Nine races will be run at the Inverell Cup meeting on New Year's Day after record nominations and acceptances.
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Originally slated to be an eight-race meeting at the Inverell track - which is looking spectacular - an extra race was added after 198 nominations were received including 40 for one race alone.
That race was the Benchmark 58 Handicap (1050m) which has now been split into two separate fields.
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"That was where we got an extra race," Inverell Jockey Club vice-president Mike Witherdin said.
"They just make two divisions of the one race for the same prizemoney.
"There's emergencies in all but two races - it's quite staggering the number of acceptors.
"It's the most nominations we've ever had and 141 of those accepted - the most acceptances we've ever had."
A number of trainers are set to take large teams of runners to Inverell including Jane Clement (eight horses), Sue Grills (eight) and Peter Sinclair (seven).