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THE SKY HAS FALLEN IN FOR STAY-AT-HOME PUNTERS FOLLOWING THE DEMISE OF TVN 
TERRY BRANDON of MELBOURNE sent this email:
‘THE stark reality of the demise of TVN hit home to racing followers, especially punters, when they tuned in to watch racing on Sunday afternoon.
TVN was no more. If you wanted to watch the racing action on television in the comfort of your own home or at your local pub or club then you had no choice but to tune into SKY.
Not surprisingly the Sunday meetings in Victoria were given second rate treatment. The Yarra Valley Cup meeting played second fiddle to the Country Championship qualifier at Wagga – a hollow victory for the ‘orchestrator’ of the downfall of TVN that wonderful racing aficionado Peter V’Landys.
But those who allowed TVN to get itself into such a financial conundrum have to shoulder some of the blame for the terrible broadcast situation now confronting racing in Victoria if you don’t happen to be a great fan of SKY Channel or how it operates.
They can’t even get it right there with three channels. Gallops fans who tried watching Sky1 on Sunday were subjected to the entire trots card from Boort. If you wanted to tune into the early races on Hong Kong Derby day from Sha Tin, you had to a subscriber to the much despised Sky2 (it’s not even worth viewing for free let alone paying for endless dog racing from never never land) and then on the supposed premium channel, SKY World it was wall to wall Wagga with the host in the studio one of those annoying talking heads that have you immediately searching for the mute button. If SKY World was to live up to its name as the premium racing channel then they should have shown full mounting yard coverage of the two major meetings of the day from Yarra Valley and Wagga along with the entire Hong Kong card. But that would have been too difficult and is another reason why Sky World will never be in the same league as TVN and should convince Racing Victoria of the immediate need for a premium racing channel to beam their meetings into homes, pubs and clubs before they are driven to the wall by Racing NSW, Messara and V’Landys.
Those who were prepared to watch Victorian racing on Sunday via racing.com soon learnt it was a poor substitute for TVN. Many who tried to tune in via computers, mobiles or tablets reported receiving a signal that told them: ‘The item you have selected is not currently available.’ That was a wonderful public relations exercise to launch the new service. They had no trouble watching SKY via their TAB account but that on-line service blacks out Victorian races – another below the belt attempt by Racing NSW to usurp Victoria which regardless will always remain the front-runner when it comes to the on track product regardless of the political games being played behind the scenes over broadcast rights etc.
Protesting punters wasted no time posting angry comments declaring that officialdom in both NSW and Victoria had let them down. One even went as far as declaring that if the two states can’t get it right those running the show should be sacked.
Regardless of the bad management that led to the financial problems and current audit being undertaken, TVN did a wonderful job of promoting and televising horse racing. Many believe that SKY is too controlled by the TAB where it is all about saturation coverage – regardless of how bad the meetings are you just add those to build up the total turnover.
The bottom line is that the racing public – the stakeholders of the industry and the punters big and small – have been let down by those running racing in NSW and Victoria who refuse to work together because their political ambitions and their personal egos (a la V’Landys) are too big.
The words of one critic about this debacle still ring in my ear: ‘Racing NSW is happy to see broadcast rights delivered exclusively to that bunch of amateurs at SKY. The big losers will be those who expect much more than that mob will ever deliver – even with three channels and a virtual monopoly.’
Until something is done to provide a premium racing channel – free of political interference from the states – that provides a level playing field for the industry nationally then punters will suffer.
The answer could be to levy the cost of running this from the pariahs on racing in this country – the corporate bookies. Considering the amount they are plundering there would even be change left over to help John Messara operate his private jet.’
EDITOR’S NOTE: I don’t mind admitting that I was a great fan of TVN. I can’t cop many aspects of the SKY operation and can’t wait for a rival race broadcaster to return – the sooner the better. I endorse the words KEN CALLANDER wrote in his column in the DAILY TELEGRAPH:
TVN went out in style on Saturday after its 10-year run and it is now over to Sky to produce the goods on its racing-only channel. Congratulations to the TVN team on a job well done.
