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I know what you're saying. But really with the money they pour in (buying yearlings and that ) I can only support the rich and famous , as much as the battler. I hope they all get a win in the end. not many of them actually return a profit in the end , but have fun racing a few . afterall it is a sport and is about enjoyment as well as money. The quality of the horsepeople in the Nrth Island is off the scale high. Only a small band left and people like Tony Herlihy are the most humble wonderful people I have ever met. I am glad they put races on for him still in his twilight years . sure they're not battlers (any of those trainers left) but HOW good For the Sport have they been Over the years. Just amazing really. I love watching the NZ trotting still, and those bloes. Probably the saddest silly thing I do is seeing how you have given up on em' (after being really supportive up to a couple of years ago ) but Brodster has weakened you into his Bag everyone (ATC, Entain, HRNZ, North Island ) narrative , when really the product being produced is > STILL WORLD CLASS , and you can't see it . Bring on the next Cambridge night of Champions I say !! who doesn't love seeing the best go round ? everyone except me it seems lol 😅😂🤣 never mind. we all have faults lol.

things cost DOUBLE what they did 20 years ago. everything. including running horses. It makes perfect sense when the entertainment dollar can be spent on other things. Family friendly things that the kids can get involved with too. kids usually stay outside a gambling industry until 18. Crazy to get them involved while doing schooling. Nearly all the current participants (NZ and OZ) are in the sport from family connection . over decades. The sport is fading (especially NZ ) with the family numbers a Lot less these days. people had less kids. Remember how many Butts and O'Reilly and Butchers there were for example at one stage? the next generation coming through is light in number. Roy even had 3 sons (and massive winning Son in Law ) that carried the Purdon colours for decades. Exactly what happened/happening. Barry and Tony and David Butcher, Mark Purdon , Maurice and Bernie still go round each week at Auckland like they did when I was there 40 years ago. They are STILL WINNING nearly all the races , (with the Dunn and Telfer satellite stables joining in too) at Auckland , and yet you talk about them like Brodie these days . that they're all rubbish and should be shut down with so few horse left racing ?? they're all due for retirement . They've all Served the industry THEIR WHole Lives and at the Very Top level . I've seen Barry winning Miracle Miles even lol. Yet this site Shows NO APPRECIATION of their magnificent achievements and wants them shown the door ? because the South Island is Better quality racing ? lol. 😅😉 a lovely send off for the absolute world champions of the sport. piss off Tony H. south Island is better. they still have standing starts and 15 horse fields . what quality that is for modern times lol. 😂 no room for you old mate .😁 sorry Galah , just a bit of 'Gamma' sarcasm to try and be cheery lol😋 Good on ATC still putting stuff on for those wonderful horsemen I say. should be applauded. Anyway they were/And Are All way too good to worry about any new participants turning up that Brodie called for. and the next generation which is Crystal Hackett doing trotters, and Nathan Purdon and Josh Dickie, Ben Butcher Matty White who are all struggling to win (or even get a decent team of horses together ) against those terrific old stables like Green and Barry Purdons that are still so competitive. The only hope was if you went hard at it with numbers (of horses and staff and starters) like Telfer and Dunn do , running stables in both Islands . QLD has Grant Dixon and Pete Mcmullen with over 100 horses between them. so they win a big chunk the Metro races they go in , and work very hard at it with great staff and great endeavor and Will to Win. you've even seen them both recently, winning 4 of the NZ very top features over the last year as well between them. just a Sensational effort. (2 with LTF and 2 with GUS) that's the model needed there. if going to survive. people like Diamonds and Stonewall. Dixon or McMullen . getting the bridles on and the horses racing. Bring it on !!!

