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Harness racing in Australia is conducted with Standardbred horses racing around a track while pulling a driver in a two-wheeled cart called a "sulky", "gig" or "bike". Standardbred racehorses compete in two gaits, pacing and trotting, and trotters may enter pacing events, but not vice versa. Pacers contest 80% to 90% of Australian harness races.
The park's most prominent feature was the Victoria Park Racecourse, the home course of the Adelaide Racing Club prior to its amalgamation with the South Australian Jockey Club; the main track was 2,360 metres long, with the longest home-straight of any horse racing track in Australia. [4]
Melton Entertainment Park, formerly Tabcorp Park, is an Australian horse racing venue situated in Melton, Victoria, Australia; 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west of the Melbourne central business district. It is used for harness racing and is operated by Harness Racing Victoria.
Racing Victoria represents the Victorian Thoroughbred industry in dealings with bodies such as the Australian Racing Board, and is responsible for the marketing of Victorian Thoroughbred racing. The constitutional objectives of Racing Victoria include: Ensuring that race meetings are managed and conducted to the highest integrity.
The Melton track has replaced the existing metropolitan track at Moonee Valley. The bistro and gaming lounge was opened on 5 March 2009 while the first race was held on 5 July 2009. It was a VicBred 2YO Fillies Semi Final won by Lady Belladonna.
This is a list of auto racing and moto racing circuits sorted by country. Note: Circuits carrying a "†" were, are, or will be hosting Formula One and/or MotoGP Grand Prix. Algeria
The race record of 1.56.7 was set by Chokin (NZ) in 1994 when the race was run over 2380m. The race shifted to 2570m or 2575m due to a track upgrade. Double Identity in December 2003 held the record of a mile rate of 1.57.2 over the 2575m trip until Melpark Major's track record breaking performance of 1:55.8 in the 2008 event.
After years of using grounds at the East Parklands ("The Old Adelaide Racecourse", later known as Victoria Park), rented from the Adelaide City Council, a group which became the South Australian Jockey Club began using a racecourse (Thebarton Racecourse or "The Butchers' Course") at present-day Mile End on grazing land owned by E. M. Bagot and Gabriel Bennett [1] near the River Torrens from ...