Sport
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She’s mean and nasty, and proud of it
SHE’S haughty, naughty and a little bit dangerous to know but trainer John Phelan wouldn’t have it any other way with his mare Jinx ‘n’…
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Frederick just needs to keep running fast
WHEN straight-talking trainer Peter Moody was trying to solve the frustrating defeats of enigmatic sprinter Nature Strip, his advice was typically succinct: ‘Let fast horses…
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Jake finally gets his ticket to ride in Singapore
HAVING faithfully fulfilled his family duty, Ipswich jockey Jake Bayliss is ready to chase another chapter in his riding career and live a lifelong dream.…
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Freedman wins before storm cuts meeting short
THUNDERBOLTS and lightning frightened people and horses alike at Ipswich racetrack and left stewards with no choice but to call the meeting off after race…
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Jockeys lead tribute to popular young hoop
THE death of popular jockey Chris Caserta cast a pall over Friday’s race meeting with grieving jockeys wearing black armbands. Caserta’s body was recovered in…
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Mayfield-Smith boosted by the hope of horses
TRAINER Lawrie Mayfield-Smith, whose face might as well appear in the dictionary beside the word ‘laconic’, has a simple motto in life – where there…
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Border Trots
Key issues In a week of floods, Inter-dominion Heats and the Albion Park Summer Carnival, several key issues relating to the viable future of Marburg,…
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Trainer looks for support for Toowoomba stable
BRAD Puckeridge has done it pretty hard at times in life and, as a horse trainer, he’s a battler but he knows that with the…
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Collett goes back to basics to build success
A RACING superstar in New Zealand, jockey Sam Collett has all the determination to succeed in Queensland you would expect but, for now, she’s focused…
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Gift horse ready to grow up and show out
YOU never want to be unkind about a horse’s appearance but, watching the gelding getting hosed down in the swab stall, it was hard not…
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