Brodie

FFS Ranga! Get a life, no lies told. The point was that top junior are being lost out of the industry. I don’t keep records or can be bothered with that detail but I do remember him being a champion Junior driver and ai was right on that accord. Graeme Ward was the top Junior of his year in Canterbury where the strongest competition is. Graeme Ward WON a Juniors championship against the rest of all the Juniors or probationary in NZ. If you want to be such a PEDANTIC TOSSER, you are not worth Replying to!!! ?

Correct., so how did you know that it was going to be leaving Craig Buchan’s training ?

Ranga, take your meds! What lies once again?

$51 would have been major overs in a 6 horse field, so they probably just adjusted it as in the other one that long. $20 would’ve shortened it in.

There is always a reason for being repetitive!

Harewood, you are correct that it is more comfortable to be watching the racing from your own home. The ting is though that racing enthusiasts got the racing bug from being oncourse and soaking in the atmosphere years ago. They are the people that are still punting to a smaller degree now than years ago. Reality is that if young ones are not regularly going oncourse and watching racing, I would suggest that it is unlikely that young ones won’t all of a sudden start punting at the local pub or open a TAB account to punt! If new people are not attracted enough to racing and going oncourse there is certainly a huge doubt that there will be enough people continuing to offload on racing, as the existing hardcore punters move on!! You only need to look at a lot of the tote pools nowadays on most meetings and the pools seem so much smaller than they used to. Got no idea how much is wagered on fixed odds either as these are never advertised by the TAB. What I do know is that the TAB are losing a lot of punters By their policies that are designed to eliminate certain punters, but has ongoing bad side effects that can only be fixed by a change of policy.

Used to have some pretty fair goes on the NRL, however hard to follow the form so I don’t bother now. Great win just now for the NZ women’s 9’s over Oz.

Elmer Fudd lol

Enhance Your Calm appeared to be the better trotter when they started against each other. Not sure where Enhance Your Calm is at at the mo, but clearly Oscar has continued to improve.

When Craig Buchan trained him, you seriously couldn’t think that he showed enough to win 2 or 3. You may be correct that he won’t be sold overseas due to his rough gate, however Mark may well send him over to race on the big track at Menangle.

They need to bring them out in The morning of the meeting so that punters can have a go rather than just before the meeting starts.

Greg, most harness enthusiasts are well and truly over the dominance of harness racing by the one stable. Yes, we all know you love them, but I can tell you that there are a heck of a lot more punters that would like to see them training overseas. Does not affect me now as I am not investing while I am classed as a money launderer, however I still look at fields and it is a total turnoff when you see 3 or 4 AllStars horses in a field. While this continues, there are going to be fewer owners and horses involved in NZ. You can keep worshipping but reality is that NZ harness racing is currently at a crossroads and the future is not looking overly rosey in the next decade.

They bring them out too late for TAB agency Punters to have a go. TAB bring them out early and get turnover as that is the only way you are going to get punters offloading if you allow them to. Being Scrooge is not going to work for you and before you know it you will be on the chopping board like TV3

Hunter, I am sure you are right. Personally haven’t gone oncourse to a meeting for a few months now, as if I aren’t allowed to bet without having to prove who I am, they can get stuffed. When they put the camera on the course, you can tell that there is buggerall there now. Reality is that the enthusiasts who used to go all the time oncourse are now just staying at home and watching on Trackside. The major problem is that there are no new people coming to the course unless it is a fundraiser.

Yes there were some very good performances People must get sick of seeing the same stable running 1 2 3 4 in a 7 horse field! I certainly do and this is causing tote pools to not be worth punting into for many punters. When tote pools are far less than the stake for the race, there is a major issue happening.

Think I heard they are only on a Friday night. Wouldn’t think they would allow you to get much on, otherwise there would be too many money launderers having a go.

Always worth viewing when they get beaten!

RITA has got 143 salaried staff earning an average of $150k! WTF???? What on earth are they doing to earn that? Thats right they are taking peoples bets so they can lose and then collect exorbitant salaries! That is if they will let you have a bet! Blatant BS and when costs exceed the stake money paid out to the people that pay the training bills racing is totally stuffed and the RITA board should be disgusted in what they are doing. RIP NZ racing, if things continue like this!

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/insight/audio/2018717980/horse-racing-shake-up-selling-tracks-and-outsourcing-the-tab

Happy, Michael House was on The Box Seat last night. He is definitely still going to go to Manawatu and ramping it up abit as well.

Not a great field but Chaat is not much of a horse.

Interesting how a horse can be improved by swapping trainers! Jamies Bad Boy won its second race tonight at Forbury now trained by Mark Jones. Craig Buchan trained it for many starts and mainly raced at Forbury always against maidens As it couldn’t win a race for him in excess of 35 starts. Showed a little ability every now and then but didn’t really look like it would win a race on many occasions. Mark Jones now trains and won twice and has looked a very fair horse when it has done everything right! Amazing really how they improve when a more professional trainer does things differently and get them fit and keen to race!

Not nasty at all. He is under the non de plume of Spatch Cock, so how is that nasty. Anyway go and watch Forbury.

Think it might have been pacing a lap out

Not nasty at all Ranga! Half of the time you are quite sane, but then you go off like a nutter! Seriously, you lose the plot and I get concerned for you!