Never too old

Darken Up,

The 10-year-old mare was having her 90th race start, and came all the way from Mr Gambier to run at ‘The Rock’.

Darken Up firmed strongly from double figure odds in the 2400m event, and dashed clear in the straight.

Kate Walters rides at many provincial tracks in Victoria and South Australia, and said Darken Up has previously raced at Hanging Rock on four or five occasions and run well, without winning.

The horse is arealWalters’ family favourite, being owned by Kate’s mother and trained by her father Wayne, who had grand galloper Torbek in his stable in the 1970s.

Torbek won 14 races, including one in Melbourne when he was the subject of amassive betting plunge. With interstate bookmakers in Sydney being hit hardest.

Woodend Cup on Saturday

The 2023 Massey Ferguson Woodend Cup will highlight the race meeting at Kyneton this Saturday, February 4.

Kyneton &Hanging Rock Racing Club continues to stage the Woodend Cup which was the feature event for many years before the racing ceased at the Woodend course.

The feature event will be run over 1850 metres.

Woodend Cup Day at Kyneton has become avery festive occasion in recent years, with bucks and hens’ parties utilising the venue for big days out.

Austy Coffey, trainer of Bannerton who won the Hanging Rock Cup on Australia Day, said there was a good chance the five-year-old may run in the Woodend Cup, dependent on how he pulls up.