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Is that why Hong Kong has been doing it for years?

Good point. They have sectionals on Loveracing.nz for most meetings. Ellerslie has the full data for all their races on their website. I reviewed the Trackside recording I kept.

Not all of them. Not that many live in the country nowadays.

Darryl's Joy was sold as a yealing for $1,100. I know it is a difficult concept for you to grasp but $1,100 then is worth $55,000+ today.

Foaled in 1966!!! Sold for $1,100 as a yealing. Which today is the equivalent of over $55,000. Wild Night was cheaper!!!

Owned by Westbury Stud.

Name 5.

Exactly costs SFA. But great information. I first noticed it 1000 Guineas Day when watching a horse I was interested in. Sat 3 wide and I thought "oh no this is going to hurt"! But the early sectionals were easy and I could see the numbers. Reviewed the race afterwards and could see the horse didn't travel as wide as I thought.

You can't buy them at the $2 shop @Huey . Nor at the rest home bingo night.

That's what they've been doing during Cup week. Quite accurate too. LOL shame the Jockeys dont have the real time info. Might help them judge pace better.

What do you think the cost is?

Soundness issues. Not uncommon amongst the top horses.

I noticed it while watching 1000 Guineas day at Riccarton. The sectionals assuming they were accurate were brilliant.

New graphics part of TAB’s long-term plans to educate punters www.newstalkzb.co.nz The way Kiwis watch horse racing is changing and Trackside bosses hope that ultimately provides punters with a new way of analysing the sport.https://bitofayarn.com New Zealand Cup week saw a successful roll out of the new real time tracking graphics which show punters where their horse is during the running of the race. The system powered by company tripleSdata is already common in some overseas jurisdictions and something similar was already being used by major New Zealand racetracks like Ellerslie and Addington. But the new package will be expanded to most tracks around the country to provide uniform coverage of racing. It shows where each horse is in every race in a graphic across the bottom of the screen on Trackside and Trackside.co.nz, along with race speed and sectionals. The graphic clears during the closing stages of a race as less horses are in play and to provide a clean screen to cover the whole track as horses often spread across it.https://bitofayarn.com The system works through transponders placed in saddleclothes for both thoroughbred and harness racing, which are transported around the country in the Outside Broadcasting Vans used by Trackside, so every time a meeting is covered, the saddleclothes will be there. While some punters who watch a lot of racing may not need the system to keep up with where their horse is in the running, TAB Head Of Live Racing for Entain, Kyle Bettler, says it is a great resource for those new to racing punting or who may not be as used to reading races. But Bettler says the ultimate benefit of the new system will be as a punting tool and helping New Zealand racing fans catch up with data analysis around the world.https://bitofayarn.com “First and foremost it is a great new tool so racing viewers can see where their horse is,” says Bettler. “Some punters may not need that but plenty of people will enjoy being able to track their horse for the whole race. “But all the data from each horse is also recorded and will become available to punters.https://bitofayarn.com “Within a few months we hope to have all that data collated and available on the trackside.co.nz website so punters can get in-depth information on any horses not only after races but more importantly when assessing their chances in upcoming races.” Data analysis on things like sectionals, top speeds and even total ground covered is common in overseas betting jurisdictions but the New Zealand punting marketplace is still maturing, not only in terms of analysis, but understanding how markets work. “We want to educate punters on how to use this data so they can be better informed,” says Bettler, who has a background at the elite levels of Australian-based professional punting. “Next year we will be launching a new show on Trackside to help educate punters on how the data works, what to look for, how ratings systems work and how they can use all of it as a punting tool.” The new graphics and data collection system will be rolled out on 30 tracks this summer but some of the less frequently-used venues won’t have it installed yet because they may not have the infrastructure to support it. “But any track that races 4-5 times a year or more will have it for certain. “In some cases we will have a test run at the next meeting for a venue and once that is successful punters will see it at that track’s next meeting after that. Michael Guerin wrote his first nationally published racing articles while still in school and started writing about horse racing and the gambling industry for the Herald as a 20-year-old in 1990. He became the Herald’s Racing Editor in 1995 and covers the world’s biggest horse racing carnivals.

