Westview Posted Wednesday at 10:59 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:59 PM Absolutely disgraceful that it's on trackside 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westview Posted Wednesday at 11:19 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 11:19 PM 18 minutes ago, Westview said: Absolutely disgraceful that it's on trackside 2 Now they are previewing gallops on other channel between first and second race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowornever Posted Thursday at 01:52 AM Share Posted Thursday at 01:52 AM (edited) 2 hours ago, Westview said: Absolutely disgraceful that it's on trackside 2 Absolutely disgraceful they have the track conditions as "Good" on the TAB when the pacers are coming home a last 800m in 67 seconds on a 2:12 mile rate. They get it wrong so often they should just put "All data is fucked" up there instead. Couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat! Edited Thursday at 01:53 AM by Nowornever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westview Posted Thursday at 02:24 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 02:24 AM 30 minutes ago, Nowornever said: Absolutely disgraceful they have the track conditions as "Good" on the TAB when the pacers are coming home a last 800m in 67 seconds on a 2:12 mile rate. They get it wrong so often they should just put "All data is fucked" up there instead. Couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat! All day between the race's they are previewing a galloping race on the other channel WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted Thursday at 03:18 AM Share Posted Thursday at 03:18 AM What's wrong with it being on 2? It's just a number. One has gallops on a Saturday and public holiday, everyone knows that. The shocker today was allowing less than 2 minutes to preview a listed race at Wingatui while they babbled on about a hack race at Ellerslie. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted Thursday at 03:37 AM Share Posted Thursday at 03:37 AM 59 minutes ago, Westview said: All day between the race's they are previewing a galloping race on the other channel WTF They do not care about harness! Sam Ottley gets the 100 wins for the season and they whip over to a pointless gallops race in Oz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westview Posted Thursday at 04:19 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 04:19 AM 58 minutes ago, Doomed said: What's wrong with it being on 2? It's just a number. One has gallops on a Saturday and public holiday, everyone knows that. The shocker today was allowing less than 2 minutes to preview a listed race at Wingatui while they babbled on about a hack race at Ellerslie. As far as I know they don't take trackside 2 into Australia so I'm picking quite alot really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted Thursday at 04:23 AM Share Posted Thursday at 04:23 AM 1 minute ago, Westview said: As far as I know they don't take trackside 2 into Australia so I'm picking quite alot really. Why does it matter whether they take 2 in Aussie? It is the NZ TAB, we are NZers and the races are in NZ. They are $12,000 races, why on earth would Aussies be interested in them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westview Posted Thursday at 04:34 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 04:34 AM (edited) 11 minutes ago, Doomed said: Why does it matter whether they take 2 in Aussie? It is the NZ TAB, we are NZers and the races are in NZ. They are $12,000 races, why on earth would Aussies be interested in them? I suppose your right the margin we get from offshore betting doesn't count Edited Thursday at 04:35 AM by Westview 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Flash Posted Thursday at 05:51 AM Share Posted Thursday at 05:51 AM 6 hours ago, Westview said: Now they are previewing gallops on other channel between first and second race. Did your mates the Dunns not get enough exposure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad Posted Thursday at 05:52 AM Share Posted Thursday at 05:52 AM Track seemed ok, didn't look to be marking it when where I was watching in the stand, some didnt handle it, didn't get much rain yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted Thursday at 07:55 AM Share Posted Thursday at 07:55 AM I thought it better Westport on 2, keep gallops on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westview Posted Thursday at 08:13 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 08:13 AM 13 minutes ago, Newmarket said: I thought it better Westport on 2, keep gallops on 1 Between each race on 2 they had a galloping preview on , harness racing derive income from Australian betting so people with no skin in the game probably don't give a shit that it's not on trackside 1 but sooner or later we will need every source of income we can get. