Australia Day race meeting
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Topweight too good
Topweight Strategic Phil, ridden a masterly race by Will Gordon, won the 2022 bet365 Hanging Rock Cup on Australia Day. Trained at Mornington by breeder David Brideoake, Strategic Phil has now won seven races and over $320,000 in prizemoney. From barrier one, the topweight was always travelling well after Tylden-trained galloper Abadeyaat set a fast…
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Chapman snaps up the win
Kyneton trainer Danielle Chapman is pictured with Lonagan Milham at Hanging Rock races on Australia Day. Chapman’s four-year-old mare Snappy Li’l Thing, a $800 bargain buy, led throughout to win the Lonagan Milham Maiden Plate by over four lengths. Ridden by Michael Poy, Smart Li’l Thing ($8.50) was having her sixth start. “She didn’t handle…
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Renate said yes!
A marriage proposal with a difference unfolded at Hanging Rock races on Australia Day. The first race on the seven-event program was officially the ‘Will you marry me Renate Maiden Plate’ over 1600m. And the first Newham resident Renate Danebergs knew she was suddenly centre stage was when the course race caller read the race…
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‘Rock’ races now at Kyneton
‘It’s official! The annual Australia Day race meeting usually held at Hanging Rock has been switched to Kyneton. This means there will be two race meetings in five days at the Kyneton course – the 2021 Hanging Rock Cup meeting on Tuesday, January 26 (Australia Day), and the annual Woodend Cup meeting on Saturday, January…