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  1. It also never tested the system thoroughly with those who had to use it to actually deliver the product before it went live. Instead a small selection of people were hand picked for a minimal number of "test runs". Unsurprisingly those who were chosen were known to not rock the boat. Anyone, even with vast experience, who expressed doubts or concerns and options for solutions was ignored or removed entirely from the mainstream team. As a result the huge team that was brought in to develop the product had extremely minimal knowledge of how the existing system functioned for a start. Additional "Workarounds" had to be put in place even prior to the systems introduction, adding substantial time to numerous tasks. Even at the huge expense it was, it was always a bandaid fix, a new platform which still has to link to the outdated(1970s?) original system to operate. Therefore it was always going to be both an additional cost and impossible to create a fluidly functioning product. Any upgrade should have addressed the ancient system and terminals 1st to be effective. Experienced IT experts left in droves as they saw the writing on the wall, as it seems have most with a true passion for racing. An exit from the sinking ship, the inebitible. Intolerable to see when you understand at all the reality on the ground for the heart of the industry, whose exponentially harder work delivers the product. Little chance to make any profit in NZ anymore, but those who have a true passion for the sport and these amazing animals, a way of life. Doomed to fail, poorly informed, and even as a bandaid fix at unreasonable cost, a complete and utter failure. Unacceptable, and it will not change until those that at the top who seem entirely untouchable , blind and deaf are gone. Outsource. The industry cannot afford to do what needs to be done to fix this failed administrative mess. RITA doesn't even possess the common sense to know that cutting exposure, coverage, service and access to your core product and revenue streams FIRST is the WORST thing you could do.
    7 points
  2. VPNs will make life very difficult for the Tab if they arrogantly try to dictate. A better option might be for them to get their own house in order
    3 points
  3. Surely , surely there must be grounds for redress around this turkey .
    3 points
  4. THE BEST WAY TO GET NEW ENTRANTS TO HORSE RACING IS THROUGH ON TRACK EXPERIENCES, THATS WHERE I GOT MY FIRST TASTE AND MOST PROBABLY WOULD SAY THE SAME, SO BY CLOSING HALF THE COUNTRY DOWN THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS WONT GET INTERESTED,MEANING LESS PEOPLE BOTHERING AND CREATING A DOWNWARD SPIRAL PS, SORRY ABOUT BIG LETTERS BUT I TYPED THIS ALL IN BY MISTAKE AND CANT BE BOTHERED CHANGING IT NOW OK.
    3 points
  5. I have read Ken Rutherford's article several times now. I think the most pertinent point is that "when he commenced setting fixed odds in 2001 it was run by passionate people in it more for the love of the game than the money." Then over the next 19 years the TAB has morphed into a huge bureaucratic empire run by highly educated people there for the money, not for the love of the game. I have seen it so many times in so many areas. ENTHUSIASM. It is very difficult to build it up. It is a piece of piss to destroy it. And the ever burgeoning bureaucracy destroyed it. This cancer has grown on the TAB body ever so slowly over the past 19 years and I fear it is a terminal illness. The incremental growth of that cancer has been so slow and so prolonged that people like me did not step up and say, twelve years ago;' "Put a stop to this idiocy right bloody now, you imbeciles."
    2 points
  6. shodsie

    Trump written off

    keeping telling yourself that if it makes you feel better, but in the real world it's not even a contest the only real debate is if the republicans can hold the senate..... the old HCQ debate is pointless if he said the drug was horrible the fake news media would of done their best to prove him wrong they would all be taking it saying see nothing wrong with it..... must suck laying trump all the time poor old ohoka has had 4 years of being wrong (go back to page 1) thank god the american people were a bit smarter than you fellla's
    2 points
  7. Sorry Red Rum. I was really on to this one 3rd up, a claim, great trainer, loves FLEMINGTON and an unbelievable price. I forgot that Geography or good odds are not everyone’s faves We were playing our last golf hole today when it was run and I managed to talk our 4 into backing it - Best Tote! Thankfully it won and they shouted two bottles of Bannockburn Chardonnay! its a nice horse.
    2 points
  8. Clearly you were an involved employee who knew but was told to FO. Thanks for telling us - we suspected this type of management.
    2 points
  9. Trump

