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Thoroughbred Racing Committee outcomes
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TheDiva
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21 May 2018
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Following the Thoroughbred Racing Committee (TRC) meeting held on 15 May 2018, the TRC Chairman wishes to advise the following outcomes.
• Thoroughbred Racing Distribution and Funding Priorities 2018/19
o Detail on proposed distributions in club and participant funding was discussed, and high level requirements for key strategic priorities agreed, with industry funding to be finalised in June 2018.
Priority for funding
High Level Objective
Ownership
To reinvigorate Western Australia as an attractive jurisdiction to own and race thoroughbred racehorses.
Marketing
To revitalise the relevance of WA thoroughbred racing through significant investment in marketing, branding and content.
Infrastructure
To facilitate viable race clubs with sound funding models, suitable facilities (infrastructure), sound business models and appropriate governance structures.
• Handicapping and Programming Review
o An update to the Handicapping and Programming Review was discussed, with Dominic Beirne due to present his findings to the TRC at their June meeting.
o An industry session with Dominic (at Ascot) will also be held on Tuesday 12 June, more information will be publicised in due course.
• Field Sizes
o Discussion was held in regards to the critically low level of race fields being experienced in WA, in particular Ascot Saturday’s and Kalgoorlie Sunday’s; with strategies to mitigate the impact to industry revenues prioritised.
• Westspeed Review
o The TRC endorsed the scope of the Westspeed Review post initial engagement with Breeders. While no major issues were identified, management will proceed with modelling key findings prior to final consultation with the industry.
o The Westspeed Scheme will therefore remain unchanged for the 2018/19 season, with any prospective enhancements post further consultation, implemented in the 2019/20 season.
• Careers in Racing
o A four (4) stage marketing campaign has been developed to promote careers in racing in WA starting with apprentice jockeys in mid-May. Part of this has been a brand refresh utilising strong branding elements (font, imagery, music and V/O) to present careers in racing as a strong competitor in the elite athlete education arena and be attractive for the target audience.
o The strategic direction of Careers in Racing, and Apprentice Jockey training has been reviewed and discussed.
• As part of the ongoing consultative process with the WA racing industry, RWWA will be hosting industry information sessions for all clubs and local industry participants at the following venues on:
o Friday 25 May, 11:00am, Lark Hill Training Complex
o Tuesday 29 May, 6:30pm, Geraldton Turf Club
o Tuesday 5 June, 11:00am, Ascot Racecourse
o Thursday 7 June, 6:30pm, Albany Racing Club
o Confirm your attendance by contacting: Hayley McDermott on (08) 9445 5533 or email [email protected].
Comments
WOW! The breeders have no issue with the system that gives them MORE money when the horse they own wins a race!! (*) Why is this even a dot point?
Now, is anyone looking at the relationship between ownership (desribed as a High Level Objective) and Westspeed? In that does it encourage MORE owners into the industry, or does it actually do the opposite, in that it stops people bringing over eastern states horses that are competitive? (I agree you'd be crazy not to have a horse in WA that could not nominate for Westspeed...... sorry @RIO)
(*) I've only gone back over the past 5 Saturday races, but have found only 2 out of 19 races won with westspeed, where the Breeder did NOT have an ownership content. (Yes @Tivers, your included in that, so bringing in owners by share is a positive). But I can also see that 9 of the 19 are 100% owned by the breeder?
PS $292.500 of westspeed has gone to the breeders in the past 5 weeks (No, your not included
in that number @Tivers) on top of the prizemoney. Good investment???
Will end up just a herd of inbred donkeys.
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Rwwa whip... fastmoney.... kicking more goals than he ever did =))
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