Bill

https://www.howlettdalzell.co.nz/history Geoff Dalzell involved with Thames racing/harness for a long time and the raceday services with Roger Blake

Because before ATR it was Counties Racing Club. They no doubt will probably find the $$ now so they dont have to hire NRS

Correct…set of 18 too large for the NRS trailer. And the axels on the transportable gates lower so they can be in the road. On hydraulics

ATR has their own gates at Ellerslie. ATR @ Pukekohe rely on the gates provided by Northern Raceday Sevices (based in Cambridge) that are transported to the likes of Tauranga, Matamata etc. They have been specifically designed to be transported on the large trailer from NRS. The Ellerslie gates could not be put onto a transporter without being over height or too long. They are a bank of 18 gates, where as the Northern Raceday Service gates are a set of 14

A remote steward thing has been happening for a while, it isn’t new.

He has been there for over a decade….you’re a bit behind the eight ball

It was a test meeting, non tote, why would it be on the tele ffs

Hope some of you got on at 39-1. Trainer won two races but he has had a shocking season. On another note, can we please get Tom Woods back to call races here…his group one call was outstanding. Shame on those that pushed him down here!

Its a sprinkler head

Because its different…and I know because I use to work for Chorus. The fibre networks that are used for broadcasting are different to what you get your home broadband on. These are specific circuits that are dedicated for television broadcasting. Not all racecourses have fibre broadcast connections. All the “main” tracks, the places that race often do - Avondale, Alex Park, Ellerslie, Te Rapa, Cambridge Awapuni, Manawatu Raceway, Trentham, Wanganui, Addington, Riccarton, Ascot off the top of my head have fibre circuits for broadcast transmission. Same with the main sporting stadiums in NZ - Eden Park, Sky Stadium, all have fibre broadcast circuits. Run by Kordia Other tracks have a satellite uplink set up, and its only an uplink, not a downlink. Just like this in the photo from Kumara. Before fibre and the tab set up their own satellite linking trailers (in the photo) Kordia use to provide all the old analog links for the TAB. Like in the Waikato, a tech from Kordia would come and point the dish to the top of Mount Te Aroha or Te Miro, or even the railyard at Frankton in Hamilton where Kordia had a mast and then the signal would be bounced up /or down their tv masts across the country. As for the betting, that is totally separate from the tv broadcast side of the track connections. They have servers in those trailers you see parked up at the tracks and they obviously talk to servers back at TAB HQ and they also have a back up satellite system at each venue if the wired network was down or compromised. they moved to IP based equipment a number of years ago for the wagering systems.

New Plymouth had a good wifi service, not sure if theh still do?

They have always had wyndham at cromwell…nothing new

We need less group races, not more!

I suspect it was because this meeting had 4 extra races added to it following the abandonment of thr Friday night Sunshine Coast meeting. So they had to dump the current meeting and meeting code and create a new one. only a guess

Ran an terrible first race…looks like it’s been well sold.

Well you don’t get much change out of $20-15mil for a tv truck one would guess

Obviously when they had 6 television trucks which is no longer the case

They only have 4 broadcast trucks - 2 north island and 2 south island. Greyhound venues run off a total different system from an centralized model. https://www.proavl-asia.com/details/63254-sony-is-off-to-the-races-with-nzrb

Because there is harness racing tomorrow at Hawera and the TAB cannot service both venues in that area with their logistics eg Broadcasting

Forgot to mentioned his new owners changed his name - Huge Wave 😂

See this horse had a trial according to a post I saw online in Honkers this morning…so decided to go have a look…looked a little average

My apologies, I did, yes you in the coast have a SimTrack set. So there are quite a few sets in the country. Te Rapa with a bank of 14, will they sell them to another venue that can only run 14 horse only fields?

Starting gates in NZ Whangarei - SimTrack - 14 Avondale - SimTrack - 16 (let’s hope they sell there’s to someone else) Ellerslie - Steriline - 18 Te Rapa - Steriline - 14 + the clip on set of 4 (clip on may or may not belong to Northern Raceday Services) Northern Raceday Services - Steriline - 14 + clip on set with 4 barriers (mobile set) Hawkes Bay - SimTrack - 16 CD Consortium - SimTrack - 14 + the clip on set with 4 barriers. (Mobile set) Riccarton - Steriline - one 18 set & one 14 set. Ashburton - SimTrack - 14 Timaru/Otago/Southland - SimTrack - 14 (mobile set) Wingatui - SimTrack - 14 + clip on set of 6 barriers Invercargill - SimTrack - 14 SimTrack https://simtrack.com.au/starting-gates/ Steriline https://www.sterilineracing.com/our-products/starting-gates/ remember we got rid of all the old caddy gates individual clubs had because they were not getting the maintenance they required, so clubs used shared gates together that were transportable. Looks like we are somewhat going back to clubs having their own stalls. Obviously they will need sheds to be stored in as well, big sheds as they are long and high.

https://amp.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3025638/jockey-club-orders-betfair-cease-and-desist-betting-hong-kong-racing

Obviously not partners with hkjc…hkjc does not offer fixed odds apart from jockey challenge. Would be part of any deal no doubt, partner with us but don’t offer fixed odds