The Everest

Whats the cost for fully accepting for the Melb Cup?  $70k?

Spearmint wrote: How bloody boring is this concept? But let's watch this elitist super rich game take place. This is not about quality horse racing, this is about 12 lottery tickets that can be traded among the rich.One will make more money that they don't need whilst the rest can lose money that they don't need. Who cares? We already have a quality horse racing system based on black type racing that has a proven heritage, where the only thing that matters is if your horse has the quality to compete and not the amount of money you have. Anyway if Racing NSW believe that the way to market horse racing to the public is that it is elitist and for the very rich then this concept should work

What is it called Everest? What is it's relevance to the race?

acacia alba wrote: subastral wrote: The Everest will have fallen by 2020. These gimmicks simply do not last.   Thats what they said about The Golden Slipper when it was first proposed .

vaopoaljsie wrote: Mark my words this will be a disaster Why do you commit for three years It's a ducking hupoxrisy garbage maggot infested bowels of greedy corporate right wingers on the board who make me want to vomit Just cannot stand these puss balls

Umm.

I'm not 100% certain how I feel about this concept. On one hand it's about time our highest stakemoney race reflects the horses we breed in this country. Like it or not we breed sprinter/milers and do a very good job of it. So I don't have any problem with a mega money sprint race.

I'm very confused about how it will all work. I think the key element is that the $600,000 a year " slots" in the race can be sold or leased. Does that mean one of the people who had stumped up the money could approach Lordy with the deal " I'll lease my slot in the race to Buffering for 15% of the prizemoney he wins in it"? Or Goldolphin could do the same deal with someone who had a good sprinter by one of their stallions?

As I said I'm a bit confused how it works. By the way I know Buffering's retired. It's only an example.

BC will be a little busy in October, about to deliver a foal

Baguette wrote: I'm very confused about how it will all work. I think the key element is that the $600,000 a year " slots" in the race can be sold or leased. Does that mean one of the people who had stumped up the money could approach Lordy with the deal " I'll lease my slot in the race to Buffering for 15% of the prizemoney he wins in it"? Or Goldolphin could do the same deal with someone who had a good sprinter by one of their stallions?

Phazeal wrote: Lol. This:   Spearmint wrote: How bloody boring is this concept? But let's watch this elitist super rich game take place. This is not about quality horse racing, this is about 12 lottery tickets that can be traded among the rich.One will make more money that they don't need whilst the rest can lose money that they don't need. Who cares?k We already have a quality horse racing system based on black type racing that has a proven heritage, where the only thing that matters is if your horse has the quality to compete and not the amount of money you have. Anyway if Racing NSW believe that the way to market horse racing to the public is that it is elitist and for the very rich then this concept should work   ....and this......   vaopoaljsie wrote: Mark my words this will be a disaster Why do you commit for three years It's a ducking hupoxrisy garbage maggot infested bowels of greedy corporate right wingers on the board who make me want to vomit Just cannot stand these puss balls   ....could be written by the same guy.

Good grief no connection whatsoever. What purpose was your post supposed to do?

Personally I find the idea of The Jericho Cup which was announced at pretty much the same time a much more interesting concept. No buy ins and give everyone a crack at some decent prize money.

djebel wrote: James wrote: Personally I find the idea of The Jericho Cup which was announced at pretty much the same time a much more interesting concept. No buy ins and give everyone a crack at some decent prize money.

acacia alba wrote: subastral wrote: acacia alba wrote: subastral wrote: The Everest will have fallen by 2020. These gimmicks simply do not last.   Thats what they said about The Golden Slipper when it was first proposed .     I am sorry you fail to see the difference between the 2. Oh,  I do see the diff.      Most definately.   This one is for the super rich.   No poor boys will get a look in here .   But your reference to gimmicks made me think about what I heard people say re the Slipper. And it was pretty much what you said.   Gimmicks do not last.  And look how the Slipper is going .  Everyone wants to be in it.  And it gets bigger and better each year. So who is to say this gimmick wont kick off among the rich and famous ?? u

Smart people created the slipper and the less astute were jealous, this time the less astute are creating an event telling everyone but the elite to stay away

These days companies and sports are falling over themselves to stay popular and relevant, to entice new audiences - but not these fellows!

I'm struggling to work out how they are going to sell 10 'slots', what happens if they can only sell 6?

Having said that, I'm not against the concept as long as prizemoney is not topped up.
If it's self funded,it's all upside isn't it?

Baguette wrote: I'm not 100% certain how I feel about this concept. On one hand it's about time our highest stakemoney race reflects the horses we breed in this country. Like it or not we breed sprinter/milers and do a very good job of it. So I don't have any problem with a mega money sprint race. I'm very confused about how it will all work. I think the key element is that the $600,000 a year " slots" in the race can be sold or leased. Does that mean one of the people who had stumped up the money could approach Lordy with the deal " I'll lease my slot in the race to Buffering for 15% of the prizemoney he wins in it"? Or Goldolphin could do the same deal with someone who had a good sprinter by one of their stallions? As I said I'm a bit confused how it works. By the way I know Buffering's retired. It's only an example.

Spearmint wrote: Phazeal wrote: Lol. This:   Spearmint wrote: How bloody boring is this concept? But let's watch this elitist super rich game take place. This is not about quality horse racing, this is about 12 lottery tickets that can be traded among the rich.One will make more money that they don't need whilst the rest can lose money that they don't need. Who cares?k We already have a quality horse racing system based on black type racing that has a proven heritage, where the only thing that matters is if your horse has the quality to compete and not the amount of money you have. Anyway if Racing NSW believe that the way to market horse racing to the public is that it is elitist and for the very rich then this concept should work   ....and this......   vaopoaljsie wrote: Mark my words this will be a disaster Why do you commit for three years It's a ducking hupoxrisy garbage maggot infested bowels of greedy corporate right wingers on the board who make me want to vomit Just cannot stand these puss balls   ....could be written by the same guy. Good grief no connection whatsoever. What purpose was your post supposed to do?