Brodie

Not sure on that!

There were a few ex Kiwis that were training there when they closed the Parklands track. I know John Langdon had something to do with running the GC Club as I spoke to him once there, plus Richard Hooper was also based there and training. Even was close to “Steel Balls” one meeting over there, was interesting lol

They have driven the punters and enthusiasts away from attending! I havent attended a full meeting at Addington for a couple of years, basically since the Commie closed the country down. Actually do not really miss it at all, for a variety lf reasons and I know many that dont bother now either. This is why I think interest is dwindling for the sport and it needs to be resurrected or the end result is not going to be that flash!

Most of the time there wernt any Bookies oncourse. Wouldve gone to in excess of 70 meetings at Parklands, and probably only saw a Bookie oncourse 3 or 4 times. Not sure whether Bookies was ever that strong at Parklands on the GC ever, certainly were not in the last 20years that they raced.

Parklands at Surfers Paradise was great racing, very relaxed! Went many many times and easy to make money. Redcliff is a dog of a track even though I have never been to it, but you can tell watching on Trackside. Not worth betting on the tote in Queensland as there is never anything worthwhile in the pools. Had a a few cracks on fixed over there, however they are tighter than nuns!

What about the state of the “Crossing” on the first day? An absolute shocker, they went up and then down! How can course attendants do such an abysmal job of something so simple?

There is very little attendance Chief! Why?

Dogs have wrists, so why dont sheep have wrists? Are sheep legs totally different to a dog’s leg? Anyway, you know what I mean, Chief! To be taking advice and accepting of what Ardern, Bloomfield etc. are wanking on about, without looking for the truth is limp wristed and poor form. The Labour Government is performing 100% at total incompetency and to continue to follow this BS in regards to Boosters giving you the best protection from this mild Omicron, is pathetic from the citizens of NZ! The consequences to peoples health from allowing toxins into their body is going to be catastrophic in the future! The CEO lf Pfizer even says that the Booster gives minimal protection, so go figure? In the next month or so Ardern will the want an Omicron accine to go into you FFS! Anyway if you are stupid enough to believe her then I wish you the best of luck, you will need it!

Reality is that NZ is now full of limp wrist, easily accepting of BS sheep. This is a mild virus that most people who test positive for this thing, do not have any symptoms or very mild at worst. Not a single person in ICU in NZ and next to no cases in the South Island and yet all these DICKHEADS think it is something to be worried about! As I have said many times before, suicides, broke business and partnership breakups are a far bigger worry than this effing COVID19!!!!!!!! Wake up NZ, it is nothing to do with a virus! The government is your enemy, not your friend! The jabbed are the ones that are transmitting this mild virus so why is it that the intelligent ones are the ones not allowed in pubs and restaurants etc? Watch this space as hopefully the sheep will awake from their slumber!

Trackside has potentially had a negative effect on harness racing! The fact is that why would you really bother going to the track and taking others including your kids with you now? There really is absolutely no atmosphere anymore and you can watch the races in the comfort of your lounge and the food cost is so much less! You have the same BS re the AML that needs getting rid of! Unfortunately there are major headwinds at play for racing in NZ that are going to be very hard to reverse. Yes you can say that things are going ok and we can do this and that as talk is easy, but it is the action that is what is going to determine whether harness racing can survive around NZ! From my own standpoint, I still love the sport and hope that it can survive and thrive! Personally speaking from my position as a punter it is totally broken and unless attitudes to punters change then the industry is going to decline as they are not doing anything constructive to retain or introduce new people to spend money!!!!!! As to achieving to introduce nee owners to the sport, I believe it is going to be almost impossible as the current generation have got far more important issues ahead of them. The country has gone from having relatively low level of debt to now being heavily indebted by a so called government that has totally over reacted to a mild virus. This action by a totally incompetent bunch of non business Socialists has now left the coming generations debt that will take a lot of pain to recover from. This constant BS from the government and paid off media has people believing that this Covid19 has been worth blowing trns kf billions of dollars that the country of 5 million could afford. Heads should roll and those of you that voted Labour back in last election, must realise that what you did is the reason that the country is still in a real mess.

More trainers on their own wont bring in more owners unfortunately! Reality is that harness has lost a generation and this Covid BS is going to make things worse if that is possible. There is very little money in it for anyone nowadays and that includes the punters, as they get hammered if they are successful. Auckland can not attract enough people into the sport to even be able to run successful Junior driver races, so that is an i dictment on the sport surely. The costs to owners is prohibitive compared to the prospects of winning sufficient money to make it pay. The yearling sales this year is going to be very interesting, to see if the average owner is prepared to front up and pay big money for horses with the likelihood of losing money.

To be fair, why does anyone bet on mile racing? Any horse can run over a mile in a quick time. It is a total lottery this stupid short distance racing in NZ, and there should be a mandate from Robertson to have 2000m as a minimum distance!!

Be ok if you can get on for a reasonable amount.

No it wont help NZ harness Chief, but what is the answer up there? No one wants to start training up there as there are not enough new owners coming thru! The NZ TAB do not want certain punters from wagering on harness racing! The tote pools are pathetically small, so would not think that fixed odds are huge due to restrictions! The racing is as boring as anything so buggerall go to watch oncourse so no new punters coming thru! The programming of races is shocking due to both the small no. Of horses racing and the Dickheads programming boring sprint races!!! Unfortunately can not see how it is going to get any better as so many business owners in Auckland have been decimated financially due to the total over reaction to a mild virus they gave a name to COVID19!!!! The modellers have once again been telling BS to the believers!!

