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you do need some though. Those Marketplace v Got The Chocolates clashes this year have been amazing. and you can show off your next 2 NZ Superstars. generated a bit of excitement . The Velocity and the NZ Derby were very exciting I've been Spruiking QLDer GUS the trotter to the Galah all year telling him how good he was. Paid $8 there twice , so you punting blokes might of got something. ( I backed GUS the 2nd time in the trotting FFA but missed the first unfortunately ) Good on ya GUS 🏆 . whatta beauty he is. Here's Another $8 winner for you Brodster. in the video. Shouldn't of paid so much against those very Weak South Island horses. About 8 of them in this video. The good horse tried to show some LEAP TO FAME death seat toughness though. great memories mate 😁😉

Who can't ? Give us some names? Doesn't have to be the ones you're going to glorify with you presence on their committees , just specific examples.

there's always a way. There's Sponsors and interested parties such as the stud farms and millionaires who chip in to keep it going. They already chip in to the large prize Slot races you guys All hate . Races are just run to what money sponsors put up at the time . I went to Tasmania with a few Queenslanders when Blacks A Fake won the Interdominion . He picked up a million dollars as First prize. sometimes Sponsors mean you can race for better money . other years not so much. The WAY it's ALWAYS been. ENTAIN /Ladbrokes have been great for harness racing. I can't condemn their input like you blokes do. we need them as are a good sponsor. Do they help the NZ Gallops out as well ? Chief might know ?

I'm beyond worrying about you @Chief Stipe , your delusion is absolutely scary at this stage. But as I have stated I'm more than willing to help once you actually put your money where your mouth is or rather become a "doer and not a sayer" ... P.S. My paint brush is right next to the LaZy Boy now , I await your call!

We are all starting to worry about your state of mind @Huey. It seems to be getting more and depressed and irrational. Now you are backing Australian racing when they do everything you despise at level 10 times above NZ. I gather you have had a bad experience in NZ racing and you havent got over it. Please share with us your specific issues so we can all work to help get you to move on.

Their own land that they can't afford to maintain properly.

So are you suggesting there are more than the usual😎

Awful luck

So is their breeding industry.

They must have got you in another 5 horses at least with all that PR??

Kingsclere Stables will have representation in all three three-year-old stakes races this weekend, and trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are hopeful they can get their hands on some of the spoils. Circus Maximus gelding Road To Paris (NZ) (Circus Maximus) has made quite the impression on the Cambridge horsemen, which was enhanced by his last start victory over 1400m at Avondale. They have taken a patient approach with the gelding to date, and they are looking forward to testing him over a mile for the first time when they head to Otaki on Sunday in the Gr.3 Jennian Homes Wellington Stakes (1600m), with his performance dictating future plans. “He is guy with a real future,” James said. “We have taken the slow road a little bit. He is a later maturing three-year-old and we are going to find out a little more about him on Sunday. “We don’t really know what his best distance is. At the end of his two-year-old year we thought he was our Derby horse for next year. He has got a bit of sharpness about him, and does he need to go a mile-and-a-half? We are going to learn that the deeper we go into his preparation. “With three-year-olds that can hopefully run a sharp mile, which we will find out on Sunday, there are a lot of options open to them. He is a very interesting runner.” James is also excited about the prospects of unbeaten filly Fairy Dream (NZ) (Proisir) in the Listed The O’Learys Fillies Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui on Saturday. The daughter of Proisir won on debut on the synthetic at Cambridge in September, and while she is untested on the grass on raceday, James believes she will be better suited on that surface. “I don’t think the turf will be of any concern as long as it is in good order,” James said. “I think she will be better on the turf than on the poly. “She is a light-framed filly who we have purposefully given good time to given that we hope there are a lot of options ahead of her this season. “She had a quiet trial the other day and I thought for a one-win horse the trial was very good. “It is not the easiest field, there are three or four there with good credentials and she is going to have to live up to what we think of her to win it. She is back to three-year-old fillies company and we do like her.” The stable will also be chasing age group success at Ellerslie on Saturday with three-year-old Per Incanto gelding To The Max (NZ) (Per Incanto) in the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m). To The Max is another last-start winner, having been victorious over 1230m at Arawa Park earlier this month, and James believes he will lap up the extra distance this weekend. “He was very impressive last start, albeit he covered no ground,” James said. “He did sprint quickly when he was asked. “This race has come up quick enough, but we are happy to be there. I think the 1500m will really suit him. He was a bit outpaced early the other day and I think the greater distance will really play into his hands.” View the full article

And you cant sell what isnt yours. Some of these tracks are owned by the clubs! Its their land. Showed how ridiculous the MR was.