yes , sadder times are approaching. The sport is on borrowed time now as you say. We had a couple of miracles in Aus that has saved the day in some States when it would of collapsed . so wishing NZ some luck that the Sport can re-vitalise. My favourite of the Interdominion got re-vamped and is on again so things are possible. Alas NZ has run it only once the past 15 years so the sport lost all publicity. Victoria gone broke , and already running with the slashed stakemoney. yes I guess NZ will follow suit with the same amount of participants and interest I guess. ( QLD has even less generally but has Millionaire owners and Entain Ladbrokes propping it up for cohort of 500 horses racing weekly.) A lot of the NZ participants are retiring soon when the game closes there in North Island. They're ALL very old now. Mike Berger already did. But Ray Green, Maurice McKendry, Barry Purdon, Mark Purdon, AGH, old man Hughes, old Ferguson, Old Mango, Old David Butcher, even Bernie H don't really need to go round with them anymore after all these decades of success. No one has been good enough to challenge them generally? which has left very few even trying. for as long as I can remember. Perhaps the younger ones who might continue in the sport like Matty White and Arna Donnelly could shift to the South Island ? or Queensland would be better for them as get a lot more winners like Graeme Harris and Tim Butt did. some like Delaney and Phelan and Zac Butcher and Tony Cameron should tackle Menangle and really make a name for themselves . ? like Jack Trainor did for NZ.

So you say all of America, Canada and Australia are wrong. with 8 horse mile racing. Ashburton looked great running a heap of just 9 and 10 horses 1700m races. very easy for horse and driver to find a spot and time their run. As Wilson House did from last and the outside barrier with average horse. in race 2 sorry mate. you're living in the past if you think and extra lap of the track makes a difference to punters. Might just put them to sleep waiting for the action to start lol 😎. Very Tiring ? lol😉 Swayzee would outstay you anyway. seriously though, I will mention having trained my first horses in NZ (nearly always over mile and half ) it has been WAY WAY Easier in Australia just Sprint training them over a mile . Rolling along 30 second quarters and zipping them home for a furlong or 2. Race driving a Piiece of Cake compared to NZ as well. you actually have to be a pretty handy driver to win in 14 horse races Brodster. with 13 others trying to mug ya. far far easier to win in Aus. I have mates going around Redcliffe at this very moment still training winners there. But NO CHANCE in the speed racing at Albion Park , and their horses would be dead of heart attack if they went 2400m at Redcliffe. 😅😂 they all say thank the Racing Gods for the 1700m . He's My Reson should be winning Race 7 shortly. as only 1700m . just get tired if had to go 2400m for no reason lol 😉

yes that is definitely a problem then. Mile racing is for just 9-10 horses. We lobbyed QLD racing to cut the maximum field size for mile racing to 10. they obliged and bought in that maximum limit of starters thankfully. that's 2 down from the 12 they were racing at a mile sometimes, up to about 5 years ago as the horse's running 11th and 12th at the quarter mile were NO Chance whatsoever , and so there was drivers not even 'having a go' whatsoever if caught in that position. A very bad look. and Something you see in NZ racing a lot still, but not in Australia as we have 'proper' field sizes where everyone gets a chance thankfully. Doesn't have to be. Gallopers are still attracting good betting , and the stayers are getting more rare. And the vast majority of runners , race at 1200m to 1400m . there is still a few good mile runners, but once you get 2000m and beyond the Horses get VERY Tired. the Margins Blow right out , and it's quite '0ff-putting to the punter to see the horse they invested on finish sometimes 1/2 furlong from the winner 😅😂😁 Brodie probably used to it over the years finishing way back, but smart Punters are CLOSER to the Winner in shorter races. and enjoy that feeling. Gallops and trots. Who wants to see their wager way down the track in a stayers race ? no one really.

yes it's much easier on horse and driver. Very routine and predictable. And a little Boring at times too as Brodie would suggest lol. not quite the action of a NZ Cup race lol. I watched just the one race yesterday, Race 2 with COURAGE REACTOR who was stone last at the quarter mile, but a fabulous timed run by Wilson House , coming home from the back, saw the horse get up on the line to WIN. What a Great thing to See . 9 horse fields are great like that (give All runners a chance to win ) and a beautiful racetrack like Ashburton helps as well. Some more great 'modern NZ racing' . and the way of the future .( and the present day too) .(Brodie only likes the 'Old days' 😉) Alas the long distance stuff is Too Tough on horses (recovery wise and race wise as well) Not many can do anything like was Swayzee and Leap To Fame do over distance lol. it's hard to keep them interested and racing well , without going 'Flat'. even after one hard run wide over a mile and half which can really knock a horse around and effect it's future racing. Brodie doesn't understand that , as is not a trainer. thankfully in Aus the trainers and clubs KNOW it's In the horse's Best interests to race a mile to a mile and a quarter as they can Back up and race week to week . Which is very important. so 95%of races are short as possible.

