The over-riding philosophy for the conduct of Community races-meetings is that they should cater for horses which find it difficult to be competitive on higher circuits.
Busselton is unique in that it is a Standing Start venue only therefore warranting special consideration.
Fields for Busselton only will be selected in accordance with the following:
Preference in field selection will be given to Horses with L5$ LT$5,500 with the balance of the field to be selected on L5$ in ascending order (i.e. lowest to highest). This preference applies to each handicap mark.
A horse cleared from another jurisdiction with $0 stakemoney in their unplaced non-WA starts within their L5, will be deemed to have earned $100 Unplaced Stakes for each such start.
A horse which has:
1. Won 2 or more races with Stakes > $4,500 in their last 10 starts,
2. Won 1 or more race(s) with stakes > $14,999 in their last 10 starts,
3. Been placed in 1 or more race(s) with stakes > $14,999 in their last 5 starts,
will not be selected ahead of a horse which has not.
As part of a rotation some race fields, for each handicap mark, will be selected entirely on L5$ in ascending order with horses with 5+ WA starts selected first then horses with LT 5 WA starts in descending number of starts.
This policy is effective as of 14th November 2019.
