by Kyle Galley
Cranbourne horseman John McGuinness will this Sunday compete to win his second Traralgon Pacing Cup 37 years after he won his first.
McGuinness, a familiar name in Gippsland racing since the early 1970’s, trained and drove pacer John Arthur to win the 1980 edition of the Cup at the Traralgon Racecourse, and this year will compete with Zipping Elmo.
Zipping Elmo has to overcome a back row draw from the mobile in Sunday’s $7000 event run at Warragul.
John had plenty of winners at Traralgon over the years, and was one of a handful of people to drive in races at the first and last meetings on the track in 1975 and 1995.
The Traralgon Pacing Cup is now staged each year at Warragul in recognition of the two decades of racing in the Latrobe Valley.
Top reinsman Chris Alford will seek his fifth victory in the Traralgon Pacing Cup when he drives Hurricane Stride on Sunday.
Seven races will be run at the Warragul Pacing Bowl on Sunday with the first race due at 12:39pm.
Gippsland horses will feature prominently among the fields throughout Sunday’s card, and Warragul club officials are looking forward to a good attendance at the meeting.
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