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freodockers, savethegame, Rocket_Reign, G-Mac, Chopchop43, JayJay, Mikes27091, LightningJake likes this post.
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no point spending money on fixing a door when it’s going to be bulldozed
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GP in the 80s 90s was one of the most competitive/aggressive tracks in Aust from a driving perspective. I know that for fact having experienced it and spoken to interstate drivers visiting. The dominance of two stables over the past 15 years has simply knocked the stuffing out of competing trainers, drivers and owners.
Hand up and run second, or stick to the inside and hope for a run.
I can put 3 drives up here that I have backed in the past week who refused or didn’t know how to work their way off the fence. These were no amateur drivers either, one drive should have got 28 days, the other arguably the same.
Unfortunately majority of punters are happy to back $1.60 favourites (or so where told) so GP apparently is the “premier” track in Aust.
The driving styles have simply followed with no checking.
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They would still be favourite and if a bigger track makes no difference then the “assumed” legion of short priced punters might get a bigger return.
Doubt it we have 2x 1000m tracks now and I get no bigger return on those than GP
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Gilgamesh, freodockers, Betonme, curmudgeon, VillageKid, savethegame, capgun, LightningJake likes this post.
It is one of the most narrow minded decisions I have seen in the history of pacing in WA.
Absolutely no consideration given to the future of the industry and its participants as a whole.
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Haven't you heard the rhetoric, this will future proof the industry, for 30yrs......
Not sure what we are meant to sell then.
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Major growth corridor on top of that.
Has anyone actually done a study on what the stakes would be based on selling GP or generating ongoing income from it.
For fu#ks sake turn it into the worlds biggest car park and run Busses out of it for Perth CBD.
Would rather see that that than a new stand and night stalls.
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Not surprising though.
NZ imports 2010 127 so racing for next 5-8 yrs on average.
By 2020 nearly 250 trainers left the industry.
Geez I must have been mad when I responded to a RWWA survey in 2010 begging them to do something about the imports.
The response from RWWA I don’t know because I didn’t get one.
I’m sure all that money sucked out of the industry in WA was well spent in NZ.
127 x 50.0 ave = 6.3 million.
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going to become a Gaming / TV experience that is a question that we really need hard to think
about .
If it’s on course / dining experience GP is going to need to be coming up with something
that is truely innovative as after 2 years the novelty will wear of.
Why can’t it be under the ownership of the WATA while receiving a Income stream
surely a Hotel / Serviced Apartment organisation would like to be involved being in
a picturesque location and walking distance to the CBD,STATIUM,CASINO .
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This was discussed by Radley on Matt’s show this morning One Out One Back worth a listen
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Everything he said sounds great but that's just it, make a decision based on what someone else is telling you. Pretty sure plenty or people have bought a lemon because they were told it was an orange. Would you buy a horse from a bloke that you know is broke just because he repeatedly told you it was fast???
If the Sun is such a minor issue then why isn't vision being provided to members?
If the deal is so good financially then why isnt the value of land being traded for what is received being provided.
So far the only figures provided are the 20 something million being provided by RWWA and the 15mil levy being removed by the government.
Now the figures of what the developer are stumping up might be in the members info but we are now 1 week in to the 8 week voting period and that info is yet to be dispensed let alone received.
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