The big story with the TV rights still centres on Melbourne. I understand, for the time being, the Melbourne races will be shown week to week on SKY but no long-term contract, like that signed by NSW, has yet been agreed to and it doesn’t seem, in the short term, it will be. Stay tuned.
NO PLACE AT SKY FOR ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST CRITICS – THE ‘MEAT PIE KID’ 
DON SAMSON of SYDNEY writes:
‘WHERE are all those critics now who claimed that big Rich Callander would be the first to join Sky when TVN went to the wall?
The ‘meat pie kid’ is sitting on the racing media sidelines (hopefully temporarily) one suspects because of the many digs he had in columns at the sole survivor in the race broadcasting field, Sky Channel.
It came as no surprise that despite plenty of lobbying big Richie wasn’t among those who were snapped up by Sky. In fact he doesn’t even seem to have a gig in the new digital service but then again that mainly involves racing in Victoria.
‘Richie’ might not have made friends with his at-times outspoken and controversial opinions. Others didn’t like the fact that he was super supportive and loyal to ‘high profile’ friends in the industry like Chris Waller and Jim Cassidy. Some even claim he wouldn’t have been as successful without the powerful influence of his dad, Ken.
Criticism aside Richie does a lot of good work for charity and I have no doubt will fall on his feet with a new job in the racing media. Until then he might just have to relinquish some of the shares he enjoys in many racehorses.’
EDITOR’S NOTE: HERE is an interesting story about the ‘big fella’ written by JOE ASTON in THE FINANCIAL REVIEW:
UNSURPRISINGLY, listed bookie Tabcorp knows how to put on a spread – on Tuesday (of last week) it was at Sydney's newest luxury hotel, the Double Bay InterContinental (formerly the Ritz-Carlton and the scene of Michael Hutchence's final erection).
The TABsters were up from Melbourne to launch their new direct-broadcast deal with NSW racing clubs, following the half-finished division of the TVN carcass.
TAB subsidiary Sky Racing has dropped serious cashola upgrading its coverage, including the launch of a new commentary team boasting the services of the Hong Kong Jockey Club's star race caller, Darren Flindell.
That new line-up doesn't include TVN's marquee pundit, Richard Callander, despite vigorous lobbying of Sky by industry figures to sign him up.
TAB's reluctance could have had something to do with the 42,391 columns Callander has written in the past couple of years at TVN rag Winning Post (which former TVN chairman Harold Mitchell paid through the nose for) ribbing Sky Racing. Here's a very brief highlights package:
November 21, 2014: ‘TVN in one form or another isn't going anywhere, because if it did racing would be on its knees.’
February 10, 2012: ‘With the horses loading, which is when a large chunk of betting takes place, Sky 1 was showing a dog race. On Sky 2, they were showing sports betting prices … Sky only crossed as the field was seconds away from jumping. I'm sure [Racing NSW CEO] Peter V'landys and other powerbrokers will be asking: 'what about racing?'’
June 1, 2012: ‘[Sky] … is still broadcasting with what you might call vintage equipment.’
November 2, 2011: ‘Even now, the [racing] clubs that are still aligned to Sky need to appreciate the importance of TVN and how its inception probably saved them from a bleaker future – or no future … The villains in the battle for control of one of thoroughbred racing's most valuable assets, who were intent on depriving the sport of millions of dollars, are now being regarded by some as good guys.’
Callander pretending to be a debt capital markets analyst on February 17, 2012: ‘Tabcorp intends to raise $200 million by issuing notes, with the ability to raise more or less … Perhaps if Tabcorp accepted the racing industry's offer of in excess of $400 million for one of its assets, Sky Channel, they wouldn't require the notes.’
Callander back in his comfort zone on September 2, 2011: ‘Is selling assets and rights the right move for racing? It certainly makes the balance sheet look good today. But remember – when you sell something, you don't own it anymore.’
