Horse exodus begins with cloud over stakes

[Barry Lichter 179]

https://www.lincolnfarms.co.nz/stories/rays-losing-horses-already-and-warns-racing-will-be-dead-and-buried-if-stakes-drop-too-low/

[Taku Umanga 194]

2 hours ago, Barry Lichter said:

https://www.lincolnfarms.co.nz/stories/rays-losing-horses-already-and-warns-racing-will-be-dead-and-buried-if-stakes-drop-too-low/

No cloud over stakes anymore .....

https://www.hrnz.co.nz/news/industry-update/

[Nelli 432]

Nothing about ratings! That should have been included in the announcement.  Hopefully those racing for $7k get lower points than the $8.5K races, otherwise fields at Cambridge etc will be jeopardised given the pool of horses available.

[Stables 577]

Take what's being offered and stop moaning. It's much better than what the doom sayers were forecasting

[tasman man 11 979]

7 minutes ago, Stables said:

Take what's being offered and stop moaning. It's much better than what the doom sayers were forecasting

I agree.......good that the stakes have been sorted out for the resumption.

In view of the fact that administrators will be desperate to provide races,distances,etc that will show participants that they really want to get the show back on the road.

Some have already mentioned things as ratings ......they will be mindful that they are seen to be fair and accommodating to as many horses/owners as possible.

Lets get behind this.......train our horses up ,we know there will be suitable races.......get the betting flowing.

Lets not bemoan the past......create success in the future.

Don't blame others for our failures........

Adopt the Motto.......If its to be ,its up to me !!

[Taku Umanga 194]

1 hour ago, Stables said:

Take what's being offered and stop moaning. It's much better than what the doom sayers were forecasting

Ok - I'll use that reasoning when the farrier, transporter, vet and feed merchant bills come in.... should work right?

[Stables 577]

It's up to you mate, either race your horse or don't race your horse

[Blue 1,095]

1 hour ago, Stables said:

It's up to you mate, either race your horse or don't race your horse

Exactly. I'd say most on here have shares in a horse or horses that are working right this minute so you're obviously prepared to race in four weeks or so regardless otherwise they'd be on Gavelhouse. NZ has sold a heap of ordinary horses to Aussie who are racing for 4 to 7k. Been that way for years. Let's just get on with this.

[lamour 673]

I’ve got shares in 2 horses who are jogging up.  Can’t wait to get them to the races.  I just hope by the time they are ready to race   Owners will be allowed on course.   If not, having  them race is still better than not having them race.  

[mikenz 1,088]

personally i note there are a lot of races in oz for very poor stakes, dont judge it just by the top end.

[Taku Umanga 194]

8 hours ago, Stables said:

It's up to you mate, either race your horse or don't race your horse

Fair call - I choose not to until I see what the the new season brings

[Nelli 432]

I'm actually pleased with the stakes. With my horses trained on a public track so starting from scratch it will be months before any will be at the races so my views on the interim stakes are purely academic. However, given there will be only 100 or so horses in the North Island,  it will be interesting to see if Cambridge has a hard time filling fields with the lesser stakes when next week the same horses can race for higher stakes with the same 8 point rating penalty. It wasn't a problem in the past as there were "Auckland" horses and the rest, but now just one small pool.

[john legend 743]

Some here are the 3 monkeys … see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. I put myself in a this group...with the following ;    JACINDA          

OPEN THE tabs...……………….evenif it is 1 in 1 out  !!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mikie 326]

16 hours ago, Nelli said:

I'm actually pleased with the stakes. With my horses trained on a public track so starting from scratch it will be months before any will be at the races so my views on the interim stakes are purely academic. However, given there will be only 100 or so horses in the North Island,  it will be interesting to see if Cambridge has a hard time filling fields with the lesser stakes when next week the same horses can race for higher stakes with the same 8 point rating penalty. It wasn't a problem in the past as there were "Auckland" horses and the rest, but now just one small pool.

It might be the other way around

Perhaps Cambridge numbers might be higher than Aucklands?

Let's wait and see

[eljay 1,719]

May well depend on how many of the bigger stables will travel down.       Probably the first day will be OK - not having to travel in the dark & shitty weather but the winter Thursday & then Wednesday nights may prove a problem.      This would be good time to run the races with maximum 20 minutes between.     May give an indication if this what the public would like over these months.    Imagine 7 races starting 6 pm over around 8 pm!