New Zealand's best three-year-old pacer Krug will return home tomorrow but he may not be there for long.
The three-time Derby winner returns to trainer Cran Dalgety's stables outside Christchurch after a tough campaign in Queensland to end an enormously successful three-year-old season in which he won the Northern and NZ derbies at home and was at times rated the next big thing in the code.
But oddly while Krug's three-year-old season should be over, he remains that age until January 1 as Harness Racing New Zealand has altered the date harness horses age.
With the decision made this year and New Year's Day now the official date of age change for New Zealand horses, they all remain the age there turned on August 1 last year for 17 months as a one-off.
The simplest rule when betting will be take each horse on its own merits and these days a smart two or three-year-old will be competitive in the lower to intermediate grades against the older horses.