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rdytdy

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  1. Couldn't agree more. To get stuff on mainstream TV (other than negative/damaging material) would be tremendous. Incidentally I have been able to get non racing people to watch Off The Rails and they love it. A question I get asked is "what a great show, why is there no NZ version?" Who's our Malcolm Johnston?
  2. Must agree Sheriff. Under Broomhills watch a lot of good competent, passionate people with excellent knowledge have gone or been under utilised and replaced with....well read your post. I will however disagree that Retro is unproductive. It produces an intangible result, something that cannot be definitively measured and that is the problem they have trouble with it. They can't distinguish a bottom line. I believe that it creates interest, gives insight into the industry and the last week of racing. It can bring to the public racing personalities ie jockeys/trainers etc and show case our horses. It can advise where they heading which people can use to back them on Futures Betting, and it can provide blackbookers which people can note for future betting opportunies. By having it on a Monday evening there is also the opportunity to provide an insight/information on horses lining up during the week, again encouraging people to invest. It does provide a return for the industry. Another intangible outcome is that it also gives an insight into the industry with information for new comers that can translate them into having a bet. Information and entertaiment is always a winner. PS the return is a paltry 28% to owners.
  3. I got through and vigorously advocated the need for a NZ Retro Show along with other type shows typical of an Off The Rails. Trial Shows etc. The thoroughbred code desperately needs a Retro Show. I have done this for the past couple of years when Glen Broom hill has been on Des's Shows. Unfortunately I got the same response again from him this year, "We are looking at it but it wouldn't happen until next season." We would also have to have a look into getting the right people to do it also." Nothing happens. I would think that under Glen Broomhill's watch it is highly unlikely to ever happen. Tony Lee would have been a good person for example to have been on such a show as he is both knowledgeable and entertaining, essential requirements for such a show. It would be something that I am sure Tony would have loved to be part of but Broomhill has made it clear that Tony is not wanted as he is taking his team in the direction he wants. I believe that Broomhill has no interest in providing such shows. Racing is not all about numbers, nor all about wall to wall racing. It is not pokie machine, lotto/keno where there is no input from the punter or skill involved. Racing has heart beat, a pulse and a long history, something those other don't. It is interesting that Lotto with dwindling watching numbers, with the exception of big pots, introduced the spin the wheel segment into the draw where they do a bit on the family who have won the spin the wheel and get them into the show for it. I have noticed that people I work with never mention the numbers that are drawn but quite often talk about the spin the wheel (human interest) part and who won. Racing gets stuff all post race coverage in the papers etc let alone human/horse interest and lets face it Trackside goes into virtually every household in the country. What are they doing to attract new people? You are going to attract very few people by providing wall to wall racing but you will by providing shows as mentioned above. Its about the people/horses involved just like sports having followers due to their stars/players attracting a following. I don't know how much actual racing history/participation the four that turned up from the Racing Board have. Chris Bayliss by his own admission three months ago has virtual no history or in depth knowledge of racing being a twice a year punter, Melbourne Cup and Boxing Day at Ellerslie and Glen Broomhill came from a camera man role. So the question has to be asked just how do they know what we want. I have never been surveyed etc. Do they truly understand racing or have a passion for it? I am going to follow up with both Chris Bayliss and Glen Broomhill by writing to them and asking for a definitive answer are we having a Retro Show or not, yes or no. If I don't get a YES then I am prepared to organise a petition and get numbers together so that they cannot ignore it. I have asked hundreds of people over the past couple of years, "Do you think Trackside should have a Thoroughbred Retro Racing Show." I have had a unanimous "YES" I will let you know what the response it and unless I get a definite YES organise a petition. I can get along to meetings in the Waikato area but would need help in other parts of the country but will cross that bridge if I get a no or maybe.
  4. Poor Boris, licking the glue off the wallpaper again. Tell Boris to put his shekels on Zurella when she steps up past 1600m. Then he may be dining on steak!!!
  5. Boris's dinner when he gets home late from the pub eh Zelda.
  6. Boris will have to eat wallpaper for dinner. The Hot Snitzel got well and truly burnt.
  7. 25,000 oncourse last night amid amazing scenes. Suck it up knockers.
  8. No he didn't win at Flemington Gary but he will always be remembered as the horse who should have won the 1982 Melbourne Cup. He carried 59kgs and was beaten a neck by Gurner's Lane after Malcolm Johnston absolutely murdered him. He wasn't comfortable at all racing on left handed tracks leading with the wrong leg and becoming unbalanced but he did manage to win three consecutive Cox Plates. In Melbourne he won five of his thirteen starts there and in Sydney on right handed tracks he won 22 from 25 including 21 in a row there. Malcolm Johnston's ride in the Melbourne Cup which cost him victory is on a par with Chris Ramage's ride on Show Gate in the 1977 Wellington Cup when she carried 57kgs. She finished second behind Good Lord and was absolutely murdered by Ramage that day. Her record should have read won from 1200m to 3200m instead of 2400m.
