1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,547 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,747 Speaker 1: from Newstalk ZEDB. 3 00:00:12,747 --> 00:00:15,507 Speaker 2: Cutikamillion's Night at Ellislie one of the biggest meetings on 4 00:00:15,547 --> 00:00:18,147 Speaker 2: the New Zealand racing calender. The first of a six 5 00:00:18,267 --> 00:00:21,467 Speaker 2: race schedule jumps at four thirty eight this afternoon. The 6 00:00:21,507 --> 00:00:24,027 Speaker 2: two key races on the card are the cutaka Millions 7 00:00:24,067 --> 00:00:26,947 Speaker 2: two year old and three year old races four and five. 8 00:00:27,387 --> 00:00:29,747 Speaker 2: Let's bring in Sad Taylor from the Tab. Dad, you 9 00:00:29,827 --> 00:00:32,427 Speaker 2: must be like a kid on Christmas morning? How big 10 00:00:32,507 --> 00:00:33,627 Speaker 2: is this meeting for the tab? 11 00:00:34,227 --> 00:00:37,427 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is clearly the biggest domestic meeting we have now. Jason, 12 00:00:37,467 --> 00:00:40,507 Speaker 3: good afternoon to you there. Yeah, it's a fantastic meeting 13 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:43,107 Speaker 3: and it's just grown and grown over the last sort 14 00:00:43,107 --> 00:00:45,067 Speaker 3: of five or so years into a bit of a 15 00:00:45,067 --> 00:00:49,227 Speaker 3: behemoth in terms of New Zealand racing. Obviously, those respected 16 00:00:49,307 --> 00:00:51,027 Speaker 3: days that we all sort of know and love, like 17 00:00:51,107 --> 00:00:53,867 Speaker 3: Derby Day, New Zealand Cup Day and the like is 18 00:00:53,867 --> 00:00:57,627 Speaker 3: still strong, but this brings a whole another flavor. Five 19 00:00:57,747 --> 00:01:00,347 Speaker 3: million dollars up for grabs over six races here at 20 00:01:00,787 --> 00:01:02,867 Speaker 3: h two to nine. I'm just sitting as we speak 21 00:01:03,347 --> 00:01:06,147 Speaker 3: Piney in the CEO's office at Autland Racing Club. Just 22 00:01:06,147 --> 00:01:08,747 Speaker 3: look looking out the window here, just watching the fever 23 00:01:08,867 --> 00:01:10,987 Speaker 3: start to build here on track at Ellerslie. 24 00:01:11,147 --> 00:01:13,427 Speaker 2: It was very good man the seeon and good of 25 00:01:13,507 --> 00:01:17,107 Speaker 2: him to offer up his prime position for this radio 26 00:01:17,227 --> 00:01:19,867 Speaker 2: channel like it. The two key races on the cut, 27 00:01:19,907 --> 00:01:21,267 Speaker 2: as I say, the two year old and three year 28 00:01:21,267 --> 00:01:23,787 Speaker 2: old character members. These are the two races for horses 29 00:01:24,107 --> 00:01:26,147 Speaker 2: that were sold or offered for sale at the New 30 00:01:26,187 --> 00:01:27,587 Speaker 2: Zealand Bloodstock Colorker sales. 31 00:01:27,667 --> 00:01:30,307 Speaker 3: Is that right, That's absolutely correct, And the sales are 32 00:01:30,307 --> 00:01:33,347 Speaker 3: on the back of the Karaka meeting. The sales begin 33 00:01:33,707 --> 00:01:36,987 Speaker 3: tomorrow out at Karaka and they go Sunday Monday, and 34 00:01:37,107 --> 00:01:40,227 Speaker 3: further the group the book one sales Sunday Monday. Horses 35 00:01:40,267 --> 00:01:43,267 Speaker 3: that have brought through the Karaka sales ring eligible for 36 00:01:43,307 --> 00:01:46,067 Speaker 3: the Karaka two year old and three year old racers. 