for the races. -
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One of the better outcomes of operation INCA. Well done him and the only surprise is why he didnt go earlier Greg -
70% of tickets sold to Everest race goers, we’re to “UNDER 35yo’s”! It’s definitely revived racing - in NSW.
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Yes Yes Yes, another John Foote Bloodstock purchase for D Weir inherited by CJW. Foote is a genius at picking out a good horse and this one for $200k has turned out a bargain!
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I just heard John Dunn on Trackside and he said Dexter has won over 13 million in stake money and won 200 races. A superstar over there as well as here -
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I was just about to start a thread saying what magnificent condition Ashburton was in last weekend when I noticed this discussion. I couldn't believe the scratchings on a track that ended up virtually easy at worst, with the open sprinters going 1.11 and the 3yos going 1.24. It is virtually impossible to get a start with a rating 65 in Canty and yet 10 of them scratched out of the 1,400m. I couldn't believe it. Most of them won't get a chance to race for $22,500 for many weeks now. Poor bloody owners. I know it started out a heavy 10, but that track was always going to come back to a decent rating. It had been dead earlier in the week after watering and with a fine day on the Saturday surely anyone could tell it would improve dramatically. I notice virtually all of the north island trainers started their horses. It was certainly better than any of the alternatives in the north. I recall a Sydney track improving from Soft to good just recently, which any decent track should be able to do on a fine day. Just shows what a decent track Ashburton is. We aren't talking Trentham or Awapuni here. -
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I am absolutely staggered. Just as I was thinking how incompetent it was to only programme 8 races at Riccarton this weekend with all the horses about, they have gone and programmed two extra races. Has NZTR finally employed someone with some racing knowledge or are the local trainers finally having some input? -
We need to be very adult about this. There is nothing wrong with human horse meat consumption as long as the horse meat can be certified as not having had any drugs, steroids, antibiotics or disease detected in the meat. It is tasty and healthy. The problem that we have relates to emotional response, as horses and dogs have been regarded as members of man's best friends. We handle them from birth, pay for their education, feed them, pamper them, and control them. We have dreams of them that in the majority of cases don't come true. Then we wish to discard them unless they hold an emotional response great enough for us to care to look after them post racing. Sometimes they are born with such deformities that there is no hope, sometimes they are injured where there is no hope, and sometimes their ability (broodmare or racehorse) indicates that there is no commercial or emotional hope. So we arrive at the point of decision....being do we kill them. Many make that decision by putting them in a sale where it is known that the purchaser will kill them. Many are sold privately to the person who will kill them, or the brave owners make the decision to kill them by sending them to the works or killing them directly in a private environment. The question for all of us to consider is where do we want to position ourselves and what message do we want to purvey to the outside world who are ambivalent to the enjoyment we get out of horses and the reality that most of them don't make it? It is unrealistic to suggest that all horses can be re-trained and homed. Some are simply not suitable for anything apart from being a horse. So when I saw the ABC program I was disgusted with the methodology, appearance and handling management of the current Australian process. It also started me thinking about how this could be managed humanely without compromising the position of all parties that may be involved in this cycle of life for our horses. So I suppose that everything starts with a database that has various capabilities for the tracking and traceability of our different types of horses. NZTR should know where all the horses in NZ are and what their status is. So if we looked at the back end, we should have a NAIT style database (but one that works) which has a repository that can be interrogated to that every horse can be identified on every specific property. If they are moved, then using an APP, the party that instructs the transportation implements the removal data and by whom. The transportation service provider also inputs the transportation data, being when, where from and where to the horse was transported. Similarly, the receiver of the horse inputs where from, by whom transported, and the location where the horse was received. This process can be done seamlessly and any omission of data will send an automatic alert to the NZTR as these alerts will be activated automatically. At the same time an APP needs to be made available to stud masters, trainers, vets and owners so that they input data relating to their activities on a regular basis. The sales and transportation companies should also have API's to the database so that the NZTR data is updated accurately. The NZTR should also have an alerts server so that when there are issues on any matter, these should be recorded and alerted. The APP will also have various options for the disposal of horses so in real time these are recorded. If I had the ultimate choice, I'd put ear tags on all horses which record the weight and well-being of each horse remotely. So the next question would be how should the cycle evolve. So the APP will take care of all matters on the studs. The vets and trainers will record their activities, so it is finally the owner's time. At any stage they make the decision....whether to race, retire, retrain, sell or kill. This is where a certain amount of funding is required from which ever party. If I had my choice there would be some sort of assessment program created for horses that were unwanted by their owners. This would assess their suitability for what ever they were capable of. Blunt but practical. These could be the super stars of different horse related activities. My horse Precedence, who raced in 4 Melbourne Cups is now Sydney's champion show horse. We're very proud of him. Og the methods for killing, the most human way is killing them at a property without transporting them anywhere. Injection makes the meat un-usable. So if they are to be killed for meat, then why would they be transported in any other mode other than a proper horse box? Why would they be herded like cattle and chased, electrocuted. prodded by sticks or beaten like common slaves when they have been used to being led by people? This is the part of the game on the ABC program that made me puke. This is not a difficult process to create but if we don't, we will lose our rights to the animal rights activists. -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Trainer John Sadler announced Oct. 20 at Santa Anita Park that Hronis Racing's Catalina Cruiser will run in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) as opposed to the Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1). View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
An eventful and emotional week came to an end on an optimistic note for trainer Jonathan Thomas. View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
It took Morsches Stable's Gentle Ruler 12 times to break her maiden, but since doing so in late March the Colonel John filly has rolled to four stakes victories, including the $125,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager Stakes (G3T) Oct. 20 at Keeneland. View the full article -
I think Racing Australia are going to audit any horse shown as active that hasn't raced for 18 months to clean up records . It will be interesting to see how many change status , there are a few old favorites I keep eye on to see if they have trialled or run so could be quite enlightening. The industry leaders in Oz might secretly be hoping Surprise Baby don't win Cup, trainer appears to have had a change in attitude which is to be totally commended but way things are last few weeks the anti racing movement if they had any sense will play that for all they are worth .The industry could of course hit back hard with he has learned the hard way , has been scrutinised heavily and has shown what can be achieved when you get with the programme.
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