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Bendigo Cup Beutide vs Christian Me or is it?
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Well done Elsu
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Still like you to name the top four horses in Australasia at the time AD.
With $1.8m up for grabs in Nov/dec 15 it will be a different story anyway. Of course the super States could have had the Inters if they had come to the table with a similar bid. |
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I agree the money is the difference and that should get them there anyway.
Don't want to argue with you Chariots, but I suspect you know as well as I do that Perth Inter was the death of the original series at the time. Trainers don't go for the WA Cup now at all because, rightly or wrongly, it is seen as Kamikazi driving over there which can destroy horses. Unfortunately, again we saw that on Friday night. I would think you would all want a proper Grand Circuit race for your Cup? You don't get it at the moment and we saw a big part of why Friday night. I hope it doesn't extend to the new Inter. We need that back to the pinnacle of the sport where all the big guns are there to compete, not a small handfull |
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Couldn't be further from the truth re the death of the inters AD. Perth actually held a traditional series after the other states bastardised the series over a number of years and the minnow States could not afford to run it anyway.
At least we are returning to a traditional format. You may have also forgotten that the carnage on the first turn in the final was caused by Smoken Up and Mr Feelgoid driven by Lance Justice and John McCarthy not the WA amateurs. |
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We will agree to disagree then. It would be terribly sad if the trainers/owners of the best horses around continue to avoid going to Perth because of what we saw Friday night.
As I said RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY, that is the perception of Perth trots, and perception is reality. And where you hear guys like Brennan laughing about it, you know it is a cultural problem. I agree its great that you are returning it to its traditional format. There is no one happier than me about that. Let's just hope some people in Perth accept what everyone else thinks before they ruin their chance to bring the real Inter back. Friday night was complete laughing stock |
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Agree
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Tradition? Tradition has run this sport into the ground. Show me the data that the inter in its traditional format does anything for the sport apart from appease those who can't forget the past. Heat and final racing is a blight and that is the consensus for every single series except for the inter - it separates the top ranked horses so they only clash once and maybe twice at best. why bother having the heats we know who should be in the final.
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harness racing is stronger in WA than anywhere else in Australia Aussie so why would they change
why would they try to emulate less successful states the focus needs to be on exciting / entertaining the wider population and GP seems to do that better than most |
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They should emulate a sports that successful...
Strongest state? Ha good joke. Might claim one and send it to halls and watch it go to M5 |
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The horse that won the pacing cup was a C2 when it left Victoria
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Surely Craig means the strongest in terms of popularity. They seem to get a few people to the track.
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they have a track that is in the heart of the city that regularly gets good crowds
as I understand it the sport in WA is more mainstream with interviews with participants on morning radio other states can only dream of being in the position WA is I think prizemoney is strong even for the weakest races |