Thanks again to Professor Richard Callander, Visiting Fellow at London School of Economics and author of airport bestseller Meat Pie Maths.
CALLS FOR LABOR GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE IN ‘TOOWOOMBA FIASCO’ 
‘BRETT WINTEC’, a regular critic of Racing Queensland, makes this contribution:
‘IT’S about time that the Queensland Government intervened and sourced independent advice as to the current issues with the Toowoomba track.
This is the track that was heralded by the previous Racing Minister (Steve ‘a furlong in front’ Dickson) as his crowning achievement.
What a great achievement. The track has raced like a goat track since it was opened and it’s now going to be shut for in excess of three months for track maintenance - after just 12 months use.
It’s my understanding that in excess of $7 million in Queensland taxpayer funds was utilized to build this debacle. Why isn’t the new Government seeking answers from Racing Queensland?
Apart from the fact that Racing Queensland, our more importantly (Chairman) Kevin Dixon and (CEO) Darren Condon, approved the construction of an 18m wide track that is totally inappropriate for Toowoomba. Some of the recent facts surrounding their decision-making will absolutely blow you away.
1. Club Chairman Bob Frappell announced on 24 December that the track needed four weeks off and would go into recess from 24 January, resuming racing on 21 February.
2. RQ CEO Darren Condon, after inspecting the track on 10 February, made the following announcement: “The track is showing very strong signs of improvement now that the de-thatching has taken place and we are hopeful the Clifford Park course-proper will be ready to race again on March 6.”
3. Racing Queensland announced on 26 February that a further two meetings wouldn’t be conducted on the track, these being 6 and 14 March.
4. Racing Queensland announced on 10 March that a further meeting wouldn’t be conducted on the track, this being 21 March.
5. Racing Queensland announced on 16 March that a further three meetings would not be conducted on the track, these being 28 March and 4 and 11 April.
The above facts highlight to me (and many others in the industry) signs of incompetence but I won't got that far.
I have moved past the fact that Kevin Dixon and Darren Condon recommended a totally inappropriate outcome to Government, but I can’t accept that Racing Queensland can justify closing a venue for four weeks maintenance, only to extend this by a further eight weeks, with no confirmation that the track will be OK for racing on 18 April.
It’s clear that Racing Queensland doesn’t know what the problem is with the track and how long it is going to take to fix it.
If they did, why wouldn’t they just tell us from the start and not continue to transfer and cancel meetings on a weekly basis?
From my perspective this track was funded by Queensland taxpayers following the Government’s approval of a recommendation from Racing Queensland. This decision is now having a detrimental impact on stakeholders and those responsible should be held accountable.
Come on Minister, do the right thing and seek an independent view of this issue and then act accordingly. The industry cannot continue to be treated with the contempt it is by Dixon and Condon, we deserve better.’
EDITOR'S NOTE: WHILE RQ is confident the track will be ready for the stand-alone Weetwood-Cup day in early May, I also hear on the grapevine that they have a back-up plan. Here's hoping that isn't to run the meeting at Kilcoy - although the track there is probably marginally better and attracts the same joke status when races are beamed nationally through that wonderful outlet, SKY.
RACING VICTORIA MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A QUICK RETURN FROM THEIR INVESTMENT 
GLEN ABBOTT of BRISBANE writes:
‘MY friends and I are a little confused at how astute Racing Victoria can be in one sense but how dumb in another.
We are talking about the business smart decisions to purchase Best Bets and Winning Post, two of the most popular racing publications in the country.
RV reportedly won a bidding battle with Racing NSW acquiring the ‘stablemates’ for $8.6 million. Both seem to be well established, extremely profitable and punter popular publications.
It was a great investment but from a personal viewpoint I believe RV has missed the boat on a good return from another area.
