Special Agent Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 18 hours ago, The Centaur said: I don't think NZTR have any idea what they should be doing. There needs to be a separate media organisation combining racing, harness, dogs & sport taking away Trackside from TAB. NZTR needs to concentrate on the admin and business side of racing. Having form analysts just plain stupid. Absolutely!! There is enough to sort out in racing without dabbling in the fluffy stuff. This doubling up of jobs is a doubling up of egos. Racing would continue without media and marketing. I'm not saying it would be the best in the world but it would continue. To think it matters who is presenting the races and what post race programmes are running is important is madness. How about not letting jockeys ride until they are competent, getting the track surfaces and horse facilities right and making sure there are enough horses in the first place to compete. It seems to me the cart is being put before the horse and the emphasis is on the wrong areas. Administration is top heavy, there are too many in influential positions more interested in moving real estate than "the product and core business", and to put it simply the whole shooting box needs stripping back to basics. Just my opinion. Horse training and racing has pretty basic components that outside influencers are over complicating. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Centaur Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 5 hours ago, Special Agent said: Absolutely!! There is enough to sort out in racing without dabbling in the fluffy stuff. This doubling up of jobs is a doubling up of egos. Racing would continue without media and marketing. I'm not saying it would be the best in the world but it would continue. To think it matters who is presenting the races and what post race programmes are running is important is madness. .................. Can't agree there. Media is the shop front to racing. I doubt racing would be viable without it. TAB is only interested in gambling turnover whereas media is integral in generating business enterprise. Selling off Radio was a disaster just proving TAB has no interest in business. Radio would have fitted in nicely into a standalone media company. Racing is over reliant on the gambling dollar. Far more effort must be made in utilizing for commercial purposes the rapidly diminishing racing assets. example.... Riccarton racecourse could have hosted an event such as Turfdays. https://www.turfdays.co.nz/ Regardless however hopefully racing reps learn something attending. There is a host of outfits would welcome business partnerships with racing clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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