FNQ Miller stable bursting at the seams
A Cannon Park stable has been growing steadily over the last few years and will be at its largest capacity ever this Thursday on their home track.
Racing
FNQ MAIL: Friends in high places
Cairns Post racing writer Jordan Gerrans reviews the week’s racing across the north in FNQ Mail, including a Mareeba stable’s plan for their promising youngster.
FNQ racing identity did a bit of everything
John Rowan is being remembered as a successful businessman as well as a versatile participant in the racing industry after his death late last week.
What they said at Tolga’s Morrow Park
Five races will be run and won at Tolga’s Morrow Park on Saturday afternoon. Hear what the winning trainers, owners and jockeys had to say afterwards.
FNQ MAIL: Stats reveal the local punters’ hoop
Cairns Post racing writer Jordan Gerrans reviews the week’s horse racing around the north in FNQ Mail, including an update on the Innisfail Cup’s status for 2020.
Tolga youngster all class in Plate win
The exciting Tennessee Boy has bookended the feature two-year-old program for north Queensland in 2020.
QRIC ‘aware’ of banned peptide
Queensland racing’s integrity boss says he is aware that banned peptide SGF-1000 has been linked to the sport, but was yet to come across a participant using it.
Rainfall hits pause on Innisfail Turf Club plans
Innisfail Turf Club are desperate for their track upgrades after losing their eighth race meeting in two years.
Top filly is Vanna from heaven for Edmonds
Trainer Toby Edmonds has grand plans for Vanna Girl after she claimed her third stakes win on the trot in the Group 2 The Roses, while a veteran trainer snared the biggest win of his career in the Dane Ripper Stakes.
Hot shot Rothfire lives up to hype
Rothfire reminded everyone of why rating experts had him among the nation’s best two-year-olds as Rob Heathcote and Jim Byrne toasted a dominant win in the Champagne Classic.
Leading trainer vows to head to Coast – on one condition
A leading trainer will abandon plans to open a stable on the Gold Coast should the Queensland Government not fulfil its promise of supplying funds for infrastructure upgrades to the city’s Turf Club.
Grave concerns for racing development
Gold Coast racing bosses have grave fears the funds for their $38 million development are another empty promise from the Queensland Government.
Debut win causes wild celebrations
They sold it for $30,000 and were forced to take it back when the buyer changed his mind. After selling cheap shares to family members and first-time owners, Jetty made his debut by winning on the Gold Coast. Watch the celebrations here.
‘Might And Power was like family to me’
Owner Nick Moraitis thanked God every day for having Might And Power in his life and said the champion racehorse, who died after a colic attack, had left him with a lot of great memories.
‘We’re racing’: Edmonds content to stay in the zone
The zoning rules put in place by Racing Queensland to combat the COVID-19 pandemic might have limited father-and-son team Toby and Trent Edmonds but still they’re happy to be racing.
Treble for Coast stable
Peppi La Few has headlined a successful day of racing for the Edmonds stable with the gelding scoring his third consecutive win on a day the team won just as many.
Why jockey stopped riding to care for children
Gold Coast’s leading jockey has stopped riding in order to care for his children and become a part-time teacher to them amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Bizarre way Gold Coast jockeys are ‘wasting’ during coronavirus crisis
They’re the last ones standing on Australia’s rapidly declining sporting frontier but not even our jockeys are immune from the impacts of coronavirus.
All the photos from the day at Coast track
While all other sports have stopped, it was business as usual – albeit with no one in attendance – at the Gold Coast Turf Club.
‘Tough now? Five-fold if we stop racing’
The Gold Coast Turf Club has already lost over $500,000 and been forced to stand down staff as they look to use new racing zones put in place across the state to survive.
‘Like a child on red cordial’
A horse who acts like a young child on red cordial has delivered Donna Grisedale’s 100th career win as a trainer.
Blast from Past: Equine influenza vaccine rushed to Gold Coast
In this week’s Blast From The Past column we look back at another influenza that ravaged the racing industry.
Why Gracie Belle can win Country Champs
Gracie Belle’s runner-up finish at the Jewel Race Day has solidified in trainer Matt Dunn’s mind her credentials for the upcoming Country Championships Final in New South Wales.
Supergiant to be set for Qld Derby
Michael Costa will set Supergiant for the Queensland Derby after beating Doncaster Mile chance The Candy Man in a public gallop at the Jewel Race Day.
Complete Jewel Race Day coverage
The Odyssey has done the 2YO and 3YO Jewel double in successive years. Keep up to date with all the news and results from the event here.
‘It was amazing’: 2020’s first $1m sale
The trainer of legendary mare Winx has headlined the first session of the 2020 Magic Millions Yearling Sale with a $1,050,000 purchase.
Mulcaster hunts for the next Winx
Bloodstock expert Guy Mulcaster says finding recording-winning racehorse Winx at the Magic Millions Yearling Sales was a ‘one in ten year occurrence’ but hopes to do it again this week.
