Punting pals, from left, Matt Attard, Mike Kelly, Mitch Single and Carl Gray cheer home a winner at yesterday’s Wallabadah Cup race meeting. More than 1000 people braved the blazing heat – and the New Year’s Eve hangovers – to get trackside for the 162nd running of the historic event. The Cup was captured in gallant style by the Lesley Jeffriess-trained Stretch. How the Cup was won: pages 26 and 28.