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NZ Cup 1.4m > 1.21m Trotting Cup 1.9m > 1.73m Zabeel Classic 886k > 1.06m

The figures in the graphic represent a YOY increase of 4.7% by NZ punters on domestic racing. So same.

(from the cheap seats) smoke and mirrors coming into a clash with reality! I know what wins out in the long run...

Totally agree with your last point. I think I hear the full time whistle blow. Think we will have a beer now aye Curious.

Both are excerpts directly from this month's Entain report that I thought were interesting. I'm not clear what your point is. I'm certainly not fawning over KM day. The opposite. A 5% turnover increase year on year from NZ punters is surely NOT a good result with Geoblocking now well in place.

can't see the sense in it. weeks wages in one bet ? If you've got $1000 to spend/lose , just have 10 x $100 bets. 👍💰💰 is 10 x the fun. is 10 x the challenge. support for 10 races and fabulous horsepeople. Bound to get at least one Winner then?? . (law of averages in 10 horses fields ) They don't even take $1000 on one thing/game at the casino . and they've got millions and millions 💰. It's just a simple restriction that helps people stop LOSING money so fast they 'dig a Hole' for themselves. Most people would lose VERY QUICKLY without the great limits that are imposed at TAB and/or Casino. Better to have a lot of ' little bets' at casino or TAB, and they are a chance of calculating their losses as they go, before the 'Hole they Dig' Buries them altogether in unretrievable debt. 9 out of 10 people LOSE is what Brodie forgets.

Yes the flash spin poster from Entain refers to Nov/Dec. So where does Karaka Millions day turnover up 5% on last year come in to it. Why bother posting the image if you wanted to fawn over KM day?

Sorry, doesn't that refer directly to KM day? The other numbers are overall racing turnover for Nov/Dec. They are two separate things. I'm not sure what you mean or want.

It's not about who is winning $1k it is who is betting more than $1k in cash. We realise that your successes with the TAB was gambling your railway sleeper cash sales but the laws have changed. So @Brodie adapt or give up.

Still doesn't answer my question.

They need to increase revenue and restricting turnover has a detrimental effect. There used to be punters that went on course but now I would suggest there are very few punters on course wagering large amounts since the restrictions were applied. Just makes absolutely no sense to have the NZ TAB applying an AML limit of $1k, as that is such a pathetically low amount in todays money! For the TAB to want to know who is winning $1k is hindering wagering and reducing turnover and profit for them. They seriously have made some poor decisions for the industry but then Entain does not seem to care!

that is because the House team support Manawatu. he has heaps of starters there ,to 1/ be able to Win races 2/ Get horses to win races for owners that otherwise would not get a win. can't wish them enough winners. I think that Manawatu should have a meeting every week. Doody and Chilcott and Dickson and Abernathy's could all get winners every week then . Just too hard to win at Auckland. those top 10 barns are world class. They're ALL my favourites mate. I am in awe of some of their results over extended periods of time (esp Mark and Barry ) winning the very best like Derbies, Interdominions and Miracle Miles against everyone. But they have tapered off a bit with age , as we were discussing . Natalie is gone too. and Mark relocated and semi retired . The Champ still can come to Queensland and clean us up though . Bought RUBIRA over in the winter and won the QLD Derby here . won 3 out of 4 actually, even with him putting an average driver on. and OscarB ran 3rd in the Interdominion trot final for him. Even while he's near retired he can still show em' how to do it. and the Aussies are VERY hard to beat these days too. Super competitive. amazing results from Stewart and Grimson and McMullen barns too. I've never seen such Grand horses winning. it's almost euphoric .

Isn't this a case of "no s**t sherlock" ? Every race (KM night) was a world pool race , was that the case last year, i think only 3 or 4 were?

Seriously needs to happen to make it world class and attractive to punters.

Flemington trainer Glen Thompson is keen to build up his stable numbers and was pleased to come away with a pair of colts by Sword of State at Tuesday’s Book 2 session of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales. Thompson, who trained in partnership with Mike Moroney until the legendary horseman’s death in February last year, lost several of his higher-rated horses, with Ballymore Stables absorbed by Lindsay Park. But Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) winner Benagil has been a headline act for Thompson’s small stable alongside Flemington Group Three winner Whisky On The Hill. “The stable is starting to build now. It has taken a little bit of time, but I’ve just had to be patient,” Thompson said. Flemington trainer Glen Thompson. Photo: Angelique Bridson “I’ve got a fair few yearlings and two-year-olds there at the moment, so the next 12 months it should really start to pick up. “I’ve got 18 boxes, 12 in work at the moment, so it’s nice to get a few more. “We have got the good mare Benagil, she has a jump out on Friday and will run in a fortnight at Flemington and we will head towards the Australian Cup (Gr.1, 2000m). “She has come back really well. It’s just a shame she struck that really heavy track last run at Flemington (Gr.1 Champions Stakes, 2000m). I think that really pulled her up.” Thompson went to $150,000 to purchase a Sword of State colt out of the Snippetson mare Palace Whispers from the draft of Woburn Farm. “He’s a good strong colt,” Thompson said. “He’s a pretty hot stallion at the moment. That was what I came here looking for, something a bit earlier. “He definitely looks like he should be up and going early, but I guess time will tell. “I couldn’t get near them in Book 1, so it was good to be able to get him in the second session.” Thompson said he had found the new format of a two-day Book 1 Sale and one-day Book 2 Sale as a positive, with the 848 horses catalogued across the two sessions all on the Karaka Sales complex at once. “It’s been good. You get to see them all and compare them close together. It’s been a good couple of days,” he said. “There are still definitely shares available, but there would be a good chunk of him sold already.” Thompson also secured a value colt by Sword of State out of Rose’s Girl from the draft of Curraghmore for $30,000. View the full article

