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Ballarat race meeting moved due to condition of track | Herald Sun

RACING Victoria has moved Sunday's Ballarat meeting to Geelong after stewards deemed the track too heavy to conduct a meeting. Unfortunately the feature jumps races the Grand National Steeple and the J.J. Houlahan Hurdle won't be held at Geelong as ... >> view original

Ballarat moved, Grand National postponed | RACING.COM

The final Victorian metropolitan meeting of the season has had a second transferral, with Sunday's meeting now to be run on the Geelong turf track. After 71mm of rain fell at Sportsbet-Ballarat over the past week and with further rain and hail forecast ... >> view original

Ballarat race meeting moved due to condition of track

RACING Victoria has moved Sunday's Ballarat meeting to Geelong after stewards deemed the track too heavy to conduct a meeting. Unfortunately the feature jumps races the Grand National Steeple and the J.J. Houlahan Hurdle won't be held at Geelong as ... >> view original

Bacchus Marsh accounts for fellow Ballarat Football League finals aspirant ...

BACCHUS Marsh took a significant step toward a drought-breaking Ballarat Football League finals appearance with a 15-point victory over Sunbury on Saturday. The Cobras moved a game clear of the Lions in sixth after securing a 13.13 (91) to 11.10 (76) ... >> view original

Ballarat council gets $1.3m in federal funding to tackle road blackspots

Ballarat council says work can now begin to fix the city's priority blackspots after securing almost $1.3 million from the Federal Government. Twelve blackspots have been allocated funding including the Dana and Ripon street intersection where a ... >> view original

Ballarat, home of democracy, also offers great art and photography, good food ...

John Balderston was a fifth-generation Scottish baker who arrived in Ballarat in 1851. On a rise by the diggings he set up the first bakery and sold bread and mince pies to hungry miners. Named Bakery Hill, it was here that activist Peter Lalor gave ... >> view original

Palestinian youths and Israeli police clash at al-Aqsa site

(CNN) The site of the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, also known as the Temple Mount to Jews, became the focal point for a clash between Palestinian youths and Israeli police on Sunday. Israeli police and the general director of the mosque had differing ... >> view original

Spain wildfire forces hundreds to evacuate

Madrid: A wildfire that is racing through forested hills in northeastern Spain has forced hundreds of people to flee their homes. The blaze broke out in dry woodland on Sunday afternoon and has been fanned by steady winds, charring around 450 hectares ... >> view original

Lord Sewel could be first peer expelled under new rules after 'snorting ...

The peer responsible for upholding standards in the Lords could become the first person to be expelled from the House after he was recorded apparently taking cocaine with prostitutes. The House of Lords last night reported Baron Sewel of Gilcomstoun to ... >> view original

Prince William helicopter trackable by inexpensive app, posing terror risk

Prince William sits at the controls of a Sea King helicopter, during a training exercise, in Wales March 31, 2011. A British newspaper said it has uncovered a major royal security breach by using an inexpensive app to track Prince William's air rescue ... >> view original