Brodie

Ranga, they arent showing it on Trackside, which is where the people they are wanting to get interested are viewing! Entain’s racing arm, are very very average at best, Sport’s is where they are more focused! You only have to look at the TAB website for the racing information, it is extremely inaccurate in many parts! The dollars won etc. are in Aud, the comments in horses performances and fixed odds just do not add up!! The comments about where the early speed and racing position is just atrociously bad, that they neednt bother! Updated form etc. is poor, the HRNZ site is far more beneficial! McAnulty and the TAB should never have sold out to a Corporate that are on the downward spiral! They lost nearly $2 billion NZD in the 2023 year, which shows that they are clearly having major issues!

Michael, why do they only show the Win odds? They need to be showing both for obvious reasons! Sorry, don’t accept charity, you be best to donate the laptop to charity! The Trackside presenters used to discuss the place odds, but now they don’t, and I am sure if you asked them, they would not be happy about many of the changes!!!!!!

Excellent and accurate posting Galah. The popularity of punters still punting on NZ harness is indeed dropping hugely and NZ harness Clubs should be very worried! There are several reasons for this which I nave mentioned numerous times! I was looking at turnover on meetings at Addington during the week. There were pools on the tote of under $2k when I was looking shortly before the start of races. They arent showing this on Trackside as the turnover on the tote is now absolutely pathetic and this is at Addington the best track in NZ! Time that Tab/Entain actually start listening to their long time customers and allow them to participate more freely or yes things are going to continue to decline!!!!!! They are losing their most loyal clientele and that is not how any business can continue but then again Entain wasnt after harness racing, they were after the Sports betting in NZ for 25 long years.

There are just far too many races in NZ that are just not worth betting into, and tgis will continue unless they can have bigger fields. Entain have not done the TAB or racing any favours by not showing the place divs on Trackside!!!!! They show the win odds tote and fixed which is just a waste of time! Say the fixed win is $8 and the tote is $12 so. You would expect the punters to go the tote seem there is a variance wouldnt you? So someone backs on the tote not knowing what the pool is and then it closes at $6! Punters want to know both the win and place and the tote pool! what is the damn point posting only the win odds when many of the horses have no chance of winning and therefore the punters might prefer to back PLACE????? Just crazy some of the things they have done in the last few months! There has to be some reason to the madness?

AllStars just arent as dominant as they were a year or so ago! Mark has got other things on his mind, he has clearly stated this! You can not really blame him for losing a bit of interest as just like male stallions they lose interest in racing at some stage and therefore retire from racing ! You need to be so dedicated to be getting up very early in the morning and finish late, 7 days a week and to the scale that MArk and Natalie and co. have been operating under. Without Mark on the scene there is no doubt they will not be operating at the same level and if the current owners are not getting the same results they have been over the last few years, they will spread their horses around to other trainers! This has already started to occur as most of us know that the training costs to have a horse trained at the AllStars is not chicken feed! Personally wish Nathan and Michael all the best with the training at AllStars as they have massive boots to fill!

Not sure where the TAB/ Entain are getting their info from??? You would have to be slightly deluded if you think that the site is better than what we had before 🤣 The info and comments are shockingly poor compared to what the TAB site used to have, it is definitely a step backwards for racing in NZ! Natives Inferno ran second on Wednesday at Addington and today is Sunday and the site has not updated the form on it, despite it opening up very short so the Bookies know it ran second or it wouldve opened longer. Speedmap has it leading lol It has drawn 1 and is not fast away from a stand ever! They shouldve left the site as it was but then they just do not care!

Have seen some less than average stands in the South Island as well though Galah! Just a raffle these stands

What has changed then, surely changing regime hasn't altered?

Lol You really think that Brodie is interested in having a go on The gallops????? Bonus cash of $50 😂 Personally don’t touch gallopers and also $50 bonus cash barely pays for anything, and not even slightly enticing Newmarket. Have a word to them and allow punters on for reasonable amounts and Brodie doesn’t want their Bonus Cash or Bonus Bets!!!

We need to retain and have new owners entering the industry! Without a new generation prepared to shell out big money for monthly training, then harness will be doomed! We need big paying owners as well but they need to be introducing new participants as well! All Punters need to be given a fair go as well!

Fair enough if you are back punting due to Promos and App! Not sure what Promo’s are attracting you and what is positive about the App? Personally not seeing many positives at all for punters or the industry medium term?

