It is good that the Moll Country Tracks offer an crucial withdrawal for the well -known well -known venues across the country, and there is no better example of this as a coolamon that sits in the heart of the Riverina region in Recent South Wales.
Few people would know that the club is one of the oldest in the country. Coolamon's first meeting was on 14TH February 1920.
During this time, some really great Pacers drove on the Coolamon route. Although the club did not go 50 years ago, the year before the year in which it staged three for all, which was won by twenty cents, Liret and the Mighty Paleface Adios.
Secretary Helen Turner explained “We expected the 100 -year meeting in 2020, but everything was interrupted by the Covid outbreak.”
What makes Coolamon unique is that there is a committed group of locals for such a tiny city of only 2,275 inhabitants who are responsible for putting together meetings and attempts – all voluntarily a situation similar to most smaller clubs.
Helen, who has been secretary since 2005, added “We carry out exams every Sunday and these official exams are there to lend a hand the industry and the locals.”
“The Coolamon Shire urged us to prepare us as a training center. Of course, this depends on the financing and the cable harvest in Recent South Wales. Even if these events still have only two sessions a year.”
Racing on the Coolamon Showgrounds The route is expansive 1053 meters and has a house with 245 meters.
President Peter Dennis, who trains Pacers and Vice President Ian Edyvean, also lend a hand to successfully lead to efforts.
Helen emphasized a number of improvements that have taken place in recent years.
“We have created fresh stables, ideally we need more, but we are narrow with the financing. In the past two to three months we have improved the fence and built a fresh swab shaft and some wash shafts.”
The location of Coolamon makes it very accessible to most coaches in the Riverina and also attracts coaches from Western Recent South Wales. The training facilities are ideal for other locals who take part in the nearby Ganmain and Marrar.
Helen has always been aware of the cost of advertising and emphasized how the club applies its meetings
“Our local advertising takes place by a mailbox mail -drop in Coolamon and Ganmain. And we have posters on the boards in Coolamon.”
This year's edition of the Coolamon Cup was removed on a vast scale by the Recent Zealand Kairaki Delight (Art Major), which had its first start in Australia. And the five -year -old gelding couldn't have been more impressive.
Intelligent three -year -old Catchafire was interrupted in a solid favorite and brought the lead early by Jackson Painting, who then tried to settle the field for a breather. In the meantime, Harrison Ross made his charges in the field from Kairaki Delight and he dropped three wide with a little more than one round to travel.
It was obvious that in the last round Catchafire and Kairaki Delight the race would fight and the two were combined by the 400 meter brand. The great resilience of Kairaki Delight rose clearly and his experience told in the end, since he had a little more than four meters over a brave Catchafire, with tick a hole took third place. The winner returned a mileage rate of 1.59.9 for the 2210 meters
Kailamara Devent 25 April Replay Coolamon Cup
Kairaki Delight is trained by Dean Atkinson in Bungonia near Marulan and in the Goulburn district. Before his Coolamon Cup win, Kairaki Delight won twice in Recent Zealand. Cathafire had his third attempt in a regional cup after driving in Mildura and Wagga. However, it will be their turn in the coming years to achieve a cup success when it matures.
It was still a good day for Jackson Painting when he had honored the journey with a height on a classic beesmack (a rock nroll dance) and Peter Romero. He completed the day that the last event of the program with consistent thalassophobia (fear the kite).
Long after the last race, we can guarantee that Helen and her tireless group of volunteers will be there every Sunday at the tests to ensure “May it take many years.”
By Tony Milanese for Hartnesslink
