curious

Generally 5-7000 volts

Most of them appear to be there. Others probably unlikely starters. There is a fine for late rider declarations.

It's gone to a good cause in the end but that is insane. I know and have worked with a number of kids and families who have been substantially helped by Starship and it has been my primary choice for charitable donations the last 5 or 6 years. That has come to a halt as of this morning. So, a five figure annual sum they will no longer get. I hate to do it but if they start screening donors for involvement in gambling and racing, they probably won't want it anyway.

If the alleged incidents are true, then that should have been dealt with by the RIB (since the parties involved were licence-holders) and/or the police. As to the resolution, I expect RACE will simply tell the TA that this is a matter between RACE and Mr. Vile and that they have no interest in engaging with the TA about it.

I think they are talking about the Gambling Act, not the Racing Act.

Overall Decision 182. Having carefully considered the application in some detail, and having considered the submissions, the officer reports, the evidence and all other relevant matters, the application be granted pursuant to ss 104, 104B, 104D and 108 of the Resource Management Act 1991 subject to the conditions attached in Appendix A. So it appears that the CJC have successfully demolished both the Grand National Stand and the Grand National carnival in the course of the year.

RMA20213921-Commissioner-Decision.pdf

I agree. Haven't seen a roller on a track in decades. Would be madness to run heavy equipment unnecessarily let alone a roller as well on a a track that probably already has compaction problems.

Yes. Starting point 1 month for careless riding causing a fall. Pretty consistent with Oz and elsewhere. One might argue that the Opie incident was verging on reckless but that's not what he was charged with.

And again! Ashburton RC | Saturday 15 October Friday Morning Weather: Fine | Light Frost Track: Soft 5 Moisture Meter: n/s Rail: True Rainfall: Nil Irrigation: Irrigated last night Weather and Track Updated at 7.30am Friday 14 October

Oh no! They irrigated again last night? WTF? It's not like the forecast is for 30 degrees and a howling nor'wester. Thursday Afternoon Weather: Fine | Easterly Wind Track: Soft 5 Moisture Meter: n/s Rail: True Rainfall: Nil Irrigation: Irrigated last night Weather and Track Updated at 4pm Thursday 13 October

Rescheduled for Monday.

OK. I stand corrected. That has changed but not been updated in the venue guidelines. Race Day Track Preparation Process – Mandatory Requirements Clubs should aim to produce a GOOD3 rating (track with good grass coverage and cushion) for the majority of the race meeting. This may result in a track reading in the Dead range being declared on race morning.

That's interesting. I thought the track preparation guidelines said they should aim for a Good 3 on race morning?

You are not the first to raise that question. Hopefully they have now found the tap and turned the bloody thing off.

Maybe, but this sort of stuff just further perpetrates that nonsense. I'm not going to pick it apart. Can't be bothered reading it again but this comment struck me. Bullet point four also describes ‘sport’ as a stakeholder, which is entirely incorrect. Sport supplies the TAB with a product on which to bet, for which they receive a fair fee and fair commission on the profit derived. Sport is simply a supplier. Now, I can't say I've ever heard of a business that doesn't consider their suppliers as key stakeholders. As a supplier, if I thought my customers didn't consider me a key stakeholder in their business, I'd be looking for someone else to supply to. NZSport could do that too. It's like Brian writes this stuff then has a mini-brain explosion every now and then. Can't see how that could make sense to anyone. From Investopedia: What Is a Stakeholder? A stakeholder is a party that has an interest in a company and can either affect or be affected by the business. The primary stakeholders in a typical corporation are its investors, employees, customers, and suppliers.

I wasn't going to read this, let alone bother commenting. These pieces just seem to be a waste of time. There's not a single piece of information in there that I haven't known for days or weeks at least. So what purpose does it serve? The figures all say that the TAB has continuing falling revenue and increasing OPEX. It's only a matter of time before they have to reduce the stakes distribution funding so they don't end up back cap in hand to the taxpayer and government. If they do, I'm pretty sure I know what the answer will be. Sometimes I think BdeL operates in a different era and probably a different planet. The only suggestion is that the codes reclaim their ownership of the TAB citing events from the 50s. That really would be mad even if it had a chance of success which it doesn't. Why would the codes want it? Why would anyone want it? It's a steadily failing business and the codes least of all have the financial resources or skills to run it for however much longer it may last.

https://racingintegrityboard.org.nz/decisions/non-raceday-inquiry-written-reasons-for-decision-delivered-on-27-september-2022-sam-weatherley/

Yes. Reefton was always an important lead up venue for SI trainers pointed to Trentham so it makes sense.

I can probably get it for less if the Reefton Jockey Club would like to sponsor a race.

I thought Reefton might be planning to shout them a corporate box or something. Only 5 grand for a small one,

Haven't been for a couple of years, but unless they want to spend megabucks, for twenty somethings having a social day out, I'd say just a general admission ticket ($50) and mix and mingle from there.

Therein lies both a problem and a very sadly lost opportunity. That stand has always been a white elephant and is now a tired old relic. You can't see anything much from the seated area and with my eyesight these days I can barely see the very poor quality vision on the big screen. There was a great opportunity to refurbish the eastern end of the Grand National Stand with its far superior viewing, glassed in to protect from both the easterlies and northwester and the rest for something else, demolish the Members stand relic and make a decent sized parade ring there. Instead, they have sat on their hands for years and their fate is in the hands of the Commissioner's decision in 3 weeks as to whether they can demolish the National stand or not.

He was but appears to have only stood one season and produced 6 named foals.

Yep. That's her. Apprenticed to Bruce Marsh when Woodville was a famous training centre and the first female to win a Group 1, the NZ Cup on Sirtain (back when that was a famous race).