Re:Standby Meetings and Choosing of Venues

Morning Dave
I’m not sure where Naresh is getting his Line Up for the day from but we are covering Young and Bendigo

Hope this helps Naresh

Hi Bob

There was a rare situation on Tuesday 19 July in that the Jackpot races on Bendigo and Young both fitted neatly with the SA meeting, given that we normally battle to find one Australian meeting with races that dovetail as required by TV schedules with SA races. In pre-COVID era SA pools would have been offered on Jackpot races at both Bendigo and Young. Post COVID, there is simply insufficient liquidity to do that, so we limit SA pools to maximum one Australian meeting daily in an attempt to accomplish reasonable liquidity by not diluting available spend. In case of Bendigo versus Young, Bendigo had better fields but Leg 1 Jackpot @ 11:00, whereas Young Jackpot Leg 1 later @ 11:40, when bigger footfall in TABs and therefore greater liquidity. For the record we generally aim to avoid international races with SA pools in the lead-up to the start of the PA, Pick 6 etc on the SA meeting in order to concentrate the focus/spend on the local meeting. So yes common cause that bigger fields (within limits) are better for tote betting, but timeframe/likely audience a critical factor.