Berri 2,131 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 22 minutes ago, Tribesman said: Getting back to the jumps racing question. Seven horses lost their lives last jumping season, surely reason enough to pull the plug Not as many who died flat racing. A part of horse racing that we all hate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berri 2,131 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 2 hours ago, turny said: Berri not so sure grazing sheep permitted in Ellerslie - leasing has issues - lease to whom? - sell it today and invest in tomorrow - put the memories in the museum Obviously you are not aware of the deals that the gypsies did up the road, or that the majority of the St Johns Trust has done in Medowbank, or all the Land investment trusts do in downtown Auckland, or most of the Uk land owners do in London. Dont srll the land, just change its status. But before that, work out how you would replace the characteristics of an iconic race that represents a part of the thoroughbred industry that's so popular that in the UK, betting and ownership in jump racing materially exceeds flat galloping. NZ... learn a lesson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADM 225 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 Probably a silly question, does the ARC own the land or is it equestrian reserve like a lot of the tracks ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,341 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 7 minutes ago, ADM said: Probably a silly question, does the ARC own the land or is it equestrian reserve like a lot of the tracks ? I am pretty sure, in fact positive that the ARC own the land. ADM 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman 5 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 Remember Berri the Flat racing season is 12 months, the jumping season much shorter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 ARC owned. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda 143 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 Jumps racing is the only racing worth watching in the winter Berri, Tinkerbelle, gary1 and 3 others 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boned 32 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 Keep Ellerslie hill and sell 40 other tracks in NZ. Hollywood Baz and racingsouthdude 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkerbelle 79 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 Keep Ellerslie hill. I have zero faith in anyone (club or national authorities) investing the proceeds wisely. It would all simply get frittered away. Irish 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkerbelle 79 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 21 hours ago, barryb said: I think a few things need to be tried to enhance the image of jumps and imo they are: 1) Remove starting gates and all jumps racing to be flag starts. 2) Remove the last fence in the straight, better to have any fallers well away from public view. 3) No more whip after the last fence, watching a horse getting flogged when its out on its feet in a jumps race over the last 200mtrs does zero for the image. Very good suggestions Tauhei Notts, Insider and Pam Robson 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 Tinkerbelle, we are talking about ARC (Ellerslie) - not WRC (Trentham). Tinkerbelle 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelda kratchanova 2 501 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 boris says bring back the steeples chase hill at randwick and jumps too now that was a HILL, n0? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelda kratchanova 2 501 Report post Posted January 21, 2017 http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/society_art/races/randwick/panoramic_views.html Turny 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkerbelle 79 Report post Posted January 22, 2017 9 hours ago, Trump said: Tinkerbelle, we are talking about ARC (Ellerslie) - not WRC (Trentham). Yes. We are. Zero faith. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted January 22, 2017 Then how did ARC end up so financially secure, yet you put them in the basket with WRC ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