The Australian races driving a surge in Kiwi turnover for Entain – The Straight thestraight.com.au New Zealand punters’ thirst for Australia’s feature races continues to grow with The Everest easily surpassing the Cox Plate as the second most bet on race, but still well behind the Melbourne Cup.https://bitofayarn.com Entain, which now has a legislated monopoly in New Zealand, reported record Melbourne Cup turnover of $13.6 million in 2025, with more than 20,000 additional active customers compared to 2024.https://bitofayarn.com That had a knock-on impact for the local Ellerslie meeting that same day, which broke the $5 million mark, a 37 per cent increase on 2024. The data was confirmed by Entain’s New Zealand managing director Sam Moncur in his monthly update and backs up what Australasian chief Andrew Vouris revealed to The Guerin Report this week.https://bitofayarn.com He confirmed that on Melbourne Cup Day, there were over ,000 active customers who had never placed a bet on racing before. That comes off the back of the overall active customers in October increasing from 105,600 in 2024 to 117,400 this year. https://bitofayarn.com The Everest was Entain NZ’s biggest turnover race anywhere in October, generating $1.49 million across the TAB and betcha digital channels. The Cox Plate generated $1.02 million and the Caulfield Cup $937,000. The Windsor Park Stud Soliloquy Stakes was the leading local event for October at $741,000. Overall, thoroughbred racing turnover for Entain fell in October by 4.8 per cent compared to 2024. Sports turnover spiked by 72 per cent in October to reach $120.9 million, while turnover across all three NZ racing codes, including overseas, was $180.3 million. It wasn’t just the Melbourne Cup driving additional engagement. In early November, New Zealand Cup day turnover defied a massive storm which hit the track mid-meeting, reaching $7.7 million, an increase of 9 per cent on 2024. The previous Saturday, which featured the 1000 Guineas, saw turnover up by 30 per cent year on year. https://bitofayarn.com

St Jean’s tragic end - Half Yours’ sire dies after paddock accident – The Straight thestraight.com.au St Jean, the sire of Melbourne Cup hero Half Yours, has died in a tragic paddock accident just three weeks after the stallion entered Australian racing folklore via his son’s stunning spring crescendo. https://bitofayarn.com Brackley Park’s Grant Dwyer, who runs the Victorian farm which was home to St Jean since 2017, is mourning the loss of his prized stallion after the horse suffered a fatal leg injury. Despite providing the best possible veterinary care to St Jean, the studmaster revealed that the 16-year-old was euthanised on Tuesday. https://bitofayarn.com “After covering a mare, Memory Lane, on Monday the 24th of November, St Jean was returned to be fed in his paddock where he had lived happily and safely since the autumn of 2017,” Dwyer said in a statement. “On the morning of 25th of November it was discovered that, for reasons unknown, St Jean had run into a fence post overnight, breaking it off at ground level and shattering his near side front leg around the elbow region.” St Jean, a European-bred son of Teofilo, began his racing career in Ireland in 2012 before being purchased in 2013 by Warrnambool-based trainer Aaron Purcell, who won four races with the stallion. https://bitofayarn.com He subsequently ended up in New Zealand with trainer Donna Logan, who won a Group 3 City Of Auckland Cup on New Year’s Day 2017 in what would be his second last start. He retired from racing soon after and returned to Australia. Half Yours was bred by Janice McKenna, the wife of the late Colin McKenna, and was initially trained by co-owner Ciaron Maher. When McKenna died last year, a number of his horses were sold, including Half Yours, who was bought by trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy for $305,000 via Inglis Digital last November. https://bitofayarn.com At the time of the sale, he was the winner of two races, a maiden and a Benchmark 64, but in the 12 months since, the McEvoys won six races with him, progressing from a Seymour Benchmark 64 victory to the coveted Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double in the spring. He was ridden by Jamie Melham in both Cups. “St Jean was the first Victorian stallion to sire a Melbourne Cup winner since 1973 and his achievement created a real buzz around the Victorian breeding industry,” Dwyer said. https://bitofayarn.com “His death was very untimely as breeders were only starting to recognise what an incredible pedigree this stallion had. Bookings had started to pick up and he was due to cover a mare by Desert King that afternoon, which would have given the same cross as Half Yours. “He was due to cover five mares by Desert King this season and had bookings of 35 mares in total. “I lament the fact that more breeders did not take the opportunity to breed to this stallion in the first few seasons at stud at an incredibly low price when the opportunity was afforded to them.” https://bitofayarn.com St Jean, who has two foals and three yearlings as well as five two-year-olds on the ground, had stood for a fee of $3300 (inc GST) in his first eight years at stud until it was increased to $11,000 this year on the back of Half Yours’ rise through the ranks.

Massive Sovereign will skip Sunday’s Class Two Chevalier Cup (1,600m) and head straight to next month’s Group One Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) with Hugh Bowman in the frame to take the ride. Trainer David Eustace’s preference to space Massive Sovereign’s runs prompted the move to bypass Sunday’s feature at Sha Tin, with the 2024 Hong Kong Derby (2,000m) winner set for a huge challenge against Romantic Warrior on December 14. The Irish import has produced three solid runs since transferring from Dennis...View the full article

The excitement is building.

Nothing like a bit of positive marketing.

Thought same…. be a horse to watch

A few more small shares taken.

Hit Show, Rattle N Roll, and Gosger face a rematch Nov. 28 in the $600,000 Clark Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs.View the full article

Gamma, exactly you are on the money. False economics from HRNZ , they are butchering the money from Entain andgiving false info to participants. Personally luv the low stake racing far better than the high stake races. Why is it that we can see the writing on the wall and yet HRNZ can not? Wonder if has anything to do with being paid big salaries?

Yes wonderful. The key metric how many new owners and investors from promotion? How many were encouraged to participate in some form going forward? Any data collected?

I'm really starting to think you don't understand the racing or breeding industry at all.

trackside just showed a shot of oamaru right now,4 minutes before race 1 starts.. 1 car in the public car park,1 person in the grandstand above birdcage and about half a dozen floating around the main grandstand. a beautiful day in oamaru.

FFS @curious you are going down these rabbit holes more and more. They rebuilt the underlying track infrastructure - camber, drainage and irrigation. The pure swamp part is long gone. The top layer is definitely now sand. They sub-layer could be anything. What they are testing in OZ that they couldn't get tested in NZ is beyond me. Sand would have been used because it would have been the cheapest option. It would be interesting to know where they sourced it from and how it was treated before laying.