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By Chief Stipe · Posted
John Allen was appointed by the old regime that ran things like an aged Government Department. John Allen was ex-CEO of NZ Post and MFAT. Arguably he was average in both those roles. He knew ZERO about wagering. Andrew Vouris has been appointed by the board of a public company - ENTAIN. He has over 17 years working for TABCorp and ENTAIN in believe it or not manageing a gambling company! Before that he started his career as an accountant and senior manager in very successful Australian firms. More importantly he reports to Senior Management and the Board of a publicly listed company that is in the FTSE 100 on the London Stock Exchange. They will demand accountability and results. What's Out The Gate got to do with it? Look at Gambling Harm rules like Alcohol Serving rules. If you give away free alcohol or offer too many incentives to encourage more drinking of your product then you fall foul of the law. The same applies to Gambling. Some people don't have the constraint nor the skill (apparently) to turn a freebie into a profit albeit one at a reduced margin. -
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A dawdling pace in the $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1T) Nov. 29 at Del Mar turned the race into a test of late acceleration, and Salamis passed with flying colors.View the full article -
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Bella Ballerina, a half sister to 2023 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Pretty Mischievous, is on the Oaks trail herself after a win in the $397,375 Golden Rod Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs Nov. 29.View the full article -
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I think it's important to have some iconic races with large stakes such as the Cup, and the Dominion and many of the supporting races, age group etc etc around cup time, everyone racing a horse has to have a summit to aspire too, unfortunately most of the money goes across the Tasman but would they come if stakes were a lot less? I just think HRNZ are overdoing the spending on many 2 and 3 year old races with a handful of starters especially early in the season, more modest stakes would suffice, i note the Kindergarton Stakes has dropped 10 grand and a 2yo fillies race at Winton has dropped from 70000 to 40, same stake as the Leonerd stakes at Addington, some have been way over the top. I would love to see after the Invercargill Cup, Westport on day 1 , Omakau and Nelson day 2 get their main races get bumped up considerably so those 3 clubs are getting their fair share back based on what they produce in turnover, they shouldn't be subsidizing others, moving the Auckland Cup to the same weekend of the galloping cup in March would also make sense, about a month before the slots races, the Auckland Cup on new year's eve don't give it it's best exposure, people are in holiday/ pissup mode on Dec 31, they probably don't care if draught horses were running lol they would probably turnup and mid January into February is probably the time our better pacers could chase some races in Oz with the culmination being the Hunter Cup in mid Feb. Interestingly Westports main race has been reduced to rating 46+ race, and Banks Peninsula has a rating 50+ race, the numbers for Westports main races have been falling as a result, Nelson probably don't help themselves by running most races on day 2 over a mile, that probably chases a few away and recently their fields have been small, not helped by Timaru racing 2 days before day 1, and Ashburton racing midweek after day2, if they want to keep these clubs going they need to adjust the odd days in the Calander.
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