Due to an extreme weather forecast Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) and the Shepparton Harness Racing Club have transferred Friday’s race meeting to Monday night.
The mercury is tipped to soar into the mid-40s on Friday with no respite expected until well into the night.
Fields for Shepparton on Monday can be viewed here.
Top driver Nathan Jack is almost resigned to the fact his young trotting star Derek The Jet will taste defeat for the first time at Melton on Saturday night.
Junortoun horseman Garry Graham hit the jackpot when he and friend Eddie Jenkins outlaid $6,000 for the Batman mare Classic Kate at Dalgety’s Victorian Black Label Yearling Sale back in 1983.
