2025 Country Cups

[Messenger]

It is not only the Terang Cup on Friday night but it is also Terang gallops on Friday
???? Is this good planning or poor planning ??????

[Yabbie]

Not ideal I would think. Races is a sponsors type day I understand.
But Terang Harness Club are running complimentary buses from gallops to trots

[Messenger]

Some could put in a full day from about 1 - 10pm
I see Moonee Valley and Canterbury races are also both on tomorrow night - that might be a bigger problem for turnover
Albury (Swayzee) and Newcastle both have trots

[Messenger]

Terang could not even crack it for a continuation of the warm balmy weather for tonight - nearby Mortlake feels like 10° right now

Only half an hour until the Catch A Wave race

[Messenger]

Catch A Wave equalled the Tk Rec
We therefore should not be critical of Rock N Roll Doo. Nevertheless, I cannot help but wonder whether they wish they had never gone to NZ in 2022

[Messenger]

Class prevailed in the 3 main races at Terang

[Messenger]

All that meeting competition which Terang faced would seem to have hurt

Going on Vic TAB figures, the Win pool for R4 was $2,184 (Catch A Wave's 6 horse race) while for R7 the Trotters Cup there was only $3,123 (was it on Sky1?)

[trish]

Goodness that is not good.
I did look at Albury at some point before the big one & it was not great. Is that the only money bet from the tab.

[Messenger]

I don't know Trish. I used to think that it was only the parimutuel/pool money and Not the Fixed Odds (which is far more popular)

[Messenger]

We have the Ararat Cup tonight.
The pacers does not deserve the title (for zero $15k wins horses) but having had to come through heats it should be a keenly contested affair.
The trotters is a genuine quality cup for traditionalists
Both races are for $20k

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...s/?mc=AR280225

Then on Sunday we have the Boort Cups
The 712m track makes things tricky but both are over 2612m and for $12k

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...s/?mc=BT020325