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Fancy calling the great sport in NZ mediocre. Never before have the horses gone so fast , and races run for money than ever before with MANY great incentives like Slot races and that. The horsepeople some of the most experienced and Respected on the planet.  Alas the Aussies have plundered them past 3 years because of the AMAZING NZ racing put on by the Amazing HRNZ.   No ones perfect Brodster. But one should appreciate the efforts of the people involved in the industry as much as criticise them.  Rules and regulations are in place for a Reason. Stake money is allocated at certain rates for a reason (that is unfortunately beyond your understanding) The ratings system for horses is applied For a reason.  They've been formed over 100 years. The NZ harness community and it's racing and it's participants are World Class already. Some of the greatest horsemen in the world (and horses) are from NewZealand and are that because of the great conditions that were supplied by the clubs and HRNZ to give them that opportunity. Your criticism doesn't improve anything 'Jack shit' to be honest. 😂  Chief doesn't even bother writing to you now. you've killed the sport.  just hangs shit on heaps of kiwis doing their jobs. Not everyone does there job the same as the next person.  SOMETIMES you just have to Accept the Decision that is made by Stipes , or by a driver, or by a bookie , or why they have mile racing (there's the obvious answer to that you just refuse to understand)  or why they have Betting limits (which is actually so obvious, it slaps everyone in the face like a wet fish ) except you old mate. under the rock .lol 😉🍋😁

with this rain, and those field sizes! =  v difficult! 

You might well be correct. My point is it's really too early to say. I'd prefer to wait and see the WBBR ratings at the end of the season before arriving at any conclusions about the races' quality. Field sizes don't determine that.

The days of good old wet tracks at Ellerslie are over.  That new track will be a S5 or 6.  Thursday and Friday look fine, with maybe a shower or 3 on Saturday.  

Disagree It is a long time since we have had 11,14,16,14,14 and 13 horse fields, with almost every horse having a good form line next to its name.  I could only find a handful, like Sacred Satono in the railway, and it could even win. You must be very hard to please

Yes they are obsessed with yield but without increased turnover you wont increase profit! They are a betting agency so that to me means gambling!! They operate more like accountants and accountants are not generally known to be that flash at speculating to accumulate. At the end of the day if they want to stifle wagering then they are definitely going to stifle the racing industry. It seems very hypocritical that they restrict income by way of restricting wagering which is what pays the stakes, and yet they are having no problem at chucking big money at stakes? Bearing in mind a big amount of the stake money is coming from the gifting from Entain which is going to stop! It is not going to be pretty if things continue like they currently are! Thing is, it is not rocket science.

Or why restricted punters can’t bet what ever amount they like. 

Chill bill,, what will be will be, nothing we can do about it, wether we keep an eye or even two on the weather, and don't trust those forecasts, nothing like a good ole wet track to throw a few roughies, just the way I like it

Railway aside, it's hard to say much yet about the quality of those fields isn't it?