An Exciting Bill Of Fare
Saturday’s big Nanango Cup meeting at Lee Park will be an extra race bigger this year, thanks to a washed out card at Warwick last Saturday and Racing Queensland’s unwillingness to stage a replacement meeting
Time To Recognise And Remember
Whilst August 1 signals the beginning of a brand new racing season, the date is also an opportunity for appreciative reflection.
Shadow Of Doubt
Fifty years ago the Beatles released their “Help” album. And the lyrics of its stand-out hit “Yesterday”, first heard in 1965, seem an apt backdrop to this week’s worrying political developments.
Wonderful Winter At Wondai
Given that weather forecasters are expecting icy days ahead, the Winter Wonderland fashion theme for Saturday’s Wondai program should provide an ideal dress rehearsal
Count Romano Heads For The Deep End
Hivesville trainer Peter Blackwell is giving Count Romano a crack at the metric two miles of the $150,000 Queensland Cup (3200m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.
An Addictive English Habit
Nanango rookie Hannah English simply can’t get enough of occupying the winner’s circle …
It’s In The Blood …
Michael Schrapel, the mature age apprentice who has ridden at Nanango and Wondai this season, was justifiably jubilant after he landed a double at Kilcoy last Saturday.
Nanango’s Hannahs Hit The Heights
Lee Park-based apprentices Hannah English and Hannah Philipps were the happiest of harvesters at Gayndah’s Orange Festival race meeting last Saturday.
Almost The Perfect Day
When Hannah Phillips surged to the line on Flinders Luck in the Nanango BP Maiden last Saturday, she knew she had just clinched the Nanango Jockeys Premiership for 2014-15.
Big Day For Everyone At Nanango
The Nanango Race Club’s honours for the season will be finalised at this weekend’s meeting
A Neighbourly Notion
Nanango Tourism and Development Association office-bearers Mary Green and Gloria Kirkness tracked south last Saturday to the Esk Jockey Club’s meeting to judge the Fashions on the Field.
Burrandowan Visitor Hits The Mark
While Doomben was hosting interstate gallopers last Saturday, a winter tourist was also in the firing line at Burrandowan.
Burrandowan’s Bumper Bonus
Saturday’s program at Burrandowan has been enhanced by Racing Queensland’s decision to divide two significantly oversubscribed races.
Reflections On Wondai
The South Burnett was linked to four of the success stories at last Saturday’s excellent Anzac Day race meeting at Wondai.
Wondai Does Wonderfully Well
The South Burnett Race Club has every reason to be delighted with the numbers for its highly popular Anzac Day program.
Noorama Our Region’s Only Earner
Place prizemoney picked up by Norma King’s duo Hidden Duck and Flight Command at last Saturday’s Noorama Picnic Race Club red dirt meeting represented the only returns for district stables this past week.
Nanango Showed Some Top Runs
There was the usual spectrum of highlights at Nanango’s popular Easter Saturday meeting
Nanango Tops The Tally
With 59 acceptors for its Easter meeting, Nanango Race Club’s participants will easily outnumber Saturday’s other non-TAB fixtures scheduled for Barcaldine (31), Boulia (35), Bowen (44), Einasleigh (46), Flinton (38), Gladstone (30) and Roma (28).
Lee Park Looms Large
Nanango Race Club’s most popular meeting – the Easter Saturday fixture – is just a week away.
Faith And Fortitude To The Fore
It was appropriate that I Am Mclovin was the winner that Kumbia Race Club President Brian Lenihan greeted in the mounting yard after last Saturday’s Murphy Pipe & Civil Maiden (900m).
