Stawell Gift 2025: silk singlets, a power blackout and Gout Gout add to fun of historic race | Jack Snape

This year’s edition attracted a crowd almost as big as the population of the small country Victoria town where it is held – and they didn’t leave disappointedThe Stawell Gift, one of Australia’s more peculiar sporting traditions, is held each year during Easter at Central Park in the small town of Stawell in western Victoria. Though the ground shares its name with the green hub in the middle of Manhattan, it is not often confused with it.New York’s version has been