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Time to return to the Beautiful Game Jason ! To ease the soul!

Money & Influence , a further poor look for what is the inherently bias landscape of NZ racing.

Like they would admit to that -get with the program Thomass!

Indeed a very obvious one ; 0

Or to muddy the waters .

Broken dirt today at Riccarton I see, NZ Racing on an unstoppable roll now!

Exactly Mark! I think the CEO role in racing clubs in NZ has to be the most overrated role in racing. I've advocated for a centralisation of that function and cannot see why it wouldn't work , the savings would be enormous and the knock on bureaucracy would also help the industry. Te Rapa, Hawkes Bay Racing ,New Plymouth Racing , Tauranga Racing, Awapuni Racing,Wanganui racing ,Ruakaka Racing , Otago Racing,Otaki Racing and possibly a number of other clubs all have full time CEO roles as I understand , surely with the change in legislation the number of roles is not required, its more an event management function than anything else?

I think there are another couple , but perhaps professionalism lets them down somewhat.

Never thought for a second he wasn't !

They ask (lip service) but they do not listen. I don't mind if they have something to back up their below average listening skills, but they do not.

Agree wholeheartedly, not only is it time to redo the calendar its time to alter the process around race date allocations. Make it performance based , put some metrics in place. Find out where people want to race their horses, where they want to support .Put an end to the shenanigans that have been going on for years with the calendar.

Laughable Tesio! You expect the smaller clubs to expose themselves to the whims of the industry and not look to protect themselves in the long run , whilst the bigger clubs remain a protected species no matter what they do or achieve in the industry. Many of the larger clubs are gifted dates,funding,exposure and still perform inadequately (not to mention this argument always seem to present itself at this time of year when race goers are actually attending meetings at the larger venues, which btw is a given at this time of the year ), it isn't a level playing field and never has been and is only getting worse for the smaller venues, I say good on them for doing what they wanted to do with the asset they created. I think its been stated on here already that it would be better for some of the larger clubs to forego their assets for the betterment of the industry , so why don't they?

Lets face it, its been ongoing since NY day when the trainer made a comment the industry would be worse off without him on karaka million night. Surely if they are doing their jobs correctly in the first place(judiciary) , the appeal shouldn't be required. It'll set a poor precedence if he is let off , but I won't be surprised if he is. Not sure what the problem is they have the best jockeys in the country at their beck and call anyway , so someone else will just miss out.

Yes 2 Savabeels amongst them , someone might get a bargain , they were only cheap ones at any rate $350k & $440k at the yearling sales :0

The worst thing about them, is when they clutter up the Saturday racing programme!

Looks like the industry is back on its feet with all these changes https://loveracing.nz/News/32226/Williamsbuoyedbyreinvigoratedracingoutlook.aspx?fbclid=IwAR26LXJwhvFMrUWNQEPkJIU_s733n-5h9yLKQHlrHruXUsgWS8KjRVYRTvU

Based on who you ride for ; 0

I think it will be pretty poor form if its over turned, but would not be surprised at all.

Was always going to happen with TA & other bigger stables not having access to the Aus jocks like they have in the past. Not sure I agree with his argument though, but I wouldn't bet against him getting what he wants i.e. to ride Karaka Million night.

$1mill for that field, is this race run a bit early? I know I know the sales and all.

Interesting comments from the TA trainer saying the industry would be worse off without OP on Karaka Million night, perhaps we might get a more competitive race without him or will TA jet in the Aus jocks?

Dont they say giving 80m back to the industry? Therefore it would have to be net revenue?

I have every faith that those running the industry know very little about the sport, but what surprises me most is the trainers in behind the AWT , it appears as though they have only looked at it from a training perspective?

Exactly right, some very good points. So if we can't follow the form from the AWT to the grass , whats the point of it from a punters perspective ?

Doubtful and this is where the logic of the likes of BS is so misplaced. I'm all for moving dates and venues if its going to improve the exposure, participation & ultimately returns to the industry , however this does not appear to be the case in any of these changes.