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You can't go 30 years and spend nothing on tracks and expect much different. I can probably think of more tracks that are closed or destined for closure that aren't stuffed than I can of the others being used. -
By Taku Umanga · Posted
Dear Taku, Harness Racing NZ is releasing the 24/25 calendar at 3pm today, but we wanted you to have an advance copy of the media release and the calendar we'll be sending out at that time. It's not the usual calendar release - it's the first step in a major set of changes designed to inject fresh life and confidence into Harness Racing. They've been developed after intensive work together with our wagering partner, Entain. More meetings, more races for low to middle grade horses The calendar is our biggest asset, and we need to use it in a way that will grow wagering. Together with Entain we've made major changes that will be of significant interest to you. The key points are: Alexandra Park will have 45 race meetings in 24/25, up 14 from this season, and a total of 422 races (up by 128), mainly on Friday Cambridge goes from 28 to 41 meetings, with 338 races (up by 88), mainly on Tuesday Manawatu has an extra 7 meetings taking them to 19 for the season and 142 races (up 50) Addington will have 65 meetings (up from 58) and 611 races (up from 557) Timaru goes to 5 meetings (up 1) and 49 races (up 10) Winton will now have 13 meetings (up 2) and 125 races (up 17) Invercargill goes to 15 meetings (up 2) and 136 races (up 9) For all other clubs there is no change from 2023/24. Friday Night Lights Our wagering partner's Managing Director Cameron Rodger tells us "we are big believers in the Friday Night Lights brand. With our recent move to Free to Air, and with the investment we are making in our Trackside Broadcast we believe there is an opportunity to create a high quality, highly marketable harness racing product that appears in living rooms consistently each Friday night with Alexandra Park and Addington racing together." Major new initiatives are Coming With Entain, we've developed a major new programme of initiatives built around the new calendar. Again, these will be of benefit to clubs and kindred bodies. Watch out for it in mid-May. We're at a critical juncture in our history, and future. This is the opportunity we've long been waiting for.We need to grab it with both hands. Phil Holden Chairman -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Meanwhile its a Good 4 at one of the Mesara no good tracks Timaru. -
Nearly ALL stables 'do' something LO that pushes the boundaries. whether it be in a race or treatment of horses whatever . galloping and trotting. big or small stable. No excuse to break the rules whichever is the case. You are a bit soft in NZ . In QLD we don't muck around . Leading trainer/ driver Shane Graham did 2 years fixing a midweeker. Grant Dixon had his wife Trista given a year DQ for team driving. there's the Pitt and Jack 'affair' of course. and even recently some of the BEST trainers in the country were given Time-Out. Kerry-anne Morris, even the very Best of the Best EMMA STEWART given 6 months . and don't get me started on Ben Yole in Tassie 🤢 . 😂 what an abortion of all rules that situation is. the Supreme court has currently dumped him 'out' again. but he'll back like the fricken Terminator. He terminates a lot of the trotting ethics and nice horse's anyway 🤕. you guys have just gone all woosey and won't dump anyone out. Well ya did get those Kerr, Alford and Jones Scoundrels in the end . so Progress is Being Made !! keep it up . get Inca back ? lol 😂 -
Just to point out whats happening this week. Cambridge and auckland are both racing this week. They would have the biggest fields they've had for a while when both racing in the same week. They have 175 horses in total,but 16 of those are south island trained and 2 aussie trained...meaning 157 north island trained horses. Then they have 14 horses running at the trials this week trying to qualify. Compare that to the 2 canterbury meetings. They have 267 horses running. Plus another 52 qualified running at the trails,26 trying to qualify and 12 in learners workouts.90 in total. So all up,including the trials,you have 171 north island trained horses running this week. In canterbury alone you have 357 running in canterbury. plus the 16 south island trained that are racing at auckland. So you have well over double the number of horses in canterbury than auckland and waikato combined running this week. So the decision makers who have come out with the new racing calendar have looked at those figures and said,lets give auckland and waikato 3 times more new extra races than canterbury.
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