Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I need to get over it but it's hard. No sprint lane = better racing. Let the drivers race!
Anyway, time to move on...
Temporary sprint lane to be installed at Ballarat for ID18 heats
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...or-id18-heats/
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I need to get over it but it's hard. No sprint lane = better racing. Let the drivers race!
Anyway, time to move on...
Very interested to see which horses line up
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...or-id18-heats/
Rowse said the club remained firm in its resolve that its wide, long straight provided opportunities for all horses in the run to the finish line.
You only have to look at this race tonight to see that this statement is not true
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...ic#BAC25051806
It was like an old Showgrounds race = stack em up and sprint home so that despite a last quarter of 26.8 for an ordinary 1.58.4 for the mile which is way more than what the quinella pair can run
I am not necessarily an advocate for sprint lanes but either the whole state has them or the whole state does not have them
Last edited by Messenger; 05-26-2018 at 03:14 AM.
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Totally agree Kev, All tracks or none at all
Kevin, that's called a good drive by the winner, not his fault that nobody made any moves. He looked to have the one on his back covered at the finish. I was more concerned that the 3 outside runners were out of position at the start ( didn't score up to the mobile) and stewards made no comment in results. Maybe it will be in the stewards report !
Don't die wondering !
I agree that it is a good drive but a boring race - they were the type I loved winning on at the Showgrounds
The only way we were going to get a 'race' was if Tam Major decided not to opt for the sit but with the distance being 1609m it was going to be a big ask from the death and why ask for such an effort when it was only a minor feature race worth $8550 to the winner
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The prizemoney has been announced - bordering on pathetic IMO even if grassroots harness is more important
For pacers, the prizemoney will be distributed across three rounds of three heats ($30,000 per heat), a $50,000 Consolation Final and a $500,000 Group 1 Grand Final, while for trotters there will be three rounds of two trotting heats ($20,000 a heat) and a $150,000 Group 1 Grand Final.
http://www.harnesslink.com/News/Inte...ney-until-2020
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Hopefully still enough to get all the good ones there. Chicago Bull may elect to stay home and be ready for the WA races in January.
Have to be careful taking away from your showcase races. The racing spring carnival with all the feature races is what gets new throroughbred fans. Was talking to the Mrs about what race meetings we could go to at Melton in the coming 12 months and the Vic Cup meeting didnt make the shortlist due to it no longer being a top race/meeting.
Thankfully the Bull is confirmed as almost a certain starter regardless of the prizemoney but sheez it's a kick in the pants for our premier race, and more so for the trotters.
I know the finances are bad, we have issues with participants trying to make a liviing out of the sport etc etc but for mine, a 55% drop on last years Inters isn't good enough.
Anyway, that aint going to change now unless a major sponsor pops up out of the blue. We have to positively promote the race as much as we possibly can regardless to get the public focus back on the sport for the right reasons. From people that are paid to do so on Harness Racing Boards, right down to Joe the punter who loves the trots.
Spread the word, promote positively & hopefully in time, prizemoney will come... hopefully...