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Sitting at home and watching the races on Trackside or TAB TV has become the option of choice for many racing fans, but there is plenty going on behind the scenes to make sure the pictures reach your living room. If you run that article through A.I. "Here is a article from 2013 about how horse race broadcasting is done in NZ at that time. WHat has changed since this article?" gets this reply (i hope if formats well) Since the 2013 article was written, horse race broadcasting in New Zealand has transformed significantly. The most notable changes are the widespread use of real-time GPS tracking for viewers, a major shift in how the broadcast is delivered and organized, and an upcoming change in what content is broadcast due to a planned ban on greyhound racing. Here is a comparison of the key changes across different aspects of the broadcast: | Aspect of Broadcast | **As Described in 2013 Article** | **Key Changes Since 2013** | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **📺 Broadcast Technology & Content** | • Reliant on manual camera feeds & satellite trucks.<br>• Basic video replays and standard graphics.<br>• Covered all three racing codes: thoroughbred, harness, and greyhound. | • **Real-time GPS tracking** deployed across 30+ tracks. Viewers see live position, speed, and advanced race graphics.<br>• **Greyhound racing to end** by 1 August 2026 due to a government bill, which will change broadcast content. | | **📡 Distribution & Platforms** | • Mixed **analogue (UHF)** and digital (Freeview, Sky) delivery.<br>• One main TV channel (Trackside) and a second (TAB TV).<br>• Dedicated radio network (TAB Trackside Radio). | • **Fully digital** (Freeview, Sky, streaming).<br>• Two renamed TV channels: **Trackside 1 & Trackside 2**.<br>• **Radio network sold and bought back**; frequencies now shared with a sports talk network. | | **🏢 Organization & Partnerships** | • Operated by the New Zealand Racing Board's broadcasting arm.<br>• Focus on domestic coverage and basic international feeds. | • Operated by **TAB New Zealand**, with **Entain** as the commercial partner.<br>• **Global partnership with 1/ST** (US) creating "Golden Ticket" international race pathways. | ### 🔍 Areas with Less Clear Information The search results don't provide specific details on changes to: * **On-site production crew size and workflow**: It's unclear if the use of large outside broadcast trucks and crews described in 2013 is still the standard at most tracks. * **Integration of fiber vs. satellite links**: While fiber was used at two venues in 2013, the extent of fiber network expansion is not detailed in the results. ### 💎 In Summary The core experience of watching live racing remains, but it is now enhanced by real-time data and graphics, delivered through modern digital platforms, and is part of a more globally connected racing industry. A major shift in broadcast content is also on the horizon with the end of greyhound racing. I hope this comparison helps you see how much the landscape has evolved. If you're interested in a specific change, such as the GPS technology or the international partnerships, I can try to find more detailed information for you.

