One of Australia’s most successful training exports is among a host of racing identities forced to delay plans to launch Gold Coast stables as the Queensland Government holds funds for a $33 million infrastructure upgrade in its coffers.
Gold Coast hoop Minehiko Shimodaira will be part of a group of nine jockeys to represent Queensland in this year’s National Apprentice Race Series.
It took 48 hours of driving but Les Clarke has finally celebrated a win with Grandioso at the Gold Coast.
Australia’s leading trainer and one of the world’s best jockeys have urged the Queensland Government to finally deliver the promised funding that will enable the Gold Coast Turf Club to start its long-awaited multi-million dollar track upgrade.
CO-TRAINER Gillian Heinrich says Star Justice should have won his last start and she is hopeful a bigger field on the Gold Coast today will pave the way for the first win of his preparation.
TRAINER Bryan Guy says everything has clicked for Lefkas Island with the filly now in line to become a classy stayer following her second straight win on the Gold Coast.
JOCKEY Ryan Plumb warns rivals who judge Barraaj by his last start are in for rude shock as he backs the four-year-old to compete for a third win on the Gold Coast today.
INTERNATIONAL jockey Kanichiro Fujii has returned to where it all began as he prepares to use a month-long stint on the Gold Coast to prepare for a busy period of Japanese racing.
IT took jockey Ryan Plumb a month to get his first win on the Gold Coast but he now rivals premiership leader Dan Griffin as one of the best in a stunning return to Queensland racing.
MICK Mair is in line for a record winning haul of at the Gold Coast today with the trainer confident all four of his runners can secure victory.
WATCHING her grandfather’s horse Woolstar win the Adelaide Cup in 1963 is one of Donna Gates’ earliest memories as a child.
TRAINER Matthew Dunn says Bronzed Venom has always had the ability to win and just needed a simple change in environment to find success.
SUCH is Mike Morgan’s dedication to bowls that the long-time horse owner has never watched one of his runners race on a Saturday.
GOLD Coast Turf Club chairman Brett Cook says a new $250,000 QTIS race over 1200m will add to the prestige of one of the city’s already glamour race meetings.
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