Contact Details
Menangle Park Paceway
Racecourse Road
Menangle Park
Ph: (02) 9660 3688
Fax: (02) 9660 4848
Welcome to Menangle Park Paceway
Australasia's newest harness racing track is set to roar when racing returns to Menangle Park Paceway in early June. More than just a racetrack Menangle Park is a social event every week. The sensational new facilities and track are sure to make Menangle Park Australia's premier harness racing track.
Big Names A Priority
Securing the best of North America's pacing talent for the Watpac Inter Dominion and World Cup is now a priority.
New South Wales Harness Racing Club Chief Executive, John Dumesny, left for the United States last Tuesday on a "flying visit" in an attempt to lure the cream of the crop to Australia. more...
Americans in Spotlight
Mister Big immediately drew the attention of the World Cup spotlight with his tough victory in the $332,000 US Pacing Championship at the Meadowlands last weekend.
Stopping the clock in a rate of 1:48.4, Mister Big held off Artistic Fella in a great finish to what was one of the undercard races on Hambletonian day. more...
World Cup Americans
The prospect of America's best pacers competing in the $1million Watpac Inter Dominion and the World Cup of Harness racing at Menangle Park is another step closer to reality.
This week the owners of two of America's finest - Artistic Fella and Mister Big - assured event organisers that they are very interested in a trip down under with their star pacers. more...
For Dear Life Challenge Success
If ever a horse was suitably built for the new Menangle Park surface, it is For Dear Life.
Sleek, speedy and strong, the talented filly did what most expected her to do last Sunday at Menangle and captured the $125,000 Watpac NSW Breeders Challenge Two-Year-Old Fillies Final.
If that wasn't enough, she went 1:55.8 for the 1609 metres but looked as though she was in second gear the whole way! more...
Sue Hunter Fab Weekend
Bad barriers proved to be no problem for trainer Sue Hunter after she collected two Group Ones in the space of 48 hours over the weekend.
First off, outstanding filly Kept For Pleasure overcame barrier 11 to win the Nevele R Stud Australian Oaks at Moonee Valley last Friday night, before Captain Joy secured the Watpac NSW Breeders Challenge at Menangle from the outside of the front line.
The latter, arguably, was the more impressive of the two, as he was forced to sit three-wide for a good portion of the 1609 metre trip at the new-look Menangle Park surface. more...
Two age records have fallen at Menangle's first meeting
The new, spacious 1400-metre track had been expected to churn out fast times, and today's opening meeting didn't disappoint, with the first race on the program producing a new national mark.
Jaccka Singh's 1:58.0 mile rate over the 2300 metres set a new benchmark for two-year-olds for the distance Australia-wide. Driven by James Ponsonby and trained by Michael Teuma, the quarters were run in 30.7, 30.4, 30.4 and 29.6.
Vegas Bound, trained and driven by Darren Hancock, then smashed the Australasian mark for a mile by a three-year-old with his all-theway effort in race six. more...
One Step Closer - World Cup vision takes a great leap forward
A harness racing World Cup is another step closer to reality following the release of a preliminary race date for the event.
To be raced for $1million among the best eight horses in the world, the World Cup will be conducted on April 19 in 2009 immediately after the Watpac Inter Dominion Carnival in Brisbane.
It has also been confirmed that Menangle Park's new 1400-metre circuit and facility will play host to the inaugural World Cup of harness racing. more...
The World Cup promotional flyer can be viewed by clicking here.
Open Day Extravaganza
The Menangle Park Paceway was an outstanding success with many more harness racing patrons turning-up for the day than expected. You will find a selection of photos from this exceptional day by clicking here.
