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V'Landys and cronies are fiddling while NSW racing burns

The time of the most stubborn and incompetent racing administrator in the world is coming to an end. Defiantly, he still refuses to believe that a court could possibly rule against him and his policies which were proven in court to be discriminatory, and thus illegal. NSW Racing is being crippled by the amount of ridiculous legal fees this bozo and his board are wasting on cases they simply cannot win.

Contrast this rhetoric as dictated to TABCorp and Racing NSW's mouthpiece, the Daily Telegraph, with this analysis from Bill Saunders, an industry analyst who actually understands the principles of law and negotiation.

The Punters' Show on Racenet had an excellent interview with Andrew Twaits on the subject.

Finally the industry that V'Landys supposedly lives and breathes for has had enough, a vote of 'no confidence' in V'Landys and the Racing NSW board is set to be put forward at next week's board meeting.

Leading NSW trainer Gai Waterhouse said "It is really sad to see the discontent. Racing NSW are there to represent the participants but instead we are treated like children who have no idea of the business at hand. I am hopeful things will change in the near future. If trainers can have their say, they will get things done."

No doubt V'Landys will stubbornly refuse to step down until all the appeals, which will undoubtedly go against Racing NSW (the judge expressly told Betfair in his ruling that if they use information only available in the case against Sportsbet, then Betfair will win the case), by which case Racing NSW will need CPR to be saved.

Can he do a Robert Nason and jump ship to a cushy job at TABCorp before the government steps into sack him?

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