Yankee Rockstar and Gavin Lang won this year's Jet Roofing Kilmore Pacing Cup.
Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) has completed analysis of the Kilmore Pacing Cup Night (Saturday, March 19).
The analysis was to compare key performance indicators from this year’s Cup meeting with the previous Kilmore Pacing Cup meeting, which was run as a day meeting on a Sunday in October, 2014.
Statistics from this year’s Kilmore Pacing Cup meeting:
- Wagering on meeting up 9.6% on previous Cup meeting in October 2014
- Wagering on Cup (race) up 20.8% on previous Cup in October 2014
- Wagering on meeting exceeded Saturday night benchmark by 17.1% ($283,000 average per race vs $242,000)
- No discernible difference in race numbers or field sizes
- Kilmore bistro/bar sales up over 200% on previous and subsequent Saturday night takings
- Bistro sales up over 80% on previous Kilmore Cup meeting in October 2014
Top 10 race meetings for March 2016 (based on overall wagering turnover)
12/3 – Saturday – Melton: $3,367,915
5/3 – Saturday – Cranbourne: $2,918,636
19/3 – Saturday – Kilmore: $2,833,955
4/3 – Friday – Melton: $2,550,897
26/3 – Saturday – Ararat: $2,419,717
11/3 – Friday – Bendigo: $2,356,118
18/3 – Friday – Melton: $2,185,251
16/3 – Wednesday – Melton: $1,856,673
30/3 – Wednesday – Mildura: $1,618,885
14/3 – Monday – Horsham: $1,593,872
Top 10 races for March 2016 (based on overall wagering turnover)
19/3 – Saturday – Kilmore – Pacing Cup: $526,643 (Race 7)
12/3 – Saturday – Melton – Need for Speed Princess Final: $446,605 (Race 2)
12/3 – Saturday – Melton – International All Star Series Race 22: $380,618 (Race 5)
11/3 – Friday – Bendigo – Cougar Bourbon Pace: $375,330 (Race 5)
5/3 – Saturday – Cranbourne – Cranbourne Gold Cup: $370,188 (Race 7)
12/3 – Saturday – Melton – A.G. Coombs Trot: $370,188 (Race 1)
26/3 – Saturday – Ararat – Kevin and Colleen Smith Pace: $361,407 (Race 5)
12/3 – Saturday – Melton – Great Southern Star Final: $359,973 (Race 9)
4/3 – Friday – Melton – Benstud Pace: $356,709 (Race 9)
5/3 – Saturday – Cranbourne – H.F. Abrahams Pace: $351,009 (Race 5)
HRV CEO John Anderson said his discussions with the Kilmore club indicated it was delighted with the results.
“Ben Murphy (CEO) has requested the club retain the date in 2017 due to the success of this year’s meeting. The function centre was overflowing and the club was rewarded with a terrific Cup field and exciting race,” Mr Anderson said.
Media enquiries:
Cody Winnell (HRV Media/Communications Manager)
t: 03 8378 0288 | e: cwinnell@hrv.org.au | tw: @codywinnell
