Looking Back On Christmas Races
The South Burnett stables of Glenn Richardson and James Curtain will be able to serve up more than roast turkey on Christmas Day following the decisive victories by their charges at Lee Park last Saturday.
The South Burnett stables of Glenn Richardson and James Curtain will be able to serve up more than roast turkey on Christmas Day following the decisive victories by their charges at Lee Park last Saturday.
No one at Saturday’s busy Nanango Christmas Races managed to pick all five winners to take home the $1000 bonus offered by bookmaker John O’Sullivan … but then again, no one seemed to mind.
Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington says the Labor Government has attacked country racing in the South Burnett by announcing “unfair and unnecessary” funding cuts to race meetings and reduced prize money.
Blackbutt’s Wayne Farrington will be hoping his maiden charge Miss Alexandra can visit the winner’s slot at Nanango on Saturday.
The South Burnett could lose up to four race meetings – and possibly more in future – if the State Government proceeds with controversial recommendations designed to rein in Racing Queensland’s escalating debts.
The Nanango Race Club will be holding its annual Christmas Race Meeting at the Lee Park Raceway on Saturday.
After seven events had been decided at Roma on Saturday, November 21, Nanango apprentice Hannah English had not been required to weigh-in.
The State Government has turned its back on Queensland’s country racing clubs by failing to conduct on-the-ground consultation with key regional centres about the future of the industry.
Nanango apprentice Hannah English currently has the extraordinary record of booting home at least one winner at each of seven consecutive work days.
Many Australians thought they had little chance of seeing a dinki-di Australian horse take out this year’s Melbourne Cup.
Memorial events are by nature a mix of sadness and celebration. The initiative of Glenn Richardson has proved that when your luck’s in, a fitting touch of happiness can envelop proceedings.
Omen punters looking for a hot Melbourne Cup tip could have done worse than pay attention to Hannah English’s three-length win in the first race of the day at Kumbia’s traditional Melbourne Cup meeting.
The Kumbia Race Club will be holding its popular Melbourne Cup race meeting this Tuesday, November 3.
On Tuesday, Tom Moloney will load Famechon Baroness and Yamanners on to his float to make the short journey from Chahpingah to Kumbia
The LNP fears country racing in Queensland face a gloomy future, saying the State Government has failed to rule out funding cuts to the industry.
Dalby owner-trainer Graeme Postle’s support for Burnett racing activities is well established.
Wondai’s big race meeting on Saturday celebrated not only the running of the annual Wondai Cup, but also the centenary of another Wondai institution, Ryan’s Butchery.
Sarah Eilbeck, the English lass who saluted in the Wondai Cup twelve months ago on Aashiq, was named Rookie Apprentice of the Year at Racing Queensland’s Thoroughbred Awards ceremony at Doomben on Monday.
The 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 in Cadell Street this Saturday, October 17.
Melbourne Cup Day isn’t far away now … and neither in the South Burnett’s annual Melbourne Cup Day race meeting at Kumbia.