"Advisory committee to the TAB"
Interesting that with all the big noises in the various arms of the industry, who presumably get together and work stuff out - that it's believed we need a new entity to advise.
"Vela, Waller, Lindsay, Chittick ... (et al)"
Interesting members. Who chose them? Plenty of champagne but not a lot of grass roots there - or understanding, connection with or support for small owners/breeders. Sometimes in TB racing, the gene-pool feels like it's shrinking & sphere of influence feels like existing in a cartel & a money-go-round (with fewer & fewer "horses" circling on that carousel).
But I acknowledge I'm seeing it through my lens - and the good & the great may have worked out that the whole industry would be better off without the minnows..