Horses, Wine & Beer Tour
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Relax and let our tour host drive while you enjoy the view and a few….
Visit Living Legends at Woodlands Historic Park, home to our favourite retired champion race horses such as* Santa Ana Lane, Silent Witness, Apache Cat, Brew, Efficient, Twilight Payment, Redkirk Warrior (GB), Peniaphobia (IRE), Tom Melbourne, Fawkner and Almandin plus recent additions include Gailo Chop, Pakistan Star, Rattan, Behemoth and Johnny Get Angry plus many legends from the Hong Kong Jockey Club!
Meet, pat and feed the horses, watch kangaroos in their natural environment and enjoy a generous morning tea in the homestead/museum at Woodlands Estate.
Beer tasting is at Holgate Brewery along with a delicious pub lunch. Holgate's is a country pub with a range of classic beer styles, full in flavour and rich in character. See a brewery in action at the hotel.
Time to meander down the main street of beautiful Woodend, sit by the fire/in the beer garden or sample a few more beers in the taproom.
Our final stop of the day is Wine Tasting the award-winning wines at the picturesque Hanging Rock Winery.
Melbourne Sports Tours was delighted to host freelance travel writer, Jenny Burns, on a Horses, Wine and Beer Tour recently. Jenny wrote a story focused on Living Legends and The Spring Racing carnival for Melbourne WHERE magazine and her own blog, Travels with JB. See full story HERE
*Please check dates as the horses at Living Legends are occasionally sent out to 'work' on modelling jobs or media shoots and regularly attend race meetings throughout the State.
Horses, Beer & Wine Tour - 9.30am to 5.00pm -
Price: $290 per person
Tours available Saturday and Sunday and selected dates around the Spring Racing Carnival
Tours are also Available Daily as a Private Tour and with substituted venues as per your groups preferences.
Horses, Beer & Wine Tour Inclusions:
Private small & large groups available daily year round
Living Legends entry - Meet the Legends of horse racing
Morning tea at Living Legends
Beer tasting and Lunch at Holgate Brewery
Wine tasting at Hanging Rock Winery
Minimum numbers apply
Terms & Conditions* apply for all tours
Departures:
Melbourne Sports Lovers Tour Depart from Federation Square, Russell St - outside entrance to Melbourne Day Tour Centre. Google “Russell Court Melbourne” for map. Pickup available at selected city hotels on request.
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“Neil and I booked into the Living Legends Tour through Show Me Melbourne Tours from our Red Balloon voucher.
Tamara greeted us at our hotel after we organized a pickup from there.
Tamara ran a well-organized and relaxing day which we really enjoyed. The Homestead and the horses was so peaceful. It was a pleasure to see these wonderful horses enjoy a well-earned retirement in this beautiful property amongst the local birdlife.
We started the day with the most wonderful morning tea of a cuppa, scone, cream and jam then after our walk with the horses, back on board the bus to Gisborne Peak Winery for some good wine tasting and a selection of wood fired pizzas for lunch.
Then onto the Holgate Brewery for beer tasting and relaxing at the pub with live music. A wonderful afternoon.
I would highly recommend Tamara and her team as it was a wonderful tour, very well organized with passionate people showing us horses, wine and beer.
A five star day. ”
“Phillip and I would like to extend our thanks to Tamara for hosting a lovely day on Sunday Aug 6 on the Horses, Wine and Beer Tour.
Tamara was most welcoming, knowledgeable and well organised from the moment she arrived at Federation Square.
The weather was not too kind on Sunday but Tamara ensured we didn’t tangle with any inclement weather during the paddock tour of the Racing Champions, as she followed us with the bus in case the heavens opened up (which they did at the last paddock).
Our small group was quite friendly and got on well throughout the day and enjoyed Tamara’s commentary and highlights of Melbourne and our surrounds especially for the interstate and overseas visitors on the bus.
Best wishes for the rest of 2017 and thanks again for a wonderful day.”
“Hi Tamara and associates,
The trip was superb again. This is the fourth time 2 of us have been on this trip in the last 10 years and the first time for the other guy. The trip is great, from seeing all the great horses at Living Legends and eating the massive scones, jam and cream for morning tea, then venturing to the lovely winery at Gisborne near Mt Macedon, trying their lovely wines and having very tasty wood fired pizzas. Then to top it off, we tasted 8 of Holgate brewerys award winning beers. I have to thank Tamara for being a great
hostess and of course Anthony for the previous 3 trips. We will be back again in the next few years as it gives us a relaxing day between the major Flemington races,
Cheers Peter”
Private Group Optional Add-On: Sun Stud
SUN STUD is a highly respected thoroughbred stud operation based in Victoria and featuring a 10-strong roster of stallions, first class facilities and highly professional management.
First established at Kerrie in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges in 1998 as Eliza Park, the farm was purchased by the Sun International Group in 2012.
The Kerrie farm which we will visit, has been developed into a world class stud facility, standing stallions, building a commercial broodmare band and offering services and facilities to racing enthusiasts.
Horses currently standing at Sun Stud include BEL ESPRIT(sire of Black Caviar) - FIORENTE - MAGNUS – FIGHTING SUN – SQUAMOSA – LOVE CONQUERS ALL – PALENTINO - READY FOR VICTORY - THRONUM - Plus newcomer NATIONAL DEFENSE