Full Fields For Wondai Races
Wondai Race Club will be holding its annual Caulfield Cup race meeting – always one of its biggest meetings of the year – at the Wondai Racecourse on Saturday (October 20)
Hoopert’s Back in Action
Sunshine Coast jockey Jason Hoopert – whose career kicked off in Wondai – has a clearance to return to the saddle
Wondai’s Cup’s International Twist
The 2018 renewal of the Wondai Cup on October 20 coincides as usual with the running of the Caulfield Cup, the first leg of the time-honoured double that the Melbourne Cup completes
Winter Sun Helped ‘Autumn’ In Spring
One aspect of thoroughbred racing in this State that has stood the test of time is the beneficial impacts of its winter climate.
Added Attractions For Race Programs
The three South Burnett race meetings that run in the October-December period will all be participating in one or two of the upcoming special series being staged on rural racecourses.
Hints Of History At Lee Park
The pair of winners that Glenn Richardson saddled up and Hannah English partnered at last weekend’s Nanango Race Club meeting have interesting links with the past.
Race Day Was Bloomin’ Lovely
A surfeit of local events meant crowds were down slightly at Nanango Race Club’s annual Spring Races on Saturday.
Full Fields For Nanango Races
The Nanango Race Club will be holding its annual Spring Race Meeting on Saturday – always one of its most colourful meetings of the year.
Canid Joins Six-Figure Club
Fancy investing $400 and grossing a cool $100,115? Canid and his camp headed by buyer and trainer Glenn Richardson have reached that milestone
Surviving Another Season
The month of August ushered in the new racing year. It also marked the fifth anniversary of the death of Brian Ogilvie, one of last century’s foremost bookmakers.
Nanango Refashions Fashion
Racegoers who enjoy dressing to the various themes at Lee Park need to note the new approach that kicks off there on Saturday, September 8.
Stewards Call Time Out
Darryl Gardiner, the Bundaberg trainer who headed the South East Country Racing Association winner’s list for the season just completed, has been sidelined by QRIC stewards for a year.
The Gray, White And Orange Flavoured Cup
Luke Nolen partnered Black Caviar for 22 of her 25 victories, and to date, Hugh Bowman has been on Winx for all but five of her 29 successes.
Hoopert Wins Senior Premiership
Former Murgon jockey Jason Hoopert, currently recovering from a race fall, has taken out the 2018 South East Queensland Country Jockeys Premiership
Racing Salutes Pioneer Family
Nanango’s pioneer heritage was celebrated alongside the excitement of the first South Burnett meeting of the new racing year on Saturday.
Full Fields For Nanango Races
The Nanango Race Club will be holding its Nanango Cup Race Meeting at the Lee Park Racecourse on Saturday, August 4.
Female Hoops And The Cup
Last year, jockey Cecily Eaton took out the 2017 Nanango Cup at Lee Park on the Darling Downs nine-year-old King Ludwig.
The Core Of The Bayliss Case
Corey Bayliss, the Sunshine Coast apprentice whose first career victory was on Simply Showtime at Nanango in May 2016, was suspended for six weeks at Doomben last weekend.
Persistence Pays Off For Richardson
Persistence paid off for Demesne’s trainer Glenn Richardson at Esk last Saturday.
Planets Align For Duffs
Last Saturday’s memorial races for Lewis Duff and his son Neal at Wondai were marked by a number of high points for the clan.
