Kyneton & Hanging Rock Racing Club
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Local favourite misses out
In the feature event at Saturday’s Woodend Cup held at the Kyneton racecourse, the locally trained mare Luvya Mumma was sent out as an odds-on favourite and looked a likely winner in the home straight, before missing out in an extremely close photo-finish. The winner was five-year-old gelding Sea Strike, from the expanding Ben Brisbourne…
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It’s cup day at Hanging Rock
The annual Australia Day races at Hanging Rock are one of the major drawcard attractions in the district next Monday. Being a public holiday, thousands are expected to flock to The Rock for an enjoyable family day out. Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club is looking forward to the program, highlighted by the running of…
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‘The Rock’ on again
Pleasant mild conditions are applicable for today’s New Year’s Day race meeting at Hanging Rock. The program begins with the first race, a BM58 Handicap over 1600 metres, at 1.30pm. Small fields are the order of the day, with nine runners in the BM52 Handicap over 1800m at 4.05pm making it the day’s largest field. …
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Perseverance pays off …
Bill West Long-time Kyneton trainer Neil Dyer and some very patient connections of Oliver Bullet were rewarded on Friday when outsider Oliver Bullet broke through for his first win. “It’s taken him 17 starts but it seems the penny has finally dropped,” the trainer said after the five-year-old finished strongly to win the Harvey Norman…