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WA Single Acceptance/Blind Nominations Trial
Commencing in the new season WA will trial a Single Acceptance/Blind Nominations process. To complement the change most race fields will be drawn on PBD$L3. The reason for the trial is to test if this method will deliver fuller race fields and a reduction in the number of short-priced favourites.The process is simple:
A trainer nominates a horse to race at a meeting prior to the published Acceptance Time
A trainer may nominate a horse for more than one race code in order of preference
A trainer can withdraw a horse from a race code without penalty prior to Acceptance Time
A penalty will apply if a trainer scratches a horse after the Acceptance Time
Nominations for race meetings will not be available for viewing prior to Acceptance Time
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Howletts dont have the same model as Oliveri, Hall and Bonds. 99.5% of our NZers are bought as untried weanlings or yearlings as opposed to proven horses. We also breed 10-20 a year. We feed up and break each horse and we own them all. Its Nevertheless, Talktomeurmattjesty, Sunnys Little Whiz, Clover Chance, Tayla Amore and maybe 1 or 2 other were bought as raced horses I think out of our entire stable.
We went to almost every Albany meeting last year, taking at one point 3 x cars and floats getting home at 3 or 4am every time. We each support the club's cafeteria too. Its not like we went in for a snatch and grab of the Albany Cup
One person on social media told me we had no right going down there, as if our bills are somehow not as real as hobby trainers, as if our employees work for free. If we're prepared to do the 8hr+ return trip, risking hitting a million kangaroos and putting the wear and tear on multiple vehicles and our bodies, then I dont think people should say we have no right racing there. I dont need to state this and this isnt the point of this thread but Albany shouldnt be reserved for Albany trainers. A race is a race is a race
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As far as comments about big trainers, short priced favourites etc beating up on poor local horses. We are seeing the result not the problem of 20 years of high priced imports ready to race coming over.
But then again as most people say who have their heads up their backsides “it better to see better quality horses racing”. What a crock of shit.
If they are all WA bred the better quality horse is the one that wins the most races.
Until this thought process is changed by our illustrious leaders enjoy 8 horse fields and the donations to big buyers.
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Just wanna throw the shoe on the other foot here and bat for the other side.. I’ve had one recently come over that’s a 75k life time stakes with a national rating of 70 which is quite high, he comes here as a 16k Hwoe which is considerably low.
In regards to a horse like Nightwatch Star it was racing the weakest of fields here regardless of our system, it’s improved out of site over there