Horseracing

  • Local trainer salutes on home track

    “It’s always good to win a race on your home track.”

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  • Ex-jockey nearing four decades

    Colac’s Daryl Cannon said it was a natural progression to get into horse training growing up in a horse-mad family.

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  • Special Cup Day for Colac couple

    While the Melbourne Cup was off limits to most race lovers this year, Colac’s Len and Mary Leahy were able to enjoy the excitement of their first cup at Flemington.

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  • New day to lift numbers?

    The Colac Turf Club hopes returning the Colac Gold Cup to a Friday will bring people to the region.

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  • Maloney returns to winners’ list after premiership season

    Colac horseracing export Ryan Maloney rode a winner returning from a knee injury he carried during a memorable season in Queensland. Moloney claimed Brisbane’s Jockey’s Championship for the 2020-21 season, which wrapped up last month. The 36-year-old rode an incredible 77 winners over the 12-month period, landing a win in at least one in every […]

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  • Public holiday push after Gold Cup move

    A public holiday in February is on the agenda for horseracing officials after their successful bid to move the Colac Gold Cup meeting to a Friday next year.

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  • Punters return to trackside for Birregurra Cup

    The Colac Turf Club will welcome back crowds to the track this Sunday for the Mortimer Petroleum Birregurra Cup.

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  • Thornton fall just short of Gold Cup glory

    Jockey-trainer combination Dean Yendall and Symon Wilde’s stranglehold of Colac’s most prized horse race has denied Damien Thornton a maiden Gold Cup win by the barest of margins.

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