At the completion of Saturday night’s Inter Dominion heats Harness Racing NSW and the NSW Harness Racing Club will issue an Order of Entry for the Final.
The TAB.com.au Championship is scheduled to be run at Tabcorp Park Menangle on March 1.
The Order of Entry is designed to allow connections the necessary time after the heats to assess the health of their horse and consider their options prior to the field being determined in accordance with the 2015 Inter Dominion Conditions.
The Order of Entry will include 20 horses:
Horses 1-12; Those horses that have qualified for the Final as per their finishing position in the heats and in accordance with the conditions.
Horses 13-14; Those horses selected as “wildcards” for the Final as per the conditions.
Horses 15-20; Those horses selected, in order of merit, as standby runners for the Final. These horses must have competed in the heats and are an extension of the “wildcard” and emergency selection process.
Connections of all 20 horses have until 10am Monday, February 16 to advise HRNSW of their decision to accept for the $750,000 Inter Dominion Final.
The field for the Final, comprising 14 runners and at least two Emergencies, will be declared at noon on Monday, February 16 based on the Order of Entry after non-acceptors are taken into account.
It is anticipated the Order of Entry will be announced as part of the Sky Racing 2 dedicated coverage of the heats and distributed as an official Inter Dominion Media Release at approximately 9:45pm on Saturday, 14 February 2015.
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GREG HAYES