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On 2/16/2023 at 11:11 AM, scooby3051 said:
So where are the industry leaders on this...Have not heard one speak out or speak up about this situation...seems everyone just burying their heads in the sand....and hoping it fixes itself.
Yeah, deja vu much. Things aren't going well and there's just resounding silence.
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On 2/5/2023 at 7:36 PM, tripple alliance said:
Nothing nice about seeing peters there , when he appointed cindy he showed his true colors , in my opinion totally untrustworthy .
Yes totally agree!
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On 1/22/2023 at 8:39 AM, Nerula said:
Clubs and NZTR should allocate a maximum of say 10 tickets per syndicate -.one percenters should not have the same rights as 10 percenters. More than 10 percenters extras on request.
Yes. I only have a small share and to be honest don't expect a ticket. If you have a large syndicate you could rotate the 10 or so tickets through the members so a different 10 get them each time, and they could pass on a ticket if they weren't going? Only issue would be if the horse goes well and gets to a feature race and everyone would of course want to be there.
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2 hours ago, Eclipsed said:
Apart from Winston, and happy to be corrected, not one Racing Minister has made a jot of difference in the past 20 years.
The current Legislation is the Racing Industry Act 2020 which replaces The Racing Act 2003.
The Minister’s duties are dictated by this piece of legislation.
As interested as any Minister of Racing may/may not be in racing matters, change takes significant time as seen with the implementation of the 2020 Act and all of the due process that preceded its final iteration.
For mine, the makeup both of the TAB NZ’s Board and the boards of the code bodies are flawed.They have to appoint their respective boards based on current regulations and these regulations are hard to change.
None have the ability to get rid of seat-warming deadwoods who are seldom outstanding business operators.
I agree. In my opinion it's the government involvement/regulations on how to run the TAB which inevitably create a top heavy high cost paper based operation run almost entirely by people clueless as to which end of a horse is what. Let alone what a fetlock is. From someone who worked there and hands on in the industry.
ACT used to have a good racing policy on its website about transferring the operation more back to the industry...but it's not up there currently.
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26 minutes ago, ADM said:
I hope horses and people are not to badly hurt and hope its not a trainer coming back from Wingatui.
Yes, horrible situation, I really hope they get them out/treated and all recover. The mare I have a little share in went as 1 of 7 today
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3-4-8-10-11-18-19-24
Thank you!
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Yes, really hope they are all ok, very stressful times
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3 hours ago, Nerula said:
You're onto it. Every content providers worst nightmare is they wont be able to find enough copy to fill the space. it's not nice.
Where are you going to get stories from in this wet spring. DE isnt going to tell you his swimmers chances at Hastings. Matty about his rides lately. AWT trial stand outs? Nope its slow news time!
Its a digital version of "pin the tail on the donkey" I didnt watch it through as I thought getting a bloke to do a task and answer questions at the same time is cruelty.
All very good points
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Agreed. Didn't mind the quiz as a 1 off but the painting and buzz challenge are just poor. Feels like it's just there as fluff content for the sake of having something. Rather see more behind the scenes stories directly related to racing/trainers/studs. E.g. Savabeel just turned 21, would have been a good opportunity to do a piece on him/his progeny
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Just now, scooby3051 said:
Tried to donate but I think they may have the wrong account details...is anyone else having issues???
Yes, I also tried and it said incorrect account number
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12 hours ago, We're Doomed said:
That is quite surprising . So you are saying there is almost as much bet from NZ punters on Aussie greyhounds as gets bet on all the top class Saturday gallops in Oz, and the occasional midweek Tuesday in Nov? I know we bet on other countries as well, but I presume most of it is done on Aussie races given the time zone.
Could be something to do with odds of success purely for gambling purposes. I was told once by a savvy punter Aussie greyhounds are an easier way to try and turn a profit...good pools, and of course greyhounds have the smaller fields. Can't say it worked for me
but then personally I'd rather bet on gallops any day.
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Wow how amazing is that. That would quickly change some sport horse peoples reluctance to take on an ex-racehorse
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- Pam Robson, meomy, Baz (NZ) and 1 other
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45 minutes ago, tripple alliance said:
Only time will tell who was right and who was wrong on the vaccine debate but what gets lost in the debate is the main reason we have lock downs and vaccines is our hospitals won't cope with a sudden surge in the number of people needing hospital care ,people dying at home or in waiting rooms would be POLITICALLY DISARSTEROUS . I was speaking to an ambulance staffer a couple of days ago who works behind the scenes she told me the hospital closest to me operates at CODE RED about 5 days a week now (I waited 6 hours in A&E a while ago) and that she is being over worked at the moment because the ambulance service is struggling to keep up, that's without a major covid outbreak . What we do know is vacced people are less effected than none vacced that's proven .
Imagine the effects on racing without a reliable ambulance service , no racing, trials, jump outs but today as things are racing is now over reacting to covid , we can enter a mall with thousands walking around vax status unknown but racing is closed or controlled , it's time to move on .
Exactly. More about the dire state our health system is in, despite all that time to prepare.
- tripple alliance, Baz (NZ) and Leggy
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From Racingnews.co.nz
This week’s Waikato race meetings look likely to go ahead without leading jockey Opie Bosson after changes to the Auckland-Waikato border area have locked him in.
Bosson was set to have an outstanding book of rides at Saturday’s Te Rapa raceday, among them multiple Group One winner Avantage in the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) and Group One-placed I Wish I Win in the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m).
