The Centaur

Exactly

I've got three top proposals however the difficulty is when you've got big wigs with small ideas getting someone interested takes a lot of preparation writing things up etc otherswise they won't listen to you. Then you've got to put up with the "what have you done in racing" ( you know who I mean) brainwashers its not easy if ones got a good idea getting it looked at. Quite frankly one of the proposals in theory could blow the TAB bookie system out of the water. One of the reasons I've been staunch in saying the $50M spendup is a total waste. Just on the gimmicky side I'd like to see video interaction with the head TAB bookie oncourse. Probably the next best thing to having a real bookie oncourse.

Put me in somewhere if not too late.. Thanks

Excellent post Newmarket. Ironic that the only place too difficult to bet is the racetrack when one is socialising and not into squinting at the phone, filling in complicated forms or queing up only to miss out getting on. THere are some relatively simple solutions but it needs the basics of getting the TAB honchos out of the racetrack and allowing private innovations to be put forward. I'll expand on that later.

Can't understand why desktop users have to use websites designed for mobile. Ever since html5 became the norm information is spaced out. When looking up database form you want as much as possible in front of you without scrolling or obscuring the previous page.

The streaming video is HD and much better quality than TV at least on my equipment. That however has got nothing to do with OpenBET/Paddy Power

Now apparently the new site was fully tested and everyone very confident it was straightforward launching. THerefore if there is a problem I am guessing its going to be hard to find. Wouldn't surprise the old site reappears soon.

If a jockey or trainer is late for the first race they get quite heavily fined. Her we have a mule so the tardiness is perhaps excusable.

I am sure they will be recompensed. Maybe John Allen can dip into his salary. Apparently there is a delay. They are "hoping" for 1pm. Don't know which day though.

10,9,8,7..... We have lift off. Or have we???

The whole bookie system is open to corruption. I don't say in New Zealand but from overseas with the odds feeds. Also the cost of ensuring no corruption must be taken into account. The TAB was settup to get rid of bookies. Many existed until the TAB closing times came closer to start time. If Bookies are going to compete internationally then it will mean smaller and smaller margins until one day a super run by punters cleans the bookies out. Why is NZ racing taking that chance. Instead of putting resources into marketing racing the resources are going into fleecing the punter and making it so much harder to win on the punt. Just doesn't make sense or is it just short sighted greed.

Thats very sad news. He would have come into contact with so many in racing.

It will be interesting to know the true cost of receiving the Paddy Power fixed odds. THe more the options the more likely corruption. Not just in the field of play but a bookie employee sneaking through some inflated odds for some nondescript event.

According to the TAB they had massive requests for more bet options so I guess that makes "everybody" happy. Seems the $50m launch is Monday. The recipients of the $50M I am sure will be happy for you if not happy for themselves. On Monday we’ll be launching an exciting new TAB website and mobile app, along with tens of thousands of new fixed odds betting options. Between 7pm Sunday, 6 January and 12pm Monday, 7 January we’ll be turning off our existing website and app, and moving our customer data from the old system into the new. Races scheduled to take place during the outage will not be available for betting at any time on Sunday. We’ll do our very best to complete this work as quickly as we can and expect normal services to be back up and running by 12pm. FIND OUT MORE

She used to be my lawyer. Chief probably won't let me post anymore so I won't say anymore.

Beaten by draw. Not convinced good idea taking blinkers off. Last race looks competitive with Ripa Eagle, Parliament & Nicole Ashley, Birdie Blitz best prospects. But the biggest roughie Holy Loch could sneak into 3rd or 4th. Out of Joan's Best good mare for Westbury Stud. Good draw.

Barry. See if you can find out about the gear on Sockatash. Seems Cooksley must have told the trainer take the blinkers of. Not very tractable horse so interesting how its progressing without them.

Agree with you Barry. Got on Sockatash last night at 26:1 and 6:50 a place. But just hoping the draw is not the killer. Anyone interested check out its Cambridge trials win. The other trials were ok as well. Both runs have been in form maiden races but the big plus for me is that at Avondale I thought it was fat yet ran a mighty race.

Big comp just for a giggle. The prize is whatever you earn by way of a 3 leg $1 win multi tomorrow at Ellerslie The races are 1, 2 & 3 You pick one in each race, in the race order You write the number of the race, then the name of the horse If you get three from three multi up you get a credit to that fixed odds starting price value ( of the multi) at the Big House, but it must be used in one hit. Example: If three horses come in each at 100:1 thats $1million but you can't leave until you've drunk that much (chips are free). We'll let you park out front but you have to be a Big House patched member. Also no facebook users. We know who you are. Facebook reckoned our competitions were illegal so come on guys lets show them how low they can get. If you don't have your patch number then a useful tattoo will do. Something like "I'm a dumb follower like Scubbie"

Missed that. But hell how many threads started or sabotaged by Molloy have been deleted. The guy is a wrecking ball. What amazes me how he is trying to squirm his way into the National Party on the back of his sister. The guy has no credibility whatsoever. Its just the Hughes's and Allens who have no knowledge of racing supplement their ignorance with the likes of Molloy.

I am sure there was a thread headed up "thief Innes" on that other site. Could it be that has been taken down because the dumb poster dobbed in a jockey for "taking a bet" I have reservation about the TAB organizing boozeups at places near the waterfront where the cost probably high. Head Office is in Petone so why a boozup in Auckland. Perhaps its where the National party goes so Glenda and John in collusion .

Yes Barry I agree we tend to all have to believe Aussie does it better when clearly they don't. I find racing.com site the worst for form research yet it was part of the CV Saundry gave when he got his NZ job. Please don't anyone let Saundry interfere with the NZ racing site although I fear he has already.

How annoying can Australian TV be. Example race 6 at Ipswich. Bernie Cooper goes through the whole field in some detail probably about 3 minutes. All the time the camera focuses on just one horse the No1 horse Just Favulous. why I have no idea. Perhaps the camera man had shares in it. BUT THEN..... after Bernie has finished her good work she says " we missed the Number One horse it must have gone down early" UNBELIEVABLE

Excuse my ignorance but could someone explain what a BP bet means.

So what? The horse has only won a couple. Hardly a world beater. Perhaps you found some better news.