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6 minutes ago, MissJools said:
You're 100% correct, sadly. I'm a satellite freeview viewer, and sadly no Trackside for me. At least, I've got hrnz.co.nz who allows to watch Trackside along with loveracing.nz.
What is your freeview receiver?
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11 minutes ago, Idolmite said:
Please excuse my ignorance Mikenz and Leggy, but why, if Trackside is returning to Freeview, wouldn't it be able to be watched with an identical setup to all of the other Freeview channels?
It is but if you have a non-sky receiver, it may require an update to assign those channels to the correct satellite transponder. Otherwise, it should be identical for both the freeview TV app and UHF freeview.
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10 minutes ago, mikenz said:
It appears you can only get trackside freeview through a UHF aeriel, i stand to be corrected.
So if you have a freeview satellite receiver it won't work, it seems.
I'd contact the receiver supplier/manufacturer. It will probably need an update. Mine does.
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1 hour ago, mikenz said:
So if you watch through the app on smart tv you are streaming, it states you have to have a UHF aeriel to view, is that as minimum as in a dish will also work, i note some areas won't be able to watch on UHF, so i assume you can recieve off a dish.
I guess over the years lots havnt put a dish on the roof,or anywhere else for that matter, still using the aeriel only.
Yes. If you have a dish with a sky box you should still get them on Sky Channels 62 & 63. If you have a dish with a third party digital decoder you may have to refresh your satellite search.
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19 minutes ago, Ponderosa8 said:
Sorry just to clarify further...
If you watch TV on a TV that is NOT connected to Sky, it means you're probably watching via Digital Satellite TV.
So all you do is go the Channel 23 and 24 and there is it, there is no need to tune anything in at all.. it is free to view.
Don't go into your Smart TV (if you have one) and then go to the Freeview app (its not there).
If you update the freeview app on a smart tv it is there.
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13 minutes ago, Palliser said:
If it's true there is a new direction etc etc, once again great that Entain sought feedback from its customers NOT.
They did a roadshow for that. If you didn't show up, tough.
They've also been seeking regular feedback from a large group of punters.
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1 hour ago, Ponderosa8 said:
"McDonald left the meeting with a short suspension, which he has delayed until Sunday, April 7 through to Thursday, April 11."
That was from Racing.com.. didn't mention anything what race it was from etc...
Wonder why he delayed it.. surely it wouldn't have mattered if he took it from Sunday 31 March until Thursday 4 April.. perhaps he's booked for something next Wednesday that he really wants to ride.??
Any other thoughts.??
Race 6: J. McDonald (Shinzo) - careless riding (AR131(a))
- 7/4/24 to 11/4/24, on which day he may ride.J. McDonald, the rider of Shinzo, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless
riding under AR131(a) in that approaching the 900m he permitted his mount to shift
in resulting in momentary crowding to Hawaii Five Oh and Libertad, which was
severely hampered. J. McDonald's licence to ride in races was suspended for a
period to commence on Sunday 7 April 2024 and to expire on Thursday 11 April
2024, on which day he may ride.- Ponderosa8 and Black Kirrama
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"27 December 2023 was within the four-day withholding period for Karman Line’s Raceday."
"On 1 January 2024 Karman Line won Race 7"
FFS ... someone please send Messrs Nettleton and Smith a calendar.
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56 minutes ago, nomates said:
There is now supposed to be a contract between trainer and employee .
I thought you still had a hand in the game .
I don't know where you worked but I know when I was on the studs thru the 80s , in the season I worked 6 1/2 days a week , if we got a quiet day maybe 1 or 2 of us would get a break . My wage never changed from off season to breeding season , a lot of days I often got up for a 6am serving with one of the stallions and still doing the same at 7pm or 8pm .
Wouldn't happen now , as stated Westbury Stud has 40hour contracts with guaranteed days off , overtime ? I think , all the things that you get in normal working places . All done to retain good staff , and they say it is working . I know of one young lady , the daughter of a friend who wanted to get in to the industry and I gave some help and advice , who now goes back to Westbury every sales series .
Even in that area if you don't see that as a dramatic change then I give up .
That's all been a legal requirement since the Employment Contracts Act 2000. Significant change maybe, but over two decades ago. I certainly had them back then when I had paid employees.
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6 hours ago, nomates said:
Your catching Dougs disease .
Christ you've just posted something elsewhere regarding a trainer/ owner contract , well they now have the same for staff , for one .
I was simply asking what you saw as dramatic changes. Not sure what you mean by "the same for staff"? An employment agreement?
