The Centaur Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 ... or are they trying to drive racing into the ground? Big day racing in NZ (3 meetings) plenty in Aust. So TAB Trackside devotes Channel 2 to idiotic races with no time giving proper coverage on Chan 1 for NZ racing. No Invercargill prelims so switch to Chan 63 and find Temora Dogs and Penn National about to start. Penn National with a massive win pool of $17 dollars and the commingled Temora dogs with a pool of $411 so not even popular in Australia. Look this is total madness. Where is Bernard Saundry advising the TAB? If the races are idiotic the music is even more so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Totally stupid. This Penn National rubbish continues to get served up - why I have no idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Centaur Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 On 12/12/2020 at 3:23 PM, Chief Stipe said: Totally stupid. This Penn National rubbish continues to get served up - why I have no idea. What gets me is each year there is an new influx of "super successful" business men and other "highly qualified" experts get on these boards and management committees yet that is the last you hear of them. Now it doesn't take much business brain to figure the TAB should not be running media. Instead a standalone company covering all aspects of TV, Radio/Internet/Print/Digital and outdoor display should serve racing. Add in advertising across all channels as well as sponsorships the whole operation could be self funded and not cut into the betting take. However something with a bit of common sense too much for these geniuses. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 On 12/12/2020 at 2:39 PM, The Centaur said: ... or are they trying to drive racing into the ground? Big day racing in NZ (3 meetings) plenty in Aust. So TAB Trackside devotes Channel 2 to idiotic races with no time giving proper coverage on Chan 1 for NZ racing. No Invercargill prelims so switch to Chan 63 and find Temora Dogs and Penn National about to start. Penn National with a massive win pool of $17 dollars and the commingled Temora dogs with a pool of $411 so not even popular in Australia. Look this is total madness. Where is Bernard Saundry advising the TAB? If the races are idiotic the music is even more so. If we want to promote nz racing I think it needs a nz first type mentality,I watched a wee bit of trackside on saturday,gee invers races were a bit rushed,I've noticed that ozzie have been showing races with what appears to be less cameras since the virus and our lot have followed but there is no need to cut nz coverage short for some of the rubbish they are screening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, mikeynz said: If we want to promote nz racing I think it needs a nz first type mentality,I watched a wee bit of trackside on saturday,gee invers races were a bit rushed,I've noticed that ozzie have been showing races with what appears to be less cameras since the virus and our lot have followed but there is no need to cut nz coverage short for some of the rubbish they are screening. Put simply just drop off some of the meaningless crap during our time in the limelight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 hour ago, mikeynz said: If we want to promote nz racing I think it needs a nz first type mentality,I watched a wee bit of trackside on saturday,gee invers races were a bit rushed,I've noticed that ozzie have been showing races with what appears to be less cameras since the virus and our lot have followed but there is no need to cut nz coverage short for some of the rubbish they are screening. A good start would be to get the radio back on, but hey they have a model in mind and thats where its gonna end up, don't stress over it as it'll never get fixed if you like, there just aren't the right people in the right places and the pandering to the chosen few is only hastening the decline. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Centaur Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 14/12/2020 at 12:18 PM, Huey said: A good start would be to get the radio back on, but hey they have a model in mind and thats where its gonna end up, don't stress over it as it'll never get fixed if you like, there just aren't the right people in the right places and the pandering to the chosen few is only hastening the decline. The demise of radio needs investigation. There was never a proper explanation with facts and figures given. Today we have Counties racing with a host of young horses racing that will disperse all over the holiday period. So what do we get...... approx 8 minutes per half hour on Trackside with the balance of the time devoted to greyhounds with long winded form details from the enthusiastic but hard to listen young lady. There are so many ways to promote local midweek racing in conjunction with the sponsors that clearly shows TAB should not be running TV. Bernard Saundry has no clue. His idea is "all I know is whats in Australia" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, The Centaur said: The demise of radio needs investigation. There was never a proper explanation with facts and figures given. Today we have Counties racing with a host of young horses racing that will disperse all over the holiday period. So what do we get...... approx 8 minutes per half hour on Trackside with the balance of the time devoted to greyhounds with long winded form details from the enthusiastic but hard to listen young lady. There are so many ways to promote local midweek racing in conjunction with the sponsors that clearly shows TAB should not be running TV. Bernard Saundry has no clue. His idea is "all I know is whats in Australia" Strange how some of those midweek harness meetings,(southland) are getting very average turnover yet weekend grass meetings going well,I bet the gallop figures probably run a parallel,maybe no radio has an impact midweek. TV is fine but it's a bit awkward lugging it around with me and my sky decoder all day,and yes we have our smartphones but you burn up data quick on video and it's not always reliable.radios a bit easier,simulcast on rova app is a miss mash,even a proper radio programme on busy days is a start,on times when nought much is doing then simulcast suffices. Maybe the reason radio failed was of the long transmission hours with a lot of dross,gee you only need a few hours to accommodate the listeners,I dont believe too many will be tuning in at 11 PM to hear a dog race. Edited December 16, 2020 by mikeynz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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