Murray Fish

So who elects them?

If only that small amount of numbers, then doesn't that just make it easier to attempt for a like minded grouping to make a play for Leadership, at least that gets you some hearing at the AGM. I think there is some funny peculiar re ownership around the need of Trainers to have a share is more and more horses. Many can run the risk of ending up waterboarding themselves.. Any Idea who attends the AGM from Owners Fed?

(talking to myself) There were two reasons I posted this up! 1: It was rather interesting to see a Worker From HO putting their hand up and commenting on a Group page like Race Chat! 2: It was to show Colons actual level of Political 'Realpolitik', note how he was told how to get involved in a Official/democratic way! He shows his stripes (gutless) with his shallow after rant!! Please tell if I am Wrong, would it not be actually on of the easiest groups (Owners Ass) to just take over 'democratically' via a digital campaign to get actual members to front and vote in the likes of a Colon, or others of their championing! Democracy in Action

Who's to say that those two tracks don't have issues as well? Perhaps not so nowadays with the wonderful HD Coverage of any slip sliding away... old school! race and be dammed...

Propaganda rules! Would there be a 'Industry' that is current more driven that Racing? One Big 'real world problem', that is never mentioned! is, for a scary amount of NZ'ers, the % of disposable income continues to shrink! be it via inflation, etc.... and then that ever problem within horse race betting that the House is encouraging betting into high take out, some interesting stuff now on that out of Au. lol! gee, Would be rather nice to have a decent track or two to be into! ps. I recon, soon, working on any track for any keen young 'track worker' (especially ones with Degrees) that having a job on a race track will be seen as a bit of a poison chalice! If you are keen for that sort of work, then like so many Racing Workers, its Over the Ditch!

slip sliding away... that Faustian pack with the weather gods is just not going to work! Demanding a X track is now the curse of the Industry!

doh!

a deep shock in a hot bath, has helped! deciding to move some of the punting pool into next years travel fun! why make the effort to try and sort the form... sigh

oh, no.. please dont say...

GA Phillips looking very dapper

Always use to love working this meeting, hope you find a bit of excitement to had! So nice to know that a actual spring track is going to happen! ps. don't be scared to post something as the day flows... I'm all excited! Mrs, out up town.. front door will be locked, let the action begin!

some interesting stuff.. but Nothing serious like the Rip off take out rates!

but, how fast can they go! I've always like the one starting in the next race! Nice honest horse!

Catlyn Calder, replying to a Post about what had or not been posted on the Offical Website. "Hi Steve I actually manage the NZTR website and this document is always readily available after our AGM. The annual report legally goes through third party auditing, and several boards for approval. I know this because it is currently being prepared for our AGM on 26 November where it will be tabled and available for you at that time. If you ever need help finding info feel free to reach out and we will be happy to help." then, in jumps Colin Wightman Hi Catlyn. Who is entitled or welcome to attend the NZTR AGM? Catlyn Calder: Colin Wightman Club Committee and Club Management members, as well as all Committee and Management members of each Recognised Industry Organisations for Owners, Trainers, Breeders and Jockeys. Colin Wightman Do owners, the underwriters of racing have a right to attend the AGM?What I mean by that question is that at least 98 percent of owners don’t belong to the Owners Association and yet by weight of money they are the biggest investors and bank rollers in Thoroughbred racing. So if we were to relate that to say a shareholders meeting, the majority of shareholders are closed out. Does that seem reasonable to you Catlyn?

