shaneMcAlister

Ireland have said that only trainer, one groom and one owner can attend races due to Coronavirus. If this happens in NZ we could see a jump in crowd numbers.......

The crowds at Cheltenham are insane. When I first went to live in Ireland Davy Russell and Gordan Elliot were the leading jockeys in Northern Point to points. Could be champion jockey and trainer this year.

Have a look at Gavelhouse, over 100 horses last two catalogues. Ireland have said that only trainer, one groom and one owner can attend races due to Coronavirus. If this happens in NZ we could see a jump in crowd numbers.......

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"Better to be in the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in." US President Lyndon Johnson

Not riding till further notice

Hi I think you will battle. I battle to see it when I lived over there. Use to see the early NZ races before OZ races for a little while but that stopped too. Good luck, and if you get a solution I would love to hear it.

Speaking of the webpage. Does anyone else find that sometimes the tab site will not load on the web browser in the phone, so you go to the app and the app works. A work around but it should work everywhere. Bet365, Ladborkes etc work on both all the time. Do I just have this issue or anyone else experience it?

I am sure the owners were quick to thank him and all involved too. Bosson and Walker world class jockeys.

I still think there is a place for an oncourse jackpot and a crowd could be drawn.

A fair trial in that fact that the accused is trialed fairly and the reduce the possibility of mistrial. I think where this went wrong was Grace should have had name suppression too.

They have another case already. Once this is done then name will come our and flush out any further ones. While Grace and her family are victims, other known victims deserve a fair trial too.

While I am aware it is easy enough to find his name. There are still a lot of people that would not easily find his name . So with name suppression you could still get a jury that have no awareness of his other crimes. Which is what you want.

Is name suppression not because he has other cases to face. If knowing his name increases the possibility of mistrials then that would not be fair on other victims. I personally don't care if he has name suppression or not. He is in jail where he should be.

Does it blow your mind that TAB provide zero form on HK racing? Not even career stats.

Racing needs the TAB. This is where the funds come from for prize money etc. The real danger is if the TAB decide in future they do not need racing as sports continues to grow.

I have no chance of naming them, to me it is Matamata Breeders Stakes with the sponsors name. I think what this trend was trying to say is they would be happy for this race to be known as for example the "Karen and David Ellis Matamata Breeders Stakes". It recognises the sponsor and retains its history. The Waikato race in hindsight maybe have been better know as the Waikato Fillies Classic. With Sir Thristam as the prefix. Personally I am for sponsors calling it what they like as I have always battled to see what does without direct revenue streams from the industry gain from sponsorship that is above a meal, drink etc package.

It is still the Breeders stakes is it not? Just prefixed with sponsors name. J SWAP CONTRACTORS LTD MATAMATA BREEDERS' STAKES

It’s tricky to see what value sponsors get. Without naming rights it gets hard to promote them. I personally think the sound of Te Akau Racing Sir Thristham stakes would have been better ring to it than the Karen and David Ellis stakes.

Not sure what they will do last with him, maybe Bonecrusher stakes next. Tiptronic was great each way bet today. He is a funny horse in that he is always a good dividend horse.

Shark looked very good. Awesome seeing tiptronic win. That is NZs richest wfa race. two illicit and Jennifer Eccles very good too. big day for rip van winkle.

Yes, and I think you should all be putting one in (Winston keeps on mentioning he is listening).

Agreed. If our new betting platform did not have a $19M a year maintenance contract we would have an extra $400K a week for stakes. That would mean a boast of $50K for 8 races every Saturday. Food for thought.

There are 14 races in NZ that are considered iconic and for this reason get additional funding. herbie dyke stakes calculates like this: $200k is the nztr contribution for group 1 races. $50k for iconic races $150k from dyke family.

This $150K from the club is direct from Dyke family to sponsor this race. It is not to be distributed elsewhere.