David Hayes is applying blinkers to Public Attention (NZ) (Written Tycoon) for Sunday’s (1 February) HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m), a move the trainer believes will help the quality grey colt reach another gear when the Four-Year-Old Classic Series begins. Public Attention placed fifth at Group 1 level in Australia pre-import, and has made three starts in Hong Kong – finishing in the top four each time. This weekend’s contest sees him rise to a mile at Sha Tin with the addition of blinkers, which he wore to victory in the 2025 G3 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick in Sydney. The Written Tycoon galloper is owned by Karen Lo, who also races Cap Ferrat, winner of the 2025 HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m). She also owns two-time Group 2-winner Straight Arron. Hayes said: “I think he’s been crying out for blinkers. I think he’s primed to run well in what is a really, really competitive race – probably the best this season. He has very good form in Australia. It’ll be first-time blinkers. We’ve resisted putting them on, but we’ve saved it for this race. He raced in them in Australia.” One of the 83-rated Public Attention’s peaks saw him finish fifth to Private Life in the 2024 G1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield in Melbourne. He also finished midfield in New Zealand’s lucrative slot race at Ellerslie in Auckland, The NZB Kiwi (1500m), last March. Public Attention wore cheek pieces when second and third, respectively, in his first two appearances for Hayes, who also saddles Akashvani in Sunday’s Hong Kong Classic Mile. Luke Ferraris rides Akashvani, while Brenton Avdulla is aboard Public Attention. Hayes has previously won the Hong Kong Classic Mile (formerly known as the Hong Kong Classic Trial) twice with Resfa (1999) and Charming City (2001), while last Sunday (25 January), the world’s best sprinter Ka Ying Rising matched Silent Witness’ 17-race unbeaten streak in Hong Kong for Hayes with another jaw-dropping success in the HK$13 million G1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m). “Ka Ying Rising has pulled up really well. He’s eaten all of his food. It’s full steam ahead to the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (G1, 1400m). We’ll be building him up quietly with one trial beforehand, and he won’t go to Conghua. I’ll keep him here with me,” Hayes said. The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup is worth HK$13 million and is run on 22 February as the middle leg of the three-race Hong Kong Speed Series, which finishes with the HK$24 million G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) on FWD Champions Day (26 April). Sagacious Life, Little Paradise, Invincible Ibis, Beauty Bolt, Crimson Flash, Infinite Resolve, Patch Of Cosmo, Winfield, Top Dragon, Circuit Grand Slam, Shanwah and Windlord are also entered for Sunday’s Hong Kong Classic Mile. Reserves for the race are Pope Cody, Daryl Flash, Aerodynamics, Natural Numbers, Uranus Star, California Waves, Fivefortwo and The Golden Knight. View the full article

