Brodie

These low class race meetings are the way to go rather than Friday nights, in my humble opinion. Thing is that the TAB are not letting punters on for much. It takes very little money for the Bookies to slash odds dramatically. One bet and they show the Fixed Odds fluctuations various times to make it look like there are many punters offloading, when that is not correct!

Be alright if they would let the punters on early! Waste of time bringing odds out early for the mid week Addington meetings if they dont wont let you to wager!!

Correct. They are gambling with other peoples money and not their own. At the end of the day if it is working for the TAB with new punters and increased turnover from what they wouldve got, then its ok!

Nothing wrong with seeing owners celebrate after any win! we need to see more of owners celebrating after any win on Trackside.

We need more and more owners for harness racing to survive in NZ. Canterbury are very lucky to have enthusiasts who give up plenty of time to run syndicates and try and entice new owners in go racing! Nigel Armstrong and Andrew Fitzgerald are doing a great job in in regards to this. Andrew gas a lot more horses being races under his Off n Racing banner , both harness and gallopers. He always explains what the buy in cost is and the monthly charges, and he doesnt have any trouble in selling out the shares in the horses. If you dont like the terms then dont buy into it, and clearly HRNZ has no issues in what he is doing! personally dont think we should be knocking enthusiasts who are genuinely trying to help harness racing. Stonewall also syndicate some of their horses with plenty of owners and their costs and charges are a lot more expensive and yet they havent been mentioned?

SpatchCOCK, BOAY is to express opinions! You are entitled to disagree and say that Out The Gate is great entertainment but from what I have been reading you are the only one that thinks the way you do! Is it responsible betting as the TAB advertises? Also Spatchcock, do you consider it reasonable that the TAB accepts all bets from the OTG boys and yet other punters get restricted to minimal amounts??

How many weeks has out the gate been going now? How many times have they been in Profit Land and how many Loser Land?

They are betting responsibly arent they?? If this Out The Gate is trying to get new punters and young ones to be punting then this is just a very bad look for the TAB!! They have 3 presenters that are betting with gay abandon with other peoples money and none of them would be betting like this if it was their own money. To be betting on almost every race is not betting responsibly! Why are they allowed to wager any amount they want to and yet other punters are restricted to small amounts and blocked from taking some bets? If they want to run a show like this they need people on with knowledge and the ability to make money as what is currently being played is surely taking the piss? Makes you wonder why people are actually buying into the pool?

Colin McLachlan had one or two shoe shops in ChCh for many many years and worked in them till a ripe old age I believe. He trained many winners over the years as mentioned and often drove them himself although couldnt really say that he was overly gifted in the cart. He is not to be confused with the other Colin McLaughlin who was a top trainer of open class horses in the mid 1970’s and dominated many races during that time. They were often bracketed and msny times 3 in the bracket. He had numerous open class horses namely Allakasam, Manawaru, Royal Ascot and one of the ugliest but gifted Manaroa! believe they were driven mostly by someone A Harrison and Felix Newfield, the heavy handed left hander!

Gamma, no one wants Cambridge to go belly up at all! What we need to see is far better decision making from HRNZ. TAB and the Auckland snd Cambridge clubs! Not going to mention names but Cambridge made a not so good decision to bring someone back from Australia, and that backfired on them!

The truth of the matter is that they would not be wagering the way they are with their own money! They have absolute no discipline whatsoever and try to convince us that they know what they are talking about, when none of them actually are that knowledgeable.

Lol, hardly! The thing is it is good that the TAB are trying to attract new punters to their business! They are clearly trying to attract the younger ones, but personally what It is showing is 3 men with betting here there and everywhere and showing that they dont know what they are doing, betting with any responsibility for other peoples money! Are they really wanting punters to be betting like this? Last night they thought it was marvellous that they were in PROFITLAND, they should be in PROFITLAND most weeks as they are allowed on by the TAB to any amount they want, unlike restricted other punters! Yes they made approx. $3k last night on top of the $17k pool they started with, which in effect is approx a 17% profit! Not convinced this format is a winner for racing, but more than happy to not be on the money!

Anyone know where we are with the Franklin sale currently? Do we know whether it looks like a goer bearing in mind it is costing them an absolute packet in interest monthly? Reality is that Auckland and Cambridge both now appear to be cot cases from what I am hearing, and their future is looking decidedly bleak on the face of it!

I think it is great that horses get to race throughout NZ! The problem is that after the Entain money dries up they will not be racing for the stakes that they currently are! HRNZ should not be blowing the money they currently are and have nothing to show for it! They need to wake up and not try and pretend they are the heroes in keeping racing going with the stakes they are paying! The truth if the matter us that racing is really not travelling well at all despite what Brad Steele tries to tell us!

the crazy thing with them celebrating the way they did is even more surprising when it isnt even their money?? you could safely say that Brodie has never been a Swinger lol