37 00:01:46,107 --> 00:01:48,427 Speaker 3: So it's a great concept. It's not a new concept. 38 00:01:48,427 --> 00:01:50,947 Speaker 3: The Magic Millions are in the Gold Coast and the like, 39 00:01:51,187 --> 00:01:52,867 Speaker 3: they have done something like this, but this is our 40 00:01:53,467 --> 00:01:56,907 Speaker 3: Kadaka million and as I say, it's right up there 41 00:01:57,547 --> 00:01:59,947 Speaker 3: in terms of domestic New Zealand racing. So it's really 42 00:01:59,947 --> 00:02:02,227 Speaker 3: gone from strength to strength. As I say, so if 43 00:02:02,267 --> 00:02:04,707 Speaker 3: you go out there, I won't be opening the wallet unfortunately, 44 00:02:04,707 --> 00:02:07,347 Speaker 3: pinting out there at Karaka over the next couple of 45 00:02:07,427 --> 00:02:09,227 Speaker 3: days of just to come up a couple of hundred 46 00:02:09,307 --> 00:02:12,427 Speaker 3: thousand short. But it is a great atmosphere out there 47 00:02:12,467 --> 00:02:13,707 Speaker 3: as well. If you do get a chance to go 48 00:02:13,747 --> 00:02:16,667 Speaker 3: and sit in the sales ring for an hour or so, 49 00:02:17,187 --> 00:02:18,867 Speaker 3: that is a lot of fun in itself. There's the 50 00:02:18,907 --> 00:02:22,267 Speaker 3: action of plenty even after the racing's finished tonight, over 51 00:02:22,267 --> 00:02:23,187 Speaker 3: the next couple of days. 52 00:02:23,267 --> 00:02:25,867 Speaker 2: Now, this is the first of the two World Pool 53 00:02:25,987 --> 00:02:28,507 Speaker 2: meetings in New Zealand. The other one's champions Day on 54 00:02:28,507 --> 00:02:30,547 Speaker 2: the eighth of March. Can you just explain what that 55 00:02:30,667 --> 00:02:31,387 Speaker 2: means for us? 56 00:02:31,947 --> 00:02:34,867 Speaker 3: Yeah, So the World Pool is a totalizeta pool, or 57 00:02:34,867 --> 00:02:36,947 Speaker 3: a pool where everyone's money's lumped together, and we have 58 00:02:36,987 --> 00:02:40,667 Speaker 3: twenty five different countries or regions around the world that 59 00:02:40,747 --> 00:02:43,347 Speaker 3: will be betting into the same tote pool as we 60 00:02:43,387 --> 00:02:47,067 Speaker 3: call them, a totalizeta pool. And then this just means 61 00:02:47,107 --> 00:02:48,627 Speaker 3: we get a far larger Paul. We got a lot 62 00:02:48,707 --> 00:02:51,547 Speaker 3: more eyes on our product as well. So it's a 63 00:02:51,587 --> 00:02:54,027 Speaker 3: real coup for the tab. It's a real coup for 64 00:02:54,067 --> 00:02:56,627 Speaker 3: the Auckland Racing Club to have a world pool meeting, 65 00:02:56,707 --> 00:02:58,867 Speaker 3: So that will be very very interesting to watch. On 66 00:02:58,907 --> 00:03:02,387 Speaker 3: the last three races tonight, the pools will be huge, 67 00:03:02,427 --> 00:03:04,827 Speaker 3: the trifective pools will be big, the treble pools will 68 00:03:04,827 --> 00:03:08,467 Speaker 3: be big, the double pools beg all boosted by twenty 69 00:03:08,507 --> 00:03:11,827 Speaker 3: five different racing regions around the world betting into the 70 00:03:11,827 --> 00:03:14,827 Speaker 3: same pool. So it's exciting. It'll be fun to watch 71 00:03:14,867 --> 00:03:17,347 Speaker 3: from you know, from my standpoint of the sort of 72 00:03:17,387 --> 00:03:20,307 Speaker 3: a student of the game, just to watch how thepool 73 00:03:20,387 --> 00:03:23,267 