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By Chief Stipe · Posted
If you are deferring maintenance of your core racing assets you are NOT living within your means. Costs increased at a faster rate than revenue and maintenance kept being deferred. Looking back I doubt the industry was ever living within its means. The belief systems 50 years ago believed that our tracks would last forever just like we thought our crop, pasture and market garden systems would. In the 80's and 90's they started to collapse. -
Amberley must have done some begging, 7 in the Cup rating 60 but 2 under that.........Wairio noms as expected, none in the 2yo fills race, 6 in the main pace, Horarata cup 18 noms rating 49+ still believe any race with 6 or less starters penalty free. -
A lot of expenses may have been deferred but the industry lived within its means. Since then, we have increasingly paid out more to codes than we have earned, bankrupting the TAB and requiring a taxpayer bail out and the sale of that. As you noted above, more tracks with less racing required less frequent significant maintenance. I don't think the principle of living within our means and not having to beg steal and borrow to exist fails as a model. If you have a better one, what is it? -
No wonder we still have one of the highest rates of violent aggression if you've been 'sorting it out' with a "long history" The FACT that Mudhoo had maintained his length and another length (the rule) for the entire race, according to stipes, shows Silly Billy was bullying this apprentice in the run Senior jockeys bullying apprentices is rife through the years The race in which Megan Taylor died showed yet another example Before the race senior jockey Chadhoorey asked Denby-Rose what her tactics were (something that should be banned) and upon finding out told her to "stay clear of me" Entering the straight he then shouted her name 3 times...perhaps this resulted in her panicking.. soon after Megan Taylor met her deadly fate with Denby-Rose being charged with careless riding Bullying, riding horses into other horses after the race, striking other jockeys et el ...has NO PLACE on a race course no matter how laissez faire you want to be Silly Billy deserves at least 3 months DQ but he'll probably get 6 weeks thanks to sops like you -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
You model fails on several levels. As for it "working" twenty years ago - that is a myth. I don't understand why you keep perpetuating it. The fact is there wasn't enough money twenty years ago to fully fund track maintenance and rennovation. It was deferred and deferred until the track systems have failed.
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