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The second round of the TAB Inter Dominion rankings have been released, with the most notable omission from the Pacing series the scratching of Grand Circuit winner Amazing Dream who was ranked 2nd with the initial rankings, and Group One winner Stylish Memphis.

Red Hot Tooth  is also a noticeable absentee from the Trotting series with the announcement of her recent retirement.

The most significant change to the rankings in the pacers division is Max Delight, who moves from 13th up to 2nd by virtue of his Grand Circuit victory in the Victoria Cup. Other notable changes are Bad To The Bone 27th to 15th, Burnam Boy 45th to 24th, Pump The Brakes 68th to 45th and The Stunning Nun from 73rd to 55th. It must be noted that the mentioned pacers have had standout performances since the first rankings were released. 

In line with the Pacers series, the Trotting numbers for 1st acceptances has remained very high, and although not a lot of significant changes to the rankings took place, most notable are Is That A Bid who moved from 39th to 21st, and Funky Monkey who improved from 33rd to 22nd.

With only 36 spots in the Pacers series, and 24 positions available in the Trotting series, now is the time for horses that may be outside the cut off to press their claims before final rankings are released on Friday 19th November.

First round fields for the Heats on Saturday 27th at Club Menangle will be drawn on Monday 22nd November. Second round fields for Bathurst on Wednesday 1st December will be drawn on Sunday 28th November, and the Final round of fields for Newcastle on Sunday night 5th December will be declared on Thursday 2nd December.