Sitting at home and watching the races on Trackside or TAB TV has become the option of choice for many racing fans, but there is plenty going on behind the scenes to make sure the pictures reach your living room. Matt Smith looked at a day in the life of the Trackside crew in Otago-Southland from a very wet harness racing meeting at Oamaru on a Sunday earlier this month. SATURDAY The broadcast truck and satellite trailer arrives from Timaru, where it had been used for a thoroughbred meeting on the Friday. A ''scratch crew'' of six staff arrives in Oamaru to ensure the outside broadcast can get off the ground, even if roads are closed overnight. SUNDAY 7am: Technical support staff leave Dunedin to arrive in Oamaru by 8.30am, including Otago-Southland manager Murray Wilson. ''The technical support crew had an hour's start on everyone else, and everyone else turned up at 9.30am when the van was plugged up and the satellite was ready. It was a good example of a team working under extreme conditions.'' 9.30am: The Trackside crew - 12 for this meeting - congregates at Oamaru racecourse for a briefing with Wilson and director Jess Murphy. ''We had a few production details for that as we had a presenter [Dave McDonald] on that day.'' Included in the production requirements for the day are a list of McDonald's interviews and an ''Aussie preview'', in which McDonald outlines his selections in seven to eight minutes for each race which will be replayed on Sky Racing in Australia later that morning. 10.30am: After the satellite connection has been unpacked and set up, the engineer powers it up. ''The engineer confirms everything is running OK - on this occasion, it wasn't. So it is a bit of a heart-stopper - the satellite is your Achilles heel, as there is only one of them.'' There were some issues with the satellite which Wilson put down to the bad weather on the day, similar to the rain fade message on your Sky signal. Only Ascot Park and Forbury Park are ''fibre'' venues with permanent links in place. These meetings don't require the satellite to establish a signal. All satellite bookings are made through a company in Washington DC in the United States. 11am: Murphy sits in the director's chair, after technical checks as all seven cameras around the course come ''online''. She contacts the main control room at the Avalon studios in Wellington to set up the connections for the day and to run through camera checks and sound checks before linking up with the studio director at one of the New Zealand Racing Board's two suites at Avalon. ''She's chatting to [studio director] David Diehl and they're discussing a strategy of getting into the day. The clock winds down, and away we go. We get Dave [McDonald] up on camera and we're into it.'' A minute-by-minute script, produced in Wellington, gives the crew - and the studio crew - an idea of their requirements for the day, although the nature of live racing means delays can happen. 11.37am, race 1 and onwards: Murphy has seven cameras to use throughout the day, and cuts cameras through the race, calling the camera number to advise which camera shot she will be coming to next. The two side-on cameras placed high in the grandstand are the main cameras used throughout a race. One is used for close-ups and trailing back through the field when Murphy uses the split-screen when the field is in the back straight, far from the camera. ''At least three to four of those cameras are doubling up and covering the stipendiary stewards' requirements,'' Wilson says. The ''stipes'' can have four angles recorded simultaneously throughout the race and provided to them on a four-way split-screen in their room, in order for them to check for interference during the race or to use the footage during an inquiry. 5.10pm, 1hr after the last race: Oamaru has more permanent cables in place than many other tracks in Otago or Southland, so the crew's packing-up process is simpler than elsewhere. The broadcast truck and the crew then head back to Dunedin or Invercargill, depending on their home base. Wilson estimates the crew is now covering three to four meetings a week which can end up being 12-hour days with travel included. The pluses of the job include being in the great outdoors on ''good days'', and also the chance for progression within Trackside. Some school leavers pick up jobs at Trackside and work up to other jobs within Trackside or in the television industry. ''They can graduate and move on career-wise''. • Note: Matt Smith worked at Trackside from May 2008 to December 2012 as a daily producer and the harness racing producer on Trackside and TAB TV. Trackside At a glance ROLES OF THE CREW • Director: Runs the whole broadcast, co-ordinating the cameras, sound and video replays, along with being in constant contact with the studios in Wellington to update any information. • Colour correction unit (CCU) operator: Tweaks with the raw feeds from cameras to ensure the camera exposures are constant when they leave the track. ''On a very bright day, we need to be filtering it back so it reaches you in a picture at home which has nice exposure. On a very dull day, we need to increase the intensity of the camera.'' • Sound operator: Puts the right audio source on line at the right time - be it commentator or presenter at the appropriate level, and the right amount of sound effects during a race. • VT (videotape) operator: Cues up footage of races to use as replays following a race. Also can record interviews to be played out later in the day. • Camera operator: Provides pictures back to the truck to be used in live coverage FACTS AND FIGURES • Trackside, the broadcasting arm of the New Zealand Racing Board, provides outside broadcasts of all official totalisator meetings in New Zealand and takes in coverage from, and sends to, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, France and South Africa. • Trackside delivers the broadcast of 1056 meetings in New Zealand every year. • 120 staff are employed by Trackside in operational roles across the Wellington head office and five regions. • Trackside broadcasts 55,000 races a year - domestic and international. On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, there is usually more than 18 hours of continuous live broadcasting in a day.

@Thomass a big day today on the ...?

lol, phew... I will bite, (didn't see the race live) and had a look! with sound off, hard to see why they were a bit slow from the barrier.. didn't panic and rode to take up their best position!!! rode the horse out, for a nice Win! I Do Not read the whip at the end hitting the horses head etc.. a bit of optical illusion! did I see a pricking of ears!

