Horseracing

  • Year from hell for Colac trainer

    Colac-based trainer Kylie Vella has given an indication of how much a prized racehorse means to a small country operation.

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  • Butch has unfinished business

    Butch Londregan says training a horse to win the race that catapulted his career as a jockey would complete his journey in the sport.

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  • Vellas secure victory

    Colac trainer Kylie Vella says every ride she gets from racehorse Shantara is a bonus.

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  • AFL connection to Colac horse

    Colac trainers Glenn and Wendy Thornton will hope Port Adelaide’s winning football form can rub off on his star filly Power Boom if it runs at Flemington this weekend.

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  • Crowds vital at Christmas races

    Local horseracing officials are holding hope coronavirus restrictions will ease to allow for crowds by this year’s Christmas races in Colac.

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  • Tassie trainer calls Colac temporary home

    An up-and-coming Tasmanian horse trainer has left the region with a soft spot for Colac after utilising its facilities while his home state was without racing during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Colac trainer farewells Admiral’s Joker

    Colac-based horse trainer Kylie Vella has farewelled her champion gelding Admiral’s Joker.

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  • Siblings share special wins

    Siblings Damien and Stephanie Thornton will always share special memories of the first Saturday of May after the Colac jockeys celebrated career-defining wins.

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