Fernlea25

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Sadly the TAB due to the "we know it all" attitude went down the wrong path 20 years ago.
 
From a business view point why cut out half the market. Put simply there are punters out there who would act like bookmakers instead of the TAB employing form analysts and taking all the risk.
 
Every participant should have the choice of being punter or bookmaker. Each being charged the usual takeout commission.
So thats Betfair you say.  Wrong Betfair went down the wrong path as well. There are alternatives to Betfair that pitch punter versus bookmaker made possible when the internet came into being.
 
Having a government sponsored agency ie TAB acting as bookmaker is reprehensible. The TAB should get back to basics. Get rid of all form analysts, bookmakers and allow punters to decide the market.

What is it that codes feel the need to slag other codes off and specifically greyhound racing .. I was raised on equine racing but then I fell in love with the name Slug White Bale .. and for me greyhound racing is another way of letting this code do what they do best.. run fast and race.. just like horses..  I enjoy watching them, they are random at times, I'll give you that .. and they don't follow give way rules too well ..  but I think things would go a lot more smoothly if codes learnt to work with each other in NZ.. god knows.. working alone isn't going too well and we just don't have the population to be able to go it alone.

I agree in part.....
I love watching the jumping racing anywhere in NZ.
 
But the crop of jumpers we have racing at the moment are fairly average, with the exception of a couple. But overall.....bad.
 
That shows that nobody wants to spend the time and money on jumpers anymore...for so little return.
They are poor turnover races....greens want them banned....and trainers and owners are giving up on them. How long will they be racing over fences? I doubt not too long....and if they do continue....there wont be many races each year will there?
 
Not surprising that Ted loved the Monday racing with old hacks.....but wont give the time of day to the best harness horses in NZ.  Some people will never change....we know that...Real good that some great gallops owners and trainers are having fun and winning with the harness code.....good on them. Wish them all the luck.

Did the term 'takeout' come to someone's mind while they were in the local Chinese takeaway? 

Can you not just comment on how much you enjoyed the jumps racing without putting down another code?  It doesn't really add anything except suggest to people you may be a little jealous.
 
Hard to believe you genuinely enjoyed yesterday's jumps more than the Jewels but each to their own.

Can you not just comment on how much you enjoyed the jumps racing without putting down another code?  It doesn't really add anything except suggest to people you may be a little jealous.
 
Hard to believe you genuinely enjoyed yesterday's jumps more than the Jewels but each to their own.

Can you not just comment on how much you enjoyed the jumps racing without putting down another code?  It doesn't really add anything except suggest to people you may be a little jealous.
 
Hard to believe you genuinely enjoyed yesterday's jumps more than the Jewels but each to their own.

Who else was waiting for the siren to sound after Sea King's win in the hurdles?
 
After viewing the head on, which showed contact twice in the last 200M, it was fairly obvious Sea King was going away again at the finish even after knocking Just Got Home off stride.  The present day rule was probably correctly applied then. 
 
The stipendiary report was in no way accurate though.
 
"Crowded" was the official term.  Yea right.  Heavy contact in the first instance and contact again after that would have been the correct term.
 
In three other instances on the day they have stated "contact" in the report so they know the difference apparently.
 
Perhaps they were endeavouring to downplay the incident as to why no questions were asked by either connections or stewards?

Yeah, I'm not necessarily knocking the purpose of the rail but the viewing as a spectator, atleast on TV, isn't as good anymore.  

That's exactly my point - everyone has tracks they like and tracks they don't.  If you were to open it up to more tracks, who decides which ones?  
 
Building a new track for one race day per year doesn't sound like a viable option, nor a good use of industry funds when Ashburton and Cambridge seem to be fine.  As I mentioned in my original comment, I wasn't so keen on Cambridge because I thought it wouldn't make for competitive racing but I was proved wrong yesterday.

Cool Pursuit, Little Teagan, Jinja Power, Alpinador
 
Blushing Belle, Lochinvar Brando, Buddy Broke, Opawa Tania

We have had a relatively good week , Drysdale winning at Addington and Clone Your Own winning at Sandown..
But today we were bought back down to earth were we had to put down Mandy or known on raceday as More than this.
Mandy was in her 15th year, we have had 15 years of sheer joy from her and hopefully she enjoyed those 15 years as much as we did..
Farewell Mandy its been an absolute pleasure having you in our family.
We will miss you heaps
                                     Merv and Ali 

No trolling here. I wouldn't trust half the posters who heard and 'remembered' what was said.... based on the average age. ....Ok, that was a troll.

So people overloading GAP and GAPs not dealing with it? Sounds like a two part problem. Mismanagement and unrealistic expectations from the industry. So much for new animal welfare changes then..

I adopted a retired racer through GAP about August last year.  Everyone from GAP that I dealt with during the adoption process was very pleasant, but I felt the process was disjointed and communication a bit slack and I remember thinking / saying to people on numerous occasions "Gee they must miss out on so many potential new homes for these greyhounds because people get sick of chasing them up".
 
