Chief Stipe

Yes I'm afraid you're right you are beyond salvation.

@Huey when will you grasp the concept that the Clubs ran themselves into the ground. There was never enough revenue to fully fund them. When your wife stopped baking cakes for the stall and you broke the chocolate wheel and hung up the paint brush then ground rushing up was inevitable. If you want evidence from another jurisdiction just look across the ditch where State Governments poured 100's of millions into racing to keep them afloat. Now the fundamental question is should the assets acquired on the backs of gifts and volunteers be retained in racing or given to current members? Do you want racing to continue provincially or would you rather in an act of churlish spite give the finger and see racing gone completely?

I think you'll find the whole world was down. That said I've never worked out why the TAB uses Cloudflare. It was initiated under the pre-ENTAIN era by TABNZ's contracted provider SPARK. Cloudflare outage brings down major websites for hours - UPI.com https://share.google/42gsS7oko5DmPu5v8

Uh? Detail?

You split hairs over 6 months?

Thats not correct.

But their employees are not getting favouritism. Everyone who bets into the pool is getting bonus. That is everyone is treated equally in the pool.

No it's not a "have". There is a market for it and as the article above indicates a big one. Perhaps the 1,000 that turn up for The Grand Tour have also decided to but a FRAC share. Cheaper than a $2,500 set of bowls for the bowling club you're a member of.

Who's "stealing assets"? How were the assets accumulated in the first place and where are they now best positioned? Racing horses is the aim.

Yes especially if your revenue depends on the quality, placement and promotion of the product.

What "consortium" has failed?

Not in your mind but it's a start. Now at least there is a database of 10's of thousands of interested young base. My only concern is that there is some regulatory oversight. In my opinion some FRAC's charge an excessive premium over the horse purchase price and management fee.

Which Overseas Entity have taken over the NZ Racing Industry? Certainly isn't ENTAIN. But if you mean ENTAIN telling NZTR and HRNZ what product they need and when then that conversation was long overdue.

Why present in negative terms that during a recession the wagering revenue has stayed the same? Most businesses I know would be happy if that was the case - many of them have struggled the last two years or so. However they do report improving economic conditions.

That's a different subject. If they haven't dropped then at least the situation isn't getting worse. Although it isn't a concern yet until 3 years hence.