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      Today we have seen the only remaining truly independent racing industry publication "hang the bridle on the wall."  The Informant has ceased to publish.
      Why?
      In my opinion the blame lies firmly at the feet of the NZRB.  Over the next few days BOAY will be asking some very pertinent questions to those in charge.
      For example:
      How much is the NZRB funded Best Bets costing the industry?  Does it make a profit?  What is its circulation?  800?  Or more?  Does the Best Bets pay for its form feeds?  Was The Informant given the same deal?
      How much does the industry fund the NZ Racing Desk for its banal follow the corporate line journalism?
      Why were the "manager's at the door" when Dennis Ryan was talking to Peter Early?
      Where are the NZ TAB turnover figures?
      The Informant may be gone for the moment but the industry must continue to ask the hard questions.
       
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    • 100th G1  would be a decent reason to Lead the Colt back in!  
    • You really do have a fanboy complex for TA don't you?
    • Yes, the Maori All Blacks alone can tongue each other for ever and a day on home soil but certainly not in another country. Our national anthem sung by a Maori is more appropriate.
    • Seriously how on earth could anyone have any confidence at all in the TAB web site since this outfit that they got to give punters info? Apparently this outfit has been trusted for 20+ years Racing snd Sports Australia. I say that anyone that actually trusts them to give accurate info is totally deluded, Surely it is time for Entain to give them the boot as they are just absolutely so amateur and inaccurate with too much of what they supply to the punters! Every race is very poor, with all comments just useless. Take race 8 at Manawatu tomorrow arvo for example. The favourite on fixed that they made Doctor Tim is not mentioned in the top comments for some strange reason? Under its runner comment it states two runs back posted a big 5.5m win at Ashburton beating Just Foxing in 4yo+ on February22 at $26.10. BETTER OFF AVOIDING???????? despite telling everyone to avoid backing Doctor Tim, they open it FF $2.60 😂  Seriously how long does Entain continue to allow this BS to carry on? Give it back to NZ staff to do the web site, as it has been downhill since this Racing And Sports Australia were given the job!              
    • Do you think the All Blacks should stop doing the haka pre=game in favour of say more expert commentary or interviews with coaches and players?
    • That's obviously not what either I or Paora Sharples said. And you more obviously didn't bother clicking the link to find out Paora's expertise. What are your credentials to be an expert on the haka?
    • Anyone who has any doubts about what i say about timeslots and pre race coverage being the main factor in turnover,just has to look at saturdays ellerslie meeting for proof. Its such an obvious thing. On saturday, in australia ,they had really good sky channel one, pre race lead in coverage for races 5-10. So how did that impact turnover. Well races 1-4 the win pools on the commingled nz tab,were between 25,000-41,000 and race 10 was $56,000. So what difference did the pre race sky coverage make,well the win pools on races 5-9 were between $660,000 and near 1.1 million. Now if the group ones were the reason for the jump by between $600,000 to million more per race,then why was race 4's group one turnoover only $41,000. its obvious the answer is, because that group 1 didn't get the same sky coverage in australia. as i always say about tabcorp ,their win pools reflected the nz tab turnovers. Tabcorps win pools for races 1-4 were between $6,000-12,000 and race 10 was $25,000. Races 5-9 were between $610,000 and 1 million..  
    • You really do have a complex about Te Akau.  Have you actually spent time talking to David Ellis? Why wouldn't he want to lead in the horse he purchased, syndicated which won the slot he purchased?
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