Brodie

For those punters that want accurate info to assist with their punting, we often do not get it! You look at the weather report online for the Nelson area and it is saying it is fine for many days. And yet if you go to HRNZ web site, it is going to be raining?? This happens quite often with them, so do they know something that the weather forecasters don’t? I appreciate that weather can change but better putting nothing than putting that it is going to rain when it isnt? Or are they putting this up to mislead punters??

Programming by many of the Clubs in NZ is very poor! Nelson deserves what it gets with having these mile races on the second day of their meetings nowadays! Lunacy that they think that mile standing starts on that track is going tonentice punters to wager! Miss away slightly and you might as well pull the horse up? Unfortunately we have got people with very limited business sense continuing to make decisions that are not in the best interests of harness racing! For those that are punting in those miles, all the best as there will be some upsets over that distance you would think?

Not for much longer though, which is unfortunate! Greyhound breed is going to become extinct through stupid legislation!

I appreciate that it is not politically correct, but seriously? How have they all got to be so large? Terrible image for racing!

Heavy Restrictions galore and some options not available to them, how is that fair when others get what they want on and all Options are available to them? Why would Brodie be wagering on the gallops?? Certain to be another losing punter! The reality of is that the TAB make it as hard as they can for the serious punter who know what they are doing! Sometimes wonder whether it is worth the effort due to being treated unfairly, but then the TAB wins!

He made an appearance at Omakau races with Unhinged interviewing him! We get next to nothing out of him or HRNZ and only trading off Entain’s cash splash! Unfortunately the industry is in serious financial trouble and yet they seem to have their heads buried in the sand? If we are wrong about what is happening then you would think that someone would come on BOAY and tell us that we are wrong, wouldn’t you?? Not a single person has defended what HRNZ has been doing in the last few years! You just can not run any business like they have been and expect it to survive! I challenge anyone from HRNZ to come on and defend the decisions they are making to make harness racing flourish!

Stands are rubbish most of the time Taku, why pick on today? lol Not sure why Brad Steele has not said a single thing about them being so poor, do he is clearly happy with them!

Owners will need to make the most of what they are currently receiving in stake money, as there is nothing surer than when Entain pulls the funding in 2 years time, they will be racing for significantly less stake money. If we are only getting 4 horse fields with good stake money how do they think there are going to be more horses than this racing? Unfortunately things are not flash and HRNZ need to quickly acknowledge this fact and make the necessary changes! Business owners and CEO’s need to do best for their business, but is there anyone that thinks that the actions that have been taken since the cash splash is going to be successful??

Chief, if they are a gambling agency and punters aren’t cheating, then how is it right to any degree, that they can let one punter put on as much as they want on a horse and yet another punter backing the same horse, is restricted to a small amount? The Bookies should know the horses, so they put up the odds that they think is right! The fact is that they are losing massive turnover by not allowing punters on for reasonable amounts, and then receives very little more money on that horse on the fixed odds, due to slashing the hell out of the odds, is crazy! The restricted punters would increase the turnover significantly and should be encouraged rather than what they are doing!!! This would make the harness business stronger with all the flow on effects! What other business in NZ is allowed to treat its customer the way the NZ TAB treats its current ones??

So if 4% only win, why is it ok for the TAB to restrict the 4% that win??? The TAB acts with very little integrity! They want to ensure that everyone is a loser, and those that can beat them, they try to eliminate them by big restrictions! The TAB with the monopoly it has has been very bad for the wagering industry.

The thing is the starter needs to command respect from the drivers, or they take the piss which is what happens most of the time! It has come up so many times about the standing starts, the starters don’t seem to care and it is anything goes most of the time! High time the starters take it seriously and are professional, as they just arent currently!

Galah, I was going to make a comment about the Southland standing starts from where the Unruly horses start from lol. You are correct they are often at least 60 metres from the front line horses and he lets them go? They are getting paid for this crap? Not a fair go for anyone! How about some professionalism as it seems like it is just “ it doesnt matter” to them! Brad Steele says nothing yet is supposedly in charge, but doesn't want to get off side with anyone by the look of it?

