Najjer

Admittedly I think Czesztochowa would of still won fairly convincing anyway but Grudziadz are severely weakened by losing Pedersen - not to mention, they lost Tarasenko preseason too who was set for a big season I think. Was only Ostrow who were weak and then made the decision to release Klindt who is flying at the moment.

Krakowiak under 6 for me Bit late now for here but winners for me on both heat 8 and overall handicap for Lublin

What is the point in that? So it’s a pairs meeting but it’s actually teams of 3? And it’s not actually the ‘best pairs’ either. All makes sense.

Presumably Krakowiak will move to number 1 or 5 today replacing the injured Pedersen, unless a junior comes in leaving him at 8

Hansen under 9 Is the other one I’m looking at

Can’t see it myself. I’ve backed Bydgoszcz -12 as they look so strong. I have however backed Miedzinski under 11 Bydgoszcz with far superior juniors too.

I’m on Zmarzlik under also - to score 14 on a temp track is a huge ask, regardless of what an absolute machine Zmarzlik is. Im also on Drabik over 6 as I fancy him to make the semis tonight. A few other tempters in Doyle over 6 and Bewley under 7.

But you will then end up with riders with on inflated averages when they could of genuinely had 4 bad meeting and replaced with higher ones. This once again leads to more watering down of the product by naturally forcing everybody’s average higher. I don’t believe that’s a good idea and I don’t believe that average manipulation come the end of the season is actually that much of an issue - especially in todays market where there is a shortage of riders. I don’t think 10 meetings is a bad thing either as that represents half a season - however it should include any conbo of 4H/6A, 6H/4A or 5H/5A to prevent lop sided averages.

Dropping their 4 lowest scores will end up in inflated averages

Not according to from what I was led to believe - Jorgensen was blocked (not by the Poles) as it would exceed his allocation of teams allowed by promotors in GB, as they had counted the two leagues over here. Wasn’t there a similar case for Riss having to drop a foreign side to sign for Redcar because he was already riding for Ipswich?

Said it loads of times - but 6 rider teams with a British junior at no.6 is the minimum requirement of what the Championship should be. Less riders to find, cheaper British rider and the existing riders getting more rides and earning more whilst the need for guests and R/R drops down. Guests shouldn’t be allowed unless there is 2 or more riders missing. Even more money to be wasn’t for riders. Everybody wins!

Yes - although if Lodz have okay’d it and are happy for Iversen to ride elsewhere, I’m not sure if they can over ride the rule or not. As per my previous post, there is two cases of Ellis and Morris both riding for Daugavpils where they are riding for 4 sides in separate leagues.

He’s not the only one doing 4 leagues - Nick Morris in the last week has ridden in the Polish Division 2, in the Danish League and obviously Leicester and Wolves too. Adam Ellis is also doing the same as Nick Morris but with Sweden instead of Denmark. He’s actually done some French matches too, although that doesn’t seem to count. Interesting that Thomas Jorgensen was blocked from signing for a Championship side because he was signed to Gdansk in Poland, where he rode a grand total of 1 meeting so far, Denmark and then Kings Lynn.

With the way Tonder rode at the end of the match on Sunday, he might well not have much choice going forward!

King under 8 Palm Toft +3 over Fricke That’s my other two picks for tonight

All aboard the Wolves -2 bus for tonight

Pretty much on the money - and Michelson breezing in over Pawlicki too. Cracking night.

I’m inclined to go the other way and back Lublin. They should rinse Leszno at junior level and I’m not expecting alot from Lidsey and Bellego. Drabik and Michelson to score big

Chugonov over looks decent! Michelson -2 over Pawlicki looks the bet of the day to me

I called it with Musielak - looks to be a superb signing

Puts paid to any arguement that the Poles don’t follow the rules - match postponed because Zagar would have to ride for Belle Vue as they take priority on a Monday

Becker seems to have been over rated going on recent form for tonight’s match. Becker under 7 and Jorgensen +3 for me Poland -8 I like the look of Krosno -2 too but will take another look at that one shortly

I actually really rate the Gorzow track but tonight’s meeting and most meetings at Torun now are pretty pants in terms of racing entertainment. Holder and Lambeth managed a pass each but that was it for the whole meeting.

Torun -4 for me

Tonder seems a one track pony but surprised he isn’t being used at home. Not really seen much from Pawliczak to impress me whereas Kvech seems to have something about him. If he scores okay in his first two then I would be surprised to see him replaced. The only thing in his favour is he might not get the nominated races.