Huey Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Is this kind of pointless? - Wouldn't the winner of an Open handicap be highly likely to walk into a Wellington Cup field in NZ given the status of the sport in NZ/dearth of stayers/demotion of race status at the moment? - Is there that many horses that miss out on a start in the Wellington Cup at any rate? - Not to mention that NZTR have done their darnedest to kill Country racing and thus cups thinning out the pool for such a promo. https://loveracing.nz/OnHorseFiles/NRB Meeting News/Wellington Cup Ballot Exempt Country Cups.pdf 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Unfortunately the Wgtn cup is just another inflated open handicap that is not worth 250k , and i grew up on the wgtn cups . Don't see what it will achieve , can't recall any horses that have missed a start that were up and coming stars . Again just a sad indictment of the state of NZ's staying ranks . Also as you say now trying to promote country racing whilst slowly whittling away at their legs , They haven't got a clue which direction they are going in , far less which direction they want to go . 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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