The state or condition of being substandard! The fact remains that the standing starts have been substandard mostly for years! Punters are being misled or misrepresented by HRNZ by calling them standing starts when mostly they are far from that! Yes some horses stand and others are charging or moving it is just a bag of licorice allsorts as to what you get! Surely it isn't that hard?

The standing starts in the South Island are atrocious and yet they continue to program them? Over the Xmas period there have been far too many false starts and are consistently inconsistent! How on earth the starter is allowed to continue to dish up this amateur stuff is really quite disturbing for the harness industry! And yet a driver is over vigorous in the Stipes opinion gets fined or suspended, but the employees of HRNZ are allowed to get away with substandardness?

Mile racing is terrible to bet into for the serious punter that wants to consistently win! The winners and place getters in mile racing is just so inconsistent and you can not follow firm to much degree. Maybe the Clubs have been told to program these ridiculous short distance races so the punters who are serious dont bother? Anyway the fields at Omakau are good for punting on and should be a good day there, unless it gets too wet!

The two big races at Omakau p. $40k each are over 2000 metres! Wondering why they programmed them over the sprint distance rather than the 2600 metres which would be better viewing and attract more wagering? Not sure why these clubs want to program races over these sprint distances? If you are iut 5he back st Roxburgh then you can forget about it!

Reality is that there would be a heap of horses from NZ that could run 1.50 for the mile on that Menangle track. The Menangle track is very roomy and enables these very fast times but does it really make for great racing?

Taku, you are correct, just an absolute turnoff is the mile racing! Why on earth do they continue to run them? Happy New Year to all!

It would appear to be another meeting where Auckland remains a drain on the coffers and loses money! Looked at the win and place pools for the Auckland Cup not long before the race and $3k in the win and $1500 in the place pool!

Been out so havent watched all the racing from Alexandra Park but the ones I have seen are not overly exciting. Auckland Cup just run was a borefest, and given to Republican Party! Not a great spectacle and very hard to see how Auckland is going to be able to attract new participants to racing?

Mikey, have you ever heard of the NZ TAB actually restricting punters that are losing ? Personally have never heard of this and highly doubt it would happen, they love the losing punters! In fact they totally encourage it by giving them free bets to keep them going.

I am sure the tote pools would have been good at Mot today as they always are at this Xmas meeting. They always get a great crowd when the weather is reasonable, that is not raining! From Trackside viewing It appeared the crowd was not as big as many other years but then again it wasnt all that sunny, so some may have stayed home? Most oncourse would be not regular punters and therefore were probably betting on the tote rather than fixed odds! Still maintain that turnover could double what they are currently taking on harness racing, if they were to be accepting wagering from the punters that want to offload, rather than restricting them to significantly low amounts! What are they scared of, as the odds are always in their favour?

Galah, they are not worried at increasing turnover! They are not wanting punters offloading on harness racing they are wanting losing punters who are not wagering significant amounts! They are not prepared to accept bets of any note and I am constantly hearing of punters receiving nowhere what they want to wager! The decision to sell out to Entain who have no idea about racing by McAnulty, is going to massively back fire on racing. Is anyone getting good amounts on fixed odds consistently??

Yes good punting fields to make money today! Reality is the TAB don’t want the bigger wagering punters!! TAB wanting to increase turnover is bollacks!

Just read the stipes report in regards to the scratching of Hobbs and I would just like for say what a load of BS! Whoever decided that the horse should be scratched under rule 213(1)(e) due to unsatisfactory manners prior to the start must be watching something we havent been watching? Incompetence from the Stipes as the horse was not scratched prior to the start! The horse Hobbs lined up and had played up after the tape was released and therefore should have been declared a starter! The decisions made by these Stipes often are often so poor that we can not have too much confidence in them!