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Race 7. A few had the winner and got off the mark. Only two not to score yet!

Half way and Tacula has taken the lead on 10 grabbing 3 wins out six so far.

Waiting for the passing lane is a waste of time. Why doesn't it start sooner in the straight?

Yeah but going on the days racing pattern you need to be in the first 6 turning for home.

After Race 5 one point separating First and Second with two tied for first and two tied for second. Not even half way yet!

After Race 4.

Race 3. Needless to say no one picked that one!

After Race 2. Postman two from two! Please check you points tally - lots of room for error in transcribing from posts to spreadsheet! Seems like there is only 20 minutes between races!

Hi I've set up a score sheet. 15 entries so far. If anyone else enters please put the horse number in your selections. That makes it easier to score. Cheers

When I met him he had finished with them and was working with Rutten breaking in and educating young horses.

Chris Rutten taught him well.

I'm really surprised. I was involved in formulating a proposal for funds from the PGF and it was a lengthy process requiring extraordinary detail in terms of costing, maintenance and benefits. Either it wasn't done for the AWT's (which would have political implications) or Racing Administrators are not being transparent.

Been a good day for Kiwibreds in OZ. The Chosen One caned them as well.

Had to push out hard to get a run as well in the straight.

Had every excuse to lose that race but ended up bolting in! I like a horse that doesn't mind the rough and tumble and can pick itself up after being checked more than once! By Savabeel out of an O'Reilly mare. Wallet said anything this time in will be a bonus and will be better in the Autumn!

I tell ya what Brodie you sure bring out the best people and the best of them!

Of course someone knows. Australia has several of them in multiple States. Also there are some in other parts of the world. All of this particular type of Polytrack.

The question I ask is if they are the game change why is Racing Victoria limiting them to a total of TWO?! The closed Geelong down to keep it at TWO!

That's a nonsense statement. We had a system that worked for all the main betting options that punters wanted. What happened was we thought our monopoly position enabled us to price our products higher than any other provider. As online alternatives became more readily available we priced our product so it became uncompetitive. Punters went elsewhere! Then they arrogantly stopped providing a service to their core market by getting rid of free to air viewing, publication of form and more recently radio and so on and so on! They then tried to be smarter than anyone else and purchased a system that offers a plethora of products at higher prices that no-one want's to bet on! When he describes the TAB betting system as clunky I guess he is referring to the new $25m beast!

Friday, 11 September 2020 NZTR boss stresses need for synthetic track in SI By Steve Hepburn Bernard Saundry. Photo: Getty Images The racing fraternity in the South Island cannot sit on its hands and wait to see how synthetic tracks perform in the North Island, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing chief executive Bernard Saundry said last night. Saundry was at a NZTR regional roadshow meeting at Wingatui last night and discussed various aspects of the industry. About 30 people turned up. The proposed synthetic track at Riccarton Park in Christchurch was much discussed. Questions were asked about its cost, when it would be built and what would be its impact on racing dates for clubs in Otago and Southland. Saundry said the costs had not yet been finalised but it was likely to be in the region of $13.5million to $14million. He said he could not comment on what the annual maintenance costs could be and he was not prepared to even make a guess. He admitted some tracks had been ripped up but the technology was getting better. Synthetic tracks had been successful right round the world and were the way of the future. Construction of such a track was going well in Cambridge and three Australian engineers were coming out of quarantine next Monday to advance the work. It was hoped to have trials on the track next February-March and then a full season of winter racing. Funding for another synthetic track at Awapuni was also going well. There was a suggestion at the meeting that a pause should be made in building the track at Riccarton to see how the tracks went in the North Island. Saundry said he did not favour waiting. "Once you build a synthetic training track you will be able to free up grass tracks and you will get better grass-track racing in the North Island. "Can we afford to do that in the South Island?" Saundry said punters right round the world wanted consistency of tracks and Australian punters regarded New Zealand as land of heavy tracks. New Zealand supplied 6% of races broadcast in Australia yet only attracted 2% of the betting turnover. He strongly disagreed with the suggestion New Zealanders as a whole did not bet. "New Zealanders have never been given the opportunity to shine. There is not the right technology." The wrong decisions were made 10 to 15 years ago, he said. He described the TAB betting system as clunky. Saundry could not make a commitment on where in the calendar the synthetic track’s racing dates would come from but no club could have guaranteed racing dates in the future. Questions were asked how trainers could afford to take horses to Riccarton every week to race in a $10,000 race with minimum returns. NZTR general manager racing and infrastructure Tim Aldridge said the new season had started brightly in the South. So far in the six weeks of racing, there had been 899 starters in South Island meetings. That compared with 635 in the same period last year. Betting turnover had also increased. Rules on who can attend race meetings were due to be looked at next week but locking out the general public did not have great impact on wagering, as 98% of betting was done off-course. This was especially so in winter, Saundry said. He believed 100% this region had a future. But clubs needed to work together.

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