The $1m showcase Saturday race will be staged seven days after Newcastle's Broadmeadow track hosts "The Hunter" over 1300m under similar conditions and RNSW is anticipating attendances of 20,000 for each race day.

The best sprinters and milers in the land have good reward to stay in NSW rather than head to Melbourne for spring and Gwenda Markwell's Archedemus is front and centre for a tilt at The Gong.

The five year-old son of Lope De Vega kicked is spelling following a Brisbane campaign but the 1600m on home turf is an appetising attraction.

Archedemus reared in the barrier at his debut and took no part in the 1200m maiden at Kembla at his debut just over 16 months back but he soon showed his genuine quality.

The bay gelding won his maiden at start three on November 29 at Wyong over 1100m and before saluting on affected going at Kembla over 1400m in mid-December.

He now boasts seven wins from just 11 starts including the Group 3 Hawkesbury Cup (1600m) and the Listed Members Handicap at Doomben - again at the metric mile.

Aside from the to Saturday stand alone meetings for Kembla Grange and Newcastle in November, the Gosford Gold Cup meeting will join the Hawkesbury Gold Cup as a standalone Saturday fixture following the conclusion of the Sydney Autumn Carnival.

The Gosford Gold Cup meeting will be run on Saturday, May 9.

NSW hounds to receive cash injection

While change in greyhound racing has been glacial over the past two years, GRNSW kicks off its first foray into a new era with the running of four maiden heats at Wentworth Park for NSW-bred greyhounds only.

For many years Victorian-bred dogs have benefitted from extra prizemoney on all venues south of the Murray for 'Vicbred' pups and NSW is now fighting back.

"A raft of changes are upcoming," GRNSW Racing Manager Wayne Billet.

"We have NSW bred top grade races scheduled for Wentworth Park on Saturday and a complete grading redirection is to be implemented.

"We engaged with owners and trainers ... we needed to add races for older dogs in order to prolong careers and prize money is about to get a much needed boost."

Part of the discussion is a first place prize increase at Wentworth Park of around 20 per cent for Saturday night racing and a measured increase across provincial meetings at Bulli, Dapto, Nowra and Goulburn etc.

"Our participants have been patient with what we are trying to achieve and we are coming to the end of a long review," GRNSW Chief Executive Tony Mestrov said.

"We are excited for the future and owners will have good reason to keep their racing dogs in NSW in respect of programming, prizemoney and opportunity across all grades."

Reward for excellence to breeders is on the agenda and increases in prize money are expected to commence on July 1.