    VIRTUAL TIPSTERS THREAD

    Easy day if you backed the Capital of Iceland at $12
    2 points
  10. Crow

    TAB site at it again FFS

    To be fair we are the jokes for having this at all. Think they need to revise contract and they pays for using it.
    2 points
  11. What I just don't get is none of them have the balls to just tell us what's going on either way with any bloody thing. They probably have no idea, but surely they could present a few scenarios, no one expects miracles .. be nice if they thought about their customers. This is not new, Covid has just brought it to the surface. 3 basics of any business dealing with customers ... honesty, respect, communication. How many of those 3 can we tick off from the TAB over the years ??
    2 points
  12. That betting drift...... I'll take it.
    2 points
  13. What a sad fckune joke - and our beloved leaders wonder why we have accounts overseas which they want to stop Get your own house in order you muppets
    2 points
  14. Overlord looks a good bet, but it was in the best part of the ground last start. I like Opacity at odds. It made a big run in ground where no runners were making headway earlier in the day.
    2 points
  15. Their whole mentality about not consulting the wider community in racing is they think if your a no name , smaller , battling trainer/owner/ small club administrator then you don't carry any weight and your opinion doesn't carry any weight . Some of the best thinkers i have met have tended to be low profile characters and not ones to push there opinions on others but when asked for opinions usually have something worth listening to , and most have been no name , smaller , battling racing people . Racing people at all levels know and understand their sport , not just the ones on high .
    2 points
  16. Mikie

    77 racedays

    In my father’s fathers time there was 1 Raceday in the District. Everyone went to the day, it was an occasion not to be missed Then the number of days was increased to 2. Everyone was joyous, twice the occasion Then the number of days increased to 4. More joy, 4 reasons to get dressed up and enjoy a day at the races Fast forward, 77 racedays at Addington. How many will go on the 77th day? The 76th? The 75th? Racing, apart from the Group days, will become a made for TV walk to wall product. Perhaps there’s nothing wrong with that? But increasing participation as a result of attendance won’t be happening will it? Mikie
    1 point
  17. john legend

    HRNZ vision Statement

    The vision statement for HRNZ READS AS FOLLOWS....HARNESSING EXCITEMENT SERVICE INTEGRITY AND PROSPERITY FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND CUSTOMERS.... would all Board Members have the guts to front up to those trainers in the central districts and explain how they are honouring their own vision statement. ? Dozens of these trainers from wellington to hunterville and up to New Plymouth have established facilities for harness racing at large personal cost to enable them to provide horses for racing centred on Manawatu Raceway. To give 70 licences to ak and Cambridge and nil to Manawatu or any racetrack in the area is in stark contrast to the vision statement and could be open to legal challenge if not corrected . We all accept there is pain and suffering but lets not reward areas and close others down. It simply is a disgrace and maybe national awareness through publicity is the only remedy.
    1 point
  18. https://www.lincolnfarms.co.nz/stories/captain-ken-we-have-to-protect-our-industry-now-and-hit-the-overseas-bookies-for-a-six/
    1 point
  19. NO PRIZE MONEY JUST THE SATISFACTION THAT YOU CAN PICK MORE WINNERS THAN BZ , RICOH , CAMPO , YOU WILL KNOW HOW YOUR DOING AS THE DAY PROCEEDS... POINTS 10 WIN 4 SECOND 2 THIRD AT THE END OF THE DAY THOSE THAT HAVE DONE ANYTHING OF NOTE JUST POST IT. JUST PICK ONE HORSE PER RACE AT RANDWICK AND FLEMINGTON USING THE FOLLOWING FORMAT ; RANDWICK RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 FLEMINGTON RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY JUST "LIKE" CHEERS AND GOOD LUCK
    1 point
  20. Ohokaman

    SATURDAY 23/5 COMP

    Bloody awful day...those tracks tripped up plenty particularly at Flemington......about 44 I reckon.....
    1 point
  21. paigezim

    SATURDAY 23/5 COMP

    58 for me i think.
    1 point
  22. micktap

    HRNZ vision Statement

    That is a stupid argument.It doesn't cost HRNZ or the TAB anything if trainers and owners from outside the district decide to race at Manawatu.How do you think they are going to be able to hold a meeting in Nelson.Will the NZ cup only be eligible to Canterbury horses.Do you want to kill off all owners,trainers etc in the smaller districts just to keep the major areas happy with less traveling.How long will harness racing last if this is allowed to happen.
    1 point
  23. eljay

