Quote Originally Posted by roosters View Post
It would appear that some people, especially The Big Mile, dont care about the industry. As long as he can buy going horses(but only NZ ones) then he is happy. He says breeders need owners. well, thats like the chicken and the egg. Owners need breeders too.

i dont know who you are The Big Mile, but its your sort of attitude that has forced the panel to make some of the recommendations that they have. For the sake of the industry, i really hope there are not too many people that share your views. Fortunately, im very confident that will be the case
It's the recomendations that don't care about the industry.
717 imports, put a $5000 tax and it could go down to 500imports. 250x4500 + 250x1350 = 1462500 / 12000 mares serviced each year = $120 each on average. The above average ones would be getting bred to anyway. The below average ones will have even less than $120.
Cmon seriously is a <1% drop in costs really going to make a difference? It will make next to zero difference, it will pay the GST on a service to Pass The Mustard!!!!!!!! Yet the imports go down and race fields go down.