Chief Stipe Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago It's official @Huey there is something wrong with you. The ATR CEO Paul Wilcox said so. Basically he said if you weren't excited about Champions Day at Ellerslie - "there is something wrong with you"! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted 7 hours ago Author Share Posted 7 hours ago 48 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: It's official @Huey there is something wrong with you. The ATR CEO Paul Wilcox said so. Basically he said if you weren't excited about Champions Day at Ellerslie - "there is something wrong with you"! I'm certainly interested in watching alot of the races on the programme, just not the slot race it's a fizzer & they will overhype it beyond what it's actually capable of delivering. Any race that needs $$$ as the prime interest factor has little value in my view. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Fish Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 24 minutes ago, Huey said: just not the slot race it's a fizzer & they will overhype it beyond what it's actually capable of delivering. you be a hard marker! I thought the actual field has a lot of 'punting' interest! gee! Imagine of the green filly won!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 3 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: It's official @Huey there is something wrong with you. The ATR CEO Paul Wilcox said so. Basically he said if you weren't excited about Champions Day at Ellerslie - "there is something wrong with you"! Exactly.........,.Derby , Cup , Group 1's , Aussie horses , Aussie jockeys ......gotta be the best day of your life ! Best 'value' definitely looks to be a ticket in the BGP room where you can mix with racing people from all over NZ.....sure the price gone up to $195 in past week but with lunch , a few drinks , comfortable surroundings with the added twist of winning some Cash in the picking contest . Pick one horse in each race and the most points earned picks up $10 k Cash, $2500 for second and $2500 Bonus bet for 3rd. Plenty of stuff happening over the weekend to make it memorable ! The price seems very comparable to many of the popular hospitality spots at Wingatui today....in a tent at ground level , some cheap champagne and a snack for $250 per head ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Agent Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Who would want to run a busy racing club with all those KPI's, expectations and having to continually come up with new ideas each meeting to get different crowds on track so that you keep your job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted 2 hours ago Author Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, TAB For Ever said: Exactly.........,.Derby , Cup , Group 1's , Aussie horses , Aussie jockeys ......gotta be the best day of your life ! Best 'value' definitely looks to be a ticket in the BGP room where you can mix with racing people from all over NZ.....sure the price gone up to $195 in past week but with lunch , a few drinks , comfortable surroundings with the added twist of winning some Cash in the picking contest . Pick one horse in each race and the most points earned picks up $10 k Cash, $2500 for second and $2500 Bonus bet for 3rd. Plenty of stuff happening over the weekend to make it memorable ! The price seems very comparable to many of the popular hospitality spots at Wingatui today....in a tent at ground level , some cheap champagne and a snack for $250 per head ! So essentially throwing money at punters to get them on course. Fish says the slot race should have them there in droves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 36 minutes ago, Huey said: So essentially throwing money at punters to get them on course. Fish says the slot race should have them there in droves. Nah , just another fun element to get people on course.......otherwise we'd all just stay at home and watch the tele and look for faults in the presenters and revert to the keyboard. Expecting folk to pay over $200 for 15 min of horses running in a circle while spending over 10 hours out and about just doesn't cut it ,even with a bit of music to look forward to ! Years of watching boring horse races causes anti- social behaviour , cynicism and severe depression leading people to revert to anonymous abuse on-line......in other words it ducks ya ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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