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14 minutes ago, Tiger Tiger said:

CS - I know from your posts you have a deep dislike for Ellerslie, but I am curious to understand the " massive costly cock up" that Ellerslie did with their track. From all reports that i had read / heard (i.e NZ Top Trainers, Jockeys etc) they are unanimous in their praise for the drainage upgrade that the Club did (and paid for themselves)

 

No I don't have a deep dislike for Ellerslie.  I do have a dislike for the way they are amongst the favoured few.  I was referring to earlier efforts to work on the track.  There have been major "repairs" done before and they have never lasted.  The track is fundamentally stuffed primarily due to the soil structure.

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43 minutes ago, Tiger Tiger said:

Reefton, it might be wise (if you have the time) to enlighten some on here about how the Club funding works for Reefton etc - I think it will help some people understand the financial contribution (outside of stake funding) that NZTR make and what it helps support on a raceday 

Sponsorship(which will not be forthcoming if we cease) and gaming grants in the main.  Plus the sweat of club Members of course doing work that, at the major clubs, would be done by paid staff or contractors 

Your question re non stakes funding is irrelevant - if we transfer it will come with us(ie none of that stuff is for the maintenance of facilities - we have never got money for maintenance of facilities from NZTR)

 

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1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

No I don't have a deep dislike for Ellerslie.  I do have a dislike for the way they are amongst the favoured few.  I was referring to earlier efforts to work on the track.  There have been major "repairs" done before and they have never lasted.  The track is fundamentally stuffed primarily due to the soil structure.

Ellerslie may have got it right this time with their track but there have been plenty of times they have pissed vast amounts of industry money up against the wall on infrastructure(as have all the other Metro Clubs).

And what bloody right has NZTR to go and give them $500,000 to subsidise races for which the majority of horses are not eligible?

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6 minutes ago, Reefton said:

Ellerslie may have got it right this time with their track but there have been plenty of times they have pissed vast amounts of industry money up against the wall on infrastructure(as have all the other Metro Clubs).

And what bloody right has NZTR to go and give them $500,000 to subsidise races for which the majority of horses are not eligible?

For the uninitiated amongst us Reefton is referring to the Karaka Millions races - the 2yr old and the 3yr old races.

That would fund 50 $10k maiden races.

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14 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

For the uninitiated amongst us Reefton is referring to the Karaka Millions races - the 2yr old and the 3yr old races.

That would fund 50 $10k maiden races.

It typifies the incestuous nature of Nz racing...one of the directors at Ellerslie is one andrew seabrooke..who also happens to be the ceo or something at NZ Bloodstock....get the connection? So you ask why is the racing industry propping up Ellerslie racing,especially closed-circuit racing open only to those who buy horses from nz bloodstock sales..?  simple, aint it?

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To be fair to them guys it is pretty hard to avoid clashes of interest in NZ racing if you are truly a racing person - you are always going to have known someone or had dealings with them somewhere.  

Otherwise we end up with the NZTR or NZRB scenario where no clash of interest but of course no empathy or direct involvement in the actual racing game.

 

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