Three Meetings On A Sunday

[Brodie]

4 hours ago, mikeynz said:

Manawatu scheduled again for Sunday, but only 39 noms, one third from the House stable, I'd be surprised if this one goes ahead, already talk of next year a few less meetings in CD ,Otaki one day event, Manawatu maybe 2 less days, seems thinking is more still for Cambridge and Auckland.

Palmerston North is not viable as a profit making venue for Harness racing.

You can not keep  putting a band aid on a festering sore and will never be a wirthwhile investment with so few horses being trained in the CD nowadays.

Yes we know that having Michael House taking so many to Manawatu is the only way that the race meetings are actually getting off the ground !

Many will not agree with Brodie but personally do not like the idea of all these horses in the South Island being transferred to the House Stables a few days before they race at Manawatu!!

Yes the meeting gives these horses easier opportunities but the Premiership is now becoming a farce when so many Palmy Races are run and House Stables dominate up there.

Prepared for those that say he deserves it, but it is costing the industry financially as it is a poor product!

The main race today for $12,500 has a win pool and place over nit much over $1k each tote, so no one is interested 

Edited yesterday at 04:41 AM by Brodie

[mikeynz]

18 hours ago, Brodie said:

Palmerston North is not viable as a profit making venue for Harness racing.

You can not keep  putting a band aid on a festering sore and will never be a wirthwhile investment with so few horses being trained in the CD nowadays.

Yes we know that having Michael House taking so many to Manawatu is the only way that the race meetings are actually getting off the ground !

Many will not agree with Brodie but personally do not like the idea of all these horses in the South Island being transferred to the House Stables a few days before they race at Manawatu!!

Yes the meeting gives these horses easier opportunities but the Premiership is now becoming a farce when so many Palmy Races are run and House Stables dominate up there.

Prepared for those that say he deserves it, but it is costing the industry financially as it is a poor product!

The main race today for $12,500 has a win pool and place over nit much over $1k each tote, so no one is interested 

The question for Palmerston North is what is the optimum number of racedays, it don't help but more than likely with every 2 day meeting one will be tuesdays that despite being a poor day still produced better tote win pools than Wyndhams 60000 2yo race, having a meeting at Manawatu week after week is not the smartest but sometimes you could say the same for Southland sometimes and up North, yet they are wanting more days at both Cambridge and Auckland.

 

[mikeynz]

Now I note 59 noms for Manawatu, no worse than Cambridge most of the time.

[Brodie]

36 minutes ago, mikeynz said:

Now I note 59 noms for Manawatu, no worse than Cambridge most of the time.

Mikey, do you or anyone you know offload on Manawatu Harness nowadays?

The racing is not that great and that is why Michael House takes anyones horses up there!

All the meetings must be losing money and that can not continue.

I for one care about the future of harness racing in NZ, not for myself but for all those that rely on it for a living.

We need to hear from Entain about what they are planning on doing with harness in NZ when the five year D Day comes up!

I highly doubt that anyone that represents them  will be bold enough to come on and state what they will be doing!