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Club Menangle is the home of the $2.1million TAB Eureka, the world's richest harness race and the $1million Garrards Miracle Mile, the Southern Hemisphere's richest sprint race. 2011 Following the closure of Harold Park on 17 December 2010, the NSW Harness Racing Club (now branded as Club Menangle) moved all its operations to the Menangle Park ...
Racing is administered by Harness Racing Australia (HRA) (formerly known as the Australian Harness Racing Council), with each State's Principal Racing Authority agreeing to abide by, and to enforce the rules and regulations. [2] Race meetings are often conducted at night, with many major metropolitan meetings held on Friday and Saturday nights.
As part of the NSW government recommendations, it created GWIC (Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission), which is a taxpayer funded, non-industry regulator of the greyhound racing industry. The NSW Greyhound Welfare Code of Practice came into effect on 1 January 2021, with 58 code practice standards (out of 124 in total) relating to retired ...
Thoroughbred horse racing is a spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horse races is a very popular pastime with A$14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 [1] with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB). The two forms of Thoroughbred horseracing in Australia are flat racing, and races over fences or hurdles in Victoria and South Australia
The Western Australia TAB was established in 1961 and is still state run, currently through state racing regulator Racing & Wagering Western Australia. Although TAB agencies in WA are generally still branded "TAB", the overarching brand "TABtouch" was introduced in 2013 operations (replacing former online brands such as TAB Ozbet ), to further ...
The first racing took place on 21 April 1928 and continued until 28 November 1936. Motorcycle speedway was the first category to use the venue, with competitors including future Speedway World Champions Lionel Van Praag and Bluey Wilkinson. Wentworth Park was the site of Sydney's first ever Speedcar race on 5 October 1935. The final speedway ...
Sky Racing (previously Sky Channel) is an Australian broadcaster primarily telecasting live thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing. It is owned by Tabcorp and operates a number of television channels and a radio service. The broadcaster generally telecasts all race meetings that are covered by the various Australian TABs. This includes both ...
Radio 2KY aerial being prepared prior to opening Radio 2KY mast on the way to transmitter site Promo lighter from the '60s. Sky Sports Radio was founded as 2KY by Emil Voigt, under the ownership of the Labor Council of New South Wales, with the aim of broadcasting "musical entertainment, news, weather, market reports, public debates and matters of educational value".