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    Interdom 2021

    First noms, 103 pacer and 64 trotters

    https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...e-id21-dreams/
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    It will be interesting by final acceptances because connections of several nominated pacers are concerned by having to travel to Bathurst and Newcastle for heats. It's not the four starts in a fortnight but the hours on the road for the horses is an unnecessary burden. Should Covid still be an issue interstate and NZ horses, presuming they can trave, will likely have to quarantine at Menangle. I wouldn't fancy a drive from Menangle to Newcastle and back.

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    Second Rankings

    http://www.harness.org.au/media-room...?news_id=50177

    A few moves of note:

    Max Delight 13 - 2nd
    Alta Orlando 17 - 11
    Bad To The Bone 27 - 15
    Burnham Boy 45 - 24
    Majestic Cruiser 35 - 25
    Spirit Of St Louis 43 - 32

    Sirletic and Perfect Stride have blown out while Amazing Dream and Stylish Memphis are scratchings
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    I know it is not relevant to Interdom 21 but I will plonk this big news here

    Queensland will replace New Zealand in the Inter Dominion rotation ....... citing financial uncertainty and a lack of Open Class horses in the country.

    https://harnesslink.com/new-zealand/...nter-dominion/
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    PP is today asking what the Kiwis are up to
    saying that HRNZ is a very sound organization with excellent finances and he also refutes that there is a lack of open class horses in NZ
    As he rightly points out - you cannot have an Inter Dominion with only one dominion
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    Quote Originally Posted by Messenger View Post
    PP is today asking what the Kiwis are up to
    saying that HRNZ is a very sound organization with excellent finances and he also refutes that there is a lack of open class horses in NZ
    As he rightly points out - you cannot have an Inter Dominion with only one dominion
    Bloke has 0 credibility.

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    Forgetting credibility Breno - can you have an Inter Dominion with only one dominion?
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    My own thoughts are HRNZ has jettisoned the Inter-Dominion in order to prop up its own deficiencies. Stakemoney for the Auckland Cup has steadily fallen down to $200k for this season's edition (won by Amazing Dream) but is now slated for late May as $400k. The Invercargill Cup has doubled to $100k and the unique and I believe, highly successful Harness Jewels meeting has disappeared completely.

    What made the Jewels unique was the nine races were all invitations. The industry, as a whole, has become drunk on futurities as a means of boasting about good stake money. That is fools gold; the horse owners are largely funding the higher stakes. The Jewels actually rewarded owners and was basically grand finals for 2, 3 and 4 year-olds of there sex and gait. Field selection was based on stake earnings. As yet I am unaware of the thinking behind the decision to sack the Jewels.

    Here is a hint - this year's Jewels races were dropped from $150k to $100k each after years at the higher amount. That $450,000 saving is only $50,000 short of the stake for this year's Inter-Dominion final.

    I see some serious shuffling of the deck chairs being conducted by HRNZ, mainly to prop up an ailing industry on the North Island.

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