Brodie

Yes it is a choice Galah whether they wear a mask still or not! That does not alter the fact that they are Dickheads if they are still wearing them! Sorry but how could any respect someone who continues to wear a mask when it has no benefit whatsoever and quite the opposite. If you are worried about catching stuff still you are always going to always wear one, as viruses are always going to be with us! They are doing more damage to their lungs than catching a mild virus that has been grossly over done.

if anyone at HRNZ are still wearing masks then they deserve the “Don’t come Monday” Only total Dickheads wear masks now and if their thought process is that masks protect them from catching the “Deadly Covid” then they have nothing between the ears! It is now a know fact that being jabbed is bad fir your health and Pfizer has admitted it never stopped transmission, that is the repugnant thing about the BS we have had for well over 2 years!! You are either disqualified or you arent and the stupid decisions are continuing to made!

Lol Blackie , they would bet on flies racing! It is the challenge I enjoy, sorting out my own rather than others! The NZ TAB are a monopoly that just do not play fair😩

I think you will find the turnover is also hugely boosted by the TAB giving back heaps in Bonus Bets like nothing else on earth. Do I believe that TAB turnover is increasing by more punters betting, then no I dont! Most meetings around NZ have buggerall people on course to watch the racing unless you are an owner trainer or employee, or there for the hospitality! As a punter, there ks absolutely no reason for me to go on course now, when you can bot get reasonable amounts on and this Anti Money Laundering BS!

Lol it aint going to get any better if you look at the new ones coming thru😩

Yes Needs to be promoted Eljay. However there is next to no one training in the area and no young trainer is going to set up in the area as too gar away from the Metro tracks! Once Michael House gets the stitch, racing in Central NZ will not be happening. Just reality unfortunately. You will note that even the Nelson and Blenheim trainers have basically stopped trekking across the strait now!

Mark Lewin and Rick Martell were also regulars in NZ. ”High Chief” Peter Maivia also fought around the same time as Lewin and Martell. Maivia is the grandfather of “The Rock”. So many great wrestler used to come out to NZ fought fought at Canterbury Court in probably the 1970’s. Abdullah The Butcher, The Sheihk, Buddy Wolf all 3 guaranteed the red stuff all over the canvas. Yes it was the real deal not like the BS acting we now have on WWE lol

Of course cheating is not right, Blackie! Reality is that there are so many things nowadays that are not right! Chief was just pointing out that people do make wrong decisions when they do not see much future going forwards! Take the youth that are doing the ram raids and burglaries currently, yes a lot of it is just copycat but also so many are becoming financially challenged and it will get worse. I doubt that many would condone the administration of substances illegally on harness horses, however it will continue whether we like it or not! The smaller stables have not got a hope in hell of competing with the larger stables and we will continue to see no increase in numbers of owners, trainers or punters! Personally I am seeing absolutely nothing coming from HRNZ that gives an indication that they have things under control and things are going to be rosey for harness in the future. Seriously though, does anyone see things improving for any of the 3 parties mentioned?????? What I do know is that many of the paid employees do seem to be conspicuous by their absence and poor performance.

Havent bothered again today Ranga. Racing at Addington distances are fine, just the mile there is crackers! Not bothering at the moment Ranga, just can not be bothered working them out and then not getting enough on! I do believe that the TAB business plan is not going to work for harness racing and things are going to have to change or the future is not that exciting unfortunately. Learnt over the past couple of years that there are far more important things than being restricted by the NZ TAB! TAB and harness racing’s loss, not mine!!!!

Just take the word INTEGRITY out of the the RIU!!! Just needs to be Racing Unit! How anyone can have confidence is this bunch is difficult to comprehend! we were told that harness racing was going to be cleaned up and improved, but Brodie has yet to see any of this! Self destructing unfortunately, no wonder people are leaving the industry and losing punters as they lose interest!!

Galah, great that people have differing opinions as that is what makes a great forum.. Air an opinion and see what others think! Chief has opinions and expresses them just like Brodie and several others do. No we wont always agree with everything one says but this is what we need in NEW ZEALAND, there are so many people who have an opinion but never express it. This is one of the major reasons that people and the country are in the biggest mess we have ever been in, because they have followed the most incompetent bunch’s rules and regulations without thinking about things or expressing their opinion. We have been dictated to by Ardern and Robertson who are absolute lightweights but being in power has put the country back decades!!! Either of them or their caucus have any skills to run a country and yet we have let them them control us! What an achievement by Ardern this week in that she has arranged for cheaper LIMES to be imported into NEW ZEALAND so great for those CORONA drinkers! Voters at the last election that voted for Labour should really hang their heads in shame and normally I would think you deserve what you are getting, however it is worse than that!!! Personally dont think the ones that voted for her last election should have the right to vote again, but obviously that will not happen!