Dylan drove for Rogerson tonight! They clearly are now not training in partnership now, for some reason? Wouldnt think Graeme Rogerson would be doing any work in harness but probably retained Dylan for being foreman in charge?

It is a major step back from what we did have! Inaccuracies are everywhere and as for the comments on the horses lol 😂 Entain will not care as they have control now for 25 years and are relying on enough mug punters to offload on there crap races from all around the world! McAnulty should never have signed off on the 25 year deal to Entain, but then again no one in Liebour had any business senses whatsoever!

Na didnt back anything. Liked 2 both got in and both driven by Kyle C. The fields were not great with so few starters and generally odds too short! Looked at one race and the place pool for tote for all of NZ was less than Brodie will offload on a race fixed!! George Elliot was a cert on paper with Trevor not in the cart!

Yep. Hear you on Hope For Love lol Wasnt on her on this past Sunday but she was driven in front, when that doesnt suit her? Thing is some punters know horses better than their drivers😂

Have watched that race and would agree Brent Barclay best move would have been to hook out and go parked! However we all know in all races there are poor drives! What I shake my head at is when a driver is 3 back the fence and travelling well. They decide to come off the fence on the bend and never get a run full of running! The horse 4 back on the fence gets a run up the inside and wins or places a d you are still looking for a run. It happens all the time, and generally from drivers with the low UDR’s as the better drivers will stay the fence if they are only 3 back! Anyway race is over and I doubt Entain will care as they collected off the win punters. Tomorrows fields at Addington Wednesday meeting are disappointing, 7 races and 3 have only 7 starters! Do we need so many meetings in Canterbury at this time of year, as it probably wont improve?

You can tell who are going to be good drivers early on. When interviewed they are fluent and confident in what they say, whereas the nesitant ones with their speech are hesitant with their driving, Carter Dalgety, easily our best Junior at the moment and probably ever, speaks confidently and well and this shows up in his driving! Dexter, Blair, John Dunn, Mark Purdon, Nat Rasmussen, Tony H, Robbie C and there are many others all have a very good UDR, and all good in interviews! It is no coincidence!

Good Time Betty was a good horse on Sunday! Peter must be well into his 80’s?

Agreed, there is no consistency in a lot of what is going on in harness at the mo! Several reinsman every meeting getting warned or fined for being in breach of the stupid whip rule that is currently in place! Personally as a punter think there is bigger issues that the Stipes should be worrying about rather than fining drivers that are trying to actually win the race! As a punter, I have a bigger issue with drivers that deliberately head down to the fence to be 5 back, when they could be 3 back in the running line!!!!!!!! The Stipes should be warning THOSE DRIVERS that are nlt giving their horse much chance than fining and warning those that actually want to win! They currently have it TOTALLY WRONG and to my mind that undermines the integrity more than the blatantly stupid whip rule that needs GONE! It is blatantly obvious obvious why our leading driver’s UDR are so much higher than the other drivers that have low UDR ratings! Their IQ and ability to read a race and the desire to do best by the owner is clear to see. There are too many drivers that go out to collect the driving fee and see what is going to happen in the race, and have no serious intent to actually influence the horses chances of winning! The current rating system that is in play also has a big influence on how serious some trainers and drivers are, and until that is changed there will be inconsistencies!

No comment! For some reason $3.40 on the tote?

Correct, it had been going not too bad,looked a cert to run a place today, in that field! If you watched the last time it ran over the distance at Ashburton in November it was always going to be in the money. It is more of a sprinter than stayer. Peter Yeatman must be a fair age now?

To be fair the harness info is crap as well, so you can not just pick on the gallop’s. The info is already there, dont need those comments that add nothing. The HRNZ site is so much better, and unfortunately the sell out to Entain apart from the increased stake money for a few years is really the only benefit! Love the comments when they say they dont rate the chances and then they open it at short odds fixed !

Fixed odds under top 2 3 4

10.45 and no fixed odds up at the mo. You couldn’t really be saying that since the Ozzie new web site platform was brought in, things have improved for the better for NZ!

You are lucky, I havent had them up on my Ipad at all! Thing is they put them up and then take them down when they want to! Reality is that they do not give a rats about racing in NZ, we have to accept that, as when McAnulty and Co. signed off on a 25 year deal with Entain, it was going to be the death knell for it! The consequences are massive for everyone in the industry!