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Addington will race twice a week on Fridays and Sundays under the draft calendar released for the rest of the season.

Addington harness big winner in post lockdown dates, securing Fridays and Sundays

Addington has been the big winner in harness racing, securing the lucrative Friday spots for its meetings until the end of the season.

The draft calendar released for consultation by the Racing Industry Transition Agency today has Addington securing four Friday day meetings in June.

In July it keeps all the Friday meetings for night cards, starting at 5.30pm.

Addington will race twice a week, also getting seven Sunday slots through June and July.

Auckland and Cambridge will alternate on Thursday nights through June and then their meetings move to Wednesday night slots in July. The Thursday harness spot is taken over by Invercargill day meetings which move from Saturdays when gallops meetings resume.

Thoroughbred racing starts in the north on July 3, with racing alternating on Saturdays between Te Rapa and Pukekohe in the north, and Awapuni and Riccarton.

Friday meetings will be held at Riccarton, Wanganui, Southland and Awapuni through July.

Dates for gallops and harness meetings are:

May

June

July

Our runners this week: How our trainer rates them

Ray Green

Ray’s comments

Friday night at Auckland

Race 4: Tyson
6.58pm

“Drawn out wide makes it tough over 1700 metres but he’s been making his own luck. He’s not brilliant out but if he pushes on to be handy he’s got to be a big chance again. He needs to be up there on the pace or he doesn’t try too hard.”

Race 6: Sugar Ray Lincoln
7.57pm

“You can’t fault what Sugar Ray’s been doing lately, and he’s been getting out with them, so he has to be a serious chance from the inside.”

Race 6: Kevin Kline
7.57pm

“Kev and Sugar Ray are pretty much on a par. Kev never goes a bad race, he’s just such a professional.”

Race 7: Johnny Lincoln
8.23pm

“He’s been racing too keenly but he won’t pull this time. We’ve got a different bit on him so Maurice will have him under control.”

Race 7: Prince Lincoln
8.23pm

“He’ll need to get stronger and you couldn’t see him beating Fugitive from the outside of the arm.”

Race 8: Rivergirl Bella
8.48pm

“It will be interesting to see what she can do from a good draw - she’s got some speed and if she holds up early she’ll get a good trip. But she, too, needs to get stronger.”

Whales Harness