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The Race by Grins was first held in 2022. It involves each potential race entry (slot) being sold to a purchaser (slot holder) who secures a spot in the race for three years. The slot holder may then liaise with the trainers and owners of high quality racehorses that may potentially fill the slot and
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It was intended to introduce a trotting version of the slot race in 2023 but this did not occur due to a lack of funding. However, in 2024 an inaugural trotters slot event, the TAB Mobile Trot was held for a stake of $ 600,000 The two slot races have attracted the best combined fields of New
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In 2022, one of the horses was withdrawn prior to the fields being drawn. From 2023 the Race by Grins has a pool of horses available from which slot holders can select a replacement for any horse withdrawn prior to acceptance time. There will also be one emergency drawn in the field.
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