The trots at Globe Derby

Not sure who was the better caller....Arnold Ewans at Wayville, back in the day, or Johnny Tapp at Harold Park. #HondoGratten

Scrappy wrote:Im looking forward to this meeting as Ive never been to a Wayville Trotting meet

It will be an interesting comparism for Lee , that being ,  what was more exciting, when he went to Wayville Trots pre 1973 ,  or when he went to watch West Adelaide Wayville SANFL games between the world wars

Scrappy, I am seriously considering banning you for life

RODH2 wrote:Not sure who was the better caller....Arnold Ewans at Wayville, back in the day, or Johnny Tapp at Harold Park.  #HondoGratten

Good old Arnold Ewens.

Johnny Tapp - great caller.

I only went to Harold Park once. Just happened to be the first start for a nice little horse called Paleface Adios.

Globe Derby started in 1969
Wayvilles last meeting was in 1973

What were the reasons from going from Wayville to Globe Derby ?

I think it was for a bigger track, Scrappy, and a dedicated H.Q. for the Trots. Of course, so much has changed since then with the "digital" era, etc.

Bigger track as agricultural society wouldn't make track bigger plus now the buildings in the way are heritage listed so that can never happen & the fact they didn't pay rent at gdp when they moved there, the difference between 1969 & 1973 is the lights weren't installed at gdp until 1973 (great year)

Please note all races at Wayville will be standing starts

Will all the trainers in SA support the Wayville project???
Should we expect a no-show from those that dont get in a car to travel???

The Emperor wrote:Will all the trainers in SA support the Wayville project???
Should we expect a no-show from those that dont get in a car to travel???

Good call, actually this was mentioned at this mornings trials to whether it would get support from the trainers, some trainers don't even have a float these days & walk their horses across the road, one trainer in particular is notorious for not travelling at all

The drivers for the night are going to be invited, these include locally Danni & Wayne Hill, Ryan Hyrhorec, former crow eaters Lance Justice & Kate Gath & three others i can't remember

Also the UFO sulkies are banned (personally I don't like them anyway as too many horses lock wheels compared to previous years

here's one for Lee, FB & Thiele.....



Independent Directors re-appointed to HRSA Board

09 August 2017
by the Office of the Chief Executive Officer: John Lewis


Following the recommendation of the Special Industry Committee, the HRSA Board have re-appointed Directors John Levy and Roland Roccioletti for a three year term from 1 October 2017.
Mr Levy has been the HRSA Director- Legal since 2011, and is Principal of JL Lawyers. He is also a Board Member of the West Adelaide Football Club and a Trustee of the Bird in Hand Foundation.
Mr Roccioletti is the current HRSA Director- Marketing commencing in October 2014 and is the Managing Director of Future Proof Advisory. He is also the Chairman of Lincoln College and a Director of Merc Private Capital.
HRSA Chairman Chris Hartwig congratulated both Directors on their re-appointments to the HRSA Board.

http://www.harness.org.au/news-article.cfm?news_id=34470

Drivers announced for Historic Wayville Race Meeting

11 August 2017
by the Office of the Chief Executive Officer: John Lewis
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MEDIA RELEASE
Further to the historic announcement that the Trots are returning to the Wayville Showgrounds on Friday 27 October 2017, HRSA are also delighted to announce the 12 Drivers invited to compete at the race meeting. The invited drivers are as follows:
Dani Hill
Wayne Hill
Scott Ewen
Kate Gath
Josh Holberton
Ryan Hryhorec
John Justice
Lance Justice
Anthony Robinson
Ken Rogers
Greg Sugars
Geoff Webster
The level of interest in this event has been unprecedented, and the announcement of the drivers to compete is expected to generate even more hype and excitement. The list features some of Australia’s best drivers, with all of the invited drivers having a current or past connection with South Australian harness racing.
Many of the drivers also have a very strong connection and long lineage with Wayville including Holberton and Webster who were household names at Wayville in its golden era. Both families will be represented at the race meeting by Josh Holberton (grandson of Alby) and Geoff Webster (son of Lloyd).
Planning for the race meeting is well underway. Importantly, the Independent Gambling Authority has given its regulatory approval for the race meeting, with more information to be announced in the coming weeks.

