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By Chief Stipe · Posted
I posted this in another Topic in response to a plea by @hesi to those in control not to change the Hawkes Bay Spring Carnival. Firstly it isn't a 3 day meeting nor in fact a Spring Carnival. The only 3 day Spring Carnival in NZ racing is Cup Week at Riccarton. The Hawkes Bay - 'Triple Crown' is raced over 5 weeks with 3 weeks between the first two races and two between the last two. Of course there are some good age group support races on the programmes like the Gold Trail and the HB Guineas. I was thinking about possible changes to the Hawkes Bay 3 days. One that came to mind was moving the series ahead two weeks i.e. have the first day on the third Saturday in September instead of the first. Another change would be shortening the 3 week gap between the first two to two weeks. If you kept the 3 week gap between the first two then the final day would be Labour Weekend where the Friday before Labour Day is Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day. Even a 1 week later start would give Spring a chance to kick in. Some minor adjustments would need to be made to some of the age group races at other venues but in my opinion that pattern is all a bit screwed anyway. So for arguments sake in 2026 the dates would be: Day 1 - 20th September + 2wks Day 2 - 4th October +2wks Day 3 - 18th October or Day 1 - 20th September + 3wks Day 2 - 11th October +2wks Day 3 - 25th October -
Wouldn't even class it as a shadow of what it was at HB, no hype or pizazz to the day , its lost most its meaning and is borderline irrelevant and thats just the G1. But do keep the being the Tony Robbins of Ellerslie ... its fantastic entertainment. -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
It isn't a 3 day meeting nor in fact a Spring Carnival. The only 3 day spring carnival in NZ racing is at Riccarton. The Hawkes Bay - 'Triple Crown' is raced over 5 weeks with 3 weeks between the first two races and two between the last two. Of course there are some good age group support races like the Gold Trail and the HB Guineas. I was thinking about possible changes to the Hawkes Bay 3 days. One that came to mind was moving the series ahead two weeks i.e. have the first day on the third Saturday in September instead of the first. Another change would be shortening the 3 week gap between the first two to two weeks. If you kept the 3 week gap between the first two then the final day would be Labour Weekend where the Friday before Labour Day is Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day. Even a 1 week later start would give Spring a chance to kick in. Some minor adjustments would need to be made to some of the age group races at other venues but in my opinion that pattern is all a bit screwed anyway. So for arguments sake in 2026 the dates would be: Day 1 - 20th September + 2wks Day 2 - 4th October +2wks Day 3 - 18th October or Day 1 - 20th September + 3wks Day 2 - 11th October +2wks Day 3 - 25th October -
Yes it they have a lot to answer for, why shouldn't the governing body be providing direction and assistance to the clubs on improving infrastructure it's one of the most important areas to get right , as we have seen. Certainly more important than Grand Tours , slot races , every Aus concept they have copied and everything else under the sun they have tried to trick the industry with. The trouble is they never did provide that assistance because just like now they are hiring a bunch of people (duplicating in many cases) with skill sets that don't match the needs of the industry i.e. Infrastructure The present bunch of new hires will prove that , they've been bought in to babysit the new CEO lack of wagering / racing acumen & knowledge.
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I'm always bemused why on Trackside when the top class horses race the continual pushing the odds for the NZ Cup, in the futures market, anyone that would bet into a market where a bet on a non runner loses their dosh is easily fooled, the market will be out 4 or 5 days before the race as in the final field.
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