Nowornever

Updated odds but not sure if it is in real time or every 5mins or something else.

Educated guess!

Yes I think it is probably around 60-70% tops Pools in the first few races at most meetings are terrible but pick up as the meeting goes on.

They used to post a lot more info that we never get now. Even used to get the yearly average dividends for all bet types printed in the annual calendar booklet and other interesting information. Ah the good old days.

He is dead right on a lot of what he says, but good luck changing the process which seems to get more administrative every year.

She will try to stop people owning cats and dogs next because she heard one person out 5 million abused their pet. The real cruelty is her weaponizing a couple of sad cases into a crusade against an entire industry.

It does not make sense to me. Some of the big liabilities they claim on some of these horses and the price movement does not support the numbers so either they are: - Gambling on the result (Unlikely given they are so anal on managing risk) - Somehow laying off the liability somewhere. Maybe internally with their other bookmakers Ladbrokes or similar. - Not telling the truth and giving the impression you can win big with them and $100k loss is like water off a ducks back. I am going with option three at this stage.

Half the people who bet wouldn't even know winning punters get limited and even banned if they are too good. Not sure if it is good advertising for Entain or not that article. Yes it tells people you can win more but it also tells people don't win or you get limited.

No Brodie is mainly the place punter so no good for him.

That describes every gambling institution in the world that takes bets on racing not only NZ

Grass tracks starting in a month. I am getting excited 😁

Why do they not take that on board and do something about it then? HRNZ: “Let’s grow the sport!” Also HRNZ: ignores the one idea that would actually grow the sport. From what they have come up with lately I think their big idea for ‘sustainability’ just means running more races with fewer horses for less money, and last as long as we can doing that.

Just making it up as they go along. I have never had a survey asking what would encourage me to bet more or buy into more horses. Have they asked anyone related to the industry in betting or ownership/training apart from the purdons dunns telfers? I bet the top half a dozen stables want bigger races with bigger stakes and anyone lower in the pecking order wants more in the bottom end. Unfortunately the more powerful stables probably get priority.

TAB will hardly notice any difference in harness turnover to a normal Thursday. On the bright side Auckland might get bigger fields.

Owing to insufficient entries the Waikato BOP meeting to be held at Cambridge this Thursday has been abandoned. Auckland TC Nominations will remain open until 3pm today.