Warwick to stage first race in Tabcorp’s National Tote trial
Testing will extend across all racing codes on Thursday, with Sky Racing displaying one tote price before the planned transition to One Pool graphics.
Tabcorp has confirmed it will begin testing its National Tote on Thursday, with Warwick’s thoroughbred meeting providing the first race run through the unified system.
The September 24 trial will also cover harness racing at Tamworth. Mount Gambier’s greyhound meeting completes the opening day of testing across the racing codes.
Once One Pool begins operating across all meetings, Sky Racing will move to two columns showing TAB Fixed Odds and One Pool odds.
Thursday’s fixtures mark the first operational stage of the testing schedule approved for the national tote. A full day of domestic testing is scheduled for Monday, September 28.
Tabcorp is provisionally targeting the weekend of October 3 and 4 for the formal launch, subject to the trial results.
The One Pool system will combine wagering currently directed into the NSW TAB pool with the separate SuperTAB and UniTAB systems. Its purpose is to establish a bigger national market for racing across the thoroughbred, harness and greyhound codes.
