Amy Mayer, Corey Woodall and Kristy Knust, from Kingaroy

October 6, 2012

The crowd at  the Heritage Community Branch Nanango races – held as a prelude to next week’s big Mardi Gras festival – enjoyed some exciting finishes as well as the warmest of Spring weather on Saturday.

The Fashions of the Field theme of  “spots, dots and bowties” was enthusiastically followed with racegoers of all ages donning some eye-catching fashions.

The  Nanango Mardi Gras Ambassador Danielle Turmaine and Mardi Gras Queen Sue Wallis, who were announced at a function at Ringsfield House on Friday night, were also introduced to the crowd with a parade down the home straight.

It was also “women’s day” on the track, with female jockeys – Alanah Badger, Billie-Rose Derbyshire and Melody O’Brien – bringing home an unusual trifecta in Race 2. Badger also rode two other placegetters on the day.

(Scroll down for Race Results) 

Heritage Community Branch (Nanango)  sponsored all five races at Nanango on Saturday … Heritage representative Graham Archdall with Nanango Race Club president John Lee 

Kirsty Kassulke and Natasha Jimenez were celebrating Natasha’s 21st birthday  

Vanessa Slack, Ryan Harris and Chris Elliot, all from Kingaroy 

Mardi Gras Ambassador Danielle Turmaine, Nanango Racing Ambassador Noel Trace and Mardi Gras Queen Sue Wallis 

Megan Tennent, Cassie Lount, and Lucy King, all from Kingaroy, were getting into the “dots, spots and bowties” theme

Girls Fashion of the Field winner Piper Gebhard, 3, from Brisbane

Boys Fashion of the Field winner Thomas Kauppila, 9, from Ingham

Fashion of the Field winner Courtney Retschlag, Wooroolin & runner-up Lainey Atkinson, Nanango

Fashion of the Field runner-up Ryan Harris, from Kingaroy, with winner Lachlan Heinicke, Kingaroy 
Endless Tower and Before The Store battled it out right to the line in Race 3  
Luke Tarrant brings French Command back to the mounting yard after winning the feature race

RESULTS
Race 1: People First Maiden Plate (800m)
1. Jade Angel (8) – Melody O’Brien
2. Both Ears (5) – Ian Coombes
3. Glazy (2) – Beau Appo
Time: 0:47.25
Margins: 1 length x 1/2 length

Race 2: Community Grants Class B Handicap (1000m)
1. Epona Fire (7) – Alanah Badger
2. Naval Action (6) – Billie-Rose Derbyshire
3. Skytana (8) – Melody O’Brien
Time: 0:58.05
Margins: 1 length x short half head

Race 3: Heritage Community Branch Benchmark 70 Handicap (1200m)
1. Endless Tower (6) – Ian Coombes
2. Before The Storm (4) –  Billie-Rose Derbyshire
3. Amber Ale (2) – Alannah Badger
Time: 1:10.20
Margins: Head x 2 3/4 lengths

Race 4: Heritage Mardi Gras Cup QTIS Maiden Plate (1200m)
1. French Command (4) – Luke Tarrant
2. Neurum Road (3) – Ben Mason
3. Silver Tee (6) – Shannon Apthorpe
Time: 1:10.80
Margins: 1 1/2 lengths x 1 1/2 lengths

Race 5: Heritage House Benchmark 65 Handicap (1600m)
1. All In Time (5) – Jacque Brown
2. Cobbanvilla (4) – Shannon Apthorpe
3. Johnny Aucash (2) – Alannah Badger
Time 1:35.05
Margins: 1 3/4 length x long head

All In Time, with Jacque Brown on board, canters to an easy victory in the last race

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