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[mikeynz]

4 hours ago, the galah said:

the southern surge races in southland over winter was just yet another example of HRNZ throwing money at a problem and artificially getting a short term solution through the injection of money in the form of higher stakes.

Theres nothing organic about hrnz's solutions,they are all artificial and once the money goes the problems will still exist and then what.Its just dumb thinking in my opinion.

And when hrnz got criticism for their poilicies of prioritising funding auckland, 2 year old bonuses and high end stakes.What was their answer.It was to placate the criticism by using more of hrnz funds to over subsidise races like the southern surge or the stallions under $5000, $60,000 day at ashburton.

I mean,how is going from overspending to support the big players and the elite horses,to overspending at both ends ,how does that make any sense.Again,it just seems such a dumb strategy long term as they will just run out of money quicker.

You say southland need to race 12 months of the year and use the success of the southern surge to support that thinking.All it proved was everyone is out for themselves in the short term and they all want their piece of the gravy train before it runs out and that they are willing to give up their principled criticism for just a few extra short term $.

And mikeynz. Your the bloke who points out the unfortunate number of  6 horse fields, yet here you are saying you support a policy for southland that has contributed to 6 horse fields. I mean,your comments are contradictory.

Fields in Southland ain't that bad in winter. Just at present like yesty were poor, 2 days in 4 days, no wonder.

[the galah]

57 minutes ago, mikeynz said:

Fields in Southland ain't that bad in winter. Just at present like yesty were poor, 2 days in 4 days, no wonder.

i'm not sure whether you have got the point i've been  making going by your post.

They got good fields in the middle of the southland winter by pumping up the stakes.

So if you have no problem with them doing that as it appears,then the obvious solution to the numbers on the latest sunday and wednesday meetings,would have been to pump up the stake for them,,because that would have guaranteed them better numbers.

Whether it be the middle of winter factor ,or the 4 day back up factor,both can be neutralised by artificial manipulation via increased stakes.Problem solved. 

Now i'm saying hrnz will go broke doing that,but if people who think the southern surge was good,then why aren't they presenting  a consistent argument, instead of saying,look at the poor numbers yesterday?

Edited 1 hour ago by the galah