Quote Originally Posted by mango View Post
Hi Breno

Not all horses are suited to big tracks so if Penrith,Bankstown and Fairfield were to set up at Eastern Creek where would the closest 800m track be for horses from Sydney. As one of the people who mention the lower class horses i look at it this way and how it was explained to me some horses can go 2.02 at Penrith but then go to Menangle and are lucky to run 1:59 where as the winner goes 56 and change so in looking at this that horse will have more of a chance winning at Penrith and hardly a chance winning at Menangle.
If Eastern Creek is 1000m it negates knee knockers and the saucer track effect; to me that is of greater benefit for more horses than the benefit of 800m tracks are for some horses.
Does a horse that goes 1.59 around Menangle really deserve to be winning races anyway? Yeah in the past they may have found the front and ran 64 and 58 around Penrith but that has long been of angst to harness fans.
Plus if these tracks did shut down that would mean there is more racing at Eastern Creek and Menangle; meaning that not every race will go in the 1.56/57 vicinity. There will still be weaker races. And if they still can't compete...Globe Derby it is!