GRV will trial a new class of race meeting at four upcoming race meetings. The new Challenger Class of racing is aimed at providing more competitive opportunities for lower class greyhounds.
During the trial at Challenger Class Race Meetings, current Tier 3 time standards will be utilised with an additional 0.2 of a second added to create new Challenger time standards. To be eligible for a Challenger Class Race Meeting a greyhound must be Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7 or Maiden with a ranking of 250 or higher and not have broken the Challenger standard in the past four starts (Sliding Scale does not apply). For maiden greyhounds, if a greyhound has commenced their career at a track with a Tier 3 standard, a maiden greyhound must have had a minimum of two starts to be considered. As it is a manual trial, graders will eliminate greyhounds that are not eligible at the time of grading with only eligible greyhounds to be drawn. Challenger Class will be listed in the meeting description and reminders placed on the Fast Track notice board.
A Tier 3 race meeting will be used for the trial with Tier 3 order of entry and field selection utilised. The key change to the trial from a standard Tier 3 meeting is eligibility with slower time standards applied (see table below).
The four meetings that make up part of the trial are;
Ballarat – Monday 31st March
Bendigo – Thursday 9th April
Warragul – Thursday 1st May
Ballarat – Monday 5th May
During the trial, Racing Department will monitor key performance indicators such as nominations, eligibility, injuries, racing offences, wagering turnover, field size and quality of racing to assess the viability of the pilot. In the case of low nominations, nominations for the meeting will be extended and reverted back to a standard Tier 3 meeting with all active trainers notified via text message and the Fast Track notice board.
Prizemoney during the pilot will be level 3 prizemoney however may change if the trial is expanded. Please contact graders@grv.org.au for further questions or specific eligibility for individual greyhounds.
CHALLENGER TIME STANDARDS |
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(Victorian Tracks) |
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Track |
Dist. |
Time |
Track |
Dist. |
Time |
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Ballarat (BAL) |
390 |
22.70 |
Sandown |
515 |
30.10 |
|
450 |
26.00 |
595 |
34.93 |
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545 |
31.70 |
715 |
42.80 |
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660 |
38.90 |
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Shepparton (SHP) |
390 |
22.70 |
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Bendigo (BEN) |
425 |
24.50 |
450 |
26.00 |
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500 |
28.80 |
650 |
38.40 |
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660 |
38.95 |
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The Meadows |
525 |
30.75 |
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Geelong (GEL) |
400 |
23.10 |
600 |
35.20 |
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460 |
26.40 |
730 |
43.50 |
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520 |
30.70 |
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596 |
35.10 |
Warragul (WGL) |
400 |
23.30 |
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680 |
39.90 |
460 |
26.55 |
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680 |
40.16 |
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Healesville (HVL) |
300 |
17.10 |
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350 |
19.70 |
Warrnambool (WBL) |
390 |
22.70 |
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450 |
26.00 |
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Horsham (HOR) |
410 |
24.00 |
650 |
38.31 |
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485 |
27.95 |
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Sale (SLE) |
435 |
25.00 |
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510 |
29.40 |
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640 |
37.40 |
0.2 of a second will also be added to interstate venues with a Tier 3 time standard as listed in the grading guidelines.
*Challenger Times correct as of Tuesday 18th March.
Please note that due to the Anzac Day Public Holiday on Friday April 25th, the following meetings have modified nomination close times.
Sale – Race meeting to be held on Sunday April 27th. Nominations close Thursday April 24th at 8:00am
Healesville – Race meeting to be held on Sunday April 27th. Nominations close Thursday April 24th at 8:30am
Shepparton - Race meeting to be held on Monday April 28th. Nominations close Thursday April 24th at 9:00am
Ballarat - Race meeting to be held on Monday April 28th. Nominations close Thursday April 24th at 10:00am
Warrnambool - Race meeting to be held on Monday April 28th. Nominations close Thursday April 24th at 11:00am
Sandown (SAP) - Race meeting to be held on Monday April 28th. Nominations close Thursday April 24th at 12:00pm
Healesville – Race meeting to be held on Tuesday April 29th. Nominations close Thursday April 24th at 1:00pm
Warragul – Race meeting to be held on Tuesday April 29th. Nominations close Thursday April 24th at 2:00pm
Horsham – Race meeting to be held on Tuesday April 29th. Nominations close Thursday April 24th at 3:00pm
All other nominations close times remain unchanged. No grading will occur on ANZAC Day.
GRV phone lines will be open for Scratchings only on Friday April 25th from 7:30am-9am.
Healesville would like to remind all, We will not be holding Post Race Trials this Friday 25th April. (Anzac Day).
Our normal Trial calendar will resume next week.
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