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Worst Bunbury Cup Day card ever featuring 5 X 10k Maidens!!!
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AndrewCarter
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finished counting your dosh? :lol:
good on ya...hope the boys are having a few coldies tonite...unless they are still in the counting house.. :wink:
Fine if you want to run maidens at least make them maidena people actually want to have a bet in by attracting some decent horses.
Instead of 5 x 10k maidens put on on two 25k maidens or three 20k maidens, then you will have trainers with a handy horse targeting those races and you should have some good betting as a result, the whole idea of racing is supposedly to generate turnover.
Whoever is responsible for that programming has zero idea and should hang their head in shame.
Who is responsible?
Don't hear anyone complaining about that
The 1200 race last year attracted 6 acceptances.
it's actually a better standard these days compared to when i used to bet victoria, when they even ran highweights on the day
You may attract better runners, but I did some calculations last year and Belmont held a 2 x $10,000 16 horse maiden races and their individual turnovers were more than a $22,500 rating race with less runners.
Sure it makes betting for form anaylsis more difficult (and even maybe unattractive) but I'm sure those races (in context of the prizemoney on offer) will play their part on Cup Day.
In regards to Bunbury, know quite a few people who find it very difficult to get a start for their horse at the best of times so the more maidens on offer, the better. Just checked the fields sizes for Thurs and they are pretty good, especially considering they've raced down here the last two Sundays.
There's no excuse for such a poor program on Bunbury Cup day and its rapid decline needs to be addressed, this years support card is totally unacceptable for what used to be one of the more eagerly anticipated race days on the WA calendar.
Maybe its about time given its standing as the second most important provincial cup that it becomes a stand alone Saturday race meeting with metropolitan stakes for all races, this would have the added bonus of giving Ascot a much needed rest in the lead up to the upcoming autumn carnival.