The Filly with so much form and promise! @ quite hot odds v The Boys Show all runner comments Runner details Flucs Fixed Win Place SP Starting Price Tote Tote Win Tote Place 626x1 1.Poetic Champion(4) J: matt cartwright 57kg T: tony pike 6.5,7,6,5.5,6,5.5 5.501.85 SP 24.006.70 46x12 2.Savaglee(6) J: sam spratt 57kg T: pam gerard 4.5,4.6,4.5,4.6,4.8,5 5.001.75 SP 3.802.20 419x1 3.So Naive(8) J: craig grylls 57kg T: bruce wallace & grant cooksley 7,8,8.5,9,9.5,10 10.002.60 SP 4.002.40 11x24 4.Super Photon(2) J: sam weatherley 57kg T: stephen marsh 17,13,11,9.5,8,8.5 8.502.45 SP 6.701.60 611x6 5.Belardi(5) J: joe doyle 57kg T: andrew forsman 35,34,35,41,46,51 51.008.50 SP 16.504.30 6.Unbridled Joy(1) SCRATCHED26/09, 9:56 am 21x1 7.Whiskey 'N Roses(11) J: vinnie colgan 57kg T: joanne surgenor 9,10,7,9.5,8.5,8 8.002.35 SP 7.101.40 19x63 8.Full Force(7) J: ryan elliot 57kg T: hollie wynyard 23,26,21,26,27 31.006.00 SP 18.804.30 x76x2 9.Toruk Makto(10) J: kelly myers 57kg T: bruce wallace & grant cooksley 23,21,23,26,27,31 31.006.00 SP 16.504.30 3x33 10.He's Lucid(3) J: lily sutherland (a0)57kg T: kevin myers 27,31,34,35,34,35 35.006.50 SP 22.009.20 133x2 11.Captured By Love(9) J: warren kennedy 55kg T: mark walker & sam bergerson 2.5,2.4,2.45,2.5,2.6,2.5 fav2.501.28 SP 7.502.10

70x34 11.Skew Wiff(12) J: opie bosson 57kg T: mark walker & sam bergerson 4.4,4.2,4.5,4.2,4.4,4.2 fav4.201.80 SP 3.601.30 51211 10.Malt Time(14) J: ace lawson-carroll (a0)57kg T: shaun & emma clotworthy 5,5.5,6,5.5,6,5.5 5.502.15 SP 5.404.20 241x4 1.El Vencedor(5) J: joe doyle 59kg T: stephen marsh 6,6,6.5,6,6.5,6 6.002.25 SP 8.102.30 259x2 12.Faraglioni(10) J: jonathan riddell 57kg T: joshua shaw 6,6.5,7 7.002.50 SP 15.004.00 472x2 3.Mali Ston(1) J: sam weatherley 59kg T: darryn & briar weatherley 7,8,8.5,8,8.5,8 8.002.70 SP 12.705.10 x20x5 9.Mustang Valley(8) J: warren kennedy 57kg T: andrew forsman 14,13,14,13,14,13 13.003.80 SP 15.705.60 x17x6 13.Pearl Of Alsace(6) J: matt cartwright 57kg T: shaune ritchie & colm murray 13,14,15,14,15,14 14.004.00 SP 9.703.30 0x361 16.Rolls(7) J: harry grace 59kg T: maddie raymond 14,15,16,15,16,15 15.004.00 SP 55.1019.30 436x3 4.One Bold Cat(4) J: ryan elliot 59kg T: robbie patterson 18,17,18,17,18,17 17.004.60 SP 15.704.50 210x1 14.Hi Yo Sass Bomb(16) J: sam spratt 57kg T: kim reid 17,17,19,17,19,17 17.004.60 SP 11.003.00 90x60 2.Puntura(13) J: craig grylls 59kg T: robbie patterson 27,31,34,31,34,31 31.007.00 SP 30.006.40 115x3 6.Matscot(2) J: vinnie colgan 59kg T: sharon robertson 35,41,46,41,46,41 41.009.00 SP 110.2029.00 89x99 15.Lightning Jack(3) J: - 59kg T: kelvin tyler 35,41,46,51,41,46 46.009.50 SP 33.009.60 17113 7.Master Marko(9) J: kelly myers 59kg T: kelvin tyler 35,51,61,51,61,51 51.0010.00 SP 33.0010.80 45x69 8.Saint Bathans(15) J: billy jacobson 59kg T: andrew forsman 51,51,61,51,61,51 51.0010.00

