Ascot Park have had 10 days or so of hot dry days and I think tomorrow some early rain, what are the odds?
And with rain developing Saturday afternoon in Auckland, maybe a book on that as well.
I think trainers who had horses rated 55plus,and were considering starting their horses in otago and southland in december or january,would have looked at the conditions of upcoming races and thought there were more realistic winning options with their horses,than running in a race where high class horses could start as close as 15m. It seemed both a programming and rating issue.
I think horses like one change would be suited to having races programmed like they do in western australia at the gallops. They are always running 0 metropolitan win races,or 0 metro wins in last year,or two years or whatever,or use stakes instead of wins.
As tabforever has said,its important horses like one change are able to run in races where they can still earn.Horses like him are the type that are needed to get the high class races off the ground.
Surprises me. I've walked that track about 4 times in the last year. The horse slipped but didn't fall.
Rather than look at the slip on the track perhaps they should look at something else...