But he has discovered that his home south of Pukekawa is regarded as being in Auckland for COVID-19 lockdown purposes – meaning he can’t leave the area without a special exemption.
“I found out last night. In other lockdowns the checkpoints have been further north and I’ve been able to ride in Waikato,” Bosson said.
“It’s very frustrating. I pay my rates in Waikato, I’m halfway between Pukekohe and Hamilton. I thought the whole way through that I’ve been Waikato-based.”
Bosson said he’d been working very hard at keeping his weight down leading into the meeting and was set to ride at 57.5kg at Te Rapa.
Among his options are flying to Australia, where his services would likely be in demand, especially given the suspensions handed out to leading Melbourne jockeys including Jamie Kah, Mark Zahra and Ben Melham after they attended an illegal party last week – though he would need a period in quarantine.
“I’ve actually had a few offers to go over to Australia, but we’ll see what happens here over the next day,” he said.
He has spoken to his local Member of Parliament, Port Waikato National MP Andrew Bayly, to see if there’s anything he can do to get an exemption to ride in Waikato, and said he’d make a decision on his next course of action in the next day or two.
Bosson said he’d had his first COVID-19 vaccination. He also had a test last week which has since proved negative.
Other Auckland-based jockeys, including Leith Innes, Andrew Calder and Masa Hashizume, are facing the same problem, though for most their situation is not as unexpected given their locations well within the Auckland boundaries.
Chief Stipendary Steward John Oatham confirmed the only way the jockeys could ride in the area was with a government exemption.
“From our experience last time when Auckland was in different levels, I don’t think it’s likely one would be granted. It’s not something we have discretion over,” he said.
Oatham said he wasn’t sure exactly when the boundary changed, as there had been a change last year between two Auckland-only lockdowns that impacted two stewards based in Pokeno, which was moved into the Auckland area between the two.
“I’m not sure if it’s changed this time, but there is a map we’ve been given that has an address finder on it and when you type in Opie’s address he is definitely in the Auckland region,” he said.
Oatham said it’s not just jockeys impacted, as the stipendary steward resources will be stretched as well, as five stewards stretched across the three racing codes who are based in the Auckland area will not be available in what is a congested schedule.
“In the Waikato region currently we’ve got three thoroughbred staff, so that basically means with thoroughbred racing events on the next eight days, they’re going to have to be working every day,” he said.
“We’ve got one harness meeting and only one harness staff member in Waikato, so one of our galloping team is going to have to assist them, plus with some remote help viewing whatever footage they can at home.
“Also, at Level 3 you’re really restricted to your own or a neighbouring region, and the Central Districts region is causing some headaches because we don’t have a lot of staff there.”
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I hope they are also investigating the betting activity around the 2 horses. Surely if this was intentionally done by an outsider taking advantage of no security that would be the motive, placing a bet on a "sure thing". They wouldn't care if the horse tested positive later since the bet would have already paid out. A possibility to rule in or out?
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58 minutes ago, Red Rum said:
No you suggested second class races with second class horses, I merely pointed out a lot of group 1 winners come out all weather races . . Some of the big players might get a run into a late two year old with promise so not all duffers , they wouldnt guts out a good one on a heavy 10 in May though . See how many the big guns race inexperienced slow to hand horses up North on the AW tracks making use of a good surface in Oct Nov Dec when in old days they would have missed out on the experience and been put away for winter then have to chase the 8 ball early in new season .It is the class of race not the surface .
I've been backing horses on all weather tracks for 30 plus years since Lingfield racecourse first meeting on a surface called equitrack , I am experienced in doing my cash in equal proportions whatever the surface , a slow horse is a slow horse whatever the track .
Exactly. Good horses traditionally get turned out to avoid breaking them on heavy 10s, and start getting brought back in about July. Only trouble is then half of them couldn't get a good enough surface to gallop on often enough in their prep to even make it to their target races, eg Spring Carnival in Oz. This opens up the options for prep and conditioning considerably amongst other benefits. It won't magically solve all the problems but it's a great start. Well done to CJC for a successful first race day.
- Red Rum, shaneMcAlister, soliloquy and 3 others
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44 minutes ago, Gruff said:
They had a Virus. All good they got Microsoft onto it
Sounds about right given they are google not microsoft based
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6 hours ago, We're Doomed said:
Seems weird that a club that can't even afford to demolish its condemned public grandstand, and has a much maligned turf track, suddenly has a $15m AWT that is largely intended as a way to facilitate the closing down most other Canterbury tracks.
The net result of all of this is that SI racing won't be better off in any way. I presume the theory is that AWT tracking will be so successful and popular with the punters that they will be able to race for minimum stakes of $20,000+ on the AWT.
Winston's previous contribution to racing was 15 $1m+ races. That had no lasting benefit considering the money wasted. Lets hope this one goes better.
Weird indeed. Could really have done with the grandstand being included with the track. Just a side note on the dismantling-I was told in 2017 the estimate for dismantling the public grandstand at Trentham was over 1 million back then...would be more now. Expensive business it seems, tearing stuff down.
. But good on her, the move makes a lot of sense and I wish her all the best!
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Just an early heads up for anyone interested, David Seymour is booked to hold public meetings at Matamata (daytime) and Te Rapa (evening) Racecourses on August 3rd. Events should be up on the ACT party website soon. Aiming to do a Cambridge meeting on a separate trip later in the campaign.