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Is this man still in the country ?
His silence over the last 7 weeks has been amazing.
How many staff have had wages cut ?
What has he done to cut cost ?
What is the future going to be like ?
Come on Mike, it would be CEO like to hear from you.

God we're so optomistic on this site

And those who do bet with the NZ TAB are, in the words of the late great Bernt Bryant, “Spendthrifts with a good sense of humour”. You’re so wrong Stable’s. Any punter worth their weight always bet where the “best odds” are available. That’s not with the NZ TAB. 

Any one claiming to be a supporter of racing in New Zealand, who does not bet with the New Zealand TAB, is a hippocrate

It makes me bloody wild.
It’s all back to front.
They are destroying what’s good about the TAB, Trackside, Radio Trackside and the little people and keeping the Fat Cats, who made the mistakes, their ridiculous salaries, the crap platform, rebates, bonus bets etc. 
If ever there was a time to get back to basics, this is it. 
Wall to wall racing! Get lost to that idea, is my opinion 
Sorry Dean and the Board, Vella etc you have failed me let alone all the good hard working staff, who created none of this. 

 

It makes me bloody wild.
It’s all back to front.
They are destroying what’s good about the TAB, Trackside, Radio Trackside and the little people and keeping the Fat Cats, who made the mistakes, their ridiculous salaries, the crap platform, rebates, bonus bets etc. 
If ever there was a time to get back to basics, this is it. 
Wall to wall racing! Get lost to that idea, is my opinion 
Sorry Dean and the Board, Vella etc you have failed me let alone all the good hard working staff, who created none of this. 

 

It makes me bloody wild.
It’s all back to front.
They are destroying what’s good about the TAB, Trackside, Radio Trackside and the little people and keeping the Fat Cats, who made the mistakes, their ridiculous salaries, the crap platform, rebates, bonus bets etc. 
If ever there was a time to get back to basics, this is it. 
Wall to wall racing! Get lost to that idea, is my opinion 
Sorry Dean and the Board, Vella etc you have failed me let alone all the good hard working staff, who created none of this. 

 

It makes me bloody wild.
It’s all back to front.
They are destroying what’s good about the TAB, Trackside, Radio Trackside and the little people and keeping the Fat Cats, who made the mistakes, their ridiculous salaries, the crap platform, rebates, bonus bets etc. 
If ever there was a time to get back to basics, this is it. 
Wall to wall racing! Get lost to that idea, is my opinion 
Sorry Dean and the Board, Vella etc you have failed me let alone all the good hard working staff, who created none of this. 

 

It makes me bloody wild.
It’s all back to front.
They are destroying what’s good about the TAB, Trackside, Radio Trackside and the little people and keeping the Fat Cats, who made the mistakes, their ridiculous salaries, the crap platform, rebates, bonus bets etc. 
If ever there was a time to get back to basics, this is it. 
Wall to wall racing! Get lost to that idea, is my opinion 
Sorry Dean and the Board, Vella etc you have failed me let alone all the good hard working staff, who created none of this. 

 

It makes me bloody wild.
It’s all back to front.
They are destroying what’s good about the TAB, Trackside, Radio Trackside and the little people and keeping the Fat Cats, who made the mistakes, their ridiculous salaries, the crap platform, rebates, bonus bets etc. 
If ever there was a time to get back to basics, this is it. 
Wall to wall racing! Get lost to that idea, is my opinion 
Sorry Dean and the Board, Vella etc you have failed me let alone all the good hard working staff, who created none of this. 

 

It makes me bloody wild.
It’s all back to front.
They are destroying what’s good about the TAB, Trackside, Radio Trackside and the little people and keeping the Fat Cats, who made the mistakes, their ridiculous salaries, the crap platform, rebates, bonus bets etc. 
If ever there was a time to get back to basics, this is it. 
Wall to wall racing! Get lost to that idea, is my opinion 
Sorry Dean and the Board, Vella etc you have failed me let alone all the good hard working staff, who created none of this. 

 

It makes me bloody wild.
It’s all back to front.
They are destroying what’s good about the TAB, Trackside, Radio Trackside and the little people and keeping the Fat Cats, who made the mistakes, their ridiculous salaries, the crap platform, rebates, bonus bets etc. 
If ever there was a time to get back to basics, this is it. 
Wall to wall racing! Get lost to that idea, is my opinion 
Sorry Dean and the Board, Vella etc you have failed me let alone all the good hard working staff, who created none of this. 

