MY CALL: THE FINISH IS DRAWING CLOSER BUT THE TABCORP-TATTS MERGER IS NOT OVER THE LINE YET
By David Fowler | Tuesday, June 27, 2017
David Fowler is the principal thoroughbred caller for Radio TAB. David, who is a keen form student and punter, has enjoyed a lifetime involvement in the racing media. His personal blog, ‘My Call’, appears exclusively on HRO.
There are two minor twists to last week's Australian Competition Tribunal green light to the Tabcorp-Tatts merger.
There is still a small window opportunity for a superior offer to combat the Tabcorp bid.
Would the Pacific Consortium have a third crack?
And of course Tatts' shareholders ultimately have to vote on the deal.
The finish line draw closer but it's not necessarily a trouble-free run in that pursuit.
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"They" keep telling me Queensland racing is stuffed.
I note that very soon we will host nine race cards every Saturday, an additional $30,000 being added as part of a Racing Queensland prizemoney increase.
Provincial racing gets an uplift as well.
And Chris Waller has confirmed a presence in South-East Queensland with a satellite stable either in Brisbane or the Gold Coast.
I'm sure the "negatives" will find a way to tell me why this isn't a "positive"
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Another week goes by and still silence on any infrastructure projects for the Gold Coast Turf Club.
Will the phone ring this week ?
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Has there been an unluckier mare than In her Time?
Ben Smith would return to his Newcastle base knowing he has has one of the best mares in the country but no winning black type to back it up.
Arguably, she should have won the Stradbroke and the Tatts Tiara after running a beauty in the Doomben 10,000.
She would be a worthy Everest competitor at Randwick in October.
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The Everest race and it's overall concept is already a winner.
Have you have ever seen a race generate more publicity so far out from its running ?
Granted it's new and novel but the gradual build up of slot buyers and the eventual field is filling media space regularly.
And the momentum won't slow as every week passes with still two thirds of the field to be determined.
The critics who went the "early crow" got it wrong. Again.
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GUESS WHO DON'T SUE:
* What well known Brisbane racing woman has now spread her wings to include Uber driving?
* The mystery about one south-East Queensland racing media man continues to deepen and it ain't pretty!
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