Brodie

Probably agree with you as I wasnt able to talk to any Bookie, just frontline female! People told me to bet on Ozzie accounts but that didnt work! Personally believe that they dont give a rats about their customers and do appear very arrogant. interesting to see what happens, and what the current staff in Wellington are actually doing?

Well done with your winning, however you were a naughty boy for winning 🥇! That is a no no with gambling agencies! They are not there to let punters take money off them, we only welcome losing punters and we will give them bonus bets to keep you with us. I lasted a few months and then just didnt allow any bets on harness racing. They are such bullies and dont play fair, Entain are not the White Knight that the racing industry was looking for unfortunately!

National Weanling Sale was today at Karaka! Had a quick look thru the sale prices and from what I saw it was an absolute shocker for the vendors! One sold for 1K and heaps for $2k, a d just so many for well under the service fee! Will be interesting to see what the median price was and the comments about how successful the sale was? Entain, we have a problem!!!

Take it as a compliment Nowornever.👍

How long did you last over there? They just stopped me and no correspondence could be entered into 😂

Most will be gone, everything out of Oz! Just a stupid idea to sign away for 25 years for what? Decimation of our once great racing industry!

For some reason there is a train of thought by many that Greyhound racing should be ended! Personally I dont really see the need to end it, as it us not really cruel to the dogs at all, as they all love to chase! There are other things that should be finished a long time before greyhound racing like Climate Change Rallies, LGBT Rallies and Lefty idealogies!

$40 per month on greyhounds and $25 per month per gambler on harness? Gee you couldnt really be calling them gamblers could you if they are wagering so little? I was under the impression that the Ozzies were big punters but clearly they arent? How could they be only spending $25 per month, $6 per week, surely not so little?

Good post, and explains clearly why many of the posters on here are fearful for the future of harness racing in NZ! There is absolutely no way on earth that this heavy subsidisation of money can continue to be given to North Island clubs that are under performing! I highly doubt it can be turned around despite the North Island based presenters trying to suggest that things arent that bad, they are deluded! Where is the interest going to come from all of a sudden to improve things? Are we suddenly going to attract new owners, trainers and punters? The TAB have certainly done a great job in putting off the punters with punter restrictions also adopting a ludicrously low AML limit that is not in line with the AML regulations for racing! It is interesting that we do not hear much at all from them, but then again why would we while they are getting paid? That will be stopping in approx. 18 months and then they may well be squawking?? Brodie “on the money”💰

Imperial Command? Might need the run though, bit short of racing?

They arent linking anything! They are closing every Ladbrokes accounts with NZ residents, full stop

Lol, don’t think they will do any real favours for Brodie? Thing is, I think we have to make hay while the sun shines as it is highly likely that Entain will be taken over by a bigger corporate in the next few years! They arent really showing us at all that they have racing interests at heart mid term and they have a few storm clouds circling!

It is all good, Entain have the answer to improve the racing, turnover and amount of horses racing, that no one else came up with! It is just Brilliant! Programme more races!! Just has to work doesnt it?

Yes only bet fixed, Doomed. Havent bet tote since fixed odds came in on racing, snd would never bet tote ever again. Not sure about tote paying more but they certainly wouldn’t if I had a tote bet, with amount in the tote pool I bet into, I would only get my money back! No, don’t back shorties ever, surefire way to be a losing punter! No, don’t back $30 fixed odds win bets either! Lol

$10 wouldve a reasonable amount of money back then! TAB allow me to only net $20 on some bets in 2024?

They arent that welcoming Ladbrokes Australia unless you are donating to their coffers! Show any consistency in winning and they will shut you down, Chief. If the NZ TAB want punters to offload on racing then they need to show that they want punters. Giving some punters free bets or cash bonuses to losing punters is falsifying the true amount being wagered! They will continue to lose punters interests in NZ and they can least afford that to happen in racing! Encourage punting to increase turnover who in turn introduce more punters. some of the decisions they have made are mind numbing stupidity, if they are wanting to make more money, however I do not believe that they are that business savvy!

Lol 2024 not 3024! Not too many of us will be around in 3024!

Yes Saturday nights are far better for getting crowds! people dont have time after work to get out to the trots early enough and would just as easy watch on Trackside from the comfort of their lounge suite! Saturday nites would be far more beneficial to get new people oncourse . Why do you think the Metro courses in Oz race on a Saturday nite?

Just received an email from Ladbrokes stating that all Ladbrokes Australia accounts held by NZ residents are to be closed as from 24/6/3024%, they state that they recently entered into a 25 year partnering agreement with NZ residents with TAB NZ! From that date no more wagering from Ladbrokes Australia accounts, and they need to open a TAB NZ account and get a similar experience to Ladbrokes Australia! Hardly wait, as they didnt treat Brodie that well! Lol Interesting isnt it?

Personally and some will not agree with Brodie, but from what I can see is that Entain has very little interest in NZ harness racing after their guarantee is up! They have sucked in the NZ TAB and McAnulty with their bribes, and when they are finished their is going go be a massive decline in stake money. Once this happens their will be a huge drop off owners and then trainers and horses and it will spiral from there! You can disagree as much as you like but there is very little from Entain that actually shows that they are interested in the NZ harness product! The fact that they have brought out a far inferior Trackside website now being operated out of Oz is clearly showing this! They are very inaccurate, provide poor information and comments that are blatantly poorly thought out and not worth reading! Make the most of what we have got while the guarantee’s are in place as Entain know that it is going to turn to shite!! Where is this Dean Shannon bloke speaking out about the poor decisions being made. Cos he is in it for himself and wont speak out as be is only a figurehead for Entain! Feel free to dispute any of this?

I believe that the most ardent racing enthusiasts get the bug when they are very young. I still remember listening to the wireless radio and having the yellow and greenish colour paper tickets alongside me on a Saturday. Trying to pick up Reg Clapp on A Saturday night and hearing the Magness Benro adds, and the staticy very hard to get Greymouth trots! What we are missing is getting the youngsters along to the course so they can get the harness bug early on! I do not believe that without that, the industry can possibly survive medium term! People of gambling age generally just do not bet the bug from going to Cup Day, they are going there for the social aspect and perving! The clubs and HRNZ need to be doing serious marketing like Harness Racing Unhinged is at least having a go!

Entering thru the gate that people with tickets went through, and pointing around the corner at the turnstiles at Addington, if the men in white coats tried to accoste me! you were meant to be accompanied by an adult if you were under 18! Had a lot of parents back then!

There is if you havent got a cell phone or computer! It would be far easier for the punter and more profitable for the TAB if the details of the tote pools and PLACE ODDS were shoeing on the screen! They wont do this cos their cheap and far worse set up is coming from Ozzie! Ask the Trackside presenters if they like the new set up without the place odds! It is amateur time now, info is inaccurate, comments are shocking!

Ranga are you back on the turps? What on earth are you on about saying that wasnt always the case before? Can you give us all a valid reason why they show only the win odds and not place odds, and how it is any sort of improvement? Decent answer only please!

So they need to be looking on their phones or ipads? Why would they change it from what it was before? Why bother putting up the WIN ODDS then? They are not very professional at all, very Amateur with racing!!!!!