THE TORCH

IN THE BEST JOOLY TRADITION THIS POST NEEDS THE HIGHEST COMMENDATION .

To be honest putting up a list of the positions he has held doesn't equate with meaning he was successful in those roles .
Someone could list the positions that John Allen has held in his career , but it  means nothing . 
Listing people's CV's just proves that the Lazy Susan of executive rolls is too bloody easy to jump off and on , and NZ clearly has a limited pool of capable people to choose from . 
It's just a bunch of suits playing musical chairs .

It's a list of where he's worked.  It doesn't relate to how good he was at the job, and whether he was professional in every aspect.

No comparison I would have thought
Despite the many issues CJC have they put on a good week, cannot be replicated

Could three years not using Trentham spell it's demise as a racecourse?
You just wonder whether it would have been more advantageous for the whole industry if the main centres were sold off and a new facility set up but, I think rather than trying to do everything, just make it a race day snd functions facility.  Forget about trying to make money as a training centre and housing all the horses and staff.  To me it makes more sense to just race on the place.  On non-race days work on other revenue streams.  Just one or two track surfaces to maintain and race day horse boxes and stalls.  Then give the club staff a challenge to balance the books with non-race day functions.

My sentiments: Piss off and dont come back (again!)

My sentiments: Piss off and dont come back (again!)

My sentiments: Piss off and dont come back (again!)

You had Warriors Chief George working out of Queensland and NZTR CEO Sharrock working on his player agent business out of his shed in Auckland when the coal face was in Wellington. Thats why they needed COO Balcombe to do the work.
NZTR too NZRL centric to be healthy.

Waste of space at The Warriors and waste of space at NZTR

My sentiments: Piss off and dont come back (again!)

My sentiments: Piss off and dont come back (again!)

My sentiments: Piss off and dont come back (again!)

Entain and this Cameron Rodger dude are onto it .. NOT

What was the logic in starting at 2:37pm?  There were two hours of racing left when the rain set in.  You start the card at 12:00 to 12:30 and the Lowland winning connections are down the pub by the time it hoses down.

I can't even see where they are going to squeeze the Lowland and the 3yo race , 6 northerners and 5 CD horses , so the northern horses won't want trip down again and run on Sunday or those northern horses in the 3yo race , and to be honest most of the CD horses travel not far less than the northern ones to get to Hastings  . Add the Lowland to Ellerslie on Saturday ? Can't see the CD horses tripping north at short notice .
Possibly the best option is Otaki next Wednesday , still means a trip for the northerners but gives horses a reasonable space before the Oaks , but that in itself is another even bigger trip to Trentham .
I know the solution ! Get the effin tracks right in the first place .
I've been saying this for years , spend the money and get the absolute best track man from overseas here , whatever the cost , we are flush at the moment .

add in Waipukurau
Opaki
Levin
Foxton
Feilding
Bulls
Stratford
and Awapuni out of action
 
 

They had races back at Castlepoint last weekend - might be the way of the future 😉
 

Was a really good idea, scuttling Gisborne/Wairoa in favour of Hastings.

The Lowland is a Wairarapa race, it used to be run by the Masterton Racing Club. 

Rain was always forecast today in Hastings so lets Abandon ALL meetings where it might rain why even waste everyones time when the jockeys are going to pull the pin but still get their riding fees    
The joke that is NZ Racing 
 

Not really relevant to our NZ situation, but my mate at Gold Coast sent me this yesterday about their new grass track.

By the way, Gold Coast is out of action. After the Magic Millions they top dressed it with sand. However the sand was beach sand and hadn't been washed. Hence all the salt leached out and killed the grass. Two people were sacked for this.  And so they should.
The current plan is to do nothing and pray that the rain we're having washes the salt down into the sand sub layers on the track.
Alternatively they start all over again, for which they have zero budget.
 
We are not alone with things that go wrong!

Sad news for the Marsh family with the passing of Bruces wife Kay, mother to Stephen and also his sister Rachel, thoughts and prayers with the Marsh family at this sad time...may Kay forever rest in peace.

Well they wouldn't want to know if he was a winner.

maybe he doesn't want you to know how much he loses