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This weekend's big race is the Listed Queensland Cup (3200m), normally held in Brisbane but being held on the Sunshine Coast today.
The NZ trainer John Wheeler who sent My Diamantine to trainer friend of 40 years, Brian Smith last winter, is hoping for a win in a major staying race and has had his sights set on the Listed Queensland C...
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There's no doubt that leading Queensland trainer, Tony Gollan, who himself is in the lead to win his Fourth Metropolitan Premiership in a row, has some fine riders in his team.
Jim Byrne sits in second place behind Jeff Lloyd with 69 Metropolitan firsts out of 541 starts, giving him a 12% win per start rate and 24% place per start rat...
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To complement The Everest, the richest race on turf in the world, Sydney's Spring Carnival has been given a boost of nearly $2 million in prizemoney.
Some of the prizemoney boost will go towards the Group Three Craven Plate, raising the prizemoney from $175,000 to $500,000 and re-introduction of the St Leger with prizemoney also worth...
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If you live in North Queensland, you don't want to miss The Winter Racing Carnival which kicks off next Saturday, July 15th in Townsville. Over the two weeks, 6 events will be highlighted including:
The Townsville RSL 2YO Classic. Saturday July 15th, 11am to 5:30pm
The Rack N Stack Warehouse Ladies Race Day. Saturday, July 2...
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The Racing Queensland board has approved an increase in prize money of $3.2 million for the 2017/18 budget, across the three codes of racing.
Although 2015/16 recorded a significant loss, RQ CEO Dr Eliot Forbes said commercial decisions made by the new Board had led to better than expected financial results this year, allowing for the budge...
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