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    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
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    That would be 100% correct
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    Pass
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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
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    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
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    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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    Her FB page
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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
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    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
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    Damask Rose

    hesi replied to hesi's topic in Galloping Chat

    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
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    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.
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    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
  13. hesi
    There is value everywhere, you just have to work out how to assess it, most don't and lose
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    Betcha

    hesi posted a topic in Galloping Chat

    I'm not ID verified so cannot use. I went through the process with my phone to try and get ID verified, but that didn't work, so I rang them. They explained that my phone, even though a Samsung smart phone, is not modern enough so the camera cannot handle the process. Suggestions were 1. Use a friend with a more recent phone to do the verification. 2. Take my ID documents to a JP to verify then send it through to them. Too much trouble, no thanks. I did explain that I was ID verified for the TAB
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    Ban whips by all means, I don't think CS is advocating their continued use. But the extremist brigade like this woman want racing ended. Banning whips will not appease them. They see horse racing as the next low hanging fruit. They would like to see all exploitation of animals by us humans stopped, but that is never going to happen. Racing needs to front foot all this.
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    You are probably right, you will never appease extreme people like her, especially when they write emotive claptrap like this. How does she know their last moments were filled with fear, is she able to communicate with horses. Racing should take them head on "They were eight young, healthy horses who boarded the float on the morning of their race, never to return home again. Their last moments were filled with fear and agony."
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    Have a look at her FB page. Extremist views. She wants us to become vegetarian as well, so no meat works
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    Damask Rose

    hesi replied to hesi's topic in Galloping Chat

    Did someone break into your account and purposely make a positive comment just to spoil your record lol. Probably that Chief Stipe fellow. Maybe not, wrong channel lol
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    The new NZB Kiwi slot race and Derby are on the same day. Some will say that one is a 1500m race the other 2400m. But looking back over the years, the good 3 year olds were running well over 1600m in Dec and Jan, then the ones with staying potential tested over more ground in the Waikato and Avondale Guinieas as a potential lead up to the Derby. All that will happen, is that many of these early promising horses will get snapped up for slots, and their preparation changed to aim at the Kiwi, cannibalising the Derby.
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    Maybe one of the wise guys with all the answers on these chat sites, and there are many, wise guys that is, could put up a credible business strategy about an industry that is concentrated in the Auckland/Waikato region.
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    Social media hasn't helped matters in the last few years, with mostly wild speculation and innuendo about what NZTR is supposedly doing. Wightman being the classic example of spreading, what can only be called gossip, without anything to back the claims. And it is not just occasionally; it is full on every day. The guy would have you believe that the issues at Hastings and Awapuni were purposely orchestrated to allow NZTR to centralise racing in Auckland/Waikato. Trouble is that people start believing it after a while
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    Damask Rose

    hesi replied to hesi's topic in Galloping Chat

    Last chance saloon on Sat in the G1 Empire Rose Stakes. Up against a couple of top line Aussies in Pride of Jenni and Fangirl, and the very talented Kiwi in Leica Lucy. Should be a strong pace so it does help the 2 NZ horses. I presume she comes home anyway to be aimed for the 4 year old KM race in January that she is equal fave for
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    The Epsom Derby, the most iconic and original Derby race in the world, has been run almost without fail since 1780 in the first week of June, equivalent to our first week December. It took world wars to change that, but we here in NZ thought we knew better. It is a bit like in NZ we think we produce the best wine in the world, but we have only being doing it for 50 years, the first 25, mainly crap. Whereas in Bordeaux and Burgundy they have been doing it for 2,000 years. You would think they got things perfected after all that time. Much the same as the Derby, 250 years.
  25. hesi
    Exactly SA. Changing the Derby from Boxing Day to March was going to give a better quality field. The Auckland Cup to a Wed! A lot of these people in racing have a bad habit of deciding where things should be, then joining up the dots appropriately to support their narrative
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