According to the CEO they wanted to keep the "Iconic shape of the track"!!!! The old Ellerslie shape wasn't a fair track for horses and punters alike why not fix it when you are spending $50m?!!!! I posted what they should have done a while ago. Sadly the option of fixing the home bend angle and camber is disappearing. They are committed and can't admit they got it wrong.

Wild Night - one of those cheap Te Akau purchases that return a lot of stakes, Grp wins and a lot of fun for their owners. Well done @nomates aka Bob.

Group One performer Wild Night has been retired from racing. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Full circle moment for retiring Wild Nighthttps://bitofayarn.com LOVERACING.NZ News Desk 18 November 2025 It will be a full circle moment for Group One performer Wild Night when he returns to Windsor Park Stud following his retirement from racing this week. Bred by the Cambridge farm, the six-year-old gelding is by their Group One-producing sire Vanbrugh and out of Supreme, who is also the dam of Group Two winner Play That Song.https://bitofayarn.com Wild Night was offered through Windsor Park Stud’s 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft where he was purchased by Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis for $50,000. He proved to be an astute buy, winning five consecutive races as a three-year-old, including the Gr.2 James And Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) and Listed Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m), before finishing runner-up to Prowess in the Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) and third behind subsequent New Zealand Horse of the Year Sharp ‘N’ Smart in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m). He battled with soundness issues in subsequent years but added a further three wins to his tally before the decision was made to call time on his racing career following his seventh placed run in last Saturday’s Gr.2 Tauranga Stakes (1530m). “He was a really good horse for his connections,” said Mark Walker, who trained Wild Night in partnership with Sam Bergeron.https://bitofayarn.com “He had a brilliant three-year-old season but had a few soundness issues creep in when he was a four-year-old. “He was quite lightly-raced that season and came back at five to kick off with consecutive wins and had an unlucky run in the Cranbourne Cup (Listed, 1600m) in Melbourne. “He was a lovely horse to have in the stables and if it wasn’t for his soundness issues I’m sure he would have ended up a Group One horse.https://bitofayarn.com “He’ll live out a fulfilled life as a pleasure horse and certainly won’t be forgotten by everyone that had something to do with him.” Wild Night retires to Windsor Park Stud the winner of eight of his 23 starts, with earnings north of $550,000.

Perhaps they didn't want the horses eating the track? The clover would have been put in because the soil on the Coast would have been starved of nutrient. Hence rushes growing instead of grass. Perhaps there were one too many farmers involved in the Omoto renovation who were used to growing pasture to feed cattle.

I'm not sneering. But what I call renovation and what you call renovation are completely different. The tracks that were "renovated" weren't done properly. Riccarton was "renovated" in the 1990's. Correct? To think that it doesn't need to be done again inside 30 years even if it was done properly is incorrect. As I've said before if Clubs worked together then you could treat the tracks like crop fields/paddocks and have a renewal rotation in place. While one was renovated and rested the others took up the slack. Moonee Valley and Racing Victoria is taking this approach when they reshape and renovate completely The Valley track. As for the "Canterbury grass seed" being sown in the wrong place is probably a narrative of blame that has reach mythical proportions!

20 Grp 1 Harness wins!!!

Unfortunately @TAB For Ever will not be making a comeback unless broadband coverage has been extended to higher zones.

The T's and C's said only one syndicate per person didn't it? With 4 members. Those that didn't have the BETCHA app should have signed up (you can do it in a few minutes) loaded $150 (they would have got at least $50 bonus cash) and then joined the Syndicate you set up on BETCHA with a minimum signup of $150.

@Newmarket you could always contact the NZMTC organiser: rachel.deegan@addington.co.nz I'm surprised they didn't use the BETCHA app for the competition it is perfect for syndicate betting. Friends of mine used it Melbourne Cup Day and it worked a treat.

I'd say there would be a fair amount of punter error in @Newmarket's day.

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