The more complicated racing gets the more punters will disappear because they figure there is no edge or more importantly don't have the time to do research. Neither will they take someone's word for it. They will also figure the bookie has mulled over this info so definitely no edge for the punter and unlike the bookie the punter doesn't have the time.
Now if TAB wants to drive turnover pay the trackwork watchers to report and pass on quotes from the trainers.
Totally useless gimmick to keep punters betting. No edge if it’s available to everyone. Maybe if you bet against what horses it leads you into it’d be OK. Hopefully they get some expert analyst to spruik some runners from it and we can lay them for a profit. Oh no I forgot we can’t do that anymore.
The year the helicopter was bought into dry the track was the last time I attended Kumara races, seen the finish of the first race heading in the gates, after going to so many meetings there over the years with not an issue in sight, in its heyday the track was like a giant sponge, going never changed regardless of the weather, certainly been some good horses win the nuggets over the years, can't recall the omoto track reno may have been some years earlier, the going there was quite puggy the times I was there, also very susceptible to flooding quite regularly, all the coast tracks generally been safe over the years in my opinion, although the first corner after the 1400m start at reefton caught a few jockeys out over the years, even realigned the winning post after an incident one year, but I think that was more human error.