Harness Racing Victoria has programmed three standing start pacing races in the lead-up to the $50,000 Shepparton Gold Cup on 16 January.
It was announced last month the Shepparton Pacing Cup would return to a pacing standing start, the first in Victoria since 2016, as part of the Summer of Glory. READ MORE.
The Horsham Pacing Cup on 22 November will be a standing start, followed by pacing standing starts at Melton on 19 December and in the Echuca Pacing Cup on New Year’s Day.
Participants are reminded that standing start trials for pacers are regularly programmed at Melton, with HRV committed to providing sufficient standing start trial opportunities throughout regional Victoria.
HRV ANNOUNCES 2YO RACES FOR 2027
HRV has published the early 2027 two-year-old schedule to help trainers prepare their young horses for the next racing season. The two-year-old races will again be programmed at central Victorian venues, where the category’s population is at its greatest, to maximise field sizes. Pacing races will begin in February and trotting races in March.
2YO schedule:
February 22: Maryborough (pacers)
March 3: Bendigo (pacers)
March 10: Bendigo (pacers)
March 22: Maryborough (pacers/trotters)
March 31: Bendigo (pacers/trotters)
Further dates will be released in due course.
To contact the Racing office, call 03 8378 0291 from 7.30 am-3.30 pm on weekdays or 8-9 am on weekends and public holidays, or email racing@hrv.org.au. For late scratchings or driver changes out of hours, leave a message on 03 9214 0650.
