A NEW name will be etched on the Wedderburn Trotters’ Cup for the first time in more than 20 years on Sunday.
Priority One was last week named the cup’s new sponsor with harness racing club president Bruce Hargreaves saying the real estate company with a Loddon office was a good fit for the premier trotting race.
“For 21 years through to our last cup meeting in 2022, we were fortunate to have Richmond and Associates,” Hargreaves said. “With that firm’s change of ownership, we were delighted when Priority One stepped up.”
Local representative Julie Bernaim said: “Community is so important to the area and particularly so when it comes to sport, We are delighted to have an association with Wedderburn Harness Racing Club and support the community.”
Sunday’s cup meeting that also features the Loddon Shire Pacers’ Cup will be raced at Carisbrook.
Hargreaves expects racing will return to Wedderburn in 2025 after beautification works part of the Donaldson Park upgrade have been finished and the track damaged in the summer storms is repaired.
The club is running special buses between Wedderburn and Carisbrook for Sunday’s premier meeting on its calendar. Fashions on the field will be a feature of the day with sections for tiny tots (4 and under) young junior (8 and under), junior (12 and under), teenagers, adults and over 50s.