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I must say that Rangiora does have the best dual grass/all weather course combo in Canterbury. It also gets the race day crowds like most of the country meets .

The six venues most likely will be Alexandra Park , Cambridge, Addington , Ashburton, Forbury and Invercargill I suspect . No room for Palmerston North I guess (lack of horse population ? )

Incidentally 18 of the 23 harness meetings listed up to and including Saturday in Aussie are going ahead. Maybe that will change with their new state border restrictions in place or maybe because they are in place.

I wasn't dreaming, I just noticed they were not taken down. They now all have been abandoned including Waikato and Invercargill .So at time of posting nominations were still been taken. I just was trying to find out the reason why. If the warehouse is putting its case to stay open , others must be trying a last ditch attempt also.

I we Alexandra Park is closed and no doubt because Auckland have the majority of the Covid19 cases. I see Addington and Methven nominations are still up on HRNZ. Maybe they are in talks with the govt regarding risk assessment as previous meetings last week were already closed to the public.

Manawatu is off, maybe replaced by northern meeting.

I watch it every week, it is informative and does highlight what is going on in the industry . As for the value for money question , I can not tell until I know what it does actually cost however will miss it , if it stops airing. Other programs such as the Breeders episodes, In the Gig and Off The Track fill in other gaps.

Remember the On course doubles, trifectas and forecasts, get a roughie in the first position and you could get money paid on the third or any as a countback.

I enjoyed the 6 packs as I got 2 of those. 10k each . One at Riccarton , other at Nelson (harness).

She often had her tail tied back for the races I noticed. Maybe someone might tell us why it is done ?

Got onto " No Apachemee " for the place , going his best placed time. I missed .seeing the race , was feeding his sibling (colt) and dam .

Most of the crew down here at Chch are former PGG Wrightson auctioneers / staff . Less stuff ups are likely .

I believe that HRNZ gave permission for the TAB to take more Aussie thoroughbred racing on Saturdays and get therefore a %age of the take.

Interestingly he won a rating 40-69 race so can run against same horses once more most likely, probably best to sell him to Aussie , will get longevity there.

Maybe every 4 months those middle performing horses start with a Rating 50. Have two categories 2-5 life-time wins and 6-9 wins. Maidens race against maidens and 1 win horses race against 1 life-time winners. 10 win plus winners start at 70 (or any reasonable stating point in ratings. Prize money would go up through the categories. Somehow fit Classic wins/results into it (1-1/2 or double points perhaps)