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That is where the dilemma is. TAB, with all its new promotion and marketing, and they probably have a realistic budget of 5-10 mil, is about promoting gambling, not horse racing. NZTR and the clubs have the responsibility to promote horse racing. Clubs do not have enough resource to do it, NZTR does not have a budget for marketing horse racing, so we have no concerted effort to promote horse racing.

I think that is something that people forget when taking aim at the TAB, Lotto is gambling!! The only difference is that the lotteries Commission has done such a good job with its 'warm fuzzies' and life changing advertising, that it is accepted as part of NZ life to come into our homes every Saturday at 8 pm, all primetime. This has been the weakness by comparison with racing The funding of communities and charities is a hard one to counter though. I guess the counter for the TAB and racing, is that it funds the livelihood of an entire industry and therefore many people's lives.

I think you will find, that very high percentage of the younger generation, do not watch mainstream media.

Credit where credit is due. Mike Tod who was CEO at the TAB and was the one that got things moving with regard to outsourcing, introduced many new features, many of which have gone, most notably the no deductions policy

That would be 100% correct

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Yes, just posted about this on the other site. He had part ownership in Pasta Post, Tinseltown and of course Xcellent. Probably quite a few others. He posted regularly on RC as Tasman Man, and was indeed a very good, pro-racing poster. I enjoyed his posts, very informative

This is something that goes without saying in the business world, where most companies have substantial budgets for marketing and research. NZTR, in fact all racing in NZ lags a long way behind. They tend to do what they think the customer wants

It does seem that it has become endemic in NZ, lack of accountability that many perceive racing to have. I see the police have screwed up big time with this Jevan McSkimming character and the way the woman's complaint of him being a sexual predator was handled. Like everything, we will have a review, that will go on for ages, cost the taxpayer heaps, and nothing really ever changes, just how long till the next cock up. NZ racing had certainly had its share of lemons over the years. Andrew Brown, Chris Bayliss, John Allen. You can't deny that.

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We had 2 potential staying 4 year olds in Derby winner Willydoit, whose 7th dam was Cuddle and Oaks winner Leica Lucy. But the new part owners of both horses chose to race both horses only up to 1600m, Willydoit, after a 4th in the Australian Derby. So we do still appear able to breed top class stayers. Derryn the sire of Leica Lucy a very moderately priced $5K fee and Tarzino (sire of Willydoit), himself a winner of the Victoria Derby, still moderately priced at $25K, and indeed sire of the 5th place getter in yesterday's cup, in Torranzino

Selections then for the Melbourne Cup. Enough very educated horse people on this site to give it a go. On another site, I have Torranzino. By Tarzino, no weight, so should love the expected wet track

Didn't yelp, poor run. I guess the only excuse would be the way Pride of Jenni ran them into the ground, probably didn't suit some runners. Leica Lucy very good though, especially for the owners who own the dam

This is an excellent point. If racing was ended, many people in communities around NZ would be impacted financially. Not just people directly in the industry but the many businesses that provide a service to that industry We are a society that has animals that we use, for play, for work, for food, for pleasure.

Begs the question, if there are no more qualifying races, why do they have to wait until Sat pm to confirm the field. All other fields have been listed