Prizemoney for Group Racing

[Diablo]

Group 3 race at Albion Park, the Be Good Johnny Sprint. $30,000 prizemoney for the entire race. Winner gets $18,000. Greyhound people must laugh at this. A Group 3 greyhound race is worth minimum $25,000 to the winner. No wonder the Thoroughbred people look down on Harness people.

[Messenger]

That is very common Greg. The Stawell Cup today is also Gp3 and worth $30k.
I know where you are coming from but I have seen a Gp3 race at Melton worth $20k - I think it was a trot
I have been convinced by other posters that we have bigger problems
We need to get more people to the trots and hopefully more owners/horses and I cannot see that happening when we have so many races for a total of $3500
We need to lift our profile and as much as I agree that down here we are dependent on country racing/folk - it is pretty hard to lift your profile if you do not have a metro track where most of the people live

ps The Chokin Stakes last night in money flush NSW was worth <$32k and it was also Gp3

[trish]

ps The Chokin Stakes last night in money flush NSW was worth <$32k and it was also Gp3






http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=31895

[trish]

Country Series Finals from $25,000 to $20,000;

[Messenger]

ps The Chokin Stakes last night in NOT QUITE SO money flush NSW was worth <$32k and it was also Gp3


http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=31895

Trish, after reading that article the other day I thought I should edit your post for accuracy (or were you being sarcastic )

[trish]

You know me Kev I'm not one to joke.......hahahah

[KTQ]

Our little trotter won a Group 1 in Perth 2 weeks ago. Total race prize money was $50k. Group one.

[aussiebreno]

Our little trotter won a Group 1 in Perth 2 weeks ago. Total race prize money was $50k. Group one.

Have you thought about coming to the East with it in the new year?

[KTQ]

Have you thought about coming to the East with it in the new year?

It's hard to tell if she's good enough. Trotting in the west is a bit light on great horses. I guess that's the reason for the low prize money.

[Messenger]

At the other end of the scale - it seems somewhat ridiculous that a 2yo race (Menangle Sat.) in which more than half the field are first starters is a Gp2 $51k race
I know a couple of them have nice siblings but ideally we want Gp races contested by horses that have proven themselves to be Gp quality.
I guess the problem could be that it is too early in the season to be having Gp 2yo races

https://www.harness.org.au/fields.cfm?mc=PC180217#8