Lost Opportunity

[Doomed]

I see they had a massive crowd at Invercargill today, probably their biggest day of the year I suppose. I wondered why they only wanted to run 8 races with all those people there? All over by 4.30. The Addington trots run 13 or 14 races during cup week when they have a big crowd. I see the southland dogs run 16 tomorrow. Surely they could have programmed an extra maiden race or, god forbid, even a 3yo race like they have up north.

I suppose they were thinking the crowd would hang around and bet on Awapuni.

[curious]

Maybe the crowd went because it wasn't a dragged out borefest?

[Freda]

Good points both.  

A three year old race - while no one chucks the sophomores a bone down here until the 3 southern Guineas events - would have been nice, again, you need continuity.   Not just a race thrown in willy-nilly.