The Centaur

Looking at the photo the first impression is there is no banking around the turns. The Cambridge track appears a success but can't be compared to Riccarton. The jury is out.

They need Des Coppins to steady the ship. There was a format once on Radio Pacific combining racing with old gold songs. Seemed a winner.

The 8am-10am show this morning was just terrible,terrible, terrible. OK the phone connections were cracking up but surely when and if they get a trainer on why does Michael Guerin have do expound his theories all done thinking he his talking to a 5 year old child and when the trainer finally gets an opportunity to talk the phone cuts out. Even then they only ask the trainer about one or two horses and miss the winners. They seem to want to interview ex sports people who have an interest in racing. Some lengthy interviews in the past good but not on a Saturday morning.

The TAB supplies the form pdf's directly for printing. Makes it a bit awkward filling the spaces so quite a few blank spots. The old Informant did rely on some Australian form input but it just would be totally uneconomical for Raceform to maintain their own database. Don't know how the $700k is treated but if you add the advertising, point of sale, form content etc its got massive TAB involvement.

JJ, I really have to query what your connection to racing is. Chief is quite right. The publication has had significant support from TAB and offcourse is the main retailer. As I have pointed out the publication is heavily flawed so maybe the support TAB has been giving is off the mark. THe last issue I got some weeks back had Dennis as the editor again. By the way whats up with this Dave Archibald who makes a habit of jumping in on legit URL addresses such as Raceform and racingpost.

Psychological as much as practical. I would envisage offices with the backdrop Ellerslie racecourse. Joining with Auckland Racing club the creation of a Racing City. i.e. 7 day coffee bar, racing museum, other offices (pity the breeders left) (pity so much land sold) perhaps a racing type mall with shops, mini video cinema (TAB tried it) i.e a place all racing enthusiasts can meet and do business 7 days a week not just raceday. e.g. ownership syndicates, education rooms. On the practical side Ellerslie racecourse is handy to airport, yearling sales, major sponsors, Trackside studios, many businesses etc etc. Plus cost savings in some functions with the Auckland clubs. Quite frankly a no brainer. (before its too late)

JB..... agree with all you are saying. They all talk about change however for 20 years on forums I have been saying the way to quick start change is transfer NZTR head office to Ellerslie racecourse. I cannot remember once anyone wanting to engage in that discussion. Seems a forbidden subject.

Dennis Ryan does a valiant job but has got it horribly wrong. What is needed is say a $3 publication with plenty small adverts, just basic fields and links to detailed form such as qrcodes. Included can be sports stories. A cheap cover not the heavy high quality one. Even a $1 publication whereby the retailer keeps the whole $1 would be possible. The whole idea is to massively increase circulation benefitting the advertisers. Without the detailed form the publication would have a higher shelf and not be already obsolete when late delivery occurs.

Round one looks like a knockout. Hopefully any abuse from now on is in the banter category. All I can say its an expensive way gaining some appeasement. Congrats on having the guts.

I can see your position. After more than 12 years of vile personal abuse from Molloy you wish to appease the abuser. From Molloys angle its certainly not a good look as the abuse over that period has been detailed. Hope you bear that in mind and don't get swayed. The abuse you have suffered has also been noted in quite high circles.

Well then choose YOUR charity. The BBM fits in nicely with the bully's operandi. Most similar restaurants have embarrasing amounts of left over foods so rather than have negative feed back its best to send it to charity and get some positive "feed back". I have some queries about BBM as well. Probably a calculated gamble by Tim.

Yes. Can't fathom why SLB hasn't thought it through. If the bully loses its "only a grand". Just like the $15,000 fine to the court he just laughs it off. Don't forget during the summer months after expenses he would have been pocketing 5 figure amounts nightly. Yet if SLB loses that would give the bully a big thrill seeing someone got sucked into his trap. SLB pull out of it now, Show some nous.

Don't be silly, He seems to have sucked you into this holy than thou charity thing. Your satisfaction would be in getting the grand into your pocket. What you do with it is your business. He obviously can't stomach the possibility you getting the cash. Wake up. Play by your rules not his.

