Phar Lap Fan

What a way to run a 'business'! Bite the hands that feed you.

I haven't looked lately but I'll say 'No!'. The idea was good in principle but the results not so. What damaged R.A.C.E.? Trentham? Perhaps those clubs destined for oblivion might sell their assets and invest in housing development, accepting that the future of racing is uncertain. Losing their assets, built over many years, to The Corporation is too much to swallow.

A thought: to pre-empt the probably illegal and certainly immoral acquistion of racing clubs' assets, would those denied racing days be better to sell their courses and invest into remaining clubs? More than P.B.T.C. just hiring to race at Hastings but buying a share of the parent club, to retain some identity and still have some power over their destiny.

Is the plot (probably called a strategic plan) to have all punters do the work (unpaid) of gambling for the T.A.B., as banks have done with Internet banking? That has been very profitable for banks. With this 'plan', you hardly need attend races so no need for stands and facilities and refreshments. Taken to its (ill) logical conclusion, virtual horses could run in virtual races. The whole business could even be out-sourced

By my simple calculation, the drop of 4.4% in Turnover/Dividends equals a loss of $127,000,000. That sum should fix the current financial problems but one must ask; Did nobody notice the declining returns? Supplementary questions; Why not? If somebody did, what action was taken?

Is Parkinson's Law applying there? 'Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion'.

Trying to help you, B.H. Forewarned is four-armed - like an octopus sliced into two by a giant cleaver, wielded by a passionate person on a mission! If that fate befell you, you would be Ho or GG.

A shovel and a spade! Who is helping her? Boss should be worried.

Is he a hurdler? No wonder that he can't win if he's doing all that stuff in a race!

The advantage of radio is that one can do other stuff while listening, rather than being obliged to sit at a screen. Without Sky/Spark tv, or Radio Sport, might have to buy a newspaper to find the cricket scores.

Why were the punters furious? Because their dishonesty was caught or did they seriously believe that the amounts were real? That they were spreading the story on social medium suggests that they knew. Taking money paid by mistake is a crime, unless the recipient can prove that it was genuinely felt to be theirs. I would take bets on them failing that.

Is it Munchausen? Now known as F.D.I.A.

If racehorse owner is your sole source of income, you might have a claim.

Imagine if your horse won and you didn't back it. Imagine if your horse lost and you didn't back it.

T.A.B. - Those documents don't specify that racing clubs subscribed the capital if the loan, from banks/s, was only under-written by them. Was told that the loan was quickly repaid so the conclusion was that the T.A. B. owned itself. Read the book about its history, although a few years ago, and thought the same from that.

What bazach and Kingshill said. Most dairy farms are minimum of 500 cows to be economic units nowadays. With farm manger/sharemilker/staff, who has time to play with horses? A generation lost to racing is never likely to return.

At New Plymouth, why were T.A.B. staff admitted when no public or members were? Who was betting? R.I.T.A. asks staff to voluntarily reduce their hours but asks Government to help at the same time. Muddled thinking!

Also seems to a higher percentage of imported horses in races now, as if locals don't have much faith in their own?

W.R.C. controlling birdcage and owners' room, without doing anything in public stand (?), seems a half-arsed response. Like the government telling all tourists to self-isolate for 14 days. We continue to support the tourism industry but won't allow tourists to tour?

Proisir's 5th dam was Sunbride, so not surprising that he is pretty good. Would J.E. have beaten Two Illicit? Don't know but suspect not. J.E., Loire and Showbeel were mixing results but J.E. became dominant over more distance.

Was more impressed by Two Illicit. By the time and ease of her win, she could have won Herbie Dyke Stakes?

Agree. It's way over-the-top, as if there is shame in calling it the New Zealand team.

Sponsors come and sponsors go but the race remains.

Love Racing web-site says; Camino Rocoso ran 2,100 metres in 2:09.05 on a Good 3 track at Trentham. Previous start, he ran 1,975 metres in 1:59.49 at Waikouaiti, on Dead 5 track. Converting both races to 2,000 m. gives 2:03.05 and 2:00.99 respectively. The Trentham time is not exceptional but the Waikouaiti time is suspect, either to timing or distance. Regardless, it was good to see a horse winning by just running faster for longer than all the others, like Hero and Kotare Chief. Did Varnamo break 2 mintes for 2,000 m./10 furlongs, years ago?

Sounds sensible but is it the best investment for an a.w.t. to be primarily used for training? Will it attract crowds, let alone new people, to racing when it is in Cambridge?