  9. Hmm... both Madam Zelda and Poogoo have suddenly gone very quiet. Are Madam Zelda's little crystal balls not working properly and they cannot produce the solution/s they so desperately want? Do we take it her balls are coming up blank re the question posed...that in fact there is no such horse capable of beating BC over 1200m in Australia. or do we wait and let them keep at her balls until a solution finally appears. I think they may be there quite a while.
  10. Madame Zelda Would you please get your little crystal balls out, give them a squeeze and a dusting with Veet so the surface is clean and smooth. Now gaze into your little crystal balls and tell us which one of all the horses in your new homeland Arrsetralia can beat BC over 1200m. We await with bated breath. PS If your balls keep going dim to match your brain may I suggest that you get Poogoo around to huff on them and polish them with his sleeve so you can accomplish this mission. Waiting.........
  11. Don't be a dickhead Derrick. It was totally unprofessional dress as a presenter. FYI Andrew Forsman was interviewed at Trentham following Serpents very good win in the St Leger. Funnily enough he was wearing shirt, tie and jacket. What he was wearing at Rotorua today on wet industry day is irrelevant as was last Saturday for that matter, he is a trainer not a presenter., However one would have say Andrew was aware of the appropriate standard of dress for Saturday's premier day and did dress accordingly. Bevan Sweeney shared the presenting duties with Brendon Popplewell and he was appropriately attired. If you had noticed in the background Andre Neil who was doing the oncourse presenations was also dressed appropriately. It is about image and professionlism. You saw the races broadcast from Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and their presenters wore jacket and tie. You may be happy for Sweens to rock up in jandals, shorts and t-shirt by the sound of it but the reality is that he is presenting the day for Trackside, the Wellington Racing Club and the industry here as a whole. Not only should he consider the image he wants to portray for himself he also needs to consider his image to the aforementioned as well. It's not that hard is it?
  12. Interesting. Are you able to provide the figures for 2012 for comparison?
  13. Almost as good as the ride on O'Fille eh Rumpole.....
  14. No, it's her Mum posting.
  15. He was a disgrace presenting for Trackside at Trentham yesterday. A premier Group 1 day and he fronts up to present with no jacket and the sleeves of his shirt rolled up. His co presenter Brendon Poppelwell was dressed appropriately as he usually is. Trackside is a shop front for the industry and no doubt would have been broadcast overseas as well. Sweeney's attire was inappropriate and showed a distinct lack of professionlism. He is difficult enough to listen to with his speech imperfection so you would think that he would ensure everything else is presented in the best possible manner, especially on a premier day.
  16. Poor Ambitious Champion, got Fenton-Ellised as he lined up. As he walked into the gate Karen says "1 looks the good thing." Immediately I thought OMG Murphy's Law. Ten seconds later the horse goes on his nose as the gates open losing six to seven lengths and gets beat a short neck.
  17. It's not rocket science is it. Constant bombardment of wall to wall, small field racing is a huge turnoff for a lot of people. By having the same amount of stake money being applied to less races means more stake money per race. With less races more horses will be looking for a run and with increased prize money that also makes it attractive to start. The simple equation referred to above is correct: Unfortunately the leaders we have deem that more and more races is better.....go figure.
  18. Seeing that you are going in a circle then there must be downhill section also Trump, or had you overlooked that. However it is the very difference between the Ellerslie track and the Trentham track that creates a difference in race tempo and this is the reason why Trentham has been long regarded as more of a test for stayers. At Ellerslie they quite often button off and take and hold and it is also downhill from the 800m to 400m where they gather them ready for the run up the straight. So a number of horses that aren't genuine stayers get a chance for a breather during the running and a softish run from the 800m to the 400. Thus by having something in reserve they can get the last 400m at Ellerslie. At Trentham the pace is usually more genuine and they don't get the chance to relax/button off. Also the pressure goes on a lot earlier at Trentham from as far out as the 600m-800m and the race therefore becomes one of being able to sustain a good gallop all the way and survival of the fittest from the 600-800m to the post. The big roomy Trentham track and the way the race is run often gives those stayers that come from well a fair way off the pace as well whereas at Ellerslie we often see an on pace bias (related to track shape/tempo).
