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Australia Day Racing 26/01

West Australian Racing
Bunbury on SKY1
Narrogin on SKY2
Kojonup - you have to turn up to see the action :P

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  • VoodooVoodoo    1,371 posts
    CountryCaller .........will he be at Koji ??????
    All the best to the club and supporters......rumour has it this will be the final year of racing for Wandekla....certainly be sad if this is true.
    A great day out at a unique setting.

    cheers
  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    If that is the case, I would encourage anyone who hasnt been there to go on Wednesday. One of the great racing days I have been to I reckon.
  • CountrycallerCountrycaller    480 posts
    Yes rumours are close to the mark on Wandecla. It will be a club decision, as the Kojonup Polo & Polocrosse run the meeting and they have to have a full running rail in place I believe by next year, which will impact on the Polo ground they use for the other 364 days of the year. Spoke to the Secretary the other night, and she said if the rail can be removed (in the straight only I think) it wouldn't be such a problem but they do not have the manpower etc to do this every year. Nothing is concrete yet, and hopefully they can be talked around. Having two races meetings spitting distance away at Bunbury and Narrogin does not help their cause to get nominations up :evil:

    And yes it is a uniquie meeting as Diva says, and if you have never been to Wandecla, you have missed out on a real picnic day at the races.

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  • rot8inrot8in    1,881 posts
    more jackpots ...yummmeeee :lol:
  • VoodooVoodoo    1,371 posts
    Countrycaller....would that first photo be Co Striker winning one of his cups?

    cheers
  • pajonespajones    669 posts
    Sad news and I enjoyed a wonderful day at the cup a couple of years back - hope they get a huge crowd Wednesday.
  • BrubakerBrubaker    219 posts
    said:

    Yes rumours are close to the mark on Wandecla. It will be a club decision, as the Kojonup Polo & Polocrosse run the meeting and they have to have a full running rail in place I believe by next year, which will impact on the Polo ground they use for the other 364 days of the year. Spoke to the Secretary the other night, and she said if the rail can be removed (in the straight only I think) it wouldn't be such a problem but they do not have the manpower etc to do this every year. Nothing is concrete yet, and hopefully they can be talked around. Having two races meetings spitting distance away at Bunbury and Narrogin does not help their cause to get nominations up :evil:

    And yes it is a uniquie meeting as Diva says, and if you have never been to Wandecla, you have missed out on a real picnic day at the races.

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    Long time since I been there. Can't remember that much grass. I can see the plot of ground at the 200m post that I "bought" many moons ago though. (Cost me a broken arm heh! heh!) Good ol red tape and bureaucracy kills another race club. After all these years they suddenly need a running rail. Hear RWWA has Gascoyne Junction in their sights as well. No proper running rail.... no meeting.
  • pajonespajones    669 posts
    Just thought I would check the pr.com site. No news of any racing at all on Australia Day-- no previews, interviews, articles. Three big meetings tomorrow but
    not a single word on the site. Useless.
  • GaryHGaryH    1,012 posts
    said:

    Just thought I would check the pr.com site. No news of any racing at all on Australia Day-- no previews, interviews, articles. Three big meetings tomorrow but
    not a single word on the site. Useless.

    PR is Perth Racing, and I think its run by the club? It only covers Belmont and Ascot, so they have no obligation to promote the country races. They do, but it's not as much (or as regular) as their own.

    BTC http://bunburyturfclub.com.au/turfclub/
    Narrogin
    http://www.narroginracing.com.au/
    Kojonup ??
  • vlahsvlahs    203 posts
    Della could we have the early form?
  • CasshoneyCasshoney    88 posts
    said:

    said:

    Just thought I would check the pr.com site. No news of any racing at all on Australia Day-- no previews, interviews, articles. Three big meetings tomorrow but
    not a single word on the site. Useless.

    PR is Perth Racing, and I think its run by the club? It only covers Belmont and Ascot, so they have no obligation to promote the country races. They do, but it's not as much (or as regular) as their own.

    BTC http://bunburyturfclub.com.au/turfclub/
    Narrogin
    http://www.narroginracing.com.au/
    Kojonup ??
    Why have Perth Racing got a "Country Expert" then in Julio Santarelli ? Who by the way I have never seen at a country track. Pr.com give much more space to Overseas & Eastern States racing than WA provincial/country. They take the odd article fom Grassroots Racing I see & the aforementioned. The clubs sites are usually not updated very often. Go to Grassrootsracingwa.com for Australia Day stuff.
  • GaryHGaryH    1,012 posts
    said:

    Why have Perth Racing got a "Country Expert" then in Julio Santarelli ? Who by the way I have never seen at a country track. Pr.com give much more space to Overseas & Eastern States racing than WA provincial/country. They take the odd article fom Grassroots Racing I see & the aforementioned. The clubs sites are usually not updated very often. Go to Grassrootsracingwa.com for Australia Day stuff.

    I think Julio Santarelli works for RWWA, not PR? Confusing huh!

    He used to sign his Sunday times articles that way
    http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/julio-santarellis-tips-for-ascot-saturday-october-24/story-fn43rwdr-1225790581678. Not now though?

    So PR can take stories off Julio, because he puts them out there for the "media" to use.
  • CasshoneyCasshoney    88 posts
    They take the odd article fom Grassroots Racing I see & the aforementioned - which means Julio Santarelli. But he don't pump out too many. Have a look. The last country article on there was on the Mungrup Sprint from the other site.
  • GaryHGaryH    1,012 posts
    said:

    I think Julio Santarelli works for RWWA, not PR?

    OK, don't know if he still works for RWWA. Still has his name on there for the "Big Screen", but could have moved on??

    http://www.rwwa.com.au/home/the-big-screen.html
  • GaryHGaryH    1,012 posts
    said:

    They take the odd article fom Grassroots Racing I see & the aforementioned - which means Julio Santarelli. But he don't pump out too many. Have a look. The last country article on there was on the Mungrup Sprint from the other site.

    Unsure what has happened there. It may be that PR posting the Country clubs articles, the country club site's were losing traffic (income)? Alas, not too many articles supplied to PR unless PR writes them. And back to the original point, "why would they"?
  • loose_gooseloose_goose    2,135 posts
    Still have not made up my mind Narrogin or Kojonup today >> :?
  • careycarey    6,424 posts
    said:

    Still have not made up my mind Narrogin or Kojonup today >> :?

    go to the picnics goose.
    that way you want have to watch any red hots either!
    and picnic racing is great, wish i could still partake, as would love to be at balnarring today.
  • VoodooVoodoo    1,371 posts
    Narrogin...race 4...Modelino..E/W...
    only bet for the day

    cheers
  • rot8inrot8in    1,881 posts
    my bunno quaddie

    1.2.4.7.9.12.5
    3
    3.4.7.10
    1.3.4.6.10.12.13

    $50 for 25%.
  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
    Another lazy 3 by the wiz today all given the gun run and the last 2 were 5s on tote should have been hell of a lot shorter hope DS and PJ got on because i did :wink:
  • thefalconthefalcon    20,486 posts
    Go Dungy...good on you mate. Yes, I thought the prices "generous".... :lol:
  • pajonespajones    669 posts
    said:

    Another lazy 3 by the wiz today all given the gun run and the last 2 were 5s on tote should have been hell of a lot shorter hope DS and PJ got on because i did :wink:

    good onya dungy --keeping us pike doubters honest and I have to admit to cheering him home very hard with BEST FEATURE....( it was a national holiday but it is also MIDWEEK!!) :lol:
  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
    A trebles a treble in my lingo PJ :wink: more winners to come Saturday my boy :D
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