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The first of 17 catalogued GoffsGo sales was topped on Thursday by hurdler Miss Kingston at £22,000. The mare was offered by Vinesgrove Stud and has shown plenty of promise for her trainer Paul McEnery in her three hurdle starts to date which included a third placing at Thurles in November last year. The daughter of Kingston Hill was purchased by Jerry McGrath. Billy McEnery of Vinesgrove Stud commented, “It's our first venture into selling online and we were pleasantly surprised with the interest in the mare. I think it's the way forward for selling form horses, it's a good platform to trade horses on and we were delighted with how it went.” Overall, the sale saw 12 of the 37 catalogued lots sell for a turnover of £84,200 with other successful vendors including Ballyshannon Stud, Henry Daly, Jack Davison, Kildaragh Stud, Mick Appleby, Shade Oak Stud, Stuart Coltherd and more. Goffs Group Chief Executive, Henry Beeby commented, “We are committed to seeing GoffsGo continue to grow in the online marketplace and the January Sale has kicked off what will be a busy year for the platform with another 16 sales currently in the calendar. As the 'new kid on the block' the only way is up, and we are delighted with the positive reception from potential vendors who have committed to future sales given our customer friendly pricing structure. “Indeed, GoffsGo offers outstanding value with an entry fee of just £49 and the lowest available vendor commission of 1.5% which is only charged for lots that sell on the platform. That is unmatched by any other European online service. Our next online sale is the GoffsGo February Sale which will be held in three weeks' time on the 19th and entries are being taken now.” The post Miss Kingston Heads GoffsGo January Sale At £22,000 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

last time I was down there Cromwell was 2 hrs drive away from Kurow...has the Southern Fault defaulted already..like your immoral stand? Did you say this "Reflecting my long history of being involved in 'anti violence men education...'. " perhaps Mudhoo didn't hear Silly Billy? even if he did you're condoning using an animal to attack another human? The race was well over when he rode his horse into another jockey...nothing split about it "anti violence" you aint

Congrats to Brad Steele. Put on that many good races past 3 years with HRNZ running at peak performance, that many Aussie raiders have turned up to enjoy the Great prize-money and fantastic Slot races at Cambridge and Addington and of course the NZ Cup. has been some amazing years since Covid in NZ harness racing . A 10/10 performance by Brad and his hard working colleagues. Of course the Cheap shots are being made on this thread against him 🤣 as he joins the pile of hated people that this forum has , and to what he might do in future years. very unappreciative lot assissination . on Yet another person Trying to keep the NZ harness racing industry going. unlike the critics who discredit everybody , including Brad in advance with some more unappreciative BS. the guy is doing wonders with a struggling twilight industry , and you just can't see it . Blinded by trolling critics all the time . open your eyes and enjoy the Great racing !!! better than this boring Tennis that's on at the moment. some spoilt millionaire brats whacking a ball over a net. and the masses clap like it's something important lol. 😂😎 No one in NZ can do anything right by you guys ? HRNZ, Entain, Stipes, Programmers, Starters, North Island Harness racing participants ( which are some of the BEST on the Planet of ALL time ) yet are criticised here as nauseum for having Races put on for them to run in ?? 🙄 you guys are totally confusing as to what you actually want in the sport? . and are naturally leading to it's demise in NZ with your LACK of SUPPORT and APPRECIATION of those putting it on. Go watch TENNIS then 🤣😂

As it stands, across January, we have 13,548,635 56,847,600 4.19

If we took the best 12 performing on a revenue to stakes ratio, all mainly industry days and did some extrapolating based on an industry with 300 meetings per annum. We would end up with Total stakes raced for - 52,261,500 Total revenue generated - 460,752,600 Ratio - 8.82

And yet the thoroughbreds race for about $20k in the outback & at least $100k at a average metropolitan meeting.

Being positive as you claim TAB to be, think TAB man was often taking the piss, but on some things i aint but I'm sure the Auckland that was 25 or 30 years ago is a lot different to the Auckland of today, those same trends happening there are slowly drifting through the rest of NZ.

Does Mr Steele own horses in NZ and if so in particular are they trained in the Auckland region.

It's got stuff all to do with cost accounting or running a 2yo at Reefton. I think most know that if you spend more than you earn, you end up having to borrow and/or sell assets to stay afloat. But that's what NZTR have persisted in doing the last 20 years. It'll never work in the long term. Never could.

Anyone know for certain that the Committee was formed? Did they actually have a meeting? What has come from this meeting if it actually happened?? Nothing at all?? Lost cause?? Anything decided??

Cool. However you haven't told us how YOU are disadvantaged. The reality is you aren't - you still lose as much as you did before.

Says the cost accountant. Regardless who wants to run their expensive top class 2yr old at Reefton?

