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By Special Agent · Posted
Good to see a new trainer out of Wingatui, and his reasons for doing so. -
Not a huge amount of difference week to week. This week AucklanD race for 152 k in total and Addington race for $205 k total with 2 more races on. seems fair ? I'm sorry you feel that way. I did make a living for quite some time from the Industry in both NZ then Aus. and feel passionate about it. Have a 'little bit' of knowledge how it works . But maybe the Gravestone is already being carved in NZ , buried like Cardigan Bay under a carpark. People have given up in New Zealand because of the VERY topic of This thread that Brodie made. OF COURSE they should race. is the answer. I think it's terrible for the surviving WORLD CLASS participants the North Island has, if they don't. Couldn't give a Rat's arse about peoples bets TBH. Brodie should go talk to Stockman if he wants to put a bet on , and find out how to do it properly . -
Galah, I think the handicapping system is open to exploitation, it was pointed out by some that with no stake or rating deductions for fifth that some would be trying not to finish there, should they not be trying to win or does that only happen when the stakes go up, -
No not mean gammalite,just worried that by running so many meeting at a loss,that it will eat away at the reserves hrnz have to sustain the industry in the future. Really someone has to be thinking of the people who will be trying tio make a living in the industry in 5-10 years time.Lining the pockets of the current auckland participants is i think selfish thinking.I don't get why some people can't appreciate that. anyways,back to the topic ,In my opinion,the answer is somewhere in the middle of the opinions expressed in this thread. As i have said before,run the meetings,but reduce the stakes if the number of starters is smaller. That way people can keep earning a living and that way the cash reserves hrnz have don't get eaten away too quickly. but doing as they currently are doing,simply is unsustainable. why do auckland have all those $35,000 races for mid grade horses regularly and addington only get $25,000 races less regularly. Why are auckland people more deserving than canterbury people.. then you have the 2 non win races with the really small fields as always. HRNZ pay out over $20,000 in stakes and bonuses to the connections of the winners of those 2 races,meaning they are tyhe 2 highest paid of the winners of all the reaces run on friday,no matter what the class. again why the preferential treatment Personally i think the new handicapping system seems to be going ok. I noticed they ran a couple of races where they allowed 1 win horses who hadn't recently earned much to run against the non win horses. I particularly like that as they need to do that if they are to maximise the racing potential of all the horse population. The 1 win horses who had won the weaked,lesser stake races need to have a future and should be slowly allowed to transition back to the level of non win grade they can be competitive without being dominant. Theres something about mr steele's regular comments, which fail to inspire much confidence in what hes doing, for me. i wonder what will happen with auckland. aren't they deciding that tomorrow. will hrnz leave the whole of nz hraness regions with an anchor called the ATC,that will eventually drag them to a standstill. -
So if Harness Racing has to survive without betting what do you suggest ? Gamma I don't think Harness Racing is on its death bed, thd Aucklsnd situation is bad but there has to be a way forward, the numbers turning up each week ain't that bad one day a week is more than enough, IMHO.
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