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By TAB For Ever · Posted
Indeed Gamma.....all around the world Horse racing is struggling and inparticular Harness Racing ! To own a horse is particularly expensive.....if you own land to graze and house them decent land is very expensive and needed for the essentials Food and Housing ! To own a horse to race is a very expensive hobby ....chances of getting a good one are slim and the average return has almost double of late but it still less than 50%. As a punter , 95% of those lose ....overall people don't have spare cash to waste and most would rather spend it on boats ,holidays ,booze and wild woman. If desperate for a punt there are thousands of options ,more on-line casinos and sports that most people can easily follow. Not like the 1950's to 1980's when Racing was one of the rare things to have a flutter on and most workplaces had some sort of Weekly Betting Synd with a Xmas pot at the end...kind of compulsory savings ! As to the 'negaholics' with the record stuck , the aversion to talking to the folk they criticise like TAB boss and HRNZ boss they should read the nursery rhyme of the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf'. If there is no library close to their Southern cave I'll recall a brief story of a neighbour of ours ... Our hard working neighbour ,we called him Colonel had a nice little 'takeaway/dairy' on the main highway. He worked long hours to keep his family safe/fed and clothed etc and saved a little with a plan to send his oldest son to the city for Uni Education cos his boy considered very clever. Colonel had signs erected on nearby lamposts , farmers fences and in farmers fields for which he paid a fee ! This advertising made him well known and prompted passing traffic to pull-in for some food. His business went from strength to strength and he had to take on some staff to handle the growing Volume. Business was very good ! The time came when he sent his son at great cost to the City for University......after the first year his son came home and told his dad[ Colonel] He said ,..I major in Economics and Business and I've learned that things are DIRE out there. Inflation is raging,GDP is dropping ,Kiwisaver is losing ground ,the sharemarket is heading for a record low ,Trump [First time] has just got in ......things are very bad and will only get worse as we head into recession. So the Colonel immediately laid off his staff and worked his store alone and took down the signs to save money and shortened his opening hours.........the recession is coming ,and things will be bad ...my son has warned me and the daily News confirms it. After a couple of weeks he looked at his weekly sales and concluded.......Yes his son was right ,things had gotten very bad ,his business had gone down the toilet ! Mentor note....8 June 2025 -
By TAB For Ever · Posted
The record is stuck ! Remove needle ,turn off power and give it a rest ! Reset ......change the way you think about things and the things you think about will change ! -
By Nowornever · Posted
Yes Arcee Phoenix has mainly raced over sprints but did break the New Zealand record over 2200m on a slushy track beating Bet N Win when he won here in what I though was a good staying run, but 3157m might be too far. Bet N Win proven over the distance but I think the final might come down to draws on that track so a real guess at this early stage. -
By TAB For Ever · Posted
Ross Coles , a terrific contributor and outstanding horseman. Can attend the Harness a bit more and follow his interests ! Will be missed ,I'm sure from Ellerslie racedays ! -
yes I like Bet N Win. he has had one start here in Brisvegas and won too. so hope he can win for NZ. well worth a saver by me. thanks for the tip. Arcee Phoenix is a Victorian who has won 3 of his 5 starts this year , but all over Sprint distances. He's not a stayer and will get mugged in Brisbane. (in the final over distance, might win a heat though ? 🤔) Pete McMullen is a farrier himself and has GUS right. Gus is NZ-bred Majestic Son so is a real ripper. Last Winter GUS had a 10 start campaign , and bolted in 7 times including our Group2 Championship, but broke the other 3 times 🙄. He won over the Interdom distance in the final by 4 lengths too. He is gunna be real tough to beat.
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