Tag: horse racing
Racing resumes despite blackout
A POWER blackout in sections of the South East, including the Penola region, disrupted the December race meeting for the Penola club on Wednesday.
It...
Gallops: Man of the moment
WHILE the weather played havoc with the running of the summer Scott Group of Companies Mount Gambier Gold Cup, in the end the result...
Old friend to Parkin
WITH the second Mount Gambier Gold Cup for the calendar year, today has a major focus around horse racing in the Limestone Coast.
But while...
Punters dress to impress ahead of Gold Cup
AROUND 150 punters dressed in their elegant best and flocked to Jens Town Hall Hotel for the Scott Group of Companies Mount Gambier Gold...
Glitz and glamour at Gold Cup cocktail party
AROUND 150 people attended this year's second Scott Group of Companies Gold Cup cocktail party on Friday night due to next year's racing festivities...
Gold Cup launched
THE launch of the 2018 Scott Group of Companies Mount Gambier Gold Cup was held on Monday night in preparation for the highly anticipated...
2018 Coonawarra Cup launch
THE coveted Coonawarra Vignerons Cup was unveiled at Balnaves of Coonawarra last Friday night.
Around 30 invited guests attended the launch of the 2018 event,...
Coonawarra Cup countdown
ONE of the most hotly-anticipated events on the country race meeting calendar - the 2018 Coonawarra Vignerons Cup - was launched at Balnaves of...
Exceptional training performance
IT appears Mount Gambier trainer Wayne Walters could have several runners lining up in the Mount Gambier Gold cup in five week's time.
Last weekend's...
First winner – and at 100/1
FIRST WINNER FOR TATIARA TRAINER: Bordertown trainer Jo Banks had bookmakers cheering and punters lamenting when the 100/1 chance Tramps Like Us won...
Peter puts in training hard yards
RELATIVELY new to the game of training horses, Mount Gambier’s Peter Hardacre, 38, is one of many local trainers striving to get the absolute...