  19. Will not be starting. Going to OZ instead.
  20. Trump, on 07 Mar 2013 - 20:52, said: Baz I would have thought that your statement would indicate the exact opposite. They were unable to win because the race wasn't a true test of the stayer and hence they were disadvantaged. The Wellington Cup until recently was run three weeks after the Auckland Cup and in my living memory only three horses have been able to win the Wellington Cup in the same year. 1970 Il Tempo, 1984 Secured Deposit and 1992 Castletown. In my opinion, the size and openess of the Trentham track makes it a truer test of stamina than the Ellerslie track.
  21. Racing commentator quit over boss strife BLAIR ENSOR Last updated 11:17 10/03/2013 PHIL REID/Fairfax NZ SIGNING OFF: Tony Lee at Wellington’s Trax Bar. Rumours of theft and a gambling addiction surfaced when legendary racing commentator Tony Lee suddenly called it quits. But they're simply not true, he says. Instead, his shock departure from Trackside was the result of a stoush with his boss, Glen Broomhall. "We've not seen eye-to-eye over the years on a couple of things," Lee told the Sunday Star-Times during the week. The 55-year-old, who owns Trax Bar at Wellington Railway Station, said the pair held conflicting views over the direction the channel should take. "Horses in New Zealand go back a long, long way - they're a part of our history - and I didn't think that was being acknowledged enough. I thought it was more of a tipping channel and I didn't think that was a healthy way to go. Everyone wants to go to work feeling wanted, but I didn't feel that." Lee said he spoke with Broomhall on Wednesday because he had a lot of pressure from people to make a return to commentating. "He said he wouldn't want me back race calling - he's building his team in the direction that he's taking it." It was suggested he could return as a mentor. TAB communications manager John Mitchell confirmed Lee's version of events. "We've got the hugest amount of respect for him [Lee] as a racing personality and a racing caller, it's just unfortunate that he has a different view on where he would like to see our broadcasting channels go." Lee, regarded as one of the best race callers in the business, suddenly quit the Trackside channel in October, just days before he was due to call a major race meeting. He offered no explanation for his resignation. Speculation surrounding his exit included the alleged theft of $40,000 from pokies at Trax Bar and an alleged gambling problem. Trax Bar, beside platform 1 at the Wellington railway station, has 18 poker machines. The machines were switched off last year when the New Zealand Community Trust became aware of a late bank payment. Publicans with pokies are meant to bank their takings one week in arrears, meaning they often carry a large amount of cash. Police are still looking for the bar's former duty manager, Martin James Veiagina, 33, originally from Niue, in connection with the theft of the pokies money. Lee said his resignation was not connected to the alleged theft and he did not have a gambling problem. "I've had a bet since I don't how young, and that's part and parcel of me - it's part of what I like. "Some people would say that is [a problem], but I don't think so." There has also been speculation among TAB employees, who have questioned why the betting agency took direct ownership of the outlet at Trax Bar early last year. Lee would not comment on speculation that he had been betting on credit. "I'm not saying anything about anything here because I'm just fuelling rubbish. "People can keep guessing." Mitchell said last week: "The Racing Board has no evidence to support any allegations of credit betting." Lee has called more than 100,000 races since he began commentating at Hutt Park in 1983. "I've had a hell of a run in racing, I've had a real blast," he said. "It's been fun . . . it's been a huge part of my life, but we're turning the page - it's the next chapter now." - Sunday Star
  22. Bull...t!! This mornings SundayStar*Times. Headline "Lee Called It Quits Over Strife With Boss" His departure was as a result of a stoush with his boss Glen Broomhall. In fact they haven't seen eye to eye over the years on a couple of things. They held conflicting views over the direction the channel should take. Tony sayd, "Horses in NZ go back along way - they are part of our history - and I didn't think that was being acknowledged enough. I thought it was more of a tipping channel and I didn't think that was a healthy way to go. Everyone wants to go to work feeling wanted, but I didn't feel that. Now this contradicts the quote above!! Lee said he spoke with Broomhall on Wednesday because he had a lot of pressure from people to make a return to commentating. "He said he wouldn't want me back race calling - he's building his team in the direction that he's taking it." It was suggested that he could to return as a mentor. TAB communications manager John Mitchell confirmed Lee's version of events. Over the past few years I have heard other first hand stories about Glen Broomhall and would suggest it is he that should be dropped not people such as Tony and others. Trackside should not be all focused about wall to wall racing and betting. Racing is also about horses and people. I agree with Tony. It should far more balanced than it has become under Glen Broomhill's watch.
  23. Gosh nasypas. I hope that you don't bet on this one as well. That will make it three from three incorrect. Brent won the 1976 Cup on Perhaps who was trained by Colin Jillings.