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Apologies if this is a stupid question, but is the 50/50 split of GBR on the total wagering, ie racing & sports betting or does racing just get 50% of the GBR of money invested on racing only?

Why would it be important to me? Well I would have thought that was obvious. I want Harness Racing to firstly survive & hopefully thrive beyond the initial 5 years of guaranteed income from Entain, so it would be comforting to know if there was some level of guaranteed income beyond that period. What a bizarre question. Secondly, many of the financial aspects of the deal with Entain are public eg the addional payment for geo blocking, so why would they not tell interested parties if there was a guaranteed minimum income beyond the 5 years. You suggested there might be such an agreement in place so it is obviously of interest to you. Why wouldn’t it be of interest to others?.

I certainly hope so Chief but if that was the case I would have thought we would know about it by now. I have my doubts but I hope I’m wrong.

Well I think the 2 year old bonus is a waste of money. I don’t believe it is contributing to significantly more 2 year olds racing. It essentially makes for $27k races for 5 & 6 horse fields. I think with some of the money they have come into HRNZ should be putting some aside to build a nest egg for when the 5 years is up.

Forbury, judging by all your posts you seem to judge every single driver as totally incompetent. At least this should create a level playing field (in your mind anyway)

Galah, That’s exactly the kind of thinking we need on the HRNZ board.

Excellent point Galah

Have you ever considered going to see a councillor?

Are you drunk already??😆😆😆

There may be a bit of water to go under the bridge on this topic. I just have a feeling the ban could potentially be overturned by the courts. Just my thoughts with no inside information admittedly.

He was part owned in NZ by his trainer P Robertson along with Mike Butler who was the stud master at Nevele R.

Natural Guy. From the first crop of Nat Lobell he had a good first crop but was spectacularly unsuccessful thereafter.

With no confidence whatsoever Royal Lopez?

Given his UDR is significantly above what it has been for a number of years it would be nonsensical to suggest he is out of form.

I was there and it was certainly a successful promotion. A lot of the people attending were not regular race goers & many may have been there for the first time. Unfortunately it may be difficult to pull off that promotion in future once the new stadium opens in the CBD.