Track is still a soft 5 and no rain scheduled tomorrow. Rain mostly overnight. You would hope the track would hold up. Otherwise I suppose they would have considered a transfer to the Awapuni AWT.

I’ll be amazed if they don’t run, but what a bloody shame to be risking weather patterns to run the Telegraph tomorrow when history says it’s always wet and furthermore stuff the track for the later days.  As I said in another posting the “new breed” of racing administrators think that they know it all, but they obviously know nothing. 

What are the odds of Trentham even racing tomorrow given the amount of rain???

BB not starting.

Please don't forget that the Golden Gait series stakes are mainly funded by ATC (I assume they still get the normal HRNZ Friday night stake money and the club makes up the difference to $100K/race).

Yes, Upper Hutt is forecast to receive 18.8 mm overnight and up until 11.00am or 12 noon, then a fine afternoon. They have been very accurate lately, so I agree with you a wet track. It's a stupid idea anyway to run the Telegraph on this day, as more often than not [based on my memory] the Marton Cup day has often been wet. Traditionally, Wellington weather doesn't settle down until mid January. That's the way it's always been, but no, you can't tell the new breed of racing experts.

Yeah wait for all the deductions with the scratchings

Looks like gonna need wet trackers tomorrow...plenty of rain looks to be coming to Trentham

All bookmakers do it this way it means the deduction is 19 cents in the dollar. Example of BET365 below re Babylon Berlin deduction   And this for ENTAIN Note who is giving you a better deal.........      

had to be!

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yes you are right, the dollar signs confused me too 

That's my guess too.

Beat Republican Party pretty well,  in the Summer Cup at Addington mid December, ( RP getting revenge at Invercargill Cup though soon after that . ) so they look set to have some great future battles for sure. they are both just getting better and better. Exciting times for their trainers. (and Nz harness racing) 

Or perhaps they are the deductions, but they should be shown as percentages rather than $ 

Mercurial in the Telegraph piqued my interest. Paying the same price as last year, drawn out a bit but that can be to advantage with the dogleg start.  Babylon B to lead, I think Mercurial can post up handy and the services of Miss Spratt are not to be sneezed at.  This is an open race....but 18s seems a decent price for last year's winner. 

Thanks.  That is what I thought - hasn't changed.  The deduction is a percentage of your horse's dividend, not a fixed amount in dollars/cents.  Therefore those amounts they've listed can't represent the deduction.  What are they meant to be?

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https://www.tab.co.nz/cdn/contentful/assets/3DlJY5b4U7H1bLT8S1ne0F/d3a413a60aef3984fcd2d4f274b025ba/RACING_AND_SPORTS_BETTING_RULES__Updated_18_December_2024_.pdf Page 13 has the deduction rules and page 14 the schedule of deductions  - not sure if this answers your question though

From their website: Q: How are deductions calculated?   A: To calculate the final dividend paid after deductions, please follow the below formula and example.     - Stake x Odds = Face value of ticket   - Face value of ticket x Deductions = Final Return Value of Ticket    - The deduction formula used is 80/Price of scratched runner    Example: If you have placed a fixed win bet on a runner paying $8.00, and another runner paying $3.00 is subsequently scratched after you have placed your bet, your selection now has a higher chance at winning the race. Therefore, deductions must take place to reflect approximately what dividends would have been offered had the scratched runner never been a part of the market. These will be calculated as follows    - $10 (Stake) x 7.00 (My selection’s odds) = $70 (Face Value of Ticket)   - Deductions of the scratched runner = (80/price of scratched runner) = 80/3.00= 26.66 = 26.6%.    - This means the face value of ticket will incur a 26.6% deduction   - The Final Return Value of Ticket in this instance will therefore be $70 x (1-26.6%) = $51.39    If the market was reopened for betting after a short-priced favourite was scratched, you would notice the remaining runners in the field would now be offered at lower odds.