RNSW 2018 Initiatives

Will probably be podcast on SSR and details posted on RNSW website I presume: 

Danny Williams and others are picking their lips as we speak

Prov trainers/owners can always continue to raid country races if it's a real problem.

Some interesting numbers were thrown up during the presser. (From memory) Prizemoney across the board is up 175% while prizemoney in some areas is double what it was a few years ago. Extension of the additional prizemoney to 10th will see jockeys earning ~$350 per ride. Puts many in a rarefied income bracket.

Country horses get restricted Country maidens, Highway races, this new million dollar race in addition to the Country Championships and being able to compete in the Provincial/Country maidens.

The only stand alone Provincial incentive is the championships.  So you get to compete agains the likes of Kris Lees etc who in effect should be operating on a City permit given the size of their operations.

I would like to see some sort of incentive for the provincials to keep them in the game.  Maybe a bonus scheme like Canberra have with The Federal.  Pick a race each week with a bonus for the first 5 Provincial horses across the line.  

If people want to spend $200 odd a day for Waller and believe that of the 1000 or so horses on his books that he is actually training their horse, good luck to them.

Hong Kong racing is different but the stable limit is still a good idea that is equally applicable to Australia.  Maybe have a higher limit than 60 but definitely way lower than 600 which is where one stable is at

Most professional sports have a salary cap or limit on number of entries per team because it is a good idea to keep the sport competitive and not allow monopolies or oligopolies to develop

NSW Provincial prizemoney is incredible. People will whinge about anything. If you're a trainer genuinely as good or even near the level as the big guys and you can't attract owners, then I'm sorry but you must be absolutely rubbish at marketing yourself, in which case your business (of which a lot of the game is getting good horses) doesn't really deserve to succeed. Every business needs to be good at marketing, why should trainers be any different?

Prince of Penzance wrote: Canberra get nothing as per usual

Since when has Canberra been in NSW?

It is literally IN NSW (lol) but is a separate racing jurisdiction as we know. Some trainers out of Canberra (MDale, Dryden/Collings, Joseph/Jones) have satellite stables to try to get around the problem. ACT is too small to compete so I'd guess that even more trainers will look at moving or extending.

The prize money is awesome, I haven't had a dig at that.  I am saying the availability of it is not on a level playing field.  Take away all of these country incentives and see how many go out of business, because they simply aren't good enough.

Not many small trainers on the provincial circuit have a Jadeskye or Australian bloodstock syndicate behind them, providing a lot of the marketing for the trainer as a flow on effect.  If the small trainer does invest in good marketing, it costs money, their fees go up, and it is harder to get clients in.

How about, in a slight twist on your view, if these big time city trainers are so good - then why the heck do they need to be raiding provincial and country races at such high rates?  Its not like you only get a few city horses outside the metro meetings.

Correct but the opposite of what you're claiming, as I wrote above. We've yet to see new numbers but previously minimums were $20K country and $30K prov.