Life is giving you too many lemons 🍋 T-man. You're behaving like a true lemon 😅 which is defined as an item of poor quality that always needs constant maintenance. you can go all Sour grapes 🍇 all you like , but Sam Collett after another winning ride , and in true 'Good Will Hunting' type style will be saying "How do you like them Apples? 🍏" as said by Matt Damon after some more success. you already know an apple a day keeps the doctor away 🍏 Good Will Hunting one of the finest film masterpieces ever made full of great lessons of life. Thoroughly recommend a viewing for your education . Robin Williams is fantastic in this show too. Perhaps one of the finest quotes in the movie is for you to take on board , and a lesson for all who miss the enjoyment in things is to remember this. "You'll have Bad Times. But it will always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention too "

not slaughtered mate . Beaten a head by the $1.90 favourite. A stunning drive by Crystal to defeat Mark and Barry Purdon Group 1 winning trotters OscarB and 'Meant To Be' by lengths ? she must of nearly fell out of the cart to beat home some great trotters like those with a mid class mare.? 😎 well done Crystal. Mark Purdon might be too old now ??🤣😂🤭😉 Congrats to a very nice bloke in Bernie Hackett (Crystals dad) too. Quinella in the trotting flying stakes. Taking the win with multimillionaire John Greens trotter. a very deserved effort for top efforts year in , year out. Bernie, Michelle and Crystal sure have won heaps of trots and get them going well . Tonight they Made OscarB , who is a Dominion H'cap winner and was 3rd in the last Interdominion Grand Final look '2nd rate' . that is quite a result !! 🏆

Horse has progressed ok since that win last Winter Mr Galah. Thought I would let you know this week that IMPERIAL COMMAND did so well in the spring he is attacking the Big Group 1 Maori Mile at Bendigo on this coming Saturday night. won't win it , as the champ Keayang Zahara will do that. . But since the Win last June IMPERIAL COMMAND trotted to 7 more wins and 6 placings from 18 starts to make Open Class. The Gaths have him going along nicely ok. they are great trotter trainers. Open class may be a bit tough though although he is down to about 1.56 capable now . not quick enough for a Group 1 though. footnote: Kingman the NZ Cup winner down to resume in the Bendigo Cup (the race before the Maori Mile ) on Saturday night. The trotters actually race for 100k. and the Cup only worth $75k this year and reduced to a Group 2 as Victoria Harness runs broke these days. so the prizemoney is falling away accordingly.

Think with something like a casino, they aim for 9% winners , which leaves 91% losers. Thankfully on-line casino gambling is Not available Australia as the country would go broke in no time. People are very stupid in their gambling. Once they're on a roll or had a win they think 'No Limits' should apply. lol. I recently visited Crown in Melbourne , and was gob-smacked by the scale of 'Losers' I observed over a few hours. I had not been to a casino for 15 years odd, when visited Sydney star to have a look , and noticed most tables played $25 minimum limit as opposed to the $5 that was in for a lot of years . some blokes had huge stacks on card hands that were played every minute. the roulette they were losing hundreds every spin every 2 minutes. Stupidity reigned supreme lol 🤣 'fools and their money easily parted' as the old saying goes. Couldn't believe what I was seeing actually. The Crown Melbourne makes about $300,000,000 PER DAY 🤣😮. I had a calculated 30 bets on various table games (carefully avoided Pokies where you have to be a member anyway) and won 20 times so beat the 50/50 chance odds and came out $400 in front. son who was with me had 4 bets and lost all 4 at $25 each. so I gave him a hundred from my winnings and we went home. I've never seen so many losers all in the one Place at one time. You can only Hope and Pray they are always prevented from On-line access to the same thing as would be a disaster (for them and their families) better To stick to a few on-line 'small' restricted horse bets for fun and entertainment. and to support some great participants of the racing sport in some way.

