NEW LOOK TRACK
Following the 2025 Cox Plate, the racecourse will undergo its biggest changes since 1883.
“We’re now t-minus 23 months before we start the rebuild here at the Valley. First run here in 1883, but after the 2025 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Carnival, of course all of this will be ripped up. We’ll turn it around and build The Valley of tomorrow,” he said.
“It’ll be very different to what we’ve known it to be. Of course, the short straight’s been a great feature of the Valley and even taking off at the school, the 800-meter mark or even the 600-meter mark, it’s really a long straight with that small bend at the home corner there.
“At the moment, we’ve got the winning post on the western side of the track, a short home straight, which is 173 meters. The track’s roughly 1800 meters in circumference.
“When we do the rebuild, the winning post will go back to the northern side, the school side, the famous school side, and the home straight will lengthen out to 317 meters. The track will be a little bit shorter.
“It’ll come back to just to tick over 1700 meters in circumference and it’ll be a completely different racing experience here at the Valley.
“The camber will be important, though. We’ll make sure that the home corner is cambered as much, if not even more than what we’ve got at the moment to create that velodrome type racing experience.”