For the past few years I have subscribed to the ‘Best Bets’ on-line service through The Racing Network (which ended when TVN closed). That enabled me – and some of my punting friends did the same thing – to purchase the Best Bets racebook and proform as often as I wanted each week. It was a great service and like a lot of others I subscribed annually.
Out of the blue I got an email telling me that not only was that service to be discontinued because of the closure of TVN after the weekend just gone but also that I would receive a cheque for the pro rata amount owing from my unused subscription payment and that if I didn’t receive it by the middle of May to contact them (glad I’m not in a hurry for the refund).
If Best Bets are continuing to be published why isn’t the new owners Racing Victoria, through its website or whatever, offering the same online form service? Wouldn’t it have been good business to contact subscribers and offer them a roll-over or even try to get new customers with a month free rather than lose the lot and have them subscribe to another form service?
Delaying this procedure is simply bad business practice. With the Golden Slipper meeting this weekend – and not everyone keen to go out and buy the punting publications – they will just lock into another on-line form service and that business will be lost to the new owners of Best Bets. One thing's for sure they won't be using the RISA form - it's hopeless.
From a business or investor’s perspective, on this issue RV is just plain dumb!’
ALLEGATION THAT RQ HAS DONE ‘SWEET BUGGER ALL’ TO CLEAN UP RACING 
DONNY SPELLEKEN pulls no punches in this contribution which is critical of RQ:
‘AS minutes turn to hours, hours turn into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, RQ has done sweet bugger all in cleaning up anything to do with the racing industry here in Queensland.
The ‘live baiting’ of greyhounds has really opened the doors at RQ showing just how bad they are at policing any racing code or any integrity issue.
I'm not licensed by any code so they can take their rule book and shove it where the sun don't shine, as I've been threatened by RQ before for writing a letter to LGHR, and my response was short and swift.
It took a small group of people with a couple of hidden cameras (some say used illegally placed) to bring out the incapabilities of the Racing Integrity Department, and show the whole of Australia what had been suspected for a very long time, that a very small number of people in greyhound racing have severely tarnished its name and reputation. The facts are there are a few people in all three codes who use things that are improper and very much frowned upon by everyone. Sadly, everyone who has a greyhound has been tarnished by this, and that alone is a gross injustice as there are many very decent people in racing.
RQ has done nothing constructive or of value to clean up its own image and rebuild faith with the three racing codes. Standing (Head of Integrity) Wade Birch down was a token statement. Why wasn't the Greyhound Racing Board and its stewards stood down and the big boss of all at RQ Kevin Dixon punted? The top must fall first in this case and as he is in charge of this basket case he should have been the first to fall.
There are more questions then answers here and it stands out like the proverbial dogs balls that this is now a mission to cover one’s arse than to actually fix anything.
There's been lots of chatter that the stewards and RQ were tipped off about this some months before in came to light and never took the claims seriously. If this is true then lots of questions need to be asked of RQ and the whole of its Integrity Department.
When will RQ deal with the cobalt swabs which are a lead weight around the harness and gallops codes? It only takes a couple of weeks once an irregularity in a swab is found for the B sample to be tested and the results made clear to the controlling body and the persons involved.
RQ seem to have the mushroom policy, keep everyone in the dark and feed them bullshit. The integrity of RQs own Integrity Department has now got to be questioned as to why nothing ever gets done, and as to why they are sitting there pissing in each other’s pockets and back slapping each other instead of policing the racing codes which they are employed to do.
Also I question why RQ don't make public in numbers how many raids are carried out on a monthly basis. They don't need to name names but to give punters and the public some confidence in the integrity of all codes. It would be of value to disclose how proactive RQ and its integrity officers are, or is this non-existent?’
EDITOR'S NOTE: WITH so many trainers facing extinction greyhound racing in Queensland will be lucky to survive so there will be no need for the Board to eventually stand down as they should have already. Interestingly the rumor mill suggests tha one Board member and his trainer have been required to attend the Government ordered Review into all spects of the live baiting scandal. In view of some of the stories doing the rounds that should make for some interesting questons and answers.
