proposal - Thoroughbred Womens Network (NZ)

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Thoroughbred Womens Network is an american non-profit organization. https://www.thoroughbredwomensnetwork.org/. Please read their mission statement.

As a collective community, it brings women together with only requirement (at  any level of interest) towards thoroughbreds & racing, whether experienced or not.

It's a directory, referral and support/sharing based.

It has been helpful in aiding young women into the industry by those women better experienced to  advise accordingly.

It would be great if something like this could be established in New Zealand.

Are women here, interested in establishing something similar along these lines? You do not have to be experienced or horse industry qualified. Those 'interested' may have any skills to offer voluntarily  like legal, counselling, IT, social media, administrative. Anything. Even if its about finding mutual friendships that is fine.

Let's be clear it is not a #meto movement: it will be a proactive community where women can progress with confidence.

Presently, there is no FB page. Please PM  or  email tblwinners@gmail.com subject line (WOMENS NETWORK) to indicate an interest.

If there is a sufficient number we will hopefully do a informal 'meet and greet' and see how it evolves from there.

Any other beneficial ideas are welcome.

Looking forward to your interest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Aaron Bidlake 760]

Isnt that ' Flair ' all about getting females into racing? 

[chevy86 2,704]

Better run it past Gender Minorities Aotearoa. They represent "non-binary" people so any mention of male or female will be highly offensive in their world and liable to bring opprobrium on the racing industry.

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12 hours ago, chevy86 said:

Better run it past Gender Minorities Aotearoa. They represent "non-binary" people so any mention of male or female will be highly offensive in their world and liable to bring opprobrium on the racing industry.

yeah you're right - sort of. 

With background to the proposal... it was years back & I don't know whether she is still around or not, Trent Busettin's grandmother at Castletown motels - Foxton, ran a ladies racing group. She herself, a very insightful lady. Something that has stuck with me over the years. Good sound knowledge there's the thing, isn't it?

You have correctly guessed  - TBL is gender minority

Irrespective of gender, age, wider social interaction, its engagement, has become widely indifferent with overall management/ leadership culture presided from NZR. Personally, I'm bored, its stale and as we know, dysfunctional imbalanced.

On the other side, the opprobrium with brushes under the carpet & then, till its too late for some 'minority figure' . To the case of the CD trainer, a tutt-tutt for the industry: It shouldn't happen (but it does and it will again)to the young girl who has had to handle the unprofessional conduct.  A friend of mine, his niece, was just another 'some body',  passionate, willing to learn,  but got pregnant at the stables. End of  the road. What or who prefers ignorance, as better?

These girls, they come unfortunately naïve & because they love horses albeit romantically. Even NZR brands it LoveRacing - suggesting its a bed of roses. 

 Flair (NZ) has ladies wearing the fascinator;  pleasure and thrills of horse racing BUT you guys know there is hell of a lot more to the game than that. Constant interminable dynamics around racing and horses.

Boys Get Paid - their incentive from getting their thing done a better way.

This is no different.

"scientia potentia est"