well it is not the greatest description to call a junior driver a star. But Crystal is still young and gets drives on her parents nice trotters , and also for one of the best trainers the World has ever seen in Barry Purdon . (and training partner Scott) so you do expect positive results in that case. For the record she has got slightly more beaten past 3 years , so she's not quite a 'shooting star' like Carter Dalgety in the Junior ranks , but not exactly a 'Fading Star' like dad Bernie yet either ? 😂😋. Crystal's Seasonal driving stats show:- 2023 200 drives for 33 wins ( or about one win every 6 drives) 2024 302 drives for 43 wins (or about one win every 7 drives) 2025 433 drives for 56 wins (or about one win every 8 drives) 2026 5 drives for 1 win (or about one win every 5 drives) best stats yet Forbury ? get on board mate 🤣😎🏆

the fastest horse wins . A very easy concept. Mile racing is very easy to pick , but you old dinosaurs like slow grass tracks racing where they play for luck and the smaller stables can get a win in slow time. that's nice !! it's actually a nice thing to do that support. No smaller stables are going to win any serious Group racing though. The horses have been racing like Rocket ships the past 15 years at Menangle, and contrary to NoworNever's comment above , they all get a go as it is a Front Line Only . 10 across. So no interference. No-one in your bloody road if you're good enough , and the fastest horse will always WIN. They're all way too fast for you blokes to pick any winners lol .😁👍🔥 I'll give you one though . DON HUGO. he's a bit of a ripper lol 🤣. and TOKYO ROSE in the Mares races coming up soon for Grimson. Watch em' burn !!! 🔥

they're happy with it Brodster. Been doing it since Harold Park closed 2010. the racing is sensational. we are nearly getting up to the Menangle pace in Brisbane now on the 1000m track . scary they are running 1.50 now.A 2 yearold won the 2 year old slot race last year in 1.50.2. Incredibly quick. And you saw him in NZ having a crack at the Derby recently named FATE AWAITS. Fate Awaits only a distant 3rd to the great horses Marketplace and Got The Choc's though. 2 of NZ's brightest stars. so there's Hope for fast kiwi's yet ??? 👍😎💰 send em' to the Brissy Interdominion this year mate. Makes men out of boys lol. 🤣 Miracle Mile usually about 1.48 winning time Chief. for the Grand Circuit horses. the very best 4 year olds that can run in ' Chariot's of Fire ' usually around 1.49 miles Standard FFA'ers around 1.50-1.51 miles three year olds 1.51-1.52.

they had a speedy mare recently that did a similar thing Chief. Kiwi lad Jack Trainor (currently disqualified for 18 months) had a Mark Jones mare , the Bettor's Delight sired STYLISH MEMPHIS , who had average results n NZ , but really took off at Menangle through 2021-2022, winning the $200k Ladyship and $200k Queen Elizabeth GROUP 1's for Mares. one of them in a quick 1.49.2. Stylish Memphis even a bold 4th in the Chariots Of Fire and also in the Biggest race going, the Miracle Mile itself ,she was 6th in fast time against the boys too. Makes perfect sense they would try the same approach with their next speedy mare. Tokyo Rose might be it ??? Best of luck to her NZ connections. 🏆💰

