southern surge

[the galah]

well it looks like the souther surge has turned out to be a successful promotion.

over double the number of horses racing at the meeting this week in southland, than what raced at the same time last year.

What surprises me is that the amount of horses racing ,who have already been racing most of the year.

One thing i've noticed over the years is horses who have previously raced most of the year,then keep racing over winter,well theres a pattern ,which is their form will drop off once it warms up,if they keep racing. Which seems predicatble as racing and training in winter is harder on a horse.

But the southern surge has brought all the southland horses out of the woodwork.

The next question will be,how will that impact the numbers running later in the year. They aren't machines.

 

Also, How come the likes of michael house and mark jones are now recorded as training from invercargill.

They have obviously found a way of getting aroung the only horses south of the waitaki clause.

the clauses said-the horses had to either be based with a trainer domilciled south of the waitaki as at 1 july

or trained by a trainer located south of the waitaki.

So obviously looking at the horses house and jones have entered ,they were not based with a trainer as at 1 july as they were racing in canterbury.

so that means HRNZ have changed it to show that house and jones are now located in invercargil. In other words it appears whereas previously they always said they were located in canterbury,but the horses under the care of a southland trainer,they are now saying house and jones are actually located in invercargill..

Has the souther surge resulted in a change in how HRNZ now record where trainers are located.

Like if i any trainer was to go on holiday in invercargill for a month,and take their horses ,does that mean they can get their training base changed to show invercargill and thus qualify for any area limiting southland series. I guess so..

another strange thing that seems to be occurring at hrnz. One of many.

Edited 13 hours ago by the galah

[Nowornever]

Don't get Brodie started on the mile racing for all the pacers races lol

[Nowornever]

32 minutes ago, the galah said:

Also, How come the likes of michael house and mark jones are now recorded as training from invercargill.

Makes a mockery of the system. How can a trainer be in two places at once, it is all smoke and mirrors.

[Rangatira]

29 minutes ago, Nowornever said:

Don't get Brodie started on the mile racing for all the pacers races lol

Will any races be run right handed?

[Brodie]

Great that they have good sized fields.

Why don’t they run the trotters races over the mile as well?

These programmers need their heads read, running these mile races,  as they just are not worth betting into!!!

why would any punter wager on Winton compared to Addington racing?

Edited 11 hours ago by Brodie

[TAB For Ever]

Isn't Winton a track that produces fast times .....this looks good on a horses CV and maybe increases sales value !

Re Christchurch trainers getting around the rules that intend all horses to be genuine Southern trained horses isn't this typical of Harness folk in general.....study the 'rules/conditions' then quickly look at loopholes or ways of 'getting in the back door' !

THis comment was made by a recent CEO of HRNZ ,after a breeding bonus was announced !

But as noted earlier in thread this is a promotion that has worked well.

Many will remember the good ole days when South Island  harness closed for all of July and most of June , and Southland for a bit longer .

So dare i say ' well done HRNZ ( and Entain ).