mikeynz

Dairy farming should be making hay while the sun shines, never trust those fuckers over there.

Nice to know I'm not the only one. Wouldn't be hard and wouldn't be costly to satisfy race followers., that saturday afternoon show knocking off at 5 when all the barrage of top racing from oz is just starting is mind boggling.

Hey nomates, you dropped off the radar for a while, was wondering if you were coming back, not that much has changed. I often listen online to sport, football and the tennis, it's interesting the number of e mails they get and read out from around the world and what the people are doing so tv is not a option at the time. I think racing understimates and is doing it self a disservice, at the weekend especially with crap coverage, you know my thoughts about that radio station beginning with s that I listen only to occasionally as a sports station, they are ok, racing dont seem to fit their agenda it seems. The tennis is a world class event, lots of the late saturday racing from oz is too, the TAB need to pull finger on this one,(my thoughts). I believe a online radio station on saturdays and big days seems logical, days like today, who cares. You suggested the TAB simulcast both channels separately, good idea, cant be hard, the present simulcast is shit, radio is to inform and entertain and this industry that relies solely on the gambling dollar needs to engage as many as it can. Just a add on why racing dont have a big prize similar to lotto to engage people at the weekend also baffles me, lots of people I know will buy lotto or powerball tickets in the hope of being lucky,or rich, even I do, fuck all even know where the races are being run, probably except for a certain race from Melbourne in early November. All very fine channeling lots of funds into Trackside TV but audio coverage will engage more followers, a lot I think have been lost, maybe for good. I'm warming more to online radio, still like traditional radio but times change, a balance between both forms cant be that hard to implement, simple really.

Looking at fields one would not see any difference as if was on the grass, just a observation. Wingatui fields ok considering it's now june.

Have a listen to the tennis online from France now and see how online radio works, then listen to racing online from the TAB, chalk and cheese, I've always said the TAB is treating listeners as idiots but we seem to accept mediocrity.

Based on those figures/cost it would be fair to assume that people on the minimum wage may not be getting into horse ownership in the present economic climate.

Did ya stack plenty on the place on Alexy 7 70 on the tote, easy money😁

So once again what's the limit on place bets, top 4, head to head in rugby, tennis basketball etc etc,can anyone tell me? In 2015 a punter bet 130000 on the ABS to not win the world cup, to pocket 71000 profit. Strangely on the final TAB took a bet of 220000 or something similar in ABS to win, would have been the same punter covering his losses, the ABS won and he got his dosh back but could have lost heavily if Aussie had won. So how much can a punter bet on Djokovic winning the tennis, how much could one bet live when hes a dollar three and a certainty?. A dollar three may not seem much but if you had a hundred grand on it 3 grand in no time, would they accept the bet? I've never heard of these big bets, maybe the TAB only accept those that will most likely lose but not those that will most likely win. Maybe I'm sounding a bit confused but big massive bets seem to be few and far between.

So this is So ok, this new limit is for fixed odds win, so effectively there must be limits on top 3, finishing in first four, you never hear of any massive bets on rugby as such like the Crusaders at $1.13 leading with 6 minutes to go,maybe they do happen, seems to me if they didnt have limits somewhere then it would be easy to scalp the TAB completely of funds.

Some of this is over my head, but how does one get on with place bets, maybe finishing in the first four, there must be lots of limits on sports as in head to heads, over and unders in Football,(goals)and points in Basketball etc etc Seems to me that no matter what happens the house will probably still win more often than not.

yea but you win some you lose some,Sundees Son would have cost some a lot,i bet few would have bet against it.

I've never understood the restrictions, so it's not the amount you can bet but the amount you can win ? That obviously would be on fixed win and place? There must be restrictions on some with sports betting as well ? I am restricted but I restrict myself on the amount I can lose.

Wonder how round 2 will go tonight.

Hey, Doomed me again, hypothetically if harness wanted to scrub Washdyke and Orari based on the fact that they keep Oamaru, one venue between Timaru and Oamaru what would the gallopers do, logic to me would suggest scrub Oamaru and retain Washdyke ,do the codes work in unison,? Maybe if Orari was to go ,any reason why not race Washdyke on the grass, if Oamaru closed for gallops move meetings to Washdyke. I guess if Washdyke and Rangiora closed for harness then the meetings would probably move to Addington, more and more of the same old same old, oh well the powers that be know best. The problem with Timaru harness is the meetings are very low key the gallops the same but shouldn't be, take away harness from Timaru now and the venue is hardly used yet strangely the same is happening now at Gore, since the trots left it's gone from about 10 days to just 7 strange as they dont even run trials or workouts at Gore yet then strangely they race 2 days of. trots on the grass despite that arsehole crossing. I guess the debate will go on and on, I only started posting here about the time they made all the cuts proposals 2 years ago, we all have our thoughts, I wonder what the landscape will be like in 2 more years time, whatever way one looks at things harness is only a shadow of what it once was.

Hey doomed I thought you might have been taking the piss but I'm just reading the article you are talking about, on another note I reac Blair Edie the southern trainer has stopped racing for now, no track work rider, so difficult times indeed.

I read two years ago they were scrubbing Timaru and Geraldine, yet last year Geraldine after surviving got another day, Timaru have 5, not great ones but still 5, lots of mixed messages.

Interesting, all heavy tracks around the country yet Wingatui has a good 4, I reckon that's a misprint.

Might have been born on February 29.

Maybe there is a loyalty to places like Timaru just to keep them going, and on a different tangent Alexy is back,cant have liked being left at home as he was hardly ever there, bit of a shame he missed THE RACE, would have been a good leadup to the winter circuit😃. In all seriousness though you do wonder if there is too much racing, there definatly is too much average stuff yet the powers that be claim things are going well, are they though?

Maybe all the horsey people will be at home enthralled by the Auckland cup night. Just think a diet of Friday and Sundays all winter, thrilling. i imagine there is a Sunday meet as well somewhere so is there overkill? As for the trot night concept, bar all the technology issues is the racing actually good enough to justify its own channel?

Interesting that on feature days like Wingatui the $40000 races are now 35 and the $35000 0nes are 30, seems the stakes levels have reached their level. As for sports betting funding be interesting to know how much goes back to sport and how much elsewhere as in stakes etc etc. Good noms for Wingatui too by the way.

Very interesting numbers for Avondale,big numbers on a heavy 10 only a week after Cambridge had fuck all, why that love racing site dont follow the harness site for reading fields and results is beyond me, just a add on that comment.

Ok people I did some research, for those interested....................8 starts 1 win, strange as it on the poly track at Sunshine Coast.. 6 horses , race net info seems very precise. ,

Has he gone to oz by now and if so has he had any runners, be interested to see how he fares, if his team like wet tracks might have gone to the right place it seems. Actually gunna do some research so maybe this thread might be pointless.