Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club
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Woodend Cup on Saturday
Macedon Ranges trainer Liam Howley has two runners in the 2025 Macedon Ranges Ag Machinery Woodend Cup this Saturday (February 1). Last year’s Howley won the Woodend Cup with prolific Cups winning galloper Station One … and he has two runners in this year’s feature event. They are Fiftysevenyears, to be ridden by stable apprentice…
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Great day at ‘The Rock’
There were plenty of highlights from the 2025 Hanging Rock Cup meeting on Australia Day. Minister for Racing, Anthony Carbines, made his first visit to see racing at ‘The Rock’. “He was very supportive,” said Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club president, Gary O’Meara. The club was very pleased to have the minister and leading…
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Transformation almost complete
Over the past five years, with the support of the thoroughbred racing industry, a number of major infrastructure and environment projects have been carried out at the Kyneton Racecourse. With the Spring Carnival in full swing, and the time-honoured Kyneton Cup meeting on Wednesday November 6, it seems appropriate an almost completed drawcard community ‘walk’…
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Racing strong in the Ranges
The Macedon Ranges Region has long been recognised for the significance of its thoroughbred racing industry profile. The region is home to well-known and often long-established stud and agistment farms, many training enterprises and the full range of essential ancillary support services, including a wide range of suppliers. The economic impact on the Macedon Ranges…
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Station One all the way
Macedon Ranges trained galloper Station One jumped out of the widest barrier quickly, surged to the front, and was never headed in the 2024 Massey Ferguson Woodend Cup on Saturday. The five-year-old has now won four Country Cups, including three this season. Trainer Liam Howley said it was a last minute decision to run the…
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Locals chase Woodend Cup
The 2024 Massey Ferguson Woodend Cup is the feature event on a 10-event race card at Kyneton this Saturday, February 3. And three Macedon Ranges-trained gallopers are in the Cup field. Topweight Station One, from the Liam Howley stable, will be out to take his record to four Cup wins, having previously won the 2022…
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Support appreciated
The loyal support of owners, trainers, jockeys, sponsors those in attendance at Hanging Rock races on January 1 was emphasised throughout the day.
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Station One after second Kyneton Cup
Station One will be trying to win his second successive Kyneton Cup tomorrow (Wednesday). On October 24 the local galloper prepared by Liam Howley ran seventh, beaten by 4.6 lengths, in the Seymour Cup over 1600m after leading. It was the five-year-old gelding’s first outing from a spell, and former New South Wales jockey Winona…
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Races at Kyneton on Friday
Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club’s final race meeting for the current season is scheduled for this Friday, May 5, at Kyneton. Freee admission applies for the eight-event program, with the first race at 1pm. The death of popular and successful jockey Dean Holland in a race fall last week rocked the racing industry, and…
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Record breaker at Rock
Bill WestHeavyweight jockey Arron Lynch re-wrote the record books in stunning fashion by riding the first five winners at the Hanging Rock race meeting on New Year’s Day. It was a race day where ‘Lynch Law’ reigned supreme, with three of Arron’s five winners being trained at Murray Bridge in South Australia by his older…
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Six races at the Rock
Bill West Everything is in readiness for the time-honoured New Year’s Day race meeting at Hanging Rock tomorrow. Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club will stage a six-event meeting, with the first race at 1.40pm. While the popular mini-marquees have sold out, general admission tickets are available online or at the gate on Sunday from…
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Sell-a-brations on home track
Bill West Christmas Party races are on at Kyneton next week, but last week local trainer Mick Sell and stable followers were in celebratory mood after Lovin’ Laughs scored a strong win at his home track. Hit hard by lack of training facilities due to flooding in the past couple of months, Sell said before…