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Jockey Cecily Eaton powers past the winning post aboard King Ludwig to win the 2017 Nanango Cup, half a head in front of I’m No Ruby with Singaraja in third place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 20, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nanango Race Club’s annual Nanango Cup race meeting is always one the South Burnett’s biggest, and this year’s outing was no exception.<\/p>\n

Guests from Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba and all over the region packed out the Lee Park racecourse on Saturday, August 12 to enjoy a day of racing, fashions and fun in near-perfect winter weather.<\/p>\n

The new racing year begins on August 1, when all race horses celebrate a birthday.<\/p>\n

And since the Nanango Cup meeting is always the region’s first of each new racing year, the day kicked off with presentations to the winners of the Race Club’s 2016-17 Premierships.<\/p>\n

Last year’s top jockey was Melody O’Brien; its best trainer was Tom Dougall; and Hopetoun Street took line honours for the horse of the year.<\/p>\n

The presentations were followed by the traditional Blessing Of The Jockeys ceremony in the mounting yard.<\/p>\n

This year, Father Dan Grundy performed the ceremony, wishing all the jockeys a safe year of racing and remembering the many jockeys who have died in Australia pursuing a sport they love.<\/p>\n

After this, the day’s races got underway in spectacular style when Going Ballistic dislodged jockey Billy-Rose Derbyshire in the barriers as the pair were lining up for the Deb Frecklintgon MP Maiden Plate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The excited horse then executed three circles of the track before stewards were finally able to persuade it back into the mounting yard.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Billy-Rose was uninjured and went on to ride the rest of her day’s engagements without any further incidents.<\/p>\n

But Going Ballistic was a late scratching, and will need to be trialled before it can race again.<\/p>\n

In the following race, Encore Sall threatened a repeat performance when the horse broke through the barriers and cantered a short distance before being brought to heel.<\/p>\n

In this case, though, no harm was done and the horse was reloaded for what ultimately proved a fifth place outcome.<\/p>\n

Things quietened down at this point and the remaining races passed without any major incidents.<\/p>\n

But in the final race of the day, winning horse Lucky Ticket shifted out abruptly after passing the winning post, breaking through the outside running rail and dislodging jockey Jason Hoopert.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hoopert suffered a shoulder injury and was taken to Kingaroy Hospital for observation, but released later that night.<\/p>\n

The win was his 100th after he returned to racing in 2010 following a horrific fall at Kilcoy four years earlier, and a shock end to what had been an otherwise exciting day of turf action.<\/p>\n

Hoopert was a sentimental favourite to notch up his century at Saturday’s meeting, and came close to doing so in the fourth race when his mount Quattro Fantastico was beaten to the winning post by IBelieveICanFly by just three quarters of a length.<\/p>\n

While punters were pleased to see him finally secure the landmark victory in the last race of the day, the unexpected accident drove home the point that racing is not a risk-free sport, and jockeys deserve all the protection they can get on the track.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> southburnett.com.au<\/strong> would like to apologise to our readers for the delay in publishing this report. Our office suffered computer problems last week which delayed publication. We apologise to any of our readers who were inconvenienced by this.<\/p>\n

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Nanango Race Club’s Noel Trace and Andrew Green presented 2017 Jockey’s Premiership winner Melody O’Brien, centre, with her trophy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Horse Of The Year trainer and co-owner Glenn Richardson, centre, accepts the 2017 premiership trophy for Hopetoun Street from Noel Trace and Andrew Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Father Dan Grundy performed the annual Blessing Of The Jockeys ceremony in the mounting yard before the day’s first race, wishing all jockeys another happy and safe year of racing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This year’s Nanango Cup fashion theme was “Basic Black With A Splash”, and the best dressed man and woman were Andrew Swindale, from Nanango, and Karlie Zemek, from Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marcia and Robert Brown, from Fremantle, won Best Dressed Couple in the hotly contested Fashions Of The Field competition<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Ross Drew, Mark Sims, Margaret Drew and Karen Sims came from Brisbane to enjoy a relaxed day of country racing at Nanango<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Lynsey Weil, from Nanango, treated Sunshine Coast friends Kristy McClellan and Ashleigh Topfer to a day at the races<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shae Cull and Karlie Zemek took in the exciting atmosphere of the Nanango Race Club’s betting ring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sisters Tara and Emma Gunther travelled from Toowoomba for the day to experience the thrills of a Nanango Cup race meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jockey Hannah English dismounts after winning Race 3 on Haylee Prince; in all, Hannah rode half the meeting’s race winners and had a very successful day at the track<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nanango Cup race sponsor Peter Jackson from Nanango’s Fitzroy Hotel, Nanango Race Club president Andrew Green and Noel Trace presented this year’s Cup and prizes to King Ludwig’s owner and trainer Jackie Crompton and her daughter Jorja, 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The first race of the day not only produced a last-minute scratching; the finish was tight, with just a nose separating the first two horses as they passed the winning post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Margins were wider in the day’s second race, with Hannah Phillips guiding Orleans past the post a clear one and a half lengths ahead of its nearest rival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Results<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Race 1 – Deb Frecklington MP Maiden Plate (800m)<\/strong>
\n1. Tycoon Zip (3) – Hannah English
\n2. Nice Time (2) – Hannah Phillips
\n3. Kapachino Miss (6) – Michael Schrapel
\nTime: 0:46.91
\nMargins: Nose x 1\/2 length<\/p>\n

Race 2 – NaTDA Founders’ Day Class 1 Handicap (1000m)<\/strong>
\n1. Orleans (1) – Hannah Phillips
\n2. Mac’s Boy (2) – Kenji Yoshida
\n3. Tabriz (4) – Jason Missen
\nTime: 0:58.27
\nMargins: 1 1\/2 lengths x Short nose<\/p>\n

Race 3 – McDonalds Kingaroy QTIS Maiden Plate (1200m)<\/strong>
\n1. Haylee Prince (3) – Hannah English
\n2. Tent Lover (11) – Billie-Rose Derbyshire
\n3. Oakfield Sunset (8) – Lachlan Dodds
\nTime: 1:10.07
\nMargins: 2 1\/2 lengths x 1 1\/4 lengths<\/p>\n

Race 4 – Heritage Nanango BenchMark 60 Handicap (1200m)<\/strong>
\n1. IBelieveICanFly (2) – Hannah English
\n2. Quattro Fantastico (9) – Jason Hoopert
\n3. Custody (7) – Jason Missen
\nTime: 1:10.18
\nMargins: 3\/4 length x 1 neck<\/p>\n

Race 5 – XXXX Fitzroy Hotel Nanango Cup Open Handicap (1600m)<\/strong>
\n1. King Ludwig (3) – Cecily Eaton
\n2. I’m No Ruby (4) – Joshua King
\n3. Singaraja (7) – Leeanne McCoy
\nTime: 1:34.80
\nMargins: 1\/2 length x 3\/4 length<\/p>\n

Race 6 – Huston Nissan Class B Handicap (1600m)<\/strong>
\n1. Lucky Ticket (1) – Jason Hoopert
\n2. First Regret (2) – Lachlan Dodds
\n3. Only Leonnie (5) – Bridget Rooney
\nTime: 1:36.26
\nMargins: Neck x 1 length<\/p>\n