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A GOOD FRIEND REMEMBERS THE LATE LESLEY LANE
DARLING DOWNS journalist and racehorse trainer, SUSAN SEARLE, remembers a good friend.
We run this obituary courtesy of the Toowoomba Chronicle.
A grieving Lane family laments as they fondly recall a wife, mother and grandmother they affectionately branded ‘Have a Chat’.
Read more: TRIBUTE to a popular Toowoomba racehorse trainer and TAB agent
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HERE'S A SAMPLE OF WHAT A BIRDSVILLE CUP TOUR HAS TO OFFER
SUNSHINE COAST-based BARNEY CAMPBELL has taken a group of up to 30 to the annual Birdsville Cup meeting for the last 15 years – and next month will be no exception.
Barney leads just one of dozens of tours from all parts of Australia to the ‘Holy Grail of Bush Meetings,’ which will be held this year on Friday and Saturday, September 4 and 5.
LETSGOHORSERACING asked Barney to tell us about his trip to Birdsville and here’s his story:
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RESPONSE FROM NORTHERN RECRUITMENT TO ATTACK IN PARLIAMENT
QUEENSLAND Racing has posted on its web-site an angry response from the Director and Owner of Northern Recruitment, Mark Wilson, to an attack on his company in State Parliament by Opposition Racing Spokesman, Ray Stevens.
As we posted a story containing what Mr Stevens had to say in Parliament last week, it is only fair that we publish the response, despite the fact that no-one bothered to send us a copy.
Read more: RECRUITMENT company replies to attack in Queensland Parliament
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DRIVING FAMILIES AWAY FROM THE RACES IN NORTH QUEENSLAND
(This is a story that was written this week by highly respected and hard-hitting racing writer, TERRY BUTTS, in his column 'Silks and Saddles' in the North Queensland Register. We reprint it courtesy of the author and the newspaper).
IT was going to be their big day out. Renee Ryan was virtually born on the Cannon Park racecourse (in Cairns) where her father, the legendary Ron Ryan rode hundreds of winners – and her mother, Janel, in more recent years, trained them and still does.
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CONFIRMED OUTBREAK HAS STUD QUARANTINED NEAR ROCKHAMPTON
A confirmed outbreak of the deadly Hendra virus has the Queensland racing industry again on high alert.
The outbreak was confirmed at the J45 Equine Nursery at Carwarral, near Rockhampton, after the sudden death of an Anglo horse on Saturday.
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(The reaction to this story has been amazing. Of the more than 50 e-mails that we received only one was critical of us for pursuing the issue the way that we did. Once we traced the source of that e-mail it was obvious why the author carried on like a jackass).
MEMO: Australian & Queensland Racing Board Chairman, BOB BENTLEY
FROM: The DISGRUNTLED PUNTERS OF AUSTRALIA
WOULD it please be possible when you get to work on Monday morning Mr Bentley to organize an optometrist appointment for the Stewards’ Panel that officiated at Eagle Farm on Saturday and declared that $41 winner, Crackajack Fortune, did not get an ‘unfair start’ in Race 5?
Read more: PUNTERS ANGRY over stewards failure to declare 'NO RACE'
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OPPOSITION claims Stewart a ‘shoe-in’ after making controversial short-list
STATE Parliament has been told that a ‘flawed selection process’ has enabled ‘a long-time compatriot of Queensland Racing Board chairman Bob Bentley’ to emerge as a ‘shoe-in’ for election to the racing control body.
Opposition Racing Spokesman, Ray Stevens, told Parliament that former Toowoomba Turf Club chairman, Neville Stewart, was certain to join the Board under a controversial short-listing carried out by a recruitment company ‘that was supposed to be independent.’
Read more: QLD PARLIAMENT TOLD: "Board Selection Process Flawed"
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TONY PATTILLO CREATES HISTORY OF SORTS AT EAGLE FARM
QUEENSLAND jockey, Tony Pattillo, created history of sorts when he scored an upset win on Andy Said in the Moreton Hire Plate at Eagle Farm today (Wednesday, August 5).
In the process Pattillo became the first rider in Australia to be fined under new rules introduced nationally from the start of the month regarding use of the whip.
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FORMER STAR VICTORIAN STAYER REPRODUCES HIS BEST FORM
THE former Lloyd Williams-owned galloper, Activation, won his first race for almost three years in Monday’s $150,000 Darwin Cup.
Over 20,000 turned out to witness ‘the race that stops the Top End’ when Activation, now sporting the Peter Rowsthorn colors, scored a convincing win for young trainer Michael Hickmott.
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HAWKS BAY chases a $100,000 BONUS in the DARWIN CUP
THE showpiece of racing in the TOP END will be run today (Monday, August 3) when Victorian galloper, HAWKS BAY, chases a $100,000 bonus in the Carlton Draught Darwin Cup.
Kyneton trainer, Neil Dyer, is hoping Hawks Bay can become only the third horse to complete the Triple Crown in the $150,000 Cup after taking out the Northern Territory Guineas and Derby. The last horse to win all three features during the Darwin carnival was Ventilago in 1996.
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