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Maybe but whether that will be in time to have horses ready for an October HB spring carnival is one question. The other is that knowing how to do it and actually doing it are two different things. There wasn't much sign of that at level 2 and 3 here from what I saw and heard.

And I guess we have to first wait and see whether or not there will be a HB spring carnival at least one that looks like the one we know.

Maybe but they've been doing that for years and I don't see it happening unless they get this draconian and illegal legislation through and I can't see that happening either.

Blurs a lot of things. It IS a bit of a blur.

Why would RITA want to close tracks? Can't see why they would care. They just want us producing product for them to take bets on don't they?

The spread of COVID-19 is based on two factors. 1: How dense the population is. 2: How dense the population is.

There are two different scenarios here. One is businesses that are likely to have similar levels of business post-covid as pre-covid. They need to do what they can to retain employees for re-opening. Many may need more at least temporarily to cope with backlogs and demand and possibly to manage level 2 and 3 protocols. Others like Air NZ which predict a 90% reduction in business will not need large numbers of staff hence redundancies are inevitable and they might as well be getting on with them. I'd expect RITA would be closer to the latter category than the former though it's hard to know when we don't even have the half-year report let alone any indication of what they expect going forward.

Isn't the idea to avoid layoffs by providing businesses a means of retaining and paying (at least something) staff to keep them on during the closure period) so they are there ready to go at restart?

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated RACING AT AWAPUNI COMBINED ENTERPRISE INCORPORATED 32 $150,000.00 08/04/2020

I was trying to figure out what they all do or are doing? I could see a case for about half that with the events, market etc. and there are evidently a few part timers in there. It appears there are salary/wage costs of about 250k directly related to race days and about $1.25m associated with the catering/function business.

There's a provision for new businesses that don't have year old revenue figures so they have to show that revenue this year has dropped 30% from a month preceding COVID to a month following it.

Yes, it's 12 weeks @ $585= $7020 for each employee working 20+ hours per week.

What I can't work out is how the codes would meet the 30% year on year drop in revenue requirement? Has that been indicated to member clubs?

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated BALLYMORE STABLES NZ LIMITED 13 $91,384.80 08/04/202

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated WEXFORD STABLES LIMITED 15 $99,784.80 08/04/2020

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB INCORPORATED 5 $29,488.80 08/04/2020

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated CAMBRIDGE JOCKEY CLUB 16 $109,644.00 08/04/2020 CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB 32 $205,140.00 08/04/2020 TE AROHA JOCKEY CLUB INC 7 $49,207.20 08/04/2020 WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB INC 9 $49,118.40 08/04/2020 AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB INCORPORATED

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated WAIKATO RACING CLUB 7 $46,377.60 08/04/2020 WAIPA RACING CLUB INC 5 $32,318.40 08/04/2020 WHANGAREI RACING CLUB 4 $28,118.40 08/04/2020 ROTORUA RACING CLUB INC 19 $91,118.40 08/04/2020 AUCKLAND RACING CLUB INC 80 $525,309.60 08/04/2020

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB 32 $205,140.00 08/04/2020

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated RACING INDUSTRY TRANSITION AGENCY 595 $4,075,087.20 08/04/2020

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated HARNESS RACING NEW ZEALAND INC. 22 $154,651.20 08/04/2020

Business Name Number of employees paid Total amount paid Last updated NEW ZEALAND THOROUGHBRED RACING INCORPORATED 40 $278,354.40 08/04/2020

Saw that and wondered the same.

Good idea. Ideal if they do manage to get cracking over winter.

I thought it was a brilliant idea to conduct racing close to the main horse populations. I wonder who thought of that. Of course finding suitable racing surfaces in those proximities that many would want to race on may be another issue.