well having a look it seems across the 2 days they had seven starters for 1 win with the House and Hope stables with a fairly similar result. you'd go broke backing them too lol 😁💰 some 'rough horses run at Westport lol.🤣 Hey I did see one of 'Bootsies' horses that he purchased after it won it's last start in NZ 2 years ago at Westport Dec 2023 exactly 2 years ago , won the 'Shirley Turnbull Memorial ' at Bathhurst last Friday night. almost 2 years to the day after his final NZ run (and win at Westport) You blokes won't remember the horse, but DONEGAL LUTHER at a rather juicy 50-1 odds too, won the Feature listed race for trainer/driver Amanda Turnbull , defeating the star pacer the Interdominion finalist 'Captain's Knock' into 2nd who had won it's past 6 starts, and the Grand old Bootsie horse SWAYZEE , the double NZ Cup winner , in for 3rd. Mick Boots must of bought near 100 NZ horses over the past 3 years (after the success of Swayzee and Betterzippit) and has them with 17 different trainers across the land. and NZ too , where he still races Captain's Mistress at Nathan's down south there for example. A Westport winning horse like DONEGAL LUTHER can earn about 100k here in country NSW per year in the right hands . he had only won 2 races last year 2024, but 2025 he got going a bit better and has won 7 from 20 starts this year to win 100k. some were at Menangle too.

think you're right Brodster. But they will scratch horses 'If denied a Fair start' by being struck by the Barrier strand in any manner. This does happen very rarely , and the stewards rightly can scratch a runner that suffers that interference. so will be in the Steward report if that is the case. I notice the trotters can stand very very wide on the track these days? some even face the outside rail at times as the start is initiated . we never used to do that as was always a risk of the tape tangling your horse if up too close.

some great Grand Circuit Champion Winners from NZ. Horse after horse doing NZ proud. The Champions of the Sport. don't forget em' boys. Maybe Republican Party can take down the Aussies in 2026 ?. best of luck to him to push em' hard. here's the quiz answers in some great action photo's !! 👍🏆. Remembering the Champs for Christmas. There you go Seven Amazing NZ bred horses in a row , being the Grand Circuit Champions. Such amazing Gait and Action . no wonder they were All the Best in World during their years. n.b the Tasmanian was the double NZ Cup winner Flashing Red. the 2 Queensland Champs were Blacks A Fake ( 2 time Grand circuit Champion for Natalie Rasmussen ) and Be Good Johnny for John McCarthy . the McCarthy family being based in Queensland for many years where the champion drivers Luke and Todd (john's Son's) learned the craft to now be the Best on the Planet . (along with the Dunn and Purdon families) 👍 we are blessed to see such quality in our lifetimes. these horses and Horsemen that trained and drove them are the truly' 'Elite of the Sport' . congrats to good bloke Grant Dixon , joining them as a QLD Grand Circuit champion with LEAP TO FAME past 3 years.

When KIWI won the Cup 🏆 . great nostalgic moment 😎 was a bit bigger for NZ than the Nzb kiwi race lol. This bloke in video is a great bit of Nostalgia as well . getting an MBE and all for services/accomplishments to NZ racing . A star of the show. and prepare tough horses to boot. Bred them , worked them, did the lot.

the very first POST on this thread back 4 pages explains it well Newmarket. the first few sentences. The Galah gave a good description right there and then what is going on tomorrow..

One horse race Hesi mate in the Cup today . The omen bets always come in . even though you were sniping the mighty Baggie Greens , and old mate Smithy, who has to sit the 3rd Ashes test out with Vertigo now , after reading your comments lol 😉😅 made him a bit dizzy lol. With TRAVball in action yet again yesterday, and Trav head still at the crease too at this moment in time , and blasting the Barmy cricket pretenders out of the country, there can only be ONE WINNER. sorry, well 2 winners should be coming in > TRAV in the Manawatu Cup and the Baggie Greens in the Ashes. (NZ black caps going good at Mt Maunganui too , so look out for the likely treble) 👍😎😁

