The crowd was down a bit on previous years for the Cobar Miners Race Club Picnic Races on Saturday but punters, trainers, jockeys and owners (maybe not the bookies) enjoyed their day out. Victorian trainer Russell Green from Wangaratta (pictured at centre) was pleased he’d made the long trip to Cobar after his horse Lord Percy won the Allan Wells Memorial Cobar Picnic Cup.The crowd was down a bit on previous years for the Cobar Miners Race Club Picnic Races on Saturday but punters, trainers, jockeys and owners (maybe not the bookies) enjoyed their day out. Victorian trainer Russell Green from Wangaratta (pictured at centre) was pleased he’d made the long trip to Cobar after his horse Lord Percy won the Allan Wells Memorial Cobar Picnic Cup.The crowd was down a bit on previous years for the Cobar Miners Race Club Picnic Races on Saturday but punters, trainers, jockeys and owners (maybe not the bookies) enjoyed their day out. Victorian trainer Russell Green from Wangaratta (pictured at centre) was pleased he’d made the long trip to Cobar after his horse Lord Percy won the Allan Wells Memorial Cobar Picnic Cup.The crowd was down a bit on previous years for the Cobar Miners Race Club Picnic Races on Saturday but punters, trainers, jockeys and owners (maybe not the bookies) enjoyed their day out. Victorian trainer Russell Green from Wangaratta (pictured at centre) was pleased he’d made the long trip to Cobar after his horse Lord Percy won the Allan Wells Memorial Cobar Picnic Cup.The crowd was down a bit on previous years for the Cobar Miners Race Club Picnic Races on Saturday but punters, trainers, jockeys and owners (maybe not the bookies) enjoyed their day out. Victorian trainer Russell Green from Wangaratta (pictured at centre) was pleased he’d made the long trip to Cobar after his horse Lord Percy won the Allan Wells Memorial Cobar Picnic Cup.The crowd was down a bit on previous years for the Cobar Miners Race Club Picnic Races on Saturday but punters, trainers, jockeys and owners (maybe not the bookies) enjoyed their day out. Victorian trainer Russell Green from Wangaratta (pictured at centre) was pleased he’d made the long trip to Cobar after his horse Lord Percy won the Allan Wells Memorial Cobar Picnic Cup.
Based at Wangaratta, Victoria, trainer Russell Green has often raced his team at meetings in western New South Wales and on Saturday he won the 1,700 metres DJW & Wells Cobar Picnic Cup with Lord Percy.
Starting the $8 outsider in the Cup, Lord Percy (ridden by Zara Lewis) took the lead from Outback Cod and in the straight fought off the challenge from Coastal Groove (Leandro Ribeiro, $2.30) and Joshua (Todd Bailey, $2 favourite).
Blackhill Kitty is entitled to be early favourite for the $50,000 Picnic Champions Series Final at Dubbo in September after winning at Cobar on Saturday, and finishing on top of the point score qualifying ladder for the Final.
From near last in the 1,400 metres Nutrien Russell Trophy Handicap, Blackhill Kitty (Leandro Ribeiro, $3.20 favourite) reeled in the leader Loud (Ricky Blewitt, $4.20) to win by a length with Different Road (Paul Zerafa, $10) in third place.
Horses trained at Tumbarumba by Mont Waters hold track records at several venues and it was another record when Cassimir ($4), ridden by Mont’s daughter Emily Waters, came from midfield to beat the leader Spirit Lake (Bessie Dimery, $3 favourite) and Obsessive Nature (Ashley Boyd, $4.60) in the 1,000 metres Cynend Building & Construction Trophy Handicap.
Widely travelled Forbes trainer Bill Hayes, who has had starters from King Island, Tasmania to outback NSW over the past seven months, won the 1,000 metres Cobar Steel Class B Handicap with Rubicon River.
Parked behind the leaders turning for home, Rubicon River (Ashley Boyd, $6) finished best to beat Spotted (Ricky Blewitt, $3 favourite) and Savvy Statement (Emily Waters, $4.40)
Owned by Andy Barrow and family from Gunnedah and trained at Gilgandra by Kieren Hazelton, Ransom’s Girl (Ricky Blewitt, $2.10 favourite) won the 1,000 metres WEIR Minerals Maiden Plate while the Ray Hartley, Tamworth-trained Point To Prove ($2.20 favourite) won the 1,400 metres Sullivans Mining & Industrial Class B Handicap.—Colin Hodges
Locals Jodie Jones and Simone Martin have raised almost $50,000 for this year’s Never Late Fe-Mail Postie Ride (which benefits Wings4Kidz) and they haven’t even left yet! The pair are preparing to head off on their third fundraising postie bike adventure which kicks off in Bathurst in a couple of […]
Cobar High School held their end of year presentations at the school’s MPC on Thursday with Maddie Bruce named as the 2025 Dux of the School. As this year’s top academic student of the school, Maddie was presented with the Neil Hudson Memorial Honour Roll Cobar High School Dux award. […]
The Nationals have retained the seat of Parkes following the 2025 Federal Election count on Saturday. Following his win, Jamie Chaffey, The Nationals candidate for Parkes, said he was grateful for the opportunity to serve the people of the Parkes electorate. “Over the last nine months of the campaign I […]