A week after the pick of the eligible crop did battle in the Listed Karaka Millions (1200m), a second wave of quality juveniles are set to line up at Ellerslie in Saturday’s Gr.3 Colin Jillings Classic (1200m). The field is headed by Harvey Wallbanger (NZ) (Home Affairs), whose two starts at Ellerslie have produced a debut win in October and second place in the Gr. 2 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) on New Year’s Day. In between those two races the Tony Pike-trained gelding finished second in the Listed Counties Challenge Stakes at Pukekohe in late November. Pike admitted to some relief when Saturday’s Ellerslie fields were released and Harvey Wallbanger came up with barrier two. After jumping from an outside draw in the Eclipse Stakes he was ridden from the rear and in his previous start he also had to make his run wide from last. “Thankfully he’s got a draw that will allow him to be ridden where we want,” Pike said. “His last two runs have been a hard watch coming wide from the back like he did and getting beaten by horses that had cosy runs. “He had a week off after the Eclipse and he’s come back well, so with a bit of luck from gate two we should see him put in the race. “Rory (Hutchings) came over to gallop him on Tuesday morning and he worked well, so he’s ready.” Another good effort from the Wentwood Grange homebred son of Home Affairs will confirm plans to return to Ellerslie on Champions Day for the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m). He has also been entered for the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Trentham in late March. Pike has a busy couple of days ahead with sizeable representation at Ellerslie as well at Te Rapa on Friday and a single runner on the Wellington Cup card. “Harvey Wallbanger looks like our best at Ellerslie, but the two in the Rating 75 1600 are good chances too,” he said. “Awatere was impressive winning a Rating 65 last time and I’m confident he can make the step up, and Delz Abeel should enjoy the step up in distance after racing well in sprints. “We’ve got a group of in-form maidens running at Te Rapa and any one of them can put up their hand. Frozen Fortune is good sort of Proisir filly retained by her breeders and has shown enough to say she can be an early winner.” Pike’s solitary starter at Trentham on Saturday will be course specialist Slipper Island, who lines up in the Mode Technology Sprint (1200m) after being unplaced in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) a month ago. The winner of four consecutive races down the Trentham chute last season, he never figured in the Telegraph after being squeezed back to the rear when the field jumped. “His chances were more or less settled at the start and then he got stopped again trying to find a way through them at the top of the straight,” Pike said. “We’ve put a line through that, so with the drop in class and hopefully a clean run he can get a decent crack at them this time.” View the full article

I ignore it, it has no effect on me. Michael Hawke who I know also serves it back up to CW, a lot better than me. I'd prefer that many new people who have not come across CW before, know exactly what he is like and how bad he is for racing. Much the same as the bloke in this article

I believe not, as it makes them come across as weak. Those reprobates, along with their small group of nutter followers, nothing will ever change their mind, so deal to them. Herlihy who runs the FB site is also anti the current establishment and also a conspiracy theorist. I found that out early on, which is why I don't post anything of note there

It is not about restricting the @Brodie 's it is about distributing the revenue to where you get the most sustainable return. As a Railway Sleeper salesman you know @Brodie that is basic economics/business.

Well I give the new track one positive. The old track would have been a deep bog. But please fix that home bend!!

This Entain Edition comes to you hot off the back of the TAB Karaka Millions meeting at Ellerslie on Saturday, and what a meeting it proved to be. There was the perfect blend of outcomes – ranging from Australian-trained horses Dream Roca and Jigsaw winning to ensure the meeting stays on the radar of our Australian cousins, Well Written’s stunning six-length $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO victory, or the brilliant surface prepared by Jason Fulford and his team despite more than 150 millimetres of rain in the week prior. All those elements combined to contribute to a 5% increase in turnover through TAB and betcha on Saturday, compared to the 2025 TAB Karaka Millions. Notably, there were 35% more Australians betting on the meeting through Entain’s two Australian brands, as opposed to the 2025 meeting.

That appears to be Nov/Dec 2025. Where does it reference KM day?

Sustainability comes first? How can we have sustainability when We are currently being operated by a gifting of millions from Entain and being very poorly utilised? Where do the owners and trainers stand when that money is stopped? They will not be attracting new people into those ranks when the stakes are halved and that is decidedly probable. There are many issues that need addressing including the encouragement for wagering from the loyal punters rather than restrictions!! This needs prioritising well before bonuses being dished out to owners, aswithout the wagering there is no racing.

Maybe your on to something gamma. those blokes are all so wealthy ,they don't need to race at the regular auckland or cambridge meetings anymore. i only looked at the one stable,the b purdon/ phelan stable and they had 2 horses race at hawera on both days and those 4 starts were more starters than they had at all the auckland and cambridge meetings combined for the month of january. barry and scott are probably just about to step into the spa in the penthouse suite at the darling at the star, gold coast resort. probably meeting up with dean later to discuss how to win those big stake group 1 2 year old races.Win a couple more of those and that way they may be able to take not 1,but 2 months off. michael house,the lazy bugga,should have sent his team up to auckland to help out with the numbers. actually michael house probably has more starters at a 2 day manawatu meeting than all those blokes combined do for some months,if you take out the green/delaney stable. but there is a serious point that is tied up with what you say. the type of horses HRNZ are prioritising are trained by trainers who are udr focused and not hrnz are not prioritising the trainers whose horses have a high number of starts per year.. In fact,if you combined total number of starters of your favorite 3 trainers,purdon/phelan,m purdon/n purdon and a herlihy,you would see last year m house provided individually about 270 more starts last year, than your favorite 3 combined. You would wonder if one day it will dawn on hrnz ,that when they talk about increasing the average number of starts per horse, per year,that a significant factor in that is who the trainers of those horses are.In other words having policies that prioritise the horses trained by the trainers who don't start their horses often,at the expense of those that do,is blatantly obviously counter productive to their stated goal of more starts per horse per season. i'm absolutely certain that flies over the heads of the smart people at hrnz.Too logical for them to work it out.