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1 hour ago, Tauhei Notts said:
Further to my post on 21st March at 9.26 p.m., here are my handicaps for the Riverton Cup
Capo Del Impero 61
Humbucker 58.5
Shockalla 58.5
Prince Alby 56
Lochiberg 55
The Tui Toiler 54
Astradeel 53.5
Choux In, Lily Of Valley, Twilight Gem 53
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The Open Sprint
Lightning Jack 61
Midnight Runner 60
Henry Hubber 59
The Good Shepherd 58
Mahabar 56
Sea shepherd 56
More Than Words 55.5
Hasstobeyou 55
Miss Harley Quinn, Zac Black & Arceus 54
Now; Compare those weights with the real thing and tell me where I am wrong.
Weights aren't out yet are they?
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6 minutes ago, Mattski said:
I've listened to Dan in a few trots meets etc. I think this guy is a real talent and totally agree with Insider
Where did he emerge from?
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4 hours ago, Insider said:
Leggy can you confirm something for me?
My trainer is saying that in BM 65 races, if you have a rating of say 67 you can’t actually run in those races if you have won more than one race.
Maybe he is correct, because in the BM 65 race (R8) at Tauranga today the No 1 horse Ethereal Star had a rating of 73, but had won only one race!
Looking at all BM Races in totality, it appears that BM 65 races have a special rule all to themselves!
Can you confirm this?
Hopefully with this long ramble I haven’t confused you but to me it doesn’t seem very clear reading what I can find amongst the BM rules and maybe that’s why you were surprised earlier today that in fact there were R65 BM races.Liz
Yes. That's correct. They card them as BM because horses that get to above 65 rating via only one win + say placings in higher grade races are eligible. Probably not very common.
7.2.2 Rating 65 Benchmark
These races are open to all horses rated 65 and below. Entry for horses rated above 65
is restricted to those with one win or less. This Rating band may generally include one
win horses, however, could also include horses with two or more wins that have
subsequently deteriorated in form. Placed horses with a rating of 65 will remain in this
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Excellent.
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13 minutes ago, Insider said:
There is one showing on Sires Produce Day.
Quite right. I'm behind the times. So, fair point WD.
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19 minutes ago, We're Doomed said:
Only very tenuously related to the subject, but I have noticed that very few trainers seem to use the benchmark conditions of the current class system. If you put a 67 into a 65 benchmark race with a 4k claimer you can be incredibly well off at the weights, and gives a bit of scope to race over a preferred distance and in weaker company, yet seldom seems to be used.
I'm not sure how you get 67 into a 65. Are there BM65s again?
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38 minutes ago, Insider said:
Yes Leggy, you are 100% correct.
I have a self imposed 7 day ban starting last Monday evening, and damn it, I have come back two days early.
Not good enough on my behalf.
Please don't feel you have to reply, but FYI it was Brett Scelley a decade ago who told me that he needed at least an 8-9kg spread to effectively handicap within the rating bands. That was at a meeting in Petone because NZTR had asked me to analyse the impact of the handicapping changes that had occurred following the Mark Webbey review a couple of years earlier, which we did pro bono.
What we found then pretty much concurred with his thinking. This from the summary of that report.
"The analysis clearly shows both that higher weighted horses are significantly outperforming lower weighted ones, and that females are significantly out performing males."
My current data says that the situation has worsened if anything. Not a great way to create competitive racing that will build wagering revenue.
- Pam Robson, Pete Lane and Insider
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31 minutes ago, Insider said:
Dean Knowles?
No. I thought you weren't replying to me any more?
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15 minutes ago, Pete Lane said:
That summed up the way I feel about it in a nutshell.
The sad thing is that NZTR on one hand go on and on about declining starter numbers and declining foal crops and seem to think that increasing stakes from any pot of gold they can find is the answer, when that strategy has failed to make any difference for decades now. Yet, they show no inclination to fix the handicapping system and give the handicappers a tool to work with that would keep horses in work earning more wagering revenue etc.
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1 minute ago, nomates said:
Yes , but does he think weight differential makes a diff in a race , if not then no point .
Thanks for your confidence Nerula but I agree with nomates. Not that I don't think that weight differential can make a difference, but that the amount that handicappers have to play with here is insignificant and has no chance of creating proper handicaps. A very good former NZTR senior handicapper told me the same thing, but then moved on to greener pastures.
- Tauhei Notts, Pete Lane, Pam Robson and 1 other
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1 hour ago, Insider said:
I am currently half way through my self imposed "no response to anything that Leggy posts" but maybe I can call on all his wisdom and data to tell us what the "draws" are saying after the half a dozen meetings run on the new track at Ellerslie.
Liz
Probably best to stay there Liz. Nowhere near enough available data to do that. Not sure why you would want to know anyway. Some on here seem to think I think barrier draws are irrelevant even though I don't and never said that.
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Yes but the dish feed is to what box? There are a number of freeview approved options and you probably need to rescan to pick up the new channels.