Brodie

Na, got the first four!

They will be cutting them by a lot more than 10% after the 2028 season without doubt! If the TAB continue to restrict punters to pathetically low amounts they currently are, then they are going to have reduced turnover on racing in the years ahead. They are just not attracting new punters on racing despite what they are quoting!

Suggestion to increase turnover! TAB Bookies accept the wagering from the Punters! Run races that are enticing for the Punters! Not miles! There is so much more that would increase turnover and not giving away free bets, which surely is a costly exercise?

You probably won’t Galah! Delusion is not flattering!

3 horse field is going to be a borefest for everyone. Anyway Brad Steele thinks there is positivity in peoples mindset, so that is all good! Why was their my mindset not that good in the first place, nothing at all to do with how HRNZ has been managed in recent years?

Does HRNZ put any $ into this race or is it all Caduceus club? Just crazy to run it as a tote race! Where are all the 2 year old paid up fillies?

Gamma, no point debating with you as you are living in the past! Reality is that Brad Steele was detrimental to harness as CEO at HRNZ while he was there! Do not give a Rats what he did at Redcliffe, he was well past his best when he was appointed CEO of HRNZ by his mate! When you think Nigel Armstrong of Harness Racing Unhinged is Neill Armstrong who supposedly walked in the moon, you are not functioning 100%! Stupid ATC appointing him as the new CEO just shows how incompetent ATC is and they are aint getting out of their financial predicament unfortunately! Their product does not entice people to enter the game any more. You can go on about McKendry, Herlihy etc. from decades ago but at the end of the day, they continue to pay approx. $500k each and every month in interest. They will continue to go backwards unless you have a way they can turn things around??

“There was a genuine feeling that Auckland harness racing can once again become a growth story” Seriously deluded Brad Steele if you believe that the industry’ mindset is changing??? Auckland racing is an absolute disaster, and time people stated the truth, without the delusional statements!!! !! Mr Steele, how are you going to get the ATC out of the shite, especially seem how poorly HRNZ was run financially, when you were the CEO there???

Why be so negative? Brad Steele is the new CEO of the ATC? Surely he can bring the expertise that he showed at HRNZ? What could possibly go wrong?

Auckland nowadays is massively made up of older people or immigrants, many people have moved South to where they can have a better lifestyle than in Auckland! Reality is that the immigrants don’t bet on harness racing nor interested in Rugby! Fact!

From my perspective, they generally win their races when they draw well and lead or trail and sprint home well. They don’t generally win when they draw bad and have to do a bit of work, but obviously their best ones can! They have been winning more in the North as they have now put Mckendry on most of them, which has helped things. Stonewall spends a helluva lot of money buying horses and has a lot of known horse people working for them! A big operation indeed and very costly so would be interesting to know what the financial loss would be most years for Stockmann, not that he can’t afford it probably?

Anyone know why the Stonewall/Telfer trained horses are the most erratic horses in the country! There has never been a stable that has so many horses gallop in their races! They dont appear badly gaited, but there has to be a reason why so many gallop out of their gear, free of interference?

Personally thought Part 2 was not really gelling us anything of certainty. Part one was ok, they at least acknowledged that racing in NZ is certainly in trouble financially. Not sure how people still can not understand that Entain did not want the NZ TAB flr horse racing???? They want it for sports and online gambling, that is what Entain is about! They do not care if racing crashes and burns! The stake money that has been paid out by HRNZ has just been crazy for what the profit was! I am predicting in 2 years time when Entain’s 5 years is up, is going to be slashed massively! NZ TAB have made stupid decisions as well and het they do not seem to be under the spotlight L

Yes there has to be integrity in harness racing. The thing is there was never a case to answer for that could not be handled by RIU rather than the Police! I have heard many sides to what the Police were trying to prove and seriously if what I heard, it was making a mountain out if a molehill!

Why would Dexter need to drive in NZ again when he is creaming it in the States? He will be financially set up for life by now anyway! He will be not be getting up early and working horses in the cold! Regards Operation Inca, it was a Clown Show from day one and didnt get any better. It cost the Harness Industry big time both financially and emotionally and HRNZ shouldve pulled the plug early on.