Inter 2024

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The 4th and Final Rankings

https://www.interdominion.com.au/rankings/

These would have to be the weakest ever seen for both pacers (in particular) and trotters

To give you an idea of how decimated the fields have been by scratchings
Minstrel who was 15th in 3rd Rnd rankings is now 1st
At least he and Don Hugo have won Big races in the last couple of months

[trish]

Funny I was about to start a thread.
IMO I think if you ever wanted to win an Interdominion with a claimer , this is the year.
A FFA?

[trish]

The MM & Inter were the best races back in my day.
How times have changed.

[trish]

What a shame.


!st Rankings.
1 LEAP TO FAME ID23 - Grand Circuit QLD Grant Dixon
2 CATCH A WAVE Grand Circuit VIC Andy Gath
3 BETTER ECLIPSE Group 1 VIC Jess Tubbs
4 DON HUGO The Eureka NSW Luke McCarthy
5 MAJOR MOTH Kilmore Cup NSW Jason Grimson
6 SWAYZEE NSW Jason Grimson
7 SPEAK THE TRUTH QLD Shannon Price
8 MAX DELIGHT VIC David Aiken
9 DISTRICT ATTORNEY NSW Jason Grimson
10 MACH DAN




Final rankings.
1 MINSTREL NZ Group 1 WA Pacing Cup WA G F J Bond, S A Bond
2 DON HUGO The Eureka Golden Ticket NSW Luke McCarthy
3 BLACKSADANCE Queensland Cup Golden Ticket QLD Chantal Turpin
4 MAX DELIGHT VIC David Aiken
5 MACH DAN VIC Emma Stewart
6 CURLY JAMES NSW Jason Grimson
7 NERANO NZ NSW Jason Grimson
8 DISTRICT ATTORNEY NSW Jason Grimson
9 CANTFINDABETTORMAN NZ VIC Isabel Walsh
10 CAPTAINS KNOCK NSW Brad Hewitt

[trish]

How does the no 2 horse in the 1st heat get a run in front of the 2nd & 3rd emergency ??
The horse is rated 78 & has run 1.55.7.
The 2nd & 3rd emergency horses have run 1.51 & 1.49 & rated in the 90's.

[trish]

Maybe someone can explain my above question.

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https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...24#NRM29112401

It seems ridiculous that a 5yo horse that has only ever won 4 races can gain a start in the Inter

LOL he will probably be the surprise packet of the series - on his breeding it would be a real surprise

https://harness.hrnz.co.nz/gws/ws/r/...rSite&Arg=TRUE

[trish]

The reason I said anything was that I could not believe his inclusion over the 2nd & 3rd reserve , who have much better credentials. I would be pissed off if I owned either of those horses. if there was not a suitable explanation that is.

So who can I ask do you think?

DL 22-4-6-1 , $65 thou , 1.55.7. (gets a start) About 45-14-9-7 , $161 thou , 1.49.3 . (3rd res) Mont 60-14-9-10 , $200 thou , 1.51.5. (2nd res) . And their form is good., so you would not think it is that.

I am sorry but this does not make any sense to me.

[trish]

I sent an enquire to HRNSW.

I will let you ALL know , when they reply.

AND it might be a simple explanation but we would like to hear it.

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It would seem that the selectors do not rate the emergencies
In between the 2nd rankings and the 3rd rankings (Oct 16 - Oct 30) Donegal Luther jumped from 81st to 61st (passing Montalbano Em 2) but he only had one start in that period - a 21m 5th to LTF who rated 1.52 over 2300m in a $25k race at Menangle. He sat last the whole way and made some ground in a fair display
During this period Montalbano had 2 starts, a 5th and a 7th both behind Captains Knock who destroyed them all in sub 1.50 miles at Menangle. His efforts were just ordinary