the galah Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 49 minutes ago, Brodie said: Isn’t mile racing fabulous though? The Bookies were a bit generous today on a couple of overs! Oamaru tomorrow looks like a profitable day for the Brodster as long as the track stays good! Today 8 of the 9 horses that won were in front with 1400m to go,and the other one was the 2400 stand where the winner was 2nd,in the trail with 1400m to go. The horses that ran third in the first 7 races all raced 3 back the fence,and followed the first 2 home.. Only 2 horses in the entire meeting managed to place from further back than 3rd with a round to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 9 hours ago, the galah said: Today 8 of the 9 horses that won were in front with 1400m to go,and the other one was the 2400 stand where the winner was 2nd,in the trail with 1400m to go. The horses that ran third in the first 7 races all raced 3 back the fence,and followed the first 2 home.. Only 2 horses in the entire meeting managed to place from further back than 3rd with a round to go. Clubs seriously need to abandon this programming of mile type racing if it wants to retain interest! Not sure why they want it as it is boring as hell to most! All qualified horses can run a mile nowadays pretty quick and do it is just about impossible to come from the back on most tracks including Ashburton. Miss away a bit and you have no chance so come on NZ harness Clubs abandon the stupid sprint racing and retain the spectators.and punters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Brodie said: Clubs seriously need to abandon this programming of mile type racing if it wants to retain interest! Not sure why they want it as it is boring as hell to most! All qualified horses can run a mile nowadays pretty quick and do it is just about impossible to come from the back on most tracks including Ashburton. Miss away a bit and you have no chance so come on NZ harness Clubs abandon the stupid sprint racing and retain the spectators.and punters! I fully agree. If you do the stats the advantage of draws is of more significance. If you look at the racing,they are mostly non competitive,follow the horse in front of you type races,with very few making mid race moves .You know after 200m whether the horse your fancy can run a place or not.If the driver has gone back,throw your tickets away. I always think the most boring racing in australasia is the mile races at menagle. Its so boring. No one ever moves up. The grass tracks have gone to sprint racing as well which i can't work out why. And is NZ racing ever going to get free to air tv coverage again? That had to be one of the dumbest decisions ever made by nz racing to limit exposure of the sport. In australia they have brought back free to air racing coverage in many of the states.I remember when the first took it off the nz free to air channel,in my job i had about 6 people say to me how they missed it,as even though they didn't bet very often,they and their partners enjoyed watching it. Those people and their famalies no longer are exposed to the sport.They will no longer have or develop a racing interest. Edited February 26, 2022 by the galah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, the galah said: And is NZ racing ever going to get free to air tv coverage again? That had to be one of the dumbest decisions ever made by nz racing to limit exposure of the sport. In australia they have brought back free to air racing coverage in many of the states.I remember when the first took it off the nz free to air channel,in my job i had about 6 people say to me how they missed it,as even though they didn't bet very often,they and their partners enjoyed watching it. Those people and their famalies no longer are exposed to the sport.They will no longer have or develop a racing interest. I also remember working at a place where there were about 200 people in the lunch area where trackside used to play when people were having there lunches,and i remember a time when whenever we had a horse racing all the aunties and uncles and cousins in their various households would tune in and watch the horses race,and how many would go and place a bet.When they took away free to air racing they took away so many peoples access to the product. It was a short term business decision made that always was going to cost them long term. And of course have you ever tried to get a motel that has trackside. Its not that easy in some places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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