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Carisbrook is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Pyrenees Highway, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the regional and local government centre of Maryborough, in the Shire of Central Goldfields. At the 2016 census, Carisbrook had a population of 1115. [1] Carisbrook is closely linked with Maryborough historically, socially and economically.
The 2015 Australian human powered vehicle season began on the 28 February with the first round of the Victorian HPV Series at Casey Fields and concludes with the RACV Energy Breakthrough series at Maryborough, Victoria. Australia is the world leader in Human powered vehicle racing. [citation needed]
Maryborough railway station was built in 1890, replacing a smaller one built in 1874. Maryborough (/ ˈ m ɛər i b ər ə /) [2] is a town in Victoria, Australia, on the Pyrenees Highway, 58 kilometres (36 mi) north of Ballarat and 168 kilometres (104 mi) northwest of Melbourne, in the Shire of Central Goldfields.
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky , spider, or chariot occupied by a driver.
Wattle Racing [6] Maryborough: RACQ Energy Breakthrough: Queensland: 12–13 September 24 hours 123 St Mary's College [7] Murray Bridge: Australian HPV Super Series: South Australia: 19–20 September 24 hours 216 Platt Racing Casey Fields: Victorian HPV Series: Victoria: 10 October 6 hours 96 Platt Racing [8] Maryborough: RACV Energy ...
The race was named after Alex G Hunter, the Trotting Control Board’s first chairman who was inducted into the Victorian Harness Racing Hall Of Fame in 2011. The inaugural race was held for a stake of two thousand pounds ($4000) in 1949 with Silver Peak winning, driven by Frank Culvert.
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The Inter Dominion is a harness racing competition that has been contested since 1936 in Australia and New Zealand. The Inter Dominion was the brain child of Western Australian Trotting Association Chairman Mr. J P Stratton, with the first series held at Gloucester Park, Perth.