By ROY ASPINALL
SPORTINGBET Park, Sandown will stage the annual Greater Dandenong Race Day over the Hillside track on Saturday, February 7 and a super meeting is in store.
The meeting will feature two rich events for two-year-olds plus the final of the Swettenham Stud Summer Championship.
The $250,000 R. L. Inglis Premier (1000 metres) is restricted to two-year-olds nominated for the Inglis Race Series that were offered at the 2014 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale. There is an added Super Vobis nominators’ bonus of $7000 and an owner’s bonus of $23,000. Aa a set weight event it is certainly worth winning and will attract a strong field.
The $150,750 Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000 metres) also carries a Super Vobis nominators’ bonus of $10,000. The race is a set weight event for two-year-olds with penalties for the winners of certain races.
To add to that there is the $80,000 Super Vobis Three-Year-Old Plate (1300 metres) which will have an added nominators’ bonus of $7000 and an owner’s bonus of $23,000.
A great deal of interest will centre on the $100,000 Swettenham Stud Summer Championship Final (1600 metres). The Championship comprises 10 heats and one final with points of 10 for each heat winner going through to two points for eighth and one point for the remainder of runners. All heat winners are exempt from the ballot in the final. Excess horses will be decided by the points earned.
With nine races programmed it is sure to be a great days racing and a special day for the Greater Dandenong community.
Attractive dining packages are available on Saturday 7 February and bookings can be made by ringing 9257 7100.
