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Wentworth Park Greyhound Track Information 

WENTWORTH PARK GREYHOUND TRACK 

WENTWORTH PARK TRACK INFORMATION

Wentworth Park Greyhound track is located just outside Sydney’s CBD in NSW. The Wentworth Park facilities are multi-purpose, with a sports field located on the inside of the track. All meetings are broadcast to Sky Racing and the gates generally open at 5pm on both Wednesday and Saturday race nights.

Wentworth Park is one of the premier Greyhound racing tracks in Australia and currently holds mostly city grade racing, along with some lower grades. The venue currently holds meetings on Wednesdays and Saturdays as well as some special events. The track surface is sand, has a narrow circumference of 400m and races currently take place over the distances of; 280m, 520m, and 720m.

WENTWORTH PARK KEY RACES

Wentworth Park is one of the premier Greyhound Race tracks in Australia and plays host to 20 Group/Listed events each year. Each month, apart from July, a feature event takes place. Wentworth Park’s top feature races of the year are the; Golden Easter Egg, which boasts a $250,000 winner’s check & The Million Dollar Chase, which is now the Richest Greyhound race in the world.

WENTWORTH PARK TRACK RECORDS

Unlike many other greyhound tracks, Wentworth Park only holds three track records, all of which have been set in recent years. Incredibly, Shakey Jakey broke the 520m track record in his one-and-only race start, before quickly starting a career at stud. A list of the Wentworth Park track records can be found below;

Distance Time Greyhound Date
280m 15.74 Estranged 02/09/2015
520m 29.07 Shakey Jakey 07/04/2014
720m 41.38 Tornado Tears 13/04/2019

 

NOTABLE PAST WINNERS AT WENTWORTH PARK

Wentworth Park has been one of the top Greyhound tracks in Australia throughout the years and as such, the honour roll at Wentworth Park is very rich, with some of Australia’s greatest Greyhounds etching their name into racing folklore at this track. With new events such as The Million Dollar Chase, the future for Wentworth Park looks bright too. Some of the notable past winners at Wentworth Park include; Fernando Bale, Shakey Jakey, Tornado Tears and Brett Lee. 

WENTWORTH PARK BOX STATISTICS

Wentworth Park box statistics have been relatively even over the years, most likely due to the first turn being a fair way from the starting boxes, allowing the greyhounds to sort out their order before the turn. Box 1 has still proven to be the most successful trap for greyhounds racing at Wentworth Park however. The box has generally performed between 16-20% strike rate in recent years. Box 7 has generally been the worst performing box in recent years, however, the difference between the boxes is minimal.

Winning % by Box Number

Year Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5 Box 6 Box 7 Box 8
2019 16% 16% 13% 10% 11% 11% 11% 11%
2018 19% 14% 10% 13% 12% 11% 8% 13%
2017 18% 16% 11% 13% 10% 11% 10% 11%
2016 20% 16% 11% 10% 10% 8% 8% 16%
2015 17% 17% 11% 11% 10% 12% 7% 14%

 

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