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Hindsight is always 20/20. So, what is you better model for the next decade or two? Put it up so we can consider and debate it. I think you'd agree that the current and proposed ones don't and won't work.

the harness 5000 concept. i understood that was the concept, where they have a raceday with 60,000 finals, for horses 3 years and older, whose sire was a stallion who had a stud fee that cost $5000 or less. so what your saying is,  theres breeders out there who have  factored in king of swings stud  fee making their mares foals  eligible, in a minimum of 4 years time ,for a one off race day,as the reason why they chose king of swing. look,hey,you may be right.   But are breeders who actually thought like that being smart or just a bit gullible? Would they be the same breeders who bred to nz stallions 2 or 3 years ago on the promise they would be paid a 10% bonus for stakemoney earned when their progeny, by nz bred  stallions,raced in years to come.Now scrapped. or would they be the same people who factored in their progeny getting paid $12,000 bonuses when they had their first 2 year old win. That also doesn't apply anymore.  I don't really keep up with the different bonuses that get announced each year ,just the ones that are announced with much fanfare,but i've noted the obvious,some are quietly scrapped 2 or 3 years later,without any chance of those who factored them in the year they bred,ever getting a chance to have an opportunity to earn them. so ,while i don't want to put a dampener on anyone who may think the big stakes and the big bonuses will still be around in 4 years, shouldn't they at the very least use some common sense thinking and take a very cautious approach to such hrnz promises. yes,i know,mr steele has assured everyone that things are looking really positive and are on the right track and there will continue to be all this cash just sloshing around to be paid for the likes of bonuses,after the entain money has been spent,but wheres that money coming from and is that realistic thinking? i mean,for a stud it may be a good marketing ploy to promote the harness 5000 factor to breeders considering a sire,but have i missed something,as its it appears nothing more thanwishful think on the part of brrders. My guess would be,maybe there will be a harness 5000 in 4 years,maybe not,but the stakes will be reduced significantly if they still exist.

Interestingly I thought he'd changed his whip action somewhat during his losing streak Appeared to refrain from striking his mounts over the head by letting his whip recess into his inside elbow When winning on ULTIMATE HABIT...didn't need to do a thing basically...that horse looks outstanding Then reverted back to type on ARCHAIC SMILE https://loveracing.nz/Common/SystemTemplates/Modal/Video.aspx?v=http%3a%2f%2fwww.racingreplays.co.nz%2fmedia%2f202601%2fM4_WELL_R08_310126.mp4&i=%2fCommon%2fImage.ashx%3fw%3d565%26h%3d314%26a%3d1%26o%3d1%26z%3d1%26bg%3deeeeee%26p%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fwww.racingreplays.co.nz%2fmedia%2f202601%2fM4_WELL_R08_310126.jpg&r=Race 8 - MODE TECHNOLOGY SPRINT&rs=1  No only struck the flank on 2/3 occasions once through the gap but also flattened AS's near side ear when striking the neck/head area I'd post the screenshot but as you know I've been BANNED from fee speech Drop me your addy if you want to see the screenshot nastys...but I'm picking you can do exactly what I've done n.b After Kelly Myers finally got charged for whip flanking...she change her whip action Now on a 29 run losing streak she reverted back to type in the last Whip flanking and numerous over the head strikes, flattening ears on 2/3 occasions in a desperate ILLEGAL attempt to win https://loveracing.nz/Common/SystemTemplates/Modal/Video.aspx?v=http%3a%2f%2fwww.racingreplays.co.nz%2fmedia%2f202601%2fM4_WELL_R10_310126.mp4&i=%2fCommon%2fImage.ashx%3fw%3d565%26h%3d314%26a%3d1%26o%3d1%26z%3d1%26bg%3deeeeee%26p%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fwww.racingreplays.co.nz%2fmedia%2f202601%2fM4_WELL_R10_310126.jpg&r=Race 10 - JOHN TURKINGTON FORESTRY DOURO CUP&rs=1