It's that time of year and Chief Stipe has had his annual Christmas party . A good time was had by All. Chief even decided to have some fun with the trotting Lads and put up $10,000 stake for a fun contest for the trotting Lads , saying they just had to hitch up a horse , race over the hill and come back with 100 of one type of Fruit. The four competitive trotting Lads Immeadiately explode into action. The Galah , Ranga and Gamma have harnessed up some quick ones and are over the hill in record time. The Brodster is a bit slower away but Chief helps him get the bridle on and off Brodie goes too, up and over the hill and in search of some fruit. Less than half hour and the boys have thundered back over the hill driving hard, and Gamma is back with 100 apples, The Galah zoomed in with 100 Grapefruit and Ranga is back with 100 juicy peaches. Chief then decides he'll sort this lot out by introducing his late 'Self Amusement Clause' of , "I forgot to mention , you had to EAT all the fruit in an hour to be the Winner" . oh dear , that's a bit of a tough one for the lads. but The Galah , Ranga and Gamma start munching away as fast as possible . Chief chuckles mercilessly and enjoys watching the struggle ,. Chief ducks off to get another beer , and when he returns Galah Gamma and Ranga are laughing joyfully , and have poured a beer for themselves, and have given up the EATing challenge after only getting through about half the fruit. Chief says "WTF, don't you want to win the 10 Grand ?" "Nah Chief "is the reply . "We've just seen the Brodster, and we want to see how he gets on. He's just coming down the hill now with a trailer on with 100 Watermelons " 🤣

com'on Brodster. Get with the program as TaBman would of said. The last 4 races coming up are at around mile and a half . that's far enough for these horses. Was thinking the Brodster on the money today and just BACK your Boy Carter Dalgety today . Drove the double races 3 and 4 on Polly Grey and that plunge horse winner from Addington in DOVER TERRACE. looked a certainty with the best driver in NZ on it ? only got 13-1 for the double on Sportsbet but beggars can't be choosers . You tipped him as a man to follow and are 100% on the money old mate.👍💰 just gave some back on Suspicious Captain in the 8th just now , but it went ok. was only 3rd best horse as first 2 horses went well clear. Should we get on ANYTIME AT ALL in the last race Methven today ? seems a Huge chance with Carter onboard Brodster. ? should we put a Redback on it ? what's your tip ?

harness racing clubs aren't generating much revenue profit. It's a fading sport. as in less participants and less betting as you guys have All accurately noted here at BOAY quite often. yes I know Methven does well and returns a profit and has saved funds. excellent for them. I'm staggered the Australian turf Club went into administration as Sydney Racing is still hugely Popular . Betting is big but the betting agencies and the government get that money. the overheads are Huge. track maintenance , security staff , etc. it's a financial nightmare. Some good news is HRV who were $66 million in debt have been backed out by a sale of land. Harness Victoria obviously allocating the funds much more Poorly than HRNZ ever did , had dug a big hole so have sold off a large parcel of land for $100,000,000 to the state government. the additional $44,000,000 will 'Prop up ' there Solvency issues until about the end of 2027. So it's not unlike NZ in a lot of regards. Trying to keep a sport going that has Very low Revenue , compared to the overheads needed to operate it. (Seymour is currently bailing out South Australia himself) and already bailed out Queensland in the past. Revenue is POOR , as you guys often points out. Because it's a POOR betting sport. there's no doubt that even galloping punters are not very keen on it. I went to ALBION Park 2 weeks ago to congratulate some of the guys on their recent NZ exploits and had a bet on a mates horse that was racing on the day as well . It showed on screen there was $500 in the pool when they went out on the track 10 minutes to go 😅🤣 The horse was showing $8 and $3 . so I put $10 ew at the one betting window On-course that was open lol . It Immeadiately dropped to $5 and $2.30 place. ran 3rd. I just laughed how little anyone bets on them, for small bets to drop the divvie' like that . think the trifecta pools are always a little better . Brodster would be hopeless with his place bets lol ? NZ will wind up just like this too. small pools. It's inevitable in a twilight sport sorry to say old chap . and poor numbers participating now. blame HRNZ all you like. They still trying to put races on for All so I admire that effort. even attracted Australian interest the past 3 years now as do a BETTER Job than what we can in Aus. (good effort by some Brissy bloke to re-vitalise the Interdominion for 3 years though bless him 😉😎 )

