Horse racing

  • olac police stopped 900 vehicles on the Princes Highway, Colac West, on Wednesday as part of a state-wide crackdown.

    Police nab 100 drivers

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    COLAC and district police have nabbed up to 100 motorists for safety and traffic offences in a bid to make the region’s roads safer.

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  • Colac District Football League interleague coach Tim Pekin addresses his team at training ahead of tomorrow’s clash against the Warrnambool district league.

    Players ready for interleague clash

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    SIX months of work will come to fruition this weekend when Colac district footballers play interleague for the first time in more than a decade.

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  • Racegoers enjoy bumper meeting

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    South Australian jockey Kane Post rides Tuscan Ranger to victory ahead of Black Coupez and Luckzat in race four of Colac Turf Club’s annual Christmas race meeting.

    COLAC racegoers have enjoyed a bumper day of racing at Colac Turf Club despite a lower-than-expected crowd at a Christmas race meeting.

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  • Mixed expectations for races

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    Colac track riders Michelle McDonald, left, aboard Diamonds at Noon, and Rachel Gane, aboard Spy School, train at Colac Turf Club in the lead up to the club’s annual Christmas races.

    COLAC horse trainers have different expectations headed into tomorrow’s Colac Herald Christmas Races.

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  • Prize boost for turf club

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    Colac Turf Club races will have extra prizemoney and netional television and radio coverage.

    RACING Victoria officials have given Colac Turf Club’s meetings a boost with extra prize money and national television and radio coverage.

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  • Crowd tipped for Christmas races

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    Colac Turf Club president Matthew Walsh and Colac Herald editor David McKenzie preparing for Saturday’s Colac Herald Christmas Races.

    ORGANISERS of Colac’s Christmas horse races on Saturday expect a bigger crowd for this year’s event.

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  • Queensland trainer heading to Colac

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    Queensland trainer Len Van der Sluys’s Colac operation chief Melanie Sharpe with horse Sigismund.

    QUEENSLAND horse trainer Len Van der Sluys is set to make Colac his home before the end of the year.

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  • Punters stay away from cup meeting

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    Torquay-trained horse St Roper, right, charged home at Colac Turf Club to win the Birregurra Cup.

    A DISAPPOINTING crowd at this year’s Birregurra Cup has caused concerns for Colac Turf Club officials leading into the club’s annual Christmas race meeting.

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  • Colac Turf Club set to host first meeting of season

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    Colac Turf Club president Matthew Walsh says he hopes for good weather and a successful running of the Birregurra Cup tomorrow.

    COLAC Turf Club will host its first meeting of the Spring Carnival after overcoming track drainage issues.

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  • Merger falls flat for golf, racing and RSL clubs

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    Colac Turf Club was to be part of a sporting and social complex, but the plan has fallen flat.

    COLAC’S Returned Services League club has pulled out of a proposed merger with Colac’s golf and turf clubs, stifling a proposed $3.5 million development.

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