Brodie Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 5 hours ago, Withadream2 said: It’s not Entains responsibility to spend 10s of millions bailing out racing clubs. Putting the money they put into The Race into Auckland instead would only pay the interest for a few weeks. Reality is they are putting in 900million into racing in Nz So Franklin being bought by Entain would be a far better option if they want harness to continue in Auckland. ATC now gave no one for the Franklin site and they are looking at getting nowhere near the 90m or so that the Chinese were paying so there is going to be a very big shortfall, and who is going to wear this? ATC will not be able to trade their way out and keep racing without soneone outting in s massive amount! Who is going to be doing this with what their racing currently offers? Do I think that harness racing is able to continue in Auckland with the amount they are bleeding, no it is impossible! . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 17 hours ago, Brodie said: Who is going to be doing this with what their racing currently offers? Redwood Philanthropist? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westbrew Posted yesterday at 02:30 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:30 AM So the deadline for Tenders has passed, Lets see how long it takes for an announcement to be made on the successful tender and the amount, could be make or break for Harness racing in the North. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago On 4/7/2025 at 10:20 PM, Brodie said: ATC will not be able to trade their way out and keep racing without soneone outting in s massive amount! Who is going to be doing this with what their racing currently offers? Do I think that harness racing is able to continue in Auckland with the amount they are bleeding, no it is impossible! . Maybe set up a give a little page😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, mikeynz said: Maybe set up a give a little page😁 Unfortunately it is going to take a lot more than that to make it worth the while, throwing money at it! There is just very little interest in harness racing in the North and we are going to continue to see this. There were several races in the age group races on Saturday night with 5 or 6 horses in them racing for good stake money. If it wasnt for South Island horses flying up then those races would not have been run. Harness in Auckland is in far bigger trouble than they are willing to admit. I will be very happy to be proven wrong! Edited 5 hours ago by Brodie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 1 minute ago, Brodie said: Unfortunately it is going to take a lot more than that to make it worth the while, throeing money at it! There is just very little interest in harness racing in the North and we are going to continue to see this. There were several races in the age group races on Saturday night with 5 or 6 horses in them first good stake money. If it wasnt for South Island horses flying up then those races would not have been run. Harness in Auckland is in far bigger trouble than they are willing to admit. I will be very happy to be proven wrong! Yet TAB man reckons everything Auckland is just so wonderful, Ellerslie for all their efforts fell way short of matching Cup Day at Addington, probably Riccarton too, most in Auckland don't care,, it's just a strange place, but then there is traffic to contend with, another factor why people don't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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