Is That The Melbourne Cup?
The race that stops a nation also stopped a couple of well-known South Burnett citizens in their tracks last Tuesday
The race that stops a nation also stopped a couple of well-known South Burnett citizens in their tracks last Tuesday
Country racing circles are in mourning following the news that premiership-winning Gympie jockey Desiree Gill has died from head injuries sustained in a fall at Caloundra on Saturday
Toowoomba jockey Shannon Apthorpe lived up to his champion namesake by bringing home four winners at the annual “Flemington In The Bush” meeting at Kumbia on Tuesday.
It’s the first Tuesday in November so it must be … the Kumbia Races!
The Kumbia Race Club will be holding their 42nd Annual Melbourne Cup Day Races at the Kumbia racetrack from 11:00am until 5:00pm tomorrow.
Mimics has proven she’s a specialist when it comes to winning local Cups … picking up back-to-back Wondai Cup victories, hot on the heels of her success in the Nanango Cup in August.
The Wondai Race Club will be holding its traditional Caulfield Cup race meeting at the Wondai Racecourse in Cadell Street this Saturday (October 19).
Punters who were scared off from Nanango’s Lee Park on Saturday because of the grey skies and drizzle in the morning missed out on a fine day of racing … and seeing the favourite take out the feature race.
The Nanango Race Club will be holding their annual Heritage Community Branch Race Day Meeting at Lee Park on Saturday as a prelude to the upcoming Nanango Mardi Gras
Saturday’s Bell Races was one of the “extra” meetings announced last year by the State Government and local trainers took full advantage of the bonus.
Nanango Race Club’s annual “Cup” day is always big … but Saturday’s meeting was huge with crowd numbers boosted by visitors in town for the evening centenary celebrations of the Nanango rugby league team.
The prestigious Carrollee Hotel Nanango Cup will be just one of the highlights at Saturday’s Nanango Races.
The overcast weather didn’t deter Wondai racegoers from donning their “Bling, Buttons and Bows”
The Wondai Race Club will be holding its traditional Winter meeting at Wondai Racecourse this Saturday
Saturday was Oaks Day – traditionally Ladies Day – at Eagle Farm in Brisbane but at the Kumbia races, it was truly a “day for the ladies” after female jockeys rode all five winners.
The Kumbia Race Club will be holding its new Mid-Year Race Meeting at the Kumbia racecourse off the Kumbia-Brooklands Road on Saturday.
Nanango’s Autumn Race Meeting got off to a late start on Saturday after a horse threw its jockey.
The Nanango Race Club will be holding its annual Autumn Race Meeting at the Lee Park racecourse south of Nanango on Saturday.
A surprise evening shower failed to put a dampener on this year’s Burrandowan Picnic Races, which celebrated its 91st birthday on Saturday.
The Burrandowan Race Club will be holding its annual Burrandowan Picnic Race Meeting at their racecourse 66km west of Kingaroy on Saturday.