curious

Maybe to make sure the roses are right for cup week?

That's the ratio. Turnover to stakes, not the percentage, stakes to turnover, so $1,903,756/176,000 = 10.82. But yes, the likes of Kumara might go close to covering stakes on net revenue.

Here's the bottom 20 on that basis for comparison. @TAB For Ever may like to comment.

Yep as from the data set above. So, as you say, if you estimate revenue, the order will remain the same.

Another successful trial set of jump outs at Rangiora this morning. Really, what a waste of a super draining winter track. Probably about a soft 6. Riccarton reporting a H10 this morning.

Yes. That's the total meeting turnover.

I don't have that data. Do you? Or can you get it?

Top 20 Total meeting turnover to stakes during that period.

Here's this season's TR data thru February. Should be available on request or at least by OIA. NZ TAB TR data 23-24 thru Feb.xlsx

https://www.racingnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Racing-NSW-Draft-Strategic-Plan-2024.pdf

Changed about 15 or so years ago when revenue from races pretty much covered stakes. Now on average half that. Love to have that data if you can get it anymore. Happy to analyse it if you can.

I think you've entirely missed the point here @TAB For Ever. What RV have done here is exactly what you say, reduced stakes for some top races with funds redistributed to boost grassroots initiatives. So, for example, taking prize money from the All Star and Australian Cup and diverting it to both boost money for other top level races where warranted as well as lower level races, picnic meetings in particular, by 40%. This appears to be driven by the downturn in wagering and is designed to maximise returns to participants and owners, apparently to bring prize money more into line with the wagering revenue generated by events. That is not what is happening here if you haven't noticed. General stakes increases that you have noted are NOT in line with the relative wagering revenue generated by those events, even though they may have been increased. It's that misalignment that RV seem to be trying to remedy but has become increasingly out of whack here.

One last year that day. the 8th, 2023. Won a race that day so remember it well. Twilight meeting.

Pity that's not often displayed by the ones they send over here.

Totally opposite strategy to the one embarked on here. You have to wonder how such different strategies could emerge from similar organisations. Maybe because they don't have the taxpayer and other subsidisation that we do?

And pretty old and tired now. What 40 years later?

Not sure why you are disinclined to help us out on that @Huey?

new?

creeping?

You mean my cache?

The tragedy for me here is that even though he knew he had consumed the cocaine, he rocked up to race ride anyway without at least getting tested to make sure he was clear first. Also odd is that there is evidence from an "un-named" expert saying that she’s never had a case where a person has used cocaine by way of ingestion through drinking. Coca tea is widely used and legal in Argentina and some other South American countries at least. Even the pope was reported as drinking it at some stage. It is a part of traditional indigenous medical practice there. I'm not for a minute suggesting its presence in a jockey's system on race day should be condoned but there do seem to be some odd things about this case, including that only 20 riders were tested. There's no indication in the report about how they were selected.

Website. I don't use the app.

Oops. That should have read, does it need some sort of help?

Why? It needs some sort of help.

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