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Six-win mare Gemma Flitz (NZ) (Telperion) will resume at Riccarton on Wednesday where she will be seeking to take out the C S Stevens Memorial Banks Peninsula Cup (1100m) for local trainer Ross Beckett. She was a model of consistency last year, winning three and placing in three of her six starts, highlighted by her victory in the $100,000 Polytrack Championship (1200m) on the Riccarton Synthetic in August. Beckett is looking forward to kicking off her preparation this week, but is wary of the wet weather forecast ahead of the midweek meeting. “She has done a great job, she is very honest,” Beckett said. “She has come back from a spell and hopefully we don’t get too much rain, she needs a firm track.” While hopeful of a bold showing first-up, Beckett is hoping she has bigger fish to fry, with the Yaldhurst horseman eyeing black-type with the seven-year-old mare. “We will just get through this race and then try to find a nice race for her,” he said. “Getting black-type is something I would love to do with her, it would help her out as a broodmare.” Beckett is also upbeat about the prospects of stablemate Pogacar (NZ) (Eminent) if he can bring his manners ahead of the TAB Southern Alps Golden Ticket Race (1400m). The four-year-old son of Eminent has shown a fair amount of ability, winning two and runner-up in two of his six starts to date, but Beckett said he lets himself down with his manners behind the starting gate. “He has been scratched two or three times (because he’s refused to load), so we have got a fair bit of headgear on him, which is just to give him a bit of confidence going into those gates,” Beckett said. “He will be a better horse without the headgear but we need to get him going into those gates and doing things properly. “The boys around at the start are getting to know him now and what we have to do to get him in, so we will take another step I hope.” Meanwhile, stablemates Wanderin Spelle (NZ) (Wyndspelle) and Grouse (NZ) (Darci Brahma) will be first-up in the GM Accounting and Consulting (1200m) and Stuart Racing Maiden (1200m) respectively, while Pearl Opulence (NZ) (Unusual Suspect) will make her stable debut in the Tim Dyer – Bayleys Real Estate (2000m). “Wanderin Spelle’s wide draw (14) won’t help,” Beckett said. “I wanted to give him a run, he will be better over 1400m or a mile. I don’t mind the horse. “Grouse wouldn’t be out of it, she won a trial the other day. Her work is on the improve every week and she will still be better with the run under her belt. “It will be the first start I have given her (Pearl Opulence), she has come from Lance (Robinson). She has done a lot of work so we will sit back and see how she goes.” Beckett’s team will be rounded out by Canterbury Flight (NZ) (Verdi), who will be seeking to improve on her last-start runner-up result, but will have to overcome her wide draw in the Join Canterbury Westland Owners Association Now Maiden (1600m). “She went really well last start,” Beckett said. “She has drawn 15, so we will most likely get back again and will just have to ride her for a bit of luck.” View the full article

If you are deferring maintenance of your core racing assets you are NOT living within your means.  Costs increased at a faster rate than revenue and maintenance kept being deferred. Looking back I doubt the industry was ever living within its means.  The belief systems 50 years ago believed that our tracks would last forever just like we thought our crop, pasture and market garden systems would.  In the 80's and 90's they started to collapse.

Amberley must have done some begging, 7 in the Cup rating 60 but 2 under that.........Wairio noms as expected, none in the 2yo fills race, 6 in the main pace, Horarata cup 18 noms rating 49+ still believe any race with 6 or less starters penalty free.

A lot of expenses may have been deferred but the industry lived within its means. Since then, we have increasingly paid out more to codes than we have earned, bankrupting the TAB and requiring a taxpayer bail out and the sale of that. As you noted above, more tracks with less racing required less frequent significant maintenance. I don't think the principle of living within our means and not having to beg steal and borrow to exist fails as a model. If you have a better one, what is it?

No wonder we still have one of the highest rates of violent aggression if you've been 'sorting it out' with a "long history" The FACT that Mudhoo had maintained his length and another length (the rule) for the entire race, according to stipes, shows Silly Billy was bullying this apprentice in the run Senior jockeys bullying apprentices is rife through the years The race in which Megan Taylor died showed yet another example Before the race senior jockey Chadhoorey asked Denby-Rose what her tactics were (something that should be banned) and upon finding out told her to "stay clear of me" Entering the straight he then shouted her name 3 times...perhaps this resulted in her panicking.. soon after Megan Taylor met her deadly fate with Denby-Rose being charged with careless riding Bullying, riding horses into other horses after the race, striking other jockeys et el ...has NO PLACE on a race course no matter how laissez faire you want to be Silly Billy deserves at least 3 months DQ but he'll probably get 6 weeks thanks to sops like you