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Race Talk: Monday betting up

Comment | Author: glenn watson | Mar 13, 2012

The Egmont Racing Club meeting yesterday provided further encouragement to a regular
schedule of Monday and Tuesday thoroughbred race meetings.
The eight-race programme, with a minimum $7000 stake, attracted an average field size of 10.4 after five
scratchings. This is the second week of regular Monday fixtures.
The meeting produced aggregate New Zealand TAB sales of $599,140 (as compared to $596,454 last
week), and Australian totalisator sales of $NZ801,838 (as compared to $1,238,241 last week).
New Zealand off-course totalisator sales were $452,421 (as compared to $430,380 last week), oncourse
totalisator sales were $55,846 (as compared to $47,329 last week) and fixed odds sales were $90,873 (as
compared to $118,745 last week).
On-course sales were assisted by a public holiday in the Taranaki region (Taranaki Anniversary Day), while
Australian export sales were impacted by an unusually high number of Australian race meetings due to the
Labour Day public holiday in the states of Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and ACT (Labour Day). The
four Australian meetings conducted (two last week), including three metropolitan meetings, resulted in
only the first four Egmont races being broadcast in Australia on Sky 1, with races five to eight relegated to
Sky 2 after 1.00pm AEST.
A summary of New Zealand and Australian wagering on the Egmont meeting is set out below.
Total Actual Per Race Actual Per Race Budget Actual % of
Budget
New Zealand Racing Board
NZ - Offcourse $452,421 $56,553 $50,000 113%
NZ - Oncourse $55,846 $6,981 $3,000 232%
Fixed Odds $90,873 $11,359 $5,000 227%
Total NZRB $599,140 $74,893 $58,000 129%

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