Doomed Posted January 9, 2025 Posted January 9, 2025 What a great field for the Nuggets. Every runner would have to be rated some sort of chance. 1 Quote
curious Posted January 9, 2025 Posted January 9, 2025 38 minutes ago, Doomed said: What a great field for the Nuggets. Every runner would have to be rated some sort of chance. Agree. Hard to split them and most in or close to their best form. Possibly the best open class race in the SI this season? Quote
Doomed Posted January 9, 2025 Author Posted January 9, 2025 30 minutes ago, curious said: Agree. Hard to split them and most in or close to their best form. Possibly the best open class race in the SI this season? One of the best in NZ this weekend. Only about 4 of the runners in the open stayers race at Tauranga would get a start in the Nuggets if they headed south. 4 Quote
Murray Fish Posted January 9, 2025 Posted January 9, 2025 my mum father won it in 1926 as a trainer! 2 Quote
Chief Stipe Posted January 9, 2025 Posted January 9, 2025 14 hours ago, Doomed said: One of the best in NZ this weekend. Only about 4 of the runners in the open stayers race at Tauranga would get a start in the Nuggets if they headed south. Only counting the horses not balloted - an average rating of 81. Barely an Open Handicap. Sure Tauranga isn't much better. Quote
Doomed Posted January 9, 2025 Author Posted January 9, 2025 19 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: Only counting the horses not balloted - an average rating of 81. Barely an Open Handicap. Sure Tauranga isn't much better. It is more the evenness and form in the Nuggets that makes it a good race. Also interestingly, as it stands, the minimum rating to get a start in the Nuggets is 73. Compare that to the Wgtn Cup next week where there will be no ballots and a maiden could have started if they wanted to. 3 Quote
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