New Brighton date changes
By
JEFF SCOTT
The New Brighton Trotting Club’s September Superstar meeting at Addington will revert back to a two-night meeting next season. A three-night meeting since 1982. t!he middle night of the meeting has become sub-standard in recent seasonsl Lack of entries forced
the club to drop the third Superstar heat, run on the middle night, after only one running of the series, while the Ordeal Trotting Cup. for tight-class trotters, was switched to the first night in 1985, "At the beginning of the season, racing three days in six meant trainers didn’t want|a race every night while the horses were still a I bit soft," said
Addington Raceway secre-tarjy-manager, Trevor Dakis, yesterday. Four maiden events were run on the middle nifht of last year’s September meeting, with the tightest event being a C 3 pa :e! i The club have decided to change their April Anzah Day date to a two-day meeting as from next season.
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