Different Aspects to Programming

[Messenger]

Sad to see only 6 races at Horsham on Thursday - they extended noms for the Horsham Guineas (big title for only $7k now) and made a field but the Princess of the Wimmera (another big title for a $7k race now) didn't come up

https://www.harness.org.au/fields.cf...&fromstate=vic

Great story from Tony Logan again

http://www.harnesslink.com/Australia...-by-Tony-Logan

I forgot that both of these races (sadly only 1 today) carried free services

[alphastud]

Credit to HRNSW and Adam Fairley for listening and trying to provide more opportunities for lower graded of racehorses.

Email from HRNSW below. - I've added a link to the relevant race.


Dear Stakeholder,

Following feedback received from a range of Stakeholders at recent Industry Roadshows, from August 1 HRNSW has programmed a NO MORE THAN 2 WINS PACE at Country venues.

These races are designed to provide opportunities for horses that win Maiden Races before they enter the general horse population in either C1 or Divided Stakes events and for horses with limited Career Penalty wins to allow them to race against like horses with a small number of wins.

In the first week there have been limited nominations received and this may be because trainers do not understand the conditions.
See Race code BHC23081705 as an example.
http://www.harness.org.au/meeting-pr...&fromstate=nsw

The Other conditions mean no more than 2 “Career Penalty” wins.

Therefore a horse that has won multiple $2,000 Penalty Free Races or multiple $3,500 Graduation Penalty races are eligible for this race if they have not won more than two events valued at more than $3500 “Career Penalty races”.

Should you require any further clarification please contact either myself or the HRNSW Handicapping Panel.

Regards,

Adam Fairley | Manager – Industry Development | Harness Racing New South Wales |

[Messenger]

I realize they had 14 acceptances for the Trot at Stawell and thus they split it but in the end we have had 2 scratchings so we have ended up with two 6 horses races when we could have had one race. They would have had to have named 12 and 2 emergencies. I guess if the program is a bit light for noms then two small races may produce more turnover than one big one
It has really only caught my eye because we have ended up with the first four races at Stawell today all only 6 horse fields

[Messenger]

Looking at the Calendar - have we really got Ballarat on as well as the Crown Semi's at Bendigo on Saturday Aug 19?

[aussiebreno]

Looking at the Calendar - have we really got Ballarat on as well as the Crown Semi's at Bendigo on Saturday Aug 19?

What is the issue?

[Messenger]

You think that it will work - having that many races - it would have to be dependent on both being on Sky1

[aussiebreno]

You think that it will work - having that many races - it would have to be dependent on both being on Sky1

Run of the mill horses who are still being fed and trained need somewhere to race still when the Breeders Crown comes to town.

[Messenger]

Down in Vic we only run race meets when we think we can make a return to the industry Breno

[aussiebreno]

Down in Vic we only run race meets when we think we can make a return to the industry Breno

Maybe they are planning on making a profit but regardless occasionally veering from the one track mind short term goal of getting a profit on meetings to keep your long term battlers happy is smart business.

[Messenger]

Touché Breno