This wouldn't be the same Butch Castles that was in charge at Hawkes Bay Racing? You know the place where they have a stuffed track?
Or the same person in charge at Te Rapa where the Annie Sarten Memorial Race day was abandoned two years in a row?
The same person that when in charge of Hawkes Bay was receiving an annual $18,000 consultancy fee from the Waipukurau Racing Club?
The trouble with the Ashburton fields when you have aged based racing and all ratings allowed per division, you get some very uneven fields. There will be a few horses paying sub 1.50 making those races not much of a betting proposition.
Open class Little Spike who has been giving Merlin a run for his money vs a field of one and two win horses. He is going to be 1.22 in that field. Greased Lightning another who will be unbackable in his race.
The only saving grace will be the draws over a mile for some of the other races where the favourites are wider out on the back line, but still some uneven looking races.