Taking the Blood line
Trainer Greg Hickman will likely instruct jockey Keagan Latham to put Eleven Eleven on 3YO Guineas favourite Alligator Blood’s heels in an attempt to overcome a horror barrier.
Top Coast trainer has fingers crossed
For the past two years top Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds has done Magic Millions Barrier Draw duties in Surfers Paradise – pulling a disappointing 21 both times. Here’s how he’s changing it up this year.
Melbourne Cup star in Magic Millions first
Trailblazing jockey Michelle Payne will blaze another trail this morning in the inaugural all-female Magic Millions beach race in Surfers Paradise.
Movie star’s astonishing bushfire donation
The bushfire disaster is at the forefront of the minds of celebrities and spectators at the annual Magic Millions Polo. Celebrities have dug deep with massive donations to the bushfires.
No time to relax for Magic Millions hopeful
MURWILLUMBAH’S busiest man will have to let his tan slide this week as a ray of light of a different kind calls Matthew Dunn.
Why Gai camp is upbeat heading into MM shootout
Every Magic Millions Classic trainer would fancy their chances seven days out from their grand final, but co-trainer Adrian Bott is particularly buoyant about Farnan after a perfect Gold Coast exhibition gallop.
Coast father and son’s big Magic Millions win
The father and son training duo behind Edmonds Racing have brought home nearly a quarter of a million dollars, with seven horses placing.
Full list of Magic Millions events
Today the Gold Coast will launch into a two-week horse racing carnival spectacular. There will be millions of dollars up for grabs at race days, luxurious lunches and a free film screened on the beach
The real Magic behind the Millions
Three years ago, Michael Costa spotted a filly at the Magic Millions sales he believed he could train into a champion. On Saturday he’ll be proven right – or wrong.
Best mates put friendship on ice for $250,000
Leading horse trainers Bjorn Baker and Michael Costa are best of mates and polar opposites – but their friendship will take a back seat as their horses race for a quarter of a million dollars.
Racing’s $2000 miracle horse who trampled a leading trainer
MEET the pair shooting for the most unlikely success story of the Gold Coast summer carnival: a time-poor hobby trainer and his tiny $2000 galloper who recently trampled a leading racing identity.
Trainer’s Group 1 wait goes on in heartbreaking fashion
GOLD Coast trainer Toby Edmonds has travelled wide and far for his first Group 1 winner and narrowly missed achieving the feat in New Zealand today.
Pipe dream hope for She’s A Tigress
Trainer Chris Anderson still considers getting a runner to the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic a pipe dream but one he believes She’s A Tigress can make a reality.
Big deal helping bring record Magic Millions crowds
Aquis Farm’s renewed partnership with the Gold Coast Turf Club could reach 11 years as the racing and breeding operation helps the track reach record numbers over the extended Magic Millions carnival.
Glen Ord’s win just the start for stable
Diane Murphy has endured a slow time lately but believes Glen Ord’s win at the Gold Coast could mark the beginning of her racing stables increased presence on the track.
Coast trainer’s different approach to racing
This is the story of a Gold Coast trainer who is taking a different approach to horse racing.
Millo to give Plumb a boost
The drinks will be flowing at the Tweed Heads bowls club if All Good Millo wins today on the Gold Coast. The horse is owned by and named after one of the club’s members, John Millington, who hopes the horse can reach the Magic Millions $2 million 2YO Classic.
Hickman’s Magic trip to the Gold Coast
Greg Hickman has personally cast his eye over his Gold Coast satellite stale as he prepares Eleven Eleven for a crack at the talent-heavy Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.
‘It’s been the toughest period of my career’
Gold Coast jockey Jag Guthmann-Chester believes he has overcome the ‘toughest period of his career’ after finding form and his sixth winner of the season at Aquis Park on Saturday.
Owning the future of racing
Television personality Liz Cantor is new to racehorse ownership but she didn’t get into the industry for the prizemoney or the thrill of winning big races. Cantor details what she discovered about thoroughbred welfare after pulling back the curtain on an industry that has been under fire.
Fantastic filly could be Dunn’s Magic Millions star
Bloodstock agent Neil Jenkinson has drawn comparisons between Magic Millions 2YO Classic chance Lady Banff and the horse he believes was unlucky not to win the race for Matt Dunn’s stable. Dunn and Jenkinson talk about their best chance for the upcoming $2 million race.
Why Edmonds could have second Millions winner
A second Magic Millions 2YO Classic win in four years could loom for the Edmonds Racing stable as The Drinks Cart leads a group of prospective early runners being prepared for a run at the $2 million Gold Coast race.
Secret to ‘Old fella’s’ career resurgence on Coast
“IF you can keep the old fellas feeling good and happy then you can keep them at the top of their game.” That is the message of Kris Lees’ Gold Coast-based foreman Mel Eggleston who believes Tawfiq Boy is the gelding who “doesn’t know how to run a bad race”.
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