No Races Today
The overnight rain has forced the abandonment of today’s scheduled Nanango Races.
The overnight rain has forced the abandonment of today’s scheduled Nanango Races.
As from last Monday, the national track-rating system has been revised for turf tracks.
The Nanango Race Club will be holding its annual Christmas Race Meeting at the Lee Park Raceway on Saturday.
It is always pleasing to see gallopers that have performed well on South Burnett tracks prosper when they take on stronger company elsewhere.
Glenthorn Avenue, the ultra-consistent Bel Esprit gelding owned and trained by Hivesville’s Lindsay Anderson, deservedly collected last Saturday’s Mt Perry Cup (1400m).
Although it was a matter of minutes last Saturday before Nanango trainer Glenn Richardson saw Canid’s runner-up result altered to a win at Chinchilla, it took 18 months for Leica Fuse to win a Thangool event that was “decided” on 8 December 2012.
If you are due back to your job after an extended absence, the tip is that you should grow two more legs and go into “pre-training” with Christiene Nettelfield at The Gums.
If you can’t be at Flemington, Kumbia is always the next-best place to be on Melbourne Cup Day.
The Kumbia Race Club will be holding its popular Melbourne Cup race meeting this Tuesday, November 4.
In the past, the Kumbia Cup program has produced memorable red letter days for two Darling Downs jockeys.
Recent racing tragedies have left former jockey Kristy Banks counting her blessings.
The performances of horses over time certainly can create a story of ups and downs, with gallopers seemingly heading to riches winding up in rags and vice versa.
Racegoers enjoyed a colourful start to spring at the Wondai Races on Saturday with a good crowd supporting the South Burnett Race Club’s annual Wondai Cup meeting.
Wondai racetrack’s sandy surface is a long way from the famous greenery of the Lakes District in the north-west of England where jockey Sarah Eilbeck grew up.
The Wondai Race Club will be holding its traditional Caulfield Cup race meeting at the Wondai Racecourse in Cadell Street this Saturday, October 18.
Jockey Carly-Mae Pye, who suffered severe head injuries in a fall during a barrier trial on Monday, has died.
Queensland jockey Carly-Mae Pye, 26, a familiar face on country race tracks, has been badly injured in a fall today.
The worst moment at Lee Park last weekend was when Beaudesert jockey Sheree Drake came down very heavily from Midnight Ace about 700 metres out in the Mardi Gras Cup.
Nanango Race Club’s annual Mardi Gras Cup meeting on Saturday had more drama than expected with a jockey injured in the feature race, and another race abandoned.
Kumbia trainer James Curtain is playing his part as the sun shines on the new levels of prizemoney in Queensland.