CORPORATE BOOKMAKERS CONTINUE TO DESTROY RACING IN THIS COUNTRY 
GLEN BURKE of SYDNEY sent this email:
‘THESE giant corporate bookmakers who are plundering hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from the racing industry in this country are being allowed to treat punters with complete contempt.
Those lured in by their ‘free bet’ offers soon find them to be an absolute ‘con’. Not only do these supposed gambling giants give nothing away but they also make it a mission impossible to back a winner through all the conditions imposed.
But if you are lucky enough to back a winner or two beware. Too much success and your account is closed. There is no room for winners – just losers with these grubs who should never have been allowed to operate in this country.
Instead of flying around in his private jet and worry about his mates in the breeding industry, Australian Racing Board chairman John Messara should be using that body to try and influence the politicians to ban the corporate bookmakers.
They should take a leaf out of the book of racing in the most successful countries in the world – Hong Kong and Japan – and simply boycott all bookmakers and establish a national tote in Australia that offers all punters – big and small – a service that they would be proud to do business with.’
‘IF MOODY HAD STAYED IN QLD WOULD HE BE FACING THE SAME COBALT DRAMAS’ 
ALEX STEPHENSON of GOLD COAST writes:
‘LISTENING to Peter Moody talk about the conundrum he faces with a cobalt cloud hanging over his stable, a cynical mate of mind suggested he should have stayed in Queensland.
That comment was very much tongue-in-cheek of course with Moody reaching the top of the training ranks in Australia since his fledgling days as foreman for the Bill Mitchell stable in Brisbane.
But the way things work in racing in Queensland Moody may well still be waiting for the results of any swabs taken from his horses if he was still domiciled in the north. Such is the speed that things move in the deep north when it comes to integrity.
Racing needs to be a level playing field. Moody and those other high profile trainers awaiting their ‘cobalt’ fate at the hands of stewards in Victoria aren’t entitled to specialist treatment.
But some good points were made by Moody in an interview on RSN on Sunday when he told of the big impact the cobalt dramas have had on his stable.
“Horses haven’t walked out of my yard but not one horse has walked in since that situation occurred,” Moody said. “It has cost my business.
“There’s a plane-load of international horses coming in every week and I always picked up a couple but I haven’t seen one. That is an indication of the negative impact this is having on my business.
“I know in my case and the other boys as well I believe we have put as much information forward as we can. Let’s hope it gets sorted a soon as possible to so we can address the outcome and get on with our lives one way or the other.
“Unfortunately we live in a society where you are guilty until proven innocent. If I was an owner of a costly yearling I would be having second thoughts about giving it to a stable with a cloud hanging over it too,” Moody said.
“The other thing in me and my wife’s situation we have a massive investment in this industry as well as owners and breeders. The question we are asking ourselves is do we invest in the industry ourselves this year. It’s a great concern for us.”
At least the stewards in Racing Victoria are full steam ahead in trying to have this situation resolved. The same seems to be the case in NSW where Ray Murrihy has been quick to have a frozen sample of Black Caviar cleared.
But in Queensland they are still in reverse gear with still no word on when the positives sent away for yet another supposed ‘second’ test. Instead of hoping this will go away, the integrity boys in the north should get on with their job before they become a bigger laughing stock than they already are.’
STATISTICS OF A TOP QLD JOCKEY ON FAVORITES ARE ‘QUITE ALARMING’ 
ALBERT WILLIAMS of REDCLIFFE, a regular contributor, sent this email:
‘THERE was a time when I used to read continuing complaints from punters in the Wednesday Whinge about how hard it was to win in Queensland that I would think they were bad losers.
But now I am one of them and totally agree. Too many beaten favourites that drift in price, too many form reversals and too few questions asked by the stewards.
A friend of mine is a keen punter and keeps a lot of statistics to try and help him find a winner. He claims there is one reasonably high profile jockey riding at the major meetings in the north who has a terrible record on favourites.
