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2020 Zoom Top
Michael Stuart Australia (Verified User) Posts 943 Dogs 97 / Races 1 04 Feb 2020 11:08
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Fields for the Group 1 Temlee (525m), Rookie Rebel (600m) and Zoom Top (725m) have been decided, setting up a massive night of racing to launch the 2020 TAB Australian Cup Carnival.
The three Group 1 invitational races made up of the best greyhounds available over the dedicated distance will be run at The Meadows on Saturday 15 February.
Please note, the below fields are not in box draw order. The box draws for the invitationals will be conducted on Saturday night at The Meadows.
Group 1 Zoom Top (725m) $75,000 to the winner (tab fixed odds) $05.00 $1.71 Tornado Tears, Robert Britton $09.00 $2.42 Blue Moon Rising, John Finn $26.00 $5.44 Blue Shadows, Angela Langton $26.00 $5.44 Blazing Cartier, Robert Britton $03.80 $1.49 Just Terms, Jodie Lord $05.00 $1.71 True Detective, Jeff Britton $09.00 $2.42 Boom Down, Ben Rawlings $03.00 $1.35 Heres Tears, Robert Britton Reserves $34.00 $6.86 Annie Lava, Brendan Pursell $34.00 $6.86 Apex Within, Rodney Clark
Brett Margerison Australia (Verified User) Posts 690 Dogs 16 / Races 0 04 Feb 2020 20:20
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Why do The Meadows insist on disclosing the field but not do the box draw... Greyhound racing centres around box draws and surely having markets out for longer would be a better promotion for the sport than drawing it on track on Saturday night... IMHO it is just 4 days of missed marketing...
Hayden Goody Australia (Verified User) Posts 209 Dogs 0 / Races 0 04 Feb 2020 22:33
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Brett Margerison wrote:
Why do The Meadows insist on disclosing the field but not do the box draw... Greyhound racing centres around box draws and surely having markets out for longer would be a better promotion for the sport than drawing it on track on Saturday night... IMHO it is just 4 days of missed marketing...
Agree its pretty pointless as only punters who actually follow greyhound racing would be looking at pre race markets on feature races, on the other hand gives you a chance to get good odds on a dog before it draws a favourable box and ends up getting its price cut in half
Hayden Gilders Australia (Verified User) Posts 993 Dogs 29 / Races 0 05 Feb 2020 09:54
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Why do the meadows insist on tainting the reputation and prestige of open grade heat and final group 1s with this type of race
Bruce Teague Australia (Verified User) Posts 2092 Dogs 0 / Races 0 07 Feb 2020 05:16
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Brett Margerison wrote:
Why do The Meadows insist on disclosing the field but not do the box draw... Greyhound racing centres around box draws and surely having markets out for longer would be a better promotion for the sport than drawing it on track on Saturday night... IMHO it is just 4 days of missed marketing...
Brett,
True enough but the club is not responsible for the box draw. The stewards do that and they may have some reason for the timing. Or they may not have been asked?
Bruce Teague Australia (Verified User) Posts 2092 Dogs 0 / Races 0 07 Feb 2020 05:25
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Hayden Goody wrote:
Brett Margerison wrote:
Why do The Meadows insist on disclosing the field but not do the box draw... Greyhound racing centres around box draws and surely having markets out for longer would be a better promotion for the sport than drawing it on track on Saturday night... IMHO it is just 4 days of missed marketing...
Agree its pretty pointless as only punters who actually follow greyhound racing would be looking at pre race markets on feature races, on the other hand gives you a chance to get good odds on a dog before it draws a favourable box and ends up getting its price cut in half
Hayden,
Since these are dogs with well declared form it would be rare indeed to find one so badly priced. However it would be common to find that TABCORP or the Corporates post rip-off prices with books of 130% and up. For big races the tote is often better in the end(ie due to the bigger pools).
If you happen to find one at "overs" you will be flat out getting TABCORP to take a decent bet anyway.
Remember, all F/O prices and rules are virtually unregulated - Raffertys applies.
I am not sure how much is bet in these so-called pre-race markets anyway. Figures are never published early or late.
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