Joe Bloggs Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Having a look at the babies cantering to the start at Tau today, what a bloody disgrace, it's resembling Le Mans, or Sandown super cars, bitumen and concrete, it's a recipe for breakdowns, and this crap is sanctioned by Petone......hang your heads in shame suits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said: Having a look at the babies cantering to the start at Tau today, what a bloody disgrace, it's resembling Le Mans, or Sandown super cars, bitumen and concrete, it's a recipe for breakdowns, and this crap is sanctioned by Petone......hang your heads in shame suits. 56.01 , quick . I see they have taken nom's for Invercargill on Thurs with a G3 track listed , might be rain forecast , good numbers nominated so trainers aren't worried . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 They wouldnt know JB, they write papers about horse welfare etc , its all just lip service dont worry about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, nomates said: 56.01 , quick . I see they have taken nom's for Invercargill on Thurs with a G3 track listed , might be rain forecast , good numbers nominated so trainers aren't worried . Caulfield on Saturday received 6mm's of irrigation early on RACE MORNING! To bring it into a safe zone. They held off because of forecast rain. In New Zealand we can't irrigate after Thursday without permission! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: Caulfield on Saturday received 6mm's of irrigation early on RACE MORNING! To bring it into a safe zone. They held off because of forecast rain. In New Zealand we can't irrigate after Thursday without permission! The fish rots from the head Chief, I bet the hospo tents are bulging with backslappers from Petone discussing horse welfare issues, NOT! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 They don't have irrigation at Wairarapa or am I wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 They used to, a bloke and a water truck......but they used to have common sense too, maybe that was knocked out of them by morons on Jackson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Centaur Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 JB, Looked a terrific crowd. How did they handle the betting? Any new technology around the selling terminals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 I don't know TC, last time I was there they shut the cafe, no pies, queues a mile long for everything. The boot parties were terrific though, if you make your own fun its brilliant.....just imagine if they had bookies concourse, how good would that be.......fantasy land, the turnover from the bookmakers would fund 20k maidens and an extra race or two........can't have that can we......FFS the business model is starring them in the face, but they are salarymen and will be all their lives, risk averse......and sitting pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bid Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 17 hours ago, mikeynz said: They don't have irrigation at Wairarapa or am I wrong. You're wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Bid said: You're wrong. I was just asking,do all tracks have irrigation or just some,I have no idea about things as such,someone tell me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Centaur Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 15 hours ago, Joe Bloggs said: I don't know TC, last time I was there they shut the cafe, no pies, queues a mile long for everything. The boot parties were terrific though, if you make your own fun its brilliant...just imagine if they had bookies concourse, how good would that be...fantasy land, the turnover from the bookmakers would fund 20k maidens and an extra race or two....can't have that can we..FFS the business model is starring them in the face, but they are salarymen and will be all their lives, risk averse..and sitting pat. Sorry I thought you were back there visiting. There are several innovative ways to make oncourse betting pleasurable. Fiddling around with a phone app in glaring sunlight is not one of them. Payments should be made just once and a deposit slip carry the balance. All selling machines must be self serve but I agree some form of bookmaker presence be available however more as a marketing gimmick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Bugger the gimmick TC, you need to breed a new culture into society, the pokies have destroyed the place, if you have pokies you must allow bookmakers, they have been synonymous with racing since gallops began on the Newmarket Heath and sweepstakes were de rigueur! NZ misses out on so much, most, [the majority] of Kiwi's that visit Oz and have an on-course experience with a satchel swinger enjoy it, there are still plenty about, and I just can't imagine Oz ever going Tote only like France...Japan is too, however with crowds approaching K100 most Saturday big meetings, their tote turnover is unreal as is Hong Kong's. The blackmarket or underground bookmaker is incalculable in HK, you couldn't put a figure on their turnover, and most triads are into that, if they made it legal, well, it's state run like NZ so until NZTAB is privatised ...SFA revenue, can you imagine the increase in revenue back to the industry if there were say, 100 licensed and regulated bookies in NZ? .... They used to have bookies in NZ betting on athletics and bike races at Cooks Gardens in Wanganui back in the early 30's according to my old man, massive crowds on Fri night and great atmosphere and entertainment....broken record as I am, it could be saved, it just needs a will. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 2 hours ago, The Centaur said: Sorry I thought you were back there visiting. There are several innovative ways to make oncourse betting pleasurable. Fiddling around with a phone app in glaring sunlight is not one of them. Payments should be made just once and a deposit slip carry the balance. All selling machines must be self serve but I agree some form of bookmaker presence be available however more as a marketing gimmick. Youre kidding right? There would be kaos at those TAB Self serve machines they are absolutely hopeless, give me tote operators any day of the week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Centaur Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Huey said: Youre kidding right? There would be kaos at those TAB Self serve machines they are absolutely hopeless, give me tote operators any day of the week. Certainly don't mean those self serve. My scheme is system of scanning a customer form with QRcode, barcode etc then checking the bet on the mobile phone before sending it by phone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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