David Brehaut

The Central Highlands Football League tribunal has ruled on a rough conduct charge laid against Daylesford player Jake Briggs. A tribunal hearing on Tuesday found Briggs guilty of having engaged in rough conduct in a practice match against Buninyong and suspended him for six matches. The report came out of an incident in which Buninyong’s Mitch Warner suffered a broken jaw. Briggs pleaded not guilty. The suspension means Briggs, who joined Daylesford last season, will not be available until roun…

The Grand National Steeplechase in Ballarat next year has had a stakemoney cut. Racing Victoria has reduced the jumping classic’s worth by $50,000 to $350,000. RV has released the 2024 jumps racing season program, with Ballarat Turf Club’s all-jumps meeting featuring the Grand National to be run on Sunday, August 25. This will again be the last meeting of the jumps season. The Grand National Steeplechase stakemoney cut is part of a 3.5 per cent reduction across the jumps season from 2023. The Ba…

Central Highlanders will launch their Cricket Victoria Under-15 Girls’ Country Cup at Hamilton on Tuesday. The Highlanders will face Murray Mallee Suns first-up in a twenty20 game at Monivae College - the venue for all games - after a bye on Monday. They then meet Western Waves in another T20 fixture later on Tuesday. Central Highlanders have one-dayers against Murray-Mallee on Wednesday and Western Waves on Thursday. Squad: Tess Arthur (Riddell), Sarah Burton (Ballan), Kori Davenport (Mt Clear)…

Under Oath has had an overdue country cup victory at Burrumbeet on Saturday. The Henry Dwyer-trained seven-year-old was a tearaway winner in the $30,000 Petrogas Burrumbeet Cup, 1800m - providing Ballarat stables with yet another success in the New Year’s Day feature. Under Oath has been a consistent country cups campaigner for more than three years, but wins have been elusive. He took out the 2020 Casterton Cup, but other than that has had to be satisfied with a series of minor placings in the…