Ballarat
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Trot along to free horse safety session
Chewton’s Julia Murray is encouraging all local horse owners to trot along to a special free equine safety session happening on Saturday near Ballarat. The local horse lover and member of Project Hope Horse Welfare Victoria says the free ‘Safety awareness training around horses Presentation’ will be presented by equine veterinarian Dr Lesley Hawson and…
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Paris Gem shines
A bargain buy as a weanling for just $800, Paris Gem is the pin-up girl in trainer Sue Naylor’s stables off the Woodend-Tylden Road. “While she’s still small, but very honest and has got stronger as she has become older,” was how Naylor described the six-year-old mare after her runaway win at the Ballarat Synthetic…
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Overdue win for Chase Award
Kyneton trainer George Osborne was full of praise for jockey John Allen after Chase Award’s narrow victory on Sunday. The four-year-old got up in the last few strides to win the Global Turf Class 1 Handicap over 1400m on the Ballarat Synthetic track. Having been devoid of luck since winning a Seymour Maiden with Allen…
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Trades fair to move
Rumours have flown over the weekend that Kyneton is set to lose its highly successful Lost Trades Fair to Ballarat, following an anonymous post making the claim to the local Facebook page ‘Mollison Street’. Fair founders Lisa and Glen Rundell confirmed to the Midland Express that while no final decision had been made, the fair…