Sensible stuff from Sydney's biggest bookmaker Con Kafataris on the current crisis in NSW racing funding. CVK says: 'The problem in this state has been consultation. They've been consulting with everyone in Victoria for the past four or five years and it is going gangbusters....Market forces are driving Victorian wagering growth but NSW won't allow it and it's driving everyone out of business. Racing NSW is trying to make it a closed market. I implore everybody to sit around a table and sort thi
Sensible stuff from Sydney's biggest bookmaker Con Kafataris on the current crisis in NSW racing funding. CVK says: 'The problem in this state has been consultation. They've been consulting with everyone in Victoria for the past four or five years and it is going gangbusters....Market forces are driving Victorian wagering growth but NSW won't allow it and it's driving everyone out of business. Racing NSW is trying to make it a closed market. I implore everybody to sit around a table and sort this mess out, let level heads prevail for the betterment of everyone involved.'
Seems that the NSW State Govt's only answer to the problem is to merge the AJC and STC. Suddenly, it appears to be saying, everything will then come up roses. Ho-dee-ho!
Zac Purton rounded off his Hong Kong season in great style, booting home a treble at the final meeting of the season at Sha Tin. They took his season tally to 43 winners and moved him into third spot on the jockeys' premiership behind nine time champ Douglas Whyte (96 winners])and fellow Aussie Brett Prebble (79). Darren Beadman finished on a high with two winners taking his total to 41 and moving him to 5th spot.