October
DecemberValley of innovation
Great to hear the Moonee Valley Racing Club’s bold reconstruction is soon to be underway.
Being the smallest Melbourne club, with the smallest track, the Valley has long had to be the most innovative.
Way back then (1995), StrathAyr turf was a bold, innovative, revolutionary, but ultimately very successful choice.
I hope MV again finds the best track surface to use, as it’s too small to have an inner synthetic track as back-up, and the Eagle Farm experience highlights the cost of making the wrong choice.
I hope Flemington and Caulfield’s grand plans for future floodlit inner racetracks are to involve synthetic surfaces.
Regardless, the Melbourne turf tracks (bar Sandown) rarely get very wet these days.
One unintended consequence may be that city-class mud runners will have to migrate to Sydney, although Warwick Farm is getting an inner synthetic racetrack.
Better late than never, but I’m surprised it wasn’t at one of the bigger tracks, Randwick or Rosehill. Eventually maybe?
Tweed Heads (NSW)