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Mornington colts reign supreme in Group One’s
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HORSE RACING
IT was a day to remember for Mornington-based trainer Matt Laurie and the Pinecliff, Mt Eliza-based partnership of Anthony and Sam Freedman as they rose to the fore in two of the three Group One features at Caulfield on Saturday 20 February.
Bypassing a winnable Group Three Zeditave Stakes (1200m) on the same day, Matt Laurie masterfully pulled the right string by running his up-and-coming three-year-old colt Portland Sky in the Group One Oakleigh Plate (1100m).
Utilising his natural speed and his allocated light-weight of 50kg, apprentice jockey Teodore Nugent shot clear aboard Portland Sky half way down the straight before a late surge from the Grant and Alana Williams-trained Celebrity Queen called for the judge’s photo finish.
Tiley said he received “significant” abuse when he continually spoke to players in lockdown via zoom meetings. Australian Open 2021 Women’s Champion Naomi Osaka and CEO of Tennis Australia Craig Tiley.
“I got abused on the calls. It was significant,” Tiley said.
“There were a lot of complaints about a lot of things, and some of it was fine. We were just trying to do our best.
“So I made a decision that was I going to front it and I was going to take the heat from everyone, not anyone from my team.
“But normally when you take heat, you take it once. This was 15 straight days. It’s like being attacked for 15 straight days, verbally.”
Solar farm adds to power mix
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MOTORISTS on Peninsula Link may have seen Melbourne Water’s sign, pictured, advertising a proposed solar farm at the Eastern Treatment Plant, Bangholme.
The farm is one of the many ways the authority says it is adapting its operations to “prepare for a changing climate, reducing our own carbon emissions and generating more renewable energy”.
The Eastern Treatment Plant, opened in 1975, treats about 330 million litres of sewage a day – about 40 per cent of Melbourne’s total. It already makes biogas that provides about 30 per cent of the energy needed to run the plant each year; the proposed solar farm will produce a further 10 per cent.