tim vince 985 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 Just looked four 10k races today at auckland tasman man 11 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,682 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 The stakemoney on offer Says a lot without saying anything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wood 1,545 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 I will say what has been said many times before, Queens Birthday Weekend Racing is boring, Another bad decision made when the Northerns were put back on the Calendar, know one oncourse, it was traditional racing once upon a time. I know the decision was made years ago before the current officials were in charge, no offence to you Paul Wilcox. The calendar of yesteryear was fine, changes made for the better, far from it! Memphis2, gubellini, Huey and 1 other 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasman man 11 979 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 It's a public holiday ,so racing should be popular especially as beaches and picnics not so popular in June. Fewer folk go to races these days ....and ways to turn this around are unknown ! But $10 k stakes are a disgrace ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Bidlake 759 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 59 minutes ago, tasman man 11 said: It's a public holiday ,so racing should be popular especially as beaches and picnics not so popular in June. Would be interesting to know what percentage of the Auckland population even knew the races were on. Maybe a visit to the casino Friday and Saturday evening with free entry tickets and a handful of drink vouchers each might have got people keen... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey 2,037 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 21 minutes ago, Aaron Bidlake said: Would be interesting to know what percentage of the Auckland population even knew the races were on. Maybe a visit to the casino Friday and Saturday evening with free entry tickets and a handful of drink vouchers each might have got people keen... Or maybe those races are just better patronised in a country location which has been proven to be the case on numerous occasions, I love Ellerslie and particularly the hill for the jumps races but it doesn't need two meetings over QB weekend, the awful decisions made around the calendar defy belief. Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasman man 11 979 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 12 minutes ago, Aaron Bidlake said: Would be interesting to know what percentage of the Auckland population even knew the races were on. Maybe a visit to the casino Friday and Saturday evening with free entry tickets and a handful of drink vouchers each might have got people keen... Well the anti racing folk sure knew about it. As usual they were out on the busy road with their " Horse Racing Kills " signs. As did all club members , all staff ,Board etc and horse owners in the dozens of syndicates and those who like a bet know Ellerslie was on. These days the number of people prepared to give 5 to 8 hours to a day at the races including travel is seriously limited. Even to see some good jumping races plus a few poor flat fields running for $10k.....a disgrace ! TV coverage ,now available on phones is now outstanding and easy to access ,ditto to have a bet. Interest in say 4 -5 races takes about 20 mins from anywhere in the province. Even live rugby faces the same challenges. To me , BGP [ Boys Get Paid] is the most exciting/ progressive movement I've seen for a long time and they made the effort to attend Addington on Saturday at the Harness Jewels. These are challenging times for Racing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey 2,037 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 11 minutes ago, tasman man 11 said: Well the anti racing folk sure knew about it. As usual they were out on the busy road with their " Horse Racing Kills " signs. As did all club members , all staff ,Board etc and horse owners in the dozens of syndicates and those who like a bet know Ellerslie was on. These days the number of people prepared to give 5 to 8 hours to a day at the races including travel is seriously limited. Even to see some good jumping races plus a few poor flat fields running for $10k.....a disgrace ! TV coverage ,now available on phones is now outstanding and easy to access ,ditto to have a bet. Interest in say 4 -5 races takes about 20 mins from anywhere in the province. Even live rugby faces the same challenges. To me , BGP [ Boys Get Paid] is the most exciting/ progressive movement I've seen for a long time and they made the effort to attend Addington on Saturday at the Harness Jewels. These are challenging times for Racing. But thats it isn't it, its a TV based product in most cases so why not take that approach, racing does everything backwards imo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryHindsight 117 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 England v Pakistan In-Play Matched: AUD 236,268,584 Maybe racing has had it's day .................... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb 2,062 Report post Posted June 3, 2019 14 minutes ago, HarryHindsight said: England v Pakistan In-Play Matched: AUD 236,268,584 Maybe racing has had it's day .................... Cricket is not a good example to use, a long game with massive price variations and the same money churned many times. Racing’s only real equivalent is the Melbourne Cup down this way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim vince 985 Report post Posted June 4, 2019 Tough on the owners 9f jumpers 10k.20percent goes to trainer jockey plus riding fee plus transport plus plus plus.months of preparation and cost.small window of 4 or so months. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...