Lucrative Launching Pad Returns In 2021

FOLLOWING a coronavirus enforced absence in 2020, the lucrative Group 3 Launching Pad series at Sandown Park is back in 2021!

FOLLOWING a coronavirus enforced absence in 2020, the lucrative Launching Pad series is back in 2021!

The popular sweepstakes event – the only one of its kind in Australia – will see more than $420,000 in prizemoney won across three weeks of fantastic racing at Sandown Park.

While the winner of the group 3 final will pocket a cool $150,000, more than half of all runners will earn prizemoney, making it one of the most lucrative race series in the country.

Since its inception as a sweepstakes event in 2015, the Launching Pad has been responsible for producing some of the sport's brightest sprinting stars, many of which have used the series as a stepping stone to bigger and better things.

And 2021 promises to be no different, with connections of a number of exciting up and comers already identifying the series as a likely destination.

Registered participants and clubs need to purchase a $2000 ‘Entry Form' to guarantee a berth in the series which is open to greyhounds with between 1-6 wins and no more than 30 career starts.

The entry form is fully transferrable up until midday on Monday 15 March 2021 – the day prior to the close of nominations.

Entry forms will go on sale at midday on Monday 11 January 2021.

Just 64 Entry Forms are available for the series.

The heats for the 2021 Launching Pad will be run on Thursday 18, March 2021, with the final to be run on Thursday 1, April 2021.

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