At every step of the process I felt like it was me that had to keep things moving forward - it was me making follow-up calls, sending follow-up emails etc just to get action or find out where things were at.  The person I was dealing with seemed to keep changing, too.  I appreciate that a number of the people involved are volunteers, but surely clarity over the process and effective communication is a must if GAP is going to reach its full potential.  I wasn't invited to complete any kind of survey or offer any feedback on my experience throughout the process, so I never gave any - I think this is a must.  Then again, maybe they are usually much better and I was just one that wasn't handled so well.
 
It's a shame I wasn't rapt with the process because the product (the greyhound) is the real deal.
 
Appreciate I've gone away from the topic in the blog somewhat but think this is still relevant to the effectiveness of GAP.

I adopted a retired racer through GAP about August last year.  Everyone from GAP that I dealt with during the adoption process was very pleasant, but I felt the process was disjointed and communication a bit slack and I remember thinking / saying to people on numerous occasions "Gee they must miss out on so many potential new homes for these greyhounds because people get sick of chasing them up".
 
At every step of the process I felt like it was me that had to keep things moving forward - it was me making follow-up calls, sending follow-up emails etc just to get action or find out where things were at.  The person I was dealing with seemed to keep changing, too.  I appreciate that a number of the people involved are volunteers, but surely clarity over the process and effective communication is a must if GAP is going to reach its full potential.  I wasn't invited to complete any kind of survey or offer any feedback on my experience throughout the process, so I never gave any - I think this is a must.  Then again, maybe they are usually much better and I was just one that wasn't handled so well.
 
It's a shame I wasn't rapt with the process because the product (the greyhound) is the real deal.
 
Appreciate I've gone away from the topic in the blog somewhat but think this is still relevant to the effectiveness of GAP.

Super effort the winner - got off balance leaving the front straight the first time as the dog beside it came out a tad, turning Sweet It Is a little sideways.  Not a huge amount of interference but to regain balance and momentum and come with such a strong run was beautiful to watch.
 
Imagine how far it would've won by if the race had been, say, 750m instead of 715m.
 
Well done to the connections of Know Class.  He did so well to qualify for the final, particularly given his limited experience over the long distances - unfortunately the breaks didn't quite go his way last night but you can be very proud.

Super effort the winner - got off balance leaving the front straight the first time as the dog beside it came out a tad, turning Sweet It Is a little sideways.  Not a huge amount of interference but to regain balance and momentum and come with such a strong run was beautiful to watch.
 
Imagine how far it would've won by if the race had been, say, 750m instead of 715m.
 
Well done to the connections of Know Class.  He did so well to qualify for the final, particularly given his limited experience over the long distances - unfortunately the breaks didn't quite go his way last night but you can be very proud.

Super effort the winner - got off balance leaving the front straight the first time as the dog beside it came out a tad, turning Sweet It Is a little sideways.  Not a huge amount of interference but to regain balance and momentum and come with such a strong run was beautiful to watch.
 
Imagine how far it would've won by if the race had been, say, 750m instead of 715m.
 
Well done to the connections of Know Class.  He did so well to qualify for the final, particularly given his limited experience over the long distances - unfortunately the breaks didn't quite go his way last night but you can be very proud.

The whole timing thing in NZ dog racing needs a re-vamp.  It seems there are still races being hand-timed, or races where the times are simply being reported / recorded incorrectly.  The winner of the first race at Palmy on Monday was reported on the TV as running 26.65... it wasn't until the commentator noted prior to the next race that the time was actually 25.65 - a very big difference!
 
The times dogs can run is not only important information for punters, but also for anyone with a speed freak who may like to sell their dog.  Dogs are regularly sold in Aussie based on trialling times or times run in their first few races, but no one is going to want to buy a dog based on times if they have no confidence in the way the times are measured, or that the times are being recorded and reported correctly.

The whole timing thing in NZ dog racing needs a re-vamp.  It seems there are still races being hand-timed, or races where the times are simply being reported / recorded incorrectly.  The winner of the first race at Palmy on Monday was reported on the TV as running 26.65... it wasn't until the commentator noted prior to the next race that the time was actually 25.65 - a very big difference!
 
The times dogs can run is not only important information for punters, but also for anyone with a speed freak who may like to sell their dog.  Dogs are regularly sold in Aussie based on trialling times or times run in their first few races, but no one is going to want to buy a dog based on times if they have no confidence in the way the times are measured, or that the times are being recorded and reported correctly.

The whole timing thing in NZ dog racing needs a re-vamp.  It seems there are still races being hand-timed, or races where the times are simply being reported / recorded incorrectly.  The winner of the first race at Palmy on Monday was reported on the TV as running 26.65... it wasn't until the commentator noted prior to the next race that the time was actually 25.65 - a very big difference!
 
The times dogs can run is not only important information for punters, but also for anyone with a speed freak who may like to sell their dog.  Dogs are regularly sold in Aussie based on trialling times or times run in their first few races, but no one is going to want to buy a dog based on times if they have no confidence in the way the times are measured, or that the times are being recorded and reported correctly.

Ah fair enough - I only bet FO so I probably should have mentioned that. In saying that however, I think the FO price does influence punters. If they see that Madanadi as $2 on the fixed then they could well have backed it on the tote.