Changes To Club Menangle Feature Race Calendar

21 July 2023

Club Menangle have hit the refresh button on our iconic Sky Racing Carnival of Miracles, with a shortened Carnival to take centre stage throughout the first two weeks of March in 2024 followed by another feature race date running on the first Saturday in May.

This change sees the Sky Racing Carnival of Miracles shortened from three weeks to two weeks and commencing two weeks later than past schedules.

 

The Sky Racing Carnival of Miracles Night One Saturday 2 March 2024, will feature the Cordina Chicken Farms Chariots of Fire, Miracle Mile Sprint Qualifiers (Allied Express Sprint and Schweppes Sprint) and Heats of the NSW Derby. 

 

Night Two of the Sky Racing Carnival of Miracles will see the Garrards Miracle Mile run a week later than previous years, with the $1 million event headlining the program on Saturday 9 March 2024. Other races on the card include the NSW Derby, Ainsworth Australian Light Horse FFA, Hammerhead Trotters Mile, Shaw & Mason Sapling Stakes, Raith Memorial, Baby Bling Mares, Condell Park Produce Waratah Final and the Bubba Gump Pest Control FFA.

 

Our new feature race night, to be held on Saturday 4 May 2024, will heavily lean towards a predominately Fillies and Mares programmed race schedule to coincide with our successful Pacing For Pink month. This race meeting will feature the Pryde’s Easifeed Queen Elizabeth II Mile, John Gibson Memorial NSW Oaks, Macarthur Mile Trotting Mares, NSW Trotters Oaks, Allied Express Pink Bonnet and Tanyia Harris OAM Lady Drivers.

 

These feature race dates are to move with the change of racing season to better suit Fillies and Mares that may have been impacted by feature carnival races run later into the previous year. 

 

Below is the 2024 Carnival of Miracles Two Night Program:

 

Night One- Saturday 2 March 2024

Cordina Chicken Farms Chariots of Fire $250,000

Schweppes Sprint $100,000

Allied Express Sprint $100,000

NSW Derby Heats of $20,000

 

Night Two- Saturday 9 March 2024

Garrards Miracle Mile $1,000,000

Slingsby Holdings NSW Derby $200,000

Ainsworth Australian Light Horse FFA $100,000

Hammerhead Trotters Mile $100,000

Shaw & Mason Sapling Stakes $50,000

Raith Memorial $50,000

Baby Bling Mares $30,000

Condell Park Produce Waratah Final $25,000

Bubba Gump Pest Control FFA $25,000

 

The following program is for the feature Fillies and Mares Night of Racing:

 

Saturday 4 May 2024

Pryde’s Easifeed Queen Elizabeth II Mile $200,000

John Gibson Memorial NSW Oaks $200,000

Macarthur Mile Trotting Mares $100,000

NSW Trotters Oaks $75,000

Allied Express Pink Bonnet $50,000

Tanyia Harris OAM Lady Drivers $25,000

 

The Sibelia Stakes and the Robin Dundee Stakes will still be Automatic Qualifying races for the Queen Elizabeth II Mile and will be conducted in the weeks leading up to the feature event. 

 

For further information, please contact Club Menangle General Manager of Racing Operations David Wonson on (02) 4645 2200.