Nowornever

I agree totally. Not many of these horses race both nights so it is a no brainer to combine them into one meeting a week. Trying to get two off the ground if the numbers reduce any further will be next to impossible

NowOrNever and Brodie aren't being mean — they're being realistic. It’s not personal — it’s a pragmatic view about sustainability. The fact is, races with 5–6 horse fields produce very low turnover and the races are run at a loss which in the end will damage the industry overall.

Yes as long as the South Island meetings turnover are not used to keep propping them up.

You having a go at Cambridge this week Brodie ? Enticing fields on display for you LOL

Raining and heavy track. Delicious! Bring it on

Methven's meeting tomorrow (Sunday) will go ahead as planned. There were concerns that the meeting would have to be transferred to Addington Raceway after this week's poor weather in Mid Canterbury. But after a track inspection today by a group including HRNZ representatives, club officials and the Racing Integrity Board it was decided the meeting would proceed as planned. The track, though wet, has held up well which is a credit to the work done by everyone at the club. The first of the day's 11 races will be at 12 noon with the feature being the Group 3 Alabar Methven Cup at 4.36pm

Lol the bookies are not much better 51.00 was a gift on the last runner up there. How do they get these prices so wrong? No wonder they are struggling.

No chance of those guys getting restrictions. What they are doing is a copy book on how ENTAIN want everyone to bet. Just throw bets down willy nilly on every race until the pot runs out.

We’re writing to let you know that we have made the decision to close the stable doors on the TAB Racing Club (TRC) at the end of New Zealand Cup Week on 15 November. While it has been a popular initiative for those of you who have joined us on the TRC journey over the past year, the business case no longer stacks up, as we reset our focus on our core business of providing our valued TAB customers with the best products and services. They got burnt on the book bigtime with the first starter winning at Addington and every consequent starter has been a nail biting loss on the books. What part of the NZ operation will they close down next? This was almost a replica of the emails Ladbrookes send out to advise you of your impending restriction or ban from betting with them.

Harness Racing New Zealand advises that significant rainfall is forecast for Methven over the next 72 hours, including up to 30mm on Saturday, prompting the introduction of a contingency plan for this weekend’s meeting. A track inspection will be conducted at Mt Harding Racecourse, Methven, at 11am on Saturday 4 October. If the track is deemed unsuitable, the meeting will be transferred to Addington Raceway. In that event, race distances will be amended in line with Addington’s approved start points, and Race 8 will be reviewed to meet maximum field size requirements. HRNZ will confirm the outcome immediately following Saturday’s inspection.

Trying to cater for the younger audience but it is cringe to most. I do get a laugh out of some of their bets they put on that have absolutely no show. It is ironic that these guys are betting thousands and some of us can't even get $100 on.

Methven Trotting Club

Mot is pretty sheltered in behind that hill so should be ok.

Well it does not take a lot of early money to move a market these days but the main reason is the opening price was wrong, so naturally the market will gravitate towards the correct price once the public start betting. Bookies also get an advantage early as most of these markets opened at 135% a couple of the bigger fields with the emergencies even opened at 155 - 165% so yes they are pretty average with their opening odds sometimes.

Maybe they are working on the theory that terminals are the only option for restricted punters since they stopped them betting on account and also overseas. Terminals are probably quite well frequented by a lot of these banned people. Pretty sure I saw Brodie down the local last week.