Rain in Kingaroy on Saturday morning failed to deter many racegoers from attending the Burrandowan Picnic Races, and their faith was rewarded with a fine day’s weather and all the fun of the South Burnett’s oldest race meeting.
Burrandowan’s program on Saturday will draw serious, seasoned punters on the one hand and newcomers, novices and the occasionals on the other.
The Burrandowan Picnic Race Club will be holding its 95th annual race meeting at the Burrandowan Racecourse 66km west of Kingaroy this Saturday, May 13.
Nanango trainer Glenn Richardson has chalked up 11 victories and four placings from his 50 most recent essays – three of them in the past eight days.
Bookings are now being taken to enjoy high tea at the famous Burrandowan Picnic Races … which are only a week away!
Punters who followed a well-entrenched racing principle would have cleaned up at South Burnett Race Club’s Anzac Day fixture
Wondai’s Anzac Day race meeting always draws a bumper crowd, and this year’s outing was no exception.
The Wondai Race Club will be holding its traditional Anzac Day Race Meeting at the Wondai Racecourse in Baynes Street, Wondai on Saturday.
The buoyant crowd at Lee Park last Saturday reaffirmed the tradition that the Easter Saturday meeting is a great opportunity for locals and tourists to socialise and have a flutter.
An extraordinarily large crowd filled Lee Park on Saturday to enjoy the Nanango Race Club’s annual Easter race meeting in near-perfect Autumn weather.
Recent rain and a high number of acceptors make for an ideal setting at Nanango on Saturday.
The Nanango Race Club will be holding its popular Easter Race Meeting at the Lee Park Raceway on Saturday.
The lives of jockeys have always been programmed by the demands of travel – for example, racing fans are used to the swift raids the Hong Kong stars make on Australia’s carnivals.
Although Queensland’s wet weather has been welcome on one hand as a valuable stimulus, the downside has included some disruptions to the racing calendar.
Wags were playing with words when they suggested that “She Will Rain” left her rivals in her wake in last week’s “Golden Galoshes” at Rosehill.
After Blackbutt trainer Wayne Farrington legged Hannah English on to the favourite Striking Warrior for the API Maiden Plate (1200m) at Esk last Saturday, the gelding paraded and warmed-up without a problem before his first run since last July.
It was just one of those days at Rockhampton’s Callaghan Park course on Thursday.
Jumps jockeys are used to covering plenty of ground – but Paul Hamblin, the former Darling Downs horseman now based in Melbourne, doesn’t find any hurdle when it comes to his work travels.
Nanango’s Lee Park was a sea of pink on Saturday as race goers braved the hot, sunny weather to enjoy the South Burnett’s first race meeting of the year.
Back in 1951, rookie Peter Sexton was given the opportunity of riding Chez Dior in the QTC McDougall Stakes, Eagle Farm’s early season feature for juvenile fillies.
