Small but enthusiastic fields for today's graded scratch races at Emu Creek, partly due to the club's female members saving themselves for tomorrow's Conni Classic, and no interclub visitors willing to brave the wind and prospect of rain.

The start time of today's handicap race at Harcourt was brought forward avoid clashing with the Castlemaine Club's Ken Maddern Memorial and generally the riders thought the 12:00 p.m. start was a good idea - something to keep in mind when we program next year's races.

Woodstock Hall was jumping today when the Vets hosted the Bendigo Club juniors at the annual joint race afternoon.