Results for tag: Racing NSW
Posted by:
smokin
on Jan 25, 2011 at 05:29:41 AM
Happy New Year, Australia Day and everything else that has fallen in between.
Having had a bit of time to smell the roses over the New Year, it has amazed me how poisoned and biased Racing media has become. With the advent of racing coverage going wall to wall, sky channel offering two new channels that push more and more content onto "live" TV and the print media aligning with those that seem to pay the bills, I wonder how long before something of a serious nature occurs in racing circles that will expose the lengths that administrations have gone to, keeping the buttered side of the bread up.
Looking at most of the racing outlets, including those on-line, it is hard to sometimes see the line of advertorial start and editorial finish. It would appear that almost all racing media...
Posted by:
smokin
on Dec 9, 2010 at 04:24:57 AM
The Druitt St Bunker has fired a new salvo off in the Race Fields legislation bunfight after sending the CEO of Betfair two letters claiming defamation and demanding retractions and apologies. By claiming that the result of the court verdict handed down last month was great news for Tabcorp and in response to a website blog he wrote on November 19 where he questioned race field payment arrangements between Racing NSW, Tabcorp and members of the Tabcorp wagering group including the Victorian TAB, Luxbet and TAB Sportsbet.
Whilst challenging the validity of the ruling is not beyond the questioning of anyone who has been judged against, I somehow think that the C.E.O of Racing NSW has decided that he is the new dog on the block, hiding behind the ruling made in favour of Racing NSW and ...
Posted by:
smokin
on Dec 8, 2010 at 01:14:26 AM
I wrote a couple of weeks ago regarding my opinion of prize money, the hopeless quest to attempt to raise city to $100,000 per race on non-feature race days and the abandonment of supporting the grass roots of racing and the lack of understanding that racing will only prosper if you increase the health of the front line of racing, that being the country and provincial racing circuits.
A simple look through the recently published Australian Racing Board’s new Racing Fact book would indicate that to aspire to raising prize money to compete with jurisdictions that operate with the same prize money levels is showing the door to a big industrial cellar, without doing anything to enhance and increase the revenue stream that is driving your levels. Whilst the courts can currently decide ...
Posted by:
smokin
on Nov 24, 2010 at 01:38:26 AM
With the announcement that the Future Music Festival will be held on the 12th March making it clash with the Randwick Guineas meeting, the response has been swift in condemnation and ridicule for the decision that the AJC has made.
Trainers have come out quickly to condemn the move, punters are up in arms and the "participants" are apparently appalled!
Is this the new environment that things are going to exist in, post possible win of the race fields legislation case?
If this announcement had been made only 7 days earlier, the overall response would of been, looking at the bottom line, a possible 600K return to the industry for the use of one of its facilities is worth the disruption. However, now everyone is falling into the golden carrot of money being thrown around from left...
Posted by:
smokin
on Nov 23, 2010 at 02:40:16 AM
Last Wednesday Morning, the trumpets could be heard all across the CBD of Sydney as the Federal Court handed down a verdict that could have severe ramifications for the Racing industry in NSW for years to come.
Almost a week has passed and plenty of time for the spin doctors to put out the usual drivel, however, I want to centre on how this can be seen as a win for the participants, as named by the Druitt St Bunker, the prospect of the gold lined clouds be soon forecast away when the thunder starts to roll in the hills as this will not be anything near the golden carrot.
The prospect of raising prize money sounds great in theory, but to raise money to the levels that are being discussed, especially in the Metropolitan Area is bordering on suicide. If the TAB wasn't driving the demand...
Posted by:
smokin
on Nov 11, 2010 at 08:26:49 AM
Howdy fellow Australian Forumites!
With Betfair now going beta, I can host my own BLOG!!
PROTEST, UPHELD! Is a blog that looks at just what the administration of this great sport is doing to destroy the industry that holds so much potential, that should be one of the great sports this country has, but apart from 1 week that occurs at Flemington, the state lines get so critically wrong that it is slowly killing not only itself but the very lifeblood that keeps it going, the punting dollar.
In this, my first entry into PROTEST, UPHELD! I am going to look at a peculiar thing that has popped up in the Racing NSW declaration of weights, in particular the column that states, actual weight.
I am sure we have all heard the spin regarding the Benchmark Weight system that is being implemented...