Other Codes
We have considered the information provided by the harness and greyhound codes to the Future Venue Plan Joint Working Group meetings on 6 June and 6 July. We note at the time of writing that harness racing is proposing to reduce their number of venues from 35 to 31 over 3 years, to 28 over 5 years and to 25 after 10 years. Greyhound racing is proposing to reduce their number of venues from 7 to 3 after 10 years. We have not undertaken detailed work on the harness or greyhound codes, so are not in a position to comment about their preliminary venue plans.
As noted earlier, we have looked at the thoroughbred venues that we recommend be closed and which also conduct harness meetings. There are 9 thoroughbred racing or training venues which we propose should be closed that also will continue to host harness meetings as per the Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) preliminary venue plan. Having reviewed the land ownership arrangements for each venue we believe that NZTR, HRNZ and the relevant clubs should be able to work out future arrangements satisfactory to both codes. There are no thoroughbred venues proposed to be closed that also host greyhound meetings