Womby

A very simple fix Palliser Don’t watch, leave it to people who enjoy it Perhaps watch the gallops on a heavy track and have a guess which race number will be the last before the meeting is abandoned

I agree with you Japess There are many fine people involved in greyhound racing and I for one enjoy it more than the other two codes.

I disagree, the racing was superb and I enjoyed his interview with the Australian lady who is basically an icon. Also I think both Mark and Pip added to the coverage.

Quite handy to have the driver’s helmet coloured ie R May, D Butcher etc

If the trainers wanted synthetic to train on and I guess every horse in the stable would be trained on it when the weather gets wet , I would think the horses would get used to it enough to race on it. Especially for the odd day . Better than not running at all for the winter. In saying that I agree with what others are saying about tracks being shut that catered better than others with rain etc.

I’m not too far from Rotorua, I’ve had 37mm for the last 24 hours and that makes 108 since Monday. Perhaps it was going to be pretty heavy from a few days out. The food probably made, hopefully the tote staff not bussed in from the Waikato, the club, casual staff etc all losing out. And an hour away a perfectly good all weather track in the middle of where many of the people train these same horses sits idle today. Seriously it rained heavily in Cambridge last night and they still ran the Harness Races on their all weather track. Perhaps this code could/should take the blinkers off. Any races are better than what we have here today. Must get on to finding a winner or two in Oz

Me being reasonably old and been betting since I was able to get someone outside the TAB probably having a quiet smoke to put my doubles or trebles bet on, I am disappointed my preferred bets appear to have been flagged away. I bet on every race at every meeting in many different styles, I am not a ten each way on Saturdays only punter. I am struggling to see this working for me, I have not enjoyed the system when I’m in Australia. I hope they don’t dick with the pods in pubs too. I may have to flag betting

Does this new site have an easy bet option?

It makes me angry to read, listen to comments on greyhound racing, even some of you people on this thread. The trainers absolutely love their dogs, they are incredibly well fed and looked after, they just love getting to the track and racing, just watch them get excited before they race. Most of the people who comment negatively have never been to a greyhound race, or seen one in the flesh either during their racing career or afterwards as a loving family pet. I have emailed the PM and despite his office assuring me they would get back to me after their “settling in period “ they have so far failed to front. Re the drugs side of things I am led to believe it is recreational drugs ie cannabis and P , not given to the animals but contaminated by halfwits who appear in all walks of our current society in NZ.

Good point canon47 but you need to pass a venue inspection before being granted a permit to race. The powers that be want all of the facilities to be ship shape ie track conditions, the stand, all buildings, camera towers etc and the list goes on. One of the reasons these seldom used venues are not racing .

Quite interesting some of the comments here re grass track racing. What you people don’t realise is that the galloping clubs in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty decided to deny the availability of the grass tracks for a couple of reasons. The dates committee every year argued for the summer dates rather than have traditional dates that were easily planned for, ie entertainment, food trucks etc, and the dates were changed between the codes with perhaps the gallops having a little more sway? Gallops trials were more money making propositions in some clubs opinions despite the community enjoying harness racing for decades previously. And from a financial point of view it costs heaps more to run a one off grass track meeting after paying a big rent to a galloping track and then all the add ons when the harness club with an all weather track can do it without the weather threat and with the club itself benefiting. In saying that I really enjoyed grass track racing, just as I do all weather track racing. Join your local club committee and be part of these decisions and discussions.

I would probably watch Manukau before Cromwell but don’t forget that originally every meeting locally regardless of code was supposed to get a five minute lead in. Even with two channels this doesn’t happen often as they preview tomorrow’s races or show the previous race finish several times, instead of going to the next meeting to see the build up.

I have sent an email to the new PM and have received an acknowledgment that he has my email and I will be getting a response in due course. Probably a bit busy now and perhaps not top of his priorities but I will let you know if and when I get a reply. I asked several questions Re our game, it will be interesting to get his answers.

Idolmite, I think you will find “Waikato “ are not all morons as you stated. How about the Chiefs, towelled up the mighty Christchurch team The powerhouse horse studs, thoroughbred and harness trainers, the rowers, cyclists, etc Re the Greyhound club there are wonderful people involved Have you actually read GRNZ updates Re the lure problem and the solution at hand . You will see clearly the problem is the lack of stock of the new lures being available to purchase, and the manufacturing times are long too This type of problem could easily pop up on any track in Australia or NZ , as a mobile barrier in harness or starting stalls at gallops could too . In a perfect world as soon as Cambridge is reconfigured with new gear and modifications and testing shows it is reliable every track in NZ should be completely overhauled! Money and a crystal ball would be a great thing

Diesel,You worry me with your attempt to create an argument re greyhound racing being cruel and inhumane in your opinion. Yet you state you hardly ever have watched them and appear to have no knowledge of the way they are prepared and looked after particularly before they race. All forms of sport, equine, canine, and all human sports involve strapping, grease etc on legs to prevent rubbing injury. Someone here previously explained this comprehensively to you and is bang on, the white “grease” is water soluble and helps against rubbing, certainly not an ointment to treat an injury, same basically as what my knees were covered with when I played rugby. The vet goes over every part of every dog before they are kenneled before racing. These animals absolutely love to race, they are treated as family, and are brilliant pets after racing Re the drug question that is a human thing that has crept into our society as a whole, doctors, lawyers etc too involved just by reading the press, one bad egg does not mean it is rife and the swabbing system in all sports will catch the bad eggs. Not my field but I would suggest drugs and injury to animals is way more prevalent in domestic pets than you may realise. Diesel, I do hope this helps you understand the love and care these neat athletic animals get, probably better than most children get, but I do have a question for you I do hope you are not a placard carrying activist on here trying to get a bite as your questions were originally answered pretty well I thought.