http://www.harness.org.au/news-article.cfm?news_id=16348
Probably saving up for a roof for the Melton Grandstand.
You'll get shot next time your down at Melton lol.
I doubt I'll be spending much time haunting John & Neil's Folly...what with a World Class 1400m track which comes complete with the best prizemoney in the Southern Hemisphere, right here in my own backyard...and all.
Maybe they could save up and train people to help visitors to get to the racetrack. I have related in a earlier post how I asked 1,678 people how to get to the track and NO one knew. Spent the night watching them at the casino. I am coming over in a couple of weeks and have directions this time!!!
I've heard that too from other visitors to Victoria. The Melton track seems to be one of Victoria's hidden "attractions" , very hidden , it seems.
Not many locals even know it exists :-( What's that all about?
might be a good thing the melton locals dont know about it.
Can't sit on the sidelines on this one any longer. I am thrilled with the cash influx in to NSW and Menangle racing. I think it will have a wonderful impact short term for NSW and for the whole country. I just hope that it doesn't disguise some of the real issues which face the industry in NSW in the longer term. The sale of the sports biggest asset should not be a smokscreen for the debacle that has been Harness Racing in NSW for the last 10 years. Racing for $8000 for half of a Metro card and celebrating Bad Bert and River Khan as the leading sires should never be forgotten. One wonders how the sport would have been sustained had it not been for Victoria's leadership in EVERY facet of the industry. Maintaining reasonable stakes at Metro and Country venues, growing a breeding industry and providing profitable racing opportunities in very difficult times. Whilst NSW admnisitrators sat by with fingers crossed hoping for regulators to enable the sale of their golden goose, Victoria was proactively trying to build its own home. It may not be a palace, but credit where it is due!! I am sure that previous posters would concede that had Harold Park not been sold, there would scarcely remain a professional Harness trainer or driver in NSW within 3 years. Please excuse my parochialism!
You do realise HP didnt suddenly grow in value to $150million overnight, don't you?Originally Posted by Termite
If we are going to live in the past and criticise then why did HRV go to Moonee Valley instead of their own set-up. I don't know the answer but either up until that time they didn't have the cash (which indicates NSW was better run until that point) or they lacked foresight.
Imagine how far ahead the industry would be in Victoria if they had their own track even 20-30 years ago but hindsight doesn't help after the fact.
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