Prizemoney for Group Racing

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Originally Posted by Messenger

The Ainsworth tonight is a good field but should it be a Gp1 seeing as though it is essentially a consolation for the MM?
Mind you it will have to have an increase to $150k to remain one next year

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...22#PCM05032203

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Group 1 in name only

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Originally Posted by Mark Croatto

The prize money does dictate the classification of the race as a group or listed event. In Australia for pacing events $25k to $29.9k = Listed Event, $30k to $49.9k = Group 3, $50k to $99.9k = Group 2, and $100k upwards = Group 1.

The full details can be read here http://www.harness.org.au/hra/feature/gr_glines.pdf

Cheers

Mark

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If you look at the link. kindly supplied by Mark, you will see (rightly) that a Trotters Gp2 is supposed to be $50k+

What gives with the pathetic $30k 4yo Trotting Mares Gp2

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...22#MXM18112211

Edit: Ah, although I used Mark's link from 2017, I see that the doc has been updated AND that info does not come into effect until 2023

I know it was a quick back up but Tuesday's Gp3 winner Our Princess Di could only manage 7th of 8 at Melton last night
The fact that Tuesday was a Group race amounts to absolute degradation of Group racing and why changes were needed (hopefully 2023 changes are the answer)
The Group race was run in 1.59.2 while last night it was 3 seconds quicker, which accounts for her being beaten by 40m