Chief Stipe

Doesn't matter what the daily rate is if you don't win.

Yes. A Slot holder is not always a Trainer so will be looking to find the best chance to get a return on their investment. A stable might have more than one horse that is competitive given the conditions of the race. A win/win for a stable as it gives them more than one chance of making money from the sweepstake.

Te Akau's is $157 + GST. BTW the big stables in NZ are charging more than $90 a day.

No. Nothing has changed other than Mark will be based full-time in OZ. Not much different to the top OZ Trainers having permanent stables in 2 or 3 States.

Haven't you been listening or reading what those with skin in the South Island game have been saying? The track at the South Island HQ are poorly managed and the programming is a mess. Just two reasons that make it tough to race in the South Island.

Here's hoping Mr Ritchie and Mr Carston use their significant investment and resources to get changes to those things that according to many who post on here are destroying South Island racing.

The stakes are a magnitude better, the opportunities are more numerous and the tracks are a 100 times better. All wins for the owner. Even if it is 25% more expensive isn't it better to have a chance to safely race your horse when you choose rather than partake in the local NZ lottery?

Yes and the moment you wake up you start moaning and bitching about what is wrong with racing and take aim at those who are successful. Hell you even bag the best Jockeys!! Why don't the moaners bang their collective heads together instead of individualy on the cell walls and attempt to change things? They won't of course as like many in the industry they'd rather moan about it and fire envy driven pot-shots at others.

All well and good however turnover ISN'T everything. The important metric is Net Revenue. When BGP eventually get round to winning their winnings will have been subsidised by every other punter due to the incentives and discounts BGP gets that no other punter does. Of course if they consistently lose everything everything they punt then the net revenue is a gain to the industry. Those points aside the bigger question I ask is they lose big even with all the incentives, all the special access privileges, all the expert knowledge and with all the information they have. How do you sugar coat the sows ear message - "The TAB won half a million dollars AGAIN of the BGP". Many BGP participants who have invested in the BGP betting pool are asking the question. So is the current marketing message going to lead to a sustainable industry? I don't think so.

Done alright in the last 5 years.

Apparently it is heading to Waller.

Who? Why would you spend $200k+ on a yearling and take it to the South Island?

That's the key point. His boot hit the hock of the horse in the run to the judge. Not at the start! It is akin to a bloody hard over head whip hit.

Why ask the question when you know the answer?

FFS you're taking the piss now. I was referring to the maiden stakes in NZ!! You get more than that in the OZ country.

Are you thick? Or are you in the post rest home cooked dinner fog?

@nomates it isn't fake news. What have you done recently to change the things you constantly criticise?

I've just about had enough of this bullshit. Why don't you go join @nomates and @Joe Bloggs they are more your type.

Which is the point isn't it. What's 62.5% of $18k by comparison?

Yeah and at a recent Trenthan meeting the Jockeys told the Stipes they were wrong and they didn't change the rating. The ratings are pure crap and some trainers know that.

Yeah @Thomass hasn't twigged to that yet.

Yeah from the naysayers. You should stop listening to them. $71k maidens today at Warwick Farm.

Win a maiden race at a metro track in OZ and you pay your trainers fees for over a year!

More arriving next week so I hear. Good move for their owners as well as it is getting harder to plan progammes for horses at some levels.

FFS @the galah I said do you seriously think NZ footage would be relevant in a different jurisdiction? Are you on Moran's defence team? Has he appealed?