    HRNZ vision Statement

    5 trainers in Wellington area - easy to find in HRNZ site
    1 point
  24. Blue

    SATURDAY 23/5 COMP

    How did everyone go? I got 2 winners, a 2nd,a 3rd at Randwick and 4 winners at Flemington. Total 56 points. If I dont look at the fields I just take 1, 2, 5 &7 and that's all I did. Never looked at the horses, jockeys, track and never had a bet but good fun.
    1 point
  25. Archer

    Mark Du Plessis

    wanker, couldn't get one home in a tricycle race ...
    1 point
  26. scooby3051

    Mark Du Plessis

    great guy...super team player works hard deserves every bit of success he gets..go hard 2+3
    1 point
  27. Don't stress, I think they were trial running the block today on the NZ Tab, seemed to block out a few punters so decent first go by them. The slow eternal wheel as scroll through is part of the wall of steel, like a moat in front of a big wall .
    1 point
  28. You mean to say , people work their way through blocks !!!!! , people find ways around a system !!!! No it will be stopped by Rita , what security forces of large countries cannot do , Rita will do hahahaha.
    1 point
  29. TurnyTom

    VIRTUAL TIPSTERS THREAD

    Tough day at HQ today Chris, Craig W no help to me today, but Billy riding real well doesn't need a Rubisaki, Billy a very good rider
    1 point
  30. VPN is a virtual private network Red Rum. They allow you to access international websites that are not accessible in your own country. They are very popular in China where Google and Facebook are not accessible to the public there.
    1 point
  31. I wish id seen Opacity was in with Einstein, i did no study on the race and followed Puntwarrior, im on the quinella if id realised . You were spot on
    1 point
  32. Condor

    TAB site at it again FFS

    This is akin to buliding a new set of stairs at the entrance of the blind instutute over night and not telling anyone..... fukn muppets!!
    1 point
  33. Maybe the $72,000,000 did not pay all the debts!
    1 point
  34. TurnyTom

    TAB site at it again FFS

    Got that thanks Mike But for $50mil I was unreasonably expecting a site that would work, silly me
    1 point
  35. lad27

    I give up

    Very good article that one, Ken Rutherford article also is a cracker. What a bunch of tools that were running the show and still seem to be. https://www.lincolnfarms.co.nz/stories/captain-ken-we-have-to-protect-our-industry-now-and-hit-the-overseas-bookies-for-a-six/
    1 point
  36. From finishing 3rd is the comp from a couple of weeks back, Swoopa has gone for: Eagle Farm Race 8 No 4 Tambo's Mate $50 eachway on the Tote. Good Luck from all of us...
    1 point
  37. The government has give the DIA $2.5M to stop New Zealanders betting offshore. This is such a flawed way of thinking: How can we expect to stop NZ punters punting overseas but yet we want overseas punters to punt with NZ TAB? Can't have it both ways. This would enable RITA/TAB to believe their betting platform is acceptable With a monopoly customer service deteriorates (hard to imagine but it would) Odds would get worse People find a way around it anyhow As a participate in NZ racing I believe you can contribute to NZ racing by owning or punting. So why should punters be treated differently than horse owners. You can own a horse in NZ and punt where you get the best treatment. Alternatively if the Government is going to stop us punting offshore because it hurts the local industry, maybe we should go one step further and stop NZers owning horses offshore. Time to grow up and realise the country and world we live in. The options going forward to look at have to be: Outsourcing Racefield legislation Letting offshore bookies here (they are anyway) and then clubs can get some sponsorship from them. Joining a world tote
    1 point
  38. mikenz

    SATURDAY 23/5 COMP

    Not much point having a prize,I wouldn't win anyhow lol
    1 point
  39. Rules For Some

    I give up

    I think this article provides all you need to know about the muppets in charge of racing here: https://www.lincolnfarms.co.nz/stories/racing-board-ignored-deloittes-warning-about-significant-risks-with-new-betting-platform/
    1 point
  40. High Sparrow

