Great Northern - Non Event?

[Huey]

It the wholly traditions of NZracing managing to turn successful events into oblivion or in this case a non event (yes I realise the event had to be moved from Ellerslie) how ho hum were the GNs at Te Rapa? 

Without the hill at Ellerslie is this how bad the future of jumps racing looks?

Heartbreaking to watch. 

Jumps racing needs another gimmick or something special to give it relevance( I.e. the Bool or a carnival like) , whether that be a specific course or challenge associated with a race imo.

[nomates]

5 hours ago, Huey said:

It the wholly traditions of NZracing managing to turn successful events into oblivion or in this case a non event (yes I realise the event had to be moved from Ellerslie) how ho hum were the GNs at Te Rapa? 

Without the hill at Ellerslie is this how bad the future of jumps racing looks?

Heartbreaking to watch. 

Jumps racing needs another gimmick or something special to give it relevance( I.e. the Bool or a carnival like) , whether that be a specific course or challenge associated with a race imo.

The fields were bloody awful , certainly didn't justify the 150k , 2 30k hurdles tomorrow at Woodville , both piss poor . People can't complain about the stakes , they get looked after better than most with stakes and dividing fields to give everybody a run when necessary .

I think it is just a part of racing that is on the decline and just a matter of time till it becomes defunct .

[Joe Bloggs]

18 minutes ago, nomates said:

The fields were bloody awful , certainly didn't justify the 150k , 2 30k hurdles tomorrow at Woodville , both piss poor . People can't complain about the stakes , they get looked after better than most with stakes and dividing fields to give everybody a run when necessary .

I think it is just a part of racing that is on the decline and just a matter of time till it becomes defunct .

Back in the day over here in Oz to get a licence to train jumpers you had to prove to a stewards panel you had the smarts, training jumpers required a different set of skills, we had some brilliant jumps trainers back then, the criteria has changed NM, and what I witnessed in NZ was abysmal, that, combined with poor schooling of up and coming riders.......no point to points, no or little schooling bouts and SFA overseeing.......in the end, sadly, the outcome was to be expected.....it was no different in South Australia, doomed, and the blame as usual starts at the top......but they will deflect that, Groundhog Day.

[Huey]

18 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said:

Back in the day over here in Oz to get a licence to train jumpers you had to prove to a stewards panel you had the smarts, training jumpers required a different set of skills, we had some brilliant jumps trainers back then, the criteria has changed NM, and what I witnessed in NZ was abysmal, that, combined with poor schooling of up and coming riders.......no point to points, no or little schooling bouts and SFA overseeing.......in the end, sadly, the outcome was to be expected.....it was no different in South Australia, doomed, and the blame as usual starts at the top......but they will deflect that, Groundhog Day.

My understanding is the availability/ access to riders is a major hurdle (pun) to alot more trainers having jumpers, thus they just aren't bothering now. 

[nomates]

Woodville tomorrow - Non Event ,,,, gone , too wet .