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New Zealand involvement in next Saturday’s Gr. 1 Queensland Derby has been added to by Te Akau Racin… View the full article

Not sure where you were based but when I worked in a stable I remember endless hours sitting on a tractor with half a dozen horses on the jogger in -7 degree frost. The greatest innovation the boss got was hot water in the washdown shed! Even sitting behind one with one on a lead jogging for 40 minutes to an hour wasn't all that warm. Occasionally you would get a warm blast from the behind of the horse in front often followed by a big nose snort and associated fluids. Those were the days! I'm a firm believer that you can train a horse to sprint more than once during a race and in my opinion that is what interval training does.

That's my guess. Galloping trainers like Waller are doing the same. Endless hours of jogging is a waste of time.

The decision to keep Study Of Man at home instead of taking him to Epsom for the Derby has paid off … View the full article

Next Saturday's Stradbroke Handicap programme at Doomben will be cut from nine to eight races to pro… View the full article

Good advice. Might set up a Venting Thread.

Well there is an opportunity for the NZRB - offer a cheaper competitive option for punters and bookies.

Victorian Government to introduce lowest online betting consumption tax in the country By state political reporter Richard Willingham Updated 14 May 2018, 3:28pm PHOTO: The new 8 per cent tax will apply to a bookmaker's monthly winnings. RELATED STORY: Online bookmakers brace for new tax in Victoria Punter losses with online bookmakers in Victoria will be taxed at the lowest rate in the country, Treasurer Tim Pallas has announced. The new point of consumption tax (POCT) will apply from the start of 2019 and will be set at 8 per cent of a bookmaker's monthly winnings. It is forecast to raise $30 million a year. Victoria has fallen well short of other states which have either implemented a 15 per cent rate or have promised to do so, prompting some warnings that punters may be inundated with gambling advertising. The State Government has come under significant pressure from both sides of the debate, with corporate bookmakers including Sportsbet, CrownBet and Bet365 arguing that a rate of 15 per cent would kill their business. Through their industry group Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA), headed by former senator and Victorian Labor heavyweight Stephen Conroy, they had advocated for a lower rate to keep their businesses viable. PHOTO: Mr Pallas said the tax would generate revenue without hurting the racing industry. (ABC News: Stephanie Anderson) The group also said it wanted to ensure there was no adverse impact on Victoria's racing industry, to which they pay fees. Most corporate bookmakers are licensed in the Northern Territory where they pay modest fees. But established bookmaker Tabcorp, the anti-gambling lobby and the Hotels Association had argued for 15 per cent to ensure there was a level playing field against the new competitors. Mr Pallas said the tax was designed to collect funds the online bookies should be paying and to ensure the harm of problem gambling was addressed. "We've got a situation at the moment where online gaming operators are effectively avoiding tax, they don't pay a cent of tax,"' Mr Pallas said. "We do need to recognise that harm is being done through the provision of gambling products and the appropriate payments by those operators to assist in dealing with that harm has to be made." 'Far-reaching' consequences for Victoria Mr Conroy said bookmakers were disappointed with the decision. "Whilst RWA acknowledges the Victorian Government's consultative approach, this new tax will nevertheless have significant negative and far-reaching consequences for Victoria,"' Mr Conroy said. He said last financial year the online wagering industry directly employed around 1,000 Victorians, paid $6 million in state payroll tax and paid $80 million to the racing industry. "An eight-per-cent POCT does not adequately account for these significant contributions and will result in Victoria having one of the highest effective wagering tax rates in the world." New South Wales is considering how to implement the tax, while Queensland has vowed to introduce a 15 per cent rate. Bookmakers' tax rate 'scandalous': Costello The Alliance for Gambling Reform director Tim Costello welcomed the tax but argued the rate should have been higher. "Victoria's proposed 8 per cent tax on net wagering revenue could have been higher, but at least the Government has committed to review its operation in 2020, so I call on the Victorian Opposition and Upper House cross-benchers to support the forthcoming legislation to get this done,'' Mr Costello said. "It is scandalous that the 24 licensed bookmakers and betting exchanges in the Northern Territory were only budgeted to pay a miserly $5.4 million in taxes to Territorians in 2017-18, when Australians are losing close to $2 billion a year gambling with these companies." "Why should Tabcorp be paying an estimated $71 million to the Victorian Government in wagering taxes in 2017-18 and $111 million to the NSW Government when its big foreign competitors like Sportsbet and Ladbrokes contribute nothing to taxpayers in our two largest states." Labor 'influenced by gambling lobbyists' Legislation will have to be passed in the State Parliament before it can go ahead. The Greens have already slammed the proposal as not being tough enough on bookmakers. Greens leader Samantha Ratnam said the tax would create a "honeypot" for online bookies and result in Victoria being flooded with gambling advertising. "This is a direct result of the influence gambling lobbyists hold over Labor. "Digital bookmakers already use excessive marketing to target young people and we can expect advertising to get a lot worse if Victoria has a lower tax rate." Mr Pallas said all negotiations with interested parties had been conducted by his department and he could not recall speaking to Mr Conroy about it. The tax take will go towards a hospitals and charities fund, with a small slice given to the racing industry to make up for expected shortfall in industry fees.

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I don't really care as I'm not interested in what you think. There are only three people who know the truth. Now can you get back to discussing the results? I note you are a participant in the comp so your ethics do have some boundaries.

Sorry but I think there are no victims in this. As we say on BOAY onwards and upwards.

Over stepping the mark there. Can we get back to the topic - the results please?

Victorian trainer Mark Young will break new ground when he travels two-year-old Luck Favours to Engl… View the full article

I hear you Weasel. An unfortunate choice of name but YOUR choice. I do find it hard not to respond as I have been at the sharp end of some rough stuff on a previous forum. One where I put in many many hours of work. Anyone who joins BOAY must be allowed to express their views and opinions without fear of loss of privacy, ridicule or retribution. That might sound a bit wanky but that's the goal. Personally I have learnt heaps from some posters over the years about racing industry and I hope that continues.

Kiwi jockey Leith Innes made the most of a gilt-edged opportunity at the Sunshine Coast yesterday wh… View the full article

A gritty effort for third in yesterday’s Gr. 2 PJ O’Shea Stakes has convinced trainer Nigel Tiley th… View the full article

A decisive front-running effort saw Wanganui local Perfect Harmonee score an overdue victory on his … View the full article

Queensland trainers want all revenues rather than just a share raised through a new point of consump… View the full article

I was going to respond in the negative to your post then re-read it. I assure you PM's are not checked on BOAY. I'm very hot on privacy and one day may well share a few experiences from somewhere else. At the end of the day BOAY doesn't favour any stakeholder as the point is to give everyone a forum to express their views. BOAY rules are simple.

You tell me? I don't know but what I do know is that old Roy Purdon was as good as any trainer in his day. Blair Orange may not have listened or observed. Having worked in a trotting stable I couldn't work out why the endless hours of jogging a horse. That's one point.

Heavy rain combined with sand kickback has forced the abandonment of today’s Auckland Racing Club me… View the full article

Sheikh Mohammed's royal blue Godolphin silks have been carried to victory in the Epsom Derby for the… View the full article

I'd go so far to say even an AWT would have been abandoned. It is an extreme weather event. Slow moving low - dumped 30mm on us in Whangarei last 24 hours. Auckland copped it last night and this morning. Now in Hamilton.