Blossom Lady 67 Report post Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) Avondale closes for racing but keep as a training facility if required Avondale sell / lease the majority of their land for housing and invest funds into Ellerslie Run all Avondale meetings at Ellerslie Move all jumps racing from Ellerslie to Waikato / Bayof Plenty tracks Ellerslie sell/lease the hill for housing. Combine Ellerslie/Avondale land sell and invest the funds into stake money Easy !!! Edited May 10, 2020 by Proud Magpie spelling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patiti 274 Report post Posted May 11, 2020 Why invest funds (proceeds) in stake money. Stake money should be from income. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blossom Lady 67 Report post Posted May 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Patiti said: Why invest funds in stake money. Stake money should be from income. I thought owners / trainers were screaming out for bigger stakes? One way of stopping the exodus across the Tasman ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wood 1,576 Report post Posted May 11, 2020 I think you will find Avondale might be locked in a trust or something similar and NZ racing won’t get their hands on a dollar, which is fair enough too.... We're Doomed, TurnyTom, meomy and 3 others 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates 3,552 Report post Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Proud Magpie said: I thought owners / trainers were screaming out for bigger stakes? One way of stopping the exodus across the Tasman ? We can never have stakes big enough to stop the exodus and that's fine , start getting stakes good enough to keep present owners and attract new ones . The dream is getting good enough to take to Aussie . Huey and Aaron Bidlake 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stables 577 Report post Posted May 11, 2020 An act of Parliament can soon change that Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spyro 408 Report post Posted May 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Stables said: An act of Parliament can soon change that Chris Clever lawyers can circumvent that, some of the ways were suggested not to long ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhei Notts 1,411 Report post Posted May 11, 2020 I saw the costings, several years ago. It worked out that every time a race field goes over the Hill at Ellerslie the opportunity cost to the Club is in the vicinity of $120,000. So, that is $360,000 for the Great Northern and $240,000 each for the McGregor Grant Steeples and Pakuranga Hunt Cup. Even so, I would be so sad to see the Great Northern Steeplechase abandoned. It is the greatest steeplechase in the World!!! meomy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
