Dates for race telecasts

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33941, 6 September 1975, Page 8

Dates for race telecasts

(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. : The New Zealand Racing Conference has finalised its selet Ition of race meetings to be tele - 'cast during the current season, land successful negotiations with < | TVI will result in 34 race days 'and five trotting fixtures being ■ [cotered. Tiie number oi days previously ; allocated to clubs in the main centres has been reduced, so that a wider tango ot race; meetings can be covered The amount of sport covered' by TVI on a Saturday had also to be taken into consideration, while the heavy cost of covering race meetings outside of I the four rriain centres, Auck- i land ' ~ Wellington. Christchurch and Dunedin, also limited the number of meetings which could '• be telecast The Auckland Cup and the : Great Northern Hurdles and Steeples win not be telecast. The Wellington Racing Club tviJJ have the greatest coverage with six meetings. Auckland Avondale, Christchurch and Dunedin win have five davs, Waikato and Manawatu two each ! and Rotorua. Wanganui. Hastings and Tauranga one The five trotting meetings to be covered have yet to be re-i leased from the New Zealand Trotting Conference. Galloping meetings to be teel-' vised during the remainder of I the season are: Today: Otago H.C September-20: Wellington R.C. September 27: Otago R.C October 11: Auckland R.C October 18: Wellington R.C November 1: Rotorua R.C November 8: Canterbury J.C (New Zealand Cup). November 15: Canterbury- J.C. November 22: Waikato R.C. December 6: Wanganui J.C. December 10: Avondale JC i December 13: Avondale J.C : December 20: Otago RC I December 27: Manawatu R.C I J a ,‘.'. uary 17: Wellington R.C. j.(W ellmgton Cup) j January 24: Wellington R.C i February 21: Otago R.C. ! February 28: Auckland R.C. I March 13: Wellington R.C. I March 20: Manawatu R.C March 27: Bay of Plenty J.C. (Stars Travel Stakes). April 3: Hawke’s Bay J.C. (Hawke’s Bay Cup). April 10: Avondale J.C. April 17: Auckland R.C (Easter Handicap). April 24: Canterbury J.C. May 8: Auckland R.C May 22: Waikato R.C. June 12: Auckland RC (McGregor Grant Steeples) July 3: Avondale J.C. July 10: Wellington R.C (Weilington Steeples).