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Peter like thousands of others has lost his job  ,he has been excellent on radio Trackside and has been for years , good on you Pete .  Next month you can find something else to moan about , but like anyone who has lost their employment show Peter the compassion and respect that he deserves in these trying times. Cheers BH

As I said in another topic, you write to them, let me know what response you get

It won't happen Red Rum

I agree, the only thing positive that I would say about the place is that the food at the on course restuarant was superb

I agree, the only thing positive that I would say about the place is that the food at the on course restuarant was superb

That may be right but punters bet more on the gallops than the on the trots

I don't think Midgets got any thing to do with this site anymore Poodle. Leo Molloy and Kevin Morton sold the site years ago. I think there's been at least 2 owners since then

The Chinese have it right.....
China has accused the US of being responsible for the spread of the virus on its own soil, attributing the outbreak to American "politicians who lie".
Earlier this month, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Mr Trump was trying to mislead the public, smear China and "shift the blame for [the US's] own incompetent response".

They pile into these smaller venues because they are one offs , usually on a prime day in the summer time , try racing 3 Saturdays in a row at these venues and see who turns up then . This restructure that's now unavoidable will attempt to create a viable  long term industry , it will be smaller , no escaping that but hopefully profitable .
Now you must have read the post Gizzy gone , it reveals some of the huge costs of putting on meetings at Gisborne , they were fortunate , they had sold most of  the land and didn't have to worry about paying rates , they sold the land because it wasn't viable to keep operating as a full racecourse .
The sooner this restructure is completed the better off the survivors will be .

Oh Dear,
Just try and keep up.Latest NZRB board,CEO and CFO are gonnnnne. Have been for quite some time. After spending all the reserves smashing the balance sheet Winnie basically got rid of the lot of them and brought in a new board and executive chair. They have set about taking the axe to costs to keep the TAB going albeit with a little bit of help recently from Government. How you could say
You clearly have no idea whats been going on in the last 6 months and to suggest that people not betting will help says your in need of help.
Are you from Marlborough by chance?
 
Greg

Its called gambling and peeps have been doing it for centuries. Plus, money punted has money deducted for future stakes to run races. If it sounds like i explaining this like one would to a  5yr old then your right.Who is this nutter
 
Greg

I wouldn't worry too much Tasman Man, I don't think the money that those posers put on the TAB would add much to the turnover

Don't kid us that you know anything about racing, you're just a troll, bugger off

No Chance

Right
Riccarton will have its AWT sooner than later.
It will greatly enhance local training and trials, no need for Rangiora or Motukarara they will be gone. Ashburton will be the secondary track in Canterbury, unfortunately Timaru (Phar Lap) has a very questionable future. I don't necessarily agree with this. 
More race days will be allocated to Riccarton as other venues are shut down. As a local based trainer I have always been very open in my support of an AWT at Riccarton, I have also been open in my criticism of Riccarton when softish tracks are produced. An AWT will provide a more consistent surface for both racing and training. It will not suit all horses and the grass track, course proper, will always be there for our summer racing. I have no doubt Riccarton is the best firm track in NZ and when produced in this state we have very good racing, when presented like it was during the middle day of last Cup Meeting it is not. 
From a local trainers perspective and on behalf of the owners we train for I can see considerable savings in transport costs with more race days at Riccarton and regular trial days. Riccarton has room to develop more stabling facilities and an increase in training numbers will assist with covering costs of maintenance etc. I'm no course manager but it must be easier to harrow, grade or whatever an AWT track than patching and growing grass tracks as they do now when we get rain and the plough is not able to be used, our grass training tracks do get plenty of use.

Des was always the ultimate company man , never asked the hard questions . As disappointed as he is still not really stepping on his old bosses toes . It's because of people in the industry such as Des who have a voice and a profile but never stood up and questioned what was going on that racing has continued it's downward spiral . I am not singling Des out and no agenda against Des , just trying to point out that if more people who have a voice within racing had spoke out more and often maybe the situation might not be so dire .

I'm sure it would be. You say TAB costs would be minimal for racing at say Forbury Park, that in fact is not true. Costs can only be minimised if the number of tracks are minimised

How about this ...  
Please stop saying you "researched it."
You didn't research anything and its highly probable that you dont even know how to do so.
Did you compile a literature review and write abstracts on each article? Or better yet, did you collect a random sample of sources and perform independent probability statistics on the reported results? No?
Did you at least take each article, one by one and look into the source ( that would be the author, publisher and funder), then critique the writing for logical fallacies, cognitive distortions and plain inaccuracies.
Did you ask yourself why this source might publish these particular results? Did you follow the trail of references and apply the same source of scrutiny to them?
No? Then you didn't fucking research anything. You read or watched a video, most likely with little to no objectivity. You came across something in your algorithm manipulated feed, something that jived with your implicit biases and served your confirmation bias, and subconsciously applied your emotional filters and called it proof.

Does this forum really need these constant illogical political barbs.
This "socialist government" just what does that mean. Is it good or bad? I'm sure it makes some people feel good spouting of but you wonder at their mentality.
The classic will probably be p4p reversing his anti Winston Peters rhetoric now that National may be looking at partnering with NZ First. There I go ...... I won't get into politics again.

Don't kid us that you know anything about racing, you're just a troll, bugger off

As the hour gets later your posts get more and more ludicrous, have another drink Meomy

Mediaworks went downhill with Clark Gayford & his cronies due to his ties to Ardern.
Owners of Mediaworks should have dealt to that as have legal obligations to provide balanced journalism, Kindy & Facebook stories are not investigative journalism.
 

I gained my love of racing sitting on my grandfathers knee listening to the wireless and you obviously do not know what constitutes a "Socialist" government. This government has also been good to the industry. Stop with the pro National rhetoric and check the facts please.

You guys are dreamers

These 7k races should have a minimum winning stake of $4k.   It’s ridiculous the winner getting under 4K and then a points penalty,  while the also rans  get $150 each