yes ,I'm just used to the 'normal ' horses running around for $6000. just seems normal to be the case for the hobby trainers. NZ giving the smaller bloke a go seems so magical ? like this Sunday coming? so few chances for the hard workers to get some of the rewards like the Golden Gait initiative at Auckland . how good was that ? . can't see a thing wrong with it myself. Australian STates just have 'Sires Stakes' racing for horses bred in that state (just as NZ does well as each year too), but the BIG stables still MUG the smaller ones 90% of the time in those races. in the 2 , 3 and 4 year old divisions. Is just the way it is . breeders and yearling buyers target those races. Allstars won the 3 year old NZ one 10 years running. (NZ Introducing the Betcha Pace, TAB trot for open class, and Velocity and Ascent Slot races for 3 yearolds for the very best around. was also excellent . you've had about 12 of those events so far and they are 12 of the best races ever run in NZ, so is good for the BIG guy to get a go too. they support the industry and Mugs can buy a slot too , and enjoy a big win for the day. example = A team of South Australian people Won the $2,000,000 Eureka Slot (the richest Australia race) with their horse defeating Leap To Fame into 2nd place. Dreams can happen with great initiatives Mr Galah 🏆. no good just dabbling on the grass all the time. lol 😉 I hope the Ashburton meeting is successful Sunday for all you guys and HRNZ too. The owners who are going are sure to have a great day . don't worry about the betting. exactly right. they fund all the races from the annual allotment . whatever the Betting. so well done Entain and Ladbrokes too that have chipped in to help keep them high in New Zealand. Meanwhile , What do you think of this below ? Quite amazing such a big organisation worth millions could trade bust? this is the one you blokes should complain about . instead of hammering the brilliant HRNZ full of kiwi blokes Trying to keep your dying sport afloat ?? HRNZ aren't trading poorly like this mob of ATC , that obviously PAID OUT FAR too much in Prizemoney trying to compete with Victorian Racing . This is where Brodster could direct his Financial Failure's accusations , as seems this mob have done TERRIBLY , in an industry that wasn't dying. (Aus thoroughbreds) but some greedy Buggers have done something bad it seems. (taken or spent all the cash ? lol 🤣) The Australian Turf Club (ATC) has been placed into the hands of an administrator following an announcement by the sport's regulator on Monday. Racing NSW (RNSW) said the industry's principal race club – which manages racing at Randwick, Rosehill, Warwick Farm and Canterbury – would enter an administration period to "provide an opportunity for the ATC to improve its financial performance and address serious financial issues". The move follows Racing NSW issuing the ATC with a "show cause" notice back in September due to growing concerns about the club's ongoing solvency and corporate governance, following the shock resignation of board members Ban Bayot and Natalie Hewson in September.

Looks an amazing concept. Can'tbelieve that NZ has got such great people running the show , they came up with this idea to give the Grass Roots players a go at some Big cash? this is great how it's panned out. The Very people (grass roots) You and Brodie Call for all the time for the HRNZ to support instead of the Rich and famous at Auckland.? and yet you say it's a fail like every thing else? . Well the Owners and Trainers racing on the day Won't agree with you either . Barely a Allstars, Cullen, Kentuckiana, TELFER , Dunn, Jones or Todd runner in sight. All your Grass Roots trainers Getting a BIG Go at Great money instead. Fantistico old mate. Best of luck to Nigel with his Dunn runner though, and the many people Having a go at some $60,000 stakes. a very deserving man with his efforts for NZ harness racing. Well done Ashburton !! and well done HRNZ once again . for looking after Grass roots. ( the big guys all got to play Cup week and did well against the Aussies) p.s Don't worry about the 4 horse field R1 so much . It's only One race cobber. You'll survive .😅 just congratulate the opportunity that Hanna, Negus, Twidle or Gameson on have to get a listed 3 yearold filly winner for themselves !! and their owners 🏆 this is just amazing 👍 and what you guys wanted not not long ago ?. Changed your mind it seems . Oh well. will be merry Christmas to those Ashburton anyway. BOAY will just have to 'weep' as usual 🤣