Or, a nice chance for Yuesheng Zhang and Yulong to ride in and... 🐎

For those that don't like A.I. please look the other way!!! To the question "can you please summarize this case? is one party in a a stronger position than the other?" ### **Summary of the Case** This is a judgment from the New Zealand High Court concerning an application to place two companies, **Karaka Estate Limited (KEL)** and **Byerley Park Limited (BPL)**, into liquidation. The key points are: 1. **Parties and Dispute:** The plaintiff, **Henriette Nakhle** (the mother), and her son, **Daniel Nakhle**, are the sole directors and shareholders of the two companies, which act as trustees for family trusts. They are in a complete **deadlock** over the management of the companies and how to respond to existing High Court litigation (specifically, a claim for the recovery of millions of dollars in loans and distributions from a related family entity). 2. **The Applications:** * Mrs. Nakhle applied to liquidate the companies on the grounds of **insolvency** and that it is **just and equitable** to do so. * Mr. Nakhle applied to **stay (pause)** the liquidation proceedings and prevent their public advertising. He argued that the trust deeds contained an **Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) clause** requiring the directors to mediate/arbitrate disputes before going to court. 3. **Court's Decision:** Associate Judge Brittain **dismissed Mr. Nakhle's application** and allowed the liquidation proceedings to continue. The key findings were: * **Jurisdiction:** The ADR clause does **not** strip the Court of its statutory jurisdiction to order liquidation. While such clauses are a factor to consider, they do not prevent a party from seeking liquidation. * **No Stay Justified:** The Court declined to stay the proceedings to force mediation because: * The **deadlock was fundamental and irretrievable**, with a complete breakdown of trust. * The underlying dispute was already before the Court in other proceedings, and the parties' positions were "diametrically opposed." * There was **no reasonable prospect** that mediation or arbitration could resolve the core governance deadlock. * There was **expert evidence of insolvency**, and an insolvent trustee company should generally be liquidated. * **Next Steps:** The liquidation proceedings will proceed to a substantive hearing. Advertising of the proceedings was temporarily restrained to allow time for Mr. Nakhle to inform lenders. ### **Assessment of Relative Strength** Based on this interlocutory judgment, **Henriette Nakhle (the Plaintiff/Mother) is in a significantly stronger legal position than Daniel Nakhle (the Defendant Son).** **Reasons why Mrs. Nakhle's position is stronger:** 1. **Won the Immediate Legal Battle:** The court **rejected all of Mr. Nakhle's key arguments** (the jurisdiction protest and the request for a stay). Her application to proceed with liquidation remains on track. 2. **Court's Factual Findings Favoured Her:** The judge accepted her evidence on critical points: * The deadlock was **"fundamental and irretrievable."** * There had been an **"irretrievable breakdown of trust."** * The expert evidence of **insolvency** was persuasive, whereas Mr. Nakhle's solvency arguments depended on him winning other litigation and continuing to fund the companies unilaterally. 3. **Public Policy Leans Her Way:** The judge affirmed the principle that **insolvent trustee companies should "almost invariably" be liquidated** to protect the trust. This strengthens her "just and equitable" argument. 4. **Costs Award:** The judge indicated a preliminary view that **Mrs. Nakhle is entitled to costs** for successfully opposing Mr. Nakhle's applications, a typical indicator of the winning party. **Mr. Nakhle's Weaker Position:** * His primary defensive strategy—relying on the ADR clause to derail the liquidation—**failed**. * The court found his proposed solution (more mediation) was **futile** given the depth of the dispute and the existing litigation. * His arguments on solvency were viewed as **contingent and speculative**, relying on his success in other cases. **Conclusion:** While the final decision on liquidation is still to be made, this judgment is a substantial setback for Daniel Nakhle. The court's reasoning strongly aligns with Henriette Nakhle's view of the dispute as an unmanageable deadlock requiring the statutory solution of liquidation. She holds the clear upper hand moving toward the substantive hearing.

