Auckland Trotting Club bans drivers from talking to each other on track

[Taku Umanga]

http://www.harnesslink.com/New-Zealand/Fwd--Owners-and-Trainers-Newsletter-November-2018

[Kopia]

There's a reference to Santa in this 'newsletter'...maybe a more appropriate indicator of this crap would have been ' April Fools' ?

What a lot of bullshit, next thing they'll be saying..' no looking at each other when on the track or there might be inappropriate winking...or something like that..?

[With A Dream]

Actually I say good on the ATC. 

If our industry is to thrive it needs to become much more professional, and this is part of that.   Perception is important and even though drivers talking to each other on the track is quite innocent 99.9% of the time it can still be a bad look,  particularly in the eyes of newcomers to the sport.  

 

Also, good on the ATC for making the horses parade in numerical number before going out on the track. 

Horses are our product and I think sometimes they are too far removed from the public.   Going back to when I started following the sport,they always paraded in the birdcage before a race.  Now days, especially around Canterbury,  too often they go straight from the stables onto the track.  The public who want a good close up look at the horses don't get a chance.

What other industry tries to put barriers between its customers and it's product.

 

I hope the Met follows suit, although it won't be easy since they did away with the birdcage years ago.

 

 

 

[Rangatira]

1 hour ago, With A Dream said:

I hope the Met follows suit, although it won't be easy since they did away with the birdcage years ago.

loved the parade ring down by the old stables

then off to get a stevensons pie and have a punt

[Kopia]

I can't wait to see who gets the job of spying on the drivers to see who is talking...and what they'll do about it?

[hunterthepunter]

wonder what the fine for talking is going to be

[Happy Sunrise]

2 hours ago, Taku Umanga said:

http://www.harnesslink.com/New-Zealand/Fwd--Owners-and-Trainers-Newsletter-November-2018

I presume the ATC has talked to the drivers about this previously and they are all onboard so it is no big issue?

 

[Happy Sunrise]

1 minute ago, hunterthepunter said:

wonder what the fine for talking is going to be

depends on how many words are spoken. 

One word might equal $10. Wonder what they will do when the drivers start conversing in Chinese.

But seriously, it is only the ATC enforcing it so can't be any fine surely. 

[Hedley]

I fuly support this measure taken by the A.T.C.,  and i want to see it implimented by the whole industry.

I also want to see cellphones/smart phones bannedfrom being carried by the drivers too!

I saw a driver talking on his phone at a West Coast christmas New Year meeting..he was one of the favourites and went on to Breakup  at the start!

[Brodie]

4 hours ago, hunterthepunter said:

wonder what the fine for talking is going to be

Probably lines!

I shan’t talk when on the track

I Sharn’t talk when on the track

I sharn’t talk when on the track

1000 times

[Turny]

Just shows you that the perception is that the game is rigged - what a surprise - not

[globederby12]

1 hour ago, Turny said:

Just shows you that the perception is that the game is rigged - what a surprise - not

There has always been that public perception, ever since I started following Harness in the mid 60,s, when they were as bent as a dogs hind leg.

I think it as admiral idea and good on the ATC. Never mind you naysayers who would be the first to jump up and down if your horse carrying your hard earned money was "tampered " with by skulduggery.