Neil Dyer
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Kyneton trainer Neil Dyer pursues Devonport Cup
Long time Kyneton racehorse trainer Neil Dyer is hoping for success in the $125,000 Devonport Cup on Wednesday. Dyer pulled off a training coup when his recent acquisition Vega Magnifico won the Bordertown Cup in mid-December. The Irish-bred seven-year-old was formerly in the Sydney stable of Annabel and Rob Archibald, and has five wins to…
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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…
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Local winners – spectators back
Spectators were finally allowed back at a Kyneton race meeting on Friday, where local trainers chalked up two winners and multiple placings on the eight event program. Once again less than ideal weather prevailed, with rain of varying intensity and a track becoming heavier as the day progressed.There was a mixture of both long and…
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Stanley breaks through
Kyneton-trained galloper Stanley was impressive in winning a Maiden Hurdle at Casterton on Saturday. And trainer Neil Dyer was full of praise for 25-year-old Irish jumps jockey Dylan McDonagh, now based at Ballarat. Six-year-old Stanley gave McDonagh his first jumps win in Australia. “He’s now ridden Stanley for us three times, and I’d give him…
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Instant dividend from Perth buy
It was from Perth to Kyneton, and on to Moe for a first-up win for a new group of owners and long-time local trainer Neil Dyer. This is the absorbing story of Metro Boy, a four-year-old galloper with three city wins from 18 starts to his credit in Western Australia, and how he was almost…