In an endeavour to encourage further participation in Monte racing, Harness Racing Victoria will continue to program a number of Mobile Start Monte races for lower assessed horses based on a restriction by assessment.
The races will be for trotters assessed T0 to T4 from the Mobile Start, to be run over the sprint distance for stakemoney of $6,000.
Prospective Monte participants should also be mindful of the Monte stakemoney distribution which provides a wider spread of money across all starters: 1st – 50%, 2nd – 18%, 3rd – 12%, 4th – 7%, 5th – 4%, 6th to last – 3%.
The next of these races is scheduled for Kilmore on Wednesday night 18 March, the details of which are listed below.
KIC18031509 – MONTE (MS) of $6000. T0 to T4. PBD/T. 1690 metres.
- For horses which have not won more than two Monte races.
- Field Limit restricted to 8 starters plus 2 emergencies.
- All horses to start from the front Row.
Additional races will be programmed at Stawell @ Tabcorp Park Melton - 17 April, Bendigo – 26 May and Kilmore – 12 June.
Full race conditions will appear in the April / May Harness Racer.
A review on the future of lower assessment Monte racing will be undertaken following the completion of these races.
