Menangle - your feedback

[David Summers]

With all the big $$$$$ starting to flow at Menangle from next week , although it's early days with this track , what improvements would you like to see out there with regard to the track itself / the facilities for on-course patrons / stabling areas / dining facilities etc.

Also any ideas on how those unable to personally attend the meetings can be better catered for watching at home on Sky ( how about an all-harness channel !! )

[triplev123]

As far as the longer term's concerned...

-An off-ramp/on-ramp for the Freeway/Menangle Road, both sides and for North & South bound travellers.

-On-course stabling.

-An all purpose events facility so that, amongst other things, the Sydney Yearling Sales can eventually be held at Menangle.

I am pretty sure most if not all of the above is already in the planning. I can't think of anything else at the moment.

A Web-Cam feed direct from Trackside for interviews & such, done as an expansion of the Trots TV concept, would also be pretty bloody good.

[Toohard]

Remove the roof from the grandstand and give it to HRV for Melton?

[David Summers]

For those who are unable to get to the track and watch at home on Sky or at TAB's/clubs , I'd really like to see vision of the racing like they show in NZ.

At most NZ trotting meetings and several thoroughbred meetings on Sky , when the horses are in the back straight , they have a split screen , one part showing the usual racing view and the other a real closeup of each individual horse in the field. It really brings a lot of excitement to the action of the race , and you can almost feel like you can read the minds of the drivers from the look on their faces.

It's a cost factor naturally , but would be very easy to set up. Also a camera in the straight at ground level too would be a good idea for the big meetings to bring the racing action in the straight to off-course viewers who make up for most of the betting activity.

[David Summers]

Remove the roof from the grandstand and give it to HRV for Melton?

Management at Melton would need to have a think about anything like that and consider the pros and cons just like they did when they built a 1000 metre track. Huh!!

After careful thought, I'd expect you'd get a "maybe" to an offer like that ....... say in about 2050!!

[triplev123]

Remove the roof from the grandstand and give it to HRV for Melton?

[VVV] Hahahahahaha. THAT'S GOLD!
NOT putting a roof on the Melton grandstand was no doubt aimed at keeping the Looney Left of VIC Labor onside at the time with it being Neil & John's contribution to lowering the Carbon Footprint of the construction.

[Greg Hando]

Have the trot's back on Friday night's and stick to the same night instead of chopping and changing all the time .

[David Summers]

Yes , chopping and changing week in week out at Menangle , never knowing were you are is certainly annoying.

BUT I think permanent "set in stone" Saturday nights at Menangle is the only way to go. Greg, I note that you live in the Central West , but have you ever tried to get to Menangle on a Friday night from anywhere in the Sydney Metropolitan area? A total nightmare with the "brilliant" road systems that state governments in NSW have neglected for decades.

Weekdays , morning and evening , many main roads around Sydney are more like parking lots! Saturdays are a much easier option.

[tiny]

What they need is some more open races. Everything is to short to back and too good bet against.

[A BIT DUSTY]

God help me When i read this thread the first thing that come to mind was off and on ramps from the Freeway , Low and behold I scroll down and the first thing that I read is the exact same from VVV , Bloody hell it's a bit scary for me when I start having the same thoughts as Triple . lol