Chief Stipe

Hasn't the most difficult horse in the last year down that way been one called Ears Back?

Uh? 14 x 90 seconds = 21 minutes.

A tomo is the rumour. But I guess it will be NZTR's fault and the usual sad sacks will bang on about it. The plus is the horse wasn't injured.

@curious does Foxton or Rangiora still have Electronic timing?

You miss the point.

MEATLUG (A Riddell) - Blundered just prior to the winning post. Underwent a post-race veterinary examination which found the gelding to have a slow recovery. Following the running of Race 5, Club Representatives, Jockeys, Stewards and the Track Manager examined the area of the track where MEATLUG had blundered which revealed a significant hole in the track. After deliberating, the decision was made by Stewards to abandon the meeting due to safety concerns. Report 2025-09-17 Taupo.pdf

Well $10k wouldn't fix the public toilets let alone the electronic race timing. Trentham was doomed they stopped being a training centre.

Racing Taupo Races 6-8 Abandoned Meeting Newshttps://bitofayarn.com Racing Taupo Races 6-8 Abandoned Due to unsafe track conditions Races 6-8 at Racing Taupo Wednesday 17 September have been abandoned. More information to follow

That is a well thought out comment by you @Newmarket. Perhaps by your standards you should apply for his job.

Greyhound racing ban: Bid to stall work until judicial review denied www.rnz.co.nzhttps://bitofayarn.com A bid to stall work on implementing the ban on greyhound racing - pending the outcome of a judicial review - has been denied by the High Court in Wellington. Last December, Racing Minister Winston Peters announced the sport would be banned in 2026. In August lawyers for the Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) argued to the High Court the work of a ministerial advisory committee - tasked with implementing the ban - should be stopped, until a judicial review of the legislation was heard. https://bitofayarn.com They said the ban would have a devastating effect on the livelihoods of more than 1000 people and the minister had failed to consult with the Racing Integrity Board's (RIB) and to take into account measures to improve animal welfare in the industry. On Monday Justice Dale La Hood issued his ruling declining the application for interim relief. He said Cabinet's decision to ban greyhound racing was "not subject to any legal yardsticks" and there was no statutory duty to consult with the RIB. La Hood said the GRA had failed to make a strong case that the minister was required to go beyond the information provided by the RIB that was presented to Cabinet ahead of the decision. https://bitofayarn.com "The executive is not unlawfully implementing the ban without legislative authority by requiring members of greyhound racing clubs to cease greyhound racing while it is still lawful," La Hood concluded. He said evidence linking the consequences of the ban to the call for the work to be delayed was "weak". "Although there can be little doubt that participants in the industry are preparing for the fact that Parliament may ultimately enact the proposed legislation, there is no evidence specifically addressing whether the orders now sought (disavowing any attempt to delay the legislative process) would have any material effect on those consequences (logic and common sense would suggest not)," La Hood wrote.

How much did the Club contribute to that?

They don't even have enough money to fix the electronic timing. No doubt the soil structure is stuffed as well.

The UK is worse.

Really? Based on what? The rock hard shute? The inconsistent irrigation? Variable footing all round.

@curious and @Thomass can you take your purile whip counting games over to the Premier Anti-racing site? Thanks.

You are very adept at taking quotes out of context. I was referring to your statement about the Turkey case and the inference you made. Based on what? Again you haven't done any analysis just pulled a figure out of the air. You're as bad as @JJ Flash or are you one and the same? As a starting point and to simply things for you I suggest you compare the Sportsbet SOC and the outcome which was an agreement to an enforceable undertaking. No fine of any consequence. Take particular note of the turnover.

You have bothered to read much of the Statement of Claim. Yes there are some issues after ENTAIN bought Ladbrokes and Neds however they are a continuation of the issues identified starting much earlier i.e. before ENTAIN purchased. ENTAIN took and undertaking to address those issues So I wasn't incorrect. No I haven't left out anything. I've done the comparison and posted my analysis here. I'm asking for your analysis rather than an unjustified inference.

Obviously. How did you arrive at $250m? What AUSTRAC case penalty outcome are you comparing it to?

It is nothing like the Turkey case. That was an issue with bribery and corruption. How are the claims the same? If you haven't read the AUSTRAC vs ENTAIN tome then how do you draw the conclusions you do? Plus it appears that you haven't done any comparative analysis with other AUSTRAC case outcomes. In terms of claims the ENTAIN one is at the low end of the scale by comparison to the banks - WESTPAC, CBA and Casinos such as CROWN etc. You are scaremongering to the uninformed.

I might add that the ENTAIN share price is still significantly up over the last 6 months. 35% currently after a correction due to @curious 's profit taking. ENTAIN shares still have a BUY assessement by major investment advisers.

As I've repeatedly posted and which you repeatedly refuse to accept or cogently debate the Crown Casino cases were several quantum above the Statement of Claim (now diminished) filed against AUSTRAC. The accounting book entry at this stage is just that a book entry to represent a potential liability. That said if you look at comparative cases it is at the high end of potential liability. If you are willing to debate that point then please feel free to. But posting out of context quotes laced with supposition for whatever motivation is becoming boring. So here is a challenge to @Kit Walker based on your reading of the now diminished statement of claim when compared to the outcomes of previously completed AUSTRAC cases what penalty and/or enforceable action do you see ENTAIN facing at the conclusion of the legal process? NOTE: Saying I don't know or I'm not interested isn't an answer. I also say to @Kit Walker if you are going to quote from other publications please provide a reference cite so readers can assess the context more reliably than just reading your excerpts.

Well @Kit Walker that is a mishmash of out of context quotes for thw doomsayers to dine on. I see even @Freda has joined that team. I see mediation so far has been successful for ENTAIN with a significant part of the AUSTRAC claim being dropped. You haven't mentioned that. As has been pointed out many times the quantum of the remaining claims are comparatively less than the other cases AUSTRAC have taken. So to associate with the Turkish bribery and corruption case is disingenuous at best. The employees at the centre of that case have long been flushed out of the ENTAIN organisation. Although they are facing individually criminal charges in the UK.

If it is just for 1 year when will they announce the full renovation programme of work to bring Trentham up to scratch?

Well as some of us with eyes wide open have been saying for some time the Champagne Turf is more like a flat bottle of Lion Red opened a week ago.