New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing chairman Guy Sargent hopes to start a revolution in domestic racing on August 1.
Palmerston North-based Sargent wants to introduce his new administration system of grouping individual racing clubs into Super 12-like clusters at the beginning of the new season.
The cluster system will result in groups ofclubs operating as an individual entity, with each club taking a percentage of profits based on past performance.
"It is the biggest thing to happen to racing," Sargent said.
"Having one chequebook for each region and having 23 clubs in the Central Districts being part of one club, it is revolutionary.
"But at the same time it's also evolutionary because it will take time in some other areas to work through this.
"In time I think most people will see it as a revolutionary step which is what I'm here for.
"The feedback has all been positive on it but there is still a lot of tinkering to be done."
Initially seven cluster groups will administer regional racing, but Sargent hopes that eventually those groups will combine to make larger bodies.
The first group of clusters are Northern, Waikato, Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley, Central Districts, Canterbury-West Coast, Otago and Southland.
The proposed northern cluster will include all those clubs north of Hamilton.
Waikato's proposed cluster of clubs consists of Waikato, Cambridge, Waipa, Taumarunui and Whakatane in the eastern Bay of Plenty.
Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley consists of Matamata, Rotorua, Paeroa, Tauranga, Te Aroha, Rotorua & Bay Of Plenty Hunt, Taupo and Thames.
At present only two clubs - South Waikato centred on Tokoroa and Stratford, in Taranaki, - have yet to join a cluster.
While individual clubs will retain their own assets, each cluster will become responsible for its own business plan.
The clusters will recommend dates and programming in their areas.
"Together we have got a chance in this game," Sargent said.
"I don't believe 70 individual clubs fighting among themselves for sponsorship dollars and dates have got as much chance as six or seven clusters.
"One of the big gripes Government has with racing is that we are not a unified body but this will show we are a unified team.
"With that power we have we can rally Government for tax relief and the like, and all those things could change racing just like that.
"For us to go forward, we need to go forward together.