Personally can not see why people bet on the tote, as the winning divs posted are not worth the effort, and it is showing in the tote pools on harness. Bot sure about gallops as I dont bother! The so called Bookies are not encouraging wagering as they are so risk averse! I would say the only thing that is going to keep the NZ TAB afloat in the future is the overseas racing and Sports Betting! There is no way in hell that they are covering costs from wagering for the amount of stake money that is being paid out and required to keep racing going in NZ! Yes, punters allowed to netting g as little as $20 on a bet is happening, so why bother! The Galaah is correct, as soon as certain punters put on a pathetic amount, the odds are slashed by around 25% at least. The punter is then not allowed to have another go at the reduced odds!!!!!! All this does is puts off other punters from betting on this horse!!! This undermines what the TAB should be doing in increasing turnover and enticing new punters to bet! However, if you were young and looking to bet into harness racing, I would question why they would if they were looking to be successful! TAB Bookies do not give a rats arse, as they are only looking to get their salary!

Finding it hard to get the sleepers!

Certainly someone got some, but as Chief says it could be buggerall! The Accountants in Wellington move anything down if there is good support. Someone may want to get as much as they can on, and thr Bookies just hammer it down! Does anyone actually get any decent amounts on their accounts with TOP4???? Dont near anything about it, and certainly not promoted!!! Seems extremely pointless have the option when you can only bet on it via your account! Not sure if everyone is restricted to absolutely pathetic amounts on TOP4, but seriously NZ TAB restrictions to net $20 is surely just TAKING THE PISS????

Surely not Galah? Why wouldn’t you follow the advice from Ardern and co?? Havent they been so successful at everything they said they would do? The most incompetent bunch of losers that the country has ever had and Brodie stated this years ago. Yeah why wouldn’t you get some more toxins in you as Ardern has told you to

I hope that Brodie and Aquaman and The Galah are totally wrong about this! Unfortunately we are not and we are currently seeing what is actually happening to peoples health already including death etc. There is going to be heaps of problems to the conned in the next few years and Pfizer can not be held responsible! As I say there is so much evidence out there that says this shit is toxic but if you are stupid enough to believe that Ardern and Co. are actually wanting to keep you safe then it has already affected your brain deeply!!, Go on go and get the Booster into you because Arder;says it is the best protection for you but I thought they said 2 jabs was good for protection? Israel are up to no.4 and guess what? The ones dieing and catching it are the ones getting it in them bjt the media here wont be telling you that!!

It is really dangerous has the same symptoms as a “COLD”. But this is a different sort of a cold it has a name! We can scare the living daylights out of the sheep by constantly telling them that there are going to be all these deaths! I am telling you now the deaths are coming from the bloody VACCINE shit that you are injecting into yourself! When the CEO of Pfizer says that it doesnt work and the employees of Pfizer are t getting the shit in them, you would think that you would sit up and take notice! Not one person I know has tested positive to the mild virus but I can confirm that I know of heaps that have bad nealth effects from the shit including, vertigo strokes, gastric issues, hospitalisation and comatosed, heart attacks and issues and DEATH! All from something that is a toxin and The inventor says you shouldnt be using now FFS! Therr is bot a shred of credible evidence to say that this non Vaccine has positive benefits, quite the opposite. However, if you are stupid enough to believe that it will help you with the Bad Cold then getting a double dose of the booster, you can have mine!!!

You do see it often from the stands, inconsistency. Often you also see the front markers standing and the unruly in a jog up! Yep, standing starts are just take your chances as they say! Why bother?

Turnover is down on the tote it is obvious looking at the tote figures on Trackside. Pools are pathetic, not sure how much is being bet on fixed odds? However the amountS they mention as big bets are not BIG BETS!!! The Bookies do not want your money, they do not let the intelligent ones into agencies or Pub Tabs without having a pathetic waste of time poison Pass Or punters pass FFS Yes I watch the races and have some bets but nothing like I was able to do! The once great sport of harness racing is not such a great sport anymore and I feel sorry for the current participants as they mostly work very hard for minimal financial reward. Personally can not see Harness Racing blossoming in the future and I also do not see too much interest coming from future generations as there is not a living for many of our young ones!

How are you going to run a yearling sales when the max you are allowed is 100? Look at how many staff there are! Look at the catering staff no.s! Look at the staff associated with the vendors! Look at the owners of the lots! Look at the Buyer no.s! How on earth can they hold them successfully when they are limited to 100 just like a race meeting? This traffic light system is a madmans system that has got notging to do with peoples health! The little germ Michael Baker has said it wasnt designed to stop transmission but to bully the intelligent non poisoned to have to get the shit into them! Well news to you Baker and Ardern and her hanger onners, you can shove your Pfizer and Boosters up your gunker!!

Yes you are correct about costs of starting out and land costs! The economics of racing horses nowadays just do not add up and cost of living is sky rocketing under our totally incompetent bunch of losers in power at the moment. The yearling sales this year is going to be very interesting being run via online! Personally can not see good prices being achieved for the average horse to make it worthwhile breeding a horse to be profitable. Harness racing has got big headwinds at the moment going on. Most race meetings are running at a loss going by the amount of TAB turnover being insufficient to be able to pay the stake money. On course attendance continues to dwindle and interest certainly waning from established enthusiasts! It is only going to get worse with the draconian policies in place!

Who says I can’t? The Bonkers are the ones getting the shit in for no positive benefit!