Biggest gambling problem for some is being able to get enough money on! The AML limit of $1k is another gambling problem! At the end of the day it is going to affect the TAB far more than Brodie

Entain struggling…. doggies going soon too…. Must be bad, i have been informed i now have a Betcha account manager… giving me matched deposits all the time…. funny thing i get nothing from TAB, not had a bet in account for a few months now. So really, between the 2 NZ accounts, spend less now than before geo blocking 😂😂😂🤣

A long-range plan for Crimson Sky continues to gain momentum and another encouraging performance at Trentham will confirm a crack at the end goal of the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m). The Cody Cole-trained three-year-old will round off her preparation for the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai-sponsored Classic in Saturday’s Gr.2 Jennian Homes Lowland Stakes (2100m). “The three-week gap to the Oaks will give us a nice opportunity to take her to Ellerslie for a gallop, she has trialled there and another look around will be really beneficial,” Cole said. The daughter of Ocean Park was purchased out of Woburn Farm’s draft at Karaka for $20,000 by Adrian Clark’s Challenge Racehorse Syndications, who have enjoyed previous Oaks success in 2020 with the Shaune Ritchie-trained Jennifer Eccles. Crimson Sky has made sound progress and following a debut sixth finished runner-up before gaining an early black-type credit when a close third in the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m). “She had a half a-mile trial at Avondale a while back and then kicked off over 1200m at Rotorua,” Cole said. “I called Adrian after that and I said this is going to sound a bit ludicrous, but we have to get her to the Desert Gold and Trentham will suit her. “We worked back from that and picked out a maiden over 1300m at Tauranga where she ran a massive race (for second). “She’s just kept improving and it’s been something we planned a while back and hoped she’d step up as we asked and she’s done it really well.” Crimson Sky ran 1600m out strongly in the Desert Gold at Trentham and improved underfoot conditions will ideally suit her on her return. “She was terrific and I think on a better track, you would have seen a better turn of foot. Her wheels were spinning a bit,” Cole said. “She’s stepping from a mile to 2100m, and we opted for this race because she’s not a filly that would like any kick back at Te Rapa. “The two-week back-up from a trip to Wellington is tough, but we’ve already seen that she’s a tough filly and can cope with a bit of pressure.” Cole will have a team of seven at Trentham with Navigator (Mode Technology Sprint, 1200m) and Miss Jones (Harcourts Sprint (1200m) two other leading prospects. Navigator improved his record on the course at the highest level with his last-start second in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) after finishing third in the 2025 edition of the feature sprint. “He’s got to carry 62kg but he’s a big horse and I don’t think that’s going to be too much of a worry. He loves the Trentham chute, if he’s on his game he should be really hard to beat,” Cole said. Miss Jones is unbeaten in two appearances this campaign and was an easy course and distance winner at her most recent outing in early January. “Obviously, she won really well at Trentham and that form seems to have stacked up since,” Cole said. View the full article

I don't think Reefton suggested that it did. No club does. You've gone off at a tangent to the topic. The point is that the wagering revenue generated by the likes of Reefton goes a lot further towards covering the cost to racing of providing their stakes than the likes of ATR does.

Well you've forgotten a shit load. Tell all the listeners why and hoe Reefton adds positive revenue to racing?

No problem at all for my bestie until he foolishly got himself restricted.

Listen halfwit. The ‘Yield’ facts clearly displayed in Curious’ table are that every dollar of industry money that goes into the stakes on those blood sucking big days gets far less of a ‘yield’ turnover wise than does the likes of Kumara Wairarapa or the other two Coast Clubs. I’d have forgotten more about ‘yield’ than you would ever know in ten lifetimes.

What the hell do you mean yield? That's exactly what's not there in sufficient quantum. There's stuff all other revenue. 90% comes from wagering revenue..

On the back of only two meetings that day as well.

agreed.Things aren;t going to get any better for the average person in nz. thats why Mr steele said that when things pick up,that will be reflected in increased turnovers on racing.. Things aren't going to pick up,thats just wishful thinking.But mr steele had to say that ,as it was his way of putting a positive spin on figures which weren't as positve as he had hoped. mr steele has a mind set where he believes its in his and the industries best interests that positivity is the priority,seemingly viewing it of greater importance than reality. He may have done well in leadership positions in the past , where he has been part of decision making which has produced good results.However he will find out in 18 months or so,that strategy will eventually implode if things aren't going as well as he has said they are. You mentioned on another thread gamma about we may have a govt change in november.I always think the result of elections are always predictable enough.And i can't see any change of govt at the next election. That won't happen.People just don't trust labour after the adern goverment,like they once did,even given so many more are struggling with the cost of living these days.

But that won't work. The reason is you are not considering the other sources of revenue at that time. You would make a brilliant Cost Accountant. Hint: Yield.

Will he not be trying to slime into the top job?

At the end if the day, there has to be some personal responsibility from all of us. If you are a poor punter do you seriously believe the TAB will restrict you? If you can afford to wager larger amounts then why is the TAB restricting these punters? Total hypocrisy! Anyone know did the big meeting that Winston wanted actually happen ? Never heard a thing??