Do we want to have a contest on December 23?

[JolyB]

I would welcome everyone's thoughts on whether we should have a contest on Saturday, December 23. It's a time when many people are very busy doing other things - last minute shopping, wrapping packages, attending office parties or other holiday gatherings or trying to travel to visit friends and family.

Several tracks will have full cards of racing that day, so the issue is whether we want to have or contest, or whether we want to devote our attention to holiday activities and return to the contest trail on December 30.

Could you please indicate your preference.

I'll start - still have lots of shopping to do, mostly for our grandchildren, and donations to make to a local food bank. I'd prefer not to have the contest that day.