Not sure why anyone wants to attack Chief Stipe on here???? He allows people to have their say on most topics whether it be Harness or important issues that affect the citizens of NEW ZEALAND! As you will be well aware several of the intelligent posters were shut down from that other site for having an opinion! I every now and again have a look at what they are on about and yes there are some good topics but generally very boring. If you want to be entertained, learn stuff and have friendly banter then Bit Of A Yarn is the Premier site! If you want to be bored and have to follow rules and be surrounded by people who go off their tree quite often then that might be your better bet. There is no requirement here to have a crack at Chief who runs a very fair site, if you did this on the other less enjoyable site, you would be shut down!

Doubt it will happen Robalan, Kiwis just go with the flow nowadays and accept what is said and done. Do not see any need for an Integrity Unit if this is what Integrity means? Apathy is just so prevalent in society and that is one of the reasons we have the country in turmoil. Wokeism is rife.

The big trot of the night and there is 5k in the win tote pool with 2 minutes to go. The product they are providing tonight is crap, and not going to entice punters to offload. Looked in the stand and just no one there interested in the racing!

This decision does not surprise me on the least! There are just so many incompetents in important roles in many industries in NZ currently! NZ citizens allow it to happen and are in the main apathetic and believe the BS that is fed to them by people who should not be in any decision making roles!

There is no integrity now in Harness Racing in NZ! I keep saying that the judiciary for harness is incompetent but seriously what is the point in having an INTEGRITY UNIT??? Problem is we have numerous dickheads that they are training up who are just useless, but that seems to be a prerequisite nowadays! Dont worry it will not get better, harness racing industry is in tatters!!!!!!

You only have to scan the current tote pools to see that very few will be offloading! when you have several hundred in tote pools, anyone with an ounce of i telligence shouldve worked out that punters are so off put by the pathetic mile racing! Wake up Auckland!!!!

How long does it take for the dickhead who does the programming up there to recognise that mile racing is not what people want to see?? For a club that is in dire straights, you would think that they would program races that are at least semi interesting! Yes I appreciate that they have a lack of people who want to race horses in Auckland but they should at least put on a program that will br popular with the fewer punters that still offload on Auckland harness! The fact that 8 of the 9 races are programmed over the mile has attracted on average under 8 horses per race is certainly telling you something! There is going to be a very poor turnover you would think and for the stake money offered a very disappointing result! Can anyone put a positive spin on this??

I did say the meeting would be abandoned!! what is this CRANK?????

The thing is though Forbury, is there going to be enough owners and trainers around to make Forbury viable? Canterbury seems to be the only district that can provide enough horses consistently to run racing all year round!

Surely it is high time Manawatu pulled the plug on racing at Palmerston North?? Meeting there tomorrow has 8 races and 65 starters at the moment! Michael House is taking up 26 horses to race the mediocre opposition.. Michael House team misses the boat or he didnt nominate and there are 39 horses over 8 races so 5 per race, so meeting sbandoned! This is not going to improve and surely now is a continuing drain on harness coffers? The turnover is going to be abysmal as well on a Tuesday arvo! Yes there are still some optimists in Auckland as well but this is based on hope rather than economics?!

CP, the fact is that if 4500 people kept putting $6 for a place on a horse individually the TAB Bookies would slash the price so it wasnt worth having a crack after not too many bets! The issue for Brodie, and always has been, is that the TAB is our only legal betting facility to bet on harness racing! They put the odds up and entice punters to wager on them! They then somehow are allowed to decide who they accept money from and who they wont take money from!!! They allow me on for pathetically small amounts and yet BGP are allowed to offload as much as they want! I am glad that BGP have cleaned the Bookies up so far this week and hope they continue to do this. Yes I think Boys Get Paid is a great initiative and the ones that run it put a lot of effort in to it! I do not bother much at all nowadays as just not worth the effort. Realised that there is more to life than being treated as a crim/leper by the NZ TAB! Hope things are going well for you, keep up the good work.

Fair enough great to see the NZ TAB taking bets and allowing punters to win!! PITY THOUGH that the NZ TAB are selective in who they are prepared to accept $ from!!!!! From where I sit Counter Punch there is a helluva lot of favouritism to some and victimisation to others!! How on earth is this ACCEPTABLE in this day and age of everyone being treated EQUALLY??

Basil, totally agree, Brodie not keeping up with the play with harness nowadays, but that is no problem for me. Other projects have taken priority and more profitable. Great that I have other contributors on this Premier Racing Forum to help me out. Hope you are keeping well Basil?