Over time I have found that if a bit of the old T&B is needed then alcohol is best left out!

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sigh, all the great stuff from the 70's that was shown on TVNZ (or whatever it was then) and they Own the Copyright and charge a arm and leg! hence look at a site like Hall of Fame, fecking near useless when it comes to video!

Someone has put a bit of work into this site... lots of 30 Bests wins of each season. Australian Horse Racing. Enjoy one of the biggest library's of Australia's best Horse Races from the 1960's onwards, plus some of my personal favorites from various years. https://www.youtube.com/@australianhorseracing4019

No Parsons runners Greymouth.

You've lost me? @hesi post covers it... does this race work better at WFA v Hand...

Attack working ‘phenomenal’ but history paints outside gate in Telegraph a killer By Barry Lichter • 31 December 2025 Fixed odds $3.10 Tomodachi $6.50 Ardalio $7 Crocetti $10 Platinum Attack, Tardelli, First Five, Grail Seeker $13 Navigator $23 Master Fay, To Cap It All $31 Spencer $51 Slipper Island $61 Our Echo, Lhasa, Party Rocking History tells co-owner Neville McAlister that Platinum Attack is right up against it from the outside gate of 15 in Saturday’s $550,000 TAB Telegraph. Since 2000 only one horse has won the big Trentham sprint from the extreme outside barrier, when Guiseppina and James McDonald jumped from 18 in 2012. And only six of the last 26 winners (23%) have drawn outside gate 10. The fact that 13 winners (50%) have started from the six inside gates is enough to reinforce McAlister’s point that horses near the inside rail have that much of an advantage, covering many fewer metres in the running. “In the history of races down the 1200 metre chute the odds are well stacked against him,” says McAlister. “He’s up to the field but the draw makes it extremely tough. The best we can expect is for him to be five or six wide.” Exactly that happened in last year’s Telegraph when Platinum Attack started from the outside gate of 11 and lost his cover across the junction when shunted wide, sprinting hard but only managing to get within 4.6 lengths of winner Grail Seeker. Platinum Attack’s lead-up campaign this time has not been without hitches, a freak hail storm in Christchurch seeing him late scratched from the Stewards when the track turned heavy. And trainer Lisa Latta opted not to take the horse to his scheduled jumpout on December 23 because of an unsuitably wet track. “That’s of no consequence though. He would only have been there for a strong gallop, which he can do at home. “He’s a big trackworker, better going in fresh, and best with his races well spaced.” Platinum Attack’s only race since the Riccarton cup meeting came at Otaki on November 30 when his home stretch burst in the Levin Stakes had commentator Justin Evans agog. Freight train Last in the running and still there 500 metres out, he was shunted six wide on the turn and was still with the tailenders 200 metres out when he turned into a freight train. Platinum Attack clocked the fastest sectionals over the last 800 (44.37), 600 (33.13), 400 (22.29) and 200 (11.24) to get within half a neck of winner Azeezle. The fact he carried 59.5kg that day underlines McAlister’s belief that the weight-for-age conditions of Saturday’s sprint won’t unduly affect him, despite meeting much higher rated horses at level weights. “He’s a big, strong horse who’s proved he can carry weight.” McAlister, rather, is keeping an eye on the changing weather forecast. “Rain on the day would be a major for him - he can’t get home on a wet track - but I don’t think there’s much in the forecast, and it should be a soft 5 or even a good 4 by the time he races.” Latta reports Platinum Attack, who is co-owned by Lincoln Farms’ John and Lynne Street, is in great order for the race. “He couldn’t be looking any better and his work has been phenomenal. He is right where he needs to be to win a race like this. “We’re going to need some luck from the draw but Craig Grylls knows him well now and I thought that, on paper, he is certainly one of the better horses in the race. “Crocetti and Tomodachi look to be the testing material but, if he gets clear air at the right time, he will finish with a big run.” What the stats reveal Platinum Attack survives a statistical predictor, being a five-year-old, the most successful age group of Telegraph winners since 2000. Five-year-olds account for 14 winners, the next most successful age being four-year-olds and six-year-olds with four each. The five-year-olds this year include Platinum Attack, Crocetti, Tomodachi, Grail Seeker, First Five and Party Rocking. Grail Seeker has history on her side too with three horses notching back-to-back wins in the last eight years - Enzo’s Lad (2018-19), Avantage (2020-21) and Levante (2022-23). Levante claims the fastest time at 1:06.18, claimed to be an unofficial world record.

