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Bunbury Wednesday
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JayJay
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I read on Sunday that the Bunbury day (morning) meetings are providing a "20% boost to turnover". Ernie Manning I think it was, Sunday Times. Of course, it is great news for the industry and a feather in the cap of the new business model which had KPI's of increased turnover, less odds on favourites, more competitive "like for like" racing, a greater retention of racing stock and more opportunities for horses across the board to remain competitive.
A quick check of the early races ....and they are pari-mutual figures only and obviously only part of the overall turnover figures....reveals pool sizes that are the lowest I can ever recall. The 10.14am start, which is patently absurd for any trainers having to travel from outside the immediate surrounds of Bunbury.......Perth based trainer in race 1 would have to be on the road at 7.00am minimum to be on course 1 hour before the first....appears to be too early for most punters. Those win pools are smaller than the old Non TAB pools of the 1970's when I was working for the NE Districts Council at Merredin, Wylie, Keller and Trayning. And, in passing, with the early start, who is going to attend to the working of the trainers other horses back at home base? Win pools of under $2000 and place pools of less than $1000 are outrageously small and are way less than the recognised betting "blackhole" time slots of Saturday Night and Sunday Afternoon. So unless the corporates are holding absolutely huge amounts, the claim of a 20% boost are at least questionable based on today's figures.
Anyway, back to the numbers, they do have a bit of a spike after midday but are still nothing to get excited about. Now, 5 of the nine races were no 3rd dividend races, is that part of the reason? Early markets showed 9 odds on favourites but one drifted leaving just the 8. Is that part of the reason? Of the 9 races, 7 were won by slightly better than bank interest odds on pops, so the races were basically uncompetitive. Is that part of the reason?
Anyway, great to see the new model being so successful, hitting it's marks and delivering an exciting and marketable product. We are in very good hands.
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Not sure why so much hate for the handicapping system from a training and managing a stable point a view I find it brilliant
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"rationalisation" should be sending shivers down the spines of many
country venues and the diminishing pool of participants.
far as your CEO concept goes, and all clubs reporting to a CEO, totally
support but unfortunately, there is a prevailing view the GP is much
more than "just another club", that it's influence on the overall
product is far greater than it should be in terms of, amongst other
things, programming etc etc. And getting information made public as you
suggest on things like turnover and the like is currently mission
impossible. And by public, I mean access all areas, not to just some
small group of privileged recipients. The defense that it deserves such
influence because of turnover from the track is I suspect more related
to timeslot and racing dates, it certainly doesn't stem from on course
attendance or being the show piece of harness racing.
a venue, GP has already disappeared into the vortex death spiral, the
"race night experience" is funereal and I doubt that charging owners $50
for an "Appreciation Night" will turn the tide.
Sorry I don't know if I am speaking out of turn , but I am t not from a background of a trainer or owner just a really huge supporter and I am starting to dip my toes into ownership , with the GP track I do agree it has a lost a lot of energy even over the 5- 7 years and I come from a non horse background from my family and I feel I am a lone wolf in my age category , because unless your involved I don't see anybody in my age bracket really even know what Totters or Pacers are.
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