curious

Most around here well know of Jim Lalor.

Peach of a ride.

Even the breeders that support it would benefit from that model because it would be legit black type on catalogue pages rather than a restricted race that most won't give much credence to.

Total waste of industry funds. If they wanted to make the race open to all comers with NZB funding a bonus for sales graduates then fine. That would also allow it to achieve the Group status it would otherwise deserve. Simple really.

Yes. I agree.

Maybe they forgot to put the 7" compacted layer on and just put the loose fill on top of the road?

Other notable signals from a number of trainers to. I think Tony Pike had one at the AW trials and something like 8 a week later at Matamata. Wasn't he a strong advocate for the AWT?

Didn't really need to call ..... Synthetic Surface Gets Thumbs Down in Australia Sponsored by: by Paulick Report Staff | 06.30.2013 | 2:36pm Polytrack Australian taxpayers shelled out $20 million for an artificial surface at Clifford Park in Toowoomba four years ago, and will now be paying $7 million to switch back to grass. The Racing Queensland board pushed for switch to synthetic in hopes it would be easier to manage during droughts, but now officials say the decision is one of many made by the former Labor-aligned board that is now under investigation. Current chief executive Adam Carter says officials believe the surface was put in without proper drainage or layering systems, and have discovered that most documentation related to the surface switch was missing. Fields have dropped 30 percent, and wagering at Clifford has fallen 25 percent in the last two years due to the surface. “Synthetic tracks don't work overseas and in Toowoomba, where the temperature can go from the low digits to 40C, it couldn't work because it would be gluey in the summer and hard as bitumen in the winter,” said trainer Darryl Gollan.

Still think it's mad putting in a polytrack in NZ without a high calibre irrigation system. Time will tell I guess.

ffs

True. But he had a case there. I don't see one here ... yet.

It is very difficult to imagine what grounds they might have for a Judicial Review of the appeal process.

Another appeal against the appeal decision?

Yes, it was 12k to assist with the upgrade of the Kumara track made in Feb 20.

You simply don't get it do you? The primary object of the Westland club is to conduct race meetings at their home course in Hokitika. The right to do so was removed by the RB and NZTR. The purpose and intent of their constitution is quite clear. In the event of dissolution, subject to legislative requirements, "The Club will seek NZTR approval to dispose of surplus assets for the benefit of residents of Westland". All they have done is pre-empted the NZTR approval of that by acting as and when they did. There never was an object or intent to provide for the "betterment of West Coast racing" though they appear to be doing that anyway by supporting this petition and the loan to Kumara, for example.

Why? They are a viable racing club with money in the bank, loaned money to Kumara last season and are supporting the idea of a 4th day in the circuit. They don't need land for that do they? Nor any more money for that matter.

I'd say it was more like the industry gave them the finger, possibly a couple and they reacted as they did which seems appropriate to me in the face of that kind of treatment.

I don't have a major problem with the ad either if that's what they want to do, however, I question the veracity of the $80m figure and wonder how that was arrived at and whether it meets advertising standards. Also, if I do say $1m per year of turnover with overseas operators and almost never watch trackside, what is the use of it even if it is effective? Not much use if it doesn't reach me. I'd never seen it either till it was posted on the NZTAB site.

You could take an all up?

What rule is that? They are required to be ridden in front of the stand though the stipes can exempt that from memory.

Are they there to bury the dead, or maybe test if they can get the drainage water to run below the water table level?

How else would they get them? Illegally? I did check some out a couple of weeks ago for a possible bet but there was no pricing and the races came up as abandoned before they were run.

I take it you mean the breeding industry?