[AusRace] FW: The Big Dance - $2 million for bush battlers

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Tony,
    I heard some talking head explain the qualifying races were run in the
country to try and encourage city trainers to venture out there but it was
never going to be restricted to purely country trainers. It looked as
though it was a pretty good day at Randwick too.

On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 at 00:27, Tony Moffat <tonymoffat at bigpond.com> wrote:

> I thought, and I thought I read, that the contestants in this race today
> would be chosen from country trainers contesting named races on country
> courses. While the contests were in the country (and provincial) areas the
> runners were often the product of city trainers who went bush to contest a
> country Cup (often) and get a spot in the final. Perhaps that is something
> they have always done, go bush for a quick quid, like Tullibigeal, or
> Bundarra, or some other place were the trains don't go (no more).
>
> I backed Sibaaq (3rd) some weeks ago, Kedah and One Aye
>
> I thought Kedah was a good run (7th) and it was finishing the fastest of
> all
> of them, except he was 5 metres back and the winner was matching him. It
> was
> a good win, and a good ride
>
>
> https://mdata.racingnsw.com.au/FreeFields/Results.aspx?Key=2022Nov01,NSW,Roy
> al%20Randwick
> <https://mdata.racingnsw.com.au/FreeFields/Results.aspx?Key=2022Nov01,NSW,Royal%20Randwick>
>
> cheers
>
>
>
> Sent: Saturday, 20 August 2022 7:51 PM
> Subject: [AusRace] The Big Dance - $2 million for bush battlers
>
> The final of this series of races is November 1 in Sydney - the 1st Tuesday
> in November - say no more.
>
> Qualifying for this 1600m (those broadcasting call it a mile) started 31/10
> las-shear and to date there have been 20 qualifying races although 1
> -Wellington Cup in May was abandoned.
>
>  You have to win or place second in selected races to be considered for
> inclusion so to this point in time up to 38 runners are up for
> consideration. I presume the Wellington Cup runners have to suck it up, so
> to speak
>
> Today One Aye  tried again in Sydney but went down. It has a qualifying win
> in the Forbes Cup (in good time) and a fast second at Mudgee in December.
> Some of those qualifying runs are way back in the form record, October and
> November and December but they're selling a dream right.
>
> More info here:
>
> https://www.racingnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/The_Big_Dance_Race_Condition
> s.pdf
> <https://www.racingnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/The_Big_Dance_Race_Conditions.pdf>
> .
>
> There is a Wild Card race in Randwick, perhaps open to all comers (so not
> bush horses as such) another qualifier at Coonamble the next day then the
> final on Melbourne Cup Day
>
> Cheers
>
> Tony
>
>
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