Brodie

Brad Steele obvious has very low expectations for NZ harness! Happy with the numbers lol! tote pools are the lowest ever I would say? Place pools under $2k, yeah good idea to race Cambridge on a Tuesday night! Lunacy!

Just had a look at the fixed odds for the Cambridge meeting! As a meeting to bet into, what an absolute waste of time! Place Odds are just not worth any effort with the pathetically small fields. This Tuesday Cambridge idea is going to be a massive failure.😞

No the high rollers are nit basically paying for the Slot races now in harness! The Dickheads decided to chuck hundred if thousands into the pot unnecessarily! I firmly believe that harness racing is in serious trouble in the future with many of the decisions that are bring made. They fly someone over from Oz at expense to promote how great Etain are and how rosey the future is with all this extra dollars in stakes going in! Unfortunately it is going to take a lot more than increased stakes for four years when Entain then pull their $! Do they really believe that is enough to entice owners to shell out $3,000 per month to race a horse?

Of course it is good that there is racing at Cambridge giving horses a chance to race, however there are big issues at play. Putting on low class racing st Cambridge on a Tuesday nite is just crucifying them, as turnover will be shite as fields will be pathetically small. Why didnt they at least put them on a Thursday? going to be very interesting to see what the Friday night betting figures are when Auckland is competing with Addington? I do not believe that Entain is going to continue to prop up racing in NZ, they only wanted control of the Sports betting and the smount of money they have put into racing is chicken feed for them!

So they are all financially wealthy, will be the same in NZ slot races! So why on earth is HRNZ putting heaps in when it is not required, as they would run the race anyway as it wont affect the slot holders wealth, but cost the industry?

The fields for Cambridge on Tuesday are not flash and is not going to ptofitable as betting revenue is going to be very low! You can not run a profitable meeting with 7 races and very small fields! Entain/ TAB are delusional if they think that it is a great idea to run these meetings on a Tuesday night as well. the Ozzie will probably clean up and take the NZ dollars back to Ozzie, which is hardly helping the NZ based owners and trainers?

Last race at Cambridge tonight was win by Red Rackham in a 6 horse field. Very interesting that it paid so much more to place than to win? I am not sure of how much wagering went on this meeting but by the look of it there was very little in the win and place pools! I know on Ozzie harness there have been occasions when the place div was more than the win but havent seen it ever on NZ harness! Will be interesting to see just how popular these Tuesday night meetings at Cambridge are going to be?

Bruce Negus improving horses dramatically continued today st Addington. First race Waterholes Road bolted in even when Bruce wasn’t at all confident! Second race a horse that Bruce I don't believe has had for very long, sprints home like a class act and bolts in! Great to see a long time trainer still putting in the hard yards and getting success, when many his age have put their feet up! Need plenty more Bruce Negus’s to keep the industry going.

Carter Dalgety winning races in the United States surely is confirming that Carter Dalgety is the best Junior since Dexter, if not better? Good on him and clearly he will probably end up living snd driving there for awhile.

Obviously he is going to be a top driver and will get plenty of drives in the North due to a shortage of drivers. Next to no Junior drivers races in the North so he no doubt will come down to Canterbury at times to drive.

It appears to be fabrication mostly. The amount doesnt tie in with the odds changes ! Something with very small number of bets and amount can get slashed?

Was great to see David and Stacey White get a Group 1 win with Major Hot in the $150k Queensland Derby. They took over the training of the horse fairly recently from Nathan Purdon and was nice of the owners to let the White’s train him after they had their pride and joy Bet n Win wasnt able to race due to a stone bruise. The couple are clearly doing a good job and might be the tonic they need to get more horses to train! Always good to see the smaller trainers win major races.

The $ Tracker on the new TAB web site is interesting to look at! Does anyone actually know how it actually works? It is obviously being used solely for Fixed Odds, but there seems to be very little correlation to the amount of money being wagered with the market changes? So often it shows very little no. Of bets and amount being wagered on a horse and yet the odds are slashed? It is very difficult to fathom what is going on as the figures just do not tie up with the changes or lack of changes!

