Happy Sunrise Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Good news. Is all weather better than grass for betting? Is the day of the week more important than either grass or all weather? Is night better than day? Maybe the best would be night grass racing! Magic đ Just give punters variety I say. Turnovers at post lockdown high 14 September 2020 , News Ahead of the upcoming Million Dollar Spring and New Zealand Cup week, Harness Racing New Zealand has been encouraged by its latest turnover figures. âWe have just had the strongest four meetings since lockdown and our weekly total was the best by over half a million dollars,â says HRNZ Racing and Marketing Manager Darrin Williams. For Winton and Cambridge (Thursday), Addington (Friday), and Methven(Sunday) total turnover exceeded $3.9m. Both Winton and Cambridge topped $700,000 with Addington on Friday at $1.13m and Methvenâs opening grass track meeting of the season at $1.28m. âMethven had the largest fields of the four, and that figure represents turnover of $7,318 per starter, with Addington at $10,413. They are great numbers for us,â says Williams. This week there are five harness meetings, the most since lockdown, with two of the highlights being the Siresâ Stakes Final at Alexandra Park on Friday and the Hannon Memorial at Oamaru on Sunday. âWe donât want to get too ahead of ourselves,â says Williams, âbut the signs are encouraging and people are obviously enjoying the racing right now even though there have been no crowds because of Covid.â âAnd then in the weeks ahead we have some great racing lined up, the Harness Million and Siresâ Stakes Races and then Cup week - there is a lot to look forward to.â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I've been negative about a lot of things harness racing wise lately but if the figures are good then well that is good,some of those meetings have been ordinary the winton meet did have a class horse or two that might have spiked interest,some of the stakes are pretty average but it is what it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enteebee Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) What relevance is the per starter comparison - oh year Darrin is about to start working for Addington. Edited September 15, 2020 by Enteebee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 âPeople are obviously enjoying the racing at the momentâ says Darrin! Well how about you and Phil âmissing in actionâ Holden, have a word to the NZ TAB and advise them to let more people enjoy the racing by letting them bet with them?   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodlum Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Were the pools at Methven commingled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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