By DAVID NAGEL
CHAMPION jockey Damien Oliver described it as “the best track he has ever ridden on” … what a thrilling endorsement for the Pakenham Racing Club’s new home at Racing.com Park at Tynong.
Grand Opening Raceday, at the PRC’s swank-new $72 million home, attracted a crowd of 6000 people last Thursday, all on hand to watch history unfold at Victoria’s first new racetrack to be built in more than 40 years.
“Comments like that from leading industry participants are the perfect recognition and the ultimate measure of what we are trying to achieve here,” PRC CEO Michael Hodge said.
Hodge also confirmed that preparations were in full swing for the Bruce Clough Mazda Pakenham Cup on Sunday 26 April and for the club’s first synthetic meeting on Tuesday 26 May.
“We’ll have jump outs on the synthetic track in the first week of May with RVL trials locked in for Tuesday 12 May.
“We’re right on track for the first synthetic meeting to take place on Tuesday 26 May.”
The PRC’s next meeting is the Cardinia Shire Raceday to be held on Sunday 12 April.
For the full story on the PRC’s Grand Opening Raceday see this week’s Pakenham-Berwick Gazette.
