THE LEGISLATION TO ALLOW the merging of the NSW and Victorian TAB pools is due to slide through the NSW Parliament in the not too distant future and the NSW punters it cannot come quick enough. The appalling discrepancy in dividends between NSW and Victoria is prevalent in almost every race run - but today it struck a new low at Lismore.
The quaddie pool at today's Lismore meeting held 27K in NSW and 21K in Victoria. The divident was $1700 odd dollars in NSW and $18,000 odd in Victoria. The winners prices were $121, $2.70, $7-70 and $21.30. Do the math and you will know how much punters betting on the NSW tote were robbed!
No, it is not an isolated case - it is a frequent occurence. NSW would pay unvers an average of 80% of the time in comparison to Victoria and I find it hard to believe that we are just that much better judges this side of the border!
YESTERDAY'S MEETINGS WERE COSMIC and several things became apparent. The first is Sydney trained horses are set to dominate the Victorian Gr 1's over the carnival - again.
The Caulfield Guineas is looking an all-Sydney affair. Trusting, Denman, Manhattan Rain and So You Think are the benchmarks and the winner will come from those four.
More Joyous will win the Caulfield Guineas if she progresses on after winning the Flight Stakes at our autumn carnival. There is talk Bart Cummings may progress to the Cox Plate with So You Think if he wins the Caulfield Guineas - and Bart has won the race before with a three-year-old - Taj Rossi.