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Swan Hill gallops into Horsham

HORSHAM proved to be a Christmas surprise come early for Swan Hill trainers and jockeys on Sunday. Helen Burns also took that old adage it takes a village to raise a child and turned it into it sometimes takes a committee to win a horse race. Because...

24 Dec 2024
Horse Racing

Coffey show rolls across the weekend

IT was a weekend of classic Coffey - starting Friday night at the Valley and wrapping up in the last at Bendigo on Sunday. And with a triple for his troubles, Coffey cashed in on the absence of rider Daniel Moor at Bendigo with a pick-up ride on...

17 Dec 2024
Horse Racing

Coffey’s pay day

HOW do you turn a $37,500 race into a $120,000 purse for the winner?Simple. You give Swan Hill turf magician Harry Coffey the ride on Heat Missile and point them both to the finish line. Which is exactly what the Griffiths-De Kock stable...

10 Dec 2024
Horse Racing

Hobson stable reigns in rain

HE might have left it late in the day, but trainer Nathan Hobson’s horses came home with a wet sail – literally – at Swan Hill’s races on Sunday. After five races with not much to show, Hobson suddenly had a double, a trifect...

26 Nov 2024
Horse Racing

Double shot of Coffey

WHEN it’s the Ararat Cup and more than half of your seven rides for the day – including joint favourite The Genius in the cup – have just been gutted by scratchings, you tend to want to make every post a winner. Harry Coffey headed...

12 Nov 2024
Horse Racing

Burns and Hobson’s Cup day delight

GOOGLE Maps says it is 211.7km from Echuca racecourse to the hallowed straight at Flemington, but on Melbourne Cup day, a winner is a winner regardless of which track you are going around. Swan Hill’s Helen Burns and Nathan Hobson...

08 Nov 2024
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Kyneton Cup first for Coffey

HARRY Coffey is fast becoming a cups kleptomaniac. Fair dinkum, give him a saddle, a horse and a cup’s race and get out of the way. Incredibly though, Coffey’s win on New York Hurricane in Wednesday’s $125,000 bet365 Kyneton Cup over...

08 Nov 2024
Horse Racing

Winning race that stops the Mallee

IT was yet another 2024 Coffey Cup - first it was jockey Harry and the Caulfield Cup and then dad and trainer Austy and the Wycheproof Cup. And as pumped as Austy was with son Harry’s Caulfield Cup, there is no doubt winning the Wyche Cup - again -...

05 Nov 2024
Horse Racing

Jockey and trainer Coffey getting hotter

WHO can keep track of all these cups of Coffey?Just look at the past two weeks. It started with jockey Harry Coffey’s Caulfield Cup. On Saturday, it was trainer dad Austy’s Wycheproof Cup. And Sunday, Harry was back in the saddle, taking out the...

05 Nov 2024
Horse Racing

Faster than a wildfire

IN a history-making night on Friday, the Emma Stewart-trained Like A Wildfire claimed this year’s 3SH Swan Hill Pacing Cup and set a new track record in the process. It was an impressive performance from the nine-year-old...

05 Nov 2024
Horse Racing

Hobson’s big day out

THIS week’s Swan Hill races turned into the Nathan Hobson show as the local trainer landed a winning double on a day which proved hard yakka for the rest of the home contingent. Not even superstar jockey Harry Coffey - fresh from conquering the...

01 Nov 2024
Horse Racing

Harnessing the best

THE crème de la crème of the harness racing world will descend on Swan Hill tonight for this year’s running of the $25,000 3SH Swan Hill Pacing Cup. Some of the finest drivers in the sport will all be vying for the highly sought after cup, with...

01 Nov 2024
Horse Racing

Jubilant over Rutilant’s win

KERANG-based trainer Donald Hird has only won a single race this season – but he picked the right one to do that. On Saturday, his six-year-old gelding Rutilant took out the $20,000 Balranald Cup after a well judged ride by veteran NSW...

29 Oct 2024
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Great day at the track

BALRANALD was the place to be on Saturday as the town’s population swelled with visitors who turned out to enjoy the 2024 Balranald Cup. The Balranald Racing Club has a long and proud history, having formed in 1884, and this year again turned on...

29 Oct 2024
Horse Racing

Coffey’s cup

IF Harry Coffey came back to racing reality with a thud on Sunday, going around at an Echuca bush meeting for $27,000 purses, I doubt he either heard or felt it. Harry was on such a high after winning Saturday’s $5 million Group 1...

22 Oct 2024
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Coffey rides to cup glory

HARRY Coffey has done his home town proud by winning the $5 million Group 1 Caulfield Cup on Saturday. His stunning victory has elevated the country-cups king from Swan Hill to racing royalty. And the story just keeps getting better –...

22 Oct 2024
Horse Racing

Woo-hoo for cup winner

FORMER Kerang trainer Jarrod Robinson has just executed the most amazing slow-motion strategy to win the $30,000 Nutrien Ag Manangatang Cup. You Betcha Woo, a 14-start maiden bought online for just $2500, had its first run for him at the...

15 Oct 2024