Huey
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Are the A/W's already becoming a white elephant ???
Huey replied to nomates's topic in Galloping Chat
Only 2 out of 7 races on AWT at Riccarton have more than 8+ starters , probably just an anomaly ? -
I'd say like alot of stables TA have got enough on their plate, I wouldn't be blaming the stables for a lack of info outside of the obligatory PR work they do for punters can we really expect them to have to provide alot of detail? Our whole setup here for punters and info is laughable and thats not the fault of the stables imo. If they have alot of horses in the same race then back them like Wallers stable, i.e. back the one he didn't give tip out.
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How on earth are you expecting this to happen? When you have a governing body who can't even reschedule extra races after racemeetings or put on extra meetings or even utilise the existing assets at their disposal appropriately. Absolutely no chance of this , it would require some specialised knowledge(void of that with the governing body), some initiative, someone whose actually interested in the sport, some vision, abiltity to plan , someone to go against the current agenda that isn't working. Sorry Curious it's no hope, just sit back and watch them kill it thats about all anyone can do now.
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You're not wrong , very impressive and his pedigree!!
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Do we have a large enough population of horses for a number to not be able to handle it? If not , I still don't get the purpose of it from a racing perspective.
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I'd has it a guess you'll be right, then 4 or 5 meetings in it'll be 5 horse fields.
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I've just watched them and it looked better than I expected.
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Highly likely to be called off then, $300k in stakes where will they go? Will the brains trust running the industry have the gumption to put on another meeting , add races to another venue ?? The posibilities are endless and only restricted by the intellect of those running the industry - we are screwed!
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Can't wait for the AWT racing at Awapuni - yee hah!
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There has always been some light at the end of the tunnel for some 20% of the industry, for the other 80% that light is a freight train coming at them through the tunnel, unfortunately for the 20% the drivers of the freight train are incompetence personified!
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Heartbreaking news, RIP brave young man!
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Yet more sense from across the Tasman https://www.racing.com/news/2022-08-08/news-feature-the-docs-declaration-8822?fbclid=IwAR1_2HW2aqPKohDgWRtEgxCkUEZ9hVpTo3s61Ip8rwKpAhXQVY_3B-4Y8Yw
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Industry days over here we are racing for their Non TAB stakes - astonishing really. How long before their Picnic meetings catch up to our Industry days....6 months???
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What are they doing wasting $$ on the Grassroots for , utter madness , its got to come top down thats the only way it'll work like here in NZ!
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It's over (jumps racing) it won't recover from where it is now, 3-5 years tops .
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Will the RIU even matter anymore when they realise they can't afford it? That surely can't be too far away ,given government's propensity to rid the world of harmful addictions?
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I would not have thought they were a joke if both sides of the equation had to be met to deliver their expected distribution figure?
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More likely they'll be lurking around agenda inflicted abandoned racecourses.
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One wonders what marketing they actually do? Surely can't cost much.
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Yes this will be a bit of a test case for the industry and the Act, coinciding with all the tough talk from the CEO. As it stands we look to be heading into a future where we are largely dependent on venues with leased land , which is utter madness especially considering public opinions on the sport.
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Haha thanks for the laughs SA, we need them !
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Yes, its just about time for Benchmark 55's in NZ.
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If only such big talk was true SA, the problem has been no one has spoken up unless it impacted on their patch, when in reality in the world of nzracing many patches are required and we are now paying the price for such apathy and nepotism. Many in the industry blindly follow the words of some of the bigger trainers , owners , studs and industry participants as they way forward when if the truth be known they have little regard for anyone but themselves.
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I think they are warming the industry up for a round of it in the next few years, you've only got to read between the lines at almost every press release from the current CEO.
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I think NZTR would have put standards in place if they could have, but they knew as well as many the standards would have most likely illuminated the incompetence at the wrong venues for their narrative. In my view the Venue Plan of BS has done the most harm to the industry, even more so than the M report, many are too blind to see it, but in time it will also impact on the sustainability of the favoured venues.
