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So would it make better sense for Foxton to have the Awapuni meetings?

No idea , just hadn't heard any moaning about the sand.

What's wrong with Te Rapa? I thought that was supposed to be a very good track now?

Nothing is stopping them from going up there to train their horses, in fact whats stopping them from moving up there? Same trainers that didn't give a tuppence when the M report was closing down smaller venues and was going to have an impact on the trainers/owners/race goers at those venues having to move or throw the towel in, plenty in this game want their cake ...

Which tracks are you referring to get over used more that usual , I may not have seen that in the calendar.

I vaguely recall the guy , didn't he do quite well?

What do you mean they don't race on them? Awapuni, Wanganui , Riccarton, Te Rapa etc etc they race on in the winter. As for the tracks being rooted well that has happened long before this has happened and thats more to do with the code than this virus situation. I enjoy watching G1 horses in good races in the Spring , but I enjoy watching the Parliamentry,Cornwall,Whyte handicap the jumps in the winter so what if you don't , I don't like Ruakaka racing and they have had a helluva a decent go from the industry in the past has it made it any better? The Spring and Autumn racing is special because you have to endure the winter racing , you can't have it all year round and expect to get the same results i.e. punters and race goers show the same level of enthusiasm for the product the whole year round doesn't and won't happen.

Yes but this has been signaled for sometime the tracks they will and won't use , they aren't going to be shown to be wrong particularly in Foxton case and move somewhere else. They'd race at Awapuni if it was under water because they see that as the centre of racing in the CD and the only track that exists to them. How many horses trained at Taupo? Is't this suppossed to be about keeping races close to horse populations? How many of these trainers are going to fry their good spring horses in the winter racing at Taupo and Ruakaka or have horses to go around at that time of year. Wait and see if these trainers make a huge fuss i.e. refuse to bring horses into work fro August on wards then I'll believe them.

Why should they? This is the time for winter racing for winter horses and those trainers/owners to have a go. Not everyone gets to go to the sales and buy from K1 or K2 or go to 5 figure stallions, their turn will come soon enough and they'll have their All Weather track soon enough that they'll start moaning about as soon as its up and running, can't wait to see how much use it gets. I must be the only one that finds the racing from Ruakaka seriously boring and what about the travel all the way up there , going through Auckland etc.

Exactly , these guys don't mind kicking the small clubs/small trainers to the kerb and then expect everyone to band together in support when they suggest this. Don't forget stuff all of them have much to do with winter racing anyway, I want to see them tell their owners this in August/September. I've two going back into work on Tuesday and that shouldn't change.

It's been said a million times before for several years now and its echoed in these comments, there has to be personnel with a strong interest/understanding in racing/wagering otherwise this is what you get.

It would need to be someone who realised that NZ racing is more than 5 stables,3 studs,4 racing clubs,5 jockeys,3 stallions and 3 questions.

You've just saved the racing industry in NZ Clarkie, no one had thought of that. Someone let those running the industry know they have to get their shit together that'll sort it out. Are you by any chance a consultant Clarkie?

No you're right, what I meant to say is they are talking of action.

Certainly an odd way of doing it as well, ask a question get an answer no follow up is that how it is working? Not sure of the point of that if that is the case. Its also very sad we are only seeing some action when we are in the "get out stakes" stage.

https://loveracing.nz/Home.aspx Bottom of page Also a thread on Loveracing FB with questions.

Apparently a Facebook livestream tomorrow might be worth asking Q & A WITH NZTR's CEO | Bernard Saundry will be hosting a Facebook LIVE session at 10am Thursday 23 April. Please leave any questions you have regarding the return to racing and the draft calendar in the comments section so we can collate these prior to the live session. Alternatively, you can email mary.burgess@nztr.co.nz. All questions should be left or emailed by no later than 10pm Wednesday 22 April.

well that was sort of my question

Isn't the Cambridge one due to be completed next year? As a racing enthusiast I'm not remotely interested in watching/punting racing on them, I'm sure others must feel completely different given the demand for them?

I'd expect the club would cop the cost of the fibre connection as part of holding race meetings can't see the cost being a real issue, seems a typical obstacle put in the way by those running the show, nothing to do with cost more to so with communication and opportunity. If its that much of a cost savings why wouldn't the industry want to have as many tracks hooked up as possible for trials etc.

Absolutely in both cases , small provincial clubs prepare yourselves

To be fair Wanganui,Counties and Awapuni aren't much better.

Thats what I was thinking, hasn't 90% of the country got fibre, sounds like some gobble gook to make it sound like they have thought about what they are doing or yet another reason to exclude certain venues? Hopefully I'm wrong in my thinking.

About time they did surely, the measure of their success shouldn't be beating up the peasants in NZ but performing in Aus. They have had a great season there this season so opportune time to go.

Don't be nervous, by that I mean don't expect much.