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    • the galah
      Slot race Cambridge.

      By the galah · Posted

      i agree with you about the need to showcase the sport. No argument there. You need your high end races . its just how you do it and whether you get the balance right as far as promoting and looking after all sectors. i belive  HRNZ and the mainsteam harness media's fail on both fronts because they over focus,almost to the point of obsession sometimes ,on the high end races like slot races,the age group races,the highend trainers and they also focus too much on junior drivers, prioritising them over the hard working grass roots participants.. so your talking about showcasing,well all within nz hraness racing are deserving of show casing,not just 10%. Harness racing is also losing the good will they have with so many who have supported them in the past. People may not realise it,but i believe thats been happening,Its being driven by poor decision making. And the average joe bloggs will be observing  the silence of the people who are deemed the special ones and who are riding the gravy train.  Rugby is nz's main sport. Nz rugby's 2025 vision:reimagining rugby.   "we're future focussed, while respecting where we have come from.Lessons from throughout rugby's strong history,as well as more recent events,have formed our direction in a way that will look after the entire game from grass roots level to the international performances.We intend to grow rugby at the heart of our communities as we know that the strength of grass roots flows throughout the game." Thats a message your always seeing the successful unions stating.Thats not what you get in nz harness racing. Anyway gamma,enjoy the showcasing of the likes of the slot aces. nothing wrong with that if your into them. personally my interest in those type of races continues to decline ,mostly because i view the money hrnz have thrown at thsoe sectors will negatively impact the sport in the  future. Why would i bother showing interest in  all the pre race media hype about something which is a reminder of how hrnz prioritse the high end.  
    • Murray Fish
      Dunedin Gold Cup

      By Murray Fish · Posted

      Once bigger that the Auckland Cup! Once one of the bigger betting races each year! 1st 10,000 Pound race in NZ. Two famous winners come to mind!  1976 Show Gate!  Queen of the South! 1927 Nighmarch wins it as a 3 year old, later to be the first to win Cox and Melb Cup in a season! For 2026?  A full field of 22 have paid up! A very tough betting race!    
    • Murray Fish
      $1,000,000 day at Wingatui Feb 28th

      By Murray Fish · Posted

      tick, it would be rather disappointing and more that purple prose will be used if they don't go around in the first! 
    • hesi
      $1,000,000 day at Wingatui Feb 28th

      By hesi · Posted

      Opie Bosson 4. Insatiable - Race 6 2. Never Too Much - Race 2 4. Our Approval - Race 10 1. Purple Prose - Race 1 5. Stonybreck - Race 9
    • Brodie
      Slot race Cambridge.

      By Brodie · Posted

      Chucking money into something that is going to lose money to my mind , is not a winner! Cambridge chucked money into the slot race when they can not afford it, in fact they are broke and no way on earth will they trade out of it! Gamma, you need to realise that the only reason harness is functioning at the moment is due to the money that Entain has Chucked in and it isnt going to continue indefinitely. Totally agree harness racing is very poorly promoted in NZ, HRNZ would rather boost the stakes now and have nothing to show at the end of the 5 years? it is very puzzling how someone who is not on the HRNZ payroll is the biggest promoter of harness racing in NZ?.?? They just do not get it but then again while they are getting big salaries then what is the problem?  

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