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By Chief Stipe · Posted
No I'm asking you if you think it is a fair charge for the use of an event venue including track and all the facilities PLUS an expectation that the OTAKI track manager will do their job properly and ALL the facilities will be up to scratch. You wouldn't much change out of $10k for a wedding venue hire for 250 people. Well Masterton and Tauherenikau are another interesting case - however Tauherenikau have a good source of non-racing income to support Masterton which essentially run the training centre at Opaki. I don't have to trash it out with anyone. It is all in the two Clubs accounts. However Levin is transparent with their Racing Club accounts which essentially is the raceday transactions and equity balances but a not very transparent with the detail of the three trusts that effectively run the activity at the Levin racecourse. From what I see if Otaki had the full revenue from the 3 Levin Racing Club racedates giving the a total of 13 then Otaki would probably be profitable. At this stage neither are and the only advantage Levin has is the Capital they banked when selling land. What is clear that although the Levin Racing Club does a grand job providing jumpouts for the region it isn't a profitable business and Levin relies on the subsidisation from Otaki. I wouldn't be surprised if in the past when Otaki have squeaked Levin has just well if you want to increase the fee we may as well shift out dates to RACE at Awapuni. I suspect that may have happened if it wasn't for the problems with the Awapuni track. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The final eight races of Sunday's nine-race card at Aqueduct Racetrack were cancelled by the New York Racing Association due to a protest lodged by the jockeys resulting in their refusal to ride. Following Race 1, jockeys expressed a concern regarding the duties of the NYRA Clerk of Scales and Assistant Clerk of Scales. Despite the efforts of NYRA management, the jockeys refused to ride and have abandoned live racing on Sunday at Aqueduct. “NYRA is responsible for oversight of the Clerk of Scales, Assistant Clerk of Scales and all racing officials in accordance with New York State Gaming Commission rules,” said Andrew Offerman, NYRA Senior Vice President of Racing and Operations. “The procedures employed by those officials are designed to protect the integrity of racing and are NYRA's responsibility to maintain and enforce.” The jockeys expressed no objections to the condition of the track or weather. Aqueduct Racetrack will remain open for simulcasting, and online wagering is available through NYRA Bets at www.NYRABets.com. Live racing is scheduled to resume Thursday at Aqueduct with an eight-race card. First post is 12:40 p.m. Eastern. The post Live Racing Cancelled at Aqueduct on Sunday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Delta Downs decided to give horseplayers an unprecedented break last week. For their daytime cards on Tuesday and Wednesday, the track lowered the takeout in all pools to just 10%. While other tracks have experimented with lowering the takeout in some pools, never before had anyone decided to slash the take in all pools. By doing so, it looked like Delta would provide the industry with some much needed data. What effect would such a low takeout have on handle and how would the ADWs and the CAW players react? But the experiment didn't necessarily accomplish that. It may have raised more questions than it answered. On the first day of the takeout promotion, Delta had, for a small track, big numbers. It handled $1,428,848, a 38.6% increase over the comparable program in 2024. But the good fortune lasted only a day. On Day Two of the experiment, the handle was nearly the same as Day One with Delta handling $1,486,485. But that represented a 15.6% decrease from the 2024 handle. The reason why handle fell on Wednesday is pretty clear. Delta went head-to-head with some very strong competitors, including Parx, Tampa Bay Downs and, especially Churchill Downs. The competition was much softer on Tuesday when the only tracks to run daytime cards were Finger Lakes, Mahoning Valley, Parx and Zia Park. Delta decided to go the daytime route to give a break to its employees and horsemen around the Thanksgiving holiday, but it might have backfired. Delta rarely runs during the day and one of the reasons is that, during the night, it is typically one of, if not the, strongest signals offered to the player. That's why Delta proudly calls itself “America's favorite nighttime track.” “Would we have been better off running at night? We don't know yet. Maybe,” said Delta Downs Director of Racing Operations John Simon, who was the one who came up with the idea for the promotion. Another important mitigating factor for both days