You might well be correct. My point is it's really too early to say. I'd prefer to wait and see the WBBR ratings at the end of the season before arriving at any conclusions about the races' quality.
Field sizes don't determine that.
The days of good old wet tracks at Ellerslie are over. That new track will be a S5 or 6. Thursday and Friday look fine, with maybe a shower or 3 on Saturday.
Disagree
It is a long time since we have had 11,14,16,14,14 and 13 horse fields, with almost every horse having a good form line next to its name. I could only find a handful, like Sacred Satono in the railway, and it could even win.
You must be very hard to please
Yes they are obsessed with yield but without increased turnover you wont increase profit!
They are a betting agency so that to me means gambling!!
They operate more like accountants and accountants are not generally known to be that flash at speculating to accumulate.
At the end of the day if they want to stifle wagering then they are definitely going to stifle the racing industry.
It seems very hypocritical that they restrict income by way of restricting wagering which is what pays the stakes, and yet they are having no problem at chucking big money at stakes?
Bearing in mind a big amount of the stake money is coming from the gifting from Entain which is going to stop!
It is not going to be pretty if things continue like they currently are!
Thing is, it is not rocket science.