PORT PIRIE SAPLING STAKES
THIS event was run a few weeks back on a friday night, the series was advertised as a heat then final.
they received only 8 nominations and then changed it to a PRELUDE
All the trainers spent their full money etc getting up to Pt Pirie
They ran the heat and of course all runners qualified.
The night the final was to be run there was a scratching, down to 7 runners but wait theres more
BY SOME SORT OF MIRACLE
S. Collins who had not even nominated a dog for the event managed to get a dog who was an ex-victorian (what a surprise) who had a bendigo qualy and a race start at strath over 300m
in its form a start in the final. The dog ran second in the final and they got $500 prizemoney.
now the question i ask is if you scratch your dog after they change there minds, like in this situation do the trainers still get penalised????????????