I read in The Age today that starting Monday the gallops are letting Regional Vic owners attend Regional Vic meetings when they have a horse involved
Humbletonian is a real owners day - come on HRV let them come on Monday
I read in The Age today that starting Monday the gallops are letting Regional Vic owners attend Regional Vic meetings when they have a horse involved
Humbletonian is a real owners day - come on HRV let them come on Monday
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Who we don't want coming to Humbletonian Day is First Starters. It is an abuse of the concept. Ideally the races should be for maidens who have had 3 or more starts
Take Andy Gath's impeccably bred Yambukian in the last
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...20#MHC12102004
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I don’t think it’s just an HRV decision but governed by state government requirements. And it won’t happen overnight
So how did it happen for the gallops - regional owners allowed to attend beginning tomorrow
You would think it would be extremely easy for us to piggy-back onto their ruling
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Beautiful to see the David Murphy $57 Triple Zed get up in R5 instead of the Emma Stewart $1.30 favourite
It was Lilabitahenrytee's first run for the Stewart stable having had 11 starts for Justin Torney (as recently as 3 weeks ago)
Ridiculous to think it was $1.30 on Humbletonian Day
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...20#MHC12102003
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I fear Humbletonian day is getting less humble.
Compare today's times for the pacing races
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...s/?mc=MH121020
With last year's times
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...s/?mc=MH290819
They are a good 2-3 secs faster
I would be tempted to drop the prizemoney back to the regular $7k to be sure that nobody is targeting the races
Make it special in some other way such as rugs etc
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That is a possibility Rick although it may still make it a target race for some 'much better than ordinary' horses. Humbletonian Day is a good concept but why not just $7k instead of rewarding mediocrity? Not that I am a fan of $4,500 races but aren't they supposed to be the answer for horses that cannot win $7k races - so the $10k for Humble Day seems a bit over the top IMO
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An interesting article from 'The Barn' (we sometimes forget that it is down the bottom of the HRV homepage)
https://thebarn.thetrots.com.au/news...he-stand-outs/
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Bullion Harry will back up at Tabcorp Park Melton in Saturday night’s Aldebaran Park Vicbred Platinum Home Grown Classic final, a $50,000 Group 1 that could make it a very lucrative week for connections.
Not exactly a struggling Humble winner (Muscle Hill x Miss Bullion)
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...reak-throughs/
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