was that the Churchill Downs-owned TwinSpires ADW did not take the Delta signal on both days. That wasn't a complete surprise since such low takeouts mean less of a profit margin for an ADW. “We were a little surprised that they didn't take us after they were, at first, supportive of the idea,” Simon said. “Did they give us an explanation why they didn't take us? No, they did not.” However, all the other major ADWs–Xpressbet, TVG, NYRA Bets and AmWager–offered Delta to their customers, perhaps realizing that it wasn't the worst thing to let their Delta-playing customers get a big break when only two cards would be involved. The other unknown was how would the CAW players react. They generally don't like to play wagers with low takeouts because higher takeouts mean they are entitled to larger rebates. Simon said he had yet to receive the data regarding the play of CAW customers. But there was at least one race that indicated CAW play strongly influenced the odds. In Wednesday's feature, the $100,000 Jean Lafitte Stakes, the Tom Amoss-trained Oscar's Hope (Twirling Candy) looked like a standout on paper, worth even-money or less. At 3:57.30 pm, roughly 90 seconds before the race went off, he was 7-5. With each subsequent flash, his odds kept going down, but only slightly. At 4:56.32, he took a big hit and was all the way down to 2-5. In the last two flashes, he was down to 3-10. He won and paid $2.60, a lot less than the price that was being offered to the “regular player” less than two minutes before the race went off. Though we don't yet know 100% that was CAW play that slashed the odds, the evidence suggests that it was. Simon said it was too early to say whether Delta would try a similar promotion again, but let's hope they do. And if they do, let's hope that TwinSpires and all the other ADWs take the signal. The industry needs to give a lot more thought to making life easier on the everyday horseplayer, who has never had it worse because they are being hammered by the CAW players, causing many to simply walk away from the sport. Whether it worked or not, Delta should be commended for thinking of the horseplayer first. More on CAWs Not everyone is ready to sit by and let the CAW players make gambling a frustrating experience for them. Someone posted an online petition on social media sites under the name of “CAW Tracker,” asking players to sign a petition expressing their unhappiness with CAW play and the need for passage of the Fair Horse Wagering Act. The petition can be found at https://cawtracker.com/sign-the-petition/#. It reads: “Signing the Fair Horse Wagering Act sends a clear message that everyday fans are no longer willing to let computer-assisted wagering quietly distort the sport they love. By adding your name, you help shine a spotlight on an issue that has grown unchecked for years, raising public awareness and pushing regulators to take meaningful action. A unified show of support not only amplifies the voices of horseplayers who feel drowned out by automated betting groups, but it also helps protect the integrity of wagering pools, preserve competitive balance, and restore trust in a game that depends on transparency.” Well said. At Del Mar, Chad Brown Does It Again While no one is more dangerous with a turf stakes horse in New York than Chad Brown, he's even better at Del Mar, where his success continued during the weekend's Turf Festival at the seaside track. Brown won two of three grass stakes on Saturday's card at Del Mar and with the only two horses he started that day. He won the GIII Jimmy Durante Stakes with Just Aloof (Justify), who paid $8.00. He came right back and won the only Grade I on the card with Salamis (Speightstown) in the GI Hollywood Derby. It was his fifth win in the Hollywood Derby as he surpassed Charlie Whittingham for most career wins in the Grade I event. It was his third win in the Jimmy Durate. He did not have a starter in the GII Hollywood Turf Cup on Friday, a race he has yet to win. On Sunday's card he had Segesta (Ghostzapper) in the GI Matriarch. (The race was run after the deadline for this story). That's a race he has won six times, including each of the last four years. He is bearing down on the record for most Matriarch wins, which is eight and was set by his former boss Bobby Frankel. Overall, Brown, despite not winning a race at this year's Breeders' Cup, is entering the Matriarch 21-for-104 all-time at Del Mar for a winning rate of 21%. For him, that's actually a lower percentage than the one he normally puts up in New York, but what is so remarkable is that all 21 wins have come in graded stakes races. The post Delta’s Takeout Promotion Yields Mixed Results appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Impossible to impress you @Huey given you want a 100% discount and a money back guarantee on everything. