Blossom Lady 67 Report post Posted November 19, 2019 Tough old times at the Ready to Run Sale this morning , 50% of the lots in the first two hours were passed in. DCE yet to make a purchase but there are still plenty of nice 2YO's to go through the ring Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,082 Report post Posted November 20, 2019 Yes, saw a couple on line earlier but this buyer "PSD" has been pretty busy by the look of it. Perhaps that's their true value given the state of the industry. Condor 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rum 1,833 Report post Posted November 20, 2019 Looking at top end the breeders / pinhookers in that area of market will be looking closely how the political situation in HK plays out . Those HK buyers must be quite confident it will settle down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,082 Report post Posted November 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, Red Rum said: Looking at top end the breeders / pinhookers in that area of market will be looking closely how the political situation in HK plays out . Those HK buyers must be quite confident it will settle down. HK buyers certainly have more confidence than the Kiwi's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slam dunk 1,317 Report post Posted November 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Blue said: HK buyers certainly have more confidence than the Kiwi's. Looking at the crystal ball it tells me equine air travel could be hit hard with carbon tax by various governments. Could be significant for racing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Robson 1,536 Report post Posted November 20, 2019 11 hours ago, Blue said: HK buyers certainly have more confidence than the Kiwi's. You're surprised..? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey 2,037 Report post Posted November 20, 2019 Once they have sold off all the land, sold the TAB ,alienated the punter(still more to do in that area)excluded the people that are actually interested in racing/training/breeding a horse the whole game will be fixed and all of a sudden the persons that weren't interested in horse racing or breeding or buying a horse they all of a sudden become interested in horses and they go to the sales and purchase a horse and start punting,no more pass ins at that sales after that and the Australians return in droves buying our product ,everything sorted ...it'll happen in front of your very eyes like magic! Leggy and Pam Robson 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,082 Report post Posted November 21, 2019 7 hours ago, Pam Robson said: You're surprised..? Perhaps I should have said a notable lack of confidence from Kiwi buyers. Pam Robson 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insider 3,876 Report post Posted November 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Blue said: Perhaps I should have said a notable lack of confidence from Kiwi buyers. Sadly one couldn’t have expected anything different, given the state of our racing and the extremely slow pace of RITA. Of course it’s not necessarily their fault (RITA’s) given what they have inherited. I blame that fairly and squarely on the previous management and the Board made up of mainly National Party lackeys’. drewandjo, bloke, weasel57 and 6 others 8 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meomy 971 Report post Posted November 21, 2019 The lack of a weekly Racing Publication in New Zealand since the demise of the trusty ole Friday Flash which catered for all in the wider community, not just those in the industry at the coalface, has had a bigger impact on racing than some realise. The replacement weekly publication wasn't as attractive, nor did it have the brand name association to racing that people recognized to buy with those who had a casual or general interest in racing, including horse sales - people outside of racing knew they were on & were welcome. Remember the Blue & Yellow logo & colour on the front cover page of the Friday Flash? It stood out on newspaper stands. One always knew that the Friday Flash was available in diaries, petrol stations, airport bookshop for those traveling through, & supermarkets not just the TAB. To attract people to racing, including horse sales, one has to look outside the square. There's been a tragic & sad snowball effect on racing in NZ since the demise of the Friday Flash in the mid 2000's which came about from disruptive behaviour by people who have too much time on their hands. Horse racing networks internationally have not been the same since. One knew our weekly bible had a bit of everything to bond the community. Horse sales are down as a "consequence" due to the Snowball effect of acts that should never ever have happened that some should be very ashamed of having done to people innocently going about their lives. hedley 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingshill 230 Report post Posted November 21, 2019 Just now, meomy said: The lack of a weekly Racing Publication in New Zealand since the demise of the trusty ole Friday Flash which catered for all in the wider community, not just those in the industry at the coalface, has had a bigger impact on racing than some realise. The replacement weekly publication wasn't as attractive, nor did it have the brand name association to racing that people recognized to buy with those who had a casual or general interest in racing, including horse sales - people outside of racing knew they were on & were welcome. Remember the Blue & Yellow logo & colour on the front cover page of the Friday Flash? It stood out on newspaper stands. One always knew that the Friday Flash was available in diaries, petrol stations, airport bookshop for those traveling through, & supermarkets not just the TAB. To attract people to racing, including horse sales, one has to look outside the square. There's been a tragic & sad snowball effect on racing in NZ since the demise of the Friday Flash in the mid 2000's which came about from disruptive behaviour by people who have too much time on their hands. Horse racing networks internationally have not been the same since. One knew our weekly bible had a bit of everything to bond the community. Horse sales are down as a "consequence" due to the Snowball effect of acts that should never ever have happened that some should be very ashamed of having done to people innocently going about their lives. Some good points there Meomy - But from what I've seen from the working class people (which includes myself) and their perception of the racing industry there are many more problems holding us back - some of the problems our own doing and some out of our control - EXAMPLES - Many Generation Y people have had limited to NO exposure to horse racing - more so if their parents weren't horse racing followers/owners. Jockeys/trainers behaving badly ( Drugs/ sex scandals/ groping in public etc) doesn't help the cause. Dodgy Trainers selling on dodgy/f.cked horses and/or over inflated sale prices (via Kickbacks etc) for the sake of hiking the price payable to enter a syndicate. So you could say some participants have "Shit in the nest" SOCIETY PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE INDUSTRY - EXAMPLES People struggling the either pay the rent, save deposit for a house or if they are lucky enough to be paying a mortgage - on top of rising food/power/fuel and living costs - Makes racehorse ownership the last thing they will be thinking about. I wish I had the answers to make the industry thrive, so as many people as possible could experience the thrill of having their horse cross the winning line first - but hard to see a radical change happening with our small population and how we have already lost at least two generations of owners/punters. meomy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibbles 65 Report post Posted November 22, 2019 Just out of interest I see the free to view channel 200 costs $250 per hour to hire, why can we not have the NZ Saturday Racing on this channel so it brings racing back to more of an general audience? crustyngrizzly, Berri and meomy 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,682 Report post Posted November 22, 2019 My thoughts exactly.Even if they had limited coverage eg 1300-1800 Saturdays and Wednesdays.Gauge the reaction and go from there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
premixer 105 Report post Posted November 22, 2019 How great would that be, parade ring coverage, prelims all shown beforehand, the wrap up afterwards. Instead now we have to cut away the minute the race finishes to another venue. Take a leaf out of the like of racing.com coverage. Reality for me these days, unless I am on course, I am more likely to bet on AUS racing thanks to the like of racing.com free coverage which includes the things I mentioned earlier. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Feilding 284 Report post Posted November 25, 2019 UK free to air each. Saturday 1pm-4pm , cover 7 races,,last Saturday 3 from Ascot 4 from Haydock with an hour preview in the morning and a pick the winners comp,The ITV7. meomy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...