The Upside Of Downs Racing
Saturday, April 6 is Toowoomba’s red-letter day for 2019: Clifford Park’s upcoming stand-alone feature card
Sweeping Statements
Make For Threadbare Brooms
From the outset, it is fair to say that Winx is the champion of her era, particularly in the 1600-2000m domain.
Scott’s Fort Resisted The City Slickers
The cleverly named and expertly placed Fort Myer held firm for Scott Pedron just over a week ago.
Anderson Does It Again
Hivesville horseman Lindsay Anderson’s strike rate is phenomenal. His last fifty starters (since September 24, 2017) have accumulated 14 wins, 12 seconds and six thirds
Street Corner Tip
Back in the day, radio panels previewing upcoming racing would mention that a horse was a “street corner tip”.
Mixed Bags For The Hannahs
Racing’s see-saw was in play on Saturday.
Nanango’s Battler Returns To Home Turf
The line-up for last year’s inaugural Battle of the Bush Final at Doomben included the Lee Park heat winner Canid … and he’s coming back on Saturday
More Wins For Richardson
Although Arnwood missed a place in Brisbane last weekend, Bel Seleva (Jason Missen) comfortably continued on her winning ways at Bundaberg for Glenn Richardson’s Nanango yard
English’s Deserved Award
Wondai-bred, Nanango-based Hannah English is a worthy recipient of this year’s South Burnett Senior Sportsperson of the Year Australia Day award.
Col Would Have Been Delighted
Local galloper Ascot Bound ($6), with Kelly Gates aboard, dug deep to provide a very satisfying touch to the Col Ryan Memorial at Wondai’s summertime program on January 19.
Worth Making The Trip To Wondai
Saturday’s Fashion theme for South Burnett Race Club’s meeting is Summer Safari. Interestingly, the latter word is Swahili for journey.
Dalby’s All Stars Shone At Nanango
The Dave Reynolds stable took a clean sweep of all three bonus pools at the recent Heritage Bank Nanango Burnett to the Beach finale at Lee Park.
Vale Colin Ryan: 1938-2018
On countless occasions over the decades, Colin Ryan would return to the enclosure after a race at Nanango and give off the slightest of quirky grins as he approached.
Unwrapping The Gifts At Nanango
There are two undecided contests in the Burnett To Beach Series to be played out in the Heritage Bank Benchmark (1000m) at Nanango this Sunday, December 2
Battle For Bonuses At Nanango
The prizes for the Burnett to Beach Series will be decided at Lee Park this Sunday, December 2.
Still The Same, Maybe …
When it comes to securing a slot in the $70,000 Country Cups Challenge Final, the situation remains as uncertain for Still The Same as it was soon after the running of the Kumbia Cup
Bumper Fields For Kumbia
The fields for Tuesday’s gala day at Kumbia are exceptional in size with 67 acceptances, including 12 reserves, representing an average of more than 13 runners per race.
All Fine With Clouds
The deeds of the players involved in Cloud’s victory in last Saturday’s Roy and Glenis Radunz Wondai Cup are noteworthy.
Impressive Numbers At Wondai
As expected, the South Burnett Race Club’s card for Saturday has drawn plenty of hopefuls. Candidates from Charleville, Miles, the Downs, Gympie, Sunshine Coast and Brisbane will keep punters and bookies on their toes
Hoopert’s Back in Action
Sunshine Coast jockey Jason Hoopert – whose career kicked off in Wondai – has a clearance to return to the saddle
