HARNESS Racing New South Wales can confirm that dates for the 2018 MIA Leeton Breeders Plate and future editions have been set.
Following consultation with the Leeton Harness Racing Club and other affected clubs, the juvenile feature series will be conducted on the second (heats) and fourth (final) Friday nights of January, when there are four Fridays in a month.
When there are five Friday nights in the month of January, the Breeders Plate will be held on the third and fifth Friday nights of the month.
These Leeton meetings will be the premier meetings in NSW on those days, even if it falls on Australia Day according to HRNSW chief executive John Dumesny.
“There was a requirement to give preference to this time-honoured event and to also provide a constant,” Dumesny said.
“In scheduling the permanent dates HRNSW can construct the race dates for the industry, especially in the Riverina and for two-year-old racing into the future.
“The requirements of other clubs were taken into consideration on a historical basis.”
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