Metro pacing back on track

AFTER five long months metropolitan racing finally returns to Harold Park Paceway tonight.

Restricted class meetings have been conducted at the inner-city circuit since the start of January but tonight will be the first time participants have a chance to get their hands on metropolitan prizemoney since August 24.
Harold Park CEO John Dumesny believes the meeting signifies that the industry in this state is on the road to recovery following the devastating equine influenza outbreak.
"The past couple of months have been some of the worst on record but the fact that we are back to metropolitan racing only means that it will get better from here," Dumesny said.
Harold Park will run the popular 10 for 30 night tonight, which gives punters $30 in drink and food vouchers for their $10 entry to the track.
The Club will also be announcing the winners of its "Race A Pacer" competition which will give 10 lucky patrons ownership in a ready-to-race two-year-old filly named Armbro Forall, trained by Blake Fitzpatrick, until she is four.
The NSWHRC will pay for all the costs of racing the filly and all people have to do is be present at the track when the winners are drawn.

THE Department of Primary Industries yesterday granted Barry Lew permission to travel Karloo Mick to Victoria for the InterDominion - but the Dubbo trainer feels it is two weeks too late.
Lew won't be starting his star pacer because he doesn't think he's had enough hard racing to be competitive in the series, which begins at Geelong on February 16.
"The DPI has given me the green light to travel in to Victoria but the horse will not be going," Lew said.
"I would have loved for him to be competing down there by I just don't have enough time."
Following the withdrawal of Karloo Mick, NSW now has only five horses - Divisive, Special Albert, Amorts, Iron Realm and Just Pretend - in the final acceptances released by Harness Racing Victoria yesterday.