CROWD numbers at this year’s Pooncarie Cup are expected to be bolstered as the annual event’s running avoids AFL grand final day.

The 2018 event fell on arguably the biggest day of the Australian sporting calendar, but this year the October 5 race day is a week later – which brought a smile to Pooncarie Racing Club president Lyle Massey’s face.

“It’s still a long weekend in South Aus...