Speaker 3: reacts over the next few hours. So that's going to 74 00:03:23,307 --> 00:03:25,467 Speaker 3: be exciting. But it's great for customers as well because 75 00:03:25,467 --> 00:03:29,067 Speaker 3: it gives them some sort of certainty around their dividends 76 00:03:29,107 --> 00:03:32,387 Speaker 3: and probably increased dividends and trifectors and trebles, and certainly 77 00:03:32,547 --> 00:03:35,227 Speaker 3: they'll be very very stable with the amount of liquidity 78 00:03:35,227 --> 00:03:37,027 Speaker 3: in that world pool. So it's a great thing for 79 00:03:37,067 --> 00:03:40,507 Speaker 3: New Zealand racing and above all things else, it means 80 00:03:40,587 --> 00:03:43,227 Speaker 3: is eyes right around the world are on this Karaka 81 00:03:43,307 --> 00:03:45,547 Speaker 3: meeting tonight at Ellislie and the last. 82 00:03:45,427 --> 00:03:47,867 Speaker 2: Race of the night seven forty three tonight, the kind 83 00:03:47,867 --> 00:03:50,507 Speaker 2: of Group one sprint race. These seven hundred thousand dollars railway. 84 00:03:51,147 --> 00:03:53,987 Speaker 2: Has that been moved to this day? Is what's happened 85 00:03:54,027 --> 00:03:54,227 Speaker 2: with that? 86 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:56,907 Speaker 3: Yeah, it actually has been moved to this day. And 87 00:03:57,507 --> 00:04:00,147 Speaker 3: to have a World Pool meeting, or to qualify to 88 00:04:00,187 --> 00:04:02,547 Speaker 3: be a World Pool meeting, you need a group one 89 00:04:02,667 --> 00:04:05,147 Speaker 3: race on your card, So this has been moved to 90 00:04:05,227 --> 00:04:08,227 Speaker 3: create the ability to have the World bull among other things. 91 00:04:08,267 --> 00:04:10,347 Speaker 3: You know, obviously they're always working on the calendar and 92 00:04:10,507 --> 00:04:12,507 Speaker 3: trying to find the right sort of balance around that 93 00:04:12,547 --> 00:04:14,187 Speaker 3: as well, but that is certainly one of the main 94 00:04:14,227 --> 00:04:17,747 Speaker 3: reasons that the railway has been moved two tonight, and 95 00:04:17,787 --> 00:04:20,867 Speaker 3: that means we could have Whirlpool on those last three races, 96 00:04:20,867 --> 00:04:23,427 Speaker 3: So jee's a great addition of the railway. Piney, my 97 00:04:23,587 --> 00:04:26,507 Speaker 3: goodness me. You know, the Karaka two and three year 98 00:04:26,507 --> 00:04:29,027 Speaker 3: old are the feature races on the night, but you know, 99 00:04:29,027 --> 00:04:31,027 Speaker 3: if you could only watch one race on the night, 100 00:04:31,107 --> 00:04:34,267 Speaker 3: it probably would be the Ustemer Railway race number six 101 00:04:34,307 --> 00:04:37,147 Speaker 3: on the card. We we've got two gun three year 102 00:04:37,147 --> 00:04:40,067 Speaker 3: old Phillies are going up against each other, Alabama last 103 00:04:40,107 --> 00:04:44,227 Speaker 3: and captured by Love against the old season war Haws, sprinters, 104 00:04:44,547 --> 00:04:49,227 Speaker 3: the wait for Age sprinters, the likes of y tac Luba, Roon, Babylon, 105 00:04:49,307 --> 00:04:52,707 Speaker 3: Berlin Croshetti as well, So that is going to be 106 00:04:52,987 --> 00:04:55,827 Speaker 3: extremely exciting. Race. Are the last race on the card 107 00:04:55,867 --> 00:04:58,827 Speaker 3: the Railway Sprint. They'll be going for it race number 108 00:04:58,867 --> 00:04:59,707 Speaker 3: six there hours. 