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted Thursday at 08:36 AM Share Posted Thursday at 08:36 AM 22 minutes ago, Westview said: Between each race on 2 they had a galloping preview on , harness racing derive income from Australian betting so people with no skin in the game probably don't give a shit that it's not on trackside 1 but sooner or later we will need every source of income we can get. At least everyone now can get both on Freeview…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westview Posted Thursday at 08:54 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 08:54 AM 16 minutes ago, Newmarket said: At least everyone now can get both on Freeview…. Yip that is a positive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted Thursday at 07:17 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:17 PM Over 20000 in tote win pool for Cup at Westport, almost doubles best at Auckland for their million dollar night last week, Invercargill best was 18 and just under 15 for their cup, both Westport and Banks Peninsula will have big turnovers this week, only to subsidize the northern clubs, only 7 and 8 for Westports main race on day 2 and more than likely Reefton will be same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westview Posted Friday at 01:12 AM Author Share Posted Friday at 01:12 AM 5 hours ago, mikeynz said: Over 20000 in tote win pool for Cup at Westport, almost doubles best at Auckland for their million dollar night last week, Invercargill best was 18 and just under 15 for their cup, both Westport and Banks Peninsula will have big turnovers this week, only to subsidize the northern clubs, only 7 and 8 for Westports main race on day 2 and more than likely Reefton will be same. I know it's hard to get your head around but north and south is one industry, great turnover on the coast which should be recognized, if you start look at the figures Canterbury clubs also out perform Southland clubs as well. Have you done any homework as to where the betting is coming from . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowornever Posted Friday at 09:26 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:26 PM Track condition today? Good or still a bit of moisture on it like it was on day one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted Friday at 09:51 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:51 PM (edited) 26 minutes ago, Nowornever said: Track condition today? Good or still a bit of moisture on it like it was on day one. According to Met Service past weather 26.4 ml of rain on 25th 0.2 since and windy to boot should be a genuine good today Edited Friday at 09:53 PM by Rangatira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago 9 hours ago, Nowornever said: Track condition today? Good or still a bit of moisture on it like it was on day one. Started the day as dead, funny as first day it was good, played fair today, winners hard to find for me, only horse I never backed up on the second day, after what a very poor run first day was Deirdre Franco, thought first day was to bad to be true, ultimate punishment for not sticking with her, the 32 divy I thought very poor given her recent form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowornever Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago 2 hours ago, Shad said: Started the day as dead, funny as first day it was good, played fair today, winners hard to find for me, only horse I never backed up on the second day, after what a very poor run first day was Deirdre Franco, thought first day was to bad to be true, ultimate punishment for not sticking with her, the 32 divy I thought very poor given her recent form. Last year on Boxing Day 2023 the Track was rated as "Slow" and in the Westport Cup they went a time of 4.21 last 800m in 62.0 This year the track was rated as "Good" by the stipes and in the Westport Cup they went a time of 4.26.6 last 800m in 64.8 It was clearly soft or worse! You could see the track cutting up on the fence around the bends and I have seen quicker times on a heavy track. FFS if they can't even get the basics right how do they expect everyone to take them seriously on other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago (edited) 10 hours ago, Nowornever said: Last year on Boxing Day 2023 the Track was rated as "Slow" and in the Westport Cup they went a time of 4.21 last 800m in 62.0 This year the track was rated as "Good" by the stipes and in the Westport Cup they went a time of 4.26.6 last 800m in 64.8 It was clearly soft or worse! You could see the track cutting up on the fence around the bends and I have seen quicker times on a heavy track. FFS if they can't even get the basics right how do they expect everyone to take them seriously on other stuff. On boxing day the track was never good. It had a good amount of grass on it and thry had had rain and most horses struggled to get through it. Yesterday it was totally different, it had dried out a bit snd they had rolled it so the grass was not as long and there were form reversals from the first day. A lot of the time the weather snd track conditions are at odds with the true weather conditions. HRNZ can say rain and yet no rain predicted at all on the metro weather report? Edited 4 hours ago by Brodie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowornever Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 2 hours ago, Brodie said: On boxing day the track was never good. It had a good amount of grass on it and thry had had rain and most horses struggled to get through it. Yesterday it was totally different, it had dried out a bit snd they had rolled it so the grass was not as long and there were form reversals from the first day. A lot of the time the weather snd track conditions are at odds with the true weather conditions. HRNZ can say rain and yet no rain predicted at all on the metro weather report? How do we have no-one in charge capable of putting two and two together when the times obviously do not match the posted track conditions and quickly getting it sorted. I even heard drivers saying the track was very testing in places. There were dozens of drivers reports about horses not handling the track conditions. What conditions? The track was good wasn't it! For the stipes to post a good track in the report tells me a lot about how competent they actually are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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