Chief Stipe Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, curious said: He might be right. Just the benchmark is not really too impressive eh? That's what I was eluding to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Actually I'd go as far as to say that a couple on the current NZRB/RITA/TAB NZ Board are damn right dodgy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Think we are talking about the NZTR board here though aren't we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, curious said: Think we are talking about the NZTR board here though aren't we? Woops true! Same cut of the jib though! PS: First post was about poor fields at NP and why have two days two days apart. Anyway we all digress on BOAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomass Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 29/12/2020 at 9:08 AM, Chief Stipe said: Have horse numbers in the CD dropped to below levels to sustain racing in the District? If it wasn't for the Northern visitors the fields would be decimated. The Taranaki track isn't the best in the CD by a long stretch - is that the reason for the lack of numbers? Or was it a dumb idea to run two meetings two days apart? Maybe it highlights how stuffed our supposedly 2 Tier systems is - any trainer/owner with any brains would wait for the Premier meetings if numbers are low. Happens EVERY single year at this time...no surprises here... Every province has Holiday traffic and always line up for xtra race meetings to satisfy the need for entertainment...who knew? Its like numbers dropping off in February with the hard tracks and post Xmas busy period with higher stakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Thomass said: Happens EVERY single year at this time...no surprises here... Every province has Holiday traffic and always line up for xtra race meetings to satisfy the need for entertainment...who knew? Its like numbers dropping off in February with the hard tracks and post Xmas busy period with higher stakes Don't take up Thoroughbred Racing administration as a career. The point that was being made, which I realise escapes you, is why have two days at New Plymouth two days apart? 7 races each day. Especially when there aren't the horses available. Add to that the fact that revenue is generated off course with quality fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomass Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 They took up the Stratford date and saved the Industry having stables pay xtra transport costs to travel.... Carey did a great marketing job making the first day 'Party Day' and the 2nd Family day...very successful by the sounds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Thomass said: They took up the Stratford date and saved the Industry having stables pay xtra transport costs to travel.... Carey did a great marketing job making the first day 'Party Day' and the 2nd Family day...very successful by the sounds You miss the point - again I'm not surprised that you have. Using your logic we would have four days at New Plymouth with four races each day. The fact is there aren't enough horses around to sustain two days at the same location two days apart. In the CD there are 7 race meetings in 14 days. Running 6 or 7 races at one meeting costs the industry. Add to that poor quality fields and the industry receives a net loss. What's more it puts punters off even more. Congrats to Carey for doing a great marketing job at NP - but it isn't paying the industry bills! But that is what you get from this mob when they are driven by calendar dates and not key industry metrics like: number of horses in work, number of horses ready to race by rating, race field sizes relative to punting revenue generated and so on and so on. As Joe Bloggs says - "what can you expect from someone who thinks you gallop a horse EVERY day!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 42 minutes ago, Thomass said: They took up the Stratford date and saved the Industry having stables pay xtra transport costs to travel.... Carey did a great marketing job making the first day 'Party Day' and the 2nd Family day...very successful by the sounds The question based on the initial post should be , is it more successful for the industry based on what was in place previously? A lot of these larger clubs get good PR from the governing body , no matter what they do. Based on fields & horse numbers like Hastings that does not appear to be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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