curious

Exactly. Just like to see more sign of them doing that.

It had already been formed and met when it was first announced. Birnie and TAB NZ chief executive Nick Roberts say the advisory committee will report back to their organisation in the first instance and recommendations can be passed on to the Racing Minister, Entain or the codes, or in some cases all three. “It is amazing to see so many of the industry’s genuine leaders wanting to give back their knowledge,” says Birnie. “To see Chris Waller fly in for 18 hours on Wednesday night to lend his knowledge is quite humbling when you think how busy he would be this week.”
 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/racing/racing-heavyweights-to-have-greater-role-in-its-direction/RNQFGP4AVNBLXIQBTKIIMQJTNQ/

Well they allocate the funding to the codes don't they? So, I'd think he would have ideas about how that should be done, any conditions on that subject to legislation, etc.? Also, currently whether any of the extra legislative net payment should be distributed or kept in reserve, whether or not they should part fund the greyhound rehoming. Those sort of things and his familiarity with the Oz situation would probably be useful alongside his broader business acumen from within the industry.

Do you mean the Vela advisory committee? That is advisory to TABNZ. Nothing to do with NZTR if that's what you mean.

How long will the course have to be closed for racing while they fill and compact the hole?

But NZTR found 90k to enhance the usual G! 400k for that race. Wouldn't that be better spent on the toilets and possibly the timing system? I fail to see why they continue to throw money at stakes at the expense of infrastructure. There is simply no case for it. The only viable training centre in the country might be Cambridge? The rest all lose money from that.

10k

Yet they have the money to keep the now G2 Thorndon Mile stake at $500,000!

Don't you think those issues could at least be mitigated with a new contemporary irrigation system (though let's see if they've managed to get that right at Riccarton or not), and an appropriate aeration and renovation programme?

I certainly see in the below, no reason for that. Thomass Special Needs 4.8k Posted yesterday at 12:16 PM What a talent this apprentice is Intelligent on and off the horse...interviews brilliantly with incisive comments beyond her years However over the years talented apprentices also tend to have brain explosions...their want of success is that great Hayley appears to be no exception As per normal every winter she failed to ride her mount out to the finish midweek...stipes wiping her out for a month Saturday to Riccarton and desperate to win before the month holiday she strikes her mount REVERBERATIONS 11 times before the hundy where 5 is the limit Should've been DQ'd but our weak as f rules not only allowed to keep her 3rd place fee but also the owners their 4k Got 5 more days In the meantime fellow talented App Elen Nicholas is on fire after a dreadful injury run Such is the life of a jockey

Was only there once with a horse I raced in 95. Was sure we got up. Centre of the track from last on the turn. R S Bruce. Didn't appreciate the 45 degree angle of the finish line obviously and we ran second.

Lisa McGregor. Video player NZRacing_2025 09 16_13 26 42_1_602.mp4

Couldn't agree more. He tells Ballesty what he wants to hear and gets that. No hard questions from the other side of the argument or exploring the detail of what Ballesty raised. Not really a lot of use to anybody, least of all the industry as a whole.

Probably because he's partially right. The charges relate to events from 2014 through 2024. Entain made the acquisitions in 2018

That's true, though the track itself isn't too bad imo.