In Response to "A free weekend of Thoroughbred race meetings"
Dear Mr. Close,
I am writing to you regarding the VRC offer for free pass's to the races on 24 and 25th of November. Thankyou very much for the gesture of an entertaining day out but honestly do you think that a pass to the races is going to make up for the losses to the equestrian industry in Victoria. While the excellent Biosecurity measures have been outstanding and have insured the races industry and particularly the Victorian Spring Carnival has been able to go ahead it has left many business to die. Due to these Biosecurity measure all horse events except the racing industry have been cancelled and this has resulted in many equine business coming to a grinding halt.
I ask you the question; 'How are these business suppose to survive with no income?', I suppose they can at least enjoy a day at the races..the question needs to be asked 'Will they have enough money to put fuel in the car, purchase refreshments while at the races?' I can assure you many of them will not!
For my self I run a riding apparel business which is home based and since August I have lost an average of $14,000 per month in sales as a result of cancellations of horse events, we would normally have trade shows at Adelaide and Melbourne Royal, Horse of the Years Shows in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania equating to loss of income exceeding $20,000, we are yet to determine how to find the funds to pay for the stock which had been ordered for these trade shows.
My home based business fits in superbly with being a stay at home mother however my husband and I are currently determining if it is better to shut the business down and for my self to return to work and put our 12 week old baby into day care, some thing we had not planned to do previous to these excellent biosecurity measures being put in place.
The Australia Government has put in place subsidy's which has been kindly accepted if you are eligible we are still waiting for a reply from centrelink, I would like to ask you the question 'How much money was generated from one day at the Spring Carnival?' 'Is that going to be shared around to all the equine industry who have had to adhere to these excellent biosercurity guidelines?'
I have in the past been an avid supporter of Victorian Racing, I have worked as a track rider, strapper, pretraining and always attended the local races, however frankly the VRC have left a very sour taste in my mouth I did not watch the Spring Carnival or the Melbourne Cup for that matter, such carnival behavior made me sick when a large proportion of the equine industry have come to a grinding halt and for many of us facing financial destruction.
Lets not forgot the poor struggling Agricultural Shows which rely on horse entries particularly districts such as the Wimmera who for many generations have had a huge following of equine competitors attending the shows in the district which runs for a fortnight generating not only income for the Agricultural Societies but also the towns in which the competitors stay at. The Wimmera have been suffering from a drought in recent years and this is just another nail in the coffin, but I am sure they appreciate your sincere gesture for a day at the races.
Mr. Close this is not a personal attack at yourself, however I feel that the Victorian Government and the VRC are not aware of the actual damage and impact it has had of the equestrian industry, more needs to be done. It should have been all equestrian activities cancelled no one should have been excluded from the shut down. The two times that I did happen to view the races on the T.V I saw two jockey's throw their goggles into the crowd, how can that be biosercuity?
On the flip side of the coin if races are to go ahead the rest of the equine industry should be allowed to move on, we can not just sit still and hope that the industry is going to start up again, and yes we could go to the races and have a good time thanks to your kind gesture however frankly we want more that, either help us service or allows us to start functioning again.
Kind Regards
Rebecca Farran
www.posh.net.au
If you would like to email Racing Victoria Limited like Rebecca email: information@racingvictoria.net.au Att: Stephen Allanson , Chief Executive Officer and feel free to email a copy to blogEI@horsedeals.com.au
I am writing to you regarding the VRC offer for free pass's to the races on 24 and 25th of November. Thankyou very much for the gesture of an entertaining day out but honestly do you think that a pass to the races is going to make up for the losses to the equestrian industry in Victoria. While the excellent Biosecurity measures have been outstanding and have insured the races industry and particularly the Victorian Spring Carnival has been able to go ahead it has left many business to die. Due to these Biosecurity measure all horse events except the racing industry have been cancelled and this has resulted in many equine business coming to a grinding halt.
I ask you the question; 'How are these business suppose to survive with no income?', I suppose they can at least enjoy a day at the races..the question needs to be asked 'Will they have enough money to put fuel in the car, purchase refreshments while at the races?' I can assure you many of them will not!
For my self I run a riding apparel business which is home based and since August I have lost an average of $14,000 per month in sales as a result of cancellations of horse events, we would normally have trade shows at Adelaide and Melbourne Royal, Horse of the Years Shows in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania equating to loss of income exceeding $20,000, we are yet to determine how to find the funds to pay for the stock which had been ordered for these trade shows.
My home based business fits in superbly with being a stay at home mother however my husband and I are currently determining if it is better to shut the business down and for my self to return to work and put our 12 week old baby into day care, some thing we had not planned to do previous to these excellent biosecurity measures being put in place.
The Australia Government has put in place subsidy's which has been kindly accepted if you are eligible we are still waiting for a reply from centrelink, I would like to ask you the question 'How much money was generated from one day at the Spring Carnival?' 'Is that going to be shared around to all the equine industry who have had to adhere to these excellent biosercurity guidelines?'
I have in the past been an avid supporter of Victorian Racing, I have worked as a track rider, strapper, pretraining and always attended the local races, however frankly the VRC have left a very sour taste in my mouth I did not watch the Spring Carnival or the Melbourne Cup for that matter, such carnival behavior made me sick when a large proportion of the equine industry have come to a grinding halt and for many of us facing financial destruction.
Lets not forgot the poor struggling Agricultural Shows which rely on horse entries particularly districts such as the Wimmera who for many generations have had a huge following of equine competitors attending the shows in the district which runs for a fortnight generating not only income for the Agricultural Societies but also the towns in which the competitors stay at. The Wimmera have been suffering from a drought in recent years and this is just another nail in the coffin, but I am sure they appreciate your sincere gesture for a day at the races.
Mr. Close this is not a personal attack at yourself, however I feel that the Victorian Government and the VRC are not aware of the actual damage and impact it has had of the equestrian industry, more needs to be done. It should have been all equestrian activities cancelled no one should have been excluded from the shut down. The two times that I did happen to view the races on the T.V I saw two jockey's throw their goggles into the crowd, how can that be biosercuity?
On the flip side of the coin if races are to go ahead the rest of the equine industry should be allowed to move on, we can not just sit still and hope that the industry is going to start up again, and yes we could go to the races and have a good time thanks to your kind gesture however frankly we want more that, either help us service or allows us to start functioning again.
Kind Regards
Rebecca Farran
www.posh.net.au
If you would like to email Racing Victoria Limited like Rebecca email: information@racingvictoria.net.au Att: Stephen Allanson , Chief Executive Officer and feel free to email a copy to blogEI@horsedeals.com.au
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