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Hannah Phillips and Hannah English, the young South Burnett stalwarts who have just added new trophies to their collections (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Gunsynd's<\/a>September 30, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nanango jockey Hannah Phillips was presented with the inaugural Student Of The Year award at Racing Queensland\u2019s Thoroughbred Awards function in Brisbane last weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I wasn\u2019t expecting it at all. Hannah (English) and Jed (Hodge), who were the other finalists, both worked just as hard,” Hannah said.<\/p>\n

The success capped off an eventful weekend.<\/p>\n

“The day before, my car broke down on the way to Gympie,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Bob Hand, the trainer of Lighthorse, was good enough to turn around and come back and rescue me, and the stewards held the meeting up so I was able to fulfil my engagement in the first.<\/p>\n

“Then in the third race I got dumped off Windquest when she badly blundered coming out of the gates.<\/p>\n

“It was the first time I\u2019ve had a fall in a race and I\u2019m grateful to only come out with some bruises.”<\/p>\n

The creation of this new prize category is a welcome a initiative as it acknowledges the scope of the training and commitment involved in contemporary apprenticeships.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the South East Country Racing Association chairman Lyle Murray attended Bundaberg Race Club\u2019s September 7 meeting to hand out the SECRA Premiership trophies.<\/p>\n

The leading trainer for the 2018-19 season was Glenn Richardson with 16 wins, while Hannah English (14 wins) was the recipient of the Desiree Gill Memorial Apprentice award.<\/p>\n

Gympie picked up the other honours.<\/p>\n

Robert Faehr was the top jockey with 16 wins.<\/p>\n

Lil Ruby Rose, the mare with seven district victories, was deservedly named SECRA Horse of the Year.<\/p>\n

The association is comprised of the non-TAB clubs at Bundaberg, Burrandowan, Eidsvold, Esk, Gayndah, Gympie, Kumbia, Mount Perry, Monto, Nanango and Wondai.<\/p>\n

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Author Ken Linnett (right) was joined at his Tulloch book launch in Brisbane in 2017 by Lem Bann, the champion’s first strapper and Debbie Haley and Sue Ridgewell, the grand-daughters of the horse’s owner Evelyn Haley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visit Gets The Thumbs Up<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Author Ken Linnett didn\u2019t back a winner at Nanango races on September 21 but came away a convert to Queensland country racing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linnett climbed the stairs more than once to share the view with the race caller and judges.<\/p>\n

But mostly he stayed at ground level, roaming the betting ring, watching the horses, trainers, stewards and jockeys in the mounting yard and enjoying the hospitality.<\/p>\n

“It was like being part of a family,” Kern said.<\/p>\n

“Although well-organised, it was so friendly and free of pretension. By the time of the fifth race, the faces seemed familiar and I wanted them all to succeed.”<\/p>\n

Linnett\u2019s most successful book, “Tulloch: The Extraordinary Life and Times of a True Champion”, won the $3000 Whittaker Award last year for the best book published on horse racing in Australia and New Zealand in the previous two years.<\/p>\n

His next book \u2013 about the 1990s champion Rough Habit, possibly the most popular New Zealand horse to race in Queensland \u2013 will be launched in Brisbane in May 2020.<\/p>\n

A former teacher, manual worker, journalist, editor and English coach, Linnett – who has recently moved from Melbourne to Brisbane – has been interested in racing since his father put him in a sweep for the 1950 Melbourne Cup.<\/p>\n

Will he return to Nanango or other country courses?<\/p>\n

“Well, you won\u2019t have to twist my arm,” he said.<\/p>\n

PS: Racing fans who’d like purchase a hard copy of “Tulloch” can obtain the book from the Slattery Media Group<\/a> for $21.99.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Twin Hills Supported<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Hannah English and Hannah Phillips made up a third of Saturday\u2019s riding ranks at the lucrative two-day annual fixture at Twin Hills.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, seven acceptors were withdrawn from the venue that is west of Mackay because of the jockey shortage.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Phillips took out the $9500 Class B on the hot pot, Terminate.<\/p>\n

English had to wait until the final two contests before she joined the winner\u2019s list.<\/p>\n

Punters went home happy as she landed the $12,000 Twin Hills Cup and the $9500 Benchmark 50 on the favourites Sensation Ally and Sound Investment.<\/p>\n

The pair were saddled up by John Manzelmann, the Mackay trainer who provided 20 of the dual program\u2019s 64 starters.<\/p>\n

Stanley Watkin and Brooke Richardson rode at Twin Hills on the Friday and at the TAB program at Longreach the next day.<\/p>\n

The Capricornian-based apprentice Emma Bell preferred to concentrate on Longreach.<\/p>\n

She was very successful at Twin Hills in 2017.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s renewal was called off because the prolonged drought had made the black soil course unraceable.<\/p>\n

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FLASHBACK: Sisters Laiken and Jorja Smith and friend Abby Hay, all from Kingaroy, enjoyed last year’s Wondai Cup meeting which was run in perfect Spring weather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remember: Wondai Cup Day Is October 19<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The South Burnett Race Club\u2019s time-honoured slot that coincides with Caulfield Cup day is looming.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now is the time to line up reserved seating in a Trackside Marquee at just $50 per table of 10 with the standard cost of entry of $10 per person also applicable.<\/p>\n

Grazing platters with nibbles for 5-6 people are also available for $25.<\/p>\n

For more details and to arrange payment, contact Chris Nettelfield via Facebook message or by phone on 0499-873-269.<\/p>\n

The Spring Florals fashion theme is sure to be popular.<\/p>\n

The judging always creates a high level of interest.<\/p>\n