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    • And overall better fields at Auckland this week with several Southerners chasing the better stakes this week and in coming weeks ahead. Many prefer to fly nowdays so it not cheap to transport ! And the two year olds getting into the Young Gun series !
    • The problems that plague the  NZ industry have been around for decades and this current Administration is trying their best to give the Industry a chance at picking up from it's dire position. After decades of decline there is some hope , and Industry participants see new hope ,its a tall task. The Group 1 types are contributing big time. Breeding better horses that are attractive to overseas market , racing a ton of horses with money earned in outside businesses , syndicating horses to a lot of new owners [ Te Akau alone have bought 50 this year] and a lot of our top horseman are thriving overseas . Earning big money . The much maligned Messara report clearly pinpointed the dire position of our industry , the tracks and the Infrastructure. Please read it ! Not all gospel but it sent a clear message. If Entain fails to resuscitate betting on NZ Racing what happens then. ?.....there will be even more Overseas racing to bet on , many on here prefer Aussie now. There will be certainly more Sport to bet on plus the on-line gaming is growing rapidly and will continue to. So they may have more betting with way less overheads. They won't have to cart their gear up and down NZ and fly staff/accomodate them etc etc. Northern racing may splutter along as some trainers will survive preparing horses to race locally then go to Australia or be sold. The South may survive a while with sweepstake racing for every horse ,maybe sometimes racing for a bag of Kumaras.Maybe they will allow pony races to be TAB races. So little will change except there will be a lot of jobs lost .   Racing will most certainly be a TV sport then , if it ain't already. If this post offends please send a real nasty reply with plenty of personal abuse ,I find it tells readers more about you than it does me.         
    • But you don't know if @Thomass got Princess Kate to photoshop the shot!
    • So who died and left you Chief ? Methinks you getting over intoxicated by your own exuberance. Interesting you telling people to piss off and get a life from site that welcomes participants different views. Seems you are one of the biggest posters on all available racing sites. Big man or small man with massive chip on shoulder ?
    • What I like about your response Doomed is that the reader can feel the passion, understand the logic and importantly you do not stoop to making disparaging comments about previous posters. Well done and no if you have experience behind you there is not a prerequisite that unless you have achieved at the highest levels you are unqualified to comment. Most top coaches are/were not that good at the game they coach 
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