Brodie

Help! I am totally confused as to what race we are actually talking about where some shenanigans has supposed to have occurred?

Not good if buyer name is We Lie?

Does anyone actually know who this Chinese buyer actually is, and are they financial? It does appear that it could indeed be very shaky, hopefully they settle or the shite will hit the proverbial!

Seems like the only time we hear about these Maori Kings and Maori Queens are when they pass?

Wouldn’t mind actually knowing why exactly is there a Maori King or Queen? What is their role, and do Maori not operate under the NZ monarchy of the King or Queen from Britain? Genuine question as I am not sure why Maori need a king or queen in NZ? Do other nationalities that live in NZ also have a monarchy other than the British one? Does seem a bit weird as Maori I believed was under British rule?

There are heaps of drives that were worse than that drive! Betting on mile racing or 1700m always going to be a risk and probably even more so at a track like Cambridge. It was more the way the sprint race was run rather than the drive , in my opinion! If these Clubs are going to continue to program these sprint races and punters are prepared to wager on them, there are always going to have unlucky runners.

I have just watched the replay of the race as currently not able to watch live, as overseas. personally don’t think she hooked it or it was terribly incompetent. Think it more the fact that it got too far back from the gate over a stupid short distance! To be fair the sprint racing that these clubs continue to program are just not great races to be betting into on the whole, in my opinion. Any qualified horse can run a mile and therefore you have to be so much better if you have a bad draw! Driver drove the horse for luck trying to save ground along the fence but the gaps never came. North Island harness racing is not great betting into compared to the South Island.

They have harmed my gambling more, I would’ve thought? To be fair they have appeared to have loosened up a bit, which is good for racing!

Too much administration, the TAB would be better off bringing back the old website rather than the very poor Ozzie one. There are things that they have introduced which to my mind is not a positive move! I would donate the $50 back to them for them to play fair

If I have, then I haven’t seen it? I would be looking forward to free things and all Betting Restrictions gone?

Quite Senior? Not so much, just about to come onto my prime time in life without doubt! Anything that gives the punter more opportunity to wager is good for racing!

Good to see that the general admission on Cup Day has been reduced this year from $40 to $25. $40 to get in is just too much for what they actually receive, so well done.

I would say that Entain are ripe for the pickings as a takeover target by another betting agency! They do not appear on the face of it to be a successful business which is clearly showing in a lot of their decisions that they have been making! There is no way on earth that Entain will be still solely owning the NZ TAB in 5 years!

Du Val were always going to go bust! Directors had been bust before and the business model they operated under was extremely poor and you would have been financially illiterate to have invested with them!

Chief, what are the murmurings about restrictions? are they going to put more on or make them illegal to restrict?

Has this supposed Chinese buyer actually confirmed and paid a deposit? If he has then there will be a interest penalty for late settlement. However has a sizeable deposit been made or is it pie on the sky stuff hoping it is sold ? The Chinese are to be fair not always the easiest to deal with when it comes to property dealing.

Not sure what is going on? There are people in NZ that wouldn’t even know what harness racing is. You have to tell them that it is the horse racing with carts on the back otherwise they think it is gallops.

Gamma, so what is it that the HRNZ are doing to attract new owners! Nigel Armstrong is getting new owners into new syndicates who then watch the videos etc. and they talk and hopefully introduce new people to harness and hopefully get on course. The breeding incentives so far introduced by HRNZ have all been a total flop so far! They have totally wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars going into slot races that was not required when they need to support the lower racing. If the HRNZ employees were half as enthusiastic and passionate as Nigel Armstrong/Harness Racing Unhinged we would be so much better off. Where are the incentives to get people on course? I can tell you now harness enthusiasts love what Nigel is doing with the videos what is HRNZ doing?

The interesting thing to Brodie’s mind is that the one that seems to be the biggest promoter of harness racing in New Zealand Nigel Armstrong/ Harness Racing Unhinged is actually NOT EMPLOYED BY HRNZ!!! Nigel spends many many hours each week at race meetings and recording at Woodend Beach to try and keep people informed and promote harness. Personally believe that HRNZ are taking advantage of Nigel’s passion for the industry and should be doing more for him. His postings and people watching is growing weekly and not too sure what HRNZ are actually doing to promote and support him?

Gamma stop putting ideas into our trainers heads lol we can not afford to lose anymore trainers

Wish they would give Brodie some extra to punt with. To be fair the restrictions from Entain are now not as low as they were and for that I appreciate them at the moment. Lol If all poor punters were restricted then the racing industry would be finished.

Robbie Close, is he a very underrated driver? I have Always been a bit of a fan of Robbie Close as a driver! His UDR is not as high as many others in Canterbury, but personally feel that he gives most of his drives every opportunity. Tonight at Addington he performed very well, although he was driving for top stables. Robbie has a trainers license which is great and deserves to be given more opportunities to train, however not coming from a known harness racing family would make it more difficult. A nice bloke and always media friendly, so hopefully he remains in the harness industry for many years to come!

It is great that some people are speaking positively since Entain was basically given the rights to the NZTAB for 25 years! Who has heard of a business getting rights to an established business lease for 25 years?? The ones who are salaried paid employees have to speak positively sbout what Entsin are doing with harness or it would not be a great look. Reality is that there is a lot of propaganda being spoken that is just that. The proof will be in what actually happens. Will there be more horses, owners, trainers and punters from an increase in stake money? Brodie personally believes that the increased stake money is good, but not necessarily being distributed correctly. There are so many other issues that requires attention to be resolved and at the end of the day, Entain will want a positive result from the money put in! Haven’t got a lot of confidence however due to some of the very poorly thought out decisions being made, despite the media publicity!!

I can’t even get on anything! Currently overseas and so can not get TAB webbsite to punt, which seems crazy! Anyway havent even looked at the fields on HRNZ so bit of a break for Brodie.

Geez most people will think we are doom and gloomers in regards to the future of harness racing in NZ! I believe just realists, the way things are definitely going, so things need changing. We now know just how in the crap Harness Racing Victoria is financially insolvent! HRNZ and Entain seriously need to look at their current performance and what they are doing to it! There have been several really stupid decisions being made currently, they just dont seem to have anyone with business acumen?