The Centaur

Don't know if it would be viable. Even getting Hong Kong horses back seems only a trickle. Malaysian racing should get a boost. Not many discussion racing forums about so it would be nice if someone with direct knowledge was able to contribute.

What is New Zealand doing apart from people like Stephen Gray coming back. There may be assets like IT systems or other useful exclusive projects NZ could do with. Is NZ doing something to showcase NZ racing into Singapore.? There must be ways to strengthen NZ/Singapore links other than just for NZB benefit. What are Te Akau doing? Questions that an answer would be appreciated. Meanwhile in Singapore its all on.... https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/jobs/job-fairs-for-staff-affected-by-singapore-turf-club-closure

This is a miscarriage of justice. Wrecking Weirs new business is vindictive and against legal principles. In fact its just laughable how so called intelligent legal ****wits can be so stupid.

In NZ there would appear far too many employed by the governing and wagering bodies doing bugger all. That includes the judicial. For instance what have the racing admin staff been doing at Ellerslie when there has been no racing. I get the impression NZTR are running scared of employment contract payouts when wishing to terminate employment. There are too many bookies in Australia. Its killed racing in the UK and will do so in Australia. AS for the so called "World Pool" all I can see is its an avenue for bookies to lay off.

50 years ago to the day Avondale raced Saturday with quite a high profile meeting. Cattle King won the main race recording 5th win in a row. March Legend won the 2yo race which would have been the first 2yo race for the season. Shaitan won a maiden. Royal Vega ran second in a race just wondering if that horse was trained by Allen Baker now based in Levin.

I meant HRNZ website.

I haven't done any form research on the NZTR website for over 10 years. Therefore I'm disappointed at how harder it is to make sense of form. For example when getting into the history of a horse we are confronted with this Now why is every detail got a label meaning one has to search between the labels. Its like a phone book labelling every number "Phone Number".

Is this the same outfit overseeing the photo finish operators. The operators never owned the equipment but earned extra income hiring the equipment to sports events. All without the knowledge of the "consortium". I would say these middle "companies" are just a vehicle for hiring the "right" contractors.

Assange, Nice to see your man back in Australia.

A better question is do racing clubs have a check list? e,g, track inspection routine, ambulance, etc.

Rubbish. Its 2024 and he is still out. What he took a holiday? Expensive holiday its cost millions. No evidence was presented that prodders were cruel. They use them on cattle so that straight away puts it in some perspective.

Yes its getting into the Julian Assange category. He has served his time. You just can't keep on adding time after time served.

The local management has to satisfy head office. No wonder the "glowing reports" The truth is the web site is a disaster. Who wants to go thru the pain of waiting minutes for it to load?? So much confusion like multiple clicks not knowing if you have bet twice then only to find out not at all. I know several people who have just given up.

Very informative postings Murray. Thanks. Its amazing how disinterested some people are about historical photos. The Fairfax episode criminal to say the least. Still can't figure out whats happened to all the material Auckland Racing Club had in containers for a Racing Museum. I suspect after taking photos and paintings for the members stand at Ellerslie the rest was dumped e.g Friday Flashes, Best Bets, Hoof Beats etc.

Perhaps you might have the answers. How far back do photographing operators (not photofinish) keep their negatives or prints for reproduction if connections of winners etc. wish to place an order. ? Also did you notice at some tracks photos would come out far clearer with more depth. e.g. Matamata and Foxton.?

Disagree. The replay in slow mo can be more exciting than the race. Those young smarties that think they are doing a favour by quickly butting in with photo result spoil that entertainment. Who can forget the excitement of Winston McCarthy and the "Waaait for it ...it's a goal !!"

I think he means the loss of sharemarket value.

Can't remember any previous business deal along those lines. Maybe because the Labour racing minister rather naively insisted on no loss of jobs with election looming.

What I can't fathom is the retention of existing TAB staff. Surely any takeover or arrangement can only succeed with big cost reductions.

If they don't they should group together and invest into portable wifi or as its also known popup wifi. Something I'm a bit green on perhaps some one could give us the gist of it as well as cost.

Oh well lawyers now have to take a course in tikanga. Politicians have done it for years learning allegiance to Israel.

Maybe things have changed but last time I looked Westbury was consistently losing money.

So far this website is worse than the previous one which was a disaster compared to the previous again. It just so slow and cumbersome putting a tote trifecta or similar bet.

Why do most clubs run their main race as the second to last. If its 10 races on the programme then its Race9. By that time most patrons are tired and want to go home. Also by that time the track is in worse condition than say race 5. Lets be logical. Have the main race mid afternoon before Australians get engrossed in their features and not late afternoon. Too many feature races are falling by the wayside unnecessarily.

I've said it many times NZTR Head Office should be located at Ellerslie Racecourse. With the racing industry owning so much real estate the new location will probably be rental. Although the distance to the airport is quite short international travel will still be through Auckland. Auckland has a far greater pool of potential staff and it has to be queried the staff relocation costs to Cambridge. NZTR at Ellerslie would have had a much higher profile than Cambridge and closer to corporate head offices. Like to hear why Cambridge was chosen and if Ellerslie racecourse was ever considered.