Westview

The great Aussie knocking machine strikes again, but to knock a man's Lobster 🦞 just not on.

I know it's hard to get your head around but north and south is one industry, great turnover on the coast which should be recognized, if you start look at the figures Canterbury clubs also out perform Southland clubs as well. Have you done any homework as to where the betting is coming from .

Yip that is a positive

Between each race on 2 they had a galloping preview on , harness racing derive income from Australian betting so people with no skin in the game probably don't give a shit that it's not on trackside 1 but sooner or later we will need every source of income we can get.

I suppose your right the margin we get from offshore betting doesn't count

As far as I know they don't take trackside 2 into Australia so I'm picking quite alot really.

All day between the race's they are previewing a galloping race on the other channel WTF

Now they are previewing gallops on other channel between first and second race.

Absolutely disgraceful that it's on trackside 2

Absolutely still think we need more racing .

Maybe owners just want to hang around home and watch their horse's run locally, i certainly do the numbers nominated for Banks tell me I'm not the only one. Stakes have some bearing on numbers but there is usually one winner per race and incredibly not everyone wants to holiday on the coast. The other alternative is not to have meetings clash but that would leave atleast 150 owners unhappy and makes no sense.

What's your view on the 51+ Trot with only 8

At least your up front with your Robert Dunn statement ' I don't know ' Robert hasn't been on the HRNZ board for close to a year. This concept is a Jamie McKinnon idea , yes I have a horse up there Bounce n beyond and we did target the series. The concept is close to the jewels which i personally like but with a bit more emphasis on getting points for starting alone. Unfortunately again there has been little publicity but i would rather throw money at this 10 race series with qualifying over months than a two race slot night.

Probably not a great spectacle but nine happy winning owners and 18 placed horse's. Race those horse's any other day and I'm picking they would struggle.

Not this year they haven't

Diamond Racing Stables takes out premiership, well in Tab's eyes anyway.

As an industry or sport we seem to have an obsession with breeding bonuses in the hope that breeding more horse's will make people race more North and South, i see that as flawed. Surely supply and demand the first principle in every other business applies here, why not focus on promoting ownership opportunities throughout the country Nah makes to much sense I'll give myself an uppercut.

As we all know Kaikoura struggle for numbers on both their day's, in a effort to elevate the problem Methven targeted low rating horses, ran race's over short distances, gave the option to Kaikoura to close off their fields before Methven, reduced stakes. I'm not really sure what else we could do other than not racing on the Friday night but where would all the horses go that wouldn't get a start. There is currently a hrnz survey out to find out why trainers don't what to race there they should be asking the owners as well in my opinion but unfortunately they don't seem to get consulted on anything.

Yeah not good for the club

I've got a picture somewhere

We absolutely need Michael House to continue racing at Manawatu as you say without him meetings could be abandoned. I see the Telfers are headed down for this meeting where are the rest of the North Island trainers or is there to much racing at Cambridge or as Brodie has stated are there enough horses up there

Value for money fantastic, best team finished second unfortunately, absolutely need more of these competitions.

Well that makes me feel so much better as I say I think I'll stick to the trots and the Aussie gallops now and then.