Tasmanian Pacing Club
Mobile Start for Wrest Point Tasmania Cup
.10 August 2010
This year the Tasmanian Pacing Club has decided to change its grand circuit race the “Wrest Point Tasmania Cup” from a standing start discretionary handicap to a mobile start.
While reverting to a mobile start, the draw will be done on a group preferential basis with the six highest stake winners drawing barrier 7 to 12 and the lowest six earners drawing 1 to 6.
CEO John Devereux said “that the club had taken a number of factors into consideration when making the change”.
One of the major factors was betting turnover, as it has become clear that punters preferred mobile start races to stands. The Club is conscious of the increasing need to put on a product that was capable of producing the best betting outcome for the industry. The other important factor was one of fairness to all horses in the race. The group preferentail draw will encourage those with a young up and coming horse to nominate knowing that they will draw the front line.
Last year with 12 horses off the front and Bettors Strike (the winner) off 20m that horse actually got an advantage at the start as he was racing in “clear air” in the early stages while others scrambled to negotiate a clear passage.
This years race will be run on Boxing Day and the club expects a huge turnout. We have made some porgram changes that in our view will add significantly to the quality and eveness of the fields on our big race night.
We have moved the final and consolation of the Eric Reece Memorial to the 26 December, which will ensure that we have another two races of real quality and depth. The heats of this race will be run on 5 December.
With the $50,000 Betfair George Johnson for mares, the $20,000 SEW Eurodrive Tasmanian Guineas and a heat of the Tazwaste Hobart Pacing Cup also on the program, the Tasmania Cup meeting will be one of the best race meetings ever in the state.
The barrier draw for the Wrest Point Tasmania Cup will be held at a live Sport 927 breakfast/broadcast on the morning of Tuesday 21 December, this broadcast will be a tremendously exciting event with the focus being on Tasmania with the upcoming Sydney to Hobart Yacht race and other great events during that period … a time not to be missed in Tasmania.
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