The state of the off-course Totes in SAF

louisg wrote: Or just get rid of the open bet and charge for Telly Track. Take the profits and Jack the totes up. I mean. ... surely that's fair ?

Tigershark wrote: Lets get positive about this and nominate Bob to put forward suggestions, surely it cannot hurt....
Herewith my suggestions if i was tasked with turning GC racing around;
1. Re-visit the offer to Royal GC, offer 15 million and offer to help them turn their course into a 9 hole, 13 green course. The writing is on the wall for this club and it would make sense. Widen both tracks at Greyville.
2. Appoint Pirates to head up marketing & programming, give him a platform to interact with trainers, jockeys and the punters to drive interest.
3. Invest in 20 off course betting sites to make them attractive - consider a joint venture with Hollywood Food or establish a partnership with the KEG. Hillcrest is the fastest growing affluent suburb in Durbs and does not have a decent betting shop, i am sure this is true for many areas.
3. Renovate the boxes at Greyville and charge the current annual subscription for July day alone, the rest of the year make them available at R500 per meeting with loyalty points if you book 3 meetings at a time.
4. A loyalty points card for punters with real benefits like priority treatment on the big race days. Loyalty points for introducing new account holders.
5. A punting program on 239, Pirates can do "how to structure exotics", LG & KM can box about the MR system.
6. Start a trainers comment column in all race cards and start trialing maidens and horses that have been rested for more than 60 days.
7. Seriously consider a partnership with the bookies.