Nick Roberts<\/strong>, chair of the TAB NZ Dates Committee, said: \u201cThis is the inaugural racing calendar established under the\u00a0industry\u2019s\u00a0new operating model, with representatives of TAB NZ, Entain, and the three racing codes working collaboratively towards an optimised calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cWe already saw the success of some changes to the summer feature calendar this year, and we\u2019re really pleased with the natural flow that has been created for New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing\u2019s feature racing next summer, leading up to The NZB Kiwi in early March.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to TAB NZ, the new calendar balances club interests, operational capabilities and the pursuit of new revenue opportunities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This year’s calendar has 27 more meetings than the last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"TAB NZ has unveiled its 2024\/25 racing calendar, featuring 995 meetings across thoroughbred, harness, and greyhound codes, an increase of 27 meetings from the prior season. This expanded schedule, developed under a new collaborative operating model involving TAB NZ, Entain, and the racing codes, aims to balance club interests, operational capabilities, and new revenue opportunities, particularly through additional Sunday thoroughbred and Tuesday harness meetings.","focusai_entities":"TAB NZ, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, Harness Racing New Zealand, Greyhound Racing New Zealand, Entain, Nick Roberts, Addington, Alexandra Park","focusai_location":"New Zealand, North Island","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Uplift Projections?","query":"What are the specific GGR uplift projections for TAB NZ and Entain resulting from the 27 additional meetings and optimized calendar flow, particularly concerning the new Sunday thoroughbred and Tuesday harness fixtures?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Impact?","query":"How will the new collaborative operating model, involving TAB NZ, Entain, and the racing codes, influence the regulatory compliance burden and governance frameworks for all stakeholders, especially regarding responsible gambling oversight?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,155],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777015054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777015054"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015066,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015054\/revisions\/777015066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}