Inter Dominion

[HaroldParker]

Only the one meeting @ Menangle on the weekend of March 3 ?

It's an outstanding day of racing, the finest ever but there should also be a meeting on Saturday night for the folk traveling from interstate or aboard or Glebe : )

I'll be going but if there was a meeting there on Friday or Saturday night I'd most certainly stay in a nearby hotel for a night or two. I'd also have a few more drinks, dine on course or nearby, transport to and from the hotel etc etc etc

I've just had a look at the availability of rooms on March 2, not a problem and it's only a fortnight away. From that perspective, it's a dud IMO.

My point is, I'll be driving to the track on Grand Final Sunday and that's it. I'll be grabbing a bite to eat for breakfast in a cafe near home and getting in for nicks. If there's a meeting on the Friday or Saturday, I'm putting 1K minimum into the local economy.

I started a thread many moons ago on this board about a three or four day carnival to rival those I've been to in the States (Harness) and the handful I've attended in Europe (Gallops).

Harness Racing NSW should own this weekend, screw the gallops. There's racing @ Dubbo on the Friday and a 6 race restricted card @ Bankstown on the Saturday, all worth 3K !

What a wasted opportunity.

Still a great meeting and I'm very much looking forward to it but for ID14 / 15, HRNSW need to grow a pair and dive in feet first. Build it and this mug will spend.

[eliteblood]

Bob,

Mar 2 is APG yearling sale day. You need to get along there and buy yourself a yearling

[HaroldParker]

Bob,

Mar 2 is APG yearling sale day. You need to get along there and buy yourself a yearling

I've never dipped my toes in here. Myself and a few mates in the States raced 60-70, in and out of claimers, had a blast. Perfect for a risk averse tightwad.

I'll think about it : )

[Toohard]

Vic heat field out
http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=19934

[teecee]

NZ Heat......That's it folks..!!!!

Race 8 [10:15pm] GLENFERRIE FARM INTERDOMINION HEAT 1 MOBILE PACE (Gr2) $50,000, 2200m Racebook Gear Please refer to Harness Racing New South Wales for all conditions applicable to the TAB.COM.AU 2013 Interdominion Series. PLEASE NOTE:That for the Interdominion Heat Performance Incentive Scheme levies will not be applicable and or a bonus be paid as a result of winning this race.
1901912 5h Gold Ace 1Front S J Reid
2211311 5h Terror To Love 2Front G T Court & P T Court
3712771 6h Sir Lincoln 3Front R W Green

[Tangles]

NZ Heat......That's it folks..!!!!

Race 8 [10:15pm] GLENFERRIE FARM INTERDOMINION HEAT 1 MOBILE PACE (Gr2) $50,000, 2200m Racebook Gear Please refer to Harness Racing New South Wales for all conditions applicable to the TAB.COM.AU 2013 Interdominion Series. PLEASE NOTE:That for the Interdominion Heat Performance Incentive Scheme levies will not be applicable and or a bonus be paid as a result of winning this race.
1901912 5h Gold Ace 1Front S J Reid
2211311 5h Terror To Love 2Front G T Court & P T Court
3712771 6h Sir Lincoln 3Front R W Green

What a Joke!!! It should not stand up,abandon the race.

[2minuteman]

NZ Heat......That's it folks..!!!!

Race 8 [10:15pm] GLENFERRIE FARM INTERDOMINION HEAT 1 MOBILE PACE (Gr2) $50,000, 2200m Racebook Gear Please refer to Harness Racing New South Wales for all conditions applicable to the TAB.COM.AU 2013 Interdominion Series. PLEASE NOTE:That for the Interdominion Heat Performance Incentive Scheme levies will not be applicable and or a bonus be paid as a result of winning this race.
1901912 5h Gold Ace 1Front S J Reid
2211311 5h Terror To Love 2Front G T Court & P T Court
3712771 6h Sir Lincoln 3Front R W Green

A great advertisment for the new format.

[2minuteman]

I've never dipped my toes in here. Myself and a few mates in the States raced 60-70, in and out of claimers, had a blast. Perfect for a risk averse tightwad.

Last week it was 50 or more.this week 60-70. This keeps up we'll need a calculator.

[HaroldParker]

Thanks Ron, I'm glad you're keeping score. The Chap that did the books for us believes it could of been more. It sounds like a lot but they were ready made and over quite a few years. Probably a third of them were in and out within 2-3 weeks.

and I am a risk averse tight arse by trade : )

[teecee]

With the conditions of the series such that NSWHRC want the best 10 Grand Circuit horses in the final, they have chosen to gamble that those best 10 can make it by the handicappers' grading of the heats. IMO this is so as they have graded the heats AFTER fields were declared.
Whether you like or not and it seems clear that your bias is geographically based rather than horse ability or any other logic based, it seems quite clear that at least 2 of those ten are in the NZ heat (IMO Gold Ace and TtL)(...Sir Lincoln must be reasonably high up the rankings also IMO....)and 2 are in the WA heat ,(ITMQ and one other I am yet to determine). If their rankings of the horses are based on performance/ wins, stakes earnings along with current race form performance then I have to believe there is nothing untoward in the way they have ranked the fields and runners in the hope of seeing the 10 best to the final.
If their end desire is to see the best 10 in the final then it is not incomprehensible to still see 2 from NZ heat even with a late scratching.
They (NSWHRC) were after all, prepared to alter/adjust/rejig the series conditions to offer Sushi Sushi (a horse certain to be in the top ten) a free ride to the final.