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Officials at the Wedderburn Harness Racing Club in country Victoria must, at times, have felt everything was stacked against them in returning the town’s historic pacing and trotting cups to their home track. Redevelopment work on a new community complex required relocation of the 2022 and 2023 Wedderburn Cup meetings – and as that project […]
One of Australia’s oldest harness racing clubs is embarking on a major recovery project after its 804-metre circuit was completely covered with water in a Christmas Day deluge. More than 120 millimetres of rainfall was dumped in under 24 hours at Wedderburn, north of Bendigo. Club President Bruce Hargreaves, who has lived in Wedderburn for most […]
Victoria’s first harness racing club is set to enter an exciting new era, with new facilities and opportunities for the future. Wedderburn harness racing president Bruce Hargreaves is one of many community members with mixed emotions as buildings, some over 50 years old, have been knocked down at Donaldson Park. “It’s progress and certainly a […]
Shepparton harness racing training combination Steve O’Donoghue and Rebecca Bartley have taken their time with first-up winner Carleno (Mach Three – Bridge Player (Classic Gary) – but they’ve had a handy template to follow. It’s more than six years since Carleno’s big brother San Carlo (aka “Murray”) had his first race start, and at Wedderburn […]
Central Victoria’s McNaulty family has had victories in bigger races than the Wedderburn Trotters Cup – but yesterday’s success in what is one of their “home-town” features was certainly one of their more emotional. Jason McNaulty made it back-to-back Wedderburn Trotters’ Cups with a win by Chissy (Danny Bouchea – Cheque Again (Wagon Apollo), icing […]
