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Fitzgerald, instead of posting rubbish on this site and stating things that have been accepted as true in a court of law,  ring me and get the true story, your friend has been found guilty, we now await his sentence

In spite of your obnoxious persona, and overblown opinions of your own talents, legal and otherwise, I've always had a certain amount of respect for you in your "battles with the system" ... until now.
To come out all guns blazing in support of a convicted criminal (nothing "alleged" about it), without a skerrick of concern for his victim, or his apparent lack of remorse, is appalling to say the least.
A "decent human being" would be actively supporting his victim, and condemning his crimes until such time as he proves his worth to society again.

Was he released or held in custody ? 
Hope he is in custody.

A coward and a bully.  Hopefully he will get to see how it feels if he gets a custodial sentence. And one thing is certain, if he can do something like that to a female or anybody for that matter

Why should we have to wait till November 24th for sentence.
Found guilty, sentence him now, lock him up and throw key away.
No place for a female basher in our world and industry.
Also a druggie as well isn't he?

Punched, choked and then kicked he in the head when she was down ..... 

I heard and I hope it is not true but the victim received text from people in the Industry asking her to drop the charges 
If true a disgrace !!

What a shocking incident for the young woman. Anderson should be ashamed, assaulting a female is never OK. I hope this nasty bloke gets a long prison sentence. It is unlikely he will be welcome back in the harness industry again. Good riddance. Headlines like this are not what harness racing needs. The industry is struggling to survive and stories like this are another nail in the coffin for harness racing. 

A terrified woman hid in a ditch until police arrived after harness racing star Matt Anderson punched and choked her, leaving her fearing for her life.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/122376304/harness-racing-star-matt-anderson-assaulted-strangled-woman

Well done, no doubt she got some plesure in beating her big sister. Both Tomlinson girls are extremely competent drivers

Abe looks better than him now......😆

You're the SCAM. Since he DIED SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE there was any such thing in this world as Covid-19, how can it be that he was adamant right up to the time of his death that the powers that be wanted to use his invention to test for Covid-19, and that they should not. You're so incredibly stupid with some of the stuff you try and pass off as factual. 
Plus up to and including the 1980's he was considered nothing but a genius. By the 1990's he was better known as a conspiracy theorist. This uncredited piece of tripe was obviously written by someone similar to that. Unbelievable. 

Apparently according to the CEO of Harness Racing they will be releasing the funding level for the 20/21 season next week. He stated that the stakes would be on par with this seasons level. I find it hard to understand how an announcement on funding levels for stakes can be made when we still haven't negotiated our share of the total distribution from RITA. Both the Thoroughbred and Greyhound codes are arguing strongly for a percentage increase in their funding levels and the both have good arguments for why they should get more. Obviously if they get a greater percentage then we get a lower percentage and the total funds available have not been increased

Not quite. The gaming side of things which will be called NZTAB comes into play. DM takes over dual roles until new CEO is found at which time he would continue as Chair unless WP or his successor decided to terminate current RITA and thus future NZTAB board.
 
Greg

I realize that JJ but I understood that RITA would be dis-established once NZ Racing was established. The Racing Industry Bill has been enacted so why would RITA continue?

They might even be the same person, or somehow related, based on the level of unhingedness......if there's such a word. 