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The aptly-named Easy has been billed as one of the star attractions to Monday's Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale and Brian Slattery says that the Listed-winning daughter of Kodiac boasts “international appeal” and a successful sale would put the cherry on top of what has been a dream year for his brother and trainer, Andy. The landscape of Irish racing has changed even in the past few years alone. The bigger trainers have become behemoths and it has become harder and harder for the middle to lower tier handlers to remain competitive. By attacking the yearling sales and identifying talent on a budget, the Slatterys have not just remained relevant, they have thrived in one of the most competitive jurisdictions there is. This year's tally of 28 Flat wins on the turf is the best-ever for the stable. So, too, is the €541,500 amassed in prize-money. What's even more impressive is that the jumps arm of the County Tipperary yard has been humming along sweeter still; there are 17 wins on the board with the National Hunt season only in its infancy. Again, that's a personal best for Andy. There are not many stables that can boast such numbers over both codes and, in many ways, it all comes to a crescendo on Monday. Brian Slattery said, “We do an awful lot of breeze-up horses as well as racing them on the track but we are sellers. In order to survive in Ireland, you need to be selling and, I suppose, for the money we spend at the yearling sales, we've had a phenomenal year. Jamie Osborne's horse, Heart Of Honor (Honor A.P.), is probably the flag-bearer for the breeze-up operation, Meadowview Stables, but thankfully we've managed to have a good time of it on the track as well. We genuinely get as much of a kick out of a horse we sold winning a big race as we do when we win one ourselves.” He added, “We sold a very good horse to Hong Kong, Fiach McHugh (Belardo), whose name was changed to Red Lion. He ended up winning a Group 1 down there. Then there is Almendares (Havana Grey), who we also raced and sold to America. He's going for a Grade I in the new year so that's extremely exciting. I suppose this is a different type of excitement with Easy and, to be a part of the whole Sceptre Sessions is special, really.” Easy | Racingfotos.com Easy will be offered for sale as part of the Sceptre Sessions in foal to Mehmas. A Listed winner when successful for the Slatterys at Cork last season, she reached a career-high rating of 102 for that outfit. Not only did she win her Stakes race last season, but she came close to bagging a Group 3 victory earlier this year, only finding Copacabana Sands too good in the Barberstown Castle Stakes at Leopardstown. Slattery said, “To be selling Easy on behalf of Team Valor and Gary Barber, sure it doesn't get much better than this. Listen, we always knew how good Easy is and, if we can end the story on a good note for our owners, it would be brilliant. She started out with us and, although she had a little bit of a hiatus after she won her maiden, we enjoyed some brilliant days with her and I think she showed people what she could do when she won her Listed race at Cork. I still believe that we never actually saw the best of Easy on the track. The ability that she had was frightening but, she's such a big filly and she put so much into her work, she used to go weak. That's one of the main reasons we didn't see the best of her. She always had a lot of brilliance and you don't name a horse Easy for no reason.” The Mehmas cross with Kodiac has produced a massive 74% winners-to-runners strike-rate. The headline acts within that impressive statistic are Group 1-winning sprinter Believing, Group 2 scorer West Acre and Group performer Diego Ventura. Slattery is in little doubt that his mare, who hails from the family of Cassandra Go, boasts international appeal. He concluded, “It's the old cliche, but she's a queen. She's absolutely gorgeous. She's selling in foal to Mehmas and it's a very good cross. What Tally-Ho has done with those stallions, particularly in the past few years, is amazing. There are a lot of top stallions in Easy's page and, I know I am biased, but she would be an addition to any breeding operation in the world. She has international appeal and we've literally had people from all over the world looking at her today. For a period of about three hours, she wasn't in her box. She was seriously busy showing. The footfall is amazing and, like I said, it's fairly special to be a part of it all. We just want to end the story on a good note and, please God, we can make that happen on Monday.” The post ‘Easy Has International Appeal And We Can’t Wait For The Sceptre Sessions’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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