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Good for the Industry?
West Australian Racing
TheFunkster
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After his 4th winner for today, Gareth Hall after his interview with Bob Peters said; "ah, he's good for the industry"...... Is he?
Bob predominately breeds his own, going to stallions over East, that he has shares in. I assume most of his mares are based over there too. So doesn't really support the local breeding industry much. Also agists his own horses.
He only uses 2 local trainers, so not really supporting a range of local trainers.
Pike rides most of his runners, except if multiple runners or they need to claim. So not really giving many jockeys an opportunity.
The rest of us are competing against his horses that cost (valued) anywhere between $100-500k+, with our horses that cost between $5-50k+.
Not really a level playing field. A bit like EPL soccer, where premierships are bought.
So yes, he spends plenty of money in 'the industry', but it's not really 'distributed' locally. The net effect there is less prizemoney distributed amongst the rest of the owners, trainers & jockeys. Which results in less spent accross the wider industry locally.
So exactly how is this 'good for the industry'......?????
:-?
I reckon we'd have far more people investing far more locally without Bob's presence/domination.
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Couldn’t agree more. Not to mention that Bob is probably the biggest recipient of Westpeed with his ES breds that contribute nothing to the local industry. He’s entitled to do as well as he can for himself and he does it very well but I can’t see that he’s good for the industry at all.
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This success hasn't happened overnight. This success wasn't gifted. Quite the contrary.
This always comes up when the horses are winning.
He's not buying the group wins, these are the fruits of decades of hard work. Loook at fat boy tinkler, money alone isn't enough. This is not luck.
Bob Peters is the least of this industries problems.
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Please.
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#MeToo has hit the racing industry? [-X
Certainly not from me. But Bob has got to the point where he has to sell good mare prospects as he has too many good mares. He has been very successful and deserves that success.
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