Bruce Negus is great for harness. He supports racing big time, in amateur races as well as all the others. He also massively supports female drivers by giving them plenty of opportunities! We need plenty more of Bruce Negus’s!

When Robert Anderson had it, it didnt seem to have much confidence and just appeared to be a battling maiden! The last few starts that Bruce Negus has had it, it is upright and stronger looking and its last few runs have been super tough. Would be interesting to find out what Bruce puts the dramatic improvement down to, as it has been huge?

Bruce Negus has been training Dancing Glenis for about six starts now! The horse was trained by Robert Anderson for its first 32 starts without a win. She showed a modicum of ability but was always giving the others a start as it was kept on the unruly. Was struggling with form and was transferred to Bruce Negus stable. It had a couple of average run down south and then how it turned a corner. It won down south then won next up at Addington like a good horse. Then it paced the whole race for a Junior driver and tonight it went a great race for third after working hard the first lap. Dancing Glenis would have to be the most improved horse in Canterbury over the past month or so? Bruce Negus has worked the oracle with Dancing Glenis!

Who on earth is Google Gav? NZ TAB has a gambling monopoly in NZ!

The NZ TAB has got a monopoly in NZ! There is no other competing gambling agency in NZ for racing and sport! According to Mr Google, TAB NZ is a statutory monopoly for NZ sports betting, including betting on horse racing and greyhound racing! So it is factually correct JJ!

TAB, I do not rely on winning on harness racing from the TAB Bookies!! If I didnt ever have another bet it would not be the end of the world for Brodie! As I say I do not need the money but I wouldnt be bothered punting to win low amounts, as I have other things I can do! No the TAB is not a charity, good pick up! They are a gambling agency with a monopoly in NZ and therefore they should be taking the good with the bad and their business policy is seriously flawed as I have stared many times! Entain has come on board with a 25 year controlling interest in the NZ by stating that they were chucking millions into the stakes for 5 years, guaranteeing current TAB employees for 2 years! We now know that they have broken that guarantee already and laid off heaps of employees and now operate mainly out of Australia. They have introduced several things that appear to have logic to it but then they now make the decisions for 25 years. At the end of the day we will all find out whether selling out to Entain was the right thing to do? The point is that I can not think of any other business in NZ that is currently getting away with treating customers that want to spend large amounts of money with them, that are being penalised by not being able to spend the money!!!!!

so, you reckon I ring the TAB and ask them to drop my restrictions?😂 Yeah that will work, they kept reducing limit until not worth betting online. And yes many years ago it was put to them and computer say NO! All I have ever asked is fairness and equality but that doesnt seem to be something that the TAB want to entertain!

BETCHA that they will not be doing the restricted punters any favours! Going to be interesting to see what it actually is! I can advise them how to increase the TAB turnover though!

What is Betcha?

What is Betcha? Never heard of it?

At the end of the day it is great that we have two forums that we can post on unless we have been banned from either one. The first one that was started, i was banned from because I didnt lick arse, and posted stuff that wasnt in agreeance with the moderator and a couple of his his lickers, However, the fact that he banned me and others I personally take as a compliment because the more intelligent and indeed better punters are now loyal Bit Of A Yarn posters. The fact remains that BOAY is indeed the better site for racing issues rather than the love fest that tends to happen on the other one. Chief runs a very fair site in my opinion and allows us to say what we think. Yes he is passionate about things and if he doesnt agree with you then he will dig his toes in lol. I think it is great that we have different views on things and that is what forums are totally about and that is what BOAY is about and is why it is the Premier Racing site rather than the other one which on the whole is pretty flimsy! Some may like flimsy and that is why they post on the other one. Great to hear from The Galah, and also Walt, who are both intelligent posters and in my mind would love to have them back on contributing! Hope things are improving Walt? We do not have to agree with each other but everyone must admit that “The Brodster” is “always on the money” Love these Sunday meetings! Brad Steele, no mile racing, keep horses need to for qualify, and ask the punters how to increase turnover or you will have no success as a CEO at HRNZ!!!!!!!

We are spoilt on a Sunday, cos they do not use it! Clownsville when they use it!