Humbletonian Day Dec 22

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https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/the...PMYEgNuXBweTx8

All races are drawn bottom-up with preference for selection and draw given to horses with the highest number of lifetime starts.

I don't know whether this has always been the case, I seem to remember a few first starters or thereabouts winning in the past - hopefully we won't see any of them this year

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There are still a fair few first starters or horses having only their 2nd start
Exclude all the juvenile races and Humbletonian Day might better serve the horses it was supposedly created for

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...s/?mc=MH221223

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The first 4 winners, before today had had only 1 start in total - hardly what you would call plodders desperate to break through for a hard earned win