Since he started taking these statistics he claims that nine out of 10 favourites that this jockey rides get beaten which is hard to fathom when one considers his riding skills. To make matters worse most drift alarmingly in price and seem to either miss the start and get the brains ridden out of them or get caught out in no man’s land and never seem to find cover.’
HEAVY HANDED DEBT COLLECTION TACTICS HAVE NO PLACE IN RACING 
WE received a couple of emails expressing concerning allegations that a ‘heavy handed’ debt collection agency is offering its services to racing industry figures in Victoria and has already started operating.
Some of the content in these emails was ruled too risky by our lawyers so rather than run the gauntlet we elected to run this story written yesterday in THE AGE by TAMMY MILLS, NICK McKENZIE and RICHARD BAKER which reads:
A company linked to underworld identity Mick Gatto is making a brazen expansion into Victoria’s racing industry, bolstering Victoria Police’s push for new laws to freeze out organized criminals and bikies from a range of sectors.
Fairfax Media can reveal Gatto Corporate Solutions has been openly contacting Victorian racing industry figures, with its director claiming he has already been contracted to recover more than a million dollars worth of debt.
“Are you owed money from the horse racing industry? Owners haven’t paid their training frees?” the message to racing figures reads. “Gatto Corporate Solutions Pty Ltd in conjunction with Swords & Associates have recently opened a debt collection agency specifically for the horse racing industry.”
The message comes as Victorian racing authorities, who have been aware of the company for several months, urge industry figures to exercise “extreme caution” before engaging any person to collect a debt.
A spokesman for Racing Victoria told Fairfax Media that they have received complaints about “communication” from the Gatto-linked firm and has welcomed a new push to tighten regulation on debt collectors.
“We would support any move to license debt collectors, whatever industry they are operating within,” the spokesman said.
The latest push for new laws to shut down the infiltration of outlaw motorcycle gangs in the state came on Monday with Assistant Commissioner Stephen Fontana saying Victoria Police are currently negotiating with the state government to introduce laws that require debt collectors to have licences.
“Some particular groups are heavily involved in debt collecting. They stand-over individuals and on occasions they do break the law and victims are reluctant to come forward,” Mr Fontana said.
“On some occasions they’re en masse, they’re in their gear and they’re intimidating. They say they’re doing it because it’s not illegal, ‘try and stop us’.”
Top police have been unsuccessfully lobbying the state’s Justice Department for 18 months to introduce character tests for debt collectors and industrial relations mediators and in other industries infiltrated by underworld figures and bikies.
A spokeswoman for Attorney-General Martin Pakula told Fairfax Media they would meet with police this week to discuss steps the government can take to “crack down” on bikies, including debt collection regulations.
Gatto Corporate Solutions director Anthony Swords said he was already “four steps ahead” of any new regulation, saying he would use a loophole where he can simply assign a client’s debt to himself.
“Any licence is null and void because I’m collecting my own debt,” he said.
Under the new business, called Victorian Racing Collections Pty Ltd, Mr Swords said he has been asked to recoup more than a million dollars in debt since starting up in December because Racing Victoria fail to act on civil matters.
“Debt is rampant,” Mr Swords said.
“The jobs have started rolling in from the horse industry and now I can’t stop them.”
He said he was the sole director of his company, but Mr Gatto was his “mentor” that he used as a mediator.
“If I bring him in as a mediator, I bring him in as a mediator … I seek a lot of advice from him, but the company is mine,” he said.
Mr Gatto, who is regarded as a senior underworld boss with close connections to the Hells Angels, Rebels and Comancheros bikie gangs, declined to comment.
Debt collectors no longer needed to be licensed after a relaxation of the laws in 2011, paving the way for bikies and organised crime figures to establish a strong presence in the industry.
It has led to aggressive stand-over tactics to recoup debt, with police reporting incidents of bikies issuing phone threats, committing aggravated burglary and showing up at private homes to intimidate victims.
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