 

It makes me bloody wild.
It’s all back to front.
They are destroying what’s good about the TAB, Trackside, Radio Trackside and the little people and keeping the Fat Cats, who made the mistakes, their ridiculous salaries, the crap platform, rebates, bonus bets etc. 
If ever there was a time to get back to basics, this is it. 
Wall to wall racing! Get lost to that idea, is my opinion 
Sorry Dean and the Board, Vella etc you have failed me let alone all the good hard working staff, who created none of this. 

 

The Trackside coalface people at Radio and TV are knowledgeable with a genuine passion for the industry doing their best to promote and attract people to racing and create turnover. Barry Lichter makes mention of Mark Claydon losing his job. There would be very few with more knowledge and passion for than industry than Mark. It is people such as Mark that are asset to racing yet now surplus to requirements according to Rita.
Exactly Ted...and thats why the industry has been totally fucked inside and out...they don't care one iota about the industry...nor the quality industry people they just get rid of....all they care about is protecting their own...nothing more and keeping their big fat pay checks so they can keep their snouts in the trough.

Mark done a magnificent job at all levels and over all codes.  Racing man through and through.
Very disappointing that the cuts started at this level to those at the coal face of the racing.  

If this is the best Dean McKenzie can come up with then he clearly is the wrong man for the job.
The Trackside coalface people at Radio and TV are knowledgeable with a genuine passion for the industry doing their best to promote and attract people to racing and create turnover. Barry Lichter makes mention of Mark Claydon losing his job. There would be very few with more knowledge and passion for than industry than Mark. It is people such as Mark that are asset to racing yet now surplus to requirements according to Rita.
The elephant in the room is the wasteful extravagance and f*#kups at the top over the last decade from those on huge salaries and with very little knowledge of racing and wagering. Multi millions of racing funds sent down the toilet on the Typhoon Betting System that never got off the ground including the other useless overpriced betting system put in place under John Allen which continues at an annual cost of $17 million per year are just a couple of examples of very poor management decisions. There are plenty of others.  
These are the people that are causing good people on the front line to lose their jobs at Trackside. People without any knowledge and departing leaving a ton of horse manure behind, they should be hanging their heads in shame. They won't be though as they will be at another trough without a single thought of their previous incompetent actions.
If you want to prune Dean, start with the rotten fruit close in instead of stretching the shears at arms length and leaning out to lop the best fruit at the edges of the tree.
 
   
 
   
     

Yes, everyone we have seen listed so far is someone who actually "knows" about racing. Those who don't give a fuck are still employed, as far as we can see.

I really don't get it...they cut the people needed in the industry like T Lee and co, and keep the suits..the wankers who caused this to start with....how can that be fair and how can we as an industry not stand up as one and say NO enough is enough.!!!!!

Youv'e got it in one, its designed to take care of themselves

I agree , gonna be great seeing Ellerslie and Te Rapa sell up for the good of the industry.

Madness.
The clean out should start at the top and work out from there not the other way around. A further retrenching of racing away from the public. Instead of promoting racing and trying to attract people this action will only lead to further alienation of the customers that are left and further erosion of turnover (the opposite of what is needed).  
   

What a bunch of FUCKIN MORONS!
Run by suits on hundreds of thousands of dollars who keep their jobs the useless greedy C##TS!

Wall To Wall Racing is the last thing the Industry needs! LESS IS MORE YOU MUPPET'S !

They obviously don't regard us as a sport but believe we all have gambling addictions instead. Two flies up a wall anyone???

I am pissed off at this approach to say the least!
NZ RACING run by Non racing Suits with no idea! F###WITS!

My supermarket stocks 7 brands of dunny rolls. NZRB/RITA thinks that if I expand that to 17 brands my customers will buy and use more and that will overcome the fact that I've now doubled the cost of stock control, ordering, deliveries, restocking etc and had to cut down the shelf space for the baked beans and fresh baked bread to make room for them. Of course my new $50,000 inventory control software should cover that and the $1,700 p.a. annual maintenance costs for that.
I only need a good enough selection to stop my customers from shopping elsewhere and be price competitive enough to maybe attract a few more customers so I grow the business. Everyone else in business knows this.

It will be interesting hearing George calling the dogs. Two of the happiest people will be Tom Wood and Mark Mac. They got out in time.

Not really the people that caused the problems that are getting the boot is it. Typical I suppose.