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By racingoutsider · Posted
We've been wasting money on stakes at the expense of infrastructure for a long time now. What's new. -
Interesting to see some comments given the horse's name: Anhedonia is a condition that makes it hard to experience pleasure or joy in activities that used to be enjoyable. I wish the connections all the very best and may they get both joy and success -
This shows how backward we are , Best trial fields you would want to see at Matamata , but we can't , issues with providing the videos of some of the heats and delays with others , WTF , how hard can it be ??? !0 heats run but only 4 videos up . Trials in Aus are broadcast live and we can't even provide a video of a trial promptly . Sums us up . Maybe we're putting too much money into stakes and nothing into the IT side of the business . -
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Pretty much seems like the inevitable, the numbers simply do not stack SI racing will become a complete backwater, lifeline to Harness though, and if south of Hamilton life will be very testing for TBs. All very sad -
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By Harry Newshound · Posted
While proven Classic-division horses get set to meet in the Pegasus World Cup (G1), several horses that could become major division players are getting their year started Jan. 18 in the $175,000 Louisiana Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Of their many photos together—and there are plenty—it is perhaps the one on Korina McLean's Facebook page that encapsulates the bond between herself and the brilliant Moira.View the full article -
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That is exactly the problem , if NZTR has to work with 50% of turnover then stakes will plummet and with that ownership , struggling trainers will go to the wall . Then we will be in a position where we will become a Hong Kong type industry . Big Owners , big trainers in and exclusive club .
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Wouldn’t be holding your breath on that one WD. With declining attendances, betting turnover and horse populations the “golden renaissance” may be sweet, but short. I have yet to see any strategic plan for the industry AFTER the Entain funding dries up. -
Well said , the current funding model appears to coming from a substantial handout . There's a reason they don't publish turnovers any more , they would prove the discussion that turnover isn't sustaining current stake levels . Now they may well have a secret plan that none of us are privy to and it will prove all the doubters wrong , and I loke you bloody well hope they do prove us wrong . And to be honest if in another 3 1/2 years they stay on and stakes stay or improve then I honestly don't care how they are funding the bigger stakes . The thing they have to work on in coming years is increasing owner and horse numbers , something that at present appears to be stagnating .
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By racingoutsider · Posted
Yes. Well said. There seems to be no sign of the industry trying to return itself to such a sustainable state. What's more, I fail to see how it was a good idea to come to an arrangement that will require racing to survive on 50% of the revenue from turnover for the next 20 years, when they couldn't manage on all of it. -
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/where-will-these-dogs-run-when-greyhound-racing-is-put-down/OVAU3FROVSI2XGNXUHWRBCQ5YY/ -
By We're Doomed · Posted
I grew up in an era when stakes were largely funded by turnovers. With a bit thrown in from sponsorship and gate-takings. Now we live in an era when turnovers have plummeted and stakes have boomed. And there is virtually no outside sponsorship (with the TAB sponsoring most big races) and most meetings have free entry, because hardly anyone goes anyhow. I know some people think this is great and we can carry on like this forever, but people of a certain age with some industry experience have got no idea how it works under this new model and how long we can carry on like this. We may well all be totally wrong, and we may be on the verge of a boom time and the industry possibly has never been better. I just hope most of us are wrong and the industry is in great hands. -
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By racingoutsider · Posted
It can but it seems a long way for them to get a similar monopoly for online gaming in NZ. They already have a big share of the NZ market for that and it's not proposed to make online gambling offered by overseas operators illegal. I can hardly see the NZ operators likes of Sky City or Christchurch Casino standing still to allow that. Don't think it would be feasible. Entain should do fine with the racing and sports betting deal as it is. -
Maybe Bernese is going to jump Anhedonia this winter? Teak was 15 when he won the 1974 HB Steeplechase. Biform 14 when he won the 1940 Pakuranga Hunt Cup. Kanamint was12 when he won the same race in 1985. Lord Zirito was 12 when he won the 1995 GN Hurdles. Dozie Boy was 12 when he won the 1944 GN Steeplechase. Ascona was 12 when he won the same race in 1979.
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