which way is the sun setting? Meanwhile, a interesting background into current AU Clubs.. " Straight Up – Clubland, politics and chaos By Bren O'Brien - September 26, 2024 You might recall earlier in the year we wrote a story about the perilous state of the balance sheets of Australia’s biggest racing clubs. The corporate betting revolution of the past 10 years has essentially enriched PRAs, while leaving race clubs searching for alternative business models. The Melbourne Racing Club annual report released this week showed that less than half its revenue is derived directly from its racing activities. For the Brisbane Racing Club that number is around 61 per cent. On a pure revenue versus expenses basis, racing, taken as its own commercial activity, loses money for both of those clubs. One club official recently said that when you consider that racing represented just 6.5 per cent in terms of the usage of their venue, it took up a lot of their bandwidth as a business. Then there is the politics. Race clubs have always been political, but there seems to be a peak in the level of upheaval, either at executive or board level, in the past 12 months. The Australian Turf Club has been the most public of these as it considers the proposal to essentially close and sell off Rosehill. This has caused a massive reaction from the membership, and a split in the board on a few key aspects, including on the potential valuation of the project. It has also put the future of chairman Peter McGauran under sharp focus. The $1.6 billion question ATC board fractured on current and potential Rosehill valuation Read Then we have the Melbourne Racing Club. The resignation of CEO Josh Blanksby was just the tip of the iceberg as the club committee has been fractured over the past couple of months. Three board members have campaigned, albeit unsuccessfully, for a spill of the board, while legal letters have rained like confetti. With an AGM scheduled for Thursday night, Matt Cain leaves the chairmanship. He spoke to The Straight’s Warwick Barr about the key issues the MRC is facing. Boardrooms, ballots and potential legal bunfights The battle for power at the MRC Read The Brisbane Racing Club’s election is not expected to be as heated, but it will be competitive with two new candidates battling with three existing board members for three vacant seats. The sudden departure of CEO Tony Partridge in July raised some questions, while there is set to be a change of chairmanship next year with Neville Bell in line to retire after a long-term on the board. All of this when the BRC Masterplan, which has involved significant construction around Eagle Farm and Doomben, is at a crucial point of its development. Meanwhile the new CEO of the Victoria Racing Club, Kylie Rogers, has been doing the media rounds ahead of the spring carnival and penned an impassioned letter to the members this week. PRAs are far from immune from politics. In the latest development from the Rosehill inquiry, Racing NSW has been in the middle of discussions in NSW parliament this week, with a submission by the regulator referred to the parliamentary privileges committee for possible contempt. Bren O’Brien Managing Editor and Founder The Straight

He must be due another decent one, it's been a while... I actually have some nice photo of Colons best one, that long ago CW was still wearing shorts when leading the horse back to scale! Gee, I recall way back then, there were problems, around the mistakes in that years Free Handicap for that season.

I am always interested to see how anyone approaches a H&S a problem like this workplace problem. My starting point would be to approach the coalface workers, especially so in this instant! I've always found most track workers are happy to share their problems and joys! To 'use' Facebook and claim you are not going 'public' is a tad naïve. Ripe for plenty of unbidden... Sigh, not really surprising, historically 'Head Office' would use Procedural Politics more the Vatican in dealing with mavericks like Colon. Of course, that can lead to unbidden.. Yip, and anther thing to add to that long list of mistakes 'that we have learned from'. Almost quite sad that it actually has come to this, so early in the lives of these track!

dear one ask why? So! the fat lady has sung? we can put up the W? Did, will this make the mainstream media?

Believe me!!! Colon is a coward...

Did Colon get a reply?

tick.... later, rumours abounded, that! some's nose's grew faster that the grass in the weeks after... A lot riding on it! I never got to see any races live, did manage to get the phone working for the open race, to see, that perhaps! the person driving the Action camera was all over the place! @TAB For Ever serious question, what do you think of the coverage, not the 'talking heads', but the actually coverage where we See the horse?

By chance this popped up on my fb memories. Around the 12 min mark, to a ?? from Steve about Wages at Head Office. Note how 'patsy' all three were when Saundry Firmly states we are not going there! and not a peep! sigh, I copy my comments from back then after watching this episode. " debbiedavid4725 5 years ago how was he allowed to get away with this comment "I'm not going to debate wages"..... also perhaps the reason that 'not enough people bet on nz races' might be because its a industry that shits on the person called 'the punter'... re it employs 50000 workers? how many of them on minimum wage? how many on Living Wage? tiz a Sunset Industry, move the chairs as much as you like will not be changing that! the only thing of merit was the decision about Digital platform! of which the Industry is years behind! and drifting further behind!