Thoroughbred Park's flagship Black Opal Stakes day has sold out to the general public, four weeks before the running of the $250,000 two-year-old sprint.
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The club has retained 370 tickets for owners, which will become available on the day of acceptances in the week leading up to the race, but the remaining allocation of 1630 places are now exhausted.
COVID-19 has severely restricted the number of patrons allowed on track for this year's event which is still expected to attract a crack field in the lead up to the $3.5m Golden Slipper 13 days later.
Meanwhile, Canberra trainers will launch an all-out assault on the $150,000 Country Championships Qualifier (1400m) to be run at Nowra on Sunday, with 25 of the 39 nominations trained in the capital.
Queanbeyan trainer Joe Cleary has also nominated two horses.
The top two finishers in the race will qualify for the $500,000 Country Championships Final to be held on day one of The Championships at Randwick in April.
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Matthew Dale import New King heads the ballot in front of Norm Gardner filly Delacour, and Keith Dryden's Rockarosa.
Dale has also nominated promising four-year-old mare Propose To Me and lightly raced stablemate Molly Nails while Nick Olive pair Exotic Deel and Successful Day are in the mix.
James Buckley
James is a Queanbeyan boy enjoying his second stint at the Canberra Times, more than eight years on from his first. In between he's traveled the world, and spent time covering sport in Sydney.
James is a Queanbeyan boy enjoying his second stint at the Canberra Times, more than eight years on from his first. In between he's traveled the world, and spent time covering sport in Sydney.
