Pressure is mounting on NSW racing authorities to wake up and move into the real world where betting is concerned. A report in the Sydney Morning Herald highlights the crisis. It says: Figures compiled by the NSW Bookmakers Co-operative reveal bagmen in this state need life support. The co-op has announced that ''punting is now effectively dead within NSW'...Co-op chief executive Peter Fletcher says: 'We are now back to the betting levels we were at in 1975, a shameful result, and totally due to
Pressure is mounting on NSW racing authorities to wake up and move into the real world where betting is concerned. A report in the Sydney Morning Herald highlights the crisis. It says: Figures compiled by the NSW Bookmakers Co-operative reveal bagmen in this state need life support. The co-op has announced that ''punting is now effectively dead within NSW'...Co-op chief executive Peter Fletcher says: 'We are now back to the betting levels we were at in 1975, a shameful result, and totally due to regulatory inaction...The rest of Australia is moving forward with flexible operating conditions and new technology embraced rather than opposed but NSW is stuck in the '70s.'
Great to see Noel Callow back with a winner at Sandown Hillside on Wednesday...He rode the speedy Mrs Waters hell-for-leather out of the barriers and established an unbeatable lead. But the popular jockey admits he was only following instructions. He says: '"The instructions were a bit of a worry but they paid off and full credit to the horse's owner...II was strictly told to be very aggressive out of the gates and she was too good.'