Kyneton Racecourse
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GROW festival exceeds expectations
A crowd of more than 560 people attended the GROW Festival of Regenerative Food and Farming at Kyneton Racecourse last month. The inaugural one-day conference and field day was a community project by Macedon Ranges Regenerative Farmers, part of the not-for-profit Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group. The organisers aim was to bring people together to achieve…
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Shoosh goes Whoosh …
A previously unraced three-year-old made an ultra-impressive winning debut at Kyneton races on Thursday. Bit Of Shoosh ran in a 1454 metre 3-Y-O Maiden Plate, starting an extremely short priced favourite at odds of 4/6. The Shamus Award x Quietly gelding was a $50,000 purchase, and is in the strong Lindsay Park/Hayes stable. Reports about…
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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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What a finish!
At the end of a gruelling 2800 metres at Kyneton races on Friday, four runners went over the line almost together. Victory in the BM58 Handicap went to $7 chance Castrofrancaru, having had just one race start since finishing eighth at Mount Gambier on September 11 last year. Two weeks earlier he had won a…
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Five winners a record
It must surely be some sort of record for a gallops meeting held at Kyneton. Probably one that will never be beaten. Five horses prepared by five individual Kyneton-based trainers were winners on the local club’s eight-event race meeting early last week. With spectators finally allowed back on course, the eight-event program was another step…