Golden Easte Egg stake to top $10,000

RICH and attractive could be the mouth watering description of a delicious Easter Egg and it is also the perfect way to illustrate the feature event for three year old fillies at Fairfield on Easter Monday, March 28.

With the support from Austmont Catering and Harness Breeders NSW, the Golden Easter Egg will carry prizemoney of $9,000 with a trophy and rug combination making the race worth in excess of $10,000.

The Golden Easter Egg was first conducted in 1965 and was run up until 2004 at Fairfield.

After a decade, the race returned in 2014 when the Fairfield Harness Racing Club was given the opportunity to race on Easter Monday.

Many winners of the Golden Easter Egg have gone onto become broodmare ‘gems’ with previous victors such as Smart Fancy, Stormy Helen, Gloomy Lass, Serene Queen and Miss Paula all graduating to the breeding barn with notable success.

Fairfield boss Ross Scherf thanked Austmont Catering and Harness Breeders NSW for their support and is looking forward to the meeting.

“The Fairfield Club has an agenda to continue supporting races for three-year-old fillies and again we will be providing the winning connections with a magnificent Easter Egg trophy,” Scherf said.

“With the added support from Austmont Catering and Harness Breeders NSW, the prizemoney has been increased by $1,000 this year and I’m sure owners and trainers will support the club with strong nominations for the event.”

For the past two years, the race was been won by Paul Fitzpatrick with Shes Got Issues winning last year while Ocean Diva was successful in 2014.

“The race is over the 2113 metres and the preferential barrier draw will see the higher assessed fillies drawn wide so it should be very competitive."

" I’m hoping to see a good crowd come through the gate, the Club works very hard to ensure these meetings are a success.”

Greg Hayes