    I give up

    True what you say Jape and that lifeblood you speak of comes from the every day punter and the big wigs seem to have forgotten that along the way somewhere with their inferior offerings in terms of information a punter might use to increase the turnover part of that revenue equation. Punters don't like being taken for granted and treated like they are just mugs (hence the old saying "mug punter" I guess). If they don't offer a good service alongside the product then they can't expect support from us no matter how much we love the sport itself. You're dead right about the comments being time-consuming too. I am sad to see racing dying a death by a thousands cuts due to mismanagement by the bean counters and so-called CEOs.
    1 point
  41. This is the internet people. They can not stop you betting in Australia anymore than they can not stop you betting on the NZ TAB from Australia. I will continue to bet on my Australian accounts whether they make it law or not.
    1 point
  42. Why doesn't someone offer him Dean McKenzie's job
    1 point
  43. It has everything to do with the chain of events & closure of race tracks with Covid19. It's how this document which has based on the balance of probabilities been used by the NZ Government for Covid19 has been interpreted. 1 metre rule became 2 metre rule and the chain of events that lead to lockdowns across the world which saw Racing shut doors to firstly the public then the live racing and associated industry participants. New Zealand followed the Imperial College of London paper trail for Covid19. Suggest you read our other posts about those involved in the academic world & their backgrounds Mouthpiece Pink haired "scientist" Siouxsie Wiles went to IC in 1990's which is where Professor Lockdown Neil Fergusson was until recently. Don't you remember how we were all told, "YOU MUST WASH YOUR HANDS/ STAY HOME/ YOU MUST STAY 2 METRES SPACED OUT"? Perhaps those with political connections to the likes of Winston Peters and others could ask him if it's in the files Labour Govt refuse to disclose they have been asked for.
    1 point
  44. Jape

    I give up

    I hope you caught up with the FormGuides for both Cambridge and Addington today. They are severely abbreviated but every dog is covered and once you get the hang of it, you can follow it quite well. There is a huge amount of info there. Btw, I presume you people check out the Punters Lounge each day to find out what is available. If not, you should. I hope you have been taking note of the Comments Lines for all meetings except Addington. As well, there have been very good interviews. One with Marcie Flipp very good. Also Mark and Philippa going through the fields providing more informatio as they did today. I did Comments Lines some time ago now for a couple of months and they are/were very time consuming - several hours' work - but at least there was a payday at the end of the day. I am not at all sure this is the case at the moment. Just people trying to assist in providing the information for punters to have an informed bet and not just bet blindly. It is called generating revenue. That is the life blood of the sport/industry we call Racing.
    1 point
  45. Barry hasn't inquired into the reasons the Delloite report was hushed up for so long. Not much in the story for those that took an interest. Perhaps the $23M loan to keep up the stakes needs examination. Most get fooled by the fact it was taken out to maintain stake level funding. A better way of looking at it was to keep the inflated salaries and plush lifestyle of top management. Had the $23M been subtracted from stakes there would have been an outcry demanding resignations. So isn't that a classic ponzi scheme? Maintain the perpetrators lifestyles whilst burning the stake holders.
    1 point
  46. Maybe if manawatu had decent dates,same for forbury then they would probably still be on the calander
    1 point
  47. MisterEd

    TAB costs

    Website = Fail Fixed odds Platform = Fail Betting restrictions and losing elite punters = Fail Free to air racing gone = Fail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AND RECENTLY Losing financially stable tracks = Fail Losing form guides and Radio = Fail Have this lot ever done anything right? Not sacking managers responsible for the above failures = Biggest Fail of all
    1 point
  48. I joined December 2001 and could be wrong but think it had been going for about 6 months then. If remember correctly my first post upset a few people and I learnt how precious some galloping people think they are compared to the harness fraternity I was part of. I ran my first of many comps on Queens birthday weekend 2002 with $100 prize money,wife wasn't happy I took a bit of a break from posting a couple of years ago after a bit of an argument with somebody,who was proved to be a dick in the end,but still followed and read the posts. Still NZs premier racing discussion site
    1 point
  49. I want to ask a question . If RITA/NZTR and all the tracks are part of the one entity and as such tracks are essentially owned by the wider racing industry , then to whom does the responsibility fall to maintain said facilities and not allow them to fall into disrepair ? . The individual club/clubs that utilize each track or the parent body ? Just a question that has been raised by a non racing friend . My non racing friend thinks that it falls to the parent body .
    1 point