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Rule Number(s): 869(3)(b)Mr Williams alleged that Mr Dobbs drove carelessly near the 1500 metres when permitting his horse to shift inwards resulting in LEADING THE WAY (Mr Morrison) being checked with resulting interference to OMAR SHARIF and UNO MIA. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)View the full article

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Statistically they perform no better than their not in foal peers.

Why? Because over 70's have to stay at home?

I see the TAB are targeting the younger generation. Great head to head betting with the video game League of Nations. Head to Head Team Liquid 1.58 Evil Geniuses 2.33 Team Liquid comprises mainly 7 yr olds after Christmas. There was an injury scare with their key player - a strained thumb. However a can of V was tubed 24 hrs prior to start time and seems to have done the trick. All are wearing nasal patches due to septum degradation.

I was being somewhat facetious but it makes sense. If I was a pub owner that had them I'd being doing it.

No if there are actually 17,000 people working in the industry they rely on OWNERS paying the bills. FFS very few Owners pick up stake money! The last time I looked there wasn't 17,000 people working for RITA, the TAB, NZTR, the RIU!

Yep another mistake.

The Government should close down all Pokie outlets until the virus issue is over. They are a non-essential serivice, they aggregate large numbers of at risk people, have high turnover of people pressing the same buttons and the rooms have little "social distancing". The Casinos have done it. Plus closing them down might direct the benefit increases to be spent on better choices. Food or the TAB?

The Government should close down Pokie outlets. Surely they are a potential risk for cultivation of the virus and where the extra benefit money will be spent?

Thinking about it a bit more. Centralising now would be the worst thing to do. At least with spread out racing you have smaller groups of people meeting less frequently. If I see anyone quote Hong Kong as a positive example I'll puke! They have a regime that enables them to control things. I don't want to make this political but my warning is not only watch what RITA try to do to nationalise everything but watch what the Government is doing. The have put a little clause in their market rate loan (actually more than market rate - who pays 8% nowadays) that allows them to re-nationalise our airline.

Tell me more. You can PM me if you wish. Or are you inferring that tubing equipment was found without any evidence of it being used on the Friday? Or someone was hiding in the bushes and saw it being used?

Or a certain RIU employee is set on revenge.

RITA's first budget for the 2019/20 year had 0% reduction in costs. Given they were already living beyond their means regardless of Covid-19 THAT budget should have signalled huge cuts. I don't think Table Tennis matches in Moscow and the Ukraine will save turnover. What I'd do: Lay-off all the Bookies - they have nothing to do and the new betting system was supposed to do it for them; Cut Management salaries by at least half - that brings them back to what they should be and they're hardly going to run off and find other jobs at the moment. Anyway it isn't as if we need their institutional knowledge; Tell the RIU that they don't need 33 full-time and 85 part-time employees and that they have to get by on half the 6.8m RITA pays them. Plus the highly paid betting analyst doesn't need THREE cadets!; Use Covid-19 to get out of some of the stupid commingling agreements - no point subsidising OZ racing. Lobby on behalf of the 30,000 workers in the industry (I think that figure is grossly overstated but everyone believes it so why not use it) for the business and wage subsidies that are being offered. What I wouldn't do: Centralise racing - the industry is going to need every bit of goodwill it can get going forward. Centralisation shifts the costs to industry workers. RITA suck it up. Ask the Government for a direct handout. The public don't give a shit about racing at the moment - they are more focussed on stocking up on toilet paper (why don't you just shower after having a 2?); Enforce stupid ill thought out rules. Co-ordinate closely with the three codes so they are all singing off the same songsheet! .... Anyone got anything to add?

I suggest you go online and check their bio's Flash. McKenzie has been floating around for years. What did he do at NZTR? Dawson - still don't know why she is there and she has been floating around racing for years. Probably there because of her connection with sport. Birnie on the board since 2017 so part of Glenda's motley crew. Like Dawson his career has been more to do with Sport than Racing. Stove - Pukekohe Park - well Pukekohe racing has hardly been a shining star. Would have been better to get the President from Reefton! McDonald - was it 8 years as Chair of the JCA? Sir Peter Vela - hard to knock his contribution to racing. However his primary motivation is the breeding industry and I don't think the big breeders have served the racing part of the industry well. The NZRB has always been hugely influenced by them. Now the first thing this Board did was commit to squandering the last of our reserves on maintaining the stakes promise. That was a huge mistake BEFORE Covid-19.

Don't worry there are more Table Tennis matches to bet on today! However how can the TAB seriously offer odds on a Tennis EXHIBITION match? Surely that is dodgy! What's more these types of Fixed Odd's are open to big losses. Is this part of the feed that is automatically going into our $50m system?

They should have got their house in order BEFORE they committed to increasing stakes and using reserves to keep funding them. The Racing Industry Bill is not the white rabbit that they think it is - never was and never will be.

Speaking of CV(s) Freda - I've posted many times before on BOAY - "HOW the HELL does Glenn Saville GM of Betting and Product keep keeping his job?" Has he got pictures of Winston riding a goat or something? His CV is suspect - I've been told many many times that his history in wagering is suspect BEFORE he was signed up at the TAB. His main experience has been in the financial sector primarily superannuation. Of which the latter I bet he has a good deal!

As I've said many many times how does the GM of Betting and Product Glenn Saville keep keeping his job?

Better than the dross we get from backwater OZ tracks or North American harness snow mile racing.

I guess on a positive note the NZ National Table Tennis Association will get a windfall this year.

The fields are a bit small. Surely one of them is wearing blinkers. In any case I can't make up my mind between the Ukraine Cup and the Moscow Open.

Some good news! The TAB is taking betting on the Ukraine Cup ping pong tournament.

Well there is hardly that WITHIN the codes. Just to make it clear I think there does need to be some controls put in place but it irks me somewhat to see the inconsistencies and some measures which are just cosmetic. For example I understand the Chinese restaurant at Alexandra Park is open tomorrow night but harness fans and owners are not allowed to attend the races. I also know that some thoroughbred trainers rely on their experienced owners to help with their horses on race day. I know I used to do it - lead the horse from the truck, pick up the saddle from weigh-in, get the saddle cloth number and take it back when finished, even managed to lead my horse into and out of the bird cage a couple of times. I think as Curious alludes to in his post if things progress towards worst case scenario then some owners will be essential to keeping things moving. Will "Officials" stop travel between the islands? Will be interesting to know if Grimshaw attended the raid on McGrath's property. Woops forgot that's a Harness case not Thoroughbred.

Be careful everyone with your comments. One point though I think you'd find tubing equipment in many stables.