I don't see any need to broadcast your CV because of Leo on the other forum. One has to chuckle at "scooby". The law says that moderators should take down material they believe is false and defamatory. As for the Tamaki gathering supporting is not necessarily organising somewhat technical definition. Notice that LJM is linked to offshore trusts. Not a good look for a "mayor"

I suggested to the TAB that with COVID and casinos closed, limited or even unpopular it would not cost much to turn 10am-3am slot on Trackside channels into sort of a racing casino concentrating on entertainment rather than turnover. I always believe turnover comes of its own accord. Clearly however the TAB has no intention of being innovative but rather determined to run racing into the ground.

Quite a few lessons to take in. Never discount the German horses. With motor sport they ensure international result reviews are broadcast in NZ media probably by paying for it. The high salaried NZ managers seem too busy counting their cash to bother following that angle. Racing and Sports have all the stat information around the world yet didn't show the Germany's runner's form. Good article here https://www.attheraces.com/blogs/liz-price/27-September-2021/torquator-tasso-out-to-rewrite-arc-lyrics where the trainer seemed very confident running a place and happy with "cut" in the ground.

THe soft track will suit the No.2 Japanese hope DEEP BOND. THe Japanese have been trying for yonks to win the race and so far just like NZ (Balmerino) seconds. Best heavy stats with Tarnawa and Broome ok too but Deep Bond beat Broome last start. Deep Bond currently 26:1.

Don't know what happened in the Northern but the injuries look serious.

Turn on TV and on one of the most important days racing Trackside serves up this crap.

Happy to provide the figures if I can examine the books. Whole trouble whilst examining the books I'd find all the travel, hotel and restaurant "costs" as well. Like to know how much has TAB management spent at a certain viaduct establishment. When you hear the howls of protest during lockdowns it's invariably those whose eating habits are paid by the "firm" or else are able to deduct the cost as an expense from their tax bill. The number one priority of racing media should be give the advertiser value not some sort of driver of turnover. Once racing employs genuine business type people who have grafted to get the sponsor then all the better. From that angle Bruce Sharrock may be OK.

I've got a hunch. Anyone with half a brain can see that NZTR should be located at Ellerslie racecourse. With Auckland combining with the other clubs now is the time to act. I would say Sharrock has been hired to facilitate that move.

The point is that Racing had the unique situation of having all media covered. Treating radio in isolation made no sense. No other organization in NZ was in that position. The TAB over paid suits simply had no idea and more importantly no innovative thinking. Their idea of filling in time was air some obscure greyhound race from the backblocks of Australia. There were so many options where radio could have fitted into the mix but no all they cared about was gambling even if the turnover on a race was less than $100. I'll say it again until the pay structure within racing is fixed racing will continue downwards.

Listening numbers yes but more directly adverisers. They seem to be very aggressive rounding up racing industry businesses. Racing once had it all e.g. radio, TV, internet, printed, on track advertising so they could offer package deals and organise campaigns and expos at the track. Still can but when you pay these bozos massive salaries there no incentive to be proactive.

I listened to Peeni Henare (asoc health minister) on Maori Radio this morning. Now I quite often listen to Maori radio because you get news segments in straight English and not the annoying radio NZ breakouts into Maori every few minutes on morning or midday report. What I heard from Peeni was shocking. The discussion was about funding the new Labour "Maori Health" settup. He admitted that ongoing funding would be the problem. The intention is to take out of the existing health budget about 25% and put it into these new ventures. The intention is to settup Maori "well being" centres and after those then move into the existing health structure to make them Maori focused. Taking funding away from the already under funded system means many people victims of the wealth gap won't receive any health care at all. Thats the only logical conclusion. I might add that in the seven decades on this planet I have never witnessed any discrimination against Maori. The sometimes corrupt legal system affects all types of people.

Rob Campbell from chairman Sky City to chairman Health Authority. One can quite rightly argue that Sky City gambling isn't exactly conducive to good health. I like gambling on horses but that doesn't mean I would support someone like Dean McKenzie running health. It will be interesting watching two ambulances racing around the racetrack. One ambulance for Maori jockeys and another for Pakeha. This new Health scheme from Labour is racially discriminatory, divisive, unneeded and inefficient. From a long time Labour voter I can't now support them. Sure there are areas that Maori health can be targeted but this is all about prioritising along with creating duplication of jobs.