Does this work as a WFA?

1 3120X Crocetti(5g Zacinto (GB) - Gracehill) 2 91616 Spencer(6g Derryn (AUS) - Darcistar) 3 0X600 Sacred Satono(6h Satono Aladdin (JPN) - Belle Joie) 4 86X0X Navigator(6g El Roca (AUS) - Joiya (AUS)) 5 50X97 Our Echo(9g Echoes Of Heaven (AUS) - Sakura Cluden) 6 26284 Lhasa (AUS)(6g Hellbent (AUS) - Rupavari (AUS)) 7 X0X12 Master Fay (AUS)(8g Deep Field (AUS) - Keeping Score) 8 26X12 Platinum Attack (AUS)(5g Santos (AUS) - Conchita (AUS)) 9 X1373 Tardelli (AUS)(4h I Am Invincible (AUS) - Pierro Moss (AUS)) 10 2X421 First Five(5g Almanzor (FR) - Payette (AUS)) 11 X5447 Slipper Island (AUS)(6g No Nay Never (USA) - Pedicel (AUS)) 12 28591 Party Rocking(5g Belardo (IRE) - Party Lights) 13 60X06 Grail Seeker(5m Iffraaj (GB) - Starwish (AUS)) 14 31X3X Tomodachi(5m Tarzino - Quintessentially) 15 71X41 Ardalio(4m Ardrossan (AUS) - Bridgewater (AUS)) 16 42022 To Cap It All (AUS)(3f Capitalist (AUS) - Oh My Mimi (AUS)) Fields Quick Trials Gear Barrier Stats ›Download PDF › Draw RTG WGT Jockey Trainer Win Place 9 107 58.5 Warren Kennedy Danny Walker & Arron Tata - - 13 103 58.5 Elen Nicholas (a) Peter & Shaun McKay - - 1 100 58.5 Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley - - 4 95 58.5 Ryan Elliot Cody Cole - - 2 94 58.5 Kate Hercock Danny Frye - - 10 93 58.5 Tayla Mitchell (a) Mark Treweek - - 14 92 58.5 Opie Bosson Chad Ormsby - - 16 92 58.5 Craig Grylls Lisa Latta - - 8 92 58.5 Matt Cartwright Stephen Marsh - - 6 89 58.5 Wiremu Pinn David Greene - - 12 87 58.5 Sam Weatherley Tony Pike - - 7 74 58.5 Jim Chung (a) John Bary - - 3 104 56.5 Joe Doyle Lance O'Sullivan & Andrew Scott - - 15 98 56.5 James McDonald Lance O'Sullivan & Andrew Scott - - 11 94 56.5 Daniel Stackhouse Stephen Marsh - - 5 74 53.0 Masa Hashizume Stephen Marsh -

hence my @Thomass

I was impressed with her riding out a finish! x2 She had a flow to her use..

@Thomass lol, have you been counting! Ms. A Jones!!

gee, 40 years ago! I was working the turn for home camera the day she won The Oaks! '85. The Trainer to me was one of the best I got to see close up! Even better man! He went out of his way to be helpful to me when I started off free lancing!

tick... it does take a effort! Sigh, sadly, I could add, because the days of asking the right person at Head Office, for any facts and figures are now well gone! I think that is the base for some of that RN. (re things racing). plus, "oh for the good old days..." As ever, on a personal; level! how does one play ones cards? be it betting, ownership! playing around on a racing site like this! If you interest is in 'employment in Industry', then $1.10 you be looking like so many others! over in AU.

some names spring to mind?

please explain?

nice to see a worker getting named...

Hence, my approach of seriously looking at these races with 'low' #'s.. $mall Fi$h are $weat! 🥷