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By Harry Newshound · Posted
Thirty years after introducing the Kentucky Cup, which eventually fell out of favor when overshadowed by richer races, Turfway Park is launching another lucrative day of racing on Dec. 14—the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
A large crowd, including more than 100 anticipated alumni, is expected to attend the University of Arizona's Global Symposium on Racing Dec. 9-11 in Tucson.View the full article -
By scooby3051 · Posted
Thanks Dianne Townsend for these pics of the star sprinter in his earlier days.... -
and meanwhile, NZTAB have released details of where most of their pokie funds, that previously went to the RIB, has been divvied up. This funding is not connected in any way to Entain FY24 TAB NZ Applied Racing Industry Funding TAB NZ has determined that at least 80% of Net Proceeds will be applied under it’s 'Racing' Authorised Purposes to the New Zealand Racing Industry, for the year to 31 July 2024, TAB NZ has Applied the following Net Proceeds to provide for the promotion, control and conduct of race meetings under the Racing Industry Act 2020: Racing New Zealand – FY24 Rejuvenation Funding. $899,928 Greyhound Racing New Zealand – FY24 Rejuvenation Funding. $1,650,000 Harness Racing New Zealand – FY24 Rejuvenation Funding. $2,246,770 New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing – FY24 Rejuvenation Funding. $7,436,635 NZ Racing Calendar Publications $6,262 Archived Racing Content Digitisation Project $34,093 TOTAL APPLICATION TO RACING AUTHORISED PURPOSE $12,273,688
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Here was Entain's release when the deal was struck that relates to this Key terms of the proposed strategic arrangement: Ministerial approval, NZ$160m (approximately £81m1) is payable in 2023, with the balance subject to passing of certain legislative amendments;
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By john legend · Posted
look at those for today . (Palmerston north) No point most just going to be in draw order. the standing start trot races just baffling .lol just remove if too tired to look at previous fast or slow starters (not rocket science)I know most important for dogs and gallopers but dont try to BS harness racing followers. I wonder if the tea person is given the job !!!? I know I am often negative but poor efforts let everyone down. still expecting a great result today.... (always optimistic ) -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
The new Maryland Jockey Club announced the stakes schedule for the 2025 winter-spring meet at Laurel Park, which will feature 25 stakes worth more than $2.6 million in total purses.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Dr. Mark Dedomenico, who reached racing's heights on the track as an owner of 2010 champion filly Blind Luck and off the track with the Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center near his Redmond, Wash., home, died Dec. 7. He was 87.View the full article -
What a ridiculous thing to say. Dont know him and never met him so your off track. Judging by your posts you may have issues with him
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By Alf Riston · Posted
I missed in the original 'promotion' that the 100 million was contingent on Geo-blocking??? So stakes increase thus far have come from ??/ Perhaps it was never in doubt, and the anti-competitive behaviour was 'fixed' right from the start.... -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Dr. Mark Dedomenico, who reached racing's heights on the track as an owner of 2010 champion filly Blind Luck and off the track with the Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center near his Redmond, Wash. home, died Dec. 7. He was 87.View the full article -
By racingoutsider · Posted
But the NZTAB is geoblocked by Australian legislation for Aussie customers and why would they want to bet here anyway when they have much more competitive pricing available at home? -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Report from JapanView the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
My Denysse, a 35-1 longshot, won the My Dear Girl Division of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Nov. 30 for trainer, owner, and breeder Ruben Sierra. The Venezuelan moved to the United States when he was 17, and now owns a farm near Ocala, Fla.View the full article -
If you go on ZB week on demand Monday arvo about 2 30 till 4 they are discussing online gambling and we could say Winston's proposal but we know it's not really Winston it's his backers who back him, the same ones who got their AWTs and the TAB bail out. I guess Entain want to close down the money going off shore so that they can take all their profits off shore. Oh the. irony.
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The Guerin Report, Ep15. From Hong Kong. A great interview with The Boss of Hong Kong Racing.
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By Four more years · Posted
If HRNZ were being transparent and not "spinning" performance since the new Entain imposed dates calendar was started what Brad could have said today was: 1. We have achieved 16% more turnover vs last year under the new dates structure but up till 4 November we had to run 24% more races at Entain's "request" to get this turnover , so clearly our result per race is well down. 2. Most of those extra races were held at Cambridge, where our Tuesday meetings that Entain requested us to run have performed woefully in relation to our turnover targets and the benchmark performance of harness racing at any other New Zealand venue except Manawatu. We thank Cambridge for taking "one for the team". 3. The level of customer/ betting support for North Island venues appears to be little different to date in 2024 under the new dates structure compared to prior years, and clearly the cost of running all the extra poor performing Cambridge meetings has only added to the shortfall of GBR $ earned from North Island harness racing compared to stakes subsidies HRNZ has had to pay for at those meetings. 4. Overall nothing to date has moved the dial on the core challenge facing harness racing in New Zealand, that is it is being funded for stakes/ share of betting $ for a guaranteed period of now less than 4 years, which is not being earned from GBR $ on our product. The most promising growth engine remains country racing north of the Waitaki supporting Addington, but we continue to discount promotion of and fair investment in that comparatively unique product in preference to our continual over weighting of investment in the North Island product that our customers don't choose to follow. 5. We are very much aware of the fiscal cliff that our counterparts in Victoria have fallen off in 2024, and HRNZ assures you we have no intention of continuing to spend money we are not earning at the same rate as we are currently for the next 3 years. We just haven't worked out how yet. 6. And we acknowledge yet again the ongoing sacrifice that Canterbury owners and trainers have made for yet another year in 2024 to cross subsidise to the extent of $ millions the stakes raced for in the North Island, and we hope that one day somehow the results coming from Alexandra Park, the now unfairly treated Cambridge and Manawatu will make your sacrifice all worth while. We currently expect Canterbury owners and trainers, like Cambridge, to keep taking one for the team in 2025, as we keep taking surplus funds earned from meetings north of the Waitaki river and put them into subsidising small fields in the North Island and similarly small fields in 2yo bonus scheme races. We acknowledge we haven't published any performance targets to test and measure whether our subsidy approach is working. It's pretty depressing I'm afraid, but the numbers don't lie. How much more will the golden goose of Canterbury owners and trainers be able to withstand before our HRV moment arrives?
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