Addington will race twice a week on Fridays and Sundays under the draft calendar released for the rest of the season.
Addington harness big winner in post lockdown dates, securing Fridays and Sundays
By Barry Lichter • 21 April 2020
Addington has been the big winner in harness racing, securing the lucrative Friday spots for its meetings until the end of the season.
The draft calendar released for consultation by the Racing Industry Transition Agency today has Addington securing four Friday day meetings in June.
In July it keeps all the Friday meetings for night cards, starting at 5.30pm.
Addington will race twice a week, also getting seven Sunday slots through June and July.
Auckland and Cambridge will alternate on Thursday nights through June and then their meetings move to Wednesday night slots in July. The Thursday harness spot is taken over by Invercargill day meetings which move from Saturdays when gallops meetings resume.
Thoroughbred racing starts in the north on July 3, with racing alternating on Saturdays between Te Rapa and Pukekohe in the north, and Awapuni and Riccarton.
Friday meetings will be held at Riccarton, Wanganui, Southland and Awapuni through July.
Dates for gallops and harness meetings are:
May
June
July
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Tuesday twilight at Manawatu
Race 5: Onyx Shard
5.09pm
“She won pretty well on Sunday and clocked the fastest last quarter (27.5) of the night. She’s been a slow developer and took a while to win her second race but she can run. The field’s not much harder and hopefully we can get a similar result.”
Race 6: Lincoln La Moose
5.34pm
“He did well to finish on for third on the first night as he was wide from the 500 and didn’t handle the corners too well. We’ve changed a bit of gear to stop him hanging and will see if that helps. They’re not a wonderful bunch so he should get some money again.”
