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By The Centaur · Posted
Why do most clubs run their main race as the second to last. If its 10 races on the programme then its Race9. By that time most patrons are tired and want to go home. Also by that time the track is in worse condition than say race 5. Lets be logical. Have the main race mid afternoon before Australians get engrossed in their features and not late afternoon. Too many feature races are falling by the wayside unnecessarily. -
I guess the cost of advertising has never been cheaper for some time. Personally i believe its something that entain should do,but it has to be targeted and marketed properly. In that vein,i give you an example of where Entain dropped the ball. Instead of giving $25,000 back to Boys Get Paid last week,they could have spent it on showcasing that nights racing with ads in mainstream media.. $25,000 would have gone a long way. Just imagine them spending that on ads with video clips of the Boys get paid cheering their bets on at the races,winning connections after the races were run,matt cross jumping for joy after he won the $50,000. It was all there,the excitement harness racing and all racing can generate,but no,entain instead of promoting the sport in that way,chose to give a gift to the BGP. The BGP would have been better off getting free exposure on mainstream media in a video clip,than being given money. So much of what happens i can make no sense of,but its not me making the calls. As to montana being owned by the entain man. Yes i had thought that was the case although i wasn't 100% sure of exactly the level of his connection with montana ltd. My points around that bonus scheme and what hrnz and entain said the goals were. The main one was to increase 2 yo numbers starting. surely they must have known that never made any sense. Like its as if they were saying people would race their 2 year olds,knowing their 2 yo still weren't going to have anymore chance of winning than they did the year before,because they still had the same ability,bonus or no bonus. It will only be late in the year when that may be a factor,but not for great numbers. So i'm also making the point that self interest appeared to be significantly behind the decision for those bonuses.Surely its not just me that sees the people who came up with the idea of the bonuses were the ones who are winning the bonuses. Self interest decisions are made in all aspects of peoples lives,but that doesn't make it right. There has to be more depth in the thinking when decisions like that are made,otherwise things will never improve. -
Veteran galloper C P Brave continues breakout season for Ricky Yiu with Class Two triumph at Sha TinBy Wandering Eyes · Posted
Seven-year-old gelding leads home a quinella for veteran handler with strong win under Alexis BadelView the full article -
By TAB For Ever · Posted
There seems to be a lot of TAB /racing ads out in the marketplace these days. And it been stepped up in recent weeks with stuff in mainstream media . Grins/Slot races , . success of NZ horses in Aussie ,the $10mill dollar yearling auction ,racehorse on train etc Big ads/more stories in NZ Herald etc.Lotto too has had quite a few stories too so folk being reminded of opportunities to gamble. Unfortunately Horse Racing in NZ ,unlike in Aussie , is no longer part of the Kiwi DNA and many/most in fact hold horse racing in quite low regard and think it dishonest and corrupt . As for successful owner Montana Ltd , he spends up large at the sales and in recent years has had many top performers incl Montana Belle , Merlin,Cold Chisel and he quinellad last nights 2 yr old race. He enjoys harness in NZ ,and his day job is CEO of Entain !🙂 You probably knew that. -
You only hear the good stories about this stable…. Talking to a few people at Riccarton races last week, 3 of them said they would never have a horse with the stable again. One syndicate had a horse racing in the Nth Island, gelding showed a bit of promise earlier but was disappointing. Syndicate asked if they could race it from a good stable in the Canterbury…. answer a BIG No… obviously scared of another trainer improving the horse
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