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15 commentsToday we have seen the only remaining truly independent racing industry publication "hang the bridle on the wall." The Informant has ceased to publish.
Why?
In my opinion the blame lies firmly at the feet of the NZRB. Over the next few days BOAY will be asking some very pertinent questions to those in charge.
For example:
How much is the NZRB funded Best Bets costing the industry? Does it make a profit? What is its circulation? 800? Or more? Does the Best Bets pay for its form feeds? Was The Informant given the same deal?
How much does the industry fund the NZ Racing Desk for its banal follow the corporate line journalism?
Why were the "manager's at the door" when Dennis Ryan was talking to Peter Early?
Where are the NZ TAB turnover figures?
The Informant may be gone for the moment but the industry must continue to ask the hard questions.
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I wonder how many track gallop and raceday divots could be put back for the price of that survey and unimpressive report? -
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Nearly four in ten stakeholders say they are fairly or very confident in the future of New Zealand’s Thoroughbred racing industry. That's less than 40% I guess that is still deemed a "positive baseline" because it is above zero? -
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To be fair, it takes very little money for the Bookies to slash the odds on harness horses. A few hundred dollars a couple of times can halve a fixed odds whether it is win or place! When the Trackside presenters state that there has been money come for a certain horse it could be very little! What is surprising is the publicised big bets that are on hot favourites? There seem to be punters that are desperate to back favourites even though it is hardly worth the risk! -
By Special Agent · Posted
Results have been posted. When 40% of stakeholders have no confidence in a particular aspect of racing, be it leadership, vision or financial, yet that percentage is described as a positive baseline, I wonder how the other 60% surveyed feel about that comment. Statistics can be made to say anything, and this report does that in spades, even if the stats say one thing and the comments another. In this report racing isn't going well for trainers, breeders, those with experience in the industry, young people and anyone in the CD. The racing industry is going to rattle once those low confidence groups come out. -
By Nowornever · Posted
Well the bookies are judged on how close their opening prices are to closing prices. In this case they got it terribly wrong. Galah is saying its hard to find horses paying reasonable prices these days. I disagree and just posted some proof of that. -
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the cheats on wheels wont be getting the greyhound money now 🤣
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