Happy Sunrise

Geez he just confirmed....lol Luckily we love the TAB site

Did Winston imply they will close off access to overseas betting agencies?

And you are apolitical?

As long as they are paying a price for the debacle as much as the front line workers are so yes.

Maybe just market racing without the aim of trying to snare any age group. If the product is engaging then it doesn't matter the age group. Just use all means of technology and formats available (especially free ones) Harness racing needs to sort itself it as a product first and foremost.

He said the 'big wigs' As in the top dogs. What are the big bosses and their huge salaries giving up? How this is about Brodie wanting more for himself I don't know.

I wonder if Mick paid the price for this truthful comment a wee while back... "We are going to show Healesville guys. Healesville is going to go across to Trackside 2, and lets be honest, you probably don't care do you, because you probably didn't have a bet at Healesville and I 100% don't care.

Don't know but he seems to have a hotline to everything going on before everyone else.

It reads like the end of racing.

A few extremely dedicated people got dumped unceremoniously today. Guerin, Davey Mac, the Whale and Jason Teaz who I thought had character. Not dumped in my opinion due to the virus but due to the incompetence racing leaders showed over a period of years. I always thought racing was a show with its characters, human and equine alike, being pushed to the forefront but without them it is just like...a meaningless pokie machine. And that is what we have now. That is sad. Truly.

How does Lichter get all this information?

Can someone explain the method in the madness to me. What is the grand master plan behind all of these moves?

So, presumably, it will be expanded on FM all around the country?

I reckon a lot of punters in New Zealand in the older age bracket enjoy their days gambling through watching on Trackside and listening to the likes of Greg O'Connor. There is little enjoyment in watching race after race after race. Big winner might be Australian racing, as they still do it right. You are right, Brodie, could be the middle part of the ending. The beginning of the end was the incompetence of the TAB and RITA.

For the most part it already f**king is. F**king joke. No sane person will bet on it. If you don't do the big days properly you will lose a lot more than a few dollars. Blood on the floor? Yip, the ground floor. What about those on the top floor who created this mess by their incompetence. What price are they paying? Totally gone? Love him or otherwise he was a face of harness racing. It will be faceless entity Disappointing, because for the uninformed punter he got them interested.

Are you joking?

Interesting article by Barry Lichter who puts all the pieces of an ugly puzzle together about the TAB https://www.lincolnfarms.co.nz/stories/what-happened-to-the-tabs-halcyon-days-an-a-to-z-of-what-brought-racing-to-its-knees/

And politics. I would rather watch mile racing at Alexandra Park with fields of 6 than talk about politics as I have no time for it.

Straight up, if he rants, then you rant, Brodster.? It is not, and never will be, a dictatorship. It is firm, maybe even temporarily controlling, leadership but that is ok for a short time in an emergency situation. Ravioli isn't stirring trouble. He is just giving his view. Some would say you are preaching BS but that is their view only. Obama was labelled a socialist. Trump is a capitalist. It goes around in circles, philosophies get voted in and out of power because people can't stand one approach too long. That is why 3 terms in NZ is enough for the people. Ardern is a lefty, so what, she was voted in after NZ had had enough of National and couldn't stomach the thought of Bill English. if New Zealanders can't handle it then she will be gone. Just like the shed at Manukau today... (keeping on topic ?) Politics is also about personality because the issues in any depth are beyond most people's interest levels. Unfortunately for you and your views, Simon Bridges hardly rates in the personality stakes.

Seems like a fair enough fellow. Just because he doesn't agree with you doesn't mean he is a sheep. Is he not allowed to spend his money where he wants? Harness and gallops don't have the situation after the winning post though. Why don't they show it on the TV? Bill has not said yet, nor how effective it is. I thought if you couldn't adhere to the rules at Level 3 you couldn't open? I must be wrong. However, I don't really care about the social distancing as I don't think this method will stop it in the big picture of things but if there are rules to be followed then I don't think one particular area should be exempt. Maybe the greyhounds should have waited until Level 2.

I can answer. I still imagine they don't show it because it must be hard to do. Again, fair enough, I jumped the gun and went too far. Apologies. no excuses.

What is the procedure for getting them after the race and why are they not showing this after each race?

Fair enough. How do they get their dogs?

They go in one by one to get their dogs? Where is RITA? Where is the Greyhound leadership? If they are clearly not keeping to the requirements how are they racing? Financial gain is my guess.

A large shed fire has broken out at Manukau sports bowl during a greyhound racing meet. Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager Craig Dally said two fire engines were on the scene shortly after 2pm.