109 00:04:59,907 --> 00:05:01,507 Speaker 2: Well, let's go back to races four and five. As 110 00:05:01,547 --> 00:05:03,707 Speaker 2: you say the like a million's two year old and 111 00:05:03,747 --> 00:05:06,787 Speaker 2: three year old? Have you got any advice for around 112 00:05:06,787 --> 00:05:07,187 Speaker 2: those two? 113 00:05:07,787 --> 00:05:12,187 Speaker 3: Yeah? Look TRKW the stable tr Cow have an extremely 114 00:05:12,187 --> 00:05:15,147 Speaker 3: good record manager David Alice, trained by Mark Walker and 115 00:05:15,427 --> 00:05:18,707 Speaker 3: Sam Burgess, and they have an incredible record in the race. 116 00:05:18,747 --> 00:05:21,907 Speaker 3: They've got four, sorry, three horses in the race. Now 117 00:05:21,907 --> 00:05:24,747 Speaker 3: they did have four. The first emergency was also their 118 00:05:24,827 --> 00:05:26,467 Speaker 3: runner but didn't quite make the field. So they have 119 00:05:26,467 --> 00:05:28,307 Speaker 3: three runners in the race. They have two of the 120 00:05:28,467 --> 00:05:31,187 Speaker 3: three favorites they have won. I think I'm not even 121 00:05:31,187 --> 00:05:34,427 Speaker 3: out sure how many Karaka two year old racers have one. 122 00:05:34,427 --> 00:05:36,227 Speaker 3: I think they had seven in a row they at 123 00:05:36,267 --> 00:05:38,387 Speaker 3: one point, and they hold the two favorites there and 124 00:05:38,467 --> 00:05:41,627 Speaker 3: it's Bravery Born and also Lar de Rada and they 125 00:05:41,627 --> 00:05:44,787 Speaker 3: get the gun Australian jockeys to come over and ride 126 00:05:44,787 --> 00:05:47,547 Speaker 3: them as well, and Craig Williams and Blake Shin and 127 00:05:47,587 --> 00:05:49,467 Speaker 3: the like, so they lose nothing there. Then we had 128 00:05:49,467 --> 00:05:51,747 Speaker 3: the barrier drawer on Wednesday and they drew barrier two 129 00:05:51,787 --> 00:05:54,707 Speaker 3: and barrier five. So if they needed any more favors Tik, 130 00:05:54,907 --> 00:05:56,667 Speaker 3: they got them through that barrier draw and I can 131 00:05:56,707 --> 00:06:00,107 Speaker 3: tell you that they don't. So look'd be pretty mad. 132 00:06:00,187 --> 00:06:02,827 Speaker 3: I say mad that you know you might do worse 133 00:06:02,867 --> 00:06:05,307 Speaker 3: than backing Tirk in the two year old race. Too 134 00:06:05,347 --> 00:06:08,667 Speaker 3: Sweet is the raider trained by Royd and Burgerson, father 135 00:06:08,787 --> 00:06:10,947 Speaker 3: of Sam Burgesson, who trades at Tiaco. It's a bit 136 00:06:10,947 --> 00:06:14,587 Speaker 3: of a connection there. She's a CD raider that brings 137 00:06:14,587 --> 00:06:18,027 Speaker 3: the right form one very well last time, but drew 138 00:06:18,067 --> 00:06:20,667 Speaker 3: barrier fifteen and will come into barrier fourteen with the 139 00:06:20,667 --> 00:06:23,987 Speaker 3: scratching of the emergency, but the outside barrier which will 140 00:06:24,027 --> 00:06:27,907 Speaker 3: make two sweets life a little bit difficult. So yeah, 141 00:06:27,947 --> 00:06:31,067 Speaker 3: potentially look at Tiakaw in that two year old. That's 142 00:06:31,147 --> 00:06:31,827 Speaker 3: race number four. 143 00:06:31,827 --> 00:06:34,307 Speaker 2: Pinty good stuff all right. Well, in terms of a 144 00:06:34,347 --> 00:06:38,587 Speaker 