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Herald Sun
2 days ago
- Sport
- Herald Sun
2025 The Kosciuszko: Defending champ Far Too Easy is out
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Reigning champion Far Too Easy won't be eligible to defend his The Kosciuszko crown this spring with trainer David McColm eyeing off another $2 million feature on The Everest day. Far Too Easy claimed the state's richest country sprint at his third attempt last spring after a pair of near misses in the race. The build up for this year's Kosciuszko began in earnest on Tuesday with TAB sweepstakes tickets for slot holders going on sale. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! But a stable move from Murwillumbah to the Gold Coast has ruled McColm's stable star out of a fourth tilt at the 1200m feature. 'It weighed heavily on our minds (to delay the move) but it was a bit of a difficult one,' McColm said. 'We've got 16 boxes on the Gold Coast. We had been at Murwillumbah for 30 years so it's a massive undertaking and for the family to pack up, move schools, and stuff like that, it's daunting in that respect but from a training point of view it will be nice. 'There are a couple of different races we are looking, one of them on The Everest day (the Sydney Stakes), so we will be back down in the spring, it just won't be in the Kosciuszko.' The Group 3 $2 million Sydney Stakes (1200m) is also run on October 18 at Royal Randwick, less than an hour before the $20 million The Everest. • Via Sistina's back … and she has some familiar targets in mind Far Too Easy was on the third line of betting at $8 for The Kosciuszko. Two-time The Kosciuszko winner Front Page, runner-up in last year's race, is the $4 early favourite for this year's feature sprint with Clear Thinking at $6 and both Gallant Star and Know Thyself at $8. Sweepstakes tickets will be available until Monday, September 8 with 14 tickets drawn on September 10. Winning ticket holders will then negotiate a slot deal with connections of NSW country or ACT-trained horses. Far Too Easy is a $4.50 chance to end his winter carnival preparation on a high note in Saturday's Listed $300,000 Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) at the Sunshine Coast. A second crack at the Listed $200,000 Ramornie Handicap (1200m) at Grafton on July 16 is off the table for Far Too Easy. Originally published as The Kosciuszko champion Far Too Easy won't defend his country sprint crown in 2025
Fox News
02-05-2025
- General
- Fox News
Excavators discover prehistoric village beneath future golf course: 'Remarkable journey'
Archaeologists excavating the site of a future golf course were surprised to find evidence of a prehistoric village — including a rare chariot wheel dating back millennia. The excavation took place near Inverness, Scotland, at the site of the future Old Petty Championship Golf Course at Cabot Highlands. Experts working for Avon Archaeology Highland also found a Bronze Age cremation urn estimated to be 3,500 years old, along with flint tools and quern stones, which were used to grind grains. Remnants of at least 25 Neolithic-era wooden buildings were also uncovered at the site, according to the BBC. Archaeologists told news agency SWNS the newest finds help "paint a picture of ancient life in the Highlands, from ceremonial practices to agricultural innovation." Cabot's vice president of golf development, Stuart McColm, applauded the find in a statement to SWNS. "This has been a remarkable journey from pre-historic times to the present, right here on our doorstep," McColm said. "It's humbling to think that our new championship course, Old Petty, will rest on such historically rich ground," the executive added. "We're proud to preserve this heritage while creating a world-class golf experience." Archaeologists also made efforts to preserve a prehistoric ceremonial circle, which was reburied where it was found. Avon Archaeology Highland principal archaeologist Andy Young commended Cabot Highlands for their participation in the excavation. "Their commitment to preserving the past while shaping the future is a model for responsible development," Young said. Archaeologists are currently working to analyze and date the remains, and a full report is expected to be released at the same time that the golf course opens. The discovery is one of many ancient finds in the United Kingdom in 2025. In March, a hoard of over 800 Iron Age objects were publicized by Durham University. In addition, archaeologists recently found hundreds of skeletons beneath a campus property owned by the University of Gloucestershire.
BBC News
22-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Prehistoric chariot wheel unearthed at Highland golf course
The remains of a prehistoric chariot wheel have been discovered at the site of a new Highland golf made the find in a pit used for cremations thousands of years tools and evidence of at least 25 Neolithic wooden buildings were also uncovered during excavations at the site of the new Old Petty championship golf course, near Archaeology Highland described the discovery of the chariot wheel as "rare". A 3,500-year-old Bronze Age cremation urn and evidence of medieval field systems and grain-drying kilns were among other said the discoveries "painted a picture" of ceremonial practices and farming life in the area from about 6,000 years ago through to the Middle Ages, which ended about 500 years finds are to be radiocarbon dated and documented before being handed over to museums in Inverness and Edinburgh. Andy Young, principal archaeologist at Avon Archaeology Highland, said the wheel was the most important of the remains were found in a cremation pit inside a palisade circle, an area enclosed by a fence made of wooden course company Cabot is developing the new McColm, vice-president of golf development, said: "It's humbling to think that our new championship course, Old Petty, will rest on such historically rich ground."In 2008, archaeologists uncovered a small - but vital - clue to the use of a chariot about 40 miles (64km) away at Birnie, near piece for a horse harness was found during an archaeological dig at an Iron Age site.
