Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted October 6, 2020 When and Why has the Matamata Cup changed from a 1600m event to 1400m? Black Kirrama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus 438 Report post Posted October 6, 2020 bloody good question Baz...thought I was the only one who'd noticed that in the noms Black Kirrama and Baz (NZ) 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soliloquy 25 Report post Posted October 6, 2020 It was changed as part of the calendar put together during lockdown, along with stuff like moving the Northland Breeders and the Awapuni Metric Mile around. It'll only be for this season, and go back to normal next season, according to that same era of documents. Seems a bit strange now, but it was a whole different world but then I suppose. I'm not a big fan that it creates so many similar black type 1400m races so close together (the 1400 at NP, Matamata, Hasting next sat, and to some smaller extent the mares at Hawera) when there are so few black type opportunities over that distance later in the season. The race seems to have held up pretty well in any case. Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