Well i will not be going to Wayville, i refuse to pay $20.00 to go to the trots when Globe Derby is free entry..i'll wait until the Saturday night


Ticket sales for Wayville to commence soon

18 August 2017
by the Office of the Chief Executive Officer: John Lewis
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MEDIA RELEASE
Tickets will go on sale soon via Ticketek for the historic Wayville Trots meeting to be held on Friday 27 October 2017.
You can follow ticket sale announcements via the Harness Racing SA facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/saharness.org.au/
Ticket prices will be as follows:

Ticket Adult Concession Child (5 - 15 yrs)
General Admission $20 $15 $5
Reserved Grandstand Seat $30 $25 $15
Reserved Grandstand Seat with Dinner $50 $45 $25
All tickets are subject to a Ticketek handling fee of $3.95 per transaction.
Premium trackside marquee packages are also available for groups of 10 people from $2,000 which includes a four hour drinks package with cocktail food.
There are also a number of sponsorship packages starting at $2,000 which includes a range of benefits including your company’s details on a driver’s race silk (limited numbers available) and tickets to the VIP Bull Bar facility including a four hour drinks package with cocktail food with superb views of the track.
For further information please contact Leanne Galgey at HRSA as follows:
Mobile: 0430 361 221
Email: lgalgey@saharness.org.au

Bayman your mathematics are incorrect
Its more than $20 for you
There is a $3-95 handling fee as well

i've started walking to get fitter so if i decide to go i'll jump the fence

I predict an earthquake in the Northern Hemisphere
The evening of 27/10/2017, South Australian time ...

Scrappy wrote:I predict an earthquake in the Northern Hemisphere
The evening of 27/10/2017, South Australian time ...

http://www.harness.org.au/news-article.cfm?news_id=34571

Wayville tickets on sale this Friday

22 August 2017
by the Office of the Chief Executive Officer: John Lewis
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MEDIA RELEASE
TICKET SALES FOR WAYVILLE TO GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY!

Tickets for the historic Wayville Trots meeting will go on sale this Friday at 12.00pm.

Tickets are available through Ticketek as follows:

Website: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/default.aspx
Agencies/Outlets: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/content/outlets/agencies_sa.aspx
Telephone: 13 28 49

Tickets prices are as follows:
Ticket Adult Concession Child (5 - 15 yrs)
General Admission $20 $15 $5
Reserved Grandstand Seat $30 $25 $15
Reserved Grandstand Seat with Dinner $50 $45 $25
All tickets are subject to a Ticketek handling fee of $3.95 per transaction.
For further information please contact Leanne Galgey at HRSA as follows:
Mobile: 0430 361 221
Email: lgalgey@saharness.org.au

According to the Harness show on 5rph sat morning about 55% of grandstand tickets been sold I believe it was

http://www.harness.org.au/news-article.cfm?news_id=34677

Dinner packages for Wayville Sold Out - Additional Dining options pending

01 September 2017
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MEDIA RELEASE
Due to unprecedented demand, HRSA wish to advise that the ‘reserved grandstand seat dinner package’ for the Wayville Trots meeting on Friday 27 October has been sold out.
Therefore we are currently having discussions with the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society regarding the provision of additional seated dining arrangements on the night, and expect to provide further information in due course.

At todays meeting race caller Terry McAullife tip the first 6 winners & in the last tip the second horse that was beaten officially by a half neck.....great effort by anyone's standards, well done Terry

http://www.harness.org.au/news-article.cfm?news_id=34957

by the way if you happen to be in Victoria & want to attend the Wayville meeting, then there is a bus going from Melbourne (EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ) stopping at Bendigo, Charlton, Ouyen & Mildura

tour includes accomodation & entry into the course & returns to Melbourne on Saturday

all enquiries please phone  0412 245 241

WAYVILLE TRIALS TOMORROW NIGHT STARTING AT 7.30 PM

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=RX181017

Perhaps for those that want to have a look but don't want to pay the high priced entry fee on Friday week, this will be a cheap way to look down memory lane & how they looked 40 odd years ago & further back when racing there

I had thought of going out to Globe on Saturday night as I have no plans.
So downloaded the form...not sure why as I havent been following them for a while now...

Anyway...8 races. Theres a tick.
1385m races.....wtf is that all about??? Thats a big X.
Some hotshots thingy on a saturday night....surely this rubbish belongs on a sunday meeting somewhere else???
Who would bet on that??
Its like 295m dog races.....blink n miss

There seems to be an overload of race meetings at times
Races overlap at times, SKY 1 gets put on SKY2
Having races such as 295m dog races, 900m thoroughbred  sprints, and now 1385m harness races , means that overlap races would be less likely