Horse racing
Trainer honoured to own champion
FORMER Irrewillipe horse trainer Tim Ryan is resigned to the fact the industry he has loved for more than five decades has changed.
Stayer firms for Colac Gold Cup
AN OMINOUS sense of déjà vu hangs over the Colac Gold Cup two months out from the race.
Cup winner aiming to create history
COLAC district-owned gelding Whelan will attempt to win back-to-back Colac Gold Cups in 2012.
Colac district gelding shows winning potential
YEO trainer Mark Young could have found his next money maker in first-start winner Wilshire Flyer.
Jockey becomes face of Colac Gold Cup
EVERGREEN Camperdown jockey Neville Wilson hopes to be riding competitively again in two months.
Numbers down for Colac Christmas races
COLAC Turf Club officials say a drop in marquee numbers won’t affect the festive atmosphere at Colac’s Christmas race meeting.
Colac Gold Cup cost Rob his job
ROB Gaylard’s passion for the Colac Gold Cup once cost him a job.
Race caller cut teeth at Colac
FORMER Colac race caller Robert Testa knew he attracted sideways glances as the awkward teenager at the back of the Colac Racecourse grandstand.