Saturday morning, The Meadowlands' Down Under Contingent Up Early To Watch TAB Eureka

Photo by Dave Landry.

Bloodshot eyes in the Garden State will be watching the world’s richest harness race, the $2.1 million TAB Eureka, on Saturday (Sept. 2) from Australia’s Club Menangle, which is about an hour from Sydney.

With a 14-hour time difference and nearly 10,000 miles between the states of New Jersey and New South Wales, the TAB Eureka will go off at 8:45 p.m. on Australia’s east coast, which will be 6:45 a.m. on the east coast of the U.S.

After spending over a decade in Australia, trainer Brett Pelling moved back to the States — specifically New Jersey — six years ago, but just like his fellow expats, he keeps up to date with the Down Under racing scene, including the TAB Eureka, a race for Australian-bred 3- and 4-year-old pacers.

“These people down there are professionals,” Pelling said of those that came up with the idea for the Eureka. “They think outside the box. They’re young. They are promoting like you wouldn’t believe.

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