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Have you checked out any racing in Norway,? plenty of harness, only one gallop track, it looks a nice place especially outside the city, lots on you tube aye.

You get to go to Oslo and you are worrying about Auckland/Alexandra Park, Brodie, no one other than those living there give a shit about the place.

Seems many of these places seem to have reduced capacity these days, you notice it when Hagley Park or the Basin are sold out yet there always seems lots of space, might be heath and safety or something, Addington with all those, tables umbrellas must affect capacity, used to be standing room only, times change I guess.

Poor old TAB, judging by the number of positive post on Facebook after Southland won the shield, seems to indicate people do care about the NPC or maybe the way he thinks might be just a Auckland thing, strange indeed😁

What I was thinking though is if the money they are punting isn't their own then they will naturally throw it around willy nilly, not like their own, and if the money is Betchas/TABs then all they are doing is giving on one hand, taking on the other so what is the point, might make sense if any winnings went to charity but as Entain are in this game to make money they would be so tight that in human terms they wouldn't give ya the steam off their shit.

Havnt watched it, bar 5 minutes when flicking chanels, do they start of with a Betting pool and punt away until it's all gone ?

Heaps and heaps of fake stuff on Facebook, but , in the gambling company world, takeover, sell outs are common, so who would know what to believe.

Could be fake news, I guess many hope it is aye.

Galah you note they are boasting about the big surge in betting for the Southern Surge series but they didn't mention the extra races, bigger fields, better dates and stakes but breaking it down is it, increased stakes, increased betting, maybe when it's all broken down, maybe it's exactly the same as last year, but the positives are owners, trainers, drivers get a better return, don't lose sight of the fact Southlands had one of it's best July/August weather for sometime, that helps, often if the weather turns crap sometimes they just pull the pin for a while, nature sometimes works for you sometimes not, exactly the same for dairy farmers.

Now come on Brodie, me old mate TAB 4 EVER will be after you for Auckland bashing.

The biggest problem with NZ Racing is the continual obsession in NZ of worrying about what Australia are doing, but look, different country's, different mentality to gambling, different weather and different populations, has it actually been much different, there are a lot of average stuff in OZ too, it's not all Flemington and Randwick, small crowds here is only the end product of TV, it's made people apathetic, ain't going to change that but Addington can still pack a good crowd on Cup Day.

Had a sleep, nice and peaceful, no traffic and rush rush around here and I'm a wee bit worried for TABs state of mind, regarding his thoughts that no one gives a toss about NPC, not sure if the people at the head of NZ Rugby would agree, where do our next batch of players hone their craft, not sure if Shadbolt saved the South from extinsion, doing nicely as it is really just doing what it is best at , Farming, what the South earns for the Country per capita would outstrip anywhere else, some just don't understand such things. Anyway not much point carrying on this discussion, as it ain't going nowhere.

Maybe you stand to be the Mayor, of Auckland.

HRNZ news item hailing Southern Surge success,significant increase in turnover, didn't mention significant increase in races 11 race cards as opposed to 7, Sundays instead of Thursdays and better fields with bigger stakes, be nice if someone would break it down in real terms before shouting from the rooftops, should factor in Southlands had its best July August weather for many years,just putting it out there.

we all need a laugh sometimes.it gets better near the end

If guy above claims that 90% win and place is fixed then based on 6500 and 3500 =10000 total tote pool would equivilate to 100000, bet win and place, combined, tote and fixed turnover meaning a million turnover on 10 races plus exotics, , now those smaller tote pools may be based on say Friday night Addington, gallops on Saturday might do 45000 win tote so do your sums, I'm not hearing 3 or 4 mill bet on Saturday racing from anywhere, so the claim of 90% fixed sounds like bullshit.

Gee I might need a holiday lol, market mover is in race 3 not 2. number 1.

I correct myself, wasn't a surge race, silly me.

That's a Southern Surge race yet a horse trained in Canterbury, raced in Canterbury lines up today, why or how ? And in race 2 the market mover last time I looked was paying 45 on the tote, open fixed at 126, interesting.

Wonder if TAB popped into Eden Park, not too many there but Auckland have reached a new low in provincial Rugby, joining Harbour and Counties trailing the field, now you see he don't see things as others see things on many things, so laugh if he must but I'm in a very large silent majority who think the same way, I'm still trying to find people around where I am with 6 fingers, maybe he's got his wires crossed. Interestingly a good interview of Peter Williams on the platform the other day of his move to Central Otago, all those years to eventually see the light but we will concede he didn't go to Auckland because he liked the place, he went as his job was there.

In my brief visit shopping yesterday managed to spot a couple more one armed shoppers, personally seems to me be easier to put phone in pocket and use 2 hands.

But it is interesting, betting figures always have been.

I would believe those figures if every meeting was individually displayed in all its glory somsomewhere.

Doomed, if you switch over to Harness Racing 5 or 6 in a race is common and some dont even seem concerned, for now.

Tact McLeod, will be interesting to see if he can reproduce last years efforts., be a hard act to follow.