2: crowd at ellis Lee today, presumably it'll be large, good day. 145 00:06:39,587 --> 00:06:42,587 Speaker 3: Ah, there's no atmosphere like it, and boys get paid. 146 00:06:42,587 --> 00:06:45,227 Speaker 3: It'll be out here. It's a group of boys and 147 00:06:46,027 --> 00:06:48,467 Speaker 3: girls that's come out and they have a massive function 148 00:06:48,547 --> 00:06:51,107 Speaker 3: out here, and they'll have a hosted pot or basically 149 00:06:51,147 --> 00:06:53,747 Speaker 3: a punter's club run out here of the day, and 150 00:06:53,787 --> 00:06:56,187 Speaker 3: they'll have a few hundred thousand that they'll be trying 151 00:06:56,187 --> 00:06:59,227 Speaker 3: to attack me with during the day. They bring an 152 00:06:59,227 --> 00:07:02,947 Speaker 3: incredible atmosphere the chance there is no race meaning like 153 00:07:02,947 --> 00:07:05,027 Speaker 3: it in New Zealand. So if you haven't managed to 154 00:07:05,027 --> 00:07:07,107 Speaker 3: make it to a kark a million, I would suggest 155 00:07:07,147 --> 00:07:09,307 Speaker 3: you put that on your bucket list. Certainly in terms 156 00:07:09,347 --> 00:07:11,667 Speaker 3: of New Zealand domestic racing, it would be the event 157 00:07:11,747 --> 00:07:14,267 Speaker 3: to come to. I'm just looking around at all the tents, 158 00:07:15,227 --> 00:07:18,067 Speaker 3: the plenty of hospitality. I'm sure the sold out signs 159 00:07:18,067 --> 00:07:20,747 Speaker 3: will be up well and truly here. So yeah, there's 160 00:07:20,787 --> 00:07:22,987 Speaker 3: no atmosphere like Crack a Million and the stands will 161 00:07:23,027 --> 00:07:26,507 Speaker 3: be erupting. Has to come around sort of six o'clock, 162 00:07:26,627 --> 00:07:27,587 Speaker 3: seven o'clock tonight. 163 00:07:27,827 --> 00:07:30,147 Speaker 2: Exciting stuff. Thanks indeed for your time, has always Dad. 164 00:07:30,147 --> 00:07:33,867 Speaker 2: You better give Paul Wilcox his office back and we'll 165 00:07:33,907 --> 00:07:35,227 Speaker 2: catch up again soon. Mate. 166 00:07:35,547 --> 00:07:37,307 Speaker 3: He's starting to give with the evil wife Tiney, so 167 00:07:37,627 --> 00:07:39,307 Speaker 3: I better get out of here. Thanks for having me 168 00:07:39,347 --> 00:07:41,627 Speaker 3: and good luck. If anyone's having a go tonight. 169 00:07:41,787 --> 00:07:43,747 Speaker 2: You're a good man. Thanks that Taylor there from the 170 00:07:43,787 --> 00:07:46,987 Speaker 2: tav you can just tell the excitement that's building for 171 00:07:47,027 --> 00:07:49,267 Speaker 2: the culak of millions at alice Ley. First race and 172 00:07:49,307 --> 00:07:52,187 Speaker 2: a six race schedule jumps at four thirty eight. Over 173 00:07:52,307 --> 00:07:55,947 Speaker 2: five million in in stakes up for grabs on the 174 00:07:56,027 --> 00:07:59,747 Speaker 2: day in the first of two World Pool meetings. Massive 175 00:07:59,747 --> 00:08:02,347 Speaker 2: boon for the industry and an indication the progress being 176 00:08:02,387 --> 00:08:05,067 Speaker 2: made in New Zealand racing in recent years. 177 00:08:05,787 --> 00:08:08,987 Speaker 1: For more from Weekends Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 178 00:08:09,067 --> 00:08:12,387 Speaker 1: to news talks at b Weekends from midday, or follow 179 00:08:12,427 --> 00:08:14,027 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio