Finalists Announced for Victorian Country Horse of the Year
- Thursday, 22 August 2002 00:00
The winner of the award will be announced at the Country Racing Awards to be held at the Crown Entertainment Complex on Friday 6 September.
COUNTRY RACEHORSE OF THE YEAR
A judging panel made up of racing media and industry members have selected the following racehorses (in alphabetical order) for the coveted ‘Country Racehorse of the Year’ award.
A Regal Dane: won eight races in the country including the Tatura Cup. Trained by Sue Luck at Benalla.
Sly Rambler: won three races in the country including Hamilton and Murtoa Cups. Trained by Barbara Marshman at Hamilton.
Storm Attack: won four races in the country including the Wangaratta Winter Plate. Trained by Robert Smerdon at Ballarat.
There is no restriction on where horses can be trained (metropolitan, country or interstate) however, each of the nominations this year are trained in country Victoria.
To qualify for the award, racehorses must have started at least four times on country Victorian racetracks between 1 August 2001 and 31 July 2002 with only country performances taken into consideration.
Media Release - Country Racing Victoria