Tell that to the 30,000 that will turn up on Cup Day

Fake racing news only paints the glossy picture 
by Brian de Lore
Published 17 July 2020
Truth is stranger than fiction as the saying goes but the problem with racing today is that no one is telling the truth, and therefore the racing public cannot make the comparison.
We know the fiction dished up to racing people is strange but it’s becoming even more curious, and the fiction was again on show this week when some non-des-plume writer posing as ‘Newsdesk.’ wrote a story entitled, ‘Outgoing McKenzie hails Racing Industry Act.’
Subsequent inquiries to NZTR has revealed the author of this advertorial journalism is Andrew Birch.
It’s a hard headline to swallow given that Dean McKenzie and RITA was diametrically opposed to most of the changes made to the legislation between the first and second reading (and there were a lot of changes), but he is now displaying his versatility by adapting to it like a chameleon and is happy to accept the credit for all the gains made in legislation, given he is the boss of racing’s reform.
New Zealand racing administration has seen plenty of chameleons
The ability of the chameleon to change colour and adapt immediately to the environment in which it resides has long mystified the scientific world; in New Zealand racing administration, however, we have seen plenty of chameleons come and go.
The opening salvor in this article fails to convince in saying, “McKenzie believes his time at the helm of NZ racing is ending on a high with the passing of the Racing Industry Act.”
Let’ s get this straight! The Racing Bill reads only the way it reads because of a focused Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee who met most of the wishes contained in the well over 900 diligently written submissions including almost 100 who fronted personally for the oral hearings. They are responsible for this legislation – not the lines of arguments put forward by RITA, which performed poorly at the hearings (McKenzie) and was against many of the issues the industry wanted, such as retention of the IP (Intellectual property).
Further on in this story, McKenzie continues to use the pandemic excuse by saying, “COVID-19 was the ultimate curveball,” but Treasury throws cold water on that excuse in a paper that appeared on it’ s website that can be found at:
file:///C:/Users/User/OneDrive/Documents/NZRB-RITA/TreasuryRacingb20-initiatives-ia-4278244.pdf
On Page 4, Clause 5 says: “note, that due diligence on the RITA has confirmed that there were significant commercial and ownership issues that existed prior to COVID-19, and that the long-term commercial viability of RITA may be in question unless significant reforms are made.”
Treasury had PWC looking at the RITA books in March and Clause 5 confirms everything The Optimist has been saying about RITA’ s financial state over the past year.
Clause 6 confirms what Minister Peters alluded to in his pre-budget announcement: “note, that RITA is likely to require further additional support in the future to position the industry for recovery.”
It’ s not that difficult to conclude if you’re the recipient of $50 million from the Budget 2020 but still require further funding with a big question-mark on the long-term commercial viability, according to Treasury’s advice from PWC, then you’re skint.
…budget figures disclosed did not add up to delivering the funding for the codes for 2020 ($139.6 million)…
RITA still hasn’ t posted the full half-year report on their website, only an abbreviated version in News. It was put up briefly but taken down quickly and has not reappeared. The reason possibly because the budget figures disclosed did not add up to delivering the funding for the codes for 2020 ($139.6 million) committed to by Dean McKenzie and RITA. You can only cover up for so long – the truth will have to come out but no one is telling it at the moment.
McKenzie talks about how well he’s done with the legislation but fails to mention RITAs debt level to the ASB which is still reputed to be at $45 or $47 million.
Remember, it’s election year, and our Minister will not want any bad news for racing until at least September 20th. To catch the votes, lousy news must be toned down to a minimum, and that’s why we are supposedly racing for the same stakes – the $139.6 million – although there’s nowhere near that amount of money available coming in on current revenue levels.
The get-out clause of a quarterly review on stakes money is sure to be used. And that’s why this good news story about McKenzie, who like Allen before him, is only fake news, strangely posted on the NZTR website.
Why would such a story appear on the website of NZTR promoting someone who has caused them the most grief in the past 18 months? NZTR supposedly represents the participants of the industry, and in fact, is in place to serve the industry in the best manner possible.
Where is the leadership? Racing people in New Zealand at the very least deserve some honesty, but no one from any organisation is currently providing it.
The End
Alice Hoodsays: July 18, 2020 at 8:30 am Well said. I asked NZR CEO, for one of his online question sessions who and what the ” suppliers and suppliers” were that were to be paid the $26m. His answer, you’ll have to write to RITA as they know that. Why have we got a CEO who either won’t or can’t answer that question. As a breeder and race horse owner, I am pouring money into a dark hole as there is no transparency . it is a sorry state of affairs. WE need the truth before the election but it probably won’t happen
  Brian de Loresays: July 18, 2020 at 8:37 am No leadership, no transparency, no accountability – this industry has all three in truckloads
Reply steve herlihysays: July 19, 2020 at 10:46 pm I,m laughing and out LOUD , what a circus, and everyone stakeholder pre covid are still in.
Had a light bulb moment
I have scaled my racing interests down to one horse and have ceased breeding after 25 years.
FREEDOM of choice , I don,t have to put with the BS .
My bank balance is on the rise, think I might buy a boat, or a plane !
Let me know when the industry goes bust, and when the NEW opposition company are calling for share holders.
Thanks Brian , for all the hard yards , no BS, love your work.
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We need them on-course!...End Of Story!
The public need to see the atmosphere raceday and the successful owners reactions!
Marketing for Free!
Who would can this sort of exposure to your business !
Look what Andre Neill is trying to do with his facebook page Racing This Time !
I would even suggest bringing someone in like Andre Neill back to Trackside to run the whole damn thing and start from scratch!
Sack a Suit is my new motto!...to pay for the industry's essential staff and products.

Exactly Nigel . Something for everyone.
 
Greg

Not that mad to live down that way but know plenty who do. I like warm places.
As for dates schedule it is what it is

Why? NI usually has smaller fields so they should probably have smaller stakes. 
Currently the NI gets more than a fair share of total stakes money. The SI doesn't even have a group race for 2yos, doesn't have a 3yo race further than 1,600m (except for one fillies race) and misses out in so many other ways. 
As racing is pretty much becoming an off course activity there is even more justification for supporting SI product. The SI can produce reasonable product, generally on better tracks, much more economically than the north.

Totally agree considering the paucity of talent we have in NZ asking the questions. Radley, Dufficy a different story. Don't need Emily, Sweeney (the less of his appalling diction the better) Popperwell or that Guerin asking puerile questions ( with the usual painful trainers response of "I'll take him home, see how he eats up, and then make plans") and telling us again WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN as the race plays out. Now post -race interviews with P4P, Ralph Manning or Kevin Myers would  be a different story!

Dont miss the after race interviews at all 95% of the jockeys and trainers wouldnt either, the guy with the micaphone was at times over the top for example keep on firing questions to a jockey that was bugged or a owner trying to get to the photo shoot..

A disqualified person is still covered by the rules of racing, which means racecourse detectives